Backwoods Horror

Anticipated by some, loathed and spat upon by others, the Wes Craven directed SCREAM 4 will be coming to theaters April 15th. For those of you out there really looking forward to this one, check out the new (second) trailer and still from the shoot below,

A brief synopsis: Sidney Prescott, now the author of a self-help book, returns home to Woodsboro on the last stop of her book tour. There she reconnects with Sheriff Dewey and Gale, who are now married, as well as her cousin Jill and her Aunt Kate. Unfortunately, Sidney’s appearance also brings about the return of Ghostface, putting Sidney, Gale, and Dewey, along with Jill, her friends, and the whole town of Woodsboro in danger.

The cool ghouls over at Shock Till You Drop have posted a new photo from the upcoming sequel SCREAM 4.  Other than the first one, I haven’t been a huge fan of the series, but I’ll be giving the 4th installment a shot.  This from STYD:

A new image from Scream 4 has arrived in anticipation of Spike’s Scream Awards this weekend. The annual ceremony will shoot on Saturday in Los Angeles and air at a later date. A special preview of the sequel will air during the awards show. As for the pic you see – you’ve got David Arquette as Sheriff Dewey Riley, Neve Campbell’s Sidney Prescott and Courteney Cox’s Gale Weathers. The film is expected to hit theaters on April 15. When Spike airs that footage, we’ll bring it to you as soon as it’s available.

An official trailer for the upcoming NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET remake has hit the web.  You can check it out below (thanks to SHOCK TILL YOU DROP).  Producer Brad Fuller has already made a statement to respond to the already overwhelming fan input on the Trailer and the new Freddy Krueger look and voice:

“…We are continuing to refine Freddy’s look. Many people commented about the CGI on his face – and I don’t want to give everything away but I will say this – Freddy’s face is 98% practical make-up. Moreover, as you now know we went hardcore on what a burn victim really looks like.”

Jackie spent so much time on the voice, researching what people who’ve had their vocal cords burned sound like. He is still working on it and I suspect that we will be refining it, until the last moment.”

According to Shock Till You Drop, Robert Englund has a Memoir coming out from Pocket Books this October entitled: HOLLYWOOD MONSTER: A WALK DOWN ELM STREET WITH THE MAN OF YOUR DREAMS.

Quite a hefty title, and, of course, bibliophile that I am, I’ll be sure to let you boils ‘n ghouls out there know if it’s one for your horrific bookshelves.

A poster and pic have surfaced for the new Nightmare on Elm Street remake at SDCC.  Of course, Freddy’s face is still obscured for the most part, but from what we here at Backwoods Horror can tell, so far, so good.  Though Englund isn’t the world’s biggest guy, Freddy’s shoes are some big ‘uns to fill.  Let’s hope ‘ol Jackie Earle Haley’s up to it!  Check it out:

Here are some details from the upcoming LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT remake DVD.  I didn’t get a chance to see this one in theaters, but I hear it’s actually a pretty damn decent flick, so I’ll check it out when it hits DVD and let ya’ll know what I think.

Here are the details thanks to Shock Till You Drop and Universal Home Entertainment:

Universal is prepping both unrated and theatrical cuts of the film which will be available separately (on DVD) or together (on Blu-Ray). The unrated cut clocks in at 1 hour and 54 minutes, four minutes longer than the theatrical print. Special features will include deleted scenes and A Look Inside featurette. Those with Blu-Ray capabilities will get a digital copy of the unrated version, BD-Live and “My Scenes Sharing” features.

As soon as some DVD art shows up on the intarwebz, you’ll see it here!

From DREAD CENTRAL:

Fresh off of a successful revisit to The Last House on the Left, Wes Craven is looking to take us to a new nightmarish place he calls Home.

Bloody Disgusting reports today that Craven will reteam with Last House redux writer Adam Alleca to create a new horror flick called Home for Midnight Entertainment.

Home follows the story of a man, fresh out of prison and under provisional house arrest in a cabin in the woods, who struggles with his own psychological delusions. No other details are available at this time. Given how well received Last House was, I expect we’ll hear more sooner rather than later.

I wonder if ‘ol Wes’ll be directing…
More as it develops.

Just got this in the ‘ol inbox.  How would YOU kill ‘em…

Seems like the folk over at MGM are working on a special edition release of the ‘72 classic LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT.  This news from SHOCK TILL YOU DROP:

MGM Home Entertainment intends to bank on Rogue Pictures’ 2009 redo of The Last House on the Left with a new collector’s edition of Wes Craven’s ‘72 film.

Special features will include:

• Audio commentary with actors David Hess, Marc Sheffler and Fred Lincoln
• A Wes Craven featurette
• Celluloid Crime of the Century featurette
• Scoring Last House featurette
• Tales that Will Tear Your Heart Out featurette
• Deleted Scene: Mari Dying at the Lake
• Never-before-seen outtakes
• Wes Craven’s annotated shooting scripts
• Photo Gallery