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The
title says it all. The full trailer for 'OneChanbara: The
movie' is up on the official site. Cue the cheesy J-Pop and
on with the Zombie bloodletting. 
Oh
you lucky Brits. The Indy horror comedy 'Botched' is to get
a theatrical release in the UK. The pic which
marks the directorial debut for Chris Ryan stars Stephen
Dorff in a tale of twin serial killers, insane hostages and
double-crossing psycho Russian hardmen. Dorff is joined by
Bronagh Gallagher, Sean Pertwee and Jaime Murray in mad
blend of crime caper and off the wall surreal comedy horror.
'Botched' opens in the UK on April
18th. 
We
aren't any closer yet to nailing down a plotline or trailer
for the new Thai horror 'Last Fright,' but how about some
new great looking teaser posters in the mean time? All four
one sheets (plus the original two from our earlier story on
March 22nd) are available to see crystal clear, from the links
below.
The
official U.S. site for Tarsem Singh's 'The Fall' has just
come online and thankfully within is a trailer of suitably
high resolution, to do this stunning film justice. We've watched
it twice and the easiest way to describe it, is simply...WOW!
Singh's previous work, the Jennifer Lopez starring horror
pic 'The Cell' was itself hugley stylized and visually spectacular
piece of work, but this blows that completely out of the water.
'The Fall' opens in the U.S on May 9th.
Obscure:
The Aftermath has just hit the PS2 and Wii. For those unfamiliar
with the first game, is a co-op survival horror excursion.
The story picks up where the first game left off, finding
familiar characters now in college, and once again haunted
by horiffic forces at work. 
Korean Times reporter Lee Hyo-won gives us the low down on
Gong Su-chang's (`R-Point') new Miltary Zombie horror, with
a rousingly positive review. 
A
new poster is out for upcoming Malaysian horror 'Congkak.'
We've mentioned before Malaysian horror pics are starting
to pick up in their production values of late and this one
seems to show some promise. For background info and a plotline
on the film, check out our earlier article posted back on
Regular
reader and sometimes reviewer - Mark, gives us his take on
Katsuhiro Otomo’s (‘Akira’, 'Steamboy')
latest foray into live action film making, the action fantasy
‘Mushishi.’ 
A
date not to be missed for British horror fans. Paco Plaza
and Jaume Balaguero’s damn scary looking Spanish Zombie
horror ‘REC,’ hits UK Cinemas on April 11th. REC
is the story of a TV reporter and her cameraman who are taping
a reality series when things start to go very wrong. The official
UK site for the film has also just come online, the highlight
of which is a ton of narsty clips - all of them English subbed.
Get at em.
The
screen version of Stephen King's 'The Mist' is out on R1 DVD
this week. Reasons to be excited: It's King. Frank (no-one
does King better) Darabont (The Shawshank, Green Mile) directed
the movie and wrote the Screenplay. Best of all, it's a rare
beast these days, an R rated horror film.
Prachya Pinkaew's highly acclaimed Thai martial arts action
pic 'Chocolate,' is to get a Hong Kong theatrical release
next month. Of course thats good news, but we're mainly interested
in the fact as this should solve where we're going to get
a DVD of the movie from. 'Chocolate' opens in HK theatres
on April 17th and all being well an English subtitled disc
release wont be very far behind.
Based
on Morohoshi Daijiro's eponymous manga, The Wall Man (a.k.a.
Kabe Otoko) is a moody and mysterious horror from writer/director
Hayakawa Wataru. Hayakawa previously directed 7/25 nana-ni-go,
which screened at the Cannes Festival International Critics'
Week in 1999 and picked up awards at the Vancouver, Torino,
and Belfort Film Festivals. Returning with his second film
eight years later, he shows no sign of rust, effectively drawing
viewers into the sinister and spellbinding secrets that lie
beyond the walls. Starring Sakai Masato (Sukiyaki Western)
and Ono Mayumi (Premonition).
Via
the guys at 
A first trailer is out for Cub Chien's 'Scare 2 Die.' Chien
began his film career as an assistant director under the wing
of the Kings of Hong Kong horror, the Pang brothers and Scare
is his first feature in the big chair. Danny Pang helped on
the movie by (very handy for your first horror project as
director) producing and the pic stars Sam Lee, Elanne Kwong,
Tommy Yuen. 
Fantastic
news for Grindhouse fans. For those of you in the U.K who
loved the films but had resigned yourself to never be able
to see them as they were originally intended, Fear not. The
Tarantino/Rodriguez double-bill, including the fake
trailers by Rob Zombie and Eli Roth, is going on a limited
run from the end of March. For details on the venues and dates
check the link below. 
Four
years in the making, CJ7 - Chow's first film since 2004's
Kung Fu Hustle is now available to pre-order on English friendly
DVD. Chow's last two films, Hustle and 2001 'Shaolin Soccer,’
are ranked one and two on the all-time list of highest-grossing
Hong Kong films, and CJ7 is quickly making its way up to the
top of the list. CJ7 sees Hong Kong's favorite leading man
and director enter a new stage in his career as he tackles
sci-fi for the first time. The disc is released in April 3rd.
The
first promotional pics are starting to surface from this week’s
Hong Kong Film Festival, for Donnie Yen’s new supernatural
action horror ‘Painted Skin.’ Veteran director
Gordon Chan is at the helm and cast along side the Don-Meister
are Zhou Xun, Zhao Wei Vicki, Sun Li, Chen Kun and Qi Yu Wu.
The films plot centre on a vampire-like woman who eats the
skins and hearts of her lovers. Shooting on the project has
apparently just wrapped and 'Painted Skin' is scheduled for
release in October 2008. 
It
was a little touch and go for a while, but ’First Look'
the U.S distributor for Takashi Miike's weird and wonderful
homage to Spaghetti westerns ‘Sukiyaki Western Django,
have now finally confirmed that the film will to
get an American theatrical release this August. More great
news is that a ‘Western Django’ R1 DVD release
is also already on the cards and has been set for November
08. Happy days. 
The
boys at 
With
its release less than a month away, Daniel Lee’s Chinese
mega budget action epic ‘Three Kingdoms: Resurrection
of the Dragon’ continues its marketing invasion across
Asia, with the next country on the list being Korea. Not a
bad thing at all, as the country enjoys some of the fastest
internet speeds in the world, which means..high resoultion
trailers.Yum! To see them, ensure your internet bandwidth
has good Kung Fu, then head to the link below. You'll find
all three trailers on the middle right hand side of the page.
Hong
Kong horror ‘Yes, I Can See Dead People’ is up
to order on English subbed DVD. Directed by David Lee, as
the title might suggest 'I See' has moments of comedy to lighten
its otherwise creepy premise, but it still features tense
atmosphere and plenty of scares. Steven Cheung departs from
his usual sidekick roles to play the lead and is joined by
Mandy Chiang (Whispers and Moans) Kris Gu (The Eye 10) and
Kathy Yuen.
A
first teaser poster has appeared for the Finnish/U.S. zombie
horror co-production ‘Stones War.’ The flick was
originally titled the rather better ‘War of the Dead,’
but the name was changed for copyright reasons. Written and
directed by Finnish helmer Marko Makilaakso the pic stars
Andrew Tiernan, Jouko Ahola & Mikko Leppilampi.
Japanese
horror The Vanished (aka Ame no Machi) is getting an English
friendly DVD release. Based on a short story by Kikuchi Hideyuki,
the writer of Vampire Hunter D, Demon City Shinjuku, and Wicked
City, the pic is directed by Tanaka Makoto, whose credits
include producer of Casshern, artwork for Devil May Cry, and
animator on My Neighbor Totoro. ‘The Vanished’
stars Wada Toshihiro (Battle Royale II), Maki Yoko (Sway),
and Riko Narumi (Shindo).
A 2nd teaser trail is up on the official site for Tatsuya
Fujiwara’s (star of the Death Note films) new thriller
‘Chameleon.’ Directed by Sakamoto Junji, the movie
is a tale of con men, kidnapping, murder and revenge. Anything
touched by Fujiwara
turns to film Gold theses days, so its pretty much a cert
that this will be a big hit in the land of the rising sun.
‘Chameleon’ is due to open in Japan, this summer.
Oh
you lucky Brits...The U.K. is to become another in a long
line of countries to have the good fortune of seeing Fumihiko
Sori's (the producer of Applseseed) visually stunning CG Sci-Fi
Action film 'Vexille' on the big screen. Indy distributor
Momentum Pictures are repping the film and its released in
Cinemas there on May 9th. We are of course, in no way jealous
of this fact. Well perhaps just a bit. 
A
quick update on Japans latest horror - fun time girl - ‘The
Slit Mouthed Woman 2.’ We've managed to track down the
poster and official site for the film. The main points of
interest are a selection of stills, plus you can now more
clearly see her wielding those damn huge bloody scissors,
as both trailers on the site are better quality those seen
on Youtube. Which is nice.
As
you know we do like to bring you news of films from far flung
places, so how about a horror pic from New Zealand? Kiwi Indy
horror the ‘The Ferryman’ lands on R2 DVD next
week. Directed by Chris Graham and starring John Rhys-Davies
(Lord of the Rings), Kerry Fox (Shallow Grave) and Tamer Hassan
(Eastern Promises). 
Not
satisfied with everyone else having them, it seems Taiwanese
movie house Three Dots Entertainment wants to get in on the
act with a slasher horror pic of their very own. The film
'Invitation Only' will star "Adult" movie Siren
Maria Ozawa, in her first straight acting role as supermodel.
Further details are still sketchy, but the film due for release
in Taiwan in August. More news when we get it. 
Just
a quick reminder to all our British readers that the Brit
horror comedy 'The Cottage' directed by Paul Andrew Williams
opens in UK Cinemas next Friday. That's a lot more than they
will get in the States, there the movie is heading straight
to DVD. 'Cottage' stars Steven O'Donnell, Andy Serkis and
& Reece Shearsmith in a murderous (and bloody) comedy
of errors. For a plot summary of the film, check out our earlier
story posted back on 
The official Japanese site for John Woo's action movie 'The
Battle Of Red Cliff' has just gone live. Within is a new -
alas short - teaser trail, with some truly stunning new hi-resolution
footage we've not seen before. To feast yours eyes on the
visual splendor of it all, zip down to the link.
Three
new posters are out for ‘Art of the Devil 3.’
They're not quite as gruesome as we have come to expect from
this Thai shock horror movie series, but none the less they
are still quite out there. As before, we’d recommend
viewer discretion if your at work. You can check them all
out full size from the links below. 
She’s
back. A first trailer for ‘Kuchisake-Onna 2’ (The
slit mouthed Woman 2) has arrived online and so far we have
to admit it’s actually all looking really quite, well....good!
Our earlier concerns that this fast tracked sequel (that’s
actually a prequel) would end up as a poor cousin to the original,
seem unfounded. All in all the production values look pretty
high, the lead plays her role (and screams) with gusto and
there’s plenty of blood splatter to keep the gore fans
happy. Slit mouthed Woman 2 opens in Japan March 22nd.
Our
contest to give away
3 sets of 6 discs from the great 
It's
becoming clear that the buyers at Dimension Extreme know their
stuff when it comes to great horror. Next out on DVD from
the label is the superb Thai horror '13: Game of Death' aka
'13 Beloved.' Universally praised by critics, '13' was crowned
best of show at last years Puchon Intl. Fantastic Film Festival
(
The
title says it all. The website for Donnie Yen's new epic 'An
Empress and the Warriors' has been upgraded with a new version
of the trailer, that now happily includes English subs. Nice!
Our
contest to give away 3 copies of of
Feng Xiaogang’s 'Legend of the Black Scorpion' aka ‘The
Banquet’ has come to an end
and the winners have been drawn. Congratulations too: Rusty
Baldwin, Victoria Wood & Michael Lee. If you
entered but didn’t win this time around, keep a look
out. We'll have more great giveaways soon.
The
official site for Japanese horror ‘Higurashi no Naku
Koro ni’ aka 'When They Cry' has just gone fully active.
The most notable addition to the site is a new full length
trailer for the film. Watching it takes you on a roller coaster
ride from a teen rights off passage movie one minute - to
downright creepy as all hell horror the next. For more background
info on the pic, check out our earlier article posted on 
A
new poster is out for 'Shaolin Girl,' the Japanese
sequel to the 2001 hit Hong Kong movie 'Shaolin Soccer,' which
starred Stephen Chow.
Taiwanese superstar Jay Chou's latest offering, the glossy
basketball youth film Kung Fu Dunk hits English subbed DVD
this month. Released to hefty box office receipts, the film
is loosely based on the popular manga Slam Dunk, but with
an added kick of kung fu fun choreographed by award-winning
action director Ching Siu Tung (Hero, The Warlords). Hong
Kong veteran Eric Tsang co-stars as a sinewy agent, along
with Wilson Chen (Blue Gate Crossing) and Twins' Charlene
Choi (Simply Actors), looking good as Chou's romantic interest.
The
official site for 'Doomsday' the new British movie from horror
maestro Neil Marshall (The Decent), has just gone fully live.
New content includes a "restricted area" with 3
new red band trailers and a spiffy shoot em up game, based
on the movie. Doomsday opens in the U.S. March 14th.
'Gegege no Kitaro 2,' the sequel to the massively successful
film based on a popular manga by Shigeru Mizuki, has a first
teaser trail online. Star of the first film Eiji Wentz is
back in the lead role as Kitaro, along with Katsuhide Motoki
director of the first pic at the helm. The new movies storyline
will centre on a forbidden love between humans and Yokai (Demons).
Filming started in Dec 07 with a theatrical release due in
July. Watching the clip, the first impression we get is that
the sequel seems to have some darker undertones not seen in
the more comedic first installment. For a look at the trailer,
head to the films site then click on the speech bubble.
Yes
this again. I guess you could say we have been banging on
about Kong Su-chang's upcoming military Zombie horror 'G.P
506' quite a bit recently. That's mainly because we loved
his previous Korean horror pic