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Spain Acquires rights to 3D Version of Night Of The Living Dead
23 December 2009 11:30 PM, PST
Night Of The Living Dead is available in about 67 different forms on DVD. There's the version with new footage; the one with the Chinese subtitles; the Millenium copy (by far the best, given its wealth of extras); two different discs with commentaries by MSTK3 guys; and a few color versions.
And now, those of you who live in Spain are soon to get the colorized, 3D version with Spanish subtitles, according to Variety. In theatres no less.
It seems Xpand has acquired this version from Passmore Lab in San Diego. Notice I didn't mention anything about Xpand paying Romero or any of the others involved in making the original film. I'll spare you the angst I get every time this comes up with Night and the phrase "public domain."
Now, why anyone would need a colorized, 3D version of Notld, I really can't say. But Spanish subtitles? Pretty cool. Unfortunately, »
Happy Holidays to You, Loyal Icons of Fright Fans
23 December 2009 8:44 PM, PST
I'll be spending the next few days with family, opening gifts and eating lots of vegetarian food over the next few days. But before I head back to the tomato sauce I'm now cooking (carrot cake to come, Mike!), I just wanted to say this:
Happy Holidays to all!
This has been a tough year for me personally, with the loss of my mother and the necessity for a career change. Yet every time I sit down to write a review or update the Icons news, or look at the next convention I may be covering for the site, I smile. Because I know you, the loyal readers, will read what I post, and maybe it will even make you smile. In the few months since I've taken over the News department and partnered with the great Mike Cucinotta, I've never been happier to be writing. Thank you, Michael, for »
Descent 2 Gets Hard "R;" Plus a Rant about Ratings
22 December 2009 7:26 PM, PST
Slow news day, so it's a perfect time to announce the MPAA has given The Descent 2 a hard "R" rating. The sequel to Neil Marshall's popular spelunking horror has achieved the rating for "for strong bloody horror violence, grisly images, terror and language." It sure sounds as if the film should satisfy gore hounds.
As the MPAA gets more pervasive over the years in some ways (they can bump a grade for including smoking now), and yet more permissive in others (I'll get to that in a minute), I wonder if the organization is even relevant anymore. Theatres still generally refuse to carry or advertise for unrated movies, so the product they run can be watered down, especially pertaining to horror. But with the advent of DVD, many directors have found a way to obviate this problem; they simply pull back on the theatrical release, knowing they will release »
Combs and Gordon to Bring "Nevermore" Home
21 December 2009 7:59 PM, PST
Fans of Jeffrey Combs and Edgar Allen Poe who live in the Baltimore, MD area have reason to rejoice. Combs and director Stuart Gordon, the pair behind Re-animator, are bringing their play Nevermore to Poe’s hallowed city for a two-night engagement.
According to David Ng in the L.A. Times Culture Monster, the popular play will make its first road tour on January 23 and 24 to Baltimore’s Westminster Hall, the site of Poe’s grave.
Those who love Combs, Gordon and Poe and live near Baltimore really owe it to themselves to see Nevermore when it arrives. Though I haven’t seen it myself, I’ve heard that it’s phenomenal.
Read Ng’s full blog entry here.
--Phil Fasso »
A Look at Wes Craven's New Villain in My Soul To Take
21 December 2009 9:43 AM, PST
Wes Craven has created iconic killers the likes of Freddy Krueger and the Ghost Face Killa. Has he added a new face to the pantheon?
Empire has posted a picture of the villain from Craven's new film, My Soul To Take, from stuntman Manny Siverio's Myspace page (wow. People still use Myspace?). Here he is:
Horror movies are only as good as the monsters they present. So is this guy going to become an icon that people are referencing in 25 years? We'll have to wait a quarter century and see.
Read the full Empire article here.
--Phil Fasso »
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