NEW Friday The 13th Movie This October

From Variey:
Variey is reporting that New Line is hoping to release the next Friday The 13th movie this October on Friday October 13th. Studio's launched development of a script about Jason Voorhees' origins. Lets hope it something good!

- The Monster

Alien Vs. Predator Sequel

From AICN:
Alien Vs. Predator looks like it will be getting a sequel from Twentieth Century Fox.
Ain't It Cool News is reporting that Tim Rothman (head of Fox Studios) set a tentative date of summer 2007 for the release of the next Alien Vs. Predator.

The discussion with Rothman disclosed that the next movie will continue the contemporary setting from the first film. Head on over to AICN to check it out...

- The Monster

Amber Tamblyn to star in Grudge 2

From the Sci-Fi Wire
Amber Tamblyn will star in the supernatural horror movie The Grudge 2, the sequel to the 2004 horror hit. Director Takashi Shimizu, writer Stephen Susco and producers Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert and Taka Ichise all are returning.

Arielle Kebbel and Teresa Palmer also have been cast. Tamblyn will play the younger sister of Sarah Michelle Gellar's character, who returns long enough to pass on the movie's supernatural curse. The sequel delves into the secrets behind the grudge's wrath and introduces a seemingly unrelated host of new characters who find themselves connected by the curse. Kebbel and Palmer (December Boys) play American schoolgirls in Tokyo.

- The Monster

Silent Hill Poster Contest Voting

Head on over to the Silent Hill website and make your vote for your favorite fan made poster for Sony's upcoming movie Silent Hill.

Christophe Gans' "Silent Hill" is based on the hugely successful Konami videogame in which Rose (Radha Mitchell) desperately searches for her lost daughter in the mysterious, terrifying town of Silent Hill, where they are trapped.

- The Monster

Final Destination 3 Website

New Line Cinema's Final Destination 3 website is now live. It opens in theathers February 10th. View the trailer and more.

The fright-filled Final Destination franchise returns to theaters in the supernatural thriller Final Destination 3. Set six years after the original Final Destination film, the latest installment in the series centers around a high school senior who has a premonition of a fatal roller coaster accident involving herself and all her friends. When the premonition proves true, those who have “cheated death” and survived the accident are forced to deal with the repercussions of escaping their fate. Final Destination 3 stars Ryan Merriman (The Ring Two) and Mary Elizabeth Winstead. The film is directed by James Wong (Final Destination).

- The Monster

Fright Catalog - Wake The Dead

Check out The Fright Catalog for all you horror and haunt needs. They have everything for the professional and home haunters. Gift ideas for that special Halloween day fan and all your Halloween essentials.

Request a Catalog and don't forget to check out Boogie's Bargain Basement.

Experience The Madness...

- The Monster

Making Of Grind House Book - Summer 2006

Troublemaker Publishing will be releasing Grind House: The Sleaze-Filled Saga of an Exploitation Double Feature as a companion piece to Rodriguez and Tarrantino’s upcoming collaboration, Grind House. The two directors are each helming a 60-minute film (Robert’s is called Planet Terror, Quentin’s is Death Proof), which will be released as a double feature complete with fake commercials in between. The book will be a "making of" for the movie, featuring tons of interviews, photos, and an in-depth history of grindhouse cinema by the directors.

This 250 page hardcover companion book to Grind House (the movie) offers fans an insider’s look into the making of the hotly anticipated double feature by Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez. Filled with cast and crew interviews, hundreds of full-color photographs, never-before-seen conceptual art and an in-depth history of the grindhouse genre by the directors themselves.

- The Monster

Horror / Sci-Fi Movies Due On Blu-ray Discs In 2006

The movie studios announced the release of several Horror and Sci-Fi movie titles on the upcoming new high-definition Blu-ray Disc technology, which holds up to five times as much information as current DVDs, the ComingSoon.net Web site reported.

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (with MGM Home Entertainment) announced 20 initial titles, including The Fifth Element, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Desperado, House of Flying Daggers, A Knight's Tale, Kung Fu Hustle, Resident Evil Apocalypse, RoboCop, Stealth and Species. Starting this summer, Sony will begin adding bonus BD Java games and other features to new film releases, including Underworld: Evolution, which will be released the same time as the DVD. Also being readied for summer release is the complete television series of SCI FI Channel's original series Stargate Atlantis in high definition.

Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment will release Aeon Flux, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Tomb Raider, Sleepy Hollow and The Manchurian Candidate. Paramount will continue its rollout of Blu-ray titles throughout 2006 and beyond, including Mission: Impossible: III alongside the first two installments in the spy movie franchise. These titles will also be available for HD DVD, the format competing with Blu-ray, which the studio supports as well.

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment's initial titles include Fantastic Four, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Kiss of the Dragon and Ice Age, along with others that will bring Fox's total number of first-wave releases to 20 titles.

Lionsgate will add to the mix 10 titles, including The Punisher, T2: Judgment Day, Total Recall and Dune.

- The Monster

William Shatner To Sell DVDs Online

Star Trek star William Shatner announced that he will be selling DVDs of obscure SF/Horror movies in a new Web-based DVD-of-the-month club, focusing on what he calls "the best sci-fi movies that didn't come to a theater near you."

The Official William Shatner DVD Club promises a new DVD every month for an annual fee of $47.99, starting with a free copy of 2000's werewolf movie Ginger Snaps.

"I've chosen a select group of memorable and entertaining sci-fi movies that never got the exposure they deserved and made them available to fans everywhere at a great price," Shatner said in a statement. Upcoming titles include 2002's Close Your Eyes (also released as Doctor Sleep), the 2004 French movie Immortal (Immortel ad Vitam) and the 2004 TV movie Dragon Storm.

- The Monster