Movies
I can’t believe I missed this one. Producers for the upcoming remake of the Pang brothers’ The Eye are looking for people to get nude, completely shaved and/or waxed, terrorize Jessica Alba and get paid over $700 a day for the privilige. Read that last sentence again. Courtesy of Filmstalker, who got it from Dread Central, who got it from Fangoria, which I normally read myself without all this hassle.
Dave Alexander of Abbatoir has posted an essay he originally wrote for Film And Video Arts — Alberta entitled “Why Do We Watch?” where he tackles the various types of horror fan, their role in the digital age, and the pleasure of the communal theatrical experience. Probably the best horror-related item you’ll read all week.
DVD
Film Junk takes a look at Altered, the latest film from Blair Witch co-director Eduardo Sanchez.
Comics
Horror-Movies.ca conducts an interview with Raise The Dead writers Leah Moore and John Reppion.
A series of comic books based on the movies of Ray Harryhausen have been announced, and they’ve assembled some of the medium’s greatest hacks to draw them.
Misc.
Skull Ring digs up some zombie posters inspired by Soviet propaganda.
Both Final Girl and The Retropolitan are conducting strictly scientific polls.
Real World
Bizarre. The Frankensteins not only lent a hand to Stanley Kubrick for his film 2001: A Space Odyssey, but they also helped Mankind get to the moon.
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