Ne-Yo To Fight Aliens In 'Battle: Los Angeles' Sep 10, 2009
"We are doing our best to do something that hasn't been done before," director Jonathan Liebesman, a veteran of horror flicks like "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning," told MTV News in March. "This is like ['Bourne Supremacy' director] Paul Greengrass got a camera, saw some aliens and shot it from the point of view of a platoon. It's literally like 'Black Hawk Down,' if there were aliens in there. Like Iraq war footage, but Ne-Yo is set to play a corporal in the film that stars Aaron... (VHI.com -- Music News)
Creating the anti-'Juno' Sep 7, 2009
" Cody chose a good time to come up with a horror movie. Recent studies have shown that more women than ever are attending them. Audiences for "The Ring," "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and "The Exorcism of Emily Rose" were more than half female. Fearnet, a video-on-demand channel specializing in horror, found that a majority of its customers are women. "Something about the engagement you feel with being afraid emotionally is appealing to women right now," said "Jennifer's Body" director Karyn... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Infotainment Aug 27, 2009
Biel, 27, who starred in the 2003 remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and other films, has overtaken Hollywood heartthrob Brad. Disgraced R Chris Brown was sentenced to five years probation and 180 days of community labour for beating up his then-girlfriend, pop singer Rihanna. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
Seven Great Horror Remakes Aug 20, 2009
While junk like this decades' Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and The Hitcher (among others) can certainly put a distaste in ones mouth to remakes in general, just a brief glance at what happens when creative minds work to retell a classic story is enough to inspire hope for upcoming remakes of A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Wolf Man, Poltergeist and more. These seven titles rise above their fellows; rather than simply regurgitating what came before, they further the legacies of their predecessors. (Suite101.com)
Carver (2008) Review Aug 16, 2009
Picture the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (unsuspecting travelers meet homicidal family in deserted rural area) with elements of Hostel (killers who like to torture their victims first), Hills Have Eyes (killers are slow and stupid) and Saw (killer likes to video) thrown in. Only this film misses a lot of what makes those others work, and that is the psychological elements that make a horror movie scary. (Suite101.com)
Lodi repossessor uses tact, skill to bring in motorcycles, trucks — even a Rolls-Royce (1915) Aug 15, 2009
jramagic wrote on Aug 13, 2009 3:57 PM:" This is what should be done to houses. this is what should be done to defunct businesses. If we are indeed an "efficient capitalist society" as advertised...then the weak MUST be allowed to fail...and not propped up, like "Grandpa" at the dinner table in "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre". We are straying from that principle to our great peril as a Nation. So, I say: Go, Repo man, Go!!! It has certainly kept ME motivated to live within my means. ". Nell wrote... (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Sony is inFAMOUS Jul 30, 2009
Turner is currently scripting a comic-book himself, Warrior, for Top Cow and is best known as the screenwriter of The Longest Yard and the Texas Chainsaw Massacre prequel film. Avi and Ari Arad are currently working on another videogame film, the adaptation of Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. (IGN FilmForce)
Paramount shuffles top execs Jul 1, 2009
Stodel came to Vantage from New Line, where his films included "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and "Friday the 13th" (a New Line/Paramount co-production). He acquired the remake of "The Orphanage" that Guillermo del Toro is producing, and Alejandro Amenabar's "The Sea Inside.". (Variety)
David Lynch Thriller SURVEILLANCE to Premiere as a Sneak Preview on HDNet Movies Jun 16, 2009
Critics are raving about SURVEILLANCE. Richard Corliss of TIME says, "Think Rashomon meets The Texas Chainsaw Massacre in Twin Peaks ... and you may get on the warped wavelength of this semi-comic parable of social anarchy." Aaron Hillis of VILLAGE VOICE calls SURVEILLANCE, "Deliciously demented." And Geoff Berkshire of METROMIX says "Solid genre thrills with plenty of dark humor. Lynch has clearly learned from her father's knack for crafting eerily unsettling movies.". It's been a hell of a day... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Alien Remake Buzz May 29, 2009
May 28, 2009 - It's one thing to remake, redo, reboot, or whatever you want to call it a genre picture like Friday the 13th or even Texas Chainsaw Massacre, but when you start to get into the realm of the truly great films, then the question must be asked: Why even bother. That's the subject on many horror/sci-fi fans' minds today with the word coming that Ridley Scott's classic may be up for the redux treatment over at Fox. (IGN FilmForce)
Jessica Biel stars in 'Easy Virtue' May 24, 2009
She's been in some genre films that were not exactly challenging (a remake of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre," "Blade: Trinity," "Stealth," "I Now Pronounce You Chuck ") and some smaller films that were more ambitious but were seen by few people ("Ulee's Gold," "The Rules of Attraction," "Elizabethtown"). What turned things around for her, and what probably attracted the makers of "Easy Virtue," was her supporting turn as a countess in "The Illusionist.". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
'My Bloody Valentine' delivers in 3-D(with 'CINEMA FILE' PODCAST) May 21, 2009
Some have been good (I'm one of the few supporters of the Michael Bay-produced "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" redux), some have been bad (check The Cinema File archives for my take on "Last House On The Left"), but only "My Bloody Valentine 3-D" managed to completely eclipse the source material, carving out an identity of its own much the same way that David Cronenberg's "The Fly" did decades earlier. Directed by Patrick Lussier (editor of the "Scream" trilogy), the movie plays out like a gory... (Athens Banner-Herald)
TV Q&A: Stone starred in 'Gloria' remake May 10, 2009
Q: Is "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" based on a true story. A: They made a movie out of that. (Florida Today)
From the Producers of Recent Hit Films 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' and 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning' Comes 'The Unborn' May 1, 2009
From the Producers of Recent Hit Films 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' and 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning' Comes 'The Unborn ... OVERVIEW: From the co-writer of The Dark Knight and the producers who brought you The Texas Chainsaw Massacre comes a terrifying glimpse into the life of the undead in this chilling thriller that will haunt your soul. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Weekend Box Office: Fast & Furious by a Mile Apr 6, 2009
Weekend Box Office: Fast us by a Mile - TIME (Time.com)
Rorschach is the new Freddy: Jackie... Apr 4, 2009
Still, rumors persisted that Platinum Dunes, the company run by Michael Bay (responsible for the recent "re-imaginings" of both the Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Friday the 13th franchises), would be going in a different direction with the new Nightmare reboot. Seems now that the rumors are true. (Suite101.com)
Life in review Mar 17, 2009
"The only film I've walked out of while I've been doing the show is the remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. That was the beginning for me of this sado-porn that's happening in cinema now that I'm just not a fan of.". On jousting with Stratton: "It's like we're an old married couple without the sex," she says. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
* A slice and a cut above the rest Mar 13, 2009
The familiar elements are there X the flesh-baring teens, the rampant drug use, and yes, that hockey mask-wearing psycho named Jason X but director Marcus Nispel, who also helmed 2003s brutally efficient Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake, delivers the goods while cutting back on the campiness that turned the franchise into a winking parody of itself. (He also lets Jason run this time, and it turns out a speedy Jason is far more menacing than one who could be outrun by a couch potato. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Another visit to 'The Last House on the Left' Mar 13, 2009
As filmmaking, "Last House," along with George Romero's "Night of the Living Dead" (1968) and Tobe Hooper's "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre," from 1974, ushered in a kind of horror-realism that lasted until each director traded it in for phantasmagoria in the 1980s. This is all a long way of appraising a remake of "Last House on the Left" that Craven has coproduced and which opens today. (Boston Globe)
Film industry's 'Total Recall' of originals seems 'NeverEnding' Mar 13, 2009
"The Texas Chainsaw Massacre?" Hey, I saw that in college. Maybe I'll give the new one a try. (Florida Today)
Q&A with 'Resident Evil 5' producer Jun Takeuchi Feb 26, 2009
For example The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. It does make things more difficult but gives us the chance to try something new and give a new experience to the player as well. (Variety)
Sometimes remakes conquer dated originals Feb 26, 2009
Director Marcus Nispel, who helmed the 2003 Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake, does a passable job of keeping the new Friday more about suspense than gore, though it does have its share of the latter. Teenagers are quickly introduced and dispatched, and we get to see the more unpleasant ones suffer the worst fates. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Megan Fox breaks up with fiance: Report Feb 25, 2009
Wednesday, February 25, 2009. Both choose to focus on their careers, reports Usmagazine. (Winnipeg Sun)
Mini movie reviews Feb 20, 2009
Director Marcus Nispel ("The Texas Chainsaw Massacre") tones down the camera stylings and keeps things simple for another account of what happens to horny, reckless teenagers when they dare visit Camp Crystal Lake and ignore the legend of the murderous Jason Voorhees. Heads will roll. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Movie Sweepstakes: 'Friday The 13th' Feb 18, 2009
The movie is produced by Michael Bay, Andrew Form and Brad Fuller, who together produced "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and "The Amityville Horror," and original "Friday the 13th" producer-director Sean Cunningham. Rated R by the Motion Picture of Association of America for strong bloody violence, some graphic sexual content, language and drug material, "Friday the 13th" opens in theaters nationwide on Feb. 13. (KSBW 8, CA)
Friday the 13th is full of thrills and chills but lacks any intrigue Feb 17, 2009
In an attempt to revamp the series for the Generation-Y audience, the director (Marcus Nispel, who was also at the helm for the remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre) chooses to the gore-pornographic route. He uses such an over-abundance of sex and violence that ultimately renders the viewer numb to caring about the victims anymore. (The Loyola Greyhound, MD)
Nothing says "I love you" like "Friday the 13th" Feb 17, 2009
The film was directed by German filmmaker Marcus Nispel, who shot the hit 2004 retread of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre." Both films were produced by "Transformers" director Michael Bay, whose Platinum Dunes banner specializes in low-budget horror remakes. Also new this weekend were Walt Disney Co's Isla Fisher comedy "Confessions of a Shopaholic" at No. 4 with a modest $15. (Reuters)
The greatest conservative movies Feb 16, 2009
If you enjoyed Passion of the Christ, I would suggest any of the Saw movies, or the cult classic Texas Chainsaw Massacre. The same genre. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Friday the 13th: The horror! Feb 15, 2009
Unlike Rob Zombie, who gave his Halloween remake some psychological underpinnings, director Marcus Nispel (the Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake) is all about straight-ahead sex and violence. With several more horror sequels and remakes on the way (Zombie is shooting Halloween 2 locally), it remains to be seen how long horror fans will keep rewarding Hollywoods lack of originality. (Sunday Paper)
Adalian to Actors: Get Real, Please Feb 14, 2009
I was off making my movies (Hostel, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre) and we all took our eye off the ball. . (TVweek.com)
Review: 'Friday the 13th' Feb 14, 2009
Directed by Marcus Nispel (responsible for the remake of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" a few years back), this new film is something of a bouillabaisse of story points and killing concepts from earlier "Friday the 13th" movies -- a hatchet to the head here, a mother issue there, a poked-out eyeball for good measure -- with a few additions ... Nispel grasped the slaughterhouse despair that was at the core of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre," but he entirely misses the goofball giddiness that has... (Los Angeles Times)
'Friday The 13th': Slasher Crash, By Kurt Loder Feb 14, 2009
The director, music-video veteran Marcus Nispel, numbers among his two previous feature credits the dismal "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" remake (also produced by Michael "Shameless" Bay). Since the original "Friday the 13th" is hardly a sacred text (it was a cheapo rip of the 1978 "Halloween," which seems in comparison a serene meditation on the varieties of cinematic surprise), one wonders why Nispel didn't trash it up and go for some fun. (VHI.com -- Music News)
"Friday the 13th" Feb 13, 2009
Does German-born director Nispel grasp the distinction between cranking out yet another "Friday the 13th" movie and remaking one of the greatest American horror films, as he did in making "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" in 2003. I really can't see that he does; dude spent most of his career making crappy music videos before moving on to movies that look and feel like crappy music videos. (Salon)
This 'Friday the 13th' redux is just a hack Feb 13, 2009
" The most interesting innovation in this new "Friday the 13th" is the possibility that the slasher film could pass for a reality-television show. Through reductive editing, generic people become interchangeable types without ever approaching actual personhood. It's "The Hills," "Bromance," "The Real World," and "Rock of Love" with a body count. Indeed, "Friday the 13th" gives us two seasons of this show. Once Jason hacks his way through one group of stupid, horny, good-looking kids, he gets a... (Boston Globe)
ABCs Bachelor Set for Renewal Feb 12, 2009
I was off making my movies (Hostel, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre) and we all took our eye off the ball. I thought the show would run itself. (TVweek.com)
My Bloody Valentine 3-D Feb 12, 2009
This is particularly unusual given it was perfectly positioned to ride the wave of slasher films that may have begun as far back as Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho in the 1960s but really crested with the cult reputation of Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), the unexpected financial success of John Carpenter's Halloween (1978) and the franchise juggernaut Friday the 13th, which made its debut in 1980. Lussier clearly wears his heart on his sleeve when it comes to recreating the look and... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Birtzer to see no jail time in boyfriend's slaying Feb 12, 2009
" 4 wrote on Feb 11, 2009 7:31 AM:" This will become a movie of the week or worse, a big screen cinema movie before long. Just as Ed Gein inspired Pyscho & Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and the movie Dahmer, inspired by none other than Jeffrey Dahmer. Juile Birtzer will have inspired her own tale that will no doubt appear on the big screen, that will once again give Wisconsin that great notierity for killers. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Waterloo police arrest 6 in burglary/robbery investigation (5901) Feb 9, 2009
" ns wrote on Feb 3, 2009 8:28 PM:" you all say 'lock them up for a long time' like they did some kind of texas chainsaw massacre stuff. let's all grow up and not judge people by ONE thing that they did. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
"Friday the 13th": Breathing new life into the horror genre Feb 8, 2009
The hope among the filmmakers is to emulate their successful 2003 "reimagining" of the seminal "Texas Chainsaw Massacre." "When we make one of these films, we go in hoping we can elevate it, not just from a production standpoint but with the actors," said the producer Brad Fuller ... The first Platinum production, "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre," took in more than $80 million at the U.S. box office ... It was followed by the reimagined "Amityville Horror" of 2005 ($65 million); the 2006 prequel... (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
What's coming up? Find out here. Feb 8, 2009
Friday the 13th is directed by (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre) and stars Padalecki (TV's Supernatural), Danielle Panabaker (Mr. Brooks), (Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist), (Role Models), Travis Van Winkle (Transformers), and Derek Mears (The Hills Have Eyes II) as Jason. (IGN FilmForce)
Slasher films: the movie genre that wouldn't die Feb 8, 2009
In college, I walked out of the original "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" in a cold sweat ... A new "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" came out in 2003, "When a Stranger Calls" and "The Hills Have Eyes" in 2006, "Halloween" in 2007, "Prom Night" last year, "My Bloody Valentine" last month, now "Friday the 13th" - not a sequel and not even a remake but a reboot. (Boston Globe)
Rating: R (Strong Sexual Content/Profanity/Drug Content/Gore) Feb 7, 2009
A man in search of his missing sister stumbles across a deadly secret in the woods surrounding Crystal Lake as Texas Chainsaw Massacre redux duo Michael Bay and Marcus Nispel resurrect one of the silver screen's most feared slashers -- machete-wielding, hockey mask-wearing madman Jason Voorhees. The last time Clay heard from his sister, she was headed toward Crystal Lake. (New York Times)
