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Watch This: Trailer for Thai Horror Flick 'The Snow White'

By Brad McHargue (Subscribe to Brad McHargue's posts), Posted Aug 16th 2010 9:45AM
Filed under: Trailers/Clips, Horror
When watching this trailer, several films came to mind: Nacho Cerda's gruesome necrophilia-based short film Aftermath; Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo's bloody French thriller Inside; and, to echo the sentiments of 24 Frames Per Second, Fruit Chan's absolutely brilliant and intensely creepy short film Dumplings. Take all of this and wrap it up in a blanket of Japanese ghost stories like The Ring and you have the utterly weird looking Thai thriller The Snow White.

From 24FPS: "Two students stealthily dissect the dead body of a pregnant woman just to get the dead infant in her belly, to perform a dark magic charm. But the magic doesn't work, and soon they realise a terrible price is to be paid for their horrific act, as they're hunted by the vengeful ghost of the dead woman. While the ghost is threatening their lives, a kind-hearted nurse tries to stop the ghost to save them."

The trailer opens with a test pattern and a countdown, so it takes about a minute or so to get started. Make sure you're not eating anything when you watch it, or at the very least make sure you have a strong stomach. Otherwise, enjoy the pillaging of fetuses.

HS Movie Club: 'Pontypool' Discussion

By Brad McHargue (Subscribe to Brad McHargue's posts), Posted Aug 10th 2010 10:30AM
Filed under: Features, Discussion Posts, Movies We Love, Horror
Last Friday I introduced to our readers the Canadian thriller Pontypool, a unique little gem that takes a standard "infection" film and gives a unique little twist. Sadly, what that twist truly is I cannot say, hence my desire to compel all of you to watch the film and help a brother out.

There is truly more at work here under the surface than many might care to admit, and come Hell or high water, a consensus will be reached. Go ahead and hop behind the jump to get started. As always, spoilers abound, so under no circumstances are you to ruin this fine movie for yourself by reading this before watching it. Otherwise, get crackin'!
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Pro vs. Con: Grace (2009)

By Brad McHargue (Subscribe to Brad McHargue's posts), Posted Aug 9th 2010 1:05PM
Filed under: Features, Discussion Posts, Horror
Weinberg:
Pete Hall tells me we should start these debates with Grace.

Do you and I disagree on it?

McHargue:
I pretty much hated that movie. beyond the sound design, which was incredibly effective, I was very disappointed with it

Weinberg:
Hate is a strong word. One I generally reserve for backyard gore flicks and remakes like The Stepfather. Please elaborate.

McHargue:
Perhaps I'm using a bit of hyperbole. I'm known for that, I guess. When i watched it I was expecting a taut psychological thriller. While the premise remained incredibly intriguing, it managed to devolve, at least for me, into nothing more than endless bad decisions made by thin, unbelievable characters.
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HS Movie Club: Pontypool

By Brad McHargue (Subscribe to Brad McHargue's posts), Posted Aug 6th 2010 7:05PM
Filed under: Celebrity Interviews, Interviews, Movies We Love, Horror

Pontypool is a movie everyone should see. Or at least every self-respecting horror fan. Amidst the Final Destinations, Saws and glut of unoriginal tripe that pervades the theaters, Pontypool serves as a thinking man's horror film, one that implores the audience to look beyond that surface for subtext that you might not otherwise find in a horror film. Sure, Saw 6 did it with its heavy-handed attack on the current state of health care, and Larry Fessenden's The Last Winter managed to tackle global warming by giving it a supernatural bent, but these are all broad social issues that are no stranger to satire or lampooning, thus making their ubiquity come off as annoying. Pontypool manages to avoid this by taking a common horror trope (the zombie) and injecting in it heaping doses of commentary concerning the nature of language and of words.

This week's Movie Club will be a bit different, as Pontypool is not available on Netflix Watch Instantly nor any other streaming movie sites that I know of. If you're able to find a copy, I urge you to do so and watch it this weekend so you can participate in the discussion on Monday. I'm not going to begin to pretend that I know just exactly what point the film is getting across - that's why I chose it for this week. I want to hear what you think, and in this I hope we can come to a clear conclusion as to what exactly Tony Burgess intended with his original novel-cum radio play-cum movie.

Watch This: High-Res Trailer for 'The Possession of Emma Evans'

By Brad McHargue (Subscribe to Brad McHargue's posts), Posted Aug 5th 2010 10:45AM
Filed under: Movie News, News/Reactions, Trailers/Clips, Horror
Possession movies seem to be all the rage these days. It was flirted with in Paranormal Activity, and soon we'll all get a chance to see the Eli Roth-produced The Last Exorcism, a film many are saying will completely blow us all away despite a PG-13 rating. Not content with being left out of the fun, Spanish director Manuel Carballo hopped behind the lens for the Filmax-produced The Possession of Emma Evans. Although a trailer hit the web recently, 24framespersecond.net has brought to our attention a new high-res trailer for the once-titled Exorcismus over at the film's official website.

While the film is shot in English, the new trailer is dubbed in Spanish. The film is done in a documentary-style cinema verite format, a trend that appears to be catching on every time we turn around. While some might be compelled to complain about this seemingly overused format (almost all of them have to do with possession or demons it seems), I'm ecstatic they're becoming more mainstream and popular, as I firmly believe it's the one method of horror filmmaking that lends itself perfectly to the levels of fear and terror the genre should elicit from a crowd.

Spain is of course no stranger to cinema verite, having given us [REC] and [REC]2, both of which are immensely popular and two of the best horror films to come out in recent memory. The Possession of Emma Evans is produced by Julio Fernandez, the producer of the [REC] series, so despite the poster up there in the corner reminds me of a cheesy teen horror flick, this, along with the fact that I heart cinema verite, gives me high hopes for this little flick. More deets for the film are under the jump.

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Syfy to Bring Us Original Zombie Show with 'Zeros'

By Brad McHargue (Subscribe to Brad McHargue's posts), Posted Aug 3rd 2010 10:55AM
Filed under: Movie News, News/Reactions, Horror
Oh Syfy, you never fail to disappoint. Whether it's a hybrid animal terrorizing a coastal resort town or rip offs of disaster flicks, there is never any shortage of off-the-wall programming through which we can escape the horrifying truth that is reality. Not one to skimp when it comes to horror, the recently rebranded "science fiction" network will soon unleash upon the world an original zombie series that actually seems interesting.

According to those fine folks at Shock Till You Drop, Syfy will be bringing us Zeros, an original single-camera show involving zombies and what appears to be a whacky band of zombie hunters. From Shock:

"In this 1/2-hour single-camera satire, when the zombie population of Marshall City overcomes the 30-foot barrier separating the infected people from the rest of the city, the Zombie Extermination and Removal Operations company (the Zeros) are called in to keep the peace. When they can get out of their own way long enough to focus on a case, they are pretty effective with very unorthodox methods"

If done right, this could actually be a really fun show. Of course, it IS a Syfy original, so that means it's a safe bet that it won't be anything more than, well, something you would see on Syfy. The show will be executive produced by David Kenin and Steve Brenner, and co-executive produced by Chris Provost and Dave Hales.

Watch This: 'Snow-bo'

By Brad McHargue (Subscribe to Brad McHargue's posts), Posted Jul 24th 2010 5:35PM
Filed under: Fan Made, Horror

Kids can be cruel. They're often hesitant to allow outsiders into their group, resulting in the shunning of those poor unfortunate souls who simply want a friend to play with. There's no reason for it, but since we live in a horribly cruel world, it's a sad inevitability. As a result the child is forced to find an alternative method of mental stimulation. This could take the form of television, books, drugs or even....the undead?

Backed by the simple twang of a banjo, Snow-bo follows the story of a young boy with no friends. An attempt to join a group of young kids having a snowball fight turns into SHEER TERROR as they throw snowballs at him and drive him off. Kids these days. Downtrodden, our young protagonist comes across a new playmate, and things change for the better...or do they?

Seriously, this video is really cute while at the same time being kinda disturbing. Check it out below.


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