Whether you love or hate them, remakes have been around for a long time, and they’re not slowing down anytime soon. An update on The Crow is set to arrive this summer, with Hollywood’s version of Speak No Evil not far behind, just as two upcoming examples.
While not all remakes can hold a candle to the original, there’s been no shortage of fantastic movies that reworked genre favorites in thrilling new ways. Some of which even managed to eclipse the original classics, like 1986’s The Fly or 1982’s The Thing.
This week’s streaming picks are dedicated to horror remakes that set themselves apart from the source material, either through expanded storytelling or heightened, visceral horror.
Here’s where you can stream them this week.
For more Stay Home, Watch Horror picks, click here.
The Blob – Tubi
Chuck Russell and Frank Darabont’s remake of...
While not all remakes can hold a candle to the original, there’s been no shortage of fantastic movies that reworked genre favorites in thrilling new ways. Some of which even managed to eclipse the original classics, like 1986’s The Fly or 1982’s The Thing.
This week’s streaming picks are dedicated to horror remakes that set themselves apart from the source material, either through expanded storytelling or heightened, visceral horror.
Here’s where you can stream them this week.
For more Stay Home, Watch Horror picks, click here.
The Blob – Tubi
Chuck Russell and Frank Darabont’s remake of...
- 3/25/2024
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Scream Factory is looking to make this summer one to remember for horror fans with a bunch of new Blu-ray releases, and perhaps one of their most anticipated titles is 2001's Thirteen Ghosts, the Dark Castle remake of William Castle's 1960 film. Initially slated for a June 9th debut, the new Collector's Edition Blu-ray is now coming out on July 28th, and we've been provided with the full list of special features, including a new audio commentary with director Steve Beck:
Press Release: This summer, thrills and chills abound with the arrival of the horror thriller Thirteen Ghosts Collector’s Edition Blu-ray on July 28, 2020 from Scream Factory™. Awesome ectoplasmic specters populate Thirteen Ghosts, an effects-rampant remake of the 1960 William Castle haunted-house film directed by Steve Beck (Ghost Ship) and from producers Gilbert Adler (House on Haunted Hill), Joel Silver and Robert Zemeckis. Tony Shalhoub (Galaxy Quest) leads a cast...
Press Release: This summer, thrills and chills abound with the arrival of the horror thriller Thirteen Ghosts Collector’s Edition Blu-ray on July 28, 2020 from Scream Factory™. Awesome ectoplasmic specters populate Thirteen Ghosts, an effects-rampant remake of the 1960 William Castle haunted-house film directed by Steve Beck (Ghost Ship) and from producers Gilbert Adler (House on Haunted Hill), Joel Silver and Robert Zemeckis. Tony Shalhoub (Galaxy Quest) leads a cast...
- 6/16/2020
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
The Bat
Blu ray
The Film Detective
1959 / 1.85:1/ 80 min.
Starring Vincent Price, Agnes Moorehead
Cinematography by Joseph Biroc
Directed by Crane Wilbur
Released during the dog days of summer in August of 1959, The Bat was an air-conditioned summer treat for the eight year-old unprepared for a blood and thunder horror movie – even if this mild thriller does star that consummate killer Vincent Price and Agnes Moorehead as a novelist who dabbles in murder – the more gruesome, the better.
Price plays Malcolm Wells, a small-town doctor who’s just witnessed the confession of one John Fleming, a larcenous bank president who’s embezzled a fortune from his own vault. Knowing an opportunity when he sees it, Wells promptly shoots Fleming and sets off to find the loot, hidden in a creaky mansion called The Oaks. Waiting for him is Cornelia Van Gorder (Moorehead), a specialist in pulp fiction unaware that the...
Blu ray
The Film Detective
1959 / 1.85:1/ 80 min.
Starring Vincent Price, Agnes Moorehead
Cinematography by Joseph Biroc
Directed by Crane Wilbur
Released during the dog days of summer in August of 1959, The Bat was an air-conditioned summer treat for the eight year-old unprepared for a blood and thunder horror movie – even if this mild thriller does star that consummate killer Vincent Price and Agnes Moorehead as a novelist who dabbles in murder – the more gruesome, the better.
Price plays Malcolm Wells, a small-town doctor who’s just witnessed the confession of one John Fleming, a larcenous bank president who’s embezzled a fortune from his own vault. Knowing an opportunity when he sees it, Wells promptly shoots Fleming and sets off to find the loot, hidden in a creaky mansion called The Oaks. Waiting for him is Cornelia Van Gorder (Moorehead), a specialist in pulp fiction unaware that the...
- 5/12/2020
- by Charlie Largent
- Trailers from Hell
What fears lie within the heart of man? Can fear actually kill you, and if so, is it in the form of a parasitic slug that crushes your spine and takes your life? The only appropriate answers would be: a) many, b) yes, and c) most definitely – especially if gimmick master William Castle has anything to say about it. The Tingler (1959) manages to rise above the hucksterism (although it’s there in spades) to slyly comment on marital relations and creepy body horror in a very entertaining B movie setting.
Coming off the success of House on Haunted Hill earlier in the year, Columbia Pictures was eager to stay in the Castle business and quickly green lit the film, bringing him back to direct, Vincent Price to star, and Robb White (Macabre) to write. Released at the end of July, The Tingler did well with audiences looking for a fun and immersive experience,...
Coming off the success of House on Haunted Hill earlier in the year, Columbia Pictures was eager to stay in the Castle business and quickly green lit the film, bringing him back to direct, Vincent Price to star, and Robb White (Macabre) to write. Released at the end of July, The Tingler did well with audiences looking for a fun and immersive experience,...
- 2/1/2020
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
[This Halloween season, we're paying tribute to classic horror cinema by celebrating films released before 1970! Check back on Daily Dead this month for more retrospectives on classic horror films, and visit our online hub to catch up on all of our Halloween 2019 special features!]
“Only the ghosts in this house are glad we’re here.” While William Castle didn’t invent the “strangers meeting in a singular location under sinister circumstances” motif that was at the heart of House on Haunted Hill back in 1959, it was Castle’s late ’50s shocker that repopularized it amongst movie fans in America, with the help of his “Emergo” gimmicks, and building on the grand success of Macabre just a year prior.
Castle put out a lot of memorable horror jaunts during his career, and even 60 years since House on Haunted Hill first thrilled audiences with its supernaturally charged mystery, its influence looms over the realm of genre storytelling and is still being felt today. Like many of Castle’s genre efforts, it delivered up immersive thrills and chills, and House became yet another major turning point in Castle’s career as well, cementing his legacy as the...
“Only the ghosts in this house are glad we’re here.” While William Castle didn’t invent the “strangers meeting in a singular location under sinister circumstances” motif that was at the heart of House on Haunted Hill back in 1959, it was Castle’s late ’50s shocker that repopularized it amongst movie fans in America, with the help of his “Emergo” gimmicks, and building on the grand success of Macabre just a year prior.
Castle put out a lot of memorable horror jaunts during his career, and even 60 years since House on Haunted Hill first thrilled audiences with its supernaturally charged mystery, its influence looms over the realm of genre storytelling and is still being felt today. Like many of Castle’s genre efforts, it delivered up immersive thrills and chills, and House became yet another major turning point in Castle’s career as well, cementing his legacy as the...
- 10/14/2019
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Does this William Castle double feature send shivers up your spine? Perhaps it's... the tingler! The third of five films that director William Castle and writer Robb White worked on together, The Tingler (1959) Blu-ray will be released on August 21st from Scream Factory, along with 1964's Strait-Jacket, starring Joan Crawford!
You can read Scream Factory's Blu-ray announcement below, and there will be more information to come once bonus features are announced, so stay up to date with Daily Dead for more details!
From Scream Factory: "Today we’re happy to reveal that we are releasing two of William Castle’s more prominent cult classics this Summer! The Tingler (1959) with Vincent Price and Strait-jacket (1964) with Joan Crawford will both shock and chop on Blu-ray for the first time on August 21st. Extras will be announced on a later date.
If you order directly from us on our site we’ll ship it out two weeks early!
You can read Scream Factory's Blu-ray announcement below, and there will be more information to come once bonus features are announced, so stay up to date with Daily Dead for more details!
From Scream Factory: "Today we’re happy to reveal that we are releasing two of William Castle’s more prominent cult classics this Summer! The Tingler (1959) with Vincent Price and Strait-jacket (1964) with Joan Crawford will both shock and chop on Blu-ray for the first time on August 21st. Extras will be announced on a later date.
If you order directly from us on our site we’ll ship it out two weeks early!
- 4/23/2018
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Ghosts are famous for their flexibility, spiraling through keyholes and up from the floorboards in search of their next mark. But movies about ghosts can be flexible too. Three classics of the genre, The Uninvited, House on Haunted Hill and The Innocents, demonstrate that there’s more than one way haunt a house.
These films never appeared on any triple bill that I know of, but I’d like to think they did, somewhere in some small town with a theater manager that knew a good scare when he saw it. How could the programmer resist it? Each film is united by a beautiful black and white sheen, eerie locales and their ability to scare the bejeezus out of you. But they’re also alike in their differences, coming at their specters from distinctly different vantage points.
1944’s The Uninvited, a three-hankie haunted house tale with a dysfunctional family subplot,...
These films never appeared on any triple bill that I know of, but I’d like to think they did, somewhere in some small town with a theater manager that knew a good scare when he saw it. How could the programmer resist it? Each film is united by a beautiful black and white sheen, eerie locales and their ability to scare the bejeezus out of you. But they’re also alike in their differences, coming at their specters from distinctly different vantage points.
1944’s The Uninvited, a three-hankie haunted house tale with a dysfunctional family subplot,...
- 10/28/2017
- by Charlie Largent
- Trailers from Hell
David Cronenberg swaps his venereal ick-monsters for Samantha Eggar's mater furiosa, an annihilating female who commits her killings as would the villain of a Greek tragedy -- through her offspring. Oliver Reed is the new-age guru of 'Psychoplasmics,' who teaches Eggar to direct her rage in an utterly unique way. The disturbing concept sounds less preposterous when one finds out it was written in response to a brutal divorce experience. Hell hath no fury. The Brood Blu-ray The Criterion Collection 777 1979 / Color / 1:78 widescreen / 92 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date October 13, 2015 / 39.95 Starring Oliver Reed, Samantha Eggar, Art Hindle, Henry Beckman, Nuala Fitzgerald, Cindy Hinds, Susan Hogan, Gary McKeehan, Michael Magee, Robert Silverman, Felix Silla. Cinematography Mark Irwin Film Editor Alan Collins Original Music Howard Shore Special Makeup Jack Young, Dennis Pike Art Direction Carol Spier Produced by Claude Héroux Written and Directed by David Cronenberg
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Reviewed by...
- 10/27/2015
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
★★☆☆☆ The division between deranged villainy and complete buffoonery is a fine one. As bloodthirsty, silver-tongued businessman John Madec in French director Jean-Baptiste Léonetti's Beyond the Reach (2014), Michael Douglas tramples all over the line drawn in the Mojave desert sand as a maniacal caricature of Gordon Gekko toting a high-calibre Austrian rifle. Based on the 1972 novel Deathwatch by Robb White, Léonetti's film could have occurred any time since and in any barren, unforgiving landscape.
- 10/14/2015
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Michael Douglas is suitably villainous in this modern Western about a wealthy hunter gone rogue in the California desert
Related: Michael Douglas: ‘It’s more fun to be bad!’
Michael Douglas serves up an enjoyably villainous performance for this survival thriller in the classic 70s style of Deliverance and Duel, based on the 1972 novel Deathwatch by Robb White. It’s certainly tense, with some nice touches, though with plausibility issues and an odd, unnecessary coda. Douglas plays Madec, a rich and thoroughly obnoxious asshole who’s come to the Mojave desert basin for some hunting, driving a flashy Mercedes SUV and using a customised Austrian hunting rifle. For a guide, he hires Ben (played by Jeremy Irvine), a young local guy with excellent knowledge of the terrain. But while out there in the burning heat there is a terrible incident caused by Madec’s arrogant irresponsibility; Ben refuses to...
Related: Michael Douglas: ‘It’s more fun to be bad!’
Michael Douglas serves up an enjoyably villainous performance for this survival thriller in the classic 70s style of Deliverance and Duel, based on the 1972 novel Deathwatch by Robb White. It’s certainly tense, with some nice touches, though with plausibility issues and an odd, unnecessary coda. Douglas plays Madec, a rich and thoroughly obnoxious asshole who’s come to the Mojave desert basin for some hunting, driving a flashy Mercedes SUV and using a customised Austrian hunting rifle. For a guide, he hires Ben (played by Jeremy Irvine), a young local guy with excellent knowledge of the terrain. But while out there in the burning heat there is a terrible incident caused by Madec’s arrogant irresponsibility; Ben refuses to...
- 7/30/2015
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
I struggled to start this review because Beyond The Reach divided me in a tonally confusing, strangely endearing kind of way. Director Jean-Baptiste Léonetti calls upon the blistering Mojave Desert heat in his adaptation of Robb White’s novel Deathwatch, but he also calls upon a goofy-as-hell Michael Douglas. Part of the film wants to be this badass “most dangerous game” reimagining, turning Douglas’ character into a comic-booky Bond villain, while another more reserved aspect thrives on exploiting an extremely human struggle between two obviously mismatched classes. It’s about the rich vs. the poor, not just man vs. man, but most importantly, it’s about a raging lunatic who looks like a Cabela’s poster child gone apeshit.
Michael Douglas plays Madec, a millionaire/billionaire businessman who loves hunting big game. Jeremy Irvine plays Ben, a local tracker who is pining over a girlfriend who just left for a more fruitful college life.
Michael Douglas plays Madec, a millionaire/billionaire businessman who loves hunting big game. Jeremy Irvine plays Ben, a local tracker who is pining over a girlfriend who just left for a more fruitful college life.
- 4/17/2015
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
Michael Douglas goes behind the scenes of his neo-Western Beyond the Reach in a new featurette.
The actor has teamed with filmmaker Jean-Baptiste Léonetti on an adaptation of Robb White's acclaimed 1972 young adult novel Deathwatch.
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Douglas stars as alpha-male big-game hunter Madec, who has a tragic accident out on the range while hunting a big horned sheep.
Madec attempts to broker a vow of silence with his young companion Ben (Jeremy Irvine), only for the consequences of their accident to begin haunting both men before long.
"[This film] had everything. It had a great story, a really interesting character and a lot more kind of action than a lot of movies that I've done," Irvine reveals in Beyond the Reach's extended featurette.
Viewers are also taken to the location filming of the...
The actor has teamed with filmmaker Jean-Baptiste Léonetti on an adaptation of Robb White's acclaimed 1972 young adult novel Deathwatch.
Michael Douglas turns 70: We celebrate with 18 classic pictures
Michael Douglas receives Unicef award for nuclear campaign work
Douglas stars as alpha-male big-game hunter Madec, who has a tragic accident out on the range while hunting a big horned sheep.
Madec attempts to broker a vow of silence with his young companion Ben (Jeremy Irvine), only for the consequences of their accident to begin haunting both men before long.
"[This film] had everything. It had a great story, a really interesting character and a lot more kind of action than a lot of movies that I've done," Irvine reveals in Beyond the Reach's extended featurette.
Viewers are also taken to the location filming of the...
- 4/15/2015
- Digital Spy
In 1972, novelist Robb White wrote the desert thriller Deathwatch, about a rich hunter named Madec who accidentally kills a human in the Mojave and decides to cover up his mistake by murdering his guide. Two years later, it was turned into the film Savages, starring Andy Griffith in the lead role. Griffith was unexpectedly great as a big-city bigwig, but the decades since have given us Michael Douglas, the slick-haired snake-oil actor who seems to have been slithering toward this part for 40 years. Now Douglas gets a crack at the character in Jean-Baptiste Léonetti's remake Beyond the Reach. Today, the millionaire sniper stalks his prey in a $500,000 Mercedes SUV stocked with an espresso machine. Yet while Madec sautés asparagu...
- 4/15/2015
- Village Voice
Beyond The Reach Roadside Attractions Reviewed by: Harvey Karten for Shockya. Databased on Rotten Tomatoes. Grade: B Director: Jean-Baptiste Léonetti Screenwriter: Stephen Susco, from Robb White’s book “Deathwatch” Cast: Michael Douglas, Jeremy Irvine Screened at: Dolby24, NYC, 4/7/15 Opens: April 17, 2015 This year’s third month has gone down as the coldest March on record in those parts of the Northeast afflicted with a steady reading of five degrees on the Fahrenheit scale. But as some say, there is no such thing as cold weather: there is only the wrong clothing. If you wear the right layers of heavily insulated coats and pants, you can comfortably go out even in [ Read More ]
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- 4/13/2015
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Michael Douglas channels his inner bad guy for Jean Baptiste Léonetti's Beyond The Reach, which sees him as a high rolling corporate shark embarking on a deadly game of cat and mouse with his impoverished tour guide (Jeremy Irvine) during a hunting trip in the Mojave Desert. Based on the Robb White novel Deathwatch, the below trailer promises an incredibly tense two hander, with Douglas on top form as the calculating villain. Check it out below. Released: 17th April (U.S.)/ 17th July (Irl/U.K.)...
- 2/18/2015
- by noreply@blogger.com (Tom White)
- www.themoviebit.com
This summer we'll see Michael Douglas in Marvel mode as he has a co-starring role in Ant-Man alongside Paul Rudd. But before then, Douglas is getting a little dark with a thriller called Beyond the Reach. In what is essentially a more campy adaptation of The Most Dangerous Game, the film follows an upscale loan shark who is taking in the Mojave Desert with a little hunt. But when his young guide (Jeremy Irvine) is surprising by his human-hunting game, he ends up being the next target, with nowhere to run but deeper into the scorching, dry wasteland. This looks like an awesome B-movie right on par with the first Taken. Here's the first trailer for Jean-Baptiste Léonetti's Beyond the Reach, originally from Yahoo: Beyond the Reach is directed by French filmmaker Jean-Baptiste Léonetti and written by Stephen Susco (The Grudge), based on the book Deathwatch by Robb White.
- 2/6/2015
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
The first Vincent Price collection from Scream Factory was a pure treasure. When October rolls around, almost nothing puts me in the Halloween mood like a constant stream of Vincent Price films on my TV. Never did I think that Scream could improve upon their original price collection, but when the films that would be included in this new set were announced, I was shocked. The first Vincent Price Collection has some really solid Price films, mostly of a Poe nature, and it was one of the most exciting releases of the year for fans of classic horror. The second set, drops the Poe theme(mostly), and includes some of Price’s most famous, well-regarded films, including a couple of my favorites. The list of films is impressive, and there are extras on most of the films. The packaging is consistent, and equally pleasing to the eyes. Scream Factory’s...
- 10/21/2014
- by Shawn Savage
- The Liberal Dead
It takes a lot these days to create a movie thriller that is somewhat original and fresh. There are so many well-worn set-ups that every so often, we need something slightly unusual to shake the genre up a bit. That may be what we have to look forward to with The Reach, which made an appearance at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival and is now sealing a $2 million deal for the Us distribution rights.
The film stars Michael Douglas as Madec – a high-profile corporate lawyer whose intimidating skill in the courtroom is matched by his cold precision as a hunter. Obtaining a rare permit to spend seven days hunting big game in the Mojave Desert, Madec hires the quiet, conservative young Ben (Jeremy Irvine) as a guide, but finds his retreat takes a turn for the darker when he accidentally shoots an innocent man and realizes Ben won’t be helping him cover it up.
The film stars Michael Douglas as Madec – a high-profile corporate lawyer whose intimidating skill in the courtroom is matched by his cold precision as a hunter. Obtaining a rare permit to spend seven days hunting big game in the Mojave Desert, Madec hires the quiet, conservative young Ben (Jeremy Irvine) as a guide, but finds his retreat takes a turn for the darker when he accidentally shoots an innocent man and realizes Ben won’t be helping him cover it up.
- 9/9/2014
- by Sarah Myles
- We Got This Covered
The first Vincent Price collection that was released by Scream Factory is a thing of beauty. It was announced recently that they would bringing us a second collection of Vincent Price films on Blu-ray, and I couldn’t be any more excited about it than I already am. Well, maybe I can be, because Scream Factory just released the full details of the set, and it’s going to be a good one. Check out the press release below, and please click here to pre-order your own copy of this collection, which streets on October 21. Man, October is really upon us, isn’t it?
The Vincent Price Collection II
Featuring The First-ever Blu-ray™ Presentation Of
The House On Haunted Hill (1959), The Return Of The Fly (1959),
The Comedy Of Terrors (1963), The Raven (1963),
The Last Man On Earth (1964), The Tomb Of Ligeia (1964),
And Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972)
In Stores Everywhere On October...
The Vincent Price Collection II
Featuring The First-ever Blu-ray™ Presentation Of
The House On Haunted Hill (1959), The Return Of The Fly (1959),
The Comedy Of Terrors (1963), The Raven (1963),
The Last Man On Earth (1964), The Tomb Of Ligeia (1964),
And Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972)
In Stores Everywhere On October...
- 8/15/2014
- by Shawn Savage
- The Liberal Dead
The Reach
Director: Jean-Baptiste Leonetti
Writer: Stephen Susco
Producer: Michael Douglas, Robert Mitas
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Michael Douglas, Jeremy Irvine, Ronny Cox
Jean-Baptiste Leonetti’s directorial debut was the stylistic dystopian film Carre Blanc, which reflected a world as a Kafkaesque caste system. While it played at Sitges and Toronto, the film never received a Us release, but it was enough to get Leonetti a high profile English language gig starring Michael Douglas. Even more exciting is the fact that this based on a young adult novel by Robb White, the screenwriter that penned a host of William Castle films (of which The Tingler and Homicidal are definitely worth a look, while more popular titles like 13 Ghosts and House on Haunted Hill have recently been remade). All around, it’s an arresting combination and we can’t wait to see what the offbeat Leonetti has in store for us.
Director: Jean-Baptiste Leonetti
Writer: Stephen Susco
Producer: Michael Douglas, Robert Mitas
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Michael Douglas, Jeremy Irvine, Ronny Cox
Jean-Baptiste Leonetti’s directorial debut was the stylistic dystopian film Carre Blanc, which reflected a world as a Kafkaesque caste system. While it played at Sitges and Toronto, the film never received a Us release, but it was enough to get Leonetti a high profile English language gig starring Michael Douglas. Even more exciting is the fact that this based on a young adult novel by Robb White, the screenwriter that penned a host of William Castle films (of which The Tingler and Homicidal are definitely worth a look, while more popular titles like 13 Ghosts and House on Haunted Hill have recently been remade). All around, it’s an arresting combination and we can’t wait to see what the offbeat Leonetti has in store for us.
- 2/11/2014
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Homicidal (1961)
Starring: Glenn Corbett, Patricia Breslin, Jean Arless
Writer: Robb White
Director: William Castle
Synopsis:
A vicious murder of a justice of the peace leads the police to Salvang, California, where the murderer, Emily, lives. As we delve into Emily’s life, we see her erratic relationships with her family and friends, and we learn about an inheritance worth millions.
Review:
Call William Castle a ripoff or a hack or whatever; the fact still remains that he was a genius at marketing his movies. Even the gimmicks that didn’t work were super intriguing. For House on Haunted Hill- filmed in Emergo, wire attached skeletons flew over the audience. The Tingler- filmed in Percepto, vibrating buzzers were used under the theater seats. 13 Ghosts- filmed in Illusion-o, the audience were given ghost viewer’s/removers. And that brings us to Homicidal, which contains a Fright Break- a 45 second timer...
Starring: Glenn Corbett, Patricia Breslin, Jean Arless
Writer: Robb White
Director: William Castle
Synopsis:
A vicious murder of a justice of the peace leads the police to Salvang, California, where the murderer, Emily, lives. As we delve into Emily’s life, we see her erratic relationships with her family and friends, and we learn about an inheritance worth millions.
Review:
Call William Castle a ripoff or a hack or whatever; the fact still remains that he was a genius at marketing his movies. Even the gimmicks that didn’t work were super intriguing. For House on Haunted Hill- filmed in Emergo, wire attached skeletons flew over the audience. The Tingler- filmed in Percepto, vibrating buzzers were used under the theater seats. 13 Ghosts- filmed in Illusion-o, the audience were given ghost viewer’s/removers. And that brings us to Homicidal, which contains a Fright Break- a 45 second timer...
- 10/2/2013
- by Eric King
- The Liberal Dead
Jeremy Irvine is officially on board for the upcoming action thriller The Reach, which comes from director Jean-Baptiste Leonetti and is based on Robb White‘s novel Deathwatch. Irvine joins previously announced Michael Douglas who is already set to star as a hunting enthusiast in the whole thing. Head inside to find more details… At this moment we know that Leonetti will direct the movie from a script written by Stephen Susco, which revolves around the above mentioned hunter who hires a guide (Irvine) for a trek through the desert. The two start off on the wrong foot and things only get worse when the hunter...
- 9/8/2013
- by Jeanne Standal
- Filmofilia
After surviving the rigours of conflict in War Horse and the Dickensian dramas of Great Expectations, Jeremy Irvine will face a fresh challenge for a new film, The Reach. How much of a challenge? Try a wilderness trip with a psychopathic Michael Douglas.Jean-Baptiste Leonetti is set to craft the thriller from Stephen Susco’s script, itself an adaptation of Robb White’s 1972 novel Deathwatch.The story finds a hunting enthusiast (Douglas) hiring a guide (Irvine) to take him on a trip through the desert. But because no journey like this in a movie can ever go quite smoothly, the first patch of trouble hits when the hunter kills a prospector.From there, things get increasingly scary as the nutty gun enthusiast turns on the guide and puts him through a variety of painful physical and mental tests. If it turns up to be part of a job application to work for Microsoft,...
- 9/8/2013
- EmpireOnline
Jeremy Irvine, who appears alongside Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman in Toronto premiere The Railway Man, has joined Michael Douglas on The Reach.
Good Universe is handling international sales on the action thriller from Douglas’ Furthur Films based on Robb White’s 73 young adult novel Deathwatch. Irvine also starred in War Horse.
Hanna Mangan-Lawrence and Ronny Cox have also come on board the story about a big game hunter who hires a young guide to lead him into the American desert.
Jean-Baptiste Leonetti will direct from a screenplay by Stephen Susco. Robert Mitas produces for Furthur Films while Susco and Philip Elway will serve as executive producers.
Good Universe is handling international sales on the action thriller from Douglas’ Furthur Films based on Robb White’s 73 young adult novel Deathwatch. Irvine also starred in War Horse.
Hanna Mangan-Lawrence and Ronny Cox have also come on board the story about a big game hunter who hires a young guide to lead him into the American desert.
Jean-Baptiste Leonetti will direct from a screenplay by Stephen Susco. Robert Mitas produces for Furthur Films while Susco and Philip Elway will serve as executive producers.
- 9/7/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Jeremy Irvine ("War Horse," "Great Expectations") has signed on to star in Jean-Baptiste Leonetti's thriller "The Reach".
Stephen Susco penned the script based on Robb White's 1972 novel "Deathwatch". The story follows a hunting enthusiast (Michael Douglas) who hire a guide (Irvine) for a trek through the desert.
The already tense relationship turns worse when the hunter kills a prospector, and then becomes a merciless torturer to the guide - putting him through painful mental and physical tests in the middle of a sweltering desert.
Douglas and Robet Mitas are producing. Filming begins in New Mexico at the end of the month.
Source: Heat Vision...
Stephen Susco penned the script based on Robb White's 1972 novel "Deathwatch". The story follows a hunting enthusiast (Michael Douglas) who hire a guide (Irvine) for a trek through the desert.
The already tense relationship turns worse when the hunter kills a prospector, and then becomes a merciless torturer to the guide - putting him through painful mental and physical tests in the middle of a sweltering desert.
Douglas and Robet Mitas are producing. Filming begins in New Mexico at the end of the month.
Source: Heat Vision...
- 9/7/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Michael Douglas will produce and star in the thriller "The Reach" at Furthur Films and Good Universe.
Based on Robb White’s novel "Deathwatch," Douglas will play an arrogant businessman and big game hunter in pursuit of his ultimate prize who hires a young guide to lead him into the American desert.
After he shoots and kills an innocent man, a game of cat-and-mouse unfolds when the guide refuses to take part in a cover-up.
Jean Baptiste Léonetti ("Carré Blanc") will direct from a script by Stephen Susco. Douglas and Robert Mitas are producing.
Source: Screen Daily...
Based on Robb White’s novel "Deathwatch," Douglas will play an arrogant businessman and big game hunter in pursuit of his ultimate prize who hires a young guide to lead him into the American desert.
After he shoots and kills an innocent man, a game of cat-and-mouse unfolds when the guide refuses to take part in a cover-up.
Jean Baptiste Léonetti ("Carré Blanc") will direct from a script by Stephen Susco. Douglas and Robert Mitas are producing.
Source: Screen Daily...
- 5/8/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
He's back from the dead and ready to party... Well, that's not exactly true, but it does seem difficult to keep William Castle (who passed away in 1977) down. His newest release from beyond the grave, House on Haunted Hill: A William Castle Annotated Screamplay (Complete with Emerg-o), was released on October 31st. And now we've got a book signing to tell you about. Really? Yes, really.
Okay, Mr. Castle will not be at the book signing. At least I don’t think he will, but nothing surprises me with this guy anymore. I think it would be his greatest feat to come shambling out from behind the curtain, undead, with a big silver sharpie, ready to sign copies of his book. However, what we can promise is Castle's daughter, Terry, will be on hand to sign both the House on Haunted Hill book and her father's autobiography. This event takes place on Thursday,...
Okay, Mr. Castle will not be at the book signing. At least I don’t think he will, but nothing surprises me with this guy anymore. I think it would be his greatest feat to come shambling out from behind the curtain, undead, with a big silver sharpie, ready to sign copies of his book. However, what we can promise is Castle's daughter, Terry, will be on hand to sign both the House on Haunted Hill book and her father's autobiography. This event takes place on Thursday,...
- 11/1/2011
- by Doctor Gash
- DreadCentral.com
For all the entertaining he did in life, William Castle is proving to be just as enjoyable in the afterlife. We recently told you about his upcoming book From the Grave: The Prayer. Now the ghostly scribe has yet another work about to be released, and this one's based around a classic film.
House on Haunted Hill: A William Castle Annotated Screamplay is a completely restored authentic script from Castle's most recognizable work. It's so complete it even contains Castle's handwritten notes. A true look into the mind of this brilliant director/showman. The book has an October 31 release date and is a very interesting collector's item for fans of the late(?) director. Read on for the details and info on some upcoming live(?) events.
From the Press Release
Due out on October 31, 2011, William Castle Productions proudly presents House on Haunted Hill: A William Castle Annotated Screamplay. The...
House on Haunted Hill: A William Castle Annotated Screamplay is a completely restored authentic script from Castle's most recognizable work. It's so complete it even contains Castle's handwritten notes. A true look into the mind of this brilliant director/showman. The book has an October 31 release date and is a very interesting collector's item for fans of the late(?) director. Read on for the details and info on some upcoming live(?) events.
From the Press Release
Due out on October 31, 2011, William Castle Productions proudly presents House on Haunted Hill: A William Castle Annotated Screamplay. The...
- 10/7/2011
- by Doctor Gash
- DreadCentral.com
For those interested in classic horror, William Castle Productions presents a brand new release of the script from the iconic horror film The House On Haunted Hill. Check out excerpts from the press release:
Due out on October 31, 2011, William Castle Productions proudly presents House on Haunted Hill: A William Castle Annotated Screamplay. The book features legendary horror filmmaker William Castle’s authentic working script from his 1959 classic thriller with original formatting and Castle’s own hand-written notes. This collector’s item even comes with a new twist on Castle’s famous theater gimmick, Emerg-o. The 248-page book includes a foreword by acclaimed director Joe Dante (Gremlins, The Howling, Matinee), hailing the book as “an important artifact.” It also includes an introduction by William’s daughter, Terry Castle, who shares her personal thoughts on this seminal piece of film history. A critical perspective of the film by writer and illustrator...
Due out on October 31, 2011, William Castle Productions proudly presents House on Haunted Hill: A William Castle Annotated Screamplay. The book features legendary horror filmmaker William Castle’s authentic working script from his 1959 classic thriller with original formatting and Castle’s own hand-written notes. This collector’s item even comes with a new twist on Castle’s famous theater gimmick, Emerg-o. The 248-page book includes a foreword by acclaimed director Joe Dante (Gremlins, The Howling, Matinee), hailing the book as “an important artifact.” It also includes an introduction by William’s daughter, Terry Castle, who shares her personal thoughts on this seminal piece of film history. A critical perspective of the film by writer and illustrator...
- 10/7/2011
- by Marc
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
Film director whose work included the wartime masterpiece Western Approaches
The director Pat Jackson, who has died aged 95, was best known for the semi-documentary war film Western Approaches (1944). This neglected classic – a feature-length portrait of the Battle of the Atlantic – was shot under the auspices of the Ministry of Information's Crown Film Unit and predominantly filmed at sea under hazardous conditions. The shoot's logistical nightmares were compounded by the vast size of the Technicolor camera. Jackson himself devised the story of the imminent convergence of a German U-boat and an English ship which is on the way to save a group of comrades in a lifeboat.
Jackson was in his late 20s when he shot Western Approaches with the outstanding cameraman Jack Cardiff and a cast of amateur actors. It was a remarkable achievement that remained unsurpassed throughout the writer-director's lengthy career. The film was well received in Britain and...
The director Pat Jackson, who has died aged 95, was best known for the semi-documentary war film Western Approaches (1944). This neglected classic – a feature-length portrait of the Battle of the Atlantic – was shot under the auspices of the Ministry of Information's Crown Film Unit and predominantly filmed at sea under hazardous conditions. The shoot's logistical nightmares were compounded by the vast size of the Technicolor camera. Jackson himself devised the story of the imminent convergence of a German U-boat and an English ship which is on the way to save a group of comrades in a lifeboat.
Jackson was in his late 20s when he shot Western Approaches with the outstanding cameraman Jack Cardiff and a cast of amateur actors. It was a remarkable achievement that remained unsurpassed throughout the writer-director's lengthy career. The film was well received in Britain and...
- 7/12/2011
- by Brian Baxter
- The Guardian - Film News
"William Castle's Shockers", presented by the very undead folks from Cinefamily at Hollywood, California's iconic Silent Movie Theatre, has been running Saturday nights in October. Of course there will also be a double feature on Halloween night, Sunday, October 31st.
Here's a list of what will be shown during the last two weekends of the month. See you at The Silent Movie Theatre, 611 North Fairfax Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90048; for more info call (323) 655-2520.
October 23rd / Macabre shown with Mr. Sardonicus
Macabre - 6:00pm
Macabre is a taut little race-the-clock picture about a kidnapped doctor's daughter and the his panicked attempts to save her! This was Castle’s first foray into horror (though he’d made some fine noir thrillers), and there’s the extra pleasure of the ever-jovial Jim Backus (Mr. Howell from “Gilligan’s Island”, and the voice of Mr. Magoo) sliming it up in a...
Here's a list of what will be shown during the last two weekends of the month. See you at The Silent Movie Theatre, 611 North Fairfax Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90048; for more info call (323) 655-2520.
October 23rd / Macabre shown with Mr. Sardonicus
Macabre - 6:00pm
Macabre is a taut little race-the-clock picture about a kidnapped doctor's daughter and the his panicked attempts to save her! This was Castle’s first foray into horror (though he’d made some fine noir thrillers), and there’s the extra pleasure of the ever-jovial Jim Backus (Mr. Howell from “Gilligan’s Island”, and the voice of Mr. Magoo) sliming it up in a...
- 10/20/2010
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Director: William Castle.
Writer: Robb White.
The original House on Haunted Hill was released in 1959 and starred Vincent Price and Carol Ohmart. Currently being distributed by Cheezy Flicks, the House on Haunted Hill has more to tell viewers of the progression of horror rather than being reviewed as a stand alone film. Fifty years later, the faults of the film can be seen, but what is also worth a look at is the emphasis on dialogue, character interaction, and plot driven stories.
In brief, the House on Haunted Hill involves five strangers being invited to a desolate mansion for a night of survival. Whoever lasts until the morning will earn $10,000. That is a pretty good sum for seven hours work. However, what is not told to the invitees, before they arrive, is that seven people have died at that location before they entered the premises. The seven current guests drink,...
Writer: Robb White.
The original House on Haunted Hill was released in 1959 and starred Vincent Price and Carol Ohmart. Currently being distributed by Cheezy Flicks, the House on Haunted Hill has more to tell viewers of the progression of horror rather than being reviewed as a stand alone film. Fifty years later, the faults of the film can be seen, but what is also worth a look at is the emphasis on dialogue, character interaction, and plot driven stories.
In brief, the House on Haunted Hill involves five strangers being invited to a desolate mansion for a night of survival. Whoever lasts until the morning will earn $10,000. That is a pretty good sum for seven hours work. However, what is not told to the invitees, before they arrive, is that seven people have died at that location before they entered the premises. The seven current guests drink,...
- 1/27/2010
- by Michael Ross Allen
- 28 Days Later Analysis
The William Castle Film Collection (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, $80.95) assembles the master showman’s eight Columbia Pictures features in one set. Three (Zotz!, 13 Frightened Girls, The Old Dark House) are new to DVD. Only two are in color (Girls, House), but black and white works far better here to evoke film fear anyhow. Castle produced and directed them all (though he shares a producing credit with Hammer Films’ Anthony Hinds on the House remake). Three were scripted by Robb White (who also wrote Castle’s earlier gimmicky genre hits MacAbre and House On Haunted Hill) while Ray Russell and Robert Dillon racked up two scripts each and Starlog contributor Robert Bloch penned one.
The films (fantasies, thrillers, comedies) are grouped sort of by theme, two per disc. So, 13 Frightened Girls (a.k.a. The Candy Web) is teamed with 13 Ghosts for the triskaidekaphobia entry. Homicidal and Strait-jacket represent the murder,...
The films (fantasies, thrillers, comedies) are grouped sort of by theme, two per disc. So, 13 Frightened Girls (a.k.a. The Candy Web) is teamed with 13 Ghosts for the triskaidekaphobia entry. Homicidal and Strait-jacket represent the murder,...
- 10/20/2009
- by no-reply@starlog.com (David McDonnell)
- Starlog
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