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movie review

 Fourth Kind: Not Real, Not Scary

Alien-abduction mock-doc delivers lame premise with laughable framing device

Nov 6, 09 2:30 PM CST
(Newser) - The Fourth Kind attempts to combine dramatization of true events and fake-documentary alien abductions in Alaska, and falls horribly flat. Here's what critics are saying:
  • The ludicrousness of the grainy archival footage, presented as "real," and a lousy performance by Milla Jovovich, whose "notion of serious
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film • movie review • horror flims • movies • horror movies • horror film • The Fourth Kind • Milla Jovovich

happy halloween

 Scorsese's Favorite 
 Horror Flicks 

One of cinema's greats shares his favorite scary movies

Oct 30, 09 4:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Martin Scorsese wants to give you a Halloween treat: The legendary director, writing for the Daily Beast, lists his top 11 fright-fests.
  1. The Haunting: “You may not believe in ghosts but you cannot deny terror!”
  2. The Isle of the Dead: "There’s
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film • film director • Martin Scorsese • horror flims • Stanley Kubrick • The Shining • horror film • The Exorcist

 The Best Horror Movies 

'Shining' prevails, but Polanski classic is No. 2

Oct 28, 09 5:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Stanley Kubrick's the Shining is the best horror film ever made, say the editors of TotalSciFi.com. The film's ''expansive sets, surreal visuals, and an intense performance from Jack Nicholson add up to a film guaranteed to give viewers a sleepless night." The top 10:
  1. The Shining (1980)
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Hollywood • horror flims • movies

 Gentlemen 
 Prefer Zombies 

Vampires are sensitive wimps

Oct 28, 09 3:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Give a guy a good, old-fashioned zombie any day over a vampire. "Dudes don't dig bloodsuckers because vampires pretty much look like girls," writes John DeVore in The Frisky . "We prefer zombies, because we love chainsaws, flamethrowers, and samurai swords." But primarily, guys realize their "... More »

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horror flims • horror movies • vampires • zombie • True Blood • Monsters vs Aliens

movie review

 Halloween II a Gory Dud 

Critics yawn over Rob Zombie's horror remake

Aug 28, 09 5:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dimension Films refused to screen Rob Zombie's Halloween II for critics—which is looking like a wise move based on the reviews coming out:
  • "Creatively comatose, even by the standards of a sequel to a remake," writes Rob Nelson in Variety. "Zombie's hatchet job on the
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film • movie review • horror • Rob Zombie • horror flims • movies • movie remakes

OBITUARY

 Sci-Fi Guru 
 Forrest Ackerman 
 Dead at 92 

Magazine editor coined term 'sci-fi'

Dec 6, 08 9:42 AM CST
(Newser) - Fright-film magazine writer and editor Forrest J Ackerman—credited with coining the term "sci-fi"—died this week of heart failure, the Los Angeles Times reports. He was 92. Ackerman introduced new generations to horror films with his magazine Famous Monsters of Filmland; he was also known for... More »

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obituary • magazine • editor • writer • science fiction • horror flims

Being Hated Is All But an Art
for Uwe Boll

Blood, guts, and bad taste can't keep this director down

May 18, 08 1:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Uwe Boll is either the world’s worst filmmaker or its most-targeted whipping boy. Either way, the 42-year-old German, who bases his over-the-top gore films on video games, is unlikely to stop anytime soon. “The art form is, almost, in being hated,” one actor told the New York ... More »

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film • film director • horror flims • movies • Uwe Boll • video games

Prom Night
Nabs Weekend Crown

Horror flick tops
Street Kings, 21
at box office

Apr 13, 08 6:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Prom Night scored at the box office this weekend, opening in first with $23 million, Variety reports. It easily shot down Keanu Reeves’ cop thriller Street Kings ($12 million) and trumped gambling flick 21, which banked $11 million in third. Dennis Quaid’s Smart People... More »

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Hollywood • film • box office • Keanu Reeves • horror flims • movies

NEW RELEASE

Orphanage a Cut Above

Horror film relies on suspense, not gore, to terrifying effect

Jan 11, 08 9:43 AM CST
(Newser) - So excruciating is the tension in the Spanish supernatural thriller The Orphanage that "you'll have to calm yourself by saying, 'It's only a movie,' " writes Time's Richard Corliss. But the horror film, centering on the dark secrets inside a woman's childhood home, is about as far from... More »

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movie review • ghosts • horror flims • Guillermo Del Toro • movies

25 Films Worth Screaming About

The best horror films are clever, sometimes funny, and occasionally very, very scary

Oct 31, 07 12:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - You're never too old to go trick or treating. Well, yes you are. So instead of fighting the little ones for the next sugar high, you can check out Time's top 25 scary movies:
  1. Shaun of the Dead, 2004
  2. Red Dragon, 2002
  3. Audition, 1999
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list • aliens • horror • Jaws • Halloween • horror flims • Shaun of the Dead • Red Dragon • Audition • Dead Alive • Men Behind the Sun • The Fly • Carrie

$32.1M Saw IV Slays Box Office

Oct 28, 07 4:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Saw VI axed the competition in the final weekend before Halloween by scaring up $32.1 million—falling short of Saw III’s debut weekend, but notching the highest opening of the fall season. Steve Carrell’s quirky dramedy, Dan in Real Life, took second with $12 million, Variety reports. More »

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Steve Carell • box office • George Clooney • Michael Clayton • Tyler Perry • Halloween • Saw IV • horror flims • Dan in Real Life • The Game Plan • Dwayne The Rock Johnson • Why Did I Get Married?

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