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  • July 2008

    • 'The Fly' Morphs Into Opera

      Bloomberg  |  Jul 3, 08 1:35 PM CDT

      'The Fly' Morphs Into Opera

      (Newser) - David Cronenberg’s horror classic The Fly has metamorphosed into something new: an opera. This new, unholy horror-opera hybrid was unleashed on Paris last night, garnering at least somewhat enthusiastic applause, Bloomberg reports. Intact were all the things that made the movie memorable: its tragic love plot, hideous monster and, of course, lots of gore. More »

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      Paris  • horror  • Opera  • The Fly

  • June 2008

    • Best Small-Screen Frightfests Ever

      Entertainment Weekly  |  Jun 9, 08 7:21 AM CDT

      Best Small-Screen Frightfests Ever

      (Newser) - Who says the small screen can't scare up big fear? NBC’s new horror anthology, Fear Itself, has sparked Entertainment Weekly to list its top TV scare-fests of all time: The Twilight Zone : The geography may be fuzzy (fifth dimension? parallel universe?) but fright fans have memorized every episode. More »

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      television  • NBC  • aliens  • television watching  • horror

  • November 2007

    • The Mist Rolls In Slowly

      Rotten Tomatoes  |  Nov 24, 07 10:46 AM CST

      The Mist Rolls In Slowly

      (Newser) - Some horror movies just aren't fun enough, and that's the way Newsday's Jan Stuart feels about The Mist, a "mean-spirited horror melange" based on a Stephen King novella about a monster-filled fog that engulfs a grocery store and shakes up the customers trapped inside. “ The Mist is another Chicken Little admonition built upon the cynical belief that when the sky really falls, we’ll reveal our true inner beast and prey on one another. Enough with that already,” he writes. More »

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      movie  • movie review  • horror  • Stephen King

  • October 2007

    • 25 Films Worth Screaming About

      Time  |  Oct 31, 07 12:10 PM CDT

      25 Films Worth Screaming About

      (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: Shaun of the Dead, 2004 Red Dragon, 2002 Audition, 1999 More »

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      list  • aliens  • Halloween  • horror  • Jaws  • horror flims  • Audition  • The Fly

  • September 2007

    • Halloween Slashes the Competition

      Variety  |  Sep 2, 07 4:36 PM CDT

      Halloween Slashes the Competition

      (Newser) - Moviegoers basked in the glow of Halloween a month early this year, shocking the movie biz by capping the fastest $4 billion in Hollywood summer history. Rob Zombie’s horror remake topped the weekend box office with a record $26.5 million, scaring two-time champ Superbad out of first place - yet the teen romp scored another $11.6 million, totaling $89 million in three weeks. More »

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      movie  • Hollywood  • box office  • comedy  • movie remakes  • horror  • Superbad  • Rob Zombie

  • August 2007

    • Stephen King Spooks Bookshop Staff

      BBC  |  Aug 16, 07 1:30 PM CDT

      Stephen King Spooks Bookshop Staff

      (Newser) - Stephen King recently dropped by an Australian bookstore and autographed a few copies of his own works—without telling anyone he was coming, or who he was. Nervous sale staff alerted management to a man vandalizing books, the BBC reports. It wasn't until King had wandered off, and someone checked out the damage, that they realized who the desecrater was. More »

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      Australia  • book  • thriller  • horror  • Stephen King  • bookstore

    • Pack Your Bags and Shout 'Aieee!'

      Discovery Channel  |  Aug 8, 07 10:54 AM CDT

      Pack Your Bags and Shout 'Aieee!'

      (Newser) - Do you like scary movies? Then you may enjoy the real thing even more. The Discovery Channel finds 10 spots guaranteed to send your shorts to the dry cleaners. Lizzy Borden Bed-and-Breakfast, Fall River, Mass. Winchester Mystery House, San Jose, Calif. Roswell, NM Salem, Mass. New Orleans More »

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      list  • Hollywood  • travel  • New Orleans  • horror  • Roswell

  • June 2007

    • Gore Makes Bloody Mess of Studios' Bottom Lines

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jun 9, 07 2:09 PM CDT

      Gore Makes Bloody Mess of Studios' Bottom Lines

      (Newser) - Hollywood horror flicks are failing to rake in the cash at the box office, the LA Times reports, and some execs are starting to fear a spreading gore-phobia. Hollywood upped its horror output this year, banking on the films' relatively inexpensive production costs and traditionally stellar box-office performances to translate into fat profit margins. But audiences are failing to show. More »

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      movie  • film  • Hollywood  • box office  • horror

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