Archive for the 'Horror' Category

News Roundup: Battlestar Galactica: The Plan, Doctor Who air date, Terminator rights for sale, Blair Witch 3

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

Battlestar Galactica: The Plan – When Will The UK Get it?
Okay, so right now there are countless sites carrying reviews of the new Battlestar Galactica TV movie, The Plan, but no news of a UK air date or DVD/Blu ray release. How come? I would have thought, with Christmas on the way, that the film [...]

Hammer Horror- The Legendary Studio Returns… For real!

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

At long last, the legendary Hammer Horror name is being resurrected and new films will be made. The studio, famous for its iconic and genuinely classic films starring the likes of Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, saw something of a revival in 2008 with the online series Beyond The Rave. While that series was a [...]

Here comes the 2009 San Diego Comic Con!!!

Sunday, July 19th, 2009

It’s that time of year again- Time for millions of geeks the world over to be seething with jealousy at the lucky people going along to the legendary San Diego Comic Con. This year looks set to be just as cool as the 2008 extravaganza, and we’re keeping ‘em peeled for the coolest movie collectibles [...]

An American Werewolf in London: Remake coming?

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

Oh man, say it ain’t so. John Landis and Dimension have apparently cut a deal which will allow Dimension to remake the horror comedy classic ‘An American Werewolf in London‘. excuse my outbursts, but WHAT ARE THEY THINKING?!!! The original is one of those iconic films that really should NOT be tampered with. Okay, remake [...]

H2: Rob Zombie’s HALLOWEEN sequel trailer actually looks great!

Sunday, April 26th, 2009

I am not a fan of remakes, and even less so of sequels to remakes. Rob Zombie’s remake/reboot of the HALLOWEEN movie franchise didn’t set my world alight, well, not in the conventional sense. I was certainly ready with some net-based Flames, though. Anyway. That’s by the by. The trailer for Zombie’s sequel, H2 (what [...]

NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET: Rorschach is Freddy Krueger!

Monday, April 6th, 2009

As we mentioned on one of the other Starstore blogs yesterday, Jackie Earl Haley, aka Rorschach in WATCHMEN, was in the running to play Freddy Krueger in the new version of A Nightmare on Elm Street. That has now been confirmed! This is a great piece of casting, and bodes well for the future of [...]

BLOOD: THE LAST VAMPIRE – An appreciation of the anime and the new movie

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

A live action movie adaptation of Blood – The Last Vampire is on the way this summer, and there are a lot of people out there interested in checking it out. For those of you that haven’t heard of the name, Blood The Last Vampire was a 48 minute animated movie from 2000, originally intended [...]

WES CRAVEN: Creator of the original NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET won’t see the remake

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

Wes Craven, the horror movie legend behind such genre classics as Last House on the Left and The Hills Have Eyes, has said that he won’t be checking out the remake of his most famous creation- A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET. The director, also known for kicking off the SCREAM horror franchise as well as [...]

MOVIE ROUNDUP: Watchmen, Tomb Raider, Predator, Ghost Rider 2, The Thing, Resident Evil 4

Friday, January 30th, 2009

LARA CROFT TO RETURN…. BUT NOT JOLIE
The TOMB RAIDER movie series is to be rebooted with a new leading lady. The third film to feature the legendary computer game character will see the series get a fresh start, and the character be given a new origin. No word on who will be playing Lara yet, [...]

FREDDY VS JASON 2 – WILL IT EVER BE MADE?

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

With remakes of Friday the 13th (completed) and A Nightmare on Elm Street (in preproduction) on the way, we are seeing the rebirth of two of the biggest Horror franchises ever to stalk and slash on our screens. It raises the question as to whether we will see another Freddy Vs Jason crossover movie in [...]