http://www.horror-asylum.com/ Horror Asylum News en-US 5/16/2012 Whilst eyes today are on the fresh casting news for the 'Carrie' remake lest we forget that back in the day it was filmmaker Brian De Palma who bought us his iconic vision of the troubled telekinetic teen. Today, however, 35 years on here are we bringing you some new sexy assets from De Palma's new thriller remake 'Passion'. A set of new pics including some behind the scenes stills from the project, a remake of French erotic thriller 'Love Crime', have popped up online featuring the always gorgeous Rachel McAdams ('Mean Girls', 'Red Eye'). The lingerie clad McAdams (below) stars alongside Noomi Rapace ('Prometheus'), Dominic Cooper ('Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter'), Paul Anderson ('Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows'), Karoline Herfurth ('Errors of the Human Body') and Rainer Bock ('War Horse'). Check out the new stills below.... http://www.horror-asylum.com/news/article.asp?item=9220 5/16/2012 Another two new names are being lined up for potential roles in the new and upcoming remake of MGM and Screen Gems' 'Carrie'. First up its 'Chronicle' star Alex Russell (below) who is in negotiations along with off Broadway actor Ansel Elgort who could land his first theatrial role. No details on the characters they're up for for currently but we have to assume it'll be the parts of good guy Tommy Ross and asshole Billy Nolan (played by John Travolta in Brian De Palma's 1976 effort). Cutie Chloe Moretz ('Dark Shadows', 'Kick-Ass') has already been cast in the lead role along with her mother who'll be played by Julianne Moore ('Hannibal'). Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa ('Glee') penned the adaptive script from the novel by horror author Stephen King which helmer Kimberly Peirce ('Boys Don't Cry') will direct from.... http://www.horror-asylum.com/news/article.asp?item=9219 5/16/2012 Young 'Orphan' and 'The Hunger Games' star Isabelle Fuhrman has been cast in the lead role for the new 'Suspiria' remake. The project is based on the original 1977 giallo horror of the same name from legendary Italian horror filmmaker Dario Argento. Along with Fuhrman Crime Scene Pictures have also revealed a whole bunch of other names attached to the David Gordon Green remake. They are Janet McTeer ('The Woman in Black'), Michael Nyqvist ('The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'), Isabelle Huppert and sexy German star Antje Traue -below (''Pandorum', 'Man of Steel'). 'Suspiria' is set to begin shooting this September. Crime Scene Pictures' Adam Ripp and Rob Paris will be producing along with Memo Films' Francesco Melzi d'Eril and Luca Guadagnino of First Sun.... http://www.horror-asylum.com/news/article.asp?item=9218 5/15/2012 The legendary Roger Corman continues to produce and churn out more and more low-budget hybrid creature flicks as his career appears to be going full circle. A new trailer for the American World Pictures' project 'Piranhaconda' which revolves around a piranha/anaconda killing machine has emerged whereby Corman serves as exec producer. The Jim Wynorski directed flick will air on SyFy on 16 June in the US and the Hawaii set horror stars Michael Madsen ('Reservoir Dogs'), former model Rachel Hunter, ex-American beauty queen Shandi Finnessey (below), Diana Terranova and Terri Ivens. Check out the new trailer below.... http://www.horror-asylum.com/news/article.asp?item=9217 5/15/2012 ABC have picked up new supernatural show '666 Park Avenue' for a full series following what appears to be a successfully produced pilot by WBTV. The series, which is based on the book by Gabriella Pierce, has been adapted for the small screen by 'Fringe' writer David Wilcox and will star the likes of Rachael Taylor ('Transformers'), David Annable ('Brothers and Sisters'), Vanessa Williams ('Desperate Housewives'), Mercedes Masohn ('The Finder'), Robert Buckley ('One Tree Hill'), the Emmy award-winning Terry O'Quinn ('Lost') and the gorgeous Helena Mattsson -below ('Species: The Awakening').... http://www.horror-asylum.com/news/article.asp?item=9216 5/15/2012 The upcoming Cannes Film Fest will be treated to the new, yet unrevealing, sales art poster for Robert Rodriguez's action sequel 'Machete Kills'. The new piece of artwork merely features all the headline performers names and not much else aside from the movies logo plastered over what looks like a grotty South American toilet wall. Danny Trejo, Michelle Rodriguez ('Resident Evil: Retribution'), the sexy Amber Heard ('Drive Angry'), the busty Sofia Vergara (below), Demian Bichir and Mel Gibson ('Braveheart') all star in the Grindhouse-styled follow-up which will be released by 20th Century Fox sometime next year. Check out the new sales art below.... http://www.horror-asylum.com/news/article.asp?item=9215 5/15/2012 A few more 'Total Recall' stills have been uploaded to the official site for the Len Wiseman helmed redo which will be hitting theatres this coming August. The new pics provided by Sony Pictures give us some more shots of stars Colin Farrell ('Phone Booth') and our delightful double hottie hit of Jessica Biel ('The Tall Man') and Kate Beckinsale ('Underworld: Awakening'). Bryan Cranston ('Drive', 'Breaking Bad'), Bill Nighy ('Shaun of the Dead') and Ethan Hawke ('Daybreakers') also star in the new adaption based on Philip K. Dick's original story. Check out the new stills below. ... http://www.horror-asylum.com/news/article.asp?item=9214 5/15/2012 Sink your teeth into a new trailer for Aussie shark thriller 'Bait'. Kimble Rendall's new 3D feature will be swimming into Australian theatres this September. 'Bait' stars Julian McMahon ('Nip/Tuck'), Xavier Samuel ('The Twilight Saga: Eclipse'), Alice Parkinson ('Sanctum'), Phoebe Tonkin -below ('The Secret Circle') and the gorgeous Sharni Vinson -below ('Blue Crush 2'). Anchor Bay will be unleashing 'Bait' into theatres across the US later this year. Check out the new international trailer below.... http://www.horror-asylum.com/news/article.asp?item=9213 5/15/2012 Some early sales art Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller's 'Sin City' follow-up 'Sin City: A Dame to Kill For' has raised its head which is merely a tease for what we can expect from the visual sequel. In the dark bowels of 'Sin City', Dwight plans to have his vengeance against the woman who betrayed him, Ava Lord, while Nancy is trying to cope with Hartigan's death. No official word as yet whether the sexy Jessica Alba and Clive Owen ('Intruders') will be reprising their roles as Nancy and Dwight respectively but it is expected. However, Mickey Rourke and Rosario Dawson are both officially back on board. Production will commence sometime this Summer at Rodriguez's Troublemaker Studios in Texas. Check out the new sales art below... http://www.horror-asylum.com/news/article.asp?item=9212 5/14/2012 SyFy continue to churn out their below-par low-budget creature features with yet another new natural world anomaly flick that'll get those spidey senses heightened. 'Arachnoquake' stars Edward Furlong ('Terminator 2: Judgement Day') and is the story of gigantic spiders that get unleashed from the Earth's core following a New Orleans Earthquake only to begin feeding on the unsuspecting locals. The Griff Furst directed movie will arrive on the SyFy channel stateside on 23 June and also stars Tracey Gold, Bug Hall, Ethan Phillips, Megan Adelle and the sexy Olivia Hardt (below). Paul A. Birkett and Eric Forsberg penned the script... http://www.horror-asylum.com/news/article.asp?item=9211 5/14/2012 Back in late January we bought you a fresh teaser trailer for David Cholewa's mutation horror 'Dead Shadows' and now thanks to the impending commencement of this years Cannes Film Festival a newly revealed full trailer has crawled online. The French horror starring Norbert Ferrer, Rurik Salle, Baya Rehaz, Wolfrom Fabian, Marmigere Blandine and even Arrow in the Head's own John Fallon looks to have certainly made the best use of its restrictive budget which is apparent in the new promo. Check out the new English-subbed trailer as well as the previously unleashed one-sheet below.... http://www.horror-asylum.com/news/article.asp?item=9210 5/14/2012 What with pre-seasonal excitement building for Steven C. Miller's loose 'Silent Night' remake we can't overlook British Xmas slasher thrills in the form of 'Silent Night, Bloody Night: The Homecoming'. The Brit-based remake of Theodore Gershuny's 1974 'Silent Night, Bloody Night' comes courtesy of director James Plumb ('Night of the Living Dead: Resurrection') and writer Andrew Jones. A selection of new bloody stills have been gifted to Bloody Disgusting from the production which is just finished shooting in Wales. 'Silent Night, Bloody Night: The Homecoming' is loosely based on the original and stars Adrienne King ('Friday the 13th'), Sabrina Dickens, Richard Goss, Philip Harvey, Victor Ptak, Rosemary Smith and Matthew Batte. Check the new and probably NSFW stills below.... http://www.horror-asylum.com/news/article.asp?item=9209 5/14/2012 'Ginger Snaps' star Katharine Isabelle -below ('Freddy vs. Jason') appears on the first new official still from the Soska sisters new underground surgery horror tale 'Amrican Mary'. The still, from the flick helmed by both Jen and Sylvia Soska ('Dead Hooker in a Trunk'), comes ahead of its premiere at this months Cannes FIlm Festival in France. Paula Lindberg ('A Town Called Eureka'), Antonio Cupo ('Dark Angel'), David Lovgren, Twan Holliday and Tristan Risk all co-star and you can check out the new still and the previous one-sheet release below.... http://www.horror-asylum.com/news/article.asp?item=9208 5/14/2012 Filmmaker Egidio Coccimiglio is trying his hand at remaking Park Cheol-su's 1995 Korean horror thriller '301, 302'. The original movie which featured two obsessive-compulsive's who live next door to each other in an apartment block which leads to a 'turbulent relationship' will star Carrie-Anne Moss ('The Matrix') and the sexy Heather Graham -below ('From Hell') as the neighbourly pair. The new in-production movie looks to be shifting more towards comedy territory this time around as opposed to the originals horrific elements. Kevin Dillon, Joe Mantegna, Jean Yoon and John Tokatlidis are also on board the project which is currently shooting in Canada. Check out the plot to the original below.... http://www.horror-asylum.com/news/article.asp?item=9207 5/11/2012 Mile high British horror 'Airborne' is fast approaching its allocated gate. In fact it lands in selected theatres right here in the UK tomorrow! To celebrate why not check out four new character posters from the Black and Blue Films production which feature the flying foursome of stars Mark Hamill ('Star Wars'), Alan Ford ('Snatch'), Julian Glover ('Mirrors') and the gorgeous ex-Hollyoaks hottie Gemma Atkinson ('13hrs'). Dominic Burns directs the thriller from a script by Paul Chronell and it will make its premiere tomorrow evening at the British Independent Film Festival, which is held across numerous venues in the UK. 'Airborne' will screen at the Empire Leicester Square (London), as well as the Empire cinemas in both Poole and Newcastle and the Apollo Cinemas in Port Talbot and Stafford. 'Airborne' also stars Craig Conway, Sebastian Street, Fiona Ryan, Billy Murray ('Strippers vs. Werewolves') and Kimberly Jaraj. Check out the new posters below.... http://www.horror-asylum.com/news/article.asp?item=9206