Hope you all have a chilling Friday the 13th!
Talks have been out there for a GOODFELLAS television series for some time now, but it has just been announced that AMC - home to such hits as THE WALKING DEAD, BREAKING BAD and MAD MEN - are going to be developing the show.
Originally a 1990 Martin Scorsese directed movie about the life of mobster Henry Hill, Nicholas Pileggi and Irwin Winkler are the only two people from the film that are on board for the show with a bunch of others now involved and Scorsese nowhere to be seen.
AMC have a good track record but one can’t help but be worried. I’m all for a good new mafia television show, but not at the expense of a classic movie. We’ll see what happens…
I hope and trust you all had a good new year! Let’s hope 2012 brings us lots of great visual entertainment full of everything we love! Expect more giveaways as well as news and reviews from us this year. Thanks for the support…
I’m sure everyone has been keeping an eye on details surrounding the remake of THE EVIL DEAD. Being a Kiwi, I am excited that the people behind this have announced that the film will start shooting in March in New Zealand! A day after this news it was revealed they’re also hoping to release the film on 12th April, 2013.
The main plot is the same as the original with a bunch of friends holed up in a remote cabin who uncover the Book of the Dead which causes demonic possession within the group and leaves them fighting for survival. The script has been revised though so the grounds for going out there are different and as announced ages ago there will be no specific Ash character. Should still be cool though!
Why? It was only ten years ago and, seriously, who could be better as the psychotic Patrick Bateman than Christian Bale? Could be years away from hitting screens but let’s see how this unfolds…
The HOSTEL franchise is a favourite for many and HOSTEL: PART III is due out on Unrated DVD in America on December 27th and should follow shortly after here in Australia. Check out the synopsis and trailer below as well as a link to 30+ high-res images from the movie.
Thanks to Icon Film Distribution and Contagion, we’re giving 10 people the chance to win a double-pass to see SHARK NIGHT 3D at the cinema. The movie was released here on November 10th. The first 10 people to send an email to andrew@contagionzine.com with the subject line “SHARK NIGHT 3D” will win and passes will be sent out straight away. You must be an Australian resident and please include mailing address in the email.
Check below for the synopsis, official trailer and movie poster!
Plans for a THE EVIL DEAD reboot has been the talk for some time now and over the last few weeks a fair amount of new info has surfaced.
The main thing that has shocked/surprised people is the absence of Ash as a character and Bruce Campbell as an actor (although a cameo by him hasn’t been outlawed). Despite this the main blueprint of Raimi’s original is in place with a group of friends going to an old cabin, finding the Book of the Dead and unleashing a bunch of crazy Deadites. The motivation for the trip is different though because it seems one of the characters is taking his younger sister out there to help kick her drug habit and her withdrawals make it hard to see that she’s actually possessed.
This could go either way. Could be rad. Could go wrong. Higher budget and better effects. It was a classic though. What do you think?
Diablo Cody (JENNIFER’S BODY, JUNO) has written the reboot and it will be directed by Fede Alvarez (ATAQUE DE PANICO) though it is yet to have any production or release dates. We’ll keep you posted!
So, I just had a nice little holiday in NYC for two weeks. Back to the grind now though. Winners of the last giveaway will be contacted today and news should start filtering back through over next few days. Hope everyone had an amazing Halloween! :)
To celebrate the recent release of Chul-Soo Jang’s BEDEVILLED, Madman Entertainment and Contagion! are giving two lucky people the chance to win a rad ‘REVENGE OF KOREAN CINEMA’ pack that includes BEDEVILLED and four other awesome titles!
If you’re an Australian resident please read on for the rules. It’s so simple to win!
Everyone’s a sucker for a good exorcism movie and THE DEVIL INSIDE looks like it’s going to be the best of the recent bunch. Brent Bell’s creepy looking film is due to hit cinemas very early 2012 and Paramount Insurge is creating quite the buzz for it.
Below you will find the official synopsis and the official trailer for the film. What do you think of it?
It wasn’t that long ago that Troma’s MOTHER’S DAY got remade by Darren Lynn Bousman (SAW II-IV) and it recently got announced THE TOXIC AVENGER is getting a big-budget make-over as well, so it really is no surprise that apparently a few more Troma classics are in negotiations to be transformed.
If you haven’t seen them, CLASS OF NUKE ‘EM HIGH was made in 1986 and told the story of how a radioactive spill contaminated heaps of marijuana that was being smoked by students at Tromaville High School. While POULTRYGEIST was a 2006 release about a fried chicken restaurant built on a sacred Indian burial ground causing hordes of demonic chickens to attack everyone.
Interesting…
Xavier Gens, the director of one of the greatest French modern horror films FRONTIER(S), has dropped a brand new trailer for his post-apocalyptic thriller THE DIVIDE. The movie is due for cinema release early next year and stars Michael Biehn (TERMINATOR, ALIENS), Milo Ventimiglia (HEROES, PATHOLOGY), Lauren German (HOSTEL, THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE), Rosanna Arquette (PULP FICTION) and more. Labelled as graphic and violent, check out the synopsis, trailer and poster below:
Let the count down begin! So excited…
The Snowtown murders, also known as the Bodies in Barrels murders, are a dark part of Australia’s recent history that many people, even here, may not know much about. Between 1992 and 1999 the murder of 11 people took place in the state of South Australia. On May 20th 1999, after a 5-year criminal investigation, 8 victims were found in 6 barrels of acid located in an old disused bank building in Snowtown. The murders took place in various locations around Adelaide before all bodies were moved to Snowtown in early 1999. Three days later two bodies were found in a backyard in a town called Salisbury North. More mysterious deaths were linked. Four people were arrested and charged over the murders. All were convicted. Only one victim was killed in Snowtown, while none of the victims or the perpetrators were from the town.
