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The Darkness II Confirmed for Mac OS X

2K Games' Darkness II is coming to Mac OS X this March, TransGaming has announced. The game is inspired by the popular comic book series produced by Top Cow Productions. Described as “an intense first person shooter that delivers a twisted and gripping narrative of tragedy, modern crime drama, and superna...

13 February 2012
14:21 GMT

Resident Evil 6 Does Not Look to the Past for Inspiration

The development team working on the upcoming Resident Evil 6 video game from Capcom have said that they are not looking to any previous title in the series for inspiration and are very much aiming to deliver their own take on the genre and the mythology. Speaking to IGN Yoshiaki Hirabayashi, who is a producer workin...

8 February 2012
17:21 GMT

Floating Mansion Was Original Concept for Resident Evil: Revelations

Resident Evil: Revelations, which is considered to be the eighth main game in the long-running zombie battling series, will include a cruise ship sequence but it seems that the developers initially thought of something more grandiose: a floating mansion. Seth Killian, who is one of the community managers working at ...

24 January 2012
12:11 GMT

Developer Defend Amy Difficulty, Suggest Easy Mode

Survival horror video game Amy, which launched on the PlayStation Network and on Xbox Live earlier during the month, has been coldly received by both critics and the public, but the development team stands behind their title and has provided a strong defense of the experience. Writing on the Facebook page dedicated ...

19 January 2012
02:51 GMT

'Silent House' Trailer Promises Real Fear in Real Time

Elizabeth Olsen, the other Olsen sister (not the twins), has yet another critically acclaimed movie coming out this spring. “Silent House,” a remake, has just gotten its first official trailer. “Blair Witch” and “Paranormal Activity” have perfected the technique of the lost and fou...

9 January 2012
07:45 GMT

'ATM' Trailer: 1 ATM, 3 People, 1 Serial Killer

Chris Sparling, who wrote the script for Ryan Reynold's critical success “Buried,” is now offering another similarly space-confined thriller: “ATM.” See the first trailer for it above. Brian Geraghty, Alice Eve and Josh Peck play three young people who get trapped in an ATM in the mid...

7 January 2012
06:38 GMT

Release Date for 'Paranormal Activity 4' Set for October

The first “Paranormal Activity” film was the biggest sleeper of 2009, so it's no wonder Paramount Pictures capitalized on that in a flash with a sequel. A fourth is now on the way.Earlier this week, we informed you that the studio had confirmed the fourth installment – including a release date...

6 January 2012
08:18 GMT

'Paranormal Activity 4' Confirmed

Even though the events in last year's “Paranormal Activity 3” seemed to hint that a fourth film would be impossible to make (at least, not with the same characters), Paramount Pictures has just confirmed that it will be made this year. Launched in 2009, the “PA” franchise has been one of ...

3 January 2012
05:41 GMT

Lionsgate Boss Confirms 'Saw' Franchise Isn't Dead

Had you bet money that “Saw VII” (“Saw 3D”), also called “The Final Chapter,” wasn't really the final installment in the franchise, you'd probably be rich now. Lionsgate Vice Chairman Michael Burns has just confirmed it – and we have it on video. Granted, the chanc...

9 December 2011
02:53 GMT

'The Cabin in the Woods' Trailer Promises One Terrifying Ride

A short while ago, there was a lot of talk about a new horror film, “The Cabin in the Woods,” which was hailed as the next big thing on the scene. A first trailer has just dropped.Directed by “Cloverfield” scribe Drew Goddard, on a script by Goddard and Joss Whedon, the film tells the story of...

6 December 2011
08:18 GMT

New Trailer for ‘The Woman in Black’ Opens the Door to Darkness

It’s Daniel Radcliffe’s first major film outside the “Harry Potter” universe, but that’s not all that’s getting fans hyped up about “The Woman in Black.” The latest trailer will show you what it is. Daniel worked on the thriller / horror film quietly, without the press ...

27 November 2011
07:04 GMT

Teaser Trailer for 'ParaNorman' Says Being Different Is Great

Heroes are extraordinary people who act in extraordinary circumstances, when normal people don't dare or don't even know they're supposed to do anything. Norman is one of these people, though his secret “power” is that of speaking to the dead. “ParaNorman” doesn't arrive in...

1 November 2011
12:41 GMT

Chloe Moretz Is Scary Girl for Funny Or Die

The name of Enid Krysiniski might not ring a bell, but she's very famous, since she's the scary girl in every horror movie made so far. Chloe Moretz's hilarious Funny Or Die skit has just been released. Enid says she's “just a normal” girl and that she “likes going to the mall&rd...

1 November 2011
11:31 GMT

First Trailer for 'Innkeepers' Is Here

Since there's no better time to start promoting a horror film than around Halloween, here's the latest. Ti West, director of “The House of the Devil,” is about to unleash a new film, “The Innkeepers.”The film premiered at the SxSW film festival, but it doesn't arrive in theaters...

1 November 2011
10:02 GMT

'Grim Night' Teaser: Fear Them, They Come

These days, if you play your cards right, you can turn a small-budget indie film into a blockbuster. Just look at what happened with “Paranormal Activity.” This is exactly what the masterminds behind “Grim Night” are also gunning for. The film has just been picked by Universal and, as a result...

27 October 2011
11:21 GMT

'Re-Kill' Extended Trailer: The End of the World Is Broadcast Live

Zombie / horror movie fans, get ready: the clock is already ticking on the latest offering from After Dark Films, “Re-Kill.” A new, 6-minute trailer for it has just been released. If you think that, if you've seen one zombie, post-apocalyptic movie you've seen it all, then think again. “Re...

26 October 2011
08:43 GMT

First Poster for ‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D’ Unveiled

The “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” series has seen lots of installments, some of them more successful than others with fans. The latest, which doesn’t drop until next Halloween, promises to be the best so far, after the original.Fans have constantly been saying that the “Massacre” franchise n...

19 October 2011
09:21 GMT

First Teaser for Nadya Suleman’s Horror Movie ‘Millennium’

Ever since she became (in)famous, Nadya Suleman has tried various “careers” to provide for herself and her 14 children. Her latest attempt sees her starring in a budget horror movie, for which a teaser has just been released. As we also informed you a while back, Octomom is now so pressed for cash she has...

19 October 2011
08:57 GMT

‘The Devil Inside’ Trailer Hits, No Soul Is Safe

When it became clear that the sleeper “Paranormal Activity” was a smashing hit, Paramount created a special film division, Insurge Film, that would focus solely on this type of projects. “The Devil Inside” is the first in what will probably be a very long line. The first trailer for “The...

18 October 2011
10:21 GMT

‘Hostel: Part III’ Trailer Takes Torture Victims to Vegas

Eli Roth’s “Hostel” (2005) broke the mold for horror torture movies, but the franchise has lost some of its luster throughout years. “Hostel: Part III” comes out straight on DVD in December, and fans of the genre can have a first look at the trailer for it.The concept of the “Hoste...

18 October 2011
09:51 GMT

Resident Evil Needs to Diversify to Increase Appeal

The Resident Evil franchise will be expanded via Operation Racoon City and Revelations in the next few months but no sixth core game is being planned yet, which has made some fans of the series a little bit nervous.But one of the main developers working on the series has said that Resident Evil needs to become more d...

10 October 2011
17:21 GMT

Nadya Suleman Gets Movie Role: Woman Impregnated by Demon

She’s tried glamour posing and she’s even had a go at reality television. Again strapped for cash, Nadya Suleman, dubbed Octomom by the media, is about to make her debut in feature films, it has emerged. Though she’s never said anything about planning to become an actress, Suleman is about to start ...

10 October 2011
07:14 GMT

Ban on ‘Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence)’ Lifted in the UK

Horror movie fans in the UK shouldn’t despair that they’re deprived of seeing in theaters the sequel to the 2009 film that shocked even the most seasoned of them, “Human Centipede.” The ban on “Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence)” has just been lifted. As we also informed you a w...

8 October 2011
03:41 GMT

‘Paranormal Activity 3’ Poster Is Here: It Runs in the Family

In a context in which horror movie fans thought they’d seen it all in terms of scare tactics, a tiny budget movie with two actors and a small crew proved they were still a long way from knowing it all. The third “Paranormal Activity” will come out this October – and the official poster is here...

22 September 2011
03:33 GMT

Comic-Con 2011: Trailer for ‘Paranormal Activity 3’ Premieres

Fans of a good scare, get ready. With the “Saw” franchise gone and buried (for the time being, at least), there’s an open spot for a hit horror, and “Paranormal Activity” has its eye on the prize. The first trailer is now out. The highly successful and popular franchise kicked off with t...

22 July 2011
06:16 GMT

Colin Farrell Quits Smoking, Talks Vampires

Irish heartbreaker Colin Farrell has turned his life around from the days of yore when he was known as Hollywood’s hottest and wildest partier, and ladies’ man. He’s also quit smoking, as he says in a brand new interview to promote the upcoming “Fright Night.”In the remake, Colin plays a...

13 July 2011
05:21 GMT

‘The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence)’ Is Outlawed in the UK

The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) is so appalled by “The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence)” and the images it puts onscreen that it has flat-out refused to rate it, which means it’s been outlawed and will not be released in the UK at all. Horror fans will remember 2009’s “T...

8 June 2011
09:10 GMT

Lindsay Lohan Wants Leading Part in Stephen King’s ‘Carrie’ Remake

Another classic is being remade for today’s younger audiences: a remake after Stephen King’s “Carrie” is in the works and, according to reports making the rounds online, Lindsay Lohan is “dying” to land the leading part. A few days ago, Entertainment Weekly caught up with King and,...

24 May 2011
08:24 GMT

‘Saw’ Franchise Is Coming Back

“Saw 3D” or “Saw VII” for those who saw it in 2D was thought and marketed as the final installment in the long-lasting and very successful franchise of the same name. As it turns out, fans are yet to see the last of the Jigsaw killer. As we also noted on several occasions and as producers made...

15 April 2011
03:22 GMT

Dead Space Movie Still Looking for a Good Story

Shortly after the first Dead Space video game was launched, Electronic Arts revealed that it was trying to also get a movie project based on the franchise off the ground, as part of a strategy to cross promote the new intellectual property as much as possible. Since then gamers got a new title, Dead Space 2, that si...

23 March 2011
16:11 GMT

Guillermo del Toro's inSane Needs Sales to Create Trilogy

Guillermo del Toro might be already thinking of his upcoming inSane video game project as a trilogy, but publisher THQ will only create all the three games that are part of it if the first one managed to impress gamers and generate sales. Speaking at the Game Developers Conference Danny Bilson, who is the vice pre...

7 March 2011
13:41 GMT

Dead Space 2 Diary: Our Grim Necromorph Future

Dead Space 2 changes locations, taking the player to a space station instead of the Ishimura and initial reports suggested that the change would deliver more diversified spaces, larger combat arenas and a little relief from the gun metal gray and blue color scheme of the original. While nobody can dispute the fact t...

4 February 2011
18:41 GMT

Unitology in Dead Space 2 Is Not Modeled on Scientology

Many players, that went to Dead Space 2 and experienced the enhanced lore information linked to the Unitology religion that the action is centered around, were left wondering whether the developers took inspiration from real world belief systems that end their name in the “ology” suffix, with the closest ...

3 February 2011
15:01 GMT

First Review of ‘Scream 4’ Says It’s the Best of the Series

One of the most anticipated movies of the spring happens to be a horror film, a sequel to a franchise that fans feared dead for many years. The first review for “Scream 4” is in and it’s absolutely raving. Fan DanielleRocks was one of the few lucky fans to have had the chance to attend the screening...

10 January 2011
05:05 GMT

Any Dead Space Save Game Gives Original Plasma Cutter to Dead Space 2

Visceral Games, the developer of the relatively new Dead Space franchise, has just revealed that players who have any type of save game file from the first Dead Space will get the original Plasma Cutter weapon in Dead Space 2.Visceral Games is getting ready to ship Dead Space 2, the sequel to its survival horror fran...

3 January 2011
17:21 GMT

Most Boring Movie Titles of 2010

It’s almost the end of the year and this means this is as good a time as ever to have a look and see what 2010 brought in terms of best and worst in everything. As far as movies go, below is a list of the most boring movie titles of the year. On the premise that a good movie must first have a good title, MovieF...

31 December 2010
09:11 GMT

Dead Space 2 Aftermath Animation Comes on January 25

Video game publisher Electronic Arts and Anchor Bay Entertainment have announced that the Aftermath Dead Space based animation movie will be released on the same date as the new shooter on January 25, allowing fans of the series to get a new perspective on the events that took place on Aegis VII. Aftermatch will u...

16 December 2010
09:57 GMT

THQ and Del Toro Working on inSane

Well-known movie director Guillermo Del Toro and video game publisher THQ have officially revealed the first details and a trailer for their joint project called inSane, which is set to be released at some point during 2013. The trailer shown is very vague, which is probably a good thing considering that the game ...

14 December 2010
05:03 GMT

Resident Evil: Revelations Brings Back Classic Horror Elements

Resident Evil: Revelations is going to be aimed right at classic franchise fans, at least according to Capcom, who revealed that the game, which is set to appear for the Nintendo 3DS, has classic horror elements and trademarks of the long-running survival horror series. Capcom wants to take advantage of the upcomi...

14 December 2010
02:30 GMT

‘Paranormal Activity 3’ Release Date Announced

2010 marked the year when the time-enduring horror franchise “Saw” came to an end with the last ever installment “Saw 3D.” Still, horror fans needn’t despair because it looks we have another player in “Paranormal Activity.”The first film arrived in theaters all over the world...

19 November 2010
03:51 GMT

Saw 3D – Movie Review

This Halloween brought another – the seventh and presumably last – “Saw” movie in theaters around the world. Unlike the previous installments in the once very lucrative franchise, the final one comes in “eye-popping” 3D. “Saw 3D” means to tie up all the loose ends of th...

31 October 2010
08:01 GMT

David Arquette Talks ‘Scream 4’

“Scream 4,” the upcoming sequel to the famous horror movie that broke the mold more than a decade ago, has been long in the making. However, it’s like nothing has changed, David Arquette says in a new interview with MovieFone. As fans of the genre must surely know, much has been said and speculated ...

30 October 2010
05:33 GMT

‘Paranormal Activity 2’ Is Biggest Horror Opening of All Times

After setting a new record for midnight R-rated screeners, “Paranormal Activity 2” went on to surpass even the most optimistic expectations, making over $40 million in its opening weekend and, this way, writing history again.As Deadline can confirm, the sequel to last year’s sleeper hit made $41.5 m...

25 October 2010
06:09 GMT

Paramount Offers ‘Paranormal Activity’ as Free Download

Fans demanding to see the hotly anticipated “Paranormal Activity 2” and pre-ordering tickets to a screening for it will have the chance to download “Paranormal Activity” free of charge, Paramount Pictures announces. The sequel to last year’s screamfest, simply called “Paranormal Ac...

21 October 2010
09:28 GMT

Satan Is After Anthony Hopkins in ‘The Rite’ Trailer

Exorcism movies are back: after Eli Roth’s “The Last Exorcism” made a killing at the US box office, fans of the horror genre should brace themselves for another – this time bigger – release: “The Rite” with Anthony Hopkins. The film doesn’t arrive in theaters until Janu...

21 October 2010
06:52 GMT

Mark Wahlberg Wanted for Lead in ‘The Crow’ Remake

“The Crow” was released in theaters in 1994 to great critical and box office success –a sequel has been in the works ever since. Now, things finally seem to be going in the right direction, with a possible lead found in Mark Wahlberg. As fans must know, the original “Crow” starred Brando...

21 October 2010
03:14 GMT

‘Piranha 3D’ Sequel Is a Go for 2011, ‘Piranha 3DD’

Some critics may have hated this year’s gorefest “Piranha 3D” but, as box office figures show, audiences loved it. As such, it’s no wonder Dimension Films is already working on a sequel, which will arrive in theaters in late summer 2011. As we also informed you at the time, “Piranha 3D&r...

21 October 2010
02:49 GMT

Danny Boyle to Direct Third ‘28 Days Later’ Film

“28 Days Later” came out in 2003, and was followed by “28 Weeks Later” in 2007. Oscar-winning director is to return to the helm of the franchise he helped set up, with a third film tentatively called “28 Months Later.”Even for those who are not necessarily horror movie fans, &ldquo...

12 October 2010
04:41 GMT

‘The Social Network’ Still Top Dog at the US Box Office

Thanks to excellent reviews, some Oscar buzz and a brilliant cast, “The Social Network” has managed to remain at the top of the North American box office for a second week since release. Though it didn’t open as big as Sony Pictures would have probably wanted, the film about the makings of Facebook ...

11 October 2010
06:15 GMT

Theater Chain Pulls Unrated, Uncut ‘Hatchet II’

“Hatchet II,” the sequel to the 2006 gorefest that admittedly redefined the slasher American movie genre, arrived in AMC theaters on October 1, unrated, uncut and “uncompromised” – and was pulled days later, without notice.According to Entertainment Weekly’s PopWatch and director A...

5 October 2010
04:51 GMT


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