Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Horror News - Mortal Kombat, Pride Prejudice and Zombies and a Musical!

Can't get enough blood and guts? You've come to the right place! It is my pleasure to bring you the most interesting horror stories as soon as I track them down. Also, I'd like to thank all you regular readers, as my hits on this site have more than quadrupled. I cannot thank you enough. Anyhow, read on for the gory goodies!

Mortal Kombat - It's official: Tuesday, April 12, Machinima Live Stream is hosting a special "Mortal Kombat" event from 12pm-4pm. After the stream, they’ll host the world premiere of the very first episode of the "Mortal Kombat" web series!!

Based on the iconic gaming franchise, Jeri Ryan will step back into her role as the headstrong “Lieutenant Sonya Blade” from the unofficial fan short. She is joined by Michael Jai White as“Major Jackson ‘Jax’ Briggs” and Darren Shahlavi (300) as the sly and cunning “Kano.”

Kevin Tancharoen who directed and produced the popular, unofficial “Mortal Kombat: Rebirth” fan short that garnered over 10 million views worldwide, is bringing the same immersive directing style to this live-action digital new media series. Fans will be able to delve deep into the history of the warriors they know and love including “Sub-Zero” and “Scorpion.”



Pride, Prejudice and Zombies -  It's recently been reported that Fright Night 3D director Craig Gillespie will soon be set as director of Pride And Prejudice And Zombies, Lionsgate's adaptation of the Seth Grahame-Smith novel that "re-imagined" the Jane Austen classic with a heavy helping of flesh-eating walking corpses, reports Deadline. Gillespie has been a contender on the Lionsgate project for a while now.

The project mixes Jane Austen's novel "Pride and Prejudice," centering on Elizabeth Bennet's quest for love and independence amid the outbreak of a virus that turns the dead into zombies. The story's set in an alternate version of 19th Century England that features deadly ancestors roaming the country.

Not sure how I feel about this yet... All we've seen are some set photos from Fright Night, so I can't really make a fair judgment. I just hope he doesn't completely destroy this story. It could be worse though.... Stephen Sommers could be attahed...

Human Centipede: The Musical - A friend of mine told me that he found out about this earlier today over at Bloody Disgusting, so credit goes out to them for bringing this to our attention. Anyhow, it seems that a group of self proclaimed nerds decided that they wanted to turn Human Centipede into a musical, and now they've done just that! The event took place at Emerson College on March 21.

"This musical is not endorsed by, sponsored by, or affiliated with IFC Films, Tom Six, or anyone else associated with the movie "The Human Centipede." We do not own any rights to the story, characters, ideas, or anything else associated with "The Human Centipede." We're just some nerds who wanted to make a musical," they write. The music and lyrics were written by Julia Mattison.

While I certainly wouldn't pay to see this it is indeed humorous and I do like to see that some horror fans are so passionate about their genre that they want to put their own spin on things. I just hope this doesn't give anyone in Hollywood any ideas... Human Centipede: The Musical in 3D anyone?


F.Y.I. There are seven parts to this, all available on Youtube. I didn't want to post all of them here and overload you guys, but if you're interested, they're available.

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