A few warnings upfront. The quality here is atrocious, particularly the sound. Also, Paramount has been taking these down fairly quickly, so I can’t guarantee how much longer this particular video will be available.

People have been speculating as to the nature of the J.J. Abrams-produced project code-named Cloverfield for awhile now. The trailer seen above has only added fuel to the fire.

In the event that you won’t, or can’t, see for yourself, the teaser shows a group of young adults throwing a farewell party for a friend in an apartment in New York City. Distant rumbling, power outages, and inhuman roars prompt the partygoers to go to the roof to see what’s going on. An explosion blocks away causes everyone to panic, making their way to the streets. There a giant projectile falls into the crowd, causing all sorts of property damage. The trailer is seen through the lens of the video cameras from the party and apparently the entire movie will be shot the same way.

The general consensus seems to be that this will be a giant monster movie, with some speculating that it is in fact a remake of The Host or Godzilla. Others are convinced that it will be a Lost tie-in.

Despite the quality of the video, I’m sold. I’ve been anticipating a ground-level kaiju movie for years.

Hey, Boils and Ghouls. Sorry I haven’t been around the past week. There isn’t really a good reason for my absence. I’ve just been working on some stuff that doesn’t involve the computer, and I’ve fallen behind a bit. Thank you to everyone who wrote in assuming I was dead. I’m touched.

I couldn’t let the week close out without mentioning a cool little event happening in my own backyard this weekend. While Ottawa may be the independent horror film production of Canada, in all other regards it fails miserably. Ottawa has two repertory theatres, yet in my nearly five year exile here only a small handful of genre films have been shown. I’ve been to cities one-fifth the size that have more life in them.

Well, the cats over at Drunken Master Revue have decided to remedy the situation. This Saturday night at 11:30 pm they’ll be screening a 35mm print of Night of the Comet at the Mayfair on Bank St. for five bucks. Night of the Comet is one of my formative horror experiences, as the very first Fangoria magazine I ever bought ran a story on it, and the pictures within instilled in me a lifelong love for zombies.

So, if you’re in town I highly recommend checking it out. It’s all the mid-’80s, cheerleader with a machine gun mowing down zombie action you could hope for.

When I was a kid, nothing scared me more than the threat of nuclear war. I still vividly remember watching a New Twilight Zone episode where a woman could stop time which ended with her freezing everything just as the bomb was about to hit. That night I slept beside the radio just so that I would be alerted when the inevitable began. Reagan has a lot to answer for.

Since becoming an adult I’ve sought out films with an apocalyptic setting. I don’t know if it’s because it’s one of the few things that can still scare me, it give me an opportuity to face my fears or simply because crisis oiften brings out great characterization. In any event, I’m in luck, because it looks like there’s a resurgence happening in the apocaplyptic genre. The television show Jericho is set for the Fall, and now it seems as if Lion’s Gate will be releasing the film Right At Your Door.

A chemical attack in Los Angeles, as set by terrorists, forces a man to seal off his home to keep from becoming infected. Unfortunately, his wife is on the wrong side of the house and he has to decide whether to allow her in and risk death or watch her die outside. The trailer can be found here, courtesy of a tip from Ain’t It Cool News.