Our staffer Phil Fasso just submitted his review of the eagerly anticipated Lucio Fulci documentary PAURA: LUCIO FULCI REMEMBERED - VOLUME 1, which is due out on February 3rd! (Same day as HIS NAME WAS JASON, making for a good horror documentary day!) Click the DVD cover image below to read the full review. You can pre-order the limited edition DVD either below or at the review!

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11 Greatest Zombie Movie Tag Lines

A short while ago in an email, Rob G. sent out a call for Top 10 lists, and specifically mentioned he'd like me to do one that was zombie-related. I have to be honest: I dreaded this assignment. While I'm a real talented writer, and it's easy for me to figure out what I do or don't like, it's very hard for me to put my likes or dislikes in order. Sure, it's easy to identify #1, and maybe # 2 or 3... but beyond this I'm lost. But Rob's a genuinely good guy who loves Icons even more than I do, so I knew I had to take myself to task and give him a list. And lo and behold, I couldn't even keep it to 10.

Picking 11 out of the multitudes wasn't so bad. These were my criteria, in order of importance: 1. How effectively the line sold the movie. 2. How accurately does the line capture the spirit of the movie? 3. How original was the wording? 4. How witty was the line? So the tagline for Bride of Re-Animator is probably the coolest ever, but it doesn't accurately describe the movie. You get the gist, I hope.

Oh, and note: These lines are all great, but some of the movies they represent... not so much.

As a list maker in Entertainment Weekly once wrote, lists are great because they're always up for debate. I'd love for you to tell me, "Fasso, how could you put that one at #4 instead of this one?" or "Oh my God, you left that one off?" Or maybe even, "Damn, that's exactly what I was thinking!"

Enjoy. And be cool.

1. "When there's no more room in Hell, the dead will walk the earth"-- Dawn of the Dead (1978): One of the things I've always admired about George Romero is how, as a screenwriter, he always creates distinct characters through their dialogue. Looking down on hundreds of zombies in the mall, Peter recalls what his grandfather used to tell him; in doing so, he captures the essence of the film perfectly. This single line speaks volumes about what humanity has done over the course of history, and why he and his companions are stuck in this dreadful situation. Though many, including myself, acknowledge Night of the Living Dead as a superior film, its taglines don't come close to this one. Neither do those of any other film. Hands down, a tagline without parallel.

2. "The dead walk among us"-- White Zombie (1932): Yes, this line is simple. But remember, White Zombie is the alpha zombie movie. The line is primal and powerful, but today might seem clichéd; in 1932, however, it was probably shocking. I include this tagline because I've seen it aped in dozens of forms over the decades. Copy it if you like, but it's the original, and serves as the best of its type.

3. " Herbert West has a very good head on his shoulders... and another one on his desk"-- Re-Animator (1985): Re-Animator is a sick and twisted flick. The twist on the "good head" phrase is brilliant, especially when one sees it plastered to the image from the movie, as it was used on posters and VHS/DVD cover art. Apply the idea of "good head" to what happens between Dr. Hill and Megan Halsey at the film's climax (and talk about a double meaning for that word!), and this line perfectly captures the sick wit of the movie.

4. "The darkest day of horror the world has ever known"-- Day of the Dead (1985): A grim tagline for the grimmest of the Romero Dead movies. This is indeed the darkest of his zombie films, literally and tonally, a relentlessly mirthless effort that bespeaks of the worst of the human condition. The director refers to those who prefer Day as "trolls," and the analogy is appropriate. For them, this tagline says it all.

5. "You have the right to remain silent. Forever"-- Maniac Cop (1988): Sometimes, instead of coming after the movie's been made, a tagline acts as the genesis for the movie. As I've heard William Lustig tell the story directly, he and writer Larry Cohen were discussing making a zombie cop movie. At that meeting, one of them spouted out this line, and it crystallized the whole film. The line is a great twist on those famous Miranda rights, uttered by so many cops on myriad cop shows over the ages. And it really encapsulates the spirit of the flick.

6. "Date. Mate. Re-animate"-- Bride of Re-Animator (1990): Simply awesome. It's not exactly an accurate depiction of the way the plot goes, but it exemplifies the quest of lovesick Dan Cain to reunite with his beloved Meg. And just as with the tagline for the original, it's sick, twisted, and damned witty.

7. "The good news is your date is here! The bad news is he's dead!" -- Night of the Creeps (1986): A reworded line from the movie, this tagline tells the audience exactly what to expect: the living dead, with comedy and romance thrown into the mix. Fred Dekker's underrated zombie flick also includes references to 1950s science fiction, and an impossibly cool performance by horror vet Tom Atkins, who delivers the altered tagline in the film.

8. "They're back from the grave, and ready to party!"-- Return of the Living Dead (1985): Though it only sells one aspect of the film, this tagline stood in direct contrast to Day of the Dead's "darkest day" line, as it came out only about a month after Romero's film. As this film is an offshoot of Romero's series, the line delineates the vast difference between that director's approach and that of Dan O'Bannon.

9. "Trapped in time. Surrounded by evil. Low on gas"-- Army of Darkness (1993): Army of Darkness is only marginally a zombie movie, and it's really more a comedy than a horror flick. But who can deny the wit and humor of its tagline, when applied to the picture of a bare-chested Ash with a medieval world and wench behind him, and a chainsaw attached to his right arm? Not me.

10. "You're invited to Orville's ' coming out' party... It'll be a scream... YOURS!!!"- Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (1972): No, Orville isn't going to admit he's gay. But main character Alan might be. The "coming out" refers to how an acting troupe disinters Orville's corpse. The tagline itself makes the movie sound like it's going to be a festive affair; it's not. If only this lame, boring movie were as hip as the tagline.

11. "They won't stay dead!"-- Night of the Living Dead (1968): Okay, I'm biased. There's no way I could devise this list and not include a tagline for the best, and most important, zombie film ever made. But hang with me here. This line is a throwback to the tagline from White Zombie, and carries the same kind of primal power. Night's tagline acknowledges the link to Lugosi's flick, even as the film itself is about to overturn everything that's happened in zombie flicks since 1932. And without even intending to, it comments on the prominence of Romero's Dead franchise, as each of his original trilogy have lived long past their immediate impact, further to frighten new generations of horror fans. --Phil Fasso

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We all have our fluctuating lists of top horror films.. but what about television? Many of us were weaned on seeing horror on tv when we were too young to get to the theaters or convince our families that we could handle the scary stuff in a big, dark room.. but lately I’ve thought about television’s ability to give us the same chills. So I decided to look back and find what, to me, were the scariest things I’ve experienced on television - in media made specifically for television, not movies I simply discovered at home. Looking back, let’s see if any of you have these in common. A few of these don’t hold up but never left my scarred brain. Some still frighten me to no end. Enjoy.

Adam (Evil) Barnick’s Top Ten Scariest Television Moments

10) Salem's Lot: The Boy at the window

This was one my parents used to speak of which I got to witness in the mid-80's, when most of these stories were screened and freaked me to no end.

While Barlow's Nosferatu-esque appearance is effective as was the rest of the tale, it was the vampiric boy at the window, ceaselessly grinning (an unusual yet potent fear of mine, strange/uncanny grins), scratching at the window to be let in. Doesn't the other kid think this is remotely strange? I like how he’s borderline pleased to see him, not thinking the floating is remotely out of order. Of all the items I will mention on this list, this is the one I hear the most referenced by other horror fans who saw it growing up.

8) Tales from the Darkside: 'Inside The Closet'

While even as a kid I found the show enjoyably cheesy, this episode was the one that floored lil' Barnick. A college student moves into an older man's upstairs spare room on campus, but warned not to use the small boxlike closet in the corner. Naturally curiosity gets the better of her as she notices shoes missing, items scattered..and it's revealed early on that SOMETHING makes the little closet its home..and it doesn't like the new guest.

The episode’s two creepiest moments..The young woman investigates a noise at night and finds nothing; as she lifts her heels off the floor to settle into slumber, a bleach-white emaciated clawed hand reaches for her ankle and misses. As she sleeps, a small shaft of moonlight illuminates SOMETHING under there, waiting. Every child’s fear that made them hop quickly into bed made manifest.

That's already enough to give any kid phobias; but it was the reveal/assault to follow that really messed with ten-year old yours truly. As with most of these, the FX are dated but admirable given the time. The thing in the closet, "Lizzie", is still a truly disturbing design, and its horrible crackle-noises still get me. But THE moment, which I remember being far more effective as a kid but is still pretty tough, was when Lizzie jumps on the heroine's back, and yanks her to the floor, breaking her neck before she even collapses. Brrr.

6) V: The Final Battle: The Birthing Scene

I still consider this a well-made series and have enjoyed revisiting it on occasion over the years; as a wee lad it was a stirring sci fi monster story, and as you grow you realize just what the story (at least the original miniseries) symbolizes. Actually I'm not sure how I missed the symbolism even as a kid, it's not even remotely subtle..

This scene may have been the thing that wore down over time in terms of fear, but truly chilled lil' Barnick to the bone when he was too young to be seeing it. Robin Maxwell (Blair Tefkin) is shocked to learn her pregnancy from a Visitor may be far from human..and even more shocking are the green blemishes on her neck counting down her cycle and the fact that it's keeping her emotions and impulses in check, literally stopping her from killing herself.

Already a dread-driven premise, this scene at the time (I still feel, with the exception of the FX, it holds up) was the one that kept me WIDE awake..I'm pretty sure I asked to sleep with my parents that night. Quite a nice misdirect when you first think Robin had a normal baby, then realize she's had TWO that aren't what she was expecting, as a seemingly human child comes out twisted

and then its TWIN comes out even worse:

3) Twin Peaks: The Finale

SPOILERS!! Avoid if you don’t know the show..

While fans of David Lynch’s offbeat soap opera/mystery/existential detective series had waned in season 2 after its key question (Who killed Laura Palmer?) was answered, after a few episodes wading in sub-par narratives the plot kicked into gear again. Straightlaced, eccentric hero Dale Cooper (the FBI agent portrayed by Kyle Maclachlan) faced two nemeses; his insane mentor, retired FBI agent Windom Earle, and The Black Lodge, an alternate dimension (in a manner of speaking) referenced in Indian and Tibetan legend which defied comprehension and was the supernatural source of ‘evil in these woods’ often referenced by townsfolk. Over time in the show the Lodge was not only revealed to be real and accessible, but the actual goal of Agent Earle, formerly assumed to be simply out for revenge on Cooper.

Twin Peaks’ cliffhanger finale, never resolved due to the show’s cancellation, saw Cooper discover the Lodge and enter, trying to stop Earle and save his love, Annie (Heather Graham) What followed was 15 uninterrupted minutes of the strangest television I’ve ever seen; though following a story and answering some questions series viewers had over the previous year, this surrealistic assault of Cooper’s past traumas, riddles, shifts of time and bodily form (characters constantly turn into other characters or disappear) is something that I found initially bizarre and with little context..after time and repeat viewings it has grown into one of the scariest things I’ve seen on television. If you’ve never seen the show it may come off as the brain-burst of a pretentious art-student run amok. If you had really followed the show and/or had a bizarre fear of the uncanny (as I do), it was a flat-out mind-rape. Human characters acting non-human, freezing, behaving as imitations of human form while Cooper was confused, chased, bleeding and trapped in a labyrinth of red curtains.. I couldn’t take it. The screaming, insane dopplegangers (white-eyed shadow-selves of key cast members) didn’t make it any easier. And the show ended with one of the most downbeat, scream-at-the-TV endings I’d ever experienced.

1)Twin Peaks: The murder(s)

More spoilers!

Few directors who haven’t really made official horror films can disturb like David Lynch. Whenever he’d step in to direct an episode of the show you could count on the eccentricity/behavior doubling, the pace slowing to a beautiful, non-television-like crawl, and the scary scenes becoming ten times as frightening.

Lynch stepped in during season 2 of the show to direct four episodes. The second season opener and followup, the seventh episode (referenced later in this part), and the finale. While trying not to reveal too much, both involved murders of key characters.. the first one ended the first episode of season 2, when beaten coma victim Ronette Pulaski snapped out of unconsciousness to remember what happened to her and her friend the night they were attacked.

For a sequence with no blood or physical impact really shown, this packed quite a punch and kept me awake in high school. Check it on DVD with proper sound if you really want a beating. Sadly it’s a bit dark on here and missing the slow, still, eerie buildup to this moment.

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Anchor Bay Entertainment goes beneath the surface to bring you...

FANTASTIC FLESH: The Art of Makeup EFX

From classic creatures to modern gore, special effects makeup has always been at the dark heart of movie magic. Now, film fans will go skin deep – and beyond – with Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Makeup EFX , coming from Anchor Bay Entertainment on January 27th, 2009 . In this informative and engaging Starz Original documentary, viewers will meet the masters of the craft and discover its incredible history. SRP is $19.97.

“(Starz is) becoming – if they’re not already – the best in the genre business with comprehensive documentaries on the slasher and vampire genres, the history of black cinema and many more, but this one will hold a special place in the hearts of every fan-boy out there,” said RogueCinema.com.

From the silent era to today’s blockbuster, this fast-paced documentary examines the techniques, reveals the secrets, and emphasizes the impact that special effects makeup has had on filmmaking for more than a century. Before CGI effects became the norm, special effects makeup was often accomplished through invention, ingenuity and, in some cases, sheer luck!

This in-depth documentary features exclusive interviews with some of the biggest names in Hollywood filmmaking, including Wes Craven (A Nightmare on Elm Street), John Carpenter (the original Halloween, The Fog), Eli Roth (Cabin Fever), George A. Romero (the original Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead and Day of the Dead), John Landis (An American Werewolf in London), Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption), Robert Rodriguez (From Dusk Till Dawn), Mick Garris (“Masters of Horror”), Tom Savini (Dawn of the Dead, Friday the 13th, Creepshow), Dick Smith (The Exorcist) and Academy Award winner Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill Vol. 1 and 2), as well as clips from such classic horror and fantasy films as Frankenstein, The Exorcist, Planet of the Apes, The Chronicles of Narnia, An American Werewolf in London, The Thing, Grindhouse, Sin City, Transformers, Day of the Dead, Kill Bill Vol. 1 and 2, Total Recall, Cabin Fever, The Howling and many more.

Directed by filmmaker and visual effects artist Kevin VanHook (Death Row, The Fallen Ones, Slayer Moon), Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Makeup EFX was lauded as “an enjoyable look at the industry as well as a great nostalgia piece” by IconsofFright.com, while Bloody-disgusting.com said the documentary “offers a unique glimpse behind the lens to a magical place where hardcore film fans who grew up on too many monster movies would love to play.”

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MUTANT CHRONICLES will premiere on VOD on Friday, March 27th, 2009, followed by a theatrical release in select cities on Friday, April 24th. Mutant Chronicles is set in the year 2707, on an unrecognizable Earth where a war is raging between four giant corporations who control the planet as they battle over the planet's dwindling resources. This war is soon rendered irrelevant when an errant bomb shatters an ancient buried seal, releasing a horrific mutant army from its prison deep within the earth. As the mutant scourge threatens human extinction, a squad of ragged soldiers, led by Mitch Hunter (Thomas Jane), descends into the earth in a last ditch effort to destroy the mutants and save mankind.

Watch the red-band trailer exclusively at IGN at: http://media.movies.ign.com/media/783/783116/vids_1.html or embedded right down below!

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Anchor Bay Entertainment has provided ICONS OF FRIGHT with the final trailer for HIS NAME WAS JASON: 30 YEARS OF FRIDAY THE 13TH, the new extensive documentary which hits store shelves on February 3rd! Watch it below OR in high quality over on the ICONS You Tube page at: www.youtube.com/IconsOfFright.

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Summit Entertainment will release TWILIGHT on a 2-disc Special Edition DVD on March 21st (a Saturday rather then the usual Tuesday DVD release day). The double disc will include the following special features:

Disc One
- Five extended scenes with introductions by Hardwicke
- Audio commentary by director Catherine Hardwicke and stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart
- Muse, Paramore and Linkin Park music videos
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- Five deleted scenes with introductions by Hardwicke
- The Adventure Begins: The Journey from Page to Screen seven-part documentary
- Comic-Con Phenomenon featurette

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Magnolia Pictures has announced the specs and details for the DVD release of TIMECRIMES (Los Cronocrimenes), the time-travel thriller written & directed by Nacho Vigalondo, which made our "BEST OF 2008" lists. The movie will hit DVD on March 31st and sport the following special features:

• Making-of and other featurettes
• Behind-the-scenes material
• Deleted scenes
• Vigalondo short films



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Cinema Images is finishing up work on their latest feature BRAINCELL. There are few working as hard and tirelessly in the world of truly independent horror as producer/star Joe Zaso and the crew over at Cinema Images. Their films, which frequently make use of fantastic locations and international casts, really hearken back the Italian productions of the 70's and 80's, which was especially evident in their last feature DARKNESS SURROUNDS ROBERTA.

Zaso has provided Icons of Fright with 3 exclusive pics from his latest production BRAINCELL, which is wrapping up, on location, in Liverpool, UK as well as Naples, Italy. The film has been produced by Zaso’s Cinema Image Productions in association with Studio Mare Nostrum LLC and Cryptkeeper Films. Zaso has also provided us with the one-sheet for Timo Rose's werewolf mystery BEAST.

Zaso described his role to Fangoria earlier this week as "Dr. Cornwall, an unhinged university professor who is responsible for a wave of violence caused by the experiments he performs at the school.". The film will also feature Cinema Images regular Raine Brown as, "Hannah, his estranged niece who goes to live with her crazy uncle and then unravels a frightening mystery at the school." In addition Zaso has once again lined up an international cast that includes, "Eileen Daly who plays a wicked nurse named Nurse Audra who assists in the dark doings, and the cast also includes Billy Garberina from NECROVILLE and Eleanor James from Ivan Zuccon’s COLOUR FROM THE DARK. Also appearing are two names known well to British television viewers: HOLLYOAKS’ Leon Lopez and THE IT CROWD’s Matt Berry.”

Zaso first met BRAINCELL director Alex Birrell when the latter served as DARKNESS’ cinematographer; also encoring from the movie is composer Marco Werba, who was since tapped by Dario Argento to score his latest feature GIALLO. The climatic and scheduling problems on this low-budget project are also familiar to Zaso, but he says, “While the weather in Liverpool might be freezing at the moment and the pace on the set hectic, the people here are amazingly kind, and the city itself has a very unique look and feel. It’s a great place to make films. Alex is very meticulous in all departments, and his love of the Italian and Eurohorror styles has made the experience very positive.”

Raine Brown says of working in the UK, "The opportunity to film in England is so amazing; I’m in love with the country, the landscape and the people,” Brown adds. “BRAINCELL is such an artistic and atmospheric piece.  My character is a big departure from the spunky leading ladies I usually play. She’s lost, sad and trapped in a world that she does not understand. This film mixes the dream world into the already fantastical reality that Hannah is facing, so that one is never sure what the truth is.”

Zaso is looking toward completing BRAINCELL this summer, with release in both the U.S. and UK targeted for August. "BEAST" from Cinema Image Productions (feautring Zaso, Brown, Daly and Timo Rose) will be on DVD on March 6.

Take a look below for some pics from BRAINCELL. Click on any image to see a full size version:

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Those lovely LADIES OF THE EVIL DEAD are back in a new web-series called DANGEROUS WOMEN for Strike.TV! Below you'll find the first trailer courtesy of the DANGEROUS WOMEN Facebook page, as well as the full press release.

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Ordinarily this Icons of Fright staffer doesn't like the cold, traffic, or New Jersey. When this cheimaphobic writer with a small bladder and an aversion to hair gel was asked to brave all three to attend the Repo Road Tour I was less than enthused. Can a hypothermic cynic warm up REPO! THE GENETIC OPERA, a gore-laden goth rock musical from the director of SAW II, III & IV starring Paris Hilton? Well, when the evening turns out to be an energetic and campy celebration, with 500 plus obsessed and cheering fans in attendance, the answer is a surprising yes.

The show at the Williams Art Center in Rutherford, NJ kicked off with an introduction by Bloody-Disgusting's Spooky Dan, who has been a tireless advocate of the movie since it's first run in L.A. this past fall. Spooky D got the crowd warmed up by bringing out a sassy little dancer for a burlesque number set to one of the songs from the flick. Immediately following was his own short film REPO: THE PUPPET OPERA. That's exactly what it sounds like, readers. Certainly helping to solidify REPO's reputation as a soon-to-be cult classic were the number of fans dressed up, in character, for the occasion. A costume contest was held with the contestants taking up the entire stage.

Right before the film started director Darren Lynn Bousman, writer/star Terrance Zdunich, and star Alexa Vega took to the stage for a brief introduction. They thanked their fans for braving the below freezing temperatures and for their support of the picture. Actress Alexa Vega, previously of the SPY KIDS franchise, seemed especially excited to be a part of this tour and film. The crew received several gifts from the crowd. Bousman gave a special call out to a family (Mom, Dad, kids and all) that had previously attended several dates on the tour. 

The movie started and the crowd went crazy with fans dancing along to the numbers, callbacks shouted at the screen, and everything else you'd expect from an audience celebrating one of the favorite movies. You may have already read reviews that we've run here on IOF, but I'd like to add that the film is something special. I had doubts that I'd enjoy the movie, and had become especially cautious considering the cult-film status seemingly forced upon it. Initially skeptical that this supposed following was more marketing ploy than having developed organically. However, the fervor of the crowd, and the number of fans that showed up, proved otherwise. As for the movie, I enjoyed it, and there's even a few numbers I still haven't gotten out of my head. I'll certainly be among the fans picking it up on DVD. It's not perfect, and it's obviously ambitious beyond it's budget, but it's to be admired. Certainly you've not seen anything quite like it.

After the film Bousman, Zundich and Vega once again took to the stage to take questions from the crowd. A few interesting facts were revealed. For example, when the budget was cut from $25 million to just $8 million the director had to think fast on ways to get his sets built. While working on SAW IV, Bousman asked for a mausoleum and graveyard set to be built for new scenes for Jigsaw, which, of course, never made into that movie. These sets were later “recycled” (wink, wink) by Bousman for REPO. Nice move!

Finally the evening wrapped up with the stars signing autographs for every single REPO fan that had showed up. With the soundtrack playing in the background during the signing some fans even took to the stage to sing along with the favorite songs.

Rather than lamenting it's limited release it's great to see fans and the creative team behind the movie doing it the old way by taking their movie from city to city. Look, here's a movie that had it's chance at a wide-release cut way, way short, but this was never a film that was made for the multiplex. And it wasn't made for the art-house either. If there is anyway you experience REPO: THE GENETIC OPERA, hopefully you get the chance to see it with a crowd attending the Road Tour. Several dates still remain, with the tour wrapping up in LA.

-Mike Cucinotta

Remaining REPO ROAD TOUR Dates:

January 20^th – St. Louis, Missouri

Landmark Tivoli Theater

January 21^st – Denver, Colorado

Landmark Mayan Theater

January 22^nd – Jackson, Michigan

The Michigan Theater

January 23^rd - Phoenix, Arizona

Chandler Cinemas

January 24^th - Los Angeles, California

Laemmle's Royal Theater

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So...how'd the first R-rated 3D horror film in nearly 30 years make out this weekend? MY BLOODY VALENTINE 3D opened in 3rd place this weekend, according to Box Office Mojo with an estimated gross of $21.9 million. While fans may be disappointed it did not best PAUL BLART: MALL COP, this is not one of those "limped into 3rd place" box-office stories. Valentine comes out in a crowded weekend with 4 major new releases, including another family movie HOTEL FOR DOGS and NOTORIOUS, which it beat. Coming in 2nd was GRAN TORNO, which only beats MY BLOOD VALENTINE by less than 400k. Keeping in mind the limited number of screens available for the digital 3D experience, as well as the fact that we're in holiday weekend, means this film will likely have legs beyond it's opening.

MY BLOODY VALENTINE 3D was directed by Patrick Lussier (DRACULA 2000) from a script by Todd Farmer (JASON X) & Zane Smith and stars SUPERNATURAL's Jensen Ackles, Jaime King (THE TRIPPER), Kerr Smith (FINAL DESTINATION), Edi Gathegi, Kevin Tighe, Megan Boone & Tom Atkins.

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Anchor Bay Entertainment/Starz has provided ICONS OF FRIGHT with the "Sundance" teaser trailer for GRACE, written & directed by Paul Solet. You can check it out embedded below or in high quality over at our You Tube page: www.youtube.com/iconsoffright

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On behalf of Lionsgate, we are pleased to announce eBay charitable auctions for five posters from "MY BLOODY VALENTINE 3-D” signed by Jaime King, Jensen Ackles, Kerr Smith, Edi Gathegi, and Megan Boone. All the proceeds will benefit the The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation.  All items will be sent with a signed letter verifying their authenticity. Auctions begin today and will continue through the weekend, ending Tuesday, January 20^th, 2009.  Interested fans and collectors should be aware there are only a limited amount of posters and items available.

Included In This Package:

A Signed Poster from Jaime King, Jensen Ackles, Kerr Smith, Edi Gathegi, and Megan Boone

A Hand Signed Letter from a Lionsgate Executive

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MY BLOODY VALENTINE Official Website: http://www.mybloodyvalentinein3d.com/

Ten years ago, a tragedy changed the town of Harmony forever. Tom Hanniger, an inexperienced coal miner, caused an accident in the tunnels that trapped and killed five men and sent the only survivor, Harry Warden, into a permanent coma. But Harry Warden wanted revenge. Exactly one year later, on Valentine's Day, he woke up...and brutally murdered twenty-two people with a pickaxe before being killed.

Ten years later, Tom Hanniger returns to Harmony on Valentine's Day, still haunted by the deaths he caused. Struggling to make amends with his past, he grapples with unresolved feelings for his ex-girlfriend, Sarah, who is now married to his best friend, Axel, the town sheriff.  But tonight, after years of peace, something from Harmony's dark past has returned. Wearing a miner's mask and armed with a pickaxe, an unstoppable killer is on the loose. And as his footsteps come ever closer, Tom, Sarah and Axel realize in terror that it just might be Harry Warden who's come back to claim them...

Presented in stunningly real, cutting edge 3-D projection, MY BLOODY VALENTINE 3-D stars Jensen Ackles (TV's "Smallville" and "Supernatural"), Jaime King (THE SPIRIT, SIN CITY , SIN CITY 2) and Kerr Smith (FINAL DESTINATION, " Dawson 's Creek"). A remake of the 1981 horror classic, MY BLOODY VALENTINE 3-D is directed by Patrick Lussier from a screenplay by Todd Farmer and Zane Smith, based on a screenplay by John Beaird, story by Stephen Miller, and is produced by Jack Murray.

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The first TV Spot for Platinum Dunes upcoming FRIDAY THE 13TH redux has debuted on-line! You can expect plenty of more Jason Voorhees updates as the February 13th release date gets closer. For now, check out the TV spot below!

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Lionsgate has provided ICONS OF FRIGHT with 3 clips from MY BLOODY VALENTINE 3D which hits theaters on January 16th! 2 of the 3 clips have previously popped up on-line, but now you can watch them all in one spot below or in high quality on our official You Tube page HERE! (www.youtube.com/IconsOfFright)

Lionsgate has also announced special early screenings scheduled at 10PM on Thursday January 15th! Look for tickets in your area at MovieTickets or FANDANGO! Watch these clips below!

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The trailer for THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT remake is now on-line! You can watch it in high quality on the Apple website right HERE! Or just watch it embedded below! Be sure to check out some images from our previous news post HERE!

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TAYLOR LAUTNER TO REPRISE HIS ROLE AS JACOB IN NEW MOON

Los Angeles, CA January 7, 2009 – Summit Entertainment and director Chris Weitz are pleased to confirm that Taylor Lautner will reprise his role as Jacob Black in the TWILIGHT franchise’s next film installment NEW MOON.

“I'm very happy that Taylor will be playing Jacob Black in NEW MOON and that he's doing so with the enthusiastic support of Summit, the producers and Stephenie Meyer,” said Weitz. “The characters in Stephenie's books go through extraordinary changes of circumstance and also appearance; so it is not surprising that there has been speculation about whether the same actor would portray a character who changes in so many surprising ways throughout the series. But it was my first instinct that Taylor was, is, and should be Jacob, and that the books would be best served by the actor who is emotionally right for the part.”

“My experience on TWILIGHT was wonderful and I am looking forward to continuing on with the team for NEW MOON,” said Lautner. “I have been working hard preparing for the physicality that this role will require and can’t wait to get started with the filming of NEW MOON.”

In NEW MOON, which will be released domestically November 20, 2009, Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) is devastated by the abrupt departure of her vampire love, Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) but her spirit is rekindled by her growing friendship with the irresistible Jacob Black. Suddenly she finds herself drawn into the world of the werewolves, ancestral enemies of the vampires, and finds her loyalties tested. Production on NEW MOON is scheduled to begin in the coming months and the studio is planning to release the film on November 20, 2009.

The action-packed, modern day vampire love story and blockbuster success of the first film in the series entitled TWILIGHT was released in theatres on November 21st grossing $69.6 million domestically during its first weekend. To date the film has grossed over $177 million domestically.

Lautner had the role of Jacob in TWILIGHT and also has been seen in CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN 2 and THE ADVENTURES OF SHARKBOY AND LAVAGIRL 3-D.

Lautner is represented by WMA.

About Summit Entertainment LLC
Summit Entertainment is a worldwide theatrical motion picture development, financing, production and distribution studio. The studio handles all aspects of marketing and distribution for both its own internally developed motion pictures as well as acquired pictures. Summit Entertainment, LLC also represents international sales for both its own slate and third party product. Summit Entertainment, LLC plans to release 10 to 12 films annually.

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Our Australian staffer Danny Price who contributes to the SCHLOCK VALUE column here on ICONS OF FRIGHT has recently launched a My Space page for SCHLOCK VALUE over at: www.myspace.com/schlockvalue. So, if you can't get enough of good ol' schlock cinema, you might as well befriend him on My Space and tell him so! (Or perhaps suggest some "so bad they're bad" movies for future editions of SCHLOCK VALUE). Head over to the My Space page now right HERE!

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An official My Space page for Adam Gierasch's directorial debut AUTOPSY has launched at www.myspace.com/autopsythemovie. Co-written by Gierasch with Jace Anderson & E.L. Katz, the flick will be playing in limited theatrical release THIS weekend as part of AFTER DARK's HORRORFEST 3! (Snuck up on us, didn't it?!)

AUTOPSY stars Ashley Schneider, Jessica Lowndes, Michael Bowen, Robert Patrick, Robert LaSardo and Jenette Goldstein. You can check out the AFTERDARK HORRORFEST III trailer below, and you can see an exclusive trailer for AUTOPSY at FANGORIA's website right HERE! More details on the My Space page! Also visit www.horrorfestonline.com for more details on HORRORFEST 3! Gierasch recently wrapped on NIGHT OF THE DEMONS, which is due for release later this year. More on that when we hear it!

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Are you ready for MY BLOODY VALENTINE 3D?! Well, Valentine's Day has come early this year for slasher movie fans! Go to http://www.youtube.com/user/MyBloodyValentine3D to send your sweetheart a chillingly romantic valentine courtesy of MY BLOODY VALENTINE 3D, in 2D and 3D theaters everywhere JANUARY 16th. (Warning: Not for the faint of heart!)

You can check out yet another new clip, courtesy of JoBlo.com right below:

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Still shooting and still without a confirmed titled other then George A. Romero's (BLANK) ... OF THE DEAD, Voltage Pictures has posted the first trailer to Romero's latest "zombie" flick. Don't call it a sequel to DIARY OF THE DEAD, it looks like it's back to the basics for Uncle George! Written & directed by Romero, his latest zombie opus stars Alan Van Sprang, Kenneth Welsh, Kathleen Munroe and Devon Bostick. Hit up the Voltage Pictures site at THIS link, and click the trailer text in the lower right hand corner to have a look for yourself!

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George A. Romero's... Of The Dead: On a small island off North America's coast, the dead rise to menace the living. Yet...the islanders can't bring themselves to exterminate their loved ones, despite the growing danger from those the once held dear. A rebel among them hunts down all the zombies he can find, only to be banished from the island for assassinating his neighbors and friends. On the mainland, bent on revenge, he encounters a small band of survivors in search of an oasis on which to build a new life. Barely surviving an attack from a mass of ravenous flesh-eaters. They commandeer a zombie-infested ferry and sail to the island. There, to their horror, they discover that the locals have chained the dead inside their homes, pretending to live 'normal' lives...with bloody consequences. What ensues is a desperate struggle for survival and the answer to a question never posed in Romero's Dead films: Can the living ever live in peace with the dead?

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Shock Till You Drop posted this cool video that's apparently been live on You Tube since September. This could very well be the very first early teaser trailer for [REC] 2, which according to the site just wrapped principal photography with Jaume Balaguero and Paco Plazo once again returning to write & direct. The first Spanish import [REC] was remade for American audiences as the movie QUARANTINE and opened in theaters back in October of 2008. Little is known about the follow-up as of yet, but check out this quick tease below!

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MTV unveiled yet another clip from the upcoming MY BLOODY VALENTINE 3D, which officially opens Friday January 16th! The short clip features Kerr Smith and Edi Gathegi (TWILIGHT). Check it out below!

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Check out our vintage interview with ELI ROTH, post-CABIN FEVER, pre-HOSTEL by clicking the frame below!

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Shock Till You Drop got an awesome new trailer for the upcoming Special Edition DVD release of the original MY BLOODY VALENTINE. What's so cool about this re-release? Finally, we get to see the movie in it's uncut form with deleted scenes and all the "gory" bits reinstated! The DVD will hit store shelves on Tuesday, January 13th, a mere few days before the remake MY BLOODY VALENTINE 3D hits screens across the country. Check out the trailer embedded below! Also, SHOCK's Ryan Rotten conducted a great interview with the producers of this DVD which you can read right HERE!

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