Tag: horror

New ‘Penny Dreadful’ Teaser Teaches a History of the Occult

From Dreadcentral.com:

In the upcoming season Vanessa (Eva Green) and Ethan (Josh Hartnett) form a deeper bond as the group, including Sir Malcolm (Timothy Dalton), Dr. Frankenstein (Harry Treadaway), and Sembene (Danny Sapani), unite to banish the evil forces that threaten to destroy them. Meanwhile, Dorian Gray (Reeve Carney), the Creature (Rory Kinnear), and Brona (Billie Piper) are all waging battles of their own.

Read more at the Dreadcentral.com site.

Dario Argento to oversee the “Suspiria” TV series, based on his cult film.

Go to Fangoria.com to read.

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Poster for the film “Suspiria” (1977)

If you haven’t already, please do yourself a favor and watch this Italian-Brazilian master of horror’s best known film. “Suspiria” is pretty mind-blowing. (i.e. great and weird.)

Interesting facts:

* Argento collaborated with George A. Romero on “Dawn of the Dead.”

* Argento’s 1996 film “The Stendhal Syndrome” was the first Italian film to use CGI.

* He directed an episode called “Jenifer” on Showtime’s Masters of Horror.

* Argento has contributed to the development of the survival horror video game Dead Space, and also in the dubbing of the character “Dr. Kyne” in the game’s Italian version.

* Daughter Asia Argento is an actress and director.

Source: Wikipedia

First Kuwaiti horror movie ‘Al Qaser’ (The Palace)

To be filmed in abandoned castle of Sheikh Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah

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Portuguese film director Manoel de Oliveira has died at the age of 106

Explore Manoel de Oliveira: a life and career in pictures at The Guardian.

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Black Survival On Screen Discussion: Video

Watch Ava Duvernay, Stanford students and black filmmakers reflect on “Black Folk Don’t: Live To The End Of A Horror Film.”


Source: BlackPublicMedia.org