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Clearly, We Need To Name-Bomb The Paranormal Activity DVD

Yesterday, I got an email (that's right, I get emails, no big deal!). As PARANORMAL ACTIVITY makes its way to the $100 million mark at the box office, we are thanking the fans who turned the movie into a nationwide...  CONTINUE READING CLEARLY, WE NEED TO NAME-BOMB THE PARANORMAL ACTIVITY DVD»

Posted on November 6, 2009 in , (45 comments)
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Oh Si, There Will Be The Spanish Word For Blood

The Spanish Cultural Ministry's Film Institute has given Saw VI an X rating and it will only be shown in porno theaters. Een Spain, porn tortures you! (I'm sure I did that joke right.)...  CONTINUE READING OH SI, THERE WILL BE THE SPANISH WORD FOR BLOOD»

Posted on October 23, 2009 in (12 comments)
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A Nightmare On Elm Street Teaser Trailer

You can watch it here. Mostly it looks like...well, a remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street. But with more knife-glove-sparks. Because the future=sparks. Also, Mrs. Coach Taylor, NO!...  CONTINUE READING A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET TEASER TRAILER»

Posted on September 28, 2009 in (28 comments)
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Can You Hear Me Now? No, Because You Are Dead

Rich FourFour has created another fantastic supercut. This time it is people in horror movies unable to find cell phone reception, something that was not even possible a few years ago when we used our land phones in our dark...  CONTINUE READING CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? NO, BECAUSE YOU ARE DEAD»

Posted on September 23, 2009 in (29 comments)
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Probably The Wisest Investment

This is how dreams are made! From Craigslist: Sure! Now you're a Hollywood millionaire. Just send all your money to totallylegitimateemailaddress@hollywoodmovies.com and wait for Jerry Bruckheimer to call you. "Congratulations, we're equals." --Jerry Bruckheimer Now that you've wisely invested your...  CONTINUE READING PROBABLY THE WISEST INVESTMENT»

Posted on September 21, 2009 in (8 comments)
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Matthew Lillard Is Back, Son!

Messages Deleted trailer, you guys: Woof. It's like Stranger Than Fiction meets The Number 23 meets Matthew Lillard in the prop eyeglasses section of a costume shop. "That's how you know he's a smart writer!" But easily my favorite part...  CONTINUE READING MATTHEW LILLARD IS BACK, SON!»

Posted on September 21, 2009 in (32 comments)
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It Is Difficult To Decide Which Of These Two Movies Has A Dumber Plot Conceit

There are two movies coming out this fall that have terribly dumb plot conceits. One is a horror movie featuring Katrina Bowden (Cerie on 30 Rock) called The Shortcut, and the other is an action-thriller starring Lawrence Fishbourne ("do...  CONTINUE READING IT IS DIFFICULT TO DECIDE WHICH OF THESE TWO MOVIES HAS A DUMBER PLOT CONCEIT»

Posted on September 2, 2009 in (46 comments)
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This Is The Creepiest Music Video I Have Ever Seen

AHHHHHHHHHH! This video is up in your gutz, Eminem. Because you can jump-cut your way shirtless through a spooky forest soundstage all you want, it will not be as unsettling as cherubic Icelandic teenagers in Gap clothes happily throwing...  CONTINUE READING THIS IS THE CREEPIEST MUSIC VIDEO I HAVE EVER SEEN»

Posted on August 19, 2009 in (47 comments)
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The CGI Picture Of Dorian Gray 2.0

UK Film Executive 1: We need an idea for a movie, guv'nah. UK FIlm Executive 2: Yes, guv'nah, well I was thinking, guv'nah, what about The Picture of Dorian Gray? That ought to put a dash of the old wooly...  CONTINUE READING THE CGI PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY 2.0»

Posted on August 13, 2009 in (72 comments)
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Thankfully, The Economic Crisis Has Spared The FEARnet DVR Description Copywriter

Everyone has been affected by the economic crisis in some way*. People have watched their 401ks disappear. Homes been had foreclosed. And everyone knows someone who has been laid off. But at least the American hero at FEARnet who writes...  CONTINUE READING THANKFULLY, THE ECONOMIC CRISIS HAS SPARED THE FEARNET DVR DESCRIPTION COPYWRITER»

Posted on May 14, 2009 in (28 comments)
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Where The Wild Things Are Focus Group #1

Lance Bangs posted this video in which Spike Jonze tests out one of the Where the Wild Things Are masks on a potential moviegoer. Where the Wild Things Awww! This guy knows:...  CONTINUE READING WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE FOCUS GROUP #1»

Posted on May 11, 2009 in (9 comments)
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We Get It Eminem, You're Awful Now

Look, Eminem has earned his place in history. Whatever you think of his hate-filled, Weird Al Yankovicly comic rhymes, the fact is that he has made white rappers legitimate* in a way that Snow failed to, despite the hard work...  CONTINUE READING WE GET IT EMINEM, YOU'RE AWFUL NOW»

Posted on May 7, 2009 in (30 comments)
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The Best Description Of A Horror Movie Ever

After the jump, I've posted the trailer for a low-budget horror movie called Evil Things. It's clearly trying to be Blair Witch 3: The Edge of Reason, all hand held night vision video and "don't go in there"s and classically-trained...  CONTINUE READING THE BEST DESCRIPTION OF A HORROR MOVIE EVER»

Posted on April 20, 2009 in (19 comments)
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Someone Had Fun With This Gruesome Safety Training Video

"Will You Be Here Tomorrow," a 1998 industrial safety training video posted on YouTube by someone who claims to have seen it in a training class this week, sends the safety first message with a series of increasingly over-the-top and...  CONTINUE READING SOMEONE HAD FUN WITH THIS GRUESOME SAFETY TRAINING VIDEO»

Posted on April 10, 2009 in (34 comments)
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