Special AFM 2008 Part.2

By Oh My Gore ! on November 13, 2008

Special AFM 2008 Part.2

You will find here the first teasers, stills, posters, synopsis & rumors about upcoming horror movies !!

"LIVE EVIL" - New Trailer
Sporting a fantastic cast including Tiffany Shepis, Ken Foree, Chuck Williams and Tim Thomerson this looks like a flick to keep an eye on.

In the film human blood has become unpure by being polluted by drugs, alcohol, AIDS and all other kinds of inpurities. This causes a group of vampires to go on a cross country trip looking for pure blood. Hot on their trailer however is a Priest with an attitude who is trying to wipe them off the face of the planet.

"MORTIS REX"
UK-based Intandem Films has taken on world rights for and will executive produce supernatural action thriller "MORTIS REX". The film will mark the directorial debut of Peter Briggs, who was one of the writers on Guillermo del Toro's "HELLBOY" and has been a writer-for-hire for studio films. The $25m project will shoot in the second quarter of 2009.

Set in 122 AD, the story follows a disgraced Roman war hero who comes face to face with a supernatural beast causing horrendous deaths. Mortis Rex is Latin for "king of death."

Briggs said: “As a former cinematographer, and as a screenwriter writing on some of the most memorable Hollywood tent-pole horror and sci-fi franchises of recent years, I've used that to shape Mortis Rex into a highly accessible piece of entertainment: by turns both an action-packed thrill-ride and equally a scary, heart stopping nail-biter. Working with Intandem and their expertise in film finance and sales I'm excited about the potential of the film.”

Intandem director Andrew Brown said: “This is a genre that has opened up enormously in recent years through the outstanding box office success of such genre-led films namely, 300, Beowulf and Cloverfield. Peter is an exceptional writer who has created an amazing but terrifying world based on true fact and we are most confident that he will direct a superb hi-end, genre-led live-action film that I'm sure will have worldwide commercial appeal."

"PLAGUERS" - New Poster
Here's a new poster for Brad Sykes sci-fi/horror indie epic "PLAGUERS", which you can feast your eyes upon below.

Anchor Bay Acquires "WHILE SHE WAS OUT"
Anchor Bay Entertainment has picked up the Kim Basinger suspense thriller "WHILE SHE WAS OUT" for distribution. The film will be released theatrically December 12, with a national DVD release in 2009. Susan Montford wrote and directed the movie, which was produced by Don Murphy and executive produced by Guillermo del Toro.
In the film set around the holidays, Basinger stars as a suburban housewife mercilessly stalked by a group of young thugs led by a manipulative psychopath (Lukas Haas). She fights for her life armed with only a toolbox. "(Anchor Bay's) expertise will bust through the film glut that is out there and help push this film about the 'worst Christmas Eve ever,' " says Murphy.

Sony Acquires "SPLICE", "CLOCK TOWER" and "MANDY LANE" !
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group (SPWAG) has acquired domestic home entertainment and television distribution rights to Senator US's release slate. Three of the film acquired were the supernatural thriller "CLOCK TOWER", set to begin shooting in Los Angeles on December, the long delayed slasher film "ALL THE BOYS LOVE MANDY LANE" starring Amber Heard and "SPLICE", a sci-fi horror that is currently in post-production and stars Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley. All of the abovementioned films will be distributed in the US by Senator's newly formed theatrical arm headed by Mark Urman.

"DEAD SNOW" - New Art
Tommy Wirkola's "DEAD SNOW", now in post-production, is a comedy horror film about a group of eight medical students who are attacked in their cabin by a battalion of German zombie soldiers.
All rights are available excluding Norway. Elle Driver will be screening a promo reel during the market. "SNOW", scripted by Wirkola and Stig Frode Henrikse, is Wirkola's follow-up to KILL BULJO in 2007.

A New Look at "THE PACK" !
From the producers of "INSIDE" comes Franck Richard's French horror film "THE PACK" ("LA MEUTE"), which stars Philippe Nahon ("IRREVERSIBLE", "BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF") and Yolande Moreau ("THE LAST MISTRESS", "AMELIE").

In the middle of a snowy no man's land, Charlotte picks up Max, a hitchhiker; they stop in a truck-stop restaurant, and when Max doesn't come back from the bathroom, Charlotte starts looking for him in vain. She decides to return during the night but gets kidnapped by the bartender, La Spack, who turns out to be Max's mother and needs to feed her kids, « The pack », a bunch of blood lusting ghouls. Charlotte now faces a terrifying reality: these ghouls are already dead... and hungry. Alone and in the middle of nowhere, she quickly realizes... she's next on the menu.

"DELIVERANCE" Inspired "HIGH LANE"
Directed by Abel Ferry, "HIGH LANE" is a movie where a group of friends on vacation decide to venture onto a trail high up in the mountains that has been closed for repairs. The climb proves more perilous than planned. Especially as they soon realize that they're not alone. The adventure turns into a nightmare.
Sounds a little like "DELIVERANCE", no? THE DP is Nicolas Massart, who also worked on the forthcoming French horror film "MUTANTS", with the art director being Olivier Afonso, who worked on "MUTANTS", "HITMAN" and "FRONTIER(S)".
Fanny Valette, Raphael Lenglet, Johan Libereau, Nicolas Giraud and Maud Wyler all star.

"PONTYPOOL" New Sales Art
Here's a new art for Bruce McDonald's "PONTYPOOL", which stars Stephen McHattie, Lisa Houle, Georgina Reilly, Hrant Alianak and Rick Roberts. A small-town radio station discovers that recent madness in the local population may be caused by a virus transmitted through speech.

"PARANORMAL ACTIVITY" Sold Around the World !
Some good news from the floor of AFM for indie filmmaker and friend of the site Oren Peli, who's remaking his own "PARANORMAL ACTIVITY".
The original had a packed screening at AFM and, according to Screen Daily, has received attention from all over the world.

Major territories have been closed for Paranormal Activity, including the UK, Australia and New Zealand (Icon), France (Metropolitan), Scandinavia (Svensk), South Korea (Korean Screen), Greece (Village Roadshow), Singapore (Golden Village) and Portugal (Ec Films).

But that's not all! Deals are still being worked out for Germany, Italy and Japan, and there are even local-language sequel rights being discussed for Russia, Japan and South Korea. Weird ... Peli's next project, "AREA 51", will be officially unveiled by the end of the show.

"COTTON" - Sales Art
A new horror picture called "COTTON" which thrusts a "BLAIR WITCH" style on the possession sub-genre as a documentary crew follows a priest performing his last exorcism.
Full details are here. Below you'll find a piece of promo art that was cooked up for the American Film Market. Stay tuned for more updates on the project!

"DON'T LOOK UP" - Promo & First Photo
"THREE...EXTREMES" contributor Fruit Chan ("DUMPLINGS") is currently in post-production on the English language horror film "DON'T LOOK UP". Direct from the American Film Market, some promo artwork and a the first official photo for the film floated our way.

This one boasts an ensemble cast and even finds Eli (I'm going to be an actor now) Roth turning up for a role. Reshad Strik, Henry Thomas, Carmen Chaplin, Kevin Corrigan and Zelda Williams round out the lineup. Set in an abandoned film studio from another era, Don't Look Up charts the unraveling sanity of a director and his crew when spirits from that bygone era invade the film stock of the contemporary production and, in a few stark frames, open a horrifying window on a terrible curse from the past.

Chan's latest is based on a film directed by "RINGU"'s Hideo Nakata.

"THE BOX" - New Images
Here's two new images from Warner Bros. Pictures "THE BOX", which was written and directed by Richard Kelly ("DONNIE DARKO").
Based on the short story by Richard Matheson, "THE BOX" stars Cameron Diaz as Norma Lewis and James Marsden as Arthur Lewis, a suburban couple with a young child who receive a simple wooden box as a gift, which bears fatal and irrevocable consequences.

"SHUTTER" Director Returns With "COMING SOON"
Another cool discovery at this year's AFM was loads of art for Sopon Sukdapisit's latest horror film, "COMING SOON", a Thai film that asks, what kind of scenes in a horror film scares you the most? When a ghost appears totally unexpectedly? When the main character does not see the ghost sneaking up behind him? When at the very end you find out that the main character was actually a ghost all along? But none of this compares to the feeling of arriving home alone and suddenly being stuck by a feeling of deja-vu that you are reenacting the very same scenes in the horror movie you just saw! Inside you can check out all the goodies from the co-writer of "ALONE" and "SHUTTER"'s latest.

Arsenal Films Previews "ALBINO FARM", "SKELETON CREW" & "TRACKED"
Here's some sheet for upcoming films from Arsenal Films.

"THE LODGE" - Trailer and Sales Art
Here's the AFM promo art and teaser trailer for Brad Helmink and John Rauschelbach's "THE LODGE", which follows a young couple's weekend getaway at a secluded mountain ranch becomes an unfathomable nightmare when they discover the truth about the caretaker.

Random Images From Both "GRACE" and "DREAD"
Here's the teaser art and trailer Paul Solet's "GRACE". In addition, you'll also find some low quality images from Anthony DiBlasi's "DREAD", an adaptation of one of Clive Barker's popular short stories.

"COLD PREY 2" - Stills and New Art
Here's a new art for Mats Stenberg's Norwegian sequel, "COLD PREY 2", which stars Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Marthe Snorresdotter Rovik, Kim Wifladt, Fridtjov Såheim, Johanna Mørck and Mats Eldøen.
The story will pick up where the first one left off: The winter of 2006 five young friends met a brutal death in the Jotunheimen mountain range of Norway. Only a young woman survived. Cold and weak Jannicke struggles her way back to civilization. In the small local hospital the personnel are going through their daily routines. But then the bloody and beaten young woman is brought in. Later Jannicke wakes up in her hospital bed. But the hospital is darkened and not a living soul is in sight. Alone she carefully steps out into the corridors. Is her nightmare not over after all?

"DJINNS" in Pre-Production, First Look
From director Hugues Martin, "DJINNS" stars Cryil Raffaelli ("DB13", "DIE HARD 4") and Nicolas Duvauchelle ("INSIDE") and is now in pre-production. Inside you'll find an image of one of the Djinns, along with a synopsis.

"ELECTRIC MIST" - Image Entertainment Hunts Serial Killer
Image Entertainment has bought North American rights to Bertrand Tavernier's serial killer thriller "IN THE ELECTRIC MIST" starring Tommy Lee Jones.
Based on James Lee Burke's novel, Jones plays a detective (Dave Robicheau) in the deep South who is led into a series of surreal encounters with a troop of Confederate soldiers. Ned Beatty, John Goodman, Mary Steenburgen and Peter Sarsgaard co-star. Image will release it the spring.

Brazilian Horror in "MUD ZOMBIE"
Betina Goldman's One Eyed Films has boosted its slate by adding the first Brazilian zombie film, "MUD ZOMBIE" (Mangue Negro), the feature directorial debut of Rodrigo Aragao. The film is about a fishing community in remote Espirito Santo, Brazil, that is plagued by zombie-like creatures from the muddy swamp. One Eyed's slate also includes Adrian Garcia Bogliano's "I'LL NEVER DIE ALONE", a revenge thriller set in Argentina, now in post production; and action-adventure Filmatron by Pablo Pares. Check out the film's official website for the trailer, more videos and stills.

"HUMAINS" - New Art !
Here's a new art for Pierre-Olivier Thévenin and Jacques-Olivier Molon's "HUMANS" (or "HUMAINS" if you will), a French horror film starring Dominique Pinon, Philippe Nahon, Sara Forestier, Lorànt Deutsch, Élise Otzenberger and Manon Tournier.
In the film a team of several researchers travel to the Swiss Alps to investigate a scientific discovery on human evolution.
The trip, however, turns into a deadly fight for survival when the team crash into a gully and find themselves falling prey to someone...or something.

"DEATH BELL" - Art For Korean Horror
Inside you can check out art from the Korean horror pic "DEATH BELL" ("GOSA"), which arrives here in the States sometime in 2009. For every wrong answer, one student dies. As the countdown for college entrance exams begin, Chang Ahn High School organizes a special exam cram class for the top 20 students including girl-next-door Lee Na (Nam Gyu Ri) and classroom big shot Hyun Kang (Kim Bum). Taught by Hwang Chang Wook (Lee Bum Soo) and three other teachers, the class is festering with high-strung overachieving teens, some of whom are struggling with serious mental illnesses. In the middle of class, the television suddenly turns on. The students are shocked to see their classmate Hye Young drowning in a water tank onscreen. A voice asks them a sample exam question. Answer correctly, and the classmate lives. Answer incorrectly and...

TCM Inspired "SUMMER'S BLOOD"
From David Cronenberg producer Pierre David comes a new horror comedy entitled "SUMMER'S BLOOD", which is said to be quasi-inspired by "THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE".
Directed by Lee Demarbre, the film stars Ashley Michele Greene ("TWILIGHT"), Stephen McHattie ("WATCHMEN"), Peter Mooney and Barbara Niven. Inside you can check out the art, along with a massive synopsis.

After discovering that her mother has lied about her birth to her estranged father, hardened teenager SUMMER (Ashley Greene, "TWILIGHT") hits the road looking to meet the mystery man. Her only clue is a beat-up letter, postmarked from a small town called Massey. Once she arrives in the rural community Summer is rescued from an altercation with the law by a charming local handyman named TOM HOXEY (Peter Mooney, TV's FALCON BEACH). The couple quickly hits it off and heads back to the house Tom shares with his mother GAIA (Barbara Niven, DEAD AT 17) for a night of casual sex. This decision proves to be the biggest mistake of Summer's young life.

Hoping to sneak out in the morning and continue the search for her father, Summer is startled by Tom who informs her that he has just changed her plans. After being knocked out by Gaia, Summer wakes up screaming, bound with chains inside a box filled with dirt. As she looks around, she sees a number of lush plants and grow lights, and tucked in the corner, another girl, AMBER (Dani Kind) close to death and similarly chained. Tom has created a “human garden” down in the basement of his family's home, and Summer is his latest addition.

Realizing that her only chance for escape is to manipulate Tom, Summer begins an unusual relationship with the troubled young man. Anxious about the return of his own father GANT (Stephen McHattie "WATCHMEN"), a traveling salesman with a taste for blood and women—and dealing with the rising suspicions of Amber's father DARWIN (Peter Dillon, "THE BONE COLLECTOR") threatening to expose all he's built, Tom finds himself closer to Summer than he ever imagined.

Hess and Lewis Topline "SMASH CUT"
Another film from Pierre David's Imagination is Lee Gordon Demarbre's "SMASH CUT", which stars David Hess ("LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT"), Sasha Gray, Michael Berryman, Ray Sager and the legendary Herschell Gordon Lewis. Inside you'll find the sales art from the American Film Market, alone with a long synopsis for the film.

"SMASH CUT" is the dizzying portrayal of ABLE WHITMAN, a trouble filmmaker losing his mind in an extraordinary way.

After his latest “serious” film is met with gales of laughter, Able decides to drown his sorrows at a local strip club--where he meets dancer GIGI SPOT. Minutes later, he's convinced the honey dripping sex-pot to star in his next project. Minutes after that, he's killed her in a drunk driving accident. Needing to dispose of the body, Able stumbles upon the one place nobody would notice a corpse...spread around the set of his new horror film. When the response to this new footage is praised for its realism, the guilt ridden Able has a complete mental breakdown. Believing he has finally discovered the key to making a great horror film, the director quickly discovers that one human body doesn't yield a lot of parts, and if he wants to finish, he's going to have to keep on killing.

Meanwhile, Gigi's sister APRIL hires the city's most celebrated private detective, ISAAC BEAUMONDE, to investigate Gigi's disappearance. But when the simple missing person investigation turns into a string of stomach turning murders, Isaac realizes he's found the case of a lifetime.

With Beaumonde hot on his heels, his sanity unspooling and his collaborators dropping like flies, will Able have the time, focus and resources to complete his magnum opus, or will he simply fade to black?

"RUN! BITCH RUN!" Sales Art
Here's a new art for Joseph Guzman's indie horror flick, "RUN! BITCH RUN!".
In the film, things go horribly wrong when Catherine and Rebecca, two Catholic School girls, knock on the wrong door while selling Religious paraphernalia. Check out the film's official website for more.

Parasites Take Over in "GROWTH"
Here's the American Film Market sales art and long synopsis for Gabe Cowan's "GROWTH", which stars Alexi Wasser, Richard Riehle, Brian Krause, Robert Culp, Chris Shand and Nora Kirkpatrick. We caught a glimpse of the film at the market, which looks inspired by both "NIGHT OF THE CREEPS" and "SLITHER". Read on for the skinny.

In 1989, on a quiet vacation island off the coast of picturesque New England, a groundbreaking experiment is underway. Scientists, working with the island population, have successfully unlocked the gateway to advancing human evolution. Using a parasite, they have been able to amplify the vision, hearing, speed, strength and intellect of the human subject, promising to usher in a new age for mankind...

Until disaster strikes.

Now, twenty years later, JAMIE (Mircea Monroe, "TEKKEN"), who escaped the island catastrophe as a child, returns with her boyfriend MARCO (Brian Krause, TV's "CHARMED"), step-brother JUSTIN (Chris Shand, "RETURN TO SLEEPAWAY CAMP") and party girl best friend KRISTIN (Nora Kirkpatrick) to sell the property recently inherited from her great uncle. Once there, the group uncovers the key to Jamie's disturbing past, and the horrifying secrets hidden by Larkin (Richard Riehle, "HATCHET") and the other town elders for over two decades.

The early setbacks did not deter the locals from pursuing their research, and now Jamie and the group must fight to escape an island overrun with deadly parasites that turn you super human before turning you super insane!

"GROWTH" is an action packed psychological sci-fi thriller, filled with special effects that will blow your mind every killer step of the way...

The "APOCALYPSE" is Upon Us
Sometimes less is better, such the case with "STONEHENGE: APOCALYPSE", which is now in pre-production and seeking a director. Inside you'll find some cool art from the American Film Market. When a group of archeologists dig up a human skeleton near the historical monument of STONEHENGE, an ancient piece of machinery hidden beneath the bedrock is discovered. Not knowing what it could be the workers accidentally trigger the mechanism and start a chain of events that may very well end the world as we know it.

Mason's "BLOOD RIVER" Goes International
Epic Films has jumped on board as international distributor for the latest from "THE DEVIL'S CHAIR" director Adam Mason, "BLOOD RIVER", thanks to AFM.

Distribution has been sealed for Greece (Spenzos Films), Poland (Carisma Films), Germany (MIG Film), South Africa (New Primedia) and Russia (VFR, Ltd.) among others, which if I'm not mistaken marks the first time one of Mason's films will be going worldwide!

"BLOOD RIVER" tells the story of a couple whose car breaks down in the middle of nowhere. Out of the desert walks a mysterious stranger who will force them to question every single aspect of their relationship with one another, as well as the true nature of evil.

"LUSTER" - Official Plot & Early Art
Here's the first art for Adam Mason's "LUSTER".

Thomas Luster is a troubled businessman who tries to make sense of a life being driven out-of-control by a force closer to home than he first realizes. When he discovers that the man working against him is another side of his own personality he is forced to fight back against his manipulative alter-ego as murder, madness and mayhem combine to take Thomas Luster on the most bizarre and terrifying ride of his life.

Once again the script was written by Mason and partner Simon Boyles, and once again Luster stars Andrew Howard, who played the deranged central character in "THE DEVIL'S CHAIR".

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Source : AFM / Bloody-disgusting.com / horror-movies.ca / Dreadcentral.com / ShockTillYouDrop.com

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