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James Wan set to direct ‘The Conjuring 2’ for 2016 release
If anyone in Hollywood says that they are retiring or done with a certain something, take it with a grain of salt. Last year after the release of Insidious Chapter 2, James Wan said that he was done with horror movies, but we now know that isn’t happening, thankfully. Deadline reports that Wan will return […] More
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It’s Hard Out Here for an Original Franchise: ‘Pacific Rim’’s Plight
Not two weeks ago, famed auteur and Pacific Rim director Guillermo Del Toro set the internet ablaze when he announced the confirmation of a follow up to his 2013 robots vs. monsters film Pacific Rim and dated Pacific Rim 2 for April 7, 2017. The biggest surprise wasn’t the official announcement of the sequel though, […] More
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‘Poltergeist’ remake in the works
They’re back!!! Sam Raimi and Gil Kenan are remaking the horror classic Poltergeist, and not even Hollywood rumors about a deadly curse are enough to stop them. What makes the original 1982 version so terrifying? Let’s recap. An average everyday family, living in a run-of-the-mill suburban house, begin to notice some strange things are happening in […] More
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31 Days of Horror: Jump Scares, Twists & A Genre in Decline
There’s a wonderfully maddening moment early on in Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining where Danny Torrance is perusing the corridors of the Overlook hotel on his tricycle. He swings round corners, the camera obsessively following him in a locked in third person perspective angle. The skin crawling score by Wendy Carlos and Rachel Elkind swells up […] More
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‘Insidious: Chapter 2’ is a dreadful, tension-free mess and an unnecessary continuation
Insidious: Chapter 2 joins the less than stellar ranks of films like The Descent: Part 2 in being an immediate continuation of a horror film that, though ending with a looming threat, did not call for a sequel. After a prologue set in 1986, the film kicks off on the night its predecessor ended, with Rose Byrne’s Renai Lambert questioned by police over the supernatural events that led to the murder by strangulation of psychic Elise Rainier (Lin Shaye). More
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Watch the creepy trailer for ‘Insidious 2’
Picking up right where the last movie left off, the Lambert family are back to uncover the mysteries behind the childhood secret that has made them prone to paranormal events. James Wan is back in the director’s chair (one of two horror movies he’s releasing this year, the other being The Conjuring). The first film […] More
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Best Horror Films / Thrillers of 2011
Filmmakers have continued to push boundaries and find new innovative ways to elicit the emotions of fear, disgust and horror from viewers. Since Alfred Hitchcock directors strived to provoke viewer’s nightmares, hidden fears, revulsions and terror of the unknown. Although a good deal of it is about the supernatural, others have focused more on a […] More
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Poster Art for ‘Insidious’ – ‘The Birds’ – ‘Edward Scissorhands’
As everyone knows, I love movie posters and I try to showcase as many as I can from artists from around the world. Here are three recent posters I came across that I felt was worth sharing. Enjoy! Insidious poster by Victor Moreno Mike Henderson created this poster for The Birds Stephanie Buscema created this […] More
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Fangoria To Host Special Screening of Insidious and Offer Fans A Live Streamed Q&A on facebook with Director James Wan and Screenwriter Leigh Whannell
We here at Sound On Sight are big fans of Insidious, perhaps the only decent horror film so far of 2011. Michael Waldman, Justine Smith and myself all gave it a fairly positive review on episode 21 of the Sordid Cinema podcast. Joshua Youngerman wrote a raving review saying, “Insidious is a superior horror film […] More
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Score At The Half – Hollywood: Zero, Audience: Even Less
Hollywood needs a hit Actually, Hollywood needs a bunch of hits. Actually, Hollywood needs a bunch of big, fat, through-the-roof hits. And with the summer – and the year – half over, the time to come up with them is running out. The movie business finished 2010 with the second highest domestic box office on record: $10.2 […] More
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James Wan To Direct Another Haunted House Film
James Wan, widely known for directing the horror film Saw, creating Billy the puppet and helming last year’s surprise hit Insidious, has signed on to direct another home haunting in The Conjuring. It makes sense considering Insidious received positive reviews from critics and fans alike, and grossed over $75 million against a budget of […] More
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‘Insidious’, ‘Poltergeist’ and ‘Hausu’
Saw originator James Wan’s long-hyped paranormal horror flick Insidious crept into theaters this week, so we thought it wise to look at one of its most obvious forbears, plus a cult oddity on the same tip. First up is 1977’s Hausu (House), a bizarre, chaotic Japanese horror-comedy like no other. Of course, no discussion of […] More
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