Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Horror News - Scream 4, Scream 5 and Atrocious and Sint!!!

Well, here's a little bit of news for you guys. For me, I'm not overly enthused but I'd love to hear what you think.

Scream 4: A slew of Scream 4 images have arrived online, and they are interesting, to say the least. After getting the much coveted R rating, it was promised that Scream 4 would be bloodier and more brutal than any of the previous entries. If these pics are an indication, they just might be right! The film opens on April 15th, so suit up now!

"Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell), now the author of a self-help book, returns home to Woodsboro on the last stop of her book tour. There she reconnects with Sheriff Dewey (David Arquette) and Gale (Courtney Cox), who are now married, as well as her cousin Jill (Emma Roberts) and her Aunt Kate (Mary McDonnell). Unfortunately Sidney’s appearance also brings about the return of Ghostface, putting Sidney, Gale, and Dewey, along with Jill, her friends, and the whole town of Woodsboro in danger."


Scream 5: I reported the other day that Wes Craven expressed interest in returning to helm the rest of a new Scream trilogy. This might be a reality sooner than we thought if the below is true. STYD has reported that Dimension Films is looking for a writer to pen the script for Scream 5, though the fourth film isn't due out for almost another month! This certainly lends some credibility to the rumors of a whole new trilogy. In addition, I told you all about Ehren Kruger re-writing Kevin Williamson's Scream 4 script, but now it appears that neither one of them will be back for Scream 5. In my opinion, this does not bode well......

Atrocious: As some of you may have heard, Atrocious has been gaining some major buzz these days. It's a Spanish language found footage film that premiered at Slamdance. It has since been hailed as "The next Paranormal Activity." (oh goody) Now comes word that producers Jason Blum (Paranormal Activity) and Brian Kavanaugh-Jones (Insidious) were so taken with the film that they have acquired rights to the U.S. remake. Way to jump on the bandwagon guys! It certainly appears that Blum is going to milk the "found footage" technique for all its worth.

Premise is as follows: In April of 2010, Spanish police reported the discovery of 37 hours of recorded evidence that shed new light on a gruesome murder investigation. The found footage documents a family of five spending a holiday at their summer house, where brother-and-sister Cristian and July Quintanilla pass the time investigating a terrifying local urban legend. As their investigation intensifies strange occurrences in and around the house escalate rapidly, before culminating in unspeakable atrocities.

Sint (Saint): This film has been under the radar for a lot of people. I, personally, am very excited.  This film is from the Netherlands and brings us one bad ass Santa Claus slasher! The first ever still and trailer are below. For true horror fans who are longing for something different, keep your eye on this one!

Premise: "An original and delightfully gruesome slasher film, Saint reimagines jolly old Saint Nick as a murderous bishop fulfilling a grisly prophecy under the December 5 full moon. Full of creative yuletide horror, Saint is a fun chiller that follows local teen Frank as he sets out on a bloody, high-energy battle to save Amsterdam from the wrathful “Sinterklaas” and his minions."


1 comment:

  1. I have got to see the previous films in this series! It sounds pretty damn awesome.

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