Logo Designs For Marvel's "PHASE 2" Films!

Chucky's Back!

Yes, America's favorite little demon killer doll is back in action and is going to be as scary as ever! "Curse Of Chucky" will be the 5th sequel to the 80's horror classic "Child's Play". Brad Dourif will return to play the voice of Chucky and he's said that the creators of the new film plan to go back to when Chucky was scary. This new film could be a direct sequel to the 3rd film seeing as the demon doll franchise became a piss-take horror/comedy franchise with the 4th and 5th films, "Bride Of Chucky" and "Seed Of Chucky", both starring Hollywood's acting slut, Jennifer Tilly.
Hollywood is still also planning to make a BIG-screen reboot/remake of the "Child's Play" franchise, which is set for a 2014/15 release. It's unknown if Dourif will play the voice of Chucky then, but for now.........HE IS!!!

Even Jeff Daniels Says "Dumb & Dumber" Sequel Is Dead!

While promoting his new HBO series, "The Newsroom", which by the way looks really good, Jeff Daniels was questioned on the fate of the planned "Dumb & Dumber" sequel. Basically he confirmed that it is deffo dead for good, just like what fellow star, Jim Carrey said last week.
Here's the link to the video of Daniels confirming the sequels fate: http://watch.accesshollywood.com/video/jeff-daniels-disappointed-there-will-be-no-dumb-dumber-2/1699546752001

Webb Might Not Be Back To Direct Spidey Sequel!

The director of "The Amazing Spider-Man", Marc Webb has mentioned that he may or may not be back to direct the 2014 planned sequel to his upcoming Spidey 3D reboot. He said, "Well, it's a long ... People ask about the sequel and I'm like, (Well, you know, I don't know if I want to do that, but I love the process.) I love Andrew and Emma. But it's like asking someone who has just given birth, "Do you want to get pregnant again?"
Surely he'll come back for the sequel and if it's lucky, the third part. He can make this his trilogy, like Christopher Nolan and well ex-Spider-Man director, Sam Raimi. Both directors stayed on for a whole trilogy and have their signature move and direction with their trilogy. I assume Webb will have his too, so why spoil it and leave after one film. Someone new could come on and ruin the second film for all of us. I generally think that directors should stay on and direct sequels of their first film. 

The Ice Warriors Possibly Making A Return To The World Of "WHO"

Matt Smith aka The Doctor left fans wondering if the famous Ice Warriors will be making a freezing cold return to "Doctor Who" after what he said at The 11th Hour Convention last weekend. A fan asked if they would be making a return and Smith said, "Yes" and smiled to the audience and then went onto the next question. No one knows if he was just saying that or if it's actually true.
The shows head writer, Steven Moffat has said in the past that past villains and monsters will be getting revived and brought back to the now "WHO" universe, so this could be true about the Ice Warriors. The last time they were on TV was back in the 70's "Doctor Who", so it would be good to see them return.

Set Pics & Vid From "A Good Day To Die Hard"

Set pics of the villans, set pics of Bruce Willis and a videos of a blooded Bruce Willis and some kick-ass explosions have been released online. Here are just some of the on-set pics and here's the link to the best action packed on-set video: http://www.movieweb.com/movie/a-good-day-to-die-hard/on-set-in-budapest-hungary

Six New Images From "The Amazing Spiderman"

New Images From "The Expendables 2"

Series 8 Will Feature Dexters Final Kills!

Next year has been confirmed to be the final year for TV serial killer Dexter Morgan, played by the amazing Michael C Hall. It was confirmed earlier today by the shows producer Sara Colleton, "We wanted to end it this year [after seven years] but the network convinced us that it would be best to do it in two years." She also added, "In some ways, this is a two-season series-ender. We have worked that out and know where it's going to end. Next year will definitely be the last year of Dexter. Absolutely." She then went onto talk about how it will all end for Dexter in Series 8, "We don't know what the final scene is, but we know where [the show is] going," she said. "We know now exactly how it's going to end."
I generally thought the show was coming to an end soon, wether it was to get cancelled or if they would just end it now or even round it off and end it at 10 seasons.

"Doctor Who: Series 7-Episode 1" Get's Official Title!

"Asylum Of The Daleks" is the title of episode 1 of "Doctor Who: Series 7", which will begin airing in Autumn of this year and run straight trough into 2013 for the shows 50th anniversary.
Number one Dalek operator, Nick Pegg confirmed the title for episode 1 via his Twitter, "The title has been officially announced, so at last we can say it aloud: it was an absolute blast shooting Asylum of the Daleks! #DoctorWho."
It's yet unknown what the plot of this episode will be about, but I'm sure we'll all find out soon enough. 

"Starship Troopers" Reboot/Remake?!

I literally just found out about this, but apparently not only is Hollywood making a brand-new fully CGI "Starship Troopers 4", which is being released straight-to-DVD and is called, "Starship Troopers: Invasion" and by the way, I've watched the trailer for it and it's fucking terrible looking. It's meant to be made with state of the art CGI tech, but it looks like video-game graphics.................not good for a film. I'm not reporting a thing about it because it's shite looking!
Anyway, Hollywood is also now planning a remake/reboot of the 1997 original. They plan to make this film as close to the books plot as possible. The original film missed out quite a bit from the book, so they plan to basically make a direct adaption of the book.
I'm yes and no with this upcoming remake/reboot. It's good that they're planning a direct adaption, but it's bad that it's another Hollywood reboot/remake and not just a new sequel. Can't they just do what "American Pie: Reunion" did and try and make a new sequel that's good enough for the BIG-screen?!

The New Trailer For "Keith Lemon: The Film" Is Here!

The new "Keith Lemon: The Film" trailer has arrived! Fans got a short 1 minute teaser trailer a few months back, but now a full length one is finally here.
In this trailer we see literally hundreds of celebrity cameos, including Gary Barlow, Holly Willoughby, Fearne Cotton, Chris Moyles, Jedward and others. It's deffo going to be a "bang-tidy" packed comedy film.
Here's the link to the trailer on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2uaz3Qr1W0
Also, if you never saw the teaser trailer, here's the link for that too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9H9XiYgOmc

Defending Tom Six Part 2: The Human Centipede 2 and Beyond

Continuing on from yesterday, here is Part 2 of Defending Tom Six: The Human Centipede 2 and Beyond... Caution: Some images and descriptions may not be for the faint-hearted.

This black and white, dialogue-sparse film divided critics on release, with separate calls of it being violence for the sake of violence, or it being a torture porn film to the extreme. The fact of it is that the film is about a mentally challenged, odd looking man who is obsessed with his favourite film, The Human Centipede, and wants to remake it in real life, but with a dozen people. He doesn't speak, his actions are thinly justified, and the film not only doesn't shy away from the onscreen violence, but actually revels in it. So, can The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence) really be defended? 

Just LOOK at him!

Of course it can! And here is why; Tom Six is not a fool. He might be opportunistic in that he knows what to exploit from his films to sell them, but behind all the buzz of the first Human Centipede is an actual decent film. Is HC2 over the top? Yes. Is it disgusting and repulsive? Yes. But the most important question, is it art? And the answer is a resounding yes.


I could spout the cliché of how art always challenges people, but beyond that, this is an extreme form art film. Look back at HC1 and the ridiculous buzz that grew around this godawful film that in the end, is actually rather tame by modern horror standards. The main thing to look at is just how encompassing the reaction was, and just how many times people called Tom Six depraved and demented, even though it was unjustified and undoubtably at least part of the time by people who only had heard about the film's plot. 

Cut to HC2, which is undoubtedly as graphic and twisted as they say it is (with some people saying it is actually boring because of just how nonstop it is with its violence. More on that in a bit). So, Tom Six finally lives up to his well deserved reputation as filth! Huzzah! Actually, not so fast. HC2 is a DIRECT and unmistakable response to the hype and hysteria of HC1. Think about it; this film IS wall to wall grotesque, and it is a world filled with unsavory characters, pretty much none of them worth our sympathy. If Six was going to get lambasted for being a sicko, then fuck it, he will be a sicko. Hell, he acknowledges that the first film WAS just a film, essentially settling this film up as a 'hey, look, we know what you think of the first film, let's talk about that'.

The first film left everything up to the imagination and people still found so much to cause controversy over, so this film offers people exactly what they think they despise but secretly really want (because we all love a bit of sadism, and honestly, having sadism to complain about). The violence is realistic and sickening, make no mistake (though I will admit to seeing a very slightly censored version), but the general reaction, especially after all the hubbub of the BBFC nearly banning the film, has almost been of disinterest, or more importantly, feigning disinterest. Six delivered a film to get up in arms about, and everyone collectively decided to pay it minimal attention. From a business standpoint, that must be frustrating, but from an artistic one, Six actually proved something to every one of his detractors; that they weren't paying attention the first time.


HC2 was too obvious in its disgust. People had no interest with something that was blatantly out to shock them. By contrasting the two films, the reaction to the first film was beyond the reaction to the second film (once it eventually came out), regardless of how disgusting the second one is.

And make no mistake, it IS disgusting.

So the intentions of the film are very clear and have major artistic merit. But what about the story? As I mentioned, a lot of reviews say the film was boring and repetitive due to the constant barrage of violence. The argument being that since there was no let up, it was becoming tired with its recurrence (this in itself is a brilliant reaction to evoke, echoing the fable of the man finding one dead body and crying, two bodies and weeping, just passing three bodies, and gradually not caring as the bodies grew more and more), so you could be excused for guessing that the characters are simply killer fodder, but this is not the case. I won't lie, the characters aren't exactly well drawn, but we have all walks of every day life covered, including some that appear to be there just for our guilty mauling, most notably the egocentric actress hoping to impress Quentin Tarantino. You don't really care what happens to these people, because they are caricatures of every day life and the torture of them is akin to making fun of the Kardashians (though in a more extreme manner). 

Damn Kardashians couldn't actually make it to the film...

Our lead character is a particularly horrible number; simple-minded, overweight, silent, conniving. We experience the film almost exclusively through his eyes, and never doubt for one second that he is troubled and up to no good. But then, we get more familiarised with his mother and his sexually perverted doctor. Suddenly, we feel a twinge of guilt for completely hating this lowely character without giving him any due. We should feel awful for assuming that just because he has mental problems that he would be a monster for no other reason. The plot itself is quite thinly drawn, but the exchange of these characters profiles (the beautiful American is deplorable, the fat killer is pitiable), is given plenty of breathing room. 

Speaking of something given plenty of breathing room, the violence (again!) must be mentioned. It is wall to wall, but if it isn't, the point is actually lost. I do question censorship in general, but for this film in particular, it needs to be uncut in many respects. I won't spoil it, but as the violence escalates and we are privey to plenty of bloodshed, there is one violent action that could almost come right out of a Troma film, and that is the point. It clearly says to the viewer 'hey, you know how intense everything has been? Well, it's a film!'. This moment, which I believe may be trimmed in the UK cut, is so vital in the films interpretation. 


So, there you go. The Human Centipede 2 was actually one of the most artistically important films of last year. Plenty of people have compared Six and HC to Jorg Buttgereit and his Nekromantik films, and I am siding that it is an controversial artistic endeavor, but an artistic endeavor nonetheless. The film won't be for everyone, but if you view it as the social commentary it is, you will receive so much more out of your viewing of it.

Honestly...

And the future for The Human Centipede? The third film is in the works and was initially set to have the fictional doctor from the first film with the killer of the second. I'd love to see this play out, but there appear to have been complications with the doctor from HC1. Six is promising a horrendous flick to make HC2 seem tame. This actually worries me slightly because as intense as HC2 is, it is kind of an ending point for the torture porn genre. Just like all alien films hide in the shadows since Alien, nothing should be able to surpass HC2 in terms of violence. I know Six is a savvy business man and knows what to take advantage of, so hopefully he is just being the ringmaster I imagine him to be, but there is a real worry that maybe he has believed the hype about him being a sick monster.


Six, for your own sake, make YOUR film, not the one you think you should make.


Ladies and gentlemen, you can now enjoy The Human Centipede films with a clean conscience!


The Human Centipede 2 is available UNCUT for legal download at a very reasonable price right here. The download includes some great additional features.

The final push for the Sodium Party

We are very close to the end of our Sodium Party campaign over at www.indiegogo.com/sodiumparty, and I would first off like to thank everyone who has been so helpful and generous so far. For everyone else, please check out the link above and consider contributing to our film. We are close to our new goal, and appreciate the help!


Living Dead Girl has just done a great write-up of the film over at her page here. Give it a read if you can, it is a great post!


I would like to answer a few small questions about the campaign to clear things up for people, so you know we are not being foolish about things!


Q. Why have you lowered your goal from $9,500 to $2,500?
A. Initially, we were given quotes for services that amount to about $9,500, but throughout the campaign, things have changed. First off, a very talented individual has donated their time to doing the visual effects of the film. Next, people see the dedication we have to this project and are being very helpful. We are cutting deals to get it all finished at an affordable price (and you can imagine we would give these folks repeat business from now on!). We have decided to leave the digital print for the moment, as this is a high cost when a colour grade is the main goal here and we can put the film out to Digibeta tape quite conveniently. We'd prefer a digital print eventually, but festivals and distributors accept Digibeta quite readily!


Q. But your set goal is $9,500. With these campaigns, don't you have to raise everything or get nothing?
A. That is true with a lot of group funding sites, but not Indiegogo. Everything you contribute will come to us (minus Indiegogo's fees). This is why we can rebudget what we see coming in and reset our goal!


Q. I thought this film was Irish, why is the campaign in dollars and not euro?
A. Because Indiegogo is an American site. We have taken in to account conversions and fees for it, and it should not affect you, the contributor, too much, though some people may be charged a small conversion fee (typically one euro or less).


Q. Why should I contribute to Sodium Party?
A. Because we are a unique Irish feature film. This is a truly independent film, made outside the Film Board and studio control, and we can promise you it is a one of a kind experience! By the time the end credits roll, you will be captivated!


I hope that clears up some questions! Now, please, head over to www.indiegogo.com/sodiumparty right away and help us hit our goal! 


Join the party!

Defending Tom Six: The Human Centipede

Warning: Though relatively spoiler free, this article contains some graphic descriptions and images from The Human Centipede. You have been warned.

So, people were kind of disgusted and freaked out by The Human Centipede. Let's not lie. If South Park lampoons it without outright calling it stupid, you know there is some deeper respect there. But for all this controversy, there is an awful lot of people who haven't seen the film, or indeed, its sequel. So, are they right to apply such a social taboo on it? And is Tom Six as disgusting a culprit as imagined? Well, it is a mixed bag of an answer.

2010's Human Centipede (First Sequence) is in fact quite a good straight horror film. But why such a kerfuffle around it? Well, in a throwback to the glorious 1950s B-movie, it was just selling itself on shock value. Yes it does contain a 'human centipede' made of people sewn ass-to-mouth (you never go ass to mouth!), and there is blood and surgery and hints of mad-scientist-Nazi doctor and the likes, and when you say it out loud, it is impossible not to say 'Wow! What a messed up film! I have to see that!', but in reality, it is actually a very tasteful affair, as people who have seen it can attest to.

This may in fact be more disturbing 

than 90% of the actual film.

Marketed in such an extreme way, The Human Centipede seemed to promised the most sickening cinematic experience you'd ever wish to behold, and this, coupled with the truth of it being disgusting subject matter, was enough to spark the imagination of the population, regardless of what was actually shown onscreen. What is most interesting is the notoriety it has garnered from people who haven't even seen it. Heck, I am currently one step away from getting Living Dead Girl to check it out, but for years she has used it as a short hand for disgusting. This is the sign of a very powerful film, because though it seems the same stock as Video Nasties, it is actually relatively tame. In fact, if compared with a film like Hostel, one of these films contains excessive amounts of gore and brutality and over the top nastiness. The other is a German horror film. 

If you watch the film itself, you will find it is almost J-horror-like in its style, and with a bit of detective movie thrown in. Director Tom Six's film is slow paced, methodical, and uses suspense as its main operation of horror. The entire film is about will these people escape the mad doctor before it's too late, then it is about can they escape with their lives, and will the police realise their culprit is the man they are speaking to. That's not to say there aren't any grizzly moments to be found, but it is all part of a larger, more arthouse, horror film.

The ingenious part on the producers behalf (Tom Six included) was allowing and perpetrating the illusion that this 'scientifically accurate' film was such an all out gross-fest that you might never be the same after it. It is undoubtedly a solid narrative and well executed, but it also has such a shock factor that it can be sold simply on word of mouth alone. In a time of dozens of zombie films a year, this is the people swallowing poop film. In more ways than one, it is similar to the freak-shows of yore; there are many promises made involving hideous beasts, but once you get inside the tent, it is more medical curiosity than monster. 

You cannot fault the producers for selling the film this way. It's better if all the talk is bad than if there is no talk at all, after all. Six delivered a solid film that is bound to disappoint the grotesque fair in many people's heads, and should be applauded for making a relatively small film a part of pop culture.

But what about its sequel; The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence)? Considered by many as depraved trash, and almost banned in the UK, did Tom Six go too far? Well, this one is a bit harder to excuse, but excused it can be, very rationally.

Which I will go in to in detail in tomorrow's post; Defending Tom Six: The Human Centipede 2 and Beyond...

New Teaser Trailer For "Dexter: Series 7"

A new teaser trailer for the next series of "Dexter" has been released onto the internet. Now please don't watch this if you haven't yet seen the last series, "Series 6", because some things from the last episode are brought up in it.
"Dexter: Series 7" begins in September in the US, but it's yet unknown when we, the UK, will get it. It''l probably either early or mid 2013 on FX.
Here's the link to the YouTube video: http://youtu.be/-OLyJdnLuTU

Fourth "Transformers" Film Isn't A Reboot!

While talking to Movieweb.com about his new crime-thriller, Michael "BIG explosions, no story" Bay spoke briefly about the upcoming 2014 "Transformers" sequel. He confirms that it's not a reboot even though it will feature a whole new story and a whole new cast too. This is what he said in his own words, "It's not a reboot, that's maybe the wrong word. I don't want to say reboot because then people will think we're doing a Spider-Man and starting from the beginning. We're not. We're taking the story that you've seen - the story we've told in three movies already - and we're taking it in a new direction. But we're leaving those three as the history. It all still counts. I met with the writer before I went off to do Pain and Gain and we talked about a bunch of ideas. We let that simmer for a bit. He's been thinking about stuff and now we're getting back together next week to see what we've got and to see if it gels."
He also said that the new film could be set in space and possibly on Cybertron, the Transformers home planet. He also said that the budget for this one is lower than the last 3 films, "It's going to be less, actually. Our mandate is to cut about $30 million."

New Child's Play Sequel!

Bloody Disgusting have just reported that there is a new Child's Play SEQUEL on the way; The Curse of Chucky! 


I have been a big fan of the series since way back when. Hell, I remember first seeing Bride of Chucky at a schoolfriend's house (with Malaysian subtitles on it, just for extra grindhouse effect), and I remember staying up late on school nights watching SciFi's bizarre show Head Fuck, after a brief clip from Child's Play appeared in its trailer and I became desperate to see it. Eventually, I saw the first three films in order, and loved the ever-loving crap out of them. Something about killer dolls. A bit of a messed up Toy Story, perhaps?

Oh... I forgot... Toy Story already WAS messed up.

Seed of Chucky, the long-in-development-hell sequel was a bit of an odd step, and a lot of people would consider it a misstep, but not me. Sure, it's a but too meta for its own good, but it's stupid, has John Waters and features Hannah from S Club 7 meeting her maker, so it's all good to me!


This new sequel has its own history, of course. Being a very trendy thing to do, the powers that be were thinking about rebooting/remaking Chucky from the ground up, which could have been interesting, but honestly, I think society as a whole is past the killer doll thing. The only way it is scary is when you watch an old film that displaces you from your videophone-24/7 online life. So, a sequel is a very satisfactory route in my humble opinion!

Of course Brad Dourif is back. What kind of Chucky film 

could you make without him!?

According to BD, the film will hark back to the more horror elements of the early films. I don't think Chucky can be scary any more, and he really set the bar for killer dolls as it is, but he has always been a wise-cracker, and with creator and Seed of Chucky writer/director Don Mancini at the helm, I can't imagine this incarnation completely going cold turkey on the one liners. One oddity that seems to have cropped up; no Jennifer Tilly. I'm not a particularly big fan of her character in it, but she is a bit of the mythos now, plus Tilly herself seems to enamoured by the whole series! Ah well, as long as it is intelligent about it and doesn't just retcon her and Glen/Glenda, it should all be good. I suppose they were given quite a satisfactory wrap up in the last installment, so Mancini, do us proud!

Shooting starts in Winnipeg, Canada in September, so my guess is a possible Halloween 2013 release.

Justin Timberlake To Become The New Hoff?

A few years back Paramount announced that they were planning a film with Jessica Simpson taking over Pam Andersons role of CJ Parker and British model Keeley Hazell was set to play a lifeguard. The Hoff himself was also set to return as Mitch Buchanan. Then the project was cancelled. Later it was on again, but this time round, it was going to be a comedy like the 2004 "Starsky & Hutch" film with Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson. The writers of "The Hangover" films were signed on to write it.
But now it seems as though Paramount are going back to the first idea and make this version a direct adaption to the old TV show, rather than a comedy version. So it looks like this on/off planned BIG-screen adaption of "Baywatch" is possibly back on again with singer/actor Justin Timberlake starring as the lead role in it.If Timberlake accepts the lead role, then he'll be playing the role of a disgraced former Olympic swimmer who tries for a job in the Baywatch team of lifeguards. It's been said that the writers have wrote in scenes for David Hasselhoff and Pam Anderson's old characters. The good news is that it's not a total reboot then. It might just be a "passing of the torch" type film. The old team pass the work onto the new team.