Welcome to Gore Girls! MTV contributor Terri Schwartz doesn't know crap about the horror genre, and she's volunteered to be our Movies Blog guinea pig. She has a good guide too. Fellow contributor Jenni Miller is a bonafide horror enthusiast, and she's willing to walk Terri through her formative experiences with blood, guts, monsters and maniacs. Together, this dynamic duo are horror's own odd couple, THE GORE GIRLS!!! Good luck Terri... you're definitely going to need it.
This week, Jenni and Terri decided to spend their time with John Carpenter's original "Halloween," as a tribute to Rob Zombie's just-released "Halloween II." After last week's serving of gratuitous gore and soft-core porn, Terri seemed to appreciate "Halloween"'s more cerebral touch. Don't take my word for it though! Hit the jump for Jenni & Terri's thorough dissection of one of horror's true classics. Read more...
Today's pick is kind of deep cut, but it's so freaking cool that I had to give it a shout. In 1994, director John Carpenter released a horror flick called "In the Mouth of Madness." If you haven't seen it, you should. Critics didn't love it and, I'll admit, there are some gaping flaws. It nonetheless remains an atmospheric, incredibly creepy scarefest with deep-rooted influences from literary horror genius H.P. Lovecraft.
Sam Neill stars in "Madness" as John Trent, an insurance investigator tasked with looking into the mysterious disappearance of acclaimed horror novelist Sutter Cane (Jurgen Prochnow). Since Cane's disappearance leaves his latest book unfinished, the publisher calls Trent in to find out what happened. The investigation leads Trent to the town of Hobb's End -- a fictional location named in the title of Cane's unfinished book -- where some unusual stuff starts to happen. Read more...
With remakes of his films being announced on a weekly basis, it's pretty cool to see John Carpenter back in the directing game. According to ShockTillYouDrop.com, Carpenter is set to direct "The Ward" for Echo Lake, and has already cast his damsel in distress -- Amber Heard of "All the Boys Love Mandy Lane."
Heard will play a young woman who somehow becomes trapped in a mental institution. As if that wasn't bad enough, it's haunted by a malevolent ghost, who is a darker entity than she could have ever imagined. Read more...
It's been tapped twice before, most famously by John Carpenter, and now "The Thing" is getting a third treatment as Universal's long-gestating re-imagining of the classic tale finally moves forward. "Battlestar Galactica" executive producer Ronald Moore is still penning the script, and according to Variety the project now has its director: Matthijs Van Heijningen, confirming earlier reports.
Of course, John Carpenter's "Thing" was itself a remake of Howard Hawks' 1951 film "The Thing From Another World." The remake aims to stick close to the short story that spawned both movies, John W. Campbell Jr.'s chilling "Who Goes There."
The story goes a little something like this -- a group of Norwegian researchers in Antarctica discover an alien spaceship buried in the ice. They thaw it out (always a bad idea) and awaken its alien pilot, who can assume the form of any living thing, perfectly mimicking its personality and even absorbing its memories. Read more...
I'm beginning to wonder if there is anything from the 1980s to be left alone, sacred, and enjoyed on 2 a.m. viewings. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the latest classic to be remade is John Carpenter's "They Live." Negotiations are ongoing, as Universal and Strike Entertainment are still trying to acquire the rights, and no director or writers are yet on board.
A cult classic from 1981, "They Live" introduced us to Nada, a down on his luck construction worker who found a pair of special sunglasses. When he puts them on, he discovers the world as it truly is -- a place bombarded with subliminal messages telling us to "Submit to Authority" and "Stay Asleep." Even worse, some of the normal looking people Nada encounters are actually ugly aliens, bent on controlling humanity and using us for their own evil purposes. Read more...
