After Schwarzenegger's Done Governating California, Will He Take a Trip to the Predators' Home World?

I just watched LatinoReview's awesome script review (via AICN) of Robert Rodriguez and Nimrod Antal's reboot of the "Predator" franchise, "Predators." We all know how awesome Rodriguez is, and his idea for the flick (a group of earth's toughest men hunted on predators' planet) is just awesome. And while I'm very excited about Danny Trejo's involvement, I as giddy as a schoolgirl over Dutch's potential return. Sadly, it will only be a cameo, but it's still amazing.

With Schwarzenegger's cameo in this and Sly's upcoming "Expendables" movie, it looks like Arnie may be prepping a return to cinema. Hell, his computer generated, 10-second appearance in "Terminator: Salvation" was the best part of the movie. Is it too much to hope for "King Conan?"

Evil Plush Toy Kills for Laughs in "My Stuffed Animal is a Monster."

Now this just looks awesome! It's like "Child's Play" meets "Toy Story" on no budget. It premieres tomorrow night in New York, and you can find out more about this upcoming cult classic on the film's MySpace page.

My Stuffed Animal is a Monster - Trailer

"House of the Wolf Man" Looks Like an Excellent, Old-School Tribute

Staring Ron Cheney (the great-grandson of Lon Cheney), a dude that looks kinda like Bela Lugosi, and old-school makeup effects, "House of the Wolf Man" looks to be an fitting tribute to the fright flicks of old. Oh, and it's filmed entirely in black and white.

It's like what Tarantino and Rodriguez did with their "Grindhouse" flicks, only with the Universal-era of monster films instead of the low-budget flicks of the 70s. Check out the trailer below, which I nabbed from YouTube.

"Dracula 2" May Really Suck (But in a Good, Vampirey kinda Way)

They are making a sequel to "Dracula." Let me rephrase that. They are writing a sequel to "Dracula." As soon as I read this article from ShockTillYouDrop, I knew I had to post something about the project. I planned on being witty, perhaps penning a smarmy comment mocking the inherent lameness of attempting to draft a sequel to "Dracula," which is unquestionably one of the most important and influential novels ever written. As I mentioned yesterday, I can't stand people dabbling in worlds they didn’t create.

I planned to mock it until I watched the trailer. Although the video looks cheap and cheesy (like most Dracula sequels), it managed to change my mind. Apparently, they got one of Bram Stoker's decedents and a Dracula historian to write it using Stoker's original, handwritten notes as a guide. That's pretty damn cool.

So while it still may end up sucking harder than a toothless vampire, I'm defently going to have to give it a read. It's entitled "Dracula: The Un-Dead" and will be released on October 13^th.

Pic

"Night of the Living Dead: Origins" Will Be Told Without Romero

You know, I'm really torn about this. According to Bloody Disgusting, a new NOTLD project is in the works, and I'm not talking about George Romero's 6^th zombie opus, "Survival of the Dead." Apparently, an upcoming filmmaker named Zebediah De Soto is crafting an origin story for the NOTLD mythos without Romero's involvement or permission. According to BD "De Soto was a fan of the original 'Living Dead' and once … [he] realized the rights were in the public domain, zeroed in on that project."

While I love the zombiefied world Romero created, I have a hard time understanding and embracing the people who take advantage of the film's public domain status. Sure, it was fucking idiotic of Romero to have not done his research on how to establish a proper copyright for the film, but it is unequivocally still his work.

NOTLD is perhaps the greatest horror film ever made, so it makes an attractive target for budding filmmakers. However, I think that it would be more respectful to make a zombie movie sans the NOTLD name and perhaps even say something like "inspired by George Romero's NOLTD." I just think it's kinda stabbing him in the back. What do you think?

Cobs, Robbers and … Zombies?

Below is the trailer for the forthcoming French horror flick, 'La Horde.' It recently premiered at Frightfest and is apparently about cops and mobsters having to team up to save themselves from a large undead menace. A very, very large undead menace. I'm pretty sure that the scene at the end of the trailer show more zombies than I've ever seen in a film before. Very impressive and awesome.

Teaser_La_Horde
by blankytwo

Pic

Trailer

Monstrous Giant Rats, Fanged Frogs and More Found in Dormant Volcano

It sounds like the plot of an awesome b-movie, but it's true. Apparently, a filmmaking team of BBC journalists has discovered over 40 new species of creatures in a long-dormant volcano in Papua New Guinea. They documented fanged frogs, this cat-sized, vegetarian rodent named the Wolly Rat (seen in the pic above) and many other new critters. Because the area is extremely difficult to reach, it has remained isolated since the volcano's last eruption, which is estimated to have occurred approximately 200,000 years ago. I can't wait to see the documentary that comes from this excursion. Read more about this amazing discovery here.