The greatest Monster movie of the year with the lowest budget

Six years ago NASA discovered the possibility of alien life within our solar system. A probe was launched to collect samples, but crashed upon reentry over Central America. Soon after, new life forms began to appear and half of Mexico was quarantined as an INFECTED ZONE. Today, the American and Mexican military still struggle to contain “the creatures” ... Our story begins when a U.S. journalist agrees to escort a shaken American tourist through the infected zone to the safety of the U.S. border.

Gareth Edwars made this movie with just 800.000 dollars. Of course, he had computers and VFX programs, but he actually shoot a movie with no more than one camera man, one guy recording the sound and two friends as his main characters. There were no locations chosen before the shooting started. They were just travelling around and once they spotted a nice place to shoot in they would jumped out of the van they were driving and started shooting.

2011 starts with the firts seconds of John Carpenter´s The Ward

I watched The ward back in October, at 2010 Sitges Film festival. I´ll review this movie when it comes out but it was a pretty good movie. It´s not going to reinvent the genre but it has everything to be a good horror movie: chilling atmosphere, crazy girls locked in a mental hospital, possible ghosts... John Carpenter is finally back!

Good Bye 2010; Wellcome 2011

The 2010 is gone. Inception, The social network, Monsters, Toy story 3, the king´s speech, Iron Man 2, Kick-Ass, Scot Pilgrim... 

Pleaase wellcome a new, happy and entertainment filled 201.

From The 13th Floor, 

Happy New year.

the countdown has began

The 44th International Sitges Film Festival will start the sixth of October 2011. We´re already counting the days down to be there again.

Julia´s eyes breaks the spanish box office

Guillermo del Toro´s production has reached 6.770.000 Euros at the Spanish box office, a number that makes the film the most successful Spanish movie of 2010. Guillem Morales directed a movie about a woman (Belén Rueda) who is seeking answers about the mysterious death of her twin sister, who was blind at the moment of death. The movie has been described as a journey to the darkness. Literally, because the farther Rueda´s character goes through that journey the blinder she gets. Finally she will have to face the chilling truth of her sister´s death.

"After the tragic death of his wife and child, famed American author Joseph Crone travels from the United States to Barcelona, Spain to reunite with his estranged brother Samuel and dying father, Richard. However, fate has a different plan for Joseph as his life becomes plagued with strange happenings, and the constant sightings of the number 11. Curiosity quickly turns to obsession, and Joseph soon realizes that this number holds a horrific meaning not only to himself but possibly to all of religion. Isolated in a foreign country with only the support of his companion, Sadie, Joseph soon realizes that 11/11/11 is more than just a date, it's a WARNING!"

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The french are creepy

Two trailers had just hit the webs with a creepy alternate world and misterious characters. IBC films, one of the leading American distributors of independent and foreign films, have released the trailers to promote these French movies. Two different directors are working with the rules of only one genre, which seems pretty interesting. Limited releases won´t be a problem for those of you who like thrillers and want to check out what the french are up to with these films.

IBC tells us that Black Heaven is directed by an exciting new French filmmaker called Gilles Marchand. The story (featuring a terrifically sexy young cast) follows an innocent young kid, Gaspar (Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet of LOVE SONGS), who, becoming enamored with a mysterious/gorgeous girl (Louise Bourgoin, THE GIRL FROM MONACO), is lured into "Black Hole" - a dark, obscure video game world of avatars with deadly serious intentions in the real world. The trailer, as our friends of Arrow in the Head pointed out, looks like a creepy, demented version of Tron: Legacy, with all that neon-tinged look of an alternative world.

Then we´ve got In their sleep, another thriller written and directed by Caroline and Eric du Potet. Again, IBC´s official synopsis tell us that after the brutal death of her 18 year-old son, Sarah's life is in pieces. Late one night, her car accidentally hits Arthur, a young man the same age as her boy, who suddenly emerges out of the forest and onto the road. Wounded and frightened, he is running from a mysterious assailant, hunting him down after Arthur caught him red handed in the act of burglary... Sarah sympathizes with him, taking him in, only to be tracked down by the burglar whose murderous rage towards Arthur forces her to take action. Unbeknownst to Sarah, things aren't quite the way they seem... but by the time she finally realizes, it is too late to turn back.