February 2012
1 post
15 tags
SNOWTOWN does well at AACTA Awards
The inaugural Samsung AACTA Awards were held at the Sydney Opera House a couple of nights ago and it was good to see SNOWTOWN taking out a bunch of awards. The Madman released film was nominated for 10 awards and took out 6 of them. Included were Best Direction (Justin Kurzel), Best Lead Actor (Daniel Henshall), Best Adapted Screenplay (Shaun Grant), Best Supporting Actress (Louise Grant) as...
January 2012
3 posts
3 tags
19 tags
Happy new year to everybody from Contagion!
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…
December 2011
3 posts
10 tags
THE EVIL DEAD remake heads to New Zealand and gets...
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...
7 tags
8 tags
Official trailer and stills for HOSTEL: PART III
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.
High stakes gambling takes on a sinister new meaning in this third chapter of the terrifying HOSTEL series. While attending a...
November 2011
3 posts
11 tags
WIN A DOUBLE-PASS TO SEE SHARK NIGHT 3D!
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...
13 tags
THE EVIL DEAD reboot could go either way
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...
Contagion getting back to it after a break
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! :)
October 2011
8 posts
13 tags
GIVEAWAY!!! WIN 1 OF 2 AWESOME 'REVENGE OF KOREAN...
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!
Entering to score one of these packs is...
7 tags
THE DEVIL INSIDE shapes up to be the best exorcist...
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?
“In 1989,...
9 tags
Troma's CLASS OF NUKE 'EM HIGH and POULTRYGEIST up...
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...
14 tags
Xavier Gens' amazing THE DIVIDE trailer
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....
9 tags
17 tags
SNOWTOWN review (Blu-Ray)
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...
9 tags
6 tags
All eyez on Tupac Shakur sex tape
So, not generally something I’d post about but I’ve found this interesting. A bidding war over an explicit sex tape featuring the now deceased legend of the west side, Tupac Shakur, is well underway. In a little bit of California love, the 1991 tape shows Tupac smoking weed, drinking liquor and getting oral sex from an unknown woman. Back then the man was just starting to rocket and...
September 2011
10 posts
8 tags
4 tags
6 tags
Get pumped for THE WALKING DEAD Season 2!
With the new 13-episode season of AMC’s series THE WALKING DEAD due to get underway on October 16th I thought I’d just post some images and the trailer to get everyone keen! It’s just around the corner and if the first season was anything to go by then this will probably be the television event of the year. No pressure…
Check some images and the official trailer down...
7 tags
THE WOMAN full trailer and Australian release
Lucky McKee’s THE WOMAN has been getting talked about a lot. Apparently at Sundance people viewing the premiere felt sick watching the film that is based on the bestselling novel by Jack Ketchum. One viewer was quoted as saying the film “ought to be confiscated, burned. There’s no value in showing this to anyone.” Is this degradation of women? Or just an interesting new...
8 tags
More visuals and teaser from THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE...
More and more images and bits and pieces surrounding the upcoming sequel to THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE keep popping up all over the internet. Featuring a 12-person centipede this time around, Tom Six’s THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE 2: FULL SEQUENCE opens in limited cinemas on October 7 overseas and we will have to wait and see what happens with it here in Australia. Excited though…
Check out more...
Get on board with the new Contagion!
So, you’ll see some changes have been made. We’re still working on some of the site details but we’ve taken on a Tumblr feel now. Will make the interaction so much simpler and people can easily like, reply and reblog stuff they are interested in while getting the latest news, reviews and giveaways straight to their dashboard.
Please give us a follow if you are a current Tumblr...
6 tags
Trailer released for thriller RETREAT
Sony Pictures has released the official trailer for new thriller RETREAT online after a successful premiere at this years Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal. The film was directed by first timer Carl Tibbetts and has a cast made up by Cillian Murphy (28 DAYS LATER, INCEPTION), Thandie Newton (ROCKNROLLA) and Jamie Bell (DEFIANCE). When a married couple head to an island retreat to rebuild their...
4 tags
Meet the face of THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE 2
This is Martin and he is the villian we’ve all been wanting to see from the upcoming sequel of THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE. EW released the first image today which shows the weird looking guy who has such an obsession with the first film that he decide to put its practices to use for real to play out his own sickening sexual desires. THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE 2: FULL SEQUENCE opens in the U.S. on...
10 tags
CONTAGION out in Australia 20/10/2011
Yeahhh, CONTAGION is due to hit theatres here in Australia on 20th October. Directed by Steven Soderberg, it has a pretty huge cast including Matt Damon (THE DEPARTED, TRUE GRIT), Kate Winslet (TITANIC), Marion Cotillard (INCEPTION), Bryan Cranston (BREAKING BAD), Gwyneth Paltrow (SE7EN), Jude Law (REPO MEN, CLOSER), Laurence Fishburne (THE MATRIX, MYSTIC RIVER) amongst many others.
Check the...
7 tags
Josh Brolin to lead in remake of OLDBOY
It’s been on the cards for quite some time. Another great foreign film getting chopped and screwed by America. South Korean masterpiece OLDBOY came out in 2003 and told the story of Oh Dae-Su who was kidnapped and imprisoned for 15 years to one day just be released and told he has 5 days to find his captor.
It was brutal and awesome…
The remake is now confirmed to be being directed...