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In the era of remakes and reboots, we've gotten a lot of news about horror movies and their potential revivals. The cult classic and underrated gem Urban Legend is the next in line for a reboot. The 1998 slasher film was buried underneath the success of Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer, which have also been remade and rebooted.

What we know so far about the Urban Legend reboot

Gary Dauberman is set to produce after working on other horror films such as 2025's Until Dawn, 2017's It, as well as multiple movies in The Conjuring Universe. Alongside Dauberman is Neal Moritz, who produced the original Urban Legend and also I Know What You Did Last Summer. He is reportedly in discussions to potentially produce as well. Shanrah Wakefield, known for a few Lifetime movies, is writing the script. Additionally, Screen Gems is behind this new take.

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The massive box office success of the recent Scream movies led to an I Know What You Did Last Summer legacy sequel (check out the first trailer here), and we now have word that another '90s slasher movie is set for the revival treatment, with Screen Gems in the process of developing a new Urban Legends movie.

THR reports that writer/actress Shanrah Wakefield (Wrong Swipe) has been hired to pen the script, with Gary Dauberman, whose video game adaptation Until Dawn opens this weekend, on board as a producer via his Coin Operated banner. Neal Moritz, who was one of the producers of the original, is also in negotiations to produce.

Directed by Jamie Blanks and written by Sylvio Horta, the original '90s slasher was set in a New England university and focused on a killer whose murders were inspired by popular urban legends. Jared Leto, Alicia Witt,...

Did you ever hear the one about Hollywood consistently banking on sequels, requels, reboots and familiar IP to bring in box office dollars? It's not exactly folklore since it's something very well-known and very true, but it is the appropriate way to drop news that a slasher film from the late '90s teen horror movie boom is making a comeback. Urban Legend was released in the wake of the success of 1996's Scream and now another take will follow in that franchise's successful footsteps in hopes of striking gold once again.

Per The Hollywood Reporter, a reboot of 1998's Urban Legend is in early development at Sony Screen Gems, with Shanrah Wakefield being tasked to tackle the screenplay. Gary Dauberman, who co-wrote the Until Dawn video game adaptation that is opening this Friday, will produce through his Coin Operated banner. Meanwhile Neal H. Moritz, who produced the 1998 film, is...

Five years ago, it was announced that Screen Gems had hired What Keeps You Alive writer/director Colin Minihan to take the helm of a reboot of the 1998 slasher Urban Legend, the idea being to create “an iconic new slasher for the digital age in a world where internet urban legends are born and move at a terrifying pace.” Minihan’s reboot got far enough into development that Sydney Chandler and Katherine McNamara were in talks to star in the film… but then, it all fell apart. Now, The Hollywood Reporter has broken the news that Screen Gems is going to give this Urban Legend reboot idea another try, bringing in genre regular Gary Dauberman to produce the film under his Coin Operated banner. Neal H. Moritz, who was a producer on the original film, is in talks to produce as well, while Shanrah Wakefield has been hired to write the screenplay.

Screen Gems is developing a new take on ’90s slasher Urban Legend, and THR reports that Shanrah Wakefield (Killer in Red) will write the script with Gary Dauberman (Until Dawn) producing. Neal Moritz is also in talks to produce, with the reboot in early development.

THR details, “While plot details are unknown, sources say the story aims to be an examination of what an urban legend looks like in a post-digital world.”

In the Jamie Blanks-directed 1998 slasher starring Jared Leto, Alicia Witt, and Rebecca Gayheart, a college student suspects a series of bizarre deaths are connected to urban legends.

The original slasher was followed by two sequels, Urban Legends: Final Cut, released theatrically in 2000, and the direct-to-video film Urban Legends: Bloody Mary in 2005.

The original Urban Legend was written by the late Silvio Horta.

Paul Lê wrote here on Bloody Disgusting back in 2021, “Jamie Blanks’ debut is hardly the...

Another blast from the past for horror movie fans is making a comeback. Urban Legend, a slasher movie franchise that began with the original film released in 1998, is now set to get the reboot treatment.

Per The Hollywood Reporter, an Urban Legend reboot is now in early development. The film will be produced by Coin Operated's Gary Dauberman, a producer and writer on the new horror film Until Dawn, which hits theaters this weekend. Shanrah Wakefield will write the screenplay for the Urban Legend reboot with original Urban Legend producer Neal Moritz in talks to serve as a producer on the new film. A director hasn't yet been named, and no cast members are attached.

As it stands, no plot details have been divulged about the new take on Urban Legend. Reportedly, the story will be an "examination of what an urban legend looks like in a post-digital world,...

When it comes to slasher films, the iconography of the killer is often more important than the story. As long as fans are being given the chance to watch Michael Myers show up in his white-painted Captain Kirk finest to slaughter anyone who gets in his way, no one cares about trying to make sense of the the nonsensical and convoluted timeline of the "Halloween" franchise. Even people who have never watched a horror movie in their life could probably identify Jason Voorhees from "Friday the 13th" in his iconic hockey mask, or clock Leatherface from "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" even without his titular weapon. The look of a slasher villain should strike fear into the hearts of the audience ... but it should also be memorable enough to be marketable.

It's a delicate balance, and it's not the easiest thing in the world to pull off. The basic "sackhead...

Successful slashers like Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers, Chucky, Freddy Krueger, and more have defined the horror genre and have terrified audiences for decades. Recently, audiences have felt that the horror genre has only gotten bigger and better. New and unique films like Longlegs and Nope are now following in those monumental footsteps.

So what horror movie killers are terrifying audiences the best today? Within the last decade, there have been countless villains to choose from, and even more with incredible movies to back. From violent slashers to iconic monsters, modern horror is offering up some of the scariest bogeymen to date.

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It takes a certain caliber of actors to move seamlessly through the entertainment industry and make just enough waves while avoiding the pitfalls.

That's what Jennifer Morrison has managed to do in almost 30 years of her career.

While the actress has primarily stayed in the television lane, she's been in her fair share of films.

However, after her unforgettable role as Emma Swan, Morrison has taken up a directorial hat and is now working behind the scenes.

Don't worry, though, because we have compiled a list of some of the actress's most prolific work.

Also, for those inclined to IMDb, be sure to check out the cast list of a specific slasher entry on the list.

It's technically the only slasher movie here, but you'll still see some big names.

The actor has rubbed elbows with some of Hollywood's biggest names, so don't be surprised if you recognize her from some big-budget films and franchises.

Post-credits scenes have become popular in recent years, but some horror movies' scenes have gone nowhere, leaving audiences wondering what happened. Movies like "The Green Inferno" and "Slither" had intriguing post-credits scenes that set up potential sequels, but never followed through. Even though post-credits scenes in horror movies don't always lead to continuations, they still provide exciting teases that keep viewers engaged until the very end.

Post-credits scenes have become a common addition to movies from any genre, but horror movies don’t usually join the trend – however, some horror movies have had post-credits scenes that ended up leading absolutely nowhere. Although post-credits scenes are not a new practice in the film industry, they have become a lot more popular in recent years, in large part thanks to superhero universes like the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the DC Extended Universe. Post-credits scenes can now be found in movies from all genres,...

The Dracula 2000 episode of Wtf Happened to This Horror Movie? was Written by Emilie Black, Narrated by Adam Walton, Edited by Victoria Verduzco, Produced by Andrew Hatfield and John Fallon, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.

Horror in the year 2000 was something. Yeah, that’s it, it was something. A lot of it happened, some of it was great, some of it was good, and some of it, not so much. Actually, if the internet crowd is to be believed, the early 2000s, especially the year 2000 were abysmal for horror. We did get a few memorable films released in 2000 like the first Final Destination film, Cherry Falls, Ginger Snaps, The Cell, and American Psycho. However, the scales had some serious bad on the other side to balance it all out. Films like Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2, Hellraiser: Inferno, Christina’s House, and Dracula 2000 (watch it Here) came and...

The episode of Revisited covering Urban Legends: Final Cut was Written by Emilie Black, Narrated by Adam Walton, Edited by Victoria Verduzco, Produced by Lance Vlcek and John Fallon, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.

The late 1990s and early 2000s were a period where horror fans either loved or hated what was being produced and released. For every new good film, there seem to be 10 bad ones. The genre felt like it was saturated, and a lot of films came off similar to each other. Scream started a self-referential trend in horror, one that went from mild references to other films to straight-up meta stories. One of the better-received horror films of the late 1990s was 1998’s Urban Legend. It played with stories everyone knew, and it was fairly brutal in its approach to killings. So, to no one’s surprise, it was followed up by a few sequels,...

The year 2000 was a scary one for horror films and not always in a good way.

While American Psycho and The Cell offered up visually striking nihilistic thrills to genre fans, the majority of horror movies released at the dawn of the new millennium were at best forgettable and, at worst, lamentable – yes, we’re looking at you, Leprechaun in the Hood.

This was the year of duff sequels like Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2, Urban Legends: Final Cut and, though it is painful to admit, Scream 3. Horror fans were screaming out for something different, something exciting. They found it with Final Destination.

Discarding the stalk-and-slash thrills that had enjoyed a revival in the years following the release of Scream, Final Destination centered on a group of high schoolers who end up avoiding a fatal plane crash thanks to a premonition, only to discover there is no escaping death...

Jennifer Morrison has had a lengthy and storied career dating back about two decades at this point. While she has made appearances in films like Urban Legends: Final Cut, Star Trek, Warrior, and Assassination Nation, she is most known for working in television.

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Her biggest and most popular role came as the lead character of Emma Swan on Once Upon a Time for six seasons. While that's what everyone remembers, fans might have forgotten that she was also part of several other major television series over the years. From lead roles to guest appearances, she has kind of been everywhere.

Twiiiiiiiins. After checking in with the for-sure lesbians in Dario Argento’s Tenebrae and the maybe-lesbians of Jamie Babbit’s The Quiet, we’re heading back 20 years to revisit John Ottman‘s slasher sequel Urban Legends: Final Cut! The film takes place at Alpine University, where one senior student will be awarded the prestigious Hitchcock Award for best thesis film […]...

The Urban Legend Reboot is well underway as casting has begun for the upcoming horror movie. Katherine McNamara, Sydney Chandler and Keith Powers are being eyed for possible roles in the reboot, which is being produced by Screen Gems. The studio is seemingly eager to get this one underway, with initial reports suggesting it is being fast-tracked by the studio. The aim is to provide a fresh take on the slasher for the digital age.

According to a new report, Sydney Chandler and Katherine McNamara are both in talks for roles in the new Urban Legend. Keith Powers is also being looked at for a possible role but it's not clear where he and the studio are in the process. Chandler is set to play the protagonist, assuming the deal closes. There is no word on who McNamara will be playing, should things pan out. While specific details are largely...

Urban Legend is the next horror movie to get the reboot treatment as an updated version is now in development at Screen Gems. Colin Minihan has been tapped to write and direct a new take on the 1998 movie. Reportedly, the studio has set the project on the fast track and is currently casting its key roles. Mike Medavoy and Benjamin Anderson are also on board to produce for Phoenix Pictures, with Screen Gems' Eric Paquette and Michael Bitar overseeing the project.

Full details are not yet known about the plot of the Urban Legend Reboot, but the modernized reboot will "introduce an iconic new slasher for the digital age in a world where internet urban legends are born and move at a terrifying pace." Similar to the original, Minihan's reboot will also focus on a diverse group of college students, now investigating a series of murders that "resemble urban legends...

On tap today are my reviews for two recent films that Scream Factory is celebrating with new Blu-ray releases: the 2000 sequel Urban Legends: Final Cut and Tobe Hooper’s The Mangler. And rather than waste any time, I’m just going to dive right in instead.

Urban Legends: Final Cut: When Urban Legends: Final Cut was released, I could not have been more excited heading into the theater that opening weekend. Sure, in many cases, horror sequels often end up being an experience of diminishing returns, but considering how strong the concept of the original Urban Legend was, I was just excited to see what other legends would get explored this time around. And, as it turns out, not very many at all. Which only makes up just part of my disappointment when it comes to Urban Legends: Final Cut.

The sequel opens like a cheesy slasher-y version of Final Destination,...

Happy Thanksgiving week, everyone! As everyone here in the States prepares for the grand feast later this week, we have a new round of horror and sci-fi home media releases to indulge in before it’s time for turkey and stuffing. Scream Factory is doing the dark lord’s work this Tuesday with their Collector’s Edition releases of both Candyman and Urban Legend, and they’re even showing Urban Legends: Final Cut some love as well. Season 2 of The Outer Limits comes home this week, the recent sci-fi actioner Kin arrives on multiple formats, and Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey is getting a 4K upgrade to boot.

Other notable releases for November 20th include the Steelbook editions of both Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey and Streets of Fire, Luciferina on Blu-ray and DVD, and Malicious on DVD.

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The people demanded it, and now it’s here. Urban Legend, the 1998 horror flick that rode the post-Scream wave of slasher movie revivals, is headed to Blu-ray from the good folks at Scream Factory. As an added bonus, the boutique Blu-ray label is also releasing the sequel I bet you forget even existed: Urban Legends: Final Cut. Get […]

The post Break Out the Pop Rocks and Soda: ‘Urban Legend’ Blu-ray Coming From Scream Factory appeared first on /Film.

Make sure you check the backseat of your car, because as Scream Factory announced during Comic-Con, they're bringing Urban Legend and Urban Legends: Final Cut to Blu-ray, and now they've revealed the extensive special features for both releases, including a 147-minute documentary, a new audio commentary, a bunch of new interviews, and more!

Press Release: Get ready to face your worst fears this November 20, 2018 when Scream Factory™ unleashes 90’s horror smash hit Urban Legend Collector’s Edition 2-Disc Blu-ray and its suspenseful follow-up Urban Legends: Final Cut Blu-ray. A must-have for loyal fans, movie collectors and horror enthusiasts, Urban Legend Collector’s Edition and Urban Legends: Final Cut contain special bonus content. Pre-order now at ShoutFactory.com

Directed by Jamie Blanks, Urban Legend stars Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club), Alicia Witt (TV’s The Exorcist), Rebecca Gayheart (Jawbreaker), Joshua Jackson (The Affair), Loretta Devine (Grey’s Anatomy), Tara Reid...

Later tonight, 47 Meters Down swims its way into theaters everywhere, and the action-fueled horror movie has had quite a wild ride so far. It was originally set to be released on home media last summer, only to be picked up by Entertainment Studios and become destined to hit big screens everywhere this weekend.

During a recent press day, Daily Dead had the opportunity to chat with two of the co-stars in 47 Meters Down, Matthew Modine (Full Metal Jacket, Stranger Things) and Yani Gellman (Urban Legends: Final Cut, Stoney from Jason X), who play a boat captain and potential suitor to one of the film’s heroines, respectively. The duo discussed what intrigued them about the project, the challenges of making the film, and recalled 47 Meters Down’s unusual journey into theaters.

What was it that initially attracted you to this project? Had you seen any of Johannes [Roberts'] prior films?

Matthew Modine...

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With horror films such as Blair Witch, It Follows and Sinister, why it's sometimes what you don't see that matters...

This article contains spoilers for It Follows, Sinister, Ringu, the original Blair Witch Project and – as always – Fight Club.

It’s everywhere, it’s terrifying and it’s preying on our fragile psyches. No, not The X Factor, but the other monster, the one we might like to call ‘absolutely nothing at all, really’. It’s the sky, the darkness, the woods or just the background in the frame surrounding the people we see in our television shows and movies. It’s where the threat is, or might be – the unknown in which something could suddenly appear at any moment.

Negative space can be an essential element of any visual composition, but it’s horror movies that often rely on what you don’t see to make a story work.

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Iconic screen bogeymen – Myers, Krueger et al – force us to watch through fingers clamped over our eyes, while we breathlessly await their next act of onscreen savagery. If exposed to their antics at an impressionable age, you’ll be afraid of the dark for the rest of your life.

At the other end of the scale, however, there are horror movie villains that force us to ask such important questions as “Why am I watching this?” and “How the hell did this get made and did they think they’d get away with it?”

Horror is one of the hardest genres to get right and one of the easiest to screw up, and nothing spells disaster like an antagonist who either puts the audience to sleep or has them laughing in the aisles. When we should be getting worked up, with our palms moistening and our knuckles tightening, we...

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Eva Mendes was never interested in acting growing up: she even considered pursuing a life as a Catholic nun before she found her true calling completely by chance. The Miami native had never so much as taken a drama lesson when a scout noticed her photograph inside a friend’s portfolio and convinced her to drop out of her marketing management course and start spending her time on auditions instead.

Whoever that was deserves credit for single-handedly setting a modern sex symbol on her way to stardom.

Mendes made a name for herself on the B-movie scene with appearances in Children Of The Corn V: Fields Of Terror (1998) and Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000), and was soon attracting the attention of Antoine Fuqua, director of Training Day (2001). Her performance as Denzel Washington’s mistress in the award winning crime thriller was very much a breakout, and she has gone on...

Scott Derrickson's films up to this point have mainly been in the horror genre; in addition to directing such box-office hits as "The Exorcism of Emily Rose," "Sinister" and "Deliver Us from Evil," he wrote the scripts the 2000 slasher sequel "Urban Legends: Final Cut" and the Pang Brothers' 2007 supernatural horror film "Messengers," among others. Which leads one to wonder: will the director's work on Marvel's "Doctor Strange" lead the McU in a more macabre direction than we've previously seen? Try to garner some clues, if you can, from Derrickson's picks for the 10 greatest horror films of all time, submitted to us as part of this month's Ultimate Horror Movie Poll, which ranked the 100 greatest horror films of all time based on votes sent in by more than 100 horror movie professionals. Will the comic book hero's feature-film debut give us a dash of surrealistic color, a la Dario Argento's most-heralded film?...

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The 2000s were a decade when medium and small-budgeted movies could do big business before being forgotten. We look back as to why.

By the end of the 2000s, getting number one at the American box office was a valuable marketing commodity. As such, studios pumped more and more money into making sure they at least had a great opening weekend for their product.

The consequence of this was that it was harder and harder for smaller, quirkier films to take a brief spot in the sun. Certainly toward the second half of the decade, it seems that the number one movie each week was pre-ordained in a marketing meeting somewhere.

Still, there were some films that have since fallen out of public view that clawed their way to number one. How many of these do you remember?

Eye of the Beholder

January 2000, One Week

Based on...

Kevin Spacey, Steven Seagal and, erm, Kangaroo Jack: they all nabbed the box office top spot last decade...

By the end of the 2000s, getting number one at the American box office was a valuable marketing commodity. As such, studios pumped more and more money into making sure they at least had a great opening weekend for their product.

The consequence of this was that it was harder and harder for smaller and quirkier films to take a brief spot in the sun. Certainly towards the second half of the decade, it seems that the number one movie each week was pre-ordinained in a marketing meeting somewhere.

Still, there were some films that have since fallen out of public view that clawed their way to number one. How many of these do you remember?

Eye Of The Beholder

January 2000, one week

Based on Marc Behm's book of the same name,...

Sony Music is releasing the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack of X-Men: Days of Future Past, featuring music composed by BAFTA Award winner John Ottman. The soundtrack will be available digitally on May 19 and on CD June 3.

John Ottman graduated from the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California. One of his early assignments was to provide original music for the computer game I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream. In 1996 he won a BAFTA award for editing The Usual Suspects, and was later nominated for an Emmy Award for his score to the ABC series Fantasy Island.

Ottman’s range of composition takes in X-men 2, the dark comedy of The Cable Guy, the nightmares of Gothika and Orphan, and the animated notes of Astro Boy.

With six films already released, X-Men is one of the most successful franchises in film history. It started in 2000 with the original X-Men movie,...

I’m not going to delude myself and think that we’re going to start a revolution, and that Urban Legends: Final Cut will somehow surpass Halloween as the better film. But just hear me out; it’s a much better film than people have ever given it credit to be.

I was surfing around Netflix and saw it had been added; I own the DVD but as is with our age of digital gratification I popped it on anyways. As the credits started I remembered back to when I first saw it. The year was 2000, and I was looking through the DVD selection at my local Ames; a chain long since extinct, and I spotted it. I didn’t even have internet at the time- (go ahead and judge), and had heard nothing about a sequel to Urban Legends. I bought it sight unseen after reading the description, for a modest $24.99. Yes,...

My meeting with actor Anson Mount of AMC's Hell on Wheels at this year's Atx Television Festival conjured up memories of me at elementary-school-age slumber parties, where I distinctly remember watching the Britney Spears-fronted Crossroads and the horror flick Urban Legends: Final Cut. Oh, the early 2000s. Both films starred Mount in his days as the stereotypical clean-cut, good-guy romantic lead.

If his performance in Hell on Wheels wasn't enough to prove that the 40-year-old has come a long way from his Razzie-nominated performance in Crossroads, meeting him in person definitely did. He still seems as charming as my 10-year-old self remembers, but definitely more confident and scruffy than he was in his twenties. Some good old-fashioned manual labor (even if it may be only onscreen) has done this Tennessee native good and has provided him with a platform to show off his acting chops.

Since the show's release...

In her new film, The Place Beyond the Pines, she ditches glam, playing a hard-grafting waitress opposite real-life partner Ryan Gosling. She talks about how the role mirrors her upbringing and, er, why her dog's face should be pixellated

"If you see Mike Leigh," says Eva Mendes, "tell him Mendes really wants him. And I do a good cockney." So I did. Or, rather, I emailed his agent. Mendes had already done the heavy lifting. "I sent him a note maybe like eight years ago," she says, a little giddy, "and I'm sure he had no idea who I was. And then I ran into him and he was lovely. So I just hope these last eight years I've maybe done something that he's liked or could see potential in, so we could possibly work together." His films are magical, she says; they move her to tears. "I come from...

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We remember when we saw "Training Day" for the first time and Eva Mendes showed up and we were all like, "Whoa! Who is that? Oh yeah, it's the hottie from 'Urban Legends: Final Cut'!"

Since way back then, Eva has brought class to gritty crime dramas like "We Own the Night," kept her dignity as a cursed superhero's ladylove in "Ghost Rider" and held her own against exhausting Will Ferrell shenanigans in "The Other Guys." This week, she'll be going to "The Place Beyond the Pines" with Ryan Gosling, and we want to go there with her.

Check out our collection of pics of Eva Mendes in movies and on the red carpet. You'll be glad you did.

• Sean Penn is in talks to star in the action thriller Prone Gunman, based on the novel by the late French author Jean-Patrick Manchette about an international assassin who runs afoul of the organization that hires him after he says he wants out of the business. (Silly assassin; shadowy global organizations are never keen on quiet retirement.) Peter Travis adapted the screenplay; there is no director yet attached. [THR]

• John Hawkes, lately winning Oscar buzz for The Sessions, has signed on for Low Down, a biopic of jazz pianist Joe Albany. He replaces Mark Ruffalo, who had originally been attached to...

Together screenwriters Scott Derrickson and Paul Harris Boardman have burned a path of terror, penning one scary feature after another, from Urban Legends: Final Cut to Hellraiser: Inferno and The Exorcism of Emily Rose. And while the pair have been branching out with Boardman taking screenwriting jobs elsewhere, and Derrickson teaming up with C. Robert Cargill for the recently released Sinister, their latest collaboration is gearing up, and will delve deeper into the strange subgenre of supernatural crime thriller that seems to attract them both. Titled Beware the Night, this paranormal thriller centers on a New York cop charged with tackling cases of "real life demon possessions, exorcisms and werewolves." The Wrap reports Screen Gems is currently considering backing the production, which just got more enticing with word that Eric Bana is in talks to star. Notably, Mark Wahlberg was previously eyed for the role, but no mention is made...

Following an overabundance of found-footage horror films flooding theaters over the past few years, recent scary movies have attempted to find clever variations on the sub-genre. Those approaches include: merely aping the look of a faux documentary (Chernobyl Diaries), incorporating more straight sci-fi elements into the mix (Area 407) – and using recovered footage of horrible events as a pivotal plot point, as is the case with the upcoming horror-thriller, Sinister.

Today, we have an official trailer from Sinister to show. The film marks the latest venture into the supernatural horror realm by writer/director Scott Derrickson, who started his career off by working on sub-par sequels like Urban Legends: Final Cut and the direct-to-video Hellraiser: Inferno. Since then, Derrickson has gone on to achieve more financial success (if limited critical success) with movies such as The ...

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Continuing a recent trend for horror movie posters featuring girls against crumbling white walls, here's a new poster for Scott Derrickson's Sinister, starring Ethan Hawke. You have your choice of the static version below, or one of those newfangled motion posters. Either way, it's kinda bloody.The film takes the old cynical-writer-meets-supernatural-mystery angle (think 1408, and plenty of others) with Hawke as a true-crime hack who moves into a house that was the site of an entire family's gruesome murder. He then discovers a box of films of other murders stowed in his charming new crib, and finds his ongoing investigation leading into paranormal territory and his own family in some serious danger. The entity revealed on the wall there is apparently referred to as Mr Boogie. We doubt that's a dance thing, somehow.Derrickson cut his teeth on franchise sequels like Hellraiser: Inferno and Urban Legends: Final Cut, before...

The delightfully hot Charlize Theron ('Monster') is set to star and produce the remake of Dutch horror flick 'Zwart Water'. The Summit Entertainment production is set to be directed by Scott Derrickson ('The Exorcism of Emily Rose') will helm the project from the script adapted by scribe Paul Harris Boardman, who also penned 'Hellraiser: Inferno' and 'Urban Legends: Final Cut'. Charlize (below) will also be steaming up the specs of many-a sci-fi geek next Summer when she stars in Ridley Scott's new 'Alien'-esque prequel 'Prometheus'. The original ghost story from writer/director Elbert van Strien was released last year as 'Two Eyes Staring' internationally, which is surprising due to the actual translation being 'Black Water', and starred Hadewych Minis, Barry Atsma, Isabelle Stokkel and Charlotte Arnoldy. Check out the plot info from the original below.

Popular Monday Night Double-Feature Block to Present Full Month of Horror Madness

Culver City, Calif., Sept. 26, 2011 - Sony Movie Channel is celebrating Halloween throughout the entire month of October as its weekly double-feature block Mandays takes a stab as Killer Mandays.

“Sony Movie Channel is thrilled to bring such high quality horror films to our viewers during the month of October,” said Superna Kalle. “With such prestigious filmmakers as John Carpenter and Tsui Hark programmed for Killer Mandays, our audience will be screaming for more.”

The thrills will continue online when from Monday, October 3rd - Thursday, November 3rd, sonymoviechannel.com will launch a “Killer Mandays Costume Contest,” where people can submit a photograph of their best horror costume. The winner, voted on by the public, will win a Sony Blu-ray Player and a “Resident Evil” Blu-ray collection. Additional prizing to ten second place winners will include a “Resident Evil” Blu-ray collection.

Jennifer Morrison has had the distinct pleasure of giving birth to Chris Pine (via Chris Hemsworth, at that) in J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek" and haunting Kevin Bacon in "Stir of Echoes." However, she's probably best known for her portrayal of Dr. Allison Cameron, a woman holding her own in a man's world on "House M.D."

Jennifer continues her legacy of being the feminine presence in a male-dominated environment in "Warrior," director Gavin O'Connor's hard-hitting family drama set against the backdrop of mixed martial arts. Jennifer plays Tess Conlon, a good wife and mother going through a tough time in her marriage to Brendan Conlon (Joel Edgerton) -- as her husband sneaks off to boxing competitions, trying to make ends meet, she's fighting for her family outside the ring.

We spoke with Jennifer about her experiences while working on "Warrior," her early days as a ghost in "Stir of Echoes...

The Dog Who Saved Halloween I have to say that I love horror movies. Of course, that means I love Halloween as well! It's like Christmas for me. Also, I have to say I really love family movies as well. So when a film comes around that combines all three, I am in heaven. Sure, these types of films are usually as corny as all get out, but that's what I love about them! Years past saw films such as Monster Makers starring scream queen Linda Blair, Monster Night starring Matthew Lawrence or The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It featuring Tobin Bell. This year we get "The Dog Who Saved Halloween"! Of course it comes complete with the exact type of cast you would expect of this type film: Gary Valentine (The King of Queens), Dean Cain (The Broken Hearts Club), Elisa Donovan (Clueless), Lance Henriksen (Pumpkinhead), Joseph Lawrence...

Not many horror chicks cracked FHM Australia's Top 100 Women list, but since this is the new Horror Yearbook, the I don't give a crap Horror Yearbook, here is the top 15 women anyway. 1) Katy Perry, 2) Jennifer Hawkins (Miss Universe 2004), 3) Mirnada Kerr, 4) Megan Fox (Jennifer's Body), 5) Jessica Alba (Idle Hands, The Eye), 6) Mila Kunis (American Psycho II: All American Girl), 7) Adriana Lima (Brazilian Model), 8. Natalie Portman (Black Swan), 9) Alessandra Ambrosio (Model), 10) Ruby Rose (Australian MTV VJ), 11) Rihanna, 12) Bar Refaeli, 13) Eva Mendes (Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror, Urban Legends: Final Cut) 14) Scarlett Johansson 15) Emma Watson.

Well, the good news for Wesley Snipes fans is that he's back in the acting game, signing up to apear in Havana Heat, which will start shooting in November. The bad news is it's from the director of Blonde and Blonder, Dean Hamilton, and sounds a little bit like it's destined to go straight to DVD.Apparently the story centres on a Homeland Security agent who is murdered while undercover in Havana, and the investigation which follows that death. It will star Joseph Lawrence (er, Urban Legends: Final Cut), Michael Dudikoff, mixed martial artist Heath Herring, Zulay Henao (Fighting), Lorena Rincon, Raul Julia Jr. (loved your old man!) and Nicolas Brown (Kites).The film's due out next summer in a cinema (?) near you.

The first decade of the new millennium has come to an end, and that means it is now time for film sites all over the web to begin posting their various retrospectives and lists recalling the decade that was. I generally as a rule dislike such lists because they are always so subjective. Then I said screw it and took it upon myself to do one of my own naming the ten worst horror movies of the past decade. Besides, people love bitching on the Internet about lists like this, and who am I to deny readers yet another excuse to get into pointless flame wars over personal opinions.

Of course, this list is just my personal opinion which is not legally binding ... unless Proposition 304 passes. And we all pray that it will.

I set two rules when putting this list together: Only horror movies that received fairly wide theatrical...

Clearly one of the benefits of living in New York City is the sheer amount of amazing film screenings that happen year-round. Last weekend the Brooklyn Academy of Music (a.k.a. Bam) presented three films by the Italian Master of Horror, Dario Argento.

Friday was designated to one of his early giallo works, Four Flies On Grey Velvet (1971), the third installment of what fans have come to refer to as the director’s “Animal Trilogy”. Until its recent American DVD release, 4 Flies’ had been almost impossible to see and had been floating around strictly in bootleg form for years. I however was fortunate enough to catch a decent print of it at an Ennio Morricone retrospective at the Film Forum back in February of ’07. Due to the fact that I have already seen it projected and because it happens to be one of my least favorite Argento films, I...

Restored Archive Review, Originally Posted on 7/1/2001

It has become a sad, familiar refrain: How is it that a scary, intelligent teen horror film like Ginger Snaps can't make it to major U.S. release, while dross like Urban Legends: Final Cut, Valentine and The Forsaken makes it into theaters nationwide? In this case, it is at least understandable, if lamentable, that the studios would be averse to handling Ginger Snaps. Not only is it drenched in blood and the rawest language heard in a youth film since Heathers, it also deals frankly with adolescent female sexuality, a subject the majors have never been comfortable with. Not to mention that (speaking of Heathers) it spotlights two sisters who rehearse their own suicides, and not all the bloodletting is done by the victims. Menstruation is a key subject here, and it's easy to imagine studio heads reacting the way the young protagonists'...

Any moviemaker would jump at the chance to work on a Bryan Singer movie. However, editor and composer John Ottman, who has cut and scored every one of Singer's flicks excluding only X-Men (which Ottman declined so he could direct his debut feature, Urban Legends: Final Cut), does not greet each opportunity with glee. In fact, he refers to going to work on each movie as going to "editing jail." He says this in jest... well, mostly in jest.

While we hear the Kelly camp isn't too happy with the idea of a follow-up to his cult classic Donnie Darko being filmed, casting is underway for S. Darko, which will follow Donnie's sister Samantha in the new mind-bender from 20th Century Fox. Today it was reported Matthew Davis (Urban Legends: Final Cut, Below, BloodRayne) will join Daviegh Chase, Ed Westwick, Briana Evigan, Justin Chatwin, Elizabeth Berkley and Briana Evigan in the Chris Fisher directed sequel. The story picks up seven years after the first film (and Donnie's death) when little sister Samantha Darko and her best friend Corey are now 18 and on a roadtrip to Los Angeles when they are plagued by bizarre visions.

Screen Gems and Lakeshore Entertainment have scared up The Exorcism of Anneliese Michel, a horror thriller from writers Scott Derrickson and Paul Harris Boardman. Derrickson also is attached to direct. A true story, the case of Michel is well known among those who study exorcisms. In 1976, the Catholic Church officially recognized the demonic possession of an 18-year-old German college freshman. During her exorcism, the young woman died, and a priest stood trial for causing her death. The script unfolds Rashomon-style, with different points of view recounting the events. Exorcism will be produced by Boardman, Beau Flynn, Tripp Vinson, Lakeshore Entertainment's Tom Rosenberg and Gary Lucchesi and Firm Films. The project was brought to Screen Gems' Clint Culpepper by senior vp production Stacy Kalker-Cramer. Writing team Derrickson and Boardman wrote Urban Legends: Final Cut. They are repped by Endeavor, the Firm and attorney Karl Austen of Hirsch, Jackoway, Tyerman, Wertheimer, Austen, Mandelbaum & Morris.

Jacinda Barrett, a veteran of MTV's The Real World, has landed another high-profile acting role, joining the cast of the upcoming sequel to the 2001 hit Bridget Jones's Diary. Returning for the sequel, titled Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, are Renee Zellweger, Hugh Grant and Colin Firth. Barrett will play Bridget's co-worker in the film, which is being directed by Beeban Kidron. The Working Title Films production is being distributed by Miramax and Universal Pictures. The sequel was adapted by Andrew Davies and Helen Fielding from Fielding's book. In it, Bridget discovers that life with Mark Darcy isn't quite as perfect as she dreamed. Barrett, who most recently appeared on the big screen in the 2000 thriller Urban Legends: Final Cut, has been busy lately with a trio of highly anticipated projects in the works. She next appears opposite Nicole Kidman and Anthony Hopkins in the upcoming Miramax drama The Human Stain, followed by roles in the Walt Disney Co.'s John Travolta starrer Ladder 49 and Fox Searchlight's White on White. Barrett is repped by ICM.