Mark's Horror & Suspense Blog May 2008 Archive

Tracy Morgan Photo: Stephen Shugerman Getty Images The Sci Fi Channel has released its summer schedule, and lo and behold, Scare Tactics is back! The often-hilarious reality show -- basically Candid Camera with ... Read More

Scott Speedman in The Strangers. Photo © Rogue Pictures I've been itching to see The Strangers ever since the brilliant trailer first made the hairs on my neck stand at attention, and ... Read More

Some juicy new DVD release dates, from theatrical flms to TV shows to straight-to-video sequels: July 8: Death of a Ghost Hunter: A supposedly real-life account of a ghost hunter who was ... Read More

Moonlight might be no more, but that hasn't caused the TV networks to shy away from horror-themed shows, and we've just gotten our first look at a couple on the ... Read More

Poster © Rogue Pictures Finally, after six weeks of Prom Night leading the horror charge, a new horror movie hits theaters. Two, in fact. The Strangers releases wide this Friday, while ... Read More

David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson in The X-Files: I Want to Believe Photo By: Diyah Pera/20th Century Fox The upcoming summer of 2008 has an array of both straightforward horror and marginally horror-inclined ... Read More

Fear Itself creator Mick Garris Photo By: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images The first three episodes of Fear Itself, NBC's continuation of the Showtime horror anthology Masters of Horror, have been scheduled, starting with ... Read More

Poster © Pathe Films We've been blessed with a slew of great horror-comedies in the past few years -- from Shaun of the Dead to Hatchet, Fido, Slither, Feast and Behind ... Read More

Liv Tyler in The Strangers. Photo © Rogue Pictures The Strangers doesn't hit theaters until next week, but you can get a taste of what promises to be the scariest movie of ... Read More

Trapped Ashes Photo © Lions Gate A batch of newly announced release dates for some intriguing upcoming DVDs: July 8, 2008: Dungeon Girl: Notorious director Ulli Lommel's latest reality-based exploitation film tells the ... Read More

Josh Close battles a zombie in Diary of the Dead. Photo by Steve Wilkie/The Weinstein Co. Still no new horror movies hitting theaters this week, but the glut of 20-plus DVDs more than ... Read More

Estelle Lefebure and Amelie Daure in Frontier(s). Photo © Lions Gate The long-anticipated release of the notorious French film Frontier(s), which had been slapped with an NC-17 rating, is reason to celebrate not ... Read More

Photo © Universal Timber isn't the only thing falling in Timber Falls; so is any hope of seeing a good movie on screen. Find out what went wrong in my review.

Photo © Dimension Extreme Teeth is one of the most unique and intriguing horror movies to come out in the last few years, and if you don't know why, then maybe ... Read More

Samuel L. Jackson in Lakeview Terrace Photo © Screen Gems Here's a trio of intriguing new trailers for three upcoming suspense, thriller, comedy hybrid and just not-quite-horror movies: Baghead: A horror/comedy about ... Read More

Alex O'Loughlin gives CBS the fingers. Photo by: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images Contrary to some positive signs last week, CBS is not bringing the vampire detective show Moonlight back for next season. ... Read More

Photo © Sony With no horror movies hitting theaters this week, it's time for the DVDs to shine, and while there aren't that many coming out, this week sees its share ... Read More

Tyler Labine and Bret Harrison of Reaper Photo by: Kevin Winter/Getty Images It's official: Reaper is coming back for the fall 2008 season! I, for one, am glad. It hasn't gottten great ... Read More

Photo © Lions Gate Despite the weak box office performance of the 2007 After Dark HorrorFest, the 2008 edition of "8 Films to Die For" is going ahead as scheduled. The ... Read More

Logo © Picturehouse Warner Brothers has announced that it will be closing down its two artsy, independent arms: Picturehouse and Warner Independent Pictures. The two had been responsible for some recent ... Read More

Photo © New Line Last week, I posted a list of "killer mommy" movies, and it seems only right to also present the opposite end of the spectrum: killer kids. It's ... Read More

Photo © Summit Entertainment The upcoming vampire movie Twilight, based on the successful series of young adult books by Stephanie Meyer, now has a glitzy new trailer. The big-budget production about ... Read More

Karina Testa and Maud Forget in Frontier(s) Photo © Lions Gate It's another light weekend for horror at the movie theater, with Frontier(s) opening in only 10 locations -- not that the ... Read More

Photo: Kimberley French © DreamWorks LLC Those of you complaining about all the horror remakes that have come out in the past few years may want to avert your eyes. There ... Read More

Photo: Francois Durand/Getty Images If you're like me, you booed Showtime for not picking up another season of Masters of Horror, but then you cheered NBC for picking it up under ... Read More

Photo: Stephen Shugerman/Getty Images For those of you itching to own the riveting second season DVD of everyone's favorite serial killing TV show, Dexter...itch no more. The DVD hits streets August ... Read More

The Cloverfield monster used its size "18 school buses" feet to top the DVD rental charts in its first week of release, although its $7.5 million gross was slightly less ... Read More

The acclaimed Swedish vampire coming-of-age tale Let the Right One In, directed by Tomas Alfredson (pictured), just became even more acclaimed, capturing the prestigious Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature ... Read More

Magnolia Pictures, the indie studio that has released modestly budgeted, unique horror movies like The Signal, Shrooms and Murder Party (plus a pair of acclaimed foreign films coming later this ... Read More