We've all know that DREAMWORKS is remaking FRIGHT NIGHT but what we didn't know was who was going to helm the project.

VARIETY took care of that.  They announced the choice, here's a what they had to say:

Craig Gillespie is out for blood, inking a deal to direct DreamWorks redo of cult horror pic "Fright Night."

Gillespie, who helmed commercials before making the switch to films and TV, directed "Lars and the Real Girl" and "Mr. Woodcock." His TV credits include working with Steven Spielberg on the pilot for "United States of Tara."

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I told you about this one last fall.  I don't know when they added the FIRST SEQUENCE to the title but this is still the film about the doctor who makes a Human Centipede by attaching a bunch of folks together mouth to anus.  Yeah, you read that right.

Todays news brought a new synopsis and an actual clip from the flick.  IFC has the lead on this one.  They do a nice job of getting these odd little films out.  It's going to opening in limited markets come April 30th and then supposed to spread out from there.  Here's the synopsis followed by the promised clip.  Gather round, your not going to want to miss this one.

"A one-of-a-kind experience that is guaranteed to shock and divide audiences, Dutch filmmaker Tom Six's twisted biological horror film ,"The Human Centipede" confidently goes where few films have dared to go. In addition to its shocking imagery, the film also features an indelibly villainous performance by Dieter Laser, whose brilliant and demented Dr. Heiter is sure to soon join the ranks of Freddy, Jason and Jigsaw whenever true horror icons are discussed.

During a stopover in Germany in the middle of a carefree road trip through Europe, two American girls find themselves alone at night when their car breaks down in the woods. Searching for help they find only an isolated villa, whose mysterious owner, Dr Heiter, takes them in for the night. The next day they awake to find themselves in the basement, trapped in a terrifying makeshift hospital with another one of the doctor's abductees. Dr Heiter explains to the three of them that he is retired surgeon who had specialized in separating Siamese twins. However his three "patients" are not about to be separated, but joined together in a horrific operation. He plans to be the first to connect people, one to the next, via their gastric system, and in doing so bring to life his sick lifetime fantasy: 'the human centipede'."

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MAVERICK ENTERTAINMENT dropped a press release today that is good news for SKIPP and SPECTOR fans.  There have been no movies made out of their books and that is just unbelievable to me.  That's all about to change though.

ANIMALS has been done for a while.  The screenplay was written by Craig Spector form the novel by he and John Skipp.  ANIMALS has kind of collected dust on the shelf for the last year or so but MAVERICK ENTERTAINMENT announced today that they will be releasing it to DVD on June 15th.

Here's the synopsis:

Syd has spent years wasting away in a washed-up hick town, but after meeting Nora his life will never be the same.  Easily seduced by her charms, Syd is pulled into her dark world and an unforgettable night of passion.  But in the light of day Syd begins to realize that his reckless night with Nora has filled him with a growing animal instinct to fight.  This is only the beginning to Syd’s journey into the unknown world of the ANIMALS lurking amidst us all.

The flick stars Marc Blucas, Nicki Aycox, Eva Amurri, and Naveen Andrews and is directed by Arnold Cassius.

Here's the trailer to wet your appetite.

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Great news for horror movie fans everywhere.

There are only a handful of films that haven't yet made their DVD debut yet.  One of just about everyone's must have list is DARK NIGHT OF THE SCARECROW and today horror yearbook broke the news broke the news that this is the year.

Here's a snipit from their report:

Writer J.D. Feigelson told HYB that VCI Entertainment will be releasing the DVD sometime around Halloween.

Scarecrow stars Charles Durning as Otis P. Hazelrigg who wrongly accuses and executes Bubba Ritter (Larry Drake aka Dr. Giggles), a mentally-challenged man, for raping a young girl. When Hazelrigg and his group of vigilantes escape murder charges, they start to dying one-by-one while being stalked by a mysterious scarecrow… Hazelrigg must figure out who is behind the scarecrow’s revenge before he is the next victim.

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Todays batch of email brought a nice little surprise.

To help promote the upcoming VOD, X-Box, Playstation and Amazon release of SURVIVAL OF THE DEAD those fun loving folks over at MAGNET RELEASING have developed a Field Guide to help us all survive the upcoming zombie onslaught.

Here's a tease:



The fine folks over at SHOOT FOR THE HEAD have actually taken the time to post up the whole guide.  CLICK HERE and go check it out.

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