Here is the first trailer for the upcoming remake of Nightmare on Elm Street. It looks pretty good so far, hard to get used to a new Freddy when I grew up on years of the great Robert Englund. Hell, I remember when the first Nightmare hit theaters back in 1984!

A Nightmare on Elm Street in HD

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Here are some gory bits and pieces of horror news…

• While we still wait for Evil Dead 4 (AKA the movie that will never happen), Sam Raimi is set to produce “Refuge” a supernatural horror film for Mandate Pictures.
• David Cronenberg is set to remake The Fly, which was his 1986 remake of the original 1958 sci-fi flick.
• The new Nightmare on Elm Street reboot trailer will be shown before Zombieland.
• Dario Piana is set to direct The Lost Boys 3: The Thirst.
• Looks like Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group will be distributing the Robert Rodriguez flick “Machete“.

Sources: gorezone.net, DarkHorizons.com, bloody-disgusting.com

Head on over to our big brother website Gaming Console Network for the full review of the PSN/Xbox Live Arcade zombie game “Zombie Apocalypse”.

Just click the image above or follow the link below.

Zombie Apocalypse Review

REC 2 trailer hits the net.

Here is a trailer for the follow-up to the excellent Spanish film [REC] (which was in my opinion better then the US remake Quarantine).

So far it looks good. Nice to see characters from the first REC.

1946 – September 11, 2001

The 1980’s were filled with tons of good and cheesy horror flicks. One of the cheesiest flick was “Toxic Zombies” AKA “Bloodeaters”. The film was about a bunch of drug smugglers who are infected by a toxic crop dusting. The film was written, produced, edited and also starred Chuck McCrann as the movies main character Tom Cole.

Toxic Zombies is one of those flicks you would put on when you have a bunch of friends over to have a good time. The movie is cheesy and good fun. The FX are cheap and the acting is amateur but for a movie that seems to have a shoe-string budget it manages to get the job done.

One interesting note about Toxic Zombie is the character “Phillips” which was played by actor John Amplas. Those in the horror community know John Amplas as the main character in George A. Romero’s vampire flick “Martin”. John Amplas was also in Dawn of the Dead and Day of the Dead.

Mr. McCrann was a senior vice president at Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. when he died at the age of 55 on September 11, 2001. From the various websites and tributes online I know that he was a devoted father and husband. He is survived by his wife Michelle and his children, Derek and Maxine. From what I read online, Chuck was a great man. He would bring Michelle a cappuccino in bed every morning. He also did his kids chores before he left for work that morning on September 11th. He seemed like the perfect family man.

I never met Chuck McCrann personally, but I felt I needed to give him a tribute on GNN. On September 11th, 2001 Michelle McCrann and her children lost a great, loving husband and father… we as a horror community lost a great fan of the horror genre.

Every September 11th I break out my copy of Toxic Zombies on DVD and watch… just a a tribute to him.

Rob Zombie’s “Halloween 2″ pretty much bombed at the box office. The sequel to his 2007 Halloween remake took in almost half of what the previous Halloween remake. It looks like Dimension/Weinsteins will go a different direction with Halloween 3 (or Halloween 3D).

To put the numbers out there: The first Rob Zombie Halloween remake made 27 Million on the opening weekend back in 2007. This sequel made 16 Million in it’s opening week.

Do not worry RobZom fans… Rob Zombie has his eyes set on the 1958 Jack H. Harris classic “The Blob”, which was already remade in 1988 by Chuck Russell. I am sure Zombie’s wife Sherri Moon-Zombie already has a role secured…

It is not secret that I am not a fan of Rob Zombie and his movies. Although I respect that fact that he uses classic horror figures in his movies (Ken Foree, Michael Berryman, etc) , I dislike his writing and directing abilities. I don’t think you need tons of tits and sex, shaky/jerky camera work and his wife in every scene to make a good horror flick.

The Final Destination was #1 at the box office Friday with $10.9 million according to figures from Box Office Mojo, a total that should have the 3D flick raking in upwards of $25-30 million for the weekend. Halloween II made $7.6 million for second place. That total is less than opening numbers for director Rob Zombie’s original 2007 reboot of the Michael Myers slasher franchise (I strongly prefer the original to Zombie’s series reboot). Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds made $5.9 million for third, a 59% drop from its debut.

Source: imdb.com/Box Office Mojo

Source: IMPAwards.com/gorezone.net

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