Friday, October 28, 2011 11:47AM - By Damon Houx
Horror is probably the most subjective genre in cinema. For a generation, Psycho or The Thing from Another World were the scariest films they could imagine, for another they may come across as dull and uneventful. Horror is also a genre that proves the meddle of a director, as no other genre is so driven by what the audience sees (and doesn’t see). But there are five films that still give me the willies, and I think they’re the scariest films ever made. And if you’re looking for something horrific for Halloween, these should do you right.
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Monday, October 17, 2011 5:39PM - By Damon Houx
- The Walking Dead logged 7.3 million viewers last night for AMC’s zombie show. That’s the highest rated basic cable in the history of basic cable, says Variety. Word has been somewhat mixed on the pilot (we reviewed it), but the Halloween timing and these ratings assure a third season.
- Speaking of renewals, Sons of Anarchy has been given the greenlight for a fifth season.
Did you see The Thing? The prequel to The Thing? Did you watch The Thing cast watch The Thing? I sound like David Mamet hear, Check out the video of the The Thing watching The Thing and more news after the jump.
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Monday, October 17, 2011 10:00AM - By Laura Aguirre
Two big remakes hit theaters on Friday, Paramount’s Footloose and Universal’s The Thing, but neither managed to outsell Real Steel. Still, it was a slow weekend at the box office. Hugh Jackman‘s robot boxing movie brought in $16.3 million, Footloose followed with $16.1 million, and The Thing came in third with $8.7 million. With numbers like this, the big question is, will movie moguls ever understand that audiences want new, original movies, and not old 80s remakes? Check out the numbers below.
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Friday, October 14, 2011 10:40AM - By Damon Houx
It would have been great if The Big Year, which stars Steve Martin, Jack Black and Owen Wilson was also a remake of a 1980′s movie just so it’d be a trifecta, right? I guess you could make the case that Steve Martin peaked as a film actor in the 80′s, so we could pretend every big release this weekend was recycling. Regardless, it will be The Thing - a prequel to a 1982 film – versus Footloose - a remake of the 1984 film – battling for the top spot come Sunday, unless Real Steal surges.
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Thursday, October 13, 2011 1:00PM - By Damon Houx
For Dutch commercial director Matthijs van Heijningen Jr., making 2011’s The Thing was a minefield. But that’s what you get when you make a prequel to a 1982 film that went from being critically reviled to critically revered. And you can see that part of this interview gets a little contentious. But Heijningen was on his feet, and was game for some probing, even into spoiler territory. Check it out…
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Wednesday, October 12, 2011 1:00PM - By Damon Houx
Taking on the mantel, the jacket and the flamethrower of Kurt Russell’s main character in John Carpenter’s The Thing would seem like a heavy load to bear for anyone, but Mary Elizabeth Winstead shrugged it off rather easily in the prequel. For her it was the same universe but in no way a do-over, and that approach informed her character and her approach. We talked about the movie, the reshoots and some spoilers in our talk. Check it out…
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Tuesday, October 11, 2011 1:00PM - By Damon Houx
The Challenge of The Thing, the 2011 prequel to the 1982 John Carpenter film, was to make a film that lived in the universe of that cult classic, but also lived up to it. For co-star Eric Christen Olsen, being a part of the legacy of that movie was one of the great drawing points. As Olsen says, the horror genre is often terrible, and he wanted to be involved with something that was truly scary. We talked about the film and more in our interview. Check it out…
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Monday, October 10, 2011 4:21PM - By Damon Houx
For many, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje will always be known as Mr. Eko from Lost, but the versatile actor turned that run into a strong film career, which has led him to work with Robert De Niro (in Killer Elite) and was one of the stars of G.I. Joe. In The Thing, the 2011 prequel to the 1982 John Carpenter film of the same name he plays Derrick Jameson, who is partnered with Joel Edgerton’s character as a helicopter pilot. We got a chance to talk with him about the role and playing in horror films. Check it out…
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Thursday, July 14, 2011 11:57AM - By Damon Houx
An isolated arctic base. Limited number of people. Contact with an Alien presence. People who are replicated by an alien species so perfectly that it causes dissension in the ranks. Flamethrowers. So far, this fits the description of both 1982′s and 2011′s version of The Thing. In the modern version there are women – with the cast led by Mary Elizabeth Winstead. This version is directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr., and the trailer is upon us. Take a look…
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