Near Dark Gets the Twilight Treatment with DVD Re-Release

Near Dark is one of the coolest Vampire movies ever made.  It was over-shadowed by The Lost Boys back in 1987 but is a vastly superior Vampire story.  Plus it has a handful of the cast from Aliens, including a very entertaining Bill Paxton.  Also, it stars Adrian Pasdar, totally unknown then but known for his role as Nathan Petrelli in Heroes.

With the recent vampire-craze of Twilight and the much more credible True Blood, Lionsgate has re-released Near Dark with artwork eerily similar to Twilight‘s DVD box art.

Lame.

Here’s my advice, go to Amazon.com right now and buy the 2 disc Anchor Bay Special Edition.  It’s much more tasty (and only a few $$ more, used it’s even cheaper).

[Source: Row Three, Twitch, HorrorsNotDead]

Movie Trailer: District 9

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Here’s the first full trailer for Neill Blomkamp’s District 9. OK, I’m fully interested now. The teaser was pretty sweet. This is pretty epic.

Plot Synopsis:

An extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth suddenly find a kindred spirit in a government agent that is exposed to their biotechnology.

[Source: Slashfilm]

Alive in Joburg Short Film

The trailer for District 9 will be attached to Wolverine  in theaters.  I’ll be posting it on the site later today, but for now you can see it via Slashfilm. (Or watch the trailer in HD on Apple.com).

Above is the short film, Alive in Joburg directed by  Neill Blomkamp. This inspired the full length feature District 9.  It’s pretty amazing.  Check it out.

2009 looks like a pretty good year for Science Fiction! District 9 will hit theaters on August 14th 2009.

Viking/Alien flick Outlander Finally has Release Date!

I have been waiting for this movie for a LONG time. Outlander has been in the unfortunate hands of the Weinstein Co. who doesn’t know how to market movies (example: Grindhouse released on Easter?!).

We finally have a release date, January 23rd! I’m hoping this flick is worth the wait. It will definitely quench the thirst for Viking and Alien mayhem.

Plot Synopsis:

Outlander finds Jim Caviezel playing a man named Kainan who crash-lands on earth, pursued by a creature known as the Moorwen. Kainan’s predicament has interrupted the lives of village of vikings and together they must fuse his weaponry with theirs to fight the predator. Sophia Myles, Ron Perlman and John Hurt co-star. Patrick Tatopoulos designed the film’s main beast.

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