Ozploitation EL MONSTRO DEL MAR Trailer, Poster and Screenings

In EL MONSTRO DEL MAR, three gorgeous but deadly hired killers, Beretta, Blondie and Snowball, hole up in a small beachside community to keep a low profile. But this town has a dark secret. The local old sea baron, Joseph, tries desperately to warn them to never go into the water. But these crazy vixens listen to no one, especially no crazy assed old fool. So the Kraken awakes! Now, along with Joseph and his beautiful grand daughter, Hannah, they must fight for their lives against this furious creature of the deep as the sea rises in a tidalwave of blood.

Stuart Simpson's EL MONSTRO DEL MAR brings together elements of b-movie monster flicks, Suicide Girls attitude, and a heaping dose of FASTER PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL! inspiration, together with a thumping rockabilly soundtrack and topped off with an Aussie accent.

EL MONSTRO DEL MAR is currently screening at film festivals around the world. Here's a breakdown of showings in the United States for those lucky enough to be within driving distances:

Chicago, IL - September 24th at the Chicago Horror Film festival
Bay City, MI - October 2nd at the Hell's Half Mile Fest
Erie, PA - October 7th-10th at the Eerie Horror Film Festival
Orlando, FL - October 8th at the FreakShow Horror Film Festival
New York City, NY - October 14th-18th at the Royal Flush Film Festival
Austin, TX - October 21st-28th at the Austin Film Fest
Fairfax, VA - October 23rd at the Spooky Movie Film Festival

Check out the film's official screenings list additional details.

And here is the official trailer for EL MONSTRO DEL MAR!

THE WICKER TREE Burning Soon at a Theatre Near You

Almost forty years after the original cult film THE WICKER MAN was released on an unsuspecting audience, director Robin Hardy is returning with a follow-up companion piece to the film entitled THE WICKER TREE.

Based on Hardy's own book Cowboys for Christ released in 2006, THE WICKER TREE tells the tale of two young Christians Beth and Steve, a gospel singer and her cowboy boyfriend, who leave Texas to preach door-to-door in Scotland. When they arrive at Tressock, the border fiefdom of Sir Lachlan Morrison, they are welcomed with joy and elation and assume their hosts simply want to hear more about Jesus, unaware of just how wrong they are.

Also returning to the screen in the film will be Christopher Lee, who played Lord Summerisle in the original film. Lee was initially to fill the role of Sir Lachlan Morrison, who Hardy wrote specifically for the legendary actor. However, an injury on another film forced Lee out of this role and it is now suspected that Lee will reprise the role of Lord Summerisle.

The film has been rumored to be completed since 2009, but has suffered multiple setbacks and delays. But now with an official website and a teaser trailer have been released, Hardy may finally be getting close to inducting an entire new generation into the old religion of the Celts and undo the damage that the Nicholas Cage starring remake has done. While no official release date has been set, we may be seeing the film finally see light of day in late 2010 or early 2011.

Stills From Wes Craven's Upcoming MY SOUL TO TAKE

Here's a look at three newly released images from Wes Craven's MY SOUL TO TAKE

In the sleepy town of Riverton, legend tells of a serial killer who swore he would return to murder the seven children born the night he died. Now, 16 years later, people are disappearing again. Has the psychopath been reincarnated as one of the seven teens, or did he survive the night he was left for dead? Only one of the kids knows the answer.

Adam "Bug" Heller (Max Thierot) was supposed to die on the bloody night his father went insane. Unaware of his dad’s terrifying crimes, he has been plagued by nightmares since he was a baby. But if Bug hopes to save his friends from the monster that’s returned, he must face an evil that won’t rest ... until it finishes the job it began the day he was born.

Wes Craven's MY SOUL TO TAKE is set to open in theatres October 29th 2010.

Photos and DVD Cover Released for NIGHT OF THE DEMONS Remake

A remake of NIGHT OF THE DEMONS is finally getting its DVD and Blu-Ray debut just in time for Halloween when it is released on October 19th. NIGHT OF THE DEMONS is directed by Adam Gierasch and includes Shannon Elizabeth, Monica Keena, Bobbi Sue Luther, Diora Baird and Edward Furlong plus horror queens Tiffany Shepis and Linnea Quigley.

Angela Feld is throwing the Halloween party to end all Halloween parties at the infamous Broussard Mansion in New Orleans, where dark events transpired almost a century ago. But when the packed party gets busted by the police, Angela and her friends Maddie, Lily, Suzanne, Colin, Dex and Jason are the only ones left behind. Soon Colin and Angela make a grisly discovery in the basement and inexplicable events start to take place. With the mansion gates mysteriously locked, the seven find themselves trapped for the night...and soon they're fighting ancient demons for their very souls.

MACHETE No Longer Faux; Here's The Official Trailer

Once upon a time in a grindhouse not so far away, MACHETE was just a fun faux movie trailer sandwiched between PLANET TERROR and DEATH PROOF. But then something wonderful happened... Robert Rodriguez decided to make it a really real movie, and on September 3rd, that movie becomes reality!

In the official trailer above, you'll see that the fake film scratches, jumps cuts and audio glitches seen in the original trailer have been removed in favor of a little gloss. But all the style, mayhem, grin-inducing dialogue and 100% ass-kicking still remain.

MACHETE stars Danny Trejo as a double-crossed, left for dead, and now very, very pissed off Mexican looking to even the score. The cast is rounded out by a nigh-jaw dropping list including Steven Seagal, Cheech Marin, Michelle Rodriguez, Jessica Alba, Lindsay Lohan, Jeff Fahey, Don Johnson and Robert DeNiro and is co-written/directed by Robert Rodriguez.

The MACHETE trailer should be seen this weekend on the big screen in front of PREDATORS.

First Pictures from HATCHET 2 Feature Danielle Harris and Tony Todd

Here are the first official pictures to be released for Adam Green's upcoming sequel HATCHET 2, which will make its official debut at the London Film4 FrightFest.

HATCHET 2 picks up right where the original left off, with HATCHET survivor Marybeth (Danielle Harris replaces Tamara Feldman from the original) learning more about the curse of Victor Crowley (Kane Hodder) and returning to the New Orleans swamp to kill him. Tony Todd returns as the Reverend Zombie.

HATCHET 2 is scheduled for release in the United States this October.

International PREDATORS Trailer Shows the Bloody Goods

The international trailer for PREDATORS, which gives us a preview of all the gory mayhem that will untold when the film hits theaters in the United States on July 9th, is the ultimate apology for ALIEN VS PREDATOR and ALIEN VS PREDATOR: REQUIEM. Featuring bad-ass posing from the bad-ass characters including Adrien Brody, Topher Grace, Danny Trejo and Laurence Fishburne and plenty of skull-and-spine tearing promises a bloody good time.

Synopsis: Predators, a bold new chapter in the Predator universe, shot under the creative auspices of Robert Rodriguez, stars Adrien Brody as Royce, a mercenary who reluctantly leads a group of elite warriors who come to realize they've been brought together on an alien planet... as prey. With the notable exception of a disgraced physician, they are all cold-blooded killers - mercenaries, Yakuza, convicts, death squad members - human "predators" that are now being systematically hunted and eliminated by a new breed of alien Predators.

PREDATORS is directed by Nimrod Antel (VACANCY), produced by Robert Rodriguez, and features Derek Mears (Jason in the FRIDAY THE 13TH remake) as one of the main Predators.

Teaser Clip for Mortal Kombat Rebirth

Teaser clip for an upcoming project called Mortal Kombat Rebirth. Is it a movie, a video game... perhaps both? One thing is for certain, this eight minute clip is easily better than both Mortal Kombat movies.

Clip includes footage of Jax, Sonya Blade, Sub-Zero, Scorpion, Reptile, Baraka and Johnny Cage, all of which have been given a "Nolan-ized Batman" treatment with a real-world makeover including body modification and rare diseases to explain some of the more fantastical characters' attributes.

No dates, but this listing for MORTAL KOMBAT (2013) seems to be the most likely movie this clip is associated with.

Ready to take a trip to Hell and back via Deacon City?

SAW VII Details including Plot Synopsis Cary Elwes Casting

The SAW VII Synopsis is out:

"As a deadly battle rages over Jigsaw’s brutal legacy, a group of Jigsaw survivors gathers to seek the support of self-help guru and fellow survivor Bobby Dagen, a man whose own dark secrets unleash a new wave of terror… The first theatrical feature to be shot exclusively on the cutting-edge SI-3D digital camera system, SAW VII 3-D brings the horrifying games of Jigsaw to life like never before."

Casting includes Tobin Bell, Cary Elwes, Costas Mandylor and Betsy Russell, Sean Patrick Flanery (BOONDOCK SAINTS), Gina Holden (FINAL DESTINATION 3), Chad Donella (”Lost”, “X-Files”), Laurence Anthony, Dean Armstrong and Naomi Snieckus.

What may dastardly machine will our Dread Pirate Roberts face in this, what may be the final chapter of SAW?

First Glimpse at Prequel for THE THING

Here is your first glimpse at the exterior set for the wholly unnecessary prequel to John Carpenter's THE THING.



At least they got the snow right so far.

Director Matthijs van Heijningen will show the world in 2011 what went down just prior to the events in THE THING. We'll just have to wait till then to find out if what was glimpsed by MacReady and the rest of the crew via fuzzy VHS tapes should have been just left alone.

Opening Scene of MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN

Ryuhei Kitamura's latest film MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN starring Vinnie Jones may be hard to find when it hits theatres thanks to its limited release, but right now you can watch the opening sequence in this promo from Korea.