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28 August 2008 8:59 PM, PDT | From DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news

In celebration of Chucky's 20th Birthday Dread Central, in conjunction with MGM Home Entertainment and Fox Home Entertainment, will be doling out the free goods to you!

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28 August 2008 5:07 AM, PDT | From iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news

The new 20th anniversary special edition DVD of Child's Play, titled Child's Play: Chucky's 20th Birthday Edition hits store shelves on September 9th. We have the cover art at This previous news post, and you can check out the listing of special features Here. Shock Till You Drop scored several screengrabs from the disc's actual menus. Click Here or on the teaser image below to check them out!

Child's Play was written & directed by Tom Holland from a story by Don Mancini and starred Chris Sarandon, Catherine Hicks, Alex Vincent and Brad Dourif as Charles Lee Ray (aka Chucky). The 1988 horror hit went on to spawn 4 sequels and is now on the cusp of a new remake. (More on that Here!) The DVD arrives September 9th!

22 August 2008 10:45 PM, PDT | From DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news

Here it is the third week of August, and it's obvious we're solidly in the middle of the dog days of summer. Not that it's especially hot where I am, but from the slow influx of news over the period from August 16-22, 2008, anyone can see that it's a stagnant time in Hollywood and the rest of the horror community. But a few choice pieces of information did manage to rise out of the general malaise, including:

Tristan started things off with a new 7 Deadly Sinns, an homage to creepy cinematic twins. I was very happy to see The Other included as it definitely had an effect on me as a child watching it, and there are several other great films mentioned as well.

From terrible twos to terrific trios, how about a collaboration among Ray Harryhausen, Edgar Allan Poe, and stop-motion animation? It gets no better, I'd say! A

The Woman In Black

20 August 2008 12:06 AM, PDT | From DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news

Despite what they say, I just don’t get why the Child’s Play franchise needs a reboot. A new film that picks up where Seed ended could be pretty damn cool if they kept it dark, but at least series creator Don Mancini’s doing it himself.

In a recent lengthy chat with AICN, Manicini and producer David Kirshner discuss the upcoming 20th Anniversary DVD (pre-order it here), as well as the impending remake. The first bit of good news? Brad Dourif will be back as the voice of Chucky. ”If you could recast it,” Mancini said, ”you would want the actor to sound kind of like it, but it would feel weird to just be completely different I think.”

Going back to my comments about a sequel instead of a remake, Mancini also offered up a rationale for starting the franchise over that draws on that idea. ”I

Johnny Butane

19 August 2008 11:46 PM, PDT | From bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news

This reminds me of the battle that went on to get the remake of Friday The 13th on the big screen. After AICN posted their incredible interview with Child's Play creator Don Mancini and producer David Kirschner, we got in touch with Mancini who gave us an update of the actual status of the remake, which will also see the return of Brad Dourif. What will it take for Charles Lee Ray to return as Chucky in theaters? Read on and find out. "We've had several meetings," Don Mancini tells Bloody-Disgusting, "I pitched my new take to the studio and got their notes. They definitely want to make the movie. But they're busy with the deal-making process at the moment, which is complicated by the fact that the remake rights are owned jointly by Universal and MGM (where we made the original film). "

19 August 2008 8:21 PM, PDT | From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news

Here are some interesting pieces I stumbled across on the Web today. Click on the links to find out more.

• At Entertainment Weekly: Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens are joining Guillermo del Toro to write the screenplay for "The Hobbit." Finally!

• At The Hollywood Reporter: Warner Bros. and 20th Century Fox are fighting over the rights to Zack Snyder's "Watchmen."

• Ain't It Cool News' Quint talks to writer Don Mancini (and others) about a possible "Child's Play" remake.

• Cinematical picks seven romantic comedies you should watch. I don't agree with all the picks.

• At Yahoo! via AP, Roger Moore chats about his upcoming James Bond memoir. I can't wait to read it.

Got any interesting movie-related stories you found on the web? Let us know!

Franck Tabouring

19 August 2008 8:00 PM, PDT | From MoviesOnline.ca | See recent MoviesOnline news

The Child's Play franchise has always been one that I felt took a huge nose dive after it peaked on Child's Play 2. After part three the series began to inject much more humor into the films and turned the psychopathic killer doll into a punch line instead of a lunatic mass murderer on the run. The psychology of the killer James Earl Ray was completely erased. Now it seems a reboot is on the way. Don Mancini the writer of the franchise will be helming the reboot as well writing script once again. AICN managed to track him down and talk about what the plan is with the new film and what, if any...

19 August 2008 3:31 PM, PDT | From firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news

By the end of 2020, we'll probably see every horror movie remade, it's inevitable. As we first announced last October, Child's Play is one of the latest horror franchises being rebooted. The same producers who brought us all five of the previous Child's Play movies are doing this reboot, which should be a good sign, considering that doesn't usually happen. Additionally, Don Mancini, who wrote all of the Child's Play movies and directed Seed of Chucky, is both writing and directing this reboot, too. Quint from Ain't It Cool News caught up with Don and producer David Kirschner to talk about the Special Edition DVD and ended up spending some time chatting about the reboot - and it actually doesn't sound that bad. First and foremost, Mancini explains why they decided to restart this franchise with a reboot. "I think what we are mainly responding to, David and I, is the

Alex Billington

19 August 2008 11:43 AM, PDT | From bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news

A few months ago it was reported that Child's Play creator Don Mancini would step behind the camera and direct a remake to his own film that he brought to the world back in 1988 with director Tom Holland. This morning a brand new interview was posted to help promote the upcoming 20th Anniversary DVD release, where creator Don Mancini and producer David Kirschner talk in details about the forthcoming remake. "Its not like we would ever who would you get thats better?," director Don Mancini adds. "I mean with Chucky so much of it and David and I talk about this a lot, that because hes a puppet, theres an aspect of him that feels like hes an animated character, so his voice is such an immense part of it as well as what he looks like. Its almost like recasting Homer Simpson or something..." More inside

19 August 2008 10:48 AM, PDT | From iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news

Quint over at Ain't It Cool News did a lengthy interview with Don Mancini (co-writer on Child's Play), David Kirschner (producer on Child’S Play) and Michelle Gold (producer of the new DVD). Several interesting tid-bits came up over the course of the conversation, including the topic of the proposed Child's Play remake.

Don Mancini will be writing and directing the Child's Play remake, aka "reboot" as they're calling it and it will retell the "origin" story established in the first Child's Play movie.

They also reveal that they fully intend on using Brad Dourif as Chucky aka Charles Lee Ray again, as it would be difficult to imagine anyone else in the role.

Mancini tells Quint, "I think what we are mainly responding to, David and I, is the will of the fans, which is really telling us that they want to see a scary Chucky movie again. They

19 August 2008 9:05 AM, PDT | From iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news

The Wizard Of Gore (based on the 1970 Herschell Gordon Lewis of the same name) is out on DVD today courtesy of Dimension Extreme! Directed by Jeremy Kasten from a script by Zach Chassler, the update stars Crispin Glover (Willard), Kip Pardue, Bijou Phillips (Hostel: Part II), Jeffrey Combs (Re-animator), Brad Dourif (Child's Play), Joshua Miller (Near Dark) & the "Suicide Girls" and is available in an "unrated director's cut". We'll have an exclusive interview with director Jeremy Kasten next week! Check out the synopsis and trailer below!

Montag the Magnificent (Glover) is a master illusionist who performs at underground venues, selecting female volunteers from his rave-like audiences. To their hysteria, it appears he's dismembered their bodies, but his sleigh of hand has fooled them. However, female bodies show up dead from the same wounds performed on stage. Investigators are baffled, and the chase to find the killer begins.

19 August 2008 8:51 AM, PDT | From iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news

The official My Space page for Tom Holland's new horror web-series "5 Or Die" has gotten an upgrade. You can now check out several photos, as well as 7 teaser trailers/spots on the webpage: www.myspace.com/5ordie. The short (episode 1) is set to debut on Strike TV's site sometime in September. Keep your eyes on the My Space page for instructions on how to see it earlier!

5 Or Die was written & directed by Tom Holland (Fright Night, Child's Play) and produced by Dennis DeFrehn, special effects by Vince Guastini and stars Brandon Fobbs (The Wire), Madeline Zima (Californication), James Snyder (Crybaby on Broadway) and Kevin Daniels (Their Eye were Watching God).

19 August 2008 8:30 AM, PDT | From ArrowInTheHead.com | See recent Arrowinthehead news

If it wasn't official before, it just got a lot more officialier (real word): We'll be getting a remake, I'm sorry, a "reboot" of Child's Play. The good news is that it comes from the original creators of the franchise, Don Mancini and David Kirschner, and that Brad Dourif will once again be reprising his role as Charles Le Ray. You may ask, why remake it then? I'm sure the producers would respond with a polite, yet definitive, "Go f*ck yourself." Aint it Cool News'...

Eric Walkuski

13 August 2008 11:38 PM, PDT | From iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news

A few weeks ago, we reported on all the bonus content that will be included in the upcoming Pumpkinhead: 20th Anniversary DVD, which streets September 9th, 2008. (Same date as the Child's Play: Chucky's 20th Birthday Edition DVD) (Original news post Here!) However, the cover art we'd been running is apparently inaccurate. Below is the new DVD cover artwork for Pumpkinhead. Directed by the late, great Stan Winston and starring Lance Henriksen, the 1988 cult-classic eventually spawned 3 sequels. List of special features can be found Here!

12 August 2008 12:11 PM, PDT | From bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news

At the beginning of August, several of the major horror web publications all received a mysterious video spot hinting at something called 5 Or Die. It turns out that 5 Or Die is actually the new short film from writer/director Tom Holland (Child's Play), which debuts exclusively on-line at the Strike TV website this September. Strike.TV is the new internet platform for Hollywood talent that was created during the Writers Guild Strike. Holland is no stranger to the horror genre, having penned the screenplays for Psycho 2, The Beast Within and later writing and directing horror classics Fright Night, Childs Play and the Stephen King adaptations for Thinner and The Langoliers. 5 Or Die marks Hollands grand return to the genre and introduces genre fans to a brand new killer unlike anyone youve ever seen cinematically thus far.

30 July 2008 9:14 AM, PDT | From DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news

We are pleased to reveal the next batch of guests confirmed for this year's Rock and Shock, which takes place in Worcester, Mass., October 10th-12th.

Along with the Hellraiser 1 & 2 reunion announced previously, you can look forward to meeting the following celebs:

Chris Sarandon - Fright Night, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Child's Play, Bordello of Blood Stephen Geoffreys - Fright Night, 976-Evil Tony Todd - Candyman, Final Destination, Hatchet Daeg Farech - Halloween 07 Hanna Hall - Halloween 07 The bands who will be performing include Children of Bodom, The Black Dahlia Murder, Between The Buried And Me, Obituary, and August Burns Red on Friday night; Gwar and Mushroomhead on Saturday; and Insane Clown Posse on Sunday.

More guests will be added in the coming weeks so get your plans in order now by visiting the official Rock and Shock forums, only on Dread Central!

- Debi Moore

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18 July 2008 2:31 PM, PDT | From iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news

Fangoria got word from MGM on the final specs/special features for their upcoming Pumpkinhead: 20th Anniversary Edition, which hits store shelves on September 9th, 2008! (Same date as the Child's Play: Chucky's 20th Birthday Edition DVD) Directed by the late, great Stan Winston and starring Lance Henriksen, the 1988 cult-classic eventually spawned 3 sequels. This new disc will boast a "lenticular" cover, which changes between 2 images (see below) and the following special features:

- Audio commentary by co-scripter Gary Gerani and FX creators Tom Woodruff Jr. and Alec Gillis, moderated by Scott Spiegel

- Pumpkinhead Unearthed featurette

- Evolution of a Demon featurette

- The Cursed and the Damned featurette

- The Tortured Soul of Ed Harley featurette

- Constructing Vengeance featurette

- Razorback Holler featurette

- Demonic Toys featurette

- Behind-the-scenes footage

- Still gallery

2 July 2008 6:43 PM, PDT | From iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news

Fangoria posted the first peek at the cover art for the new Pumpkinhead Special Edition DVD coming September 9th, 2008 from MGM. (Also streeting that day is the new Child's Play: Chucky's 20th Birthday Edition. Details Here!) The cover will be "lenticular", meaning it will change between the two images below depending on how you look at it. For more details on the 20th anniversary edition of Pumpkinhead (including a listing of the special features), check our previous post Here!

1 July 2008 3:34 PM, PDT | From iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news

MGM has revealed the DVD cover art for the upcoming special edition of Child's Play, which streets September 9th. The disc (now being called Chucky's 20th Birthday Edition) pretty much sports the exact same "hologram" cover that the current bare-bones edition has. (Way to go, MGM marketing department!) Shock Till You Drop has got a higher resolution look Here. Check out the list of features Here and our original post Here.

1 July 2008 11:49 AM, PDT | From DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news

Styd received the cover art for what is now known as Child's Play: Chucky's 20th Birthday Edition. We were expecting something with a little more zazz. Remember the Child's Play collection that came out a couple of years ago? How about something creepy like that? Jazz it up with a buttload of zazz.

Relive the Good Guy's first rampage all over again on September 9th. For more information on all the extras joining this 20th anniversary DVD, head over here.

Zazz!

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