I’ve just returned from seeing Apollo 18 at the theater and I have to say that I really loved it. It was creepy, intense and filled with interesting twists and turns right up until the end. Apollo 18 takes the found footage sub-genre to the moon and explains why Apollo 18 was NASA’s last trip there. Producer Timur Bekmambetov and newcomer director Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego managed to create a tense, claustrophobic film with enough atmosphere and surprises to choke an extraterrestrial life form.
(Watch Streebo’s review after the leap!)
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Posted 8 months, 3 weeks ago at 5:55 pm. Add a comment
This weekend sees not one – but two new horror films hitting theaters across the country. Shark Night 3D will attack the box office this weekend and attempt to take home that coveted number one spot that has eluded horror flicks for the past month – by using the tried and true method of tacking on extra charges for the 3D gimmick.
Will it work or will audiences say that they’ve had a belly full of 3D already and pass on sampling Shark Night 3D? Only time will tell. Check out the trailer below.
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It’s been a crazy couple of months for MVP. It seems like only yesterday that Geo and I were prepping for the trip to the Fright Night Film Fest/Fandom Fest and now it’s all over like a dream.
We’re still uploading our videos and interviews from the convention to Youtube as there’s been a work overload this week that has delayed the last few uploads but I assure you that they are coming! And of course several projects are in various stages of production including post-production on Indigo Child, Family Fiend, and G.H.O.S.T. as well as pre-production of new scripts, updating websites and planning countless other endeavors that are sure to thrill and chill you all. You’ll just have to stay tuned to Mutantville.com to find out!
WORLD HORROR NEWS!!!
True Blood, Dexter and The Walking Dead have been keeping horror alive on the small screen for the past few years – 
but this weekend, horror makes it’s long awaited return to the big screen with Final Destination 5! Over the coming weeks, we’ll see the Horror floodgates open as we are hit almost back to back with the remake of Fright Night, Apollo 18, Red State, the Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark remake produced by Guillermo Del Toro and finally Paranormal Activity 3 which has taken over the Halloween spot from the SAW franchise!
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From Wearemoviegeeks.com: This past weekend, Netflix delivered me a documentary that I have been wanting to see ever since I missed it at SLIFF back in 2007. The film was ‘Spine Tingler: The William Castle Story’. For those of you that don’t know who William Castle is, I implore you to check out ‘The William Castle Collection’ that was recently released on DVD (click here to see it at amazon.com) which also includes said documentary. While the meat of the story is how a man who turned some B-Movies into Grade-A events at movie theaters by offering a thousand dollar life insurance policies to attendees of one of his films if they die of fright. While I have always been a fan of Castle and his gimmicks/promotions, this really made me reflect advertising of film past.
homicidalWhen films really started becoming mainstream, the majority of the films were carried by the actors and actresses who headlined or had top-billing for a film. While Castle never had this courtesy, he knew of a way to get people in the seats. He created gimmicks. Believe it or not, PSYCHO by Hitchcock had a gimmick of – which the documentary points out as well – not allowing anyone after the first 15 minutes of the film has been shown. William Castle’s audience participation gimmicks ended in 1965 with ‘I Saw What You Did’ where seat belts were installed in seats to keep you from jumping out of your seats from fright. His ideas made movie watching a bigger thing. He wanted you to experience the film, to make the film fun. He also showed Hollywood and other film makers on how they could promote a film regardless of the content and quality.
Read the rest of the article at the link below.
via I Heart Horror: The Gimmick | We Are Movie Geeks.
Posted 2 years, 5 months ago at 8:59 am. 1 comment
I’ve just returned from seeing Apollo 18 at the theater and I have to say that I really loved it. It was creepy, intense and filled with interesting twists and turns right up until the end. Apollo 18 takes the found footage sub-genre to the moon and explains why Apollo 18 was NASA’s last trip there. Producer Timur Bekmambetov and newcomer director Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego managed to create a tense, claustrophobic film with enough atmosphere and surprises to choke an extraterrestrial life form.
