H.F.A NEWS
December
HEADLINES
Jurassic Park: Extinction
Shadow of the Vampire
War of the Worlds
H2K
Hellraiser 5
Crow 4
CUT
CLAUS
Hellboy
The Gift
Urban Legends: The Final Cut.
Golden Globes
Alien 5
Holy Wood
Stop It, You're Killing Me!
Prequel to the Matrix
Mad Max 4
Prequel to Blair Witch
The Abbots Book
Clive Barker
Devious Beings
Hannibal
Scream 3
Harsh Realm
Invisible Man
Lost Souls
Cherry Falls
Skulls
Phantom of the Opera
Buffy
Hangmans's Daughter
Stop it, You're killing Me!
The Dead Hate The Living
The Pit and the Pendulum
Freddy V. Jason
Fearsum
The Mummy 2
The 9th Gate
Urban Flesh
The Green Mile
Urban Legend 2
Mission to Mars
Pitch Black
GvsE
Blade 2: Bloodhunt
Darker Saints
Scary Movie
I know What you Screamed Last Summer
Matthew Blackheart: Monster Smasher
The Ninth Gate
Final Destination
The Cell
Ghost Tours
Picnic at Hanging Rock
6th Day
Ray Harryhausen
Animation festival
VW festival
Back to Main
The pre-emptive title for the next Jurassic Park film is "Jurassic Park: Extinction". Universal has recently purchased the domain name www.jurassicparkextinction.com although the page is not running yet. This interesting news comes from Darkhorizons.. Lets hope that this time they apt for an R rating.. Okay in my dreams. (DH) (HFA NEWS)
Calista Flockhart is also being considered for the role of Clarice in "Hannibal". (DH) (HFA NEWS) More news on "Scream 3" cameos. According to Darkhorizons Heather Matazzaro from CBS TV's "Now and Again" will be popping up in the film. (DH) (HFA NEWS)
Jamie Kennedy (Randy) will have a short cameo in "Scream 3". It is unknown if this is in a flash back (But remeber that there was that rumor that this film would go be a prequel/sequel).This according to AICN. (HFA NEWS) Fox will be playing all of the first series of "Harsh Realm". Previously they played only 3 episodes before the show was stopped. There will be 8 episodes shown in a hope to revive the show. James D. Hudnall and Andrew Paquette the writers of the comic of the same name will also be given opening credits. (CSO) (HFA NEWS) Hellraiser 5 directed by Scot Derickson has finished shooting.. The film is going into post production now. The movie is about a corrupt cop who does not know that he is in HELL. (CSO) (HFA NEWS)
   According to Dakrhorizons a whole bunch of new Scream 3 pictures are currently hitting the Internet. There are more shots HERE. Music clips from the film are now available at "www.scream3music.com". I'm looking at these shots and wondering to myself.. Will there be any scenes in this film where Dewey remembers his sister is stuck in the garage roof. Or will the characters just carry on as normal except for Sid who is just a mental wreck. Today Wes Craven thas been quoted saying he would like to make a fourth film, but it would likely be in 15 years time to revisit the characters. (DH) (HFA NEWS)  The lovely folks at www.chud.com have posted what is meant to be a sketch of the monster from PITCH BLACK, the movie made in the desert near where I live.. Actually I've seen a couple fo those in teh outback.. NOT.. The evil creature is called a Marauder. (HFA NEWS) According to CNN Jodie Foster is definately out of "Hannibal" at the time the film goes into production, Foster (Clarice) will in fact be directing a Claire Danes film called "Flora Plum". On Cinescape earlier this week it was hinted that if Jodie Foster was to pull out of the role than it could possibly go to Gillian (Scully) Anderson. It will be interesting to see if this film continues to be made now. As Hopkins was not all that keen in doing the film if Foster was not doing it. (CSO/ DH) (HFA NEWS)
Ever wondered why "War of the Worlds" hasn't been made into a film lately. Well there is an interesting story that appeared on AICN today.. It's about how Jeff Wayne (the musical writer) owns the rights to non-cinematic version of the Wells story.. It's a great read..I've already wanted to see the musical on the BIG SCREEN.. Unfortunatley the folks at Paramount, including one of my fav directors (Kenneth Brennagh) would rather not. The book has got to wait 75 years before it is public domain so it has about 20 odd left. READ HERE. IT could be converted to film now, but there needs to be a whole stack of money given to the Wells The page has gone through a transformation. It is kind of RETRO.. This similar to the way the page was about 4 months ago. The page layout may change a bit as I get more time during the next few months. Tell me what you think of it. [email protected].
Post party update.. BARE with me:) H2K legal battle may begin soon. A writer for Akkad, whom after seeing H20, went home and wrote a treatment (pre-script story) for the sequel. The writers name is C.R. Walsh. The problem is now an ownership battle between Akkad and his writer. The whole interlectual property battles have always been a source of boredome for me. Although I can understand from a writers point of view the pains that must go through someones head when the story. The thing is the writing of a sequel is something that is hard to do, as a writer you must be carefull that all work is solicited.. IE, on this web page in the Crap I Wrote section I have my ideas for Freddy Vs. Jason film called "Nightmare on Friday the 13th".. I've totally copyrighted my concepts (I can't cover the characters), and I got a little worried earlier this year when the Hollywood stock exchange posted a synop for Jason X saying that CRYSTAL LAKE has now become a morbid tourist attraction.. If you read my treatment you will find that it opens on a morbid tour of Crystal Lake. So I can see the pain that C. J. Must be going through. The thing is that you must be carefull with your ideas.. Postying something on the Internet is the fastest way to GLOBALIZE your idea and can hence destroy you as the source of it. Taking an Idea offline and than transplanting it to an online format later may save you some hassle. For more info on H2K scandal click HERE. The argument stems to the fact that C.R. came up with the title Halloween 8 and because of this the film has had a title shift to H2K, amongst other more complex issues. (DH) (HFA NEWS) Hellraiser 5 is scheduled for a mid to late 2000 release. According to D2K, the plotline is as follows. The film concerns a good cop (Craig Sheffer) who finds himself in the dark labyrinth of Hell, but has no idea how or when he got there. Knowing that he doesn't belong in the unholy place, he searches for an answer to his fate and a way to escape the clutches of the evil Cenobites. Our informer also mentioned that there will be plenty more Cenobites this time around, including several that audiences have never seen before" Pinhead will only really be making a cameo in this film as just another cenobite. (HFA NEWS)
More info on CUT. Okay.. Previously there has been talk of the film as being set in the 1970s. The film itself is actually primarily set in the 70s, on the set of a film. Than it flashes to the present where filming begins again on the film that was being shot in the 70s. The filming was halted for reasons that might be pretty obvious as it is a Horror Film. Hint it may have someting to do with the nasty weapon on the poster. (HFA NEWS)
EXCLUSIVE-- The poster for CUT arrived yesterday.. Today a motherload of information has come into my hands. I just have to share it with everyone. The poster was designed by the folks at http://www.attik.com/ . The Trailer will hit the internet in the next week (possibly the end of this week). The Australian Premiere will be in Sydney on 28th or 29th of February y2k. Rumor has it tha Harvey Weinstein (Miramax) is viewing the film this weekend. Harvey and Bob built Miramax on "The Burning" (a slasher film), they also developed the genre wing DIMENSION FILMS and have supported Australian films in the past with Miramax distribution. Who knows after Harvey sees the film this weekend, the cinemas audience in the USA could be experiencing the first AUSTRALIAN film to go through Miramax's DIMENSION films (to my knowledge). There is talk that this film could become a CABLE premiere in the USA. Fingers crossed that it will not be to "Scream 3" what "Gargantua" was to "Godzilla". (not that I'm espeacially proud to be an Australian after seeing Gargantua, but a lot of people I know got a days work $$$). The website will open in the next week at www.cut-themovie.com . The films budget was a measly 2 million dollars. Made at that price so that hopefully it can make a profit in the domestic market. But 2 million Australian can translate into a Hollywood equivalent of 10 - 15 million. The Director Kimble Rendell, known to Australians as a member of Oz Rock group Hoodoo Gurus, has also done a short film called "Hayride To Hell" which also starred Kylie Minogue. The soundtrack to the film will include music by local and foreign artists: Something For Kate (Voted 3rd best album of the year on "triple j"), Apollo 440, Split Enz and Jerk. More to be announced, there will be a combination of older and NEW release tracks on the album. Judging by the tone of the poster.. The film is not meant to be taken seriously. Hopefully overseas audiences will get the Australian morbid sense of humor this time round. hopefully critics will be trained enough in reading TEXTS to understand that the film is not meant to be PSYCHO or HALLOWEEN. This will be a bit of a flagship for Australia's horror for 2000. Locally off the top of my head, also being produced or ready to be released are "Pitchblack" (shot in Queensland), "Cubbyhouse" and "He Died With a Fellafel in His Hand". Whilst overseas Director Geoffrey Wright fine tunes "Cherry Falls" .. There is also a half a dozen horror films being made in H'wood for 2k releases with Aussie actors in them. Well I'd say that, and Sydney 2000, will give the world an OD on Australia.. But I bet they'll only come home with cute Koala's and leave the gritty stuff on the street. News has come out about the 4th installment of the Crow saga. The 4th film will have HIP HOP feel to it. The Crow will take the form of a Gangsta Rapper who is gunned down. The concept is inspired by Tupac Shakur and has been written by James O'Barr. CROW 4. (CSO) (HFA NEWS)
 Well look at whaty hit Darkhorizons today.. The poster for CUT, the big Australian Slasher film that is set on a movie set in the 70s. And that is a GRizzly looking modified garden tool of DEATH!!! The film hits cinemas MArch 2nd(DH) (HFA NEWS)  Latest picture from Urban Legends: The Final Cut.. FIRST pictures from the set. (DH) (HFA NEWS) The film CLAUS has a competition for songwriters to submit a song that makes it into the film . Go to http://www.arcangelpictures.com/contest.html for more info on the film. If you are keen on it. (CSO) (HFA NEWS)   There are some new stuff for "Hellboy" but not the film.. This is the PC/PSX computer game. The screen shots are cool. (CSO) (HFA NEWS)
"The Golden Globes" (or the GORE globes as I call them) have been announced. Although "Sixth Sense" and a whole bunch of other Horror films didn't not get the huge recognitions they desrve there are some categories in which Horror is nominated. BEST SCREENPLAY (nominated) - Midnight Shylaman for Sixth Sense BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (nominated)- Haley Joel Osmont for Sixth Sense (HFA NEWS) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (nominated)- Michael Clarke Duncan for The Green Mile (HFA NEWS) The Golden Globe nominations have appauled me this year.. "Run Lola Run" has not even made it into the best foreign category. It is hard to imagine Joel as Supporting actor when he really was the STAR.. Anyhow keep tuned to this page for the winners and the horror films that they have done (like I did last years) when the GORE GLOBES ARE ANNOUNCED.  "Final Destination" has announced its final cut for the soundtrack. It will release in February (the soundtrack) : Blink 182, Pennywise, Incubus, System of a Down, Deftones, Kidney Thieves, H20, Lagwagon, Sick of it All, The Vandals, The Muffs, NOFX, MXPX and Eva Trout. (DH) (HFA NEWS)
"Alien 5" could still be a long way off. Sigourney Weaver was talking to the SCI-FI wire this week and has said "I've always wanted to do one [an Alien movie] where we go back to the planet from which the Alien originally came." , now this would make for an interesting film, but could humans ethically wipe out another alien race?? Although Weaver admits that there has been no serious discussion on the next film she goes on to say "I don't know that there are any plans to do another one," adds Weaver. "It wouldn't surprise me if some time in the next 20 years or so, you see a white-haired Ripley hobbling around out there. But I haven't heard of anything." . I like sequels so thats okay by me. (CSO). (HFA NEWS) Marilyn Manson's film "Holy Wood" will be based in part on his new album "In the shadow of the valley of death.". So if you are into some really TAME CONTROVERSEY than this boring pop rocker might do it for you. But he'll never be David Bowie. (HFA NEWS)
There is a chance of a prequel to "The Matrix". If made, according to producer Joel Silver, it will be anime and will describe how the world changed to the MATRIX. So if you didn't understand the original film than you will get it in lamens terms in the prequel. Don't worry the two sequels are still scheduled to happen. (DH) (HFA NEWS) George Miller has told Australian paper "The Age" that MAD MAX 4 will (yet again) be a standalone film. The film is likely to include a lot of progressions that Miller has gone through in the last 5 years. So technically expect there to be some kind of CGI effects in the next film to keep up with the latest in SCI-FI. The concept for the film will be based on an idea that Miller had 12 years ago, which he remembered on a plane trip 3 years ago. Now if the plane trip is what jogged his memory.. REMEMBER part 3 and the reference to the airliner and CAPTAIN WALKER.. Hey Max had to go somewhere at the end of that film.. I'm guessing he went back to the Children of the Crack.. I just hope that it returns to the in your face style of the first two that made it border line horror, based on the FEAR that gangs could get out of control in Australia. (DH) (HFA NEWS)
Areas in New Brunswick are being scouted as locations for a 16th century village called BLAIR. Well this is of course for the shooting to the prequle of "The Blair Witch Project". The release date is now OCTOBER 2000. There is no director attached yet, but ED and DAN have been writing it. (HFA NEWS) "The Abbots Book" is a film soon to go in production by the hand of Star Treks Jonathon Frakes. It tells the story of an Italian Noble Man who must battle an ancient civilisation of monsters that live under his home, that have kidnapped his son. No cast has been named but it is likely that Frakes will star in the film. (HFA NEWS) Clive Barker has made a whole bunch of comments that Horror Online has published.. I don't usually do rebuttles.. But Barker has been particularly HARSH toward the latest Horror films. It's a big tall poppies tribute. (Barker is in Italic) "Well END OF DAYS is a very quick story. It was just that my then-agent called me up and said 'You know we have this movie, they need to do it really quickly.' It was one of those situations where there was something quite tempting about it. I like making movies and I was sort of looking at the idea of making a movie in a very short time frame, and there would have been something quite entertaining about doing a Schwarzenegger picture. But in the end you sort of have to make your choices. You get one life and you have to choose really between the things you're going to put your time into and the things you're not. I don't regret that choice, particularly having seen the movie." Okay this is a fair statement from Barker, but their is a really quirky irony in there as well. Barker is kind of admitting that he would have liked to make a lousy film in a short time frame. I'mf guessing he thinks that End of Days was bad. Barker than went on to talk about "The Thief of Always". "It's in good shape. I have a meeting at Universal tomorrow (December 15) on that very thing. Though the issues we're looking at right now are exactly how it's going to be done. There is some argument as to whether it will be entirely CGI -- Toy Story style -- or a mixture of live action and CGI. Presumably we will make up our minds tomorrow. But Universal is very committed to it, and I have high hopes that we will make that movie work. It's a very expensive movie… there are a lot of effects, there's a lot of spectacle to it. But I have a good working relationship with the guys at Universal. I like them immensely and they've been very supportive to the project. I have high hopes that it will go." will he direct the film?? "There just isn't enough time. At some point I'm gonna need to clone myself. At a certain point it just becomes impossible to do all these things. I've got three books on the blocks right now and I need to develop them, finish them, polish them and deliver them. And then probably I'll go make a movie for New Line, which is this horror movie. I like those guys a lot, so I hope we can make it work over there. Mike DeLuca is a tremendous creator, I think, and producer. So my hope is that we will make that picture starting end of next year." Barker on PUSHING THE ENVELOPE "Those (scripts) are written, actually. Bill Condon (director of GODS AND MONSTERS) has written one of them and it's tremendous. That will be, in terms of scale, a much more modestly sized picture. I'm looking at something which is much more the size of GODS AND MONSTERS. That way, feeling as though we can really, because the budget will be very modest, that way feeling as though we can really keep the creative controls. You know 'The Books Of Blood' were perhaps noteworthy when they came out because they pushed the envelope a little bit. And I want to make sure the movie adaptations do the thing. HELLRAISER did that. It's harder, I think now, to push the envelope where horror material is concerned than ever before. I don't think we're seeing a lot of material, horror movies now that really do push the envelope. Cronenberg is doing it less and less." The annoying thing is that is really cheesing me off is the way that Barker sees Cronnenberg as an evolving force in the Horror cinema. A single direct can not change an industry, a director usually can only tell stories with there own special trademarks. If Barker is getting tired of the trademarks that make Cronnenberg films his own than he might have just got tired of Cronneberg films. Cronnenberg advanced horror once in my opinion with Videodrome, if Barker expects a director to continuosly do that than he is in the wrong period of time. During the studio system a director could afford to do it. Now a director can not. Unless that director is making INDIE hobby films. Barker comments on the majority of recent Horror Films, "they tend to be, by and large, rather dumb movies. THE MUMMY is less of a problem for me frankly than, you know, the inevitable I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER. URBAN LEGEND I found particularly troubling because I did feel as though it took more than a slice out of the CANDYMAN mythology for its inspiration. And that slightly troubled me. I felt like this was a movie that more than owed a significant part of its existence to CANDYMAN. And I don't like to see that. Go find your own ideas, guys!" WHAT!!! yeah like Barker came up with the Urban legend with the bloke with a hook on his hand. That Urban Legend has been around for years and years.. Barker just dressed it up and put it into a historical content. I'm fairly sure that urban legend evolved from the Phantom Killer (Lover Lane) murders in the Town That Dreaded Sundown. If Barker classes the three films mentioned as benchmarks of recent Horror films he needs to realise that there are over 90 Horror features made each year (excluding a lot of the INDIE stuff and SHORTS) these films are only three of them. If IKWYDLS and UL owe anything to any film, it is "Campfire Tales" and Lois Duncan. Sorry to have a spat, I'm sick of ppl talking down HORROR, to try and make there own work look better. I love Barker films, I love the way they are GOREY and I love his trademarks of American nostalgia, I love the way they have a very Italian feel to them. (HFA NEWS)
"Devious Beings" is being made, it stars, Patrick Van Horn, the film has been described as 'a drug dealer who must sell his soul to save his mother's life.' . Chris Mazzei is set to direct this supernatural thriller. (HO)
The video "what if" by the Creed is now in circulation on MTV.. It is from Scream 3. (HFA NEWS) Anthony Hopkins has signed onto "Hannibal" after reading the script.. After a lot of procrastanation that surrounds the film, I'm gald to heaqr that there is finally someting sollid. (HFA NEWS)
Seems that there was more said in that Robert Englund interview than firts mentioned. Robert has gone into another interview and re-hashsed an old rumour that stated that "Freddy Vs. Jason" will have two endings at the point of release. One of the endings will see Freddy win, the other will see Jason win.. Now to me the stupidity lies in the fact that both of these characters are in fact villains and the concept of the film usually revolves around them slaughtering a whole bunch of people before being killed themselves. To have one or the other escape death at the end of the film would make more sequels so much easier to write. Anyhow that is just my opinion. The cool thing about having two different endings is that you could turn up at a cinema see the film and find out what happens at the end, and than go to another session and see the other ending. A very good way of making people see the film twice. But how many cinemas will give the film 2 screens to play on.. ?? (HFA NEWS)
"Scream 3" has announced some of the music that you are likely to hear in the films soundtack and they have done a good job of getting some of the bands that will make buying this album a must. The following appeared on Darkhorizons. "Slipknot's "Wait And Bleed", Coal Chamber's "Tyler's Song" and Static-X's "So Real" will be among the tracks on the album, with word that there'll be other songs from Powerman 5000, Incubus and Ear2000 (which David Arquette is a part of). Arquette can be seen in the music video of Creed's "What If" which is the first single to be released from the soundtrack. The video had its premiere on MTV's "Total Request Live" last night. " Sounds like the kind of soundtrack I could get into. (DH) (HFA NEWS) According to CSO Chris Carters "Harsh Realm" series will continue to survive in some form at FXM. Rather than on FOX's free to air channel. (CSO), (HFA NEWS) "Invisible Man" tv series has been green lit by the Sci Fi channel and it will go into full production in February, with the series starting in June in the USA. Next January we are screening the film directed by James Whale at Boggo Road, more info soon. (CSO) (HFA NEWS)
If you were at the film night last night.. You will have heard that Jack Sim is a fan of Winona Ryder (aren't we all), well there are few new sections open on the "Lost Souls" page which contains video clips (confirmation section). http://www.deliverusfromevil.com . is the cute name for the webpage.. The film is based on the work by Poppy. Z. B and is destined to piss off the church and people like William Donahue. Hey the catch phrase is "Over 1000 Excorcisms are performed every year".. Of course this page still has those funky move over command.. Where by moving over the left Frame (you become the anti-chirst), and the eyeball (something about transformation)..(DH) (HFA NEWS) The Diabolical Dominion has got some new information on the film "Cherry Falls". Geoffrey Wright has that in the characters in the film learn that the killer is stalking virgins, there is a mad rush for everyone in the area to loose there CHERRY (bad pun). I guess we can cue that song by HOLE (Awful), "Swing low sweet Cherry make it awful".. Oops I'm just dwelling on that CHERRY thing, but its so funny. Anyhow, Wright also adds "You wouldn't believe the orgy we filmed at the local hunting lodge." .. See now this film is going to be more pos-constructionist than anything Hollywood could make without outsider help. A slasher film, from the guy that bought you ROMPER STOMPER and METAL SKINS, has no choice but to push the boundaries of good taste and ART. (HFA NEWS)
There is a bit of a rumpus going around since it was announced that Antonia Banderas will be playing the lead role in the film "Phantom of the Opera". A lot of people believe that Michael Crawford should be in the lead role. The film version is set to have some new songs and more dialogue. No offense to Banderas, but I think that Hollywood has cast this film the wrong way. (DH) (HFA NEWS)
   The above poster for FDtD3 "Hangmans Daughter" DVD came from www.reallyscary.com . As well as the GreenMile poster and Sleepy Hollow poster. If you nearly had an aneurism or something while waiting to see the witch.. Than you are most likely keen on seeing the non-sold out INDIE horror that is being produced in the US.. And if you live in Baltimore MD. In the USA you can get even happier.. They have a line up that will make it hard for you to sleep at night. And the thing is all of the films are from Baltimore.. All THREE films are getting premieres.. And all three films you would have heard of.. And all Three films are only available to see at "The Festival of Darkness". REASON # 1 for forking out the measly 22.50. "STOP
IT, YOU'RE KILLING ME!" (KEN YAKKEL)will premiere.. Meet Jamie
Donahue and Michael Todd stars from the film there as well.
"DON'T DO THIS AT HOME"
      More "Pitch Black" pictures. (CSO) Latest "Freddy Vs. Jason" film confirms that David Goyer is writing the script for New Line.. This appeared on Darkhorizons. Question: "Is there going to be a FREDDY VS. JASON movie?" Question #2: "Is FREDDY VS. JASON the last we are going to see of Freddy Krueger?" Answer #2: "...I'd imagine that this would be the finale. Though there might be more FRIDAY THE 13th films - I don't know. I've heard a rumor that there will be two endings to FREDDY VS. JASON - Freddy will win in one, and Jason will win in another. And the audience will never know what ending they'll see, because they'll change the last reel." First poster for the film "Ninth Gate" has popped up on DH.  Sam Raimi is developing another TV series.. This one is going to be more Rosemary's Baby like (rather than XENA). (HO) John Hannah will reprise his role in "The Mummy 2" and will acquire also a pay cheque for 1 million dollars.. So all of Johns friends will no who is good for a loan. I bet when you saw the Herbie remake with Bruce Campbell you didn't think John would be taking home huge pay cheques after. (CSO)
WHOOPS.. Big old mistake in yesterdays update.. "The Blair Witch Project" did manage to go top 20 with its pre-release screenings in Australia. It took in as far as I can find.. 250,000 dollars in Australia. I'm not sure of the amount of screens.. But I'm guessing there were well over 50. but take into account each of those would have only done one or two screenings that week. That means that TBWP ranked 6. The Ed Sanchez and Dan Myrick attended a hour long chat session at www.blair-witch.com.au .. It was pretty cool.. Here is my summary. Well I'd compare the online chat to the directors ED and DAN Wednesday
Night That was 10 years ago.. This event had as much confusion.. The Unmoderated "Heart of Love" (HOL) ED was
constantly prompting.. I asked if any midgets SEQUELS.. They asked if people wanted
to see them.. Everyone pretty much FEARSUM.. I seemed to be the only one
interested in this project (When this You know ya try to get info out of them and they were sidestepping..
I guess
      Some Pitch Black Pictures have appeared on Cinescape. (CSO) Got some pictures from the indie horror film, Urban Flesh.. Now if these don't make you hungry, then nothing will. Thanks to Director Alex for sending pictures. He informs me that althouhg he has sold out of the first run, they are about to go in and print a second.    The Big White house that will be used in the filming of "The Green Mile" nursing home sequences (IE the sequences that Tom Hanks will be really old in) will be shot at a mansion Moses Cone lived. Moses Cone is the inventor of Denim. AS in the stuff that we make jeans out of. The house was built in the 1898-1905 and is made entirely of denim.. Just kidding.. But I bet the guys and gals that put it together were wearing denim. (DH) Added new link in the links section to a Scream Page called "Ghost Face's Scream Page". www.geocities.com/hollywood/boulevard/7811 .
  Pictures from "Mission to Mars" have appeared on Darkhorizons. (DH) Well it looks like where NASA goes wrong, Hollywood goes right.. he he he, 300 million dollar suit case lost in space.. Director David Twohy has said his film "Pitch Black" has only had a few scenes removed from his vision.. These were character development scenes that will hopefully appear in the DVD release. (DH) A positive review of the film has popped up on Darkhorizons.   Ever wanted to see what happens on the set of "Urban Legends 2: The Final Cut".. (Don't ask me where the 's' came from it is just there) Well wonder no more the last few days of shooting, will be webcast across the Internet. ON December 13-15.. You will be able to access it by going through the AOL Moviefone on that date.. More as the date approaches I'm sure.. Check out this site at sony for more details. It is the official site and contains some stuff similar to the original.. You can once again submit your own Urban Legend.. Oh and there is this bit of the script for you to read. ...I'm supposed to start shooting my senior thesis film next week, but I can't seem to come up with a good story... (after a beat) I know a good story. (doubtful, she smiles) Yeah? Yeah...it's about a campus serial killer whose murders are based on "urban legends." (growing bitter) Eight people get killed, but the prestigious college manages to cover it up. Yeah, I've heard that one. Supposedly happened at Pendleton. It's an "urban legend", too.
"GvsE" has left the USA network.. IT will be returning soon in the US.. to the SCI-FI channel.. Oh how I wish that was in Australia now.. The sci-fi channel and the show. (CSO) "Blade 2: Bloodhunt" is the official sub-title to the next Blade film.. David S. Goyer (Dark City, Blade)has told Comics2films the 'story centers around a creature which is as threatening to vampires as it is to humans. According the report, Blade teams up with a group of vampire warriors called the Bloodpack to oppose the deadly creature.' .. Cool sounds like they are going to make the Buffy film after all.. Just kidding.. It was a joke.. Sounds good.. CAn't wait to see Goyers TV show. Just when you thought that they couldn't make another film about a Hollywood Heroin chasing down a Serial Killer.. Holyywood blindsides us.. I guess this thing started way back with Silence of the Lambs.. And when one film does well.. You can churn out as many of them as you like as long as they have a star in it.. Well this one is going to be called "Darker Saints" and will star and be produced by Pop-Rock sensation Courtney Love ( note I say pop-rock, because that whole latest album just reeked of Hollywood <not grunge>look at me I'm pretty give me a movie deal, because I said you suck, kiss me and I'll make it all better. And Hollywood replied yes Courtney, where?? Hey HOLE were good live when I saw them this year, but I didn't stay for the WHOLE set.) (HO) "Scary Movie" is scheduled to hit US cinemas on the 31st of March y2k. Can anyone spell confusing.. Here is how it is spelt.. "Scary Movie" was the original title for the pophorror film SCREAM.. The film now known as Scary Movie is in fact a pardoy of the Kevin Williamson written films. The film now known as Scary Movie was once known as "Scream if you Know What I did last Summer".. But thankfully it has changed because the LIONSGATE scream parody is coming out and it is called "I know What you screamed Last Summer".. How do you tell the difference.. Well Scary Movie is a Wayans movie.. Whereas the other parody will stat Tiffany Amber Thiessen, Tom Arnold and Coolio. "I Know what you screamed Last Summer" is being made by Rhino films and is likely to be bought by Lionsgate, which means that it will for some Lionsgate reason not get a big showing in most Australian multiplexes.. Which will make it more critically acclaimed because not as many people will no about it.. Of course that is purely specualtion and is likely to be just bull crap. Hey sick of Buffy kicking monster butt once a week.. always wanted too see a superhuman (Duke Nukem-esk) type cryogenically frozen since World War 2... Well wait not much longer.. For producer Richard Donner is on the way to the rescue.. The show is titled "Matthew Blackheartt: Monster Smasher".. Not only does Blackheart have to adjust the 21st century but he also must defeat all the monsters that his arch enemy MORTAS throws at him.. So looks like we'll see if Blackheartt has a smashing time or not.. When the show goes under the HAMMER at the NAPTE industry trade show in January.. We'll find out what station picks it up if any... (CSO) Roman Polanski's film, The Ninth Gate has been delayed until March 2000.. I can remember when this film was set to release in August of this year.. Well I guess this means it will b refined. Hopefully that means it is good.. I finally saw "The Blair Witch Project" it had preview screening on last night at Midnight.. Um.. Although I'm still writing the review.. Expect it to be about as long as I waited to see this film.. It will include lines such as.. "Should I have taken pirate copies from people I don't know??".. and was it worth the wait.. Should I have seen the film before the HYPE really over-reached the expectancy of any film.. And is 16mm a really funky format.. Should there be more first person filmmaking.. Could this ever be sequalized.. The review you can expect will be well over 1500 words.. And may even contain pictures.. The review will be emailed first to all the people on the Horror Fans Anon mailing list.. Than a day later it will appear on the site.. So if you really want to hear what I have to say about a film I've waited longer than a year to see.. Or if you just want to hear an Australian point of view.. sign up for the HFA mailing list.. Expect to also get email fed Horror news weekly.. CLICK HERE. to sign up.
 
   Pictures from the film starring Jennifer Lopez and Vince Vaugh have popped up on Darkhorizons.. THE CELL. (DH) Katie Holmes is joining the cast of Sam Raimi's "The Gift".. Like "The Cell" this film tells the story about a girl that goes missing and pschic that tracks them down. The psychinc in Raimi's film is a southerner played by Cate Blanchett. (CSO) Katie Holmes will be playing the victim. The NEW GHOST TOURS web page is now OPEN.. MORE VISUAL.. than before.. See the sights.. before you SEE the sights.. www.ghost-tours.com.au as featured on the Australian Blair Witch official site..
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Well here is that face. I guess the first thing you notice is the dead
eyes.. I'll continue to keep HFA up to date as often as I can even though
the next year us going to be intermediate and confusing one for me. I've
got my deegree now. I've been sending out more resumes than I have been
making news posts on HFA lately. Well once you finish University you gotta
earn money to pay off learning. I'll be more present at 
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return to the rock.. December 2 at selected cinemas
related links to refresh your memory and revive the somewhat
exotic fear.
FAN SITE
VOYAGER
(brilliant site with maps and location photos)
URBAN
CINEFILE (pictures from their)
FAN SITE
VOYAGER (brilliant site with maps and location photos)
URBAN CINEFILE (pictures from their)
See the updated Australian Release Dates.
| NEWS FOR WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 1, 1999 |
Michael Rooker has said the following about the upcoming film "6th Day" that he is working on wiht Arnie. The film is is "set about 20 years in the future. Arnold plays a poor, regular guy who gets in trouble with this huge corporation in the process of trying to change the political and social mores in regards to cloning. They already have cloning centers for your pets. Arnold gets accidentally cloned, then, there are two Arnolds running around, and we've got to figure out which is the clone, and which is the human, and try to retrieve one of them. Neither one of them knows that they're anything but the real McCoy. It gets a little hairy."
Rooker adds, "some of the lines and relationships are a lot of fun. As long as it doesn't become Keystone Cops, I think it'll be pretty good." (CSO)
Ray Harryhausen will be appearing next year at the Brisbane Animation festival. The Academy Award winner will be attending the festival that runs from April 5-9 in the year 2000. Entries are to be recieved for the animation festival by January 14th. The Best interenational entry will recieve $2000 in prize money. There is also a $3000 best commercial award. Interested in seeing the festival or entering it. GO to BIAF HERE.. Again I encourage you to make a Horror based anime cause I love that kind of thing. Ray will be carrying around with him a remastered version of Jason & The Argonauts That will travel around with the animation festival that will take in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Darwin and Cairns. Ray will also be hosting seminars on Stop motion, pre-prodxution designs and animation models.. Hey go along and learn from the best.
Ever wanted to do a film that had a VW Bug in it but never really got motivated.. (I assume you want to make a horror film with a bug, remember that scene with the bug in Frioday the 13th part 2 ). Well IS $10,000 motivation enough for ya?? Because that is tyhe prize in this competition. I'm pretty sure they are looking for a VeeDub theme in the 3-7 minute short film you need to make. The winner recieves 5 grand and a Beetle Prize pack, plus they get to drive a new beetle around for YEAR. Runners up get 3.5 grand and 1.5 grnad. Entries shot on any format but sent in on VHS. Entries close on January 10, 2000. Send entries to:
The Bug Picture
c/o Volkswagen Distributors - Marketing,
Pricate Bag 59,
Wehterill Park,
New South Wales (Australia)
DC 1851
For more enquiries phone Anne Wild on 02 9955 9655
I just got an Elizabeths Horror Award.. Anyone else wanting to give me an Award.. Just email me [email protected] Awards are good way of getting your site known.
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Weekend of 27th Nov 2. The Bone Collector 3. Sixth Sense 13. eXistenZ (21 screens) 16. Lake Placid |
Weekend of 27th Nov 3. End of Days 4. Sleepy Hollow 6. The Bone Collector |
Weekend of 27th Nov 2. The Sixth Sense 7. The Blair Witch Project 11. Deep Blue Sea |
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