Freaky Flicks: Coming Soon To A Theater Near You!

Freaky Flicks: Coming Soon To A Theater Near You!

I thought it might be neat to put a little upcoming release date blog on here for new freaky flicks soon to be blessing us at the cinemas! Me personally, I'm quickly growing tired of the crap horror movies they keep releasing because usually they are ALL the same. We get more re-make slasher flicks or torture porn flicks these days then classic horror movies. Some of them end up being good, but eh, I don't know, I'm growing tired. But at that rate, some people do enjoy those types of movies. So here are some upcoming spook fests soon to be released in theaters.

Halloween II - Rated R - 1 hour 41 minutes - Releases August 28th, 2009

Personally I will not pay to see this film. Someone will have to pay a pretty penny to get me to see this crap fest. I hated the first Rob Zombie remake, and I will probably hate this one more. Basically it's the continuation from the first film in 2007. This one follows Michael Myers on his deadly pursuit of his sister Laurie Strode. Meanwhile Doctor Loomis still tries to bring Michael down to reality and make him stop his nonsense. (that last part was kind of a joke). Should be another gore fest aka bore fest. Way to trash a classic horror series!

The Final Destination: 3D - Rated R - 1 hour 22 minutes - Releases August 28th, 2009

Again, I am not going to see this probable piece of film sewage. I really enjoyed the first one, but the second one was pretty bad in my eyes. I never cared to see the third, and I will not ever see this one. It basically follows the same exact formula as the rest: a character has a premonition about a horrible tragedy then warns everyone to leave before it happens. He saves his friends lives, only to learn that they cheated death and now Death is on a vengeful tear to kill everyone who was supposed to die. This time they die is extremely ridiculous ways, blah blah blah. I'll pass!

Carriers - Rated PG-13 - Unknown running time - Releases September 4th, 2009

This one is about four young people who speed across the Southwestern U.S. in a desperate attempt to outrun a viral pandemic. Over the course of a few days, tough moral decisions will have to be made if they have any chance at survival. This is one of those doomed PG-13 rated horror flicks. Usually they cut out the gore and language and make for a not so "scary" horror movie. For me though, I don't mind. I feel like it gives more chance to focus on tension and story. However, I don't really know if I will see this one because we've seen this storyline many times before.

Sorority Row - Rated R - 1 hour 41 minutes - Releases September 11th, 2009

This one tells the tale of a group of sorority girls pledge to keep mum on the accidental death of one of their sisters; after graduation, however, they find themselves stalked by a serial killer who seems bent on eliminating anyone who knows their secret. This is another one I'll definitely pass on. It sounds way to much like the I Know What You Did Last Summer series...which was just OK.

Jennifer's Body - Rated R - 1 hour 42 minutes - Releases September 18th, 2009

Gee this looks awesome! It's about a cheerleader at a small Midwestern high school becomes possessed by a demon and sets out to kill off all the guys in town. I was kidding about the awesome part. This movie looks so dumb! For some reason it has a lot of hype, and I think it's mainly because it stars Megan Fox (Transformers series) and all the dudes just love to oogle at her...well...not this dude. I'm skippin' it!

Paranormal Activity - Not Rated at the moment - 1 hour 39 minutes - Tentative release date of September 25th, 2009
There are some rumors floating around online backed up by semi-credible sources that this film is finally getting a release date in 2009! It's been a movie 2 years in the making and is one of the most anticipated horror/ghost flicks in years! It was a movie shown at a horror film festival a few years back and it got RAVE reviews, some people calling it the scariest film ever made. Others said it is this generations The Exorcist. It's about a couple who start to experience strange happenings in their home and so they record the events and what they captured was edited into a 99 minute film. This is a paranormal ghost movie to the max. It is all done with the handheld/digital camera trick. A large movie studio loved this film and bought the rights to it and planned to completely remake it and release it. Now it's been said that they just plan to release the original one. We will see if it actually comes out next month. If it does...I am SO there!

Whiteout - Rated R - 1 hour 41 mintues - Releases September 25th, 2009

This is also a movie I am looking forward to! It's not really a paranormal movie, but it is a "dark" film about a killer on the loose. It's plot: At the McMurdo Station in Antarctica, U.S. Marshal Carrie Stetko (played by Kate Beckinsale) looks to identify and capture a killer before the sun sets for six months. I think it looks pretty interesting, and I love a good crime thriller! I don't know if it will be scary at all...but who knows!

Pandorum - Rated R - Unknown running time - Releases September 25th, 2009

This one falls into our genre of blogging...it's about space and I for one think it sounds kind of neat. Not all that original...but it's something I wouldn't mind seeing in theaters. It's about a pair of crew members aboard a spaceship who wake up with no knowledge of their mission or their identities. I saw the preview, and it looks like a movie that will probably end up being bad but come on it has Dennis Quaid and Ben Foster...it has to be kind of good right??

Zombieland - Rated R - Unknown running time - Releases October 2nd, 2009
OK, this is more of a comedy I know...but hey some people might get freaked out by it. It's a horror-comedy alright?? How can you wrong with Woody Harrelson? Even Bill Murray has a role in the movie! In a world overrun by zombies, a guy described as "the most frightened person on Earth" musters the courage to lead a band of refugees on a cross-country pilgrimage to an amusement park where they think they'll be safe. The preview looks funny! I want to see it! Yeah, it does kind of look like Shaun of the Dead...a lot...which was a great movie...but I don't care, this one still looks pretty cool.

The Stepfather - Rated PG-13 - Unknown running time - Releases October 16th, 2009

Storyline: Michael Harding returns from military school to find his mother living with her new boyfriend. As the two men get to know each other, Michael becomes suspicious of the man in his mother's life: Is he really the man of her dreams, or could David be hiding a dark side? OK first of all this movie sounds identical to a movie that came out earlier this year (The Uninvited...a movie I very much liked...to my surprise). Second of all I don't think it looks close to being as good as Uninvited. This movie looks a bit cheesy I have to say. I probably won't check this one out.

Saw VI - Rated R - Unknown running time - Releases October 23rd, 2009.

I cannot believe that there have been FIVE sequels since the first film!! That blows me away. I have not seen anything past the second one nor will I EVER! This series needs to die already. But I already know that Saw VII is in the works for next year (this is a fact, not sarcasm). These movies are just ridiculous! The first one was awesome...it needed to stop there. These are just torture porn movies now that I have no reason to exist. Here's the stupid plot if you care: Special Agent Strahm is dead, and Detective Hoffman has emerged as the unchallenged successor to Jigsaw's legacy. However, when the FBI draws closer to Hoffman, he is forced to set a game into motion, and Jigsaw's grand scheme is finally understood. Boo!

The Box - Rated PG-13 - 1 hour 55 minutes - Releases November 6th, 2009
For a movie that stars Cameron Diaz and James Marsden...this looks really cheeseball! I watched the preview a few weeks back and the production value looks borderline straight-to-dvd material. It is about a young couple is gifted with a mysterious box that promises them a handsome windfall with deadly consequences. There is a button inside, and once they press it someone on the planet will die (and they don't know who). I don't know...this movie could be somewhat OK, so I may check it out. I just have this feeling though that it's totally corny!

So that is a list of some upcoming freaky-ish flicks that will be coming out for the rest of the year. I'm sorry there are no pictures, there would just be to many for me to add on here...and I'm feeling a tad lazy. But each title is a link to the IMDB page for each film. Hope ya like the blog!

--Mike--