While I’m not really all that interested in the latest installment in the Saw franchise, I still feel compelled to share the teaser trailer that debuted at Comic-Con. I’m not even sure what the plot’s supposed to be in this movie, but I do know it can’t possibly directly involve Jigsaw, the shining star in this series. Therefore, I’m not interested. For those of you that are, click below for the teaser.
Kiefer Sutherland stars in a horror movie where the person in the mirror is staring back at you, and can kill you. Watch the super-creepy red band trailer below.
From Bloody Disgusting comes the final official synopsis for Saw V, the fourth sequel in the twisted horror franchise. It says,
In the fifth installment of the popular Saw franchise, Hoffman is seemingly the last person alive to carry on the Jigsaw legacy. But when his secret is threatened, Hoffman must go on the hunt to eliminate all loose ends.
Since I wasn’t all that invested in Hoffman (Costas Mandylor) to begin with, an entire movie about him killing people isn’t nearly as interesting as Jigsaw putting people in deadly traps so that in the event they escape, they appreciate their life more.
For the first time, I’m not really all that interested in a Saw sequel. I mean, seriously…”carry on the Jigsaw legacy”? He’s not carrying on Jigsaw’s legacy. He’s murdering people to keep them quiet. Jigsaw had a reason, however twisted, for the things he did. And that was what made him, and the original few films, so compelling.
The new poster for The Strangers is friggin’ scary. It shows Liv Tyler in a cozy-looking home, with a psycho in a mask standing in the shadows behind her.
The Strangers also stars Scott Speedman and will be in theaters May 30th, 2008.
We heard about the first round of casting for Saw V last month. A new person has been added to the cast, according to UGO Movie Blog. Her name is Meagan Good, and she’s been in a handful of movies, including Brick, Stomp the Yard, and Mike Myers’ upcoming comedy The Love Guru.
Good will be playing a city planner that comes from money. Saw V will be in theaters October 24th, 2008.
Ok, so she’s not actually remaking more movies, but she did do a nice recreation photo shoot of several horror movies (much better than Lindsay Lohan’s recreations of classic Marilyn Monroe portraits).
She posed in recreations of scenes from The Birds, Psycho, and even Scream (at left). /Film has the images, originally taken for Latina magazine.
As a recent fan of Juno and a huge fan of Cillian Murphy, I was psyched to see that they’ll be in a movie together. Even better news is that Murphy will be playing a person with split personality disorder who believes his two personalities are husband and wife. Cillian has an amazing range as an actor, and I’m sure this is a role that will allow him to show off his talents.
Page plays a young mother in the town who instigates a battle between Murphy’s personalities.
We had previously seen a trailer for M. Night Shyamalan’s The Happening earlier this month. This new one shows less of the horror/thriller part of the movie, and more of the character story.
The Happening will be released June 13th, 2008 and stars Mark Wahlberg and John Leguizamo.
As I’ve mentioned before, I’m a big fan of the Saw series of horror flicks, so news on Saw V eight and a half months before the movie hits theaters makes me very happy.
Bloody Disgusting spoke with director David Hackl who has previously served as production designer on the Saw sequels. Hackl has a few tidbits to share about the set and the traps, but I think the most interesting part is when he talks about the “reference disc” given to him by the trap designer: “The disc was full of real life ‘inspiration’ from industrial accidents, plane crashes and road disasters.”
Sounds like the traps are going to be even more disgusting and violent than we’ve seen in the past three sequels.
Having just seen Juno, I’m a little in awe of Ellen Page. I loved her even more after reading the interview with her in Entertainment Weekly. She seems like a smart girl - like someone I would have been friends with in high school. She’s a fresh face in Hollywood these days, so it’s no surprise that director Sam Raimi has picked her up for his new horror film, Drag Me To Hell.
Empire Online points out that this is Raimi’s first non-Spider-Man movie in eight years. It’s also his first horror movie since Army of Darkness.
I’m really looking forward to see what Page can do for a horror movie. It’s also a good sign that she won’t be typecast as the smart-mouthed indie chick forever.
Finally a horror movie we know will be good - horror master Wes Craven (The Last House on the Left, A Nightmare on Elm Street) is working on 25/8 about a serial killer out to kill the seven kids that were born the night he died.
That’s enough to get me to see it, but if you need more Bloody Disgusting has all the details.
According to IMDb, Craven also has a film called Shocker in the works about a serial killer that comes back from the dead after being killed by the electric chair and then uses electricity to kill people. It sounds awfully close to an episode of Reaper (which I love, by the way), but I’d be interested to see it anyway. I’m a sucker for senseless horror flicks.
There’s only so much information my brain can hold. Inexplicably I forgot about a little movie starring two of my favorite people - Naomi Watts and Michael Pitt. I read an article this morning on Cinema Blend about how Tim Roth vows to not even watch Funny Games because filming it was so difficult for him personally. In the movies, two crazies take Roth, Watts, and their son hostage in their own (vacation?) home and torture them as a game. Roth had trouble because the boy in the movie resembles one of his real life sons.
I had previously posted about the poster for Funny Games, but I hadn’t checked out the trailer yet. Michael Pitt looks as devious as ever, although I’m not so sure I like him having a partner in crime. It worked well for Murder By Numbers, but he was so much scarier in his guest spot on “Law and Order: Special Victims Unit.”
Funny Games is set for release on March 14th, 2008.
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Release Date 8/29/2008 
Ok, so she’s not actually remaking more movies, but she did do a nice recreation photo shoot of several horror movies (much better than Lindsay Lohan’s recreations of classic Marilyn Monroe portraits).
