Matt Withers

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Favorite Movies: In The Mouth of Madness, Tombstone, Zoolander, Out of Sight, Halloween, read more Contact, Hellraiser, Alien, Tron, American Beauty, Kill Bill Vol. 1, The Hangover, Inside, The Descent, Let The Right One In, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

Likes: My wife and kids, New Orleans Saints, Vegas, Hiking read more

Gillian goes Straight

Posted 21 years ago

Looks like brainy hottie Gillian Anderson is looking to put the squeaky clean Agent Scully behind her with STRAIGHTHEADS. She’s currently in negotiations to star in docu director Dan Reed’s feature debut that follows Sounds like fun to me, and...

All Hail Horror!

Posted 21 years ago

Well it was expected that THE EXORCISM OF EMILY ROSE would open at number one this weekend, but its $30.2 million opening exceeded anyone’s expectations. That marks the third biggest September bow ever, and just goes to show that when...

Rose tops B.O.?

Posted 21 years ago

Our dear genre has taken quite a beating of late at the box office in terms of unrealistic expectations and generally ill-conceived crap. It looks like this weekend just might bring a turn around though. THE EXORCISM OF EMILY ROSE...

Stranger Calls info

Posted 21 years ago

has posted a set visit from the remake of , and man does it sound like a disaster. It’s basically going the WB route, but even worse is that they’re taking the first 15-minutes of the original and stretching that...

Manson’s a toon

Posted 21 years ago

Some people are just messed up…and I love ’em for it. reports today that , an indie distributor, has picked up the North American rights to John Roecker’s LIVE FREAKY! DIE FREAKY! Described as a stop-motion animation musical-comedy, this dark...

MTV wants Suffering

Posted 21 years ago

In a move that will surprise exactly no one, MTV has optioned the film rights to THE SUFFERING, marking their entry into the video game survival horror FPS adaptation into a movie competition. Given their demographic the move makes perfect...

Odd turns Dark

Posted 21 years ago

Good news my friends! Variety announced today that yet another company has set up a genre shingle. Let me be one of the first to say “YAY!” Odd Lot Entertainment has launched Dark Lot Entertainment which will focus on horror,...

Romero done because…

Posted 21 years ago

Yesterday my compadre in crime Pat dropped the unfortunate news that George Romero will not partake in the MASTERS OF HORROR series because of unknown scheduling conflicts. Does that mean creative differences, alien abduction, or just plain old scheduling conflicts?...

Creepshow 3 tease

Posted 21 years ago

I think most in the genre community released a collective groan when it became clear there was indeed another CREEPSHOW movie coming out. It didn’t appear to have any name talent attached, and outside of the infamous title, would pretty...

Doom 1-Sheet

Posted 21 years ago

Papa JoBlo has got our first look at the DOOM 1-sheet kids and it freakin’ rocks! Not only that we’ve got a poster that is all about the source material rather than being a vehicle for The Rock, but also...

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