Snow White 2012

Synopsis of Snow White: A Deadly Summer
SNOW (Shanley Caswell) was stunned when her FATHER (Eric Roberts) remarried. Still hurt and reeling, Snow began a cycle of bad behavior. Resentful of the tension Snow has caused in the house, her stepmother LINDA (Maureen McCormick), convinces her father to send Snow away to a discipline camp. Snow learns that the camp has a history. There had been a murder there years prior and the prime suspect, one of the campers, disappeared into the woods never to be found again. When Snow starts to suspect that someone is watching from a distance& stalking them& she wonders if the killer may have returned. Soon, campers start dying off. Snow's stepmother uses the camp's troubled history as an excuse to get Snow out of the picture. She's been killing the campers one by one and now Snow is next!

Horror movies are about to get scarier

During the Sundance Film Festival in January, a midnight screening of V/H/S provoked the ultimate audience reaction of the horror movie genre.

Some scenes were so graphic and gory that a man ran from the theater, collapsed in the lobby and had a seizure. His girlfriend followed suit and vomited while he was being treated. An ambulance even had to be called.

Fortunately, the man and his girlfriend were fine after being treated by paramedics.

Unfortunately, horror movies are about to get even more nauseating thanks to the latest technology from Dolby Laboratories. But if you're a fan of seizure-inducing horror movies, consider it your lucky day.


'When someone is hiding in a basement and there are footsteps on the floorboards above, the system will actually play that audio from above in the theater.'

- Stuart Bowling, Dolby Laboratories


On Monday the company revealed its new sound system, the Dolby Atmos, capable of pumping out sound how we naturally hear it: from every direction. Unlike current sound systems that push sound from the sides of theaters, the Atmos system can not only deliver sound from above, it will be able to swirl sound around the theater.

Senior technical marketing manager for Dolby Laboratories, Stuart Bowling, said the new Atmos system is one of the biggest technological advances the company has made in the last 20 years.

"You can imagine watching a scary movie, and it’s a scene when someone is hiding in a basement and there are footsteps on the floorboards above," Bowling said, according to the New York Times. "The Atmos system will actually play that audio from above people in the theater."


The new system will feature 64 speaker feeds and will be in select theaters later this year.

"Dolby Atmos is our most significant innovation in years and represents the future for entertainment sound in cinema," President and Chief Executive Officer, Dolby Laboratories, Kevin Yeaman said in a press release. "We have leveraged our deep insights into how people hear and experience sound to empower filmmakers, studios, and exhibitors with new technology that transforms storytelling."by nic halverson

Chernobyl Diairies

A new bit of eye candy has come our way for the rapidly approaching Chernobyl Diaries, and we have it for you here free of any radiation and glowy stuff. Dig it!

Chernobyl Diaries, an original story by Paranormal Activity mastermind Peli, is set in the city of Prypiat, which once housed the workers of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor. It's written by Peli, Carey Van Dyke, and Shane Van Dyke and directed by Brad Parker.

Production took place in September and October 2011 in Eastern Europe with Peli and Brian Witten (Dark City) producing. Alcon Entertainment's Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson are exec producers. It was financed and sold internationally by FilmNation Entertainment, and Warner Bros. will be releasing it on May 25th (Memorial Day weekend).

Synopsis:
Chernobyl Diaries follows a group of six young tourists who, looking to go off the beaten path, hire an "extreme tour" guide. Ignoring warnings, he takes them into the city of Pripyat, the former home to the workers of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, but a deserted town since the disaster more than 25 years ago. After a brief exploration of the abandoned city, however, the group soon find themselves stranded, only to discover that they are not alone...

11-11-11

Director Darren Lynn Bousman explores the so-called "11:11" phenomenon with this enigmatic thriller concerning a best-selling author who stumbles upon a life-changing secret. His wife and young son taken from him in a tragic accident, Joseph begins attending therapy sessions as his estranged father, Richard, a small-town priest, wrestles with a terminal illness. Upon returning home to bid his father farewell, Joseph also reconnects with his wheelchair-bound brother, Samuel, also a man of the cloth. Now, the longer Joseph remains in town, the more frequently the numbers "11:11" begin appearing to him in a vivid series of hallucinations and nightmares. Meanwhile, the congregation of a nearby church begins to experience an onslaught of inexplicable supernatural events. As November of 2011 draws near, it becomes obvious to Joseph that something truly profound is set to occur. But what incredible cosmic secrets will that mysterious date reveal? ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

"The Innkeepers"

The Innkeepers,” the latest horror film by Ti West, hits DVD and Blu-ray on April 24, 2012. West, who previously directed the wonderful throwback horror movie, “The House of the Devil,” continues his pattern of making old school haunting horror films with this effort.

Synopsis: Set in the venerable Yankee Pedlar Inn, which is about to shut its doors for good after over a century of service. Believed by many to be one of New England's "most haunted hotels," the last remaining employees, Claire and Luke are determined to uncover proof before it shuts down for good. As the Inn's final days draw near, odd guests check in as the pair of minimum wage "ghost hunters" begin to experience strange and alarming events that may ultimately cause them to be mere footnotes in the hotel's long unexplained history.

West followed up his breakthrough film, “The House of the Devil,” with a campy sequel to “Cabin Fever,” which moved slightly away from the gory original and made it a more horror-comedy. “The Innkeepers” marks his return to his classical ‘70s style, slow-burn hottor. Sara Paxton (“The Last House on the Left) and Pat Healy (“Rescue Dawn”) star in the movie Roger Ebert said “knows how to build suspense with quiet and timing.”

Mothers's Day Remake

I’ve heard a few rumblings regarding Darren Lynn Bousman’s remake of Mother’s Day. Some seem to like it while others have panned it, I have to say that I am intrigued and it looks like a stellar ride.

Soon this one will be unleashed in the States as Anchor Bay will release the flick in select theatres on May 4th followed by a DVD & Blu-ray release on May 8th.

While we wait until next month, we have been provided with two new clips which you can view below, give them a watch and let us know what you think.

“Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman (Saw II, III and IV) with story and screenplay by Scott Milam based on the original Mother’s Day written by Charles Kaufman and Warren Leight, Mother’s Day is a graphic remake of the Troma horror classic. After a bank robbery gone wrong, three brothers go home to hide out… only to discover that Mother (Rebecca De Mornay) lost their house in a foreclosure. The new owners and their party guests become the depraved brothers’ unwitting hostages. Their sadistic Mother soon arrives and brilliantly takes control of the situation, ratcheting up the terror. As the hostages struggle desperately to survive the harrowing torture, they realize that there is nothing a Mother won’t do to protect her children.”
by deth banger

'The ABCs of Death'

Official Poster for 'The ABCs of Death' Makes Its Debut
by Alyse Wax, Today 2:30 PM PDT



The latest in the recent rebirth of anthology films is The ABCs of Death, featuring 26 short films by 26 different directors. Each director takes a letter, and makes a short film based on a cause of death related to their letter. The official movie poster hit the web today; you can check it out after the jump.