All Entries Tagged With: "horror"

The Wolfman Trailer is Now Live

There was a time not too long ago when recreating those classic monster movies of the past was not only original, but actually cool. The Mummy was made more than ten years ago and spawned two sequels staring Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz. Van Helsing starring Hugh Jackman did bring something new to the table [...]

What can we expect from Eli Roth in the future?

Coming off his most recent acting role in Tarantino’s Inglorious Bastards as Donny Donowitz (otherwise known as the bat-wielding militant known as the ‘Bear Jew’) many have questioned what can we expect from Eli Roth in the near future. Few will remember not too long ago that Roth was slated to direct the adaptation of [...]

‘Legion’ Trailer Released

One of the movies that caused a rather big stir at this year’s ComicCon was the much-anticipation film Legion. The film centers around a Rapture of sorts as thousands of angels bent on exterminating the entire human race descends upon the Earth with the intent of causing as much destruction in their wake. It seems [...]

Box of Shadows Starts Filming in LA

“Box of shadows” centers around a group of college friends who discover a 15th-century coffin that allows them to experience the world as ghosts. While their first adventures in the spirit world are playful and innocent, the “box of shadows” soon brings out the group’s most dangerous impulses and desires. The friends find themselves pulled [...]

What can we expect from Stephen King’s ‘Under the Dome’?

While I’m not a Stephen King fan per se, I don’t think there’s a novel more anticipated this year than Stephen King’s ‘Under the Dome‘ set to debut this November. Which begs the question, what do we know about this novel thus far? Well, despite being four months away from the release date we do [...]

Tweet Watch: Killer Green to Be Optioned Into Film as a Result of Twitter

Tweet Watch is a new feature I’m going to update on Scifi Watch. Basically it’s any press release, story, or news items that came to me either from a direct-message tweet or from someone who found my blog as a result of Twitter. Looks to be interesting.

Ambergris Films LLC today announces the optioning of a [...]

2009 Bram Stoker Award Winners Announced

The Horror Writers Association announced the winners of the 2008 Bram Stoker Awards (awarded in 2009 for works released in 2008). Congratulations to all of winners of this year’s award.

• Superior Achievement in a Novel: Duma Key by Stephen King (Scribner)
• Superior Achievement in a First Novel: The gentling Box by Lisa Mannetti (Dark Hart Press)
• Superior Achievement [...]

Shirley Jackson Awards Announced

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For many horror writers and editors, the Bram Stoker Awards have remained the standard for award-winning Horror fiction and literature. That is until last year in 2008 when the Shirley Jackson Awards were first announced for “outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic”. This year the award [...]