Exactly what it says it be.

Evil Dead done in 60 seconds with CLAY - 2010 from Lee Hardcastle on Vimeo.

You know what are always good?  Horror movie remakes.  I can’t think of a single horror movie remake (barring The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, My Bloody Valentine, Friday the 13th, and Halloween) that has ever sucked.  Thank God there are 11 more on the chopping block.

Oh look, Suspiria is being remade.  Finally, right!?  I knew you were thinking that.  I hope it has more tits this time.

I’m not one of those people who thinks remaking a movie taints (snicker) the original or somehow destroys it, but so many of them are just unnecessary.  It’s not difficult to come up with an original concept for a horror movie, and since the whole point of horror is to scare, doesn’t it make more sense to try to provide something original?

Apologies to Dawn of the Dead, which I thought was fantastic.

What Works, What Sucks, and What’s Coming for 11 Horror Remakes [via SciFi Wire]

Good read here. Talks a lot about The House of the Devil and how he tries to engage his audience with his films.

I’m sad that Cabin Fever 2 never got the proper treatment. Not fair.

Do you live in or near New Jersey? Do you have no plans for the weekend of March 19th? Good, then there’s no reason you should miss this.  To be fair, I don’t even know what this is, but it appears to be a horror movie festival/convention.  I haven’t even read through the whole site yet, so just go with it.  It does, however, have a great guest list including George Romero, Tom Savini, and “the asshole” from Day of the Dead, Joe Pilato.

http://www.saturdaynightmares.com/

I’d not even heard of The Crazies until about 10 minutes ago but I’m already sold. I suppose the bad guys are basically “zombies,” but the story presents a fresh take on the brainless masses trope. This looks promising. Check it out.

I love Cradle of Filth, despite the fact that I’m a full-grown adult with a job. I can’t help myself. Over at Bloody Good Horror they’ve got a great guest post featuring the man’s top 10 horror films. Dig it.

Dani Filth’s Top Ten Horror Movies

Yep.  Christopher Lee, one of the greatest (or at least most prolific) horror actors of all time is doing a heavy metal concept album.  I say “heavy metal” in the loosest sense of the word, because I wouldn’t play this shit anywhere near a respectable metal jukebox lest it become infected. But sure, why not?

It can’t possibly be any dumber than the massive shit Dee Snyder tossed out (and I say that with the utmost respect for Twisted Sister) when he made this Van Helsing-themed concept album

Interesting note - The myspace page for Lee’s project has this dubious tidbit of information

“Sir Christopher is the highest grossing actor of all time”

I’m going to do some fact checking on that nonsense.

http://www.myspace.com/charlemagnemusical

When you think of “Midnight Meat Train,” your first reaction may be gay porn. Not here at the Devil’s Demons. It’s horror movie time! And what better way to celebrate the holidays than with a horror movie viewing.

I loved this movie. I’m slightly biased, since anything with Clive Barker’s name attached to it (except for maybe his weird artsy indie nude films) I immediately qualify as amazing, but this movie was truly fantastic.

My family and I watched this movie the day after watching The Hangover, so it was an interesting role change for Bradley Cooper. Needless to say, he got fucked up in both flicks, but by different means.

Midnight Meat Train starts off a bit slow in case you are expecting instant gobs of gore, but ends up piquing your interest as the story behind the butcher starts to slowly unfold. I found myself on the edge of my seat as  Leon began to follow Mahogany, bringing himself closer and closer to the devil of a man.

I was waiting for him to jump out at any moment, and caught myself gasping quite a few times as quick camera work or sudden movements kept my nails bitten and Coors Light drank fastly.

I had read the story in the Books of Blood, so I was slightly disappointed that the story didn’t focus a bit more on Mahogany, specifically on his pains as his job wore him down over the years. Granted that became obvious at the end, but still. I am a nitpick.

Overall, the movie is great. There are tons of sick kill scenes, but a sort of cartoonish blood appearance makes it easier for the weak to stomach. All I have to say is tongue, fingernails, and meat tenderizer. Everyone’s good in this movie, and Cooper does a great job of portraying one becoming obsessed and slowly losing their mind and sense of reality.

It’s sad this never saw the light of day in theaters (at least “normal” theaters). Boo big movie studios.

So claims Radar.

“Her lungs and kidneys have failed and she’s in and out of consciousness,” a friend of the actress tells RadarOnline.com. “It’s only a matter of time now - she doesn’t have long to live.”

Sad. Now I can’t claim I’ve kept up with her work, or even given her a passing thought in the last few years, but I think we can all agree that Poltergeist is a horror classic, and it’s sad when anyone who contributed to this genre that we love passes. Hopefully she’ll recover.

Poltergeist Star Zelda Rubenstein Nearing Last Days [via RadarOnline]

Over at BrutalAsHell (great site name), there’s an interview with Ti West, director of The House of the Devil. Price and I saw one of Ti’s movies a few years ago, 2007’s Trigger Man, and it was fucking fantastic.  After the recent decline in the quality of Eli Roth’s work (and his synchronized increase in douching), it’s nice to see there’s one promising young horror director out there.

Ti West Interview [via BrutalAsHell]