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SORORITY ROW TRAILER

Summit Entertainment has just released the trailer to its remake of the 1983 horror film, The House on Sorority Row – this one simply titled Sorority Row. Unlike the familiar name recognition of the My Bloody Valentine and Friday the 13th remakes, this property will sink or swim on its marketing campaign alone as most people won’t be familiar with the 1983 version. I only vaguely remember it. The new movie, which takes great liberty with the original storyline, stars Briana Evigan, Audrina Patridge (The Hills) Rumer Willis (the daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore) and Carrie Fisher. This really has the feel of “I Know What You did Last Summer”. Can’t say that’s a great thing.

March 20, 2009 Posted by Entertainment Today & Beyond | And Beyond - Trailers & News | , | Leave a Comment

LOST BOYS 3 DVD gets Green light

lost-boys-the-tribe-101According to Bloody Disgusting, Warner Premiere has given a green light to a second direct-to-DVD sequel to The Lost Boys. Evan Charnov (Fearless) will write the script. This story will reportedly focus on the Frog Brothers, characters played by Cory Feldman (Edgar Frog) and Jamie Newlander (Alan Frog) in the 1987 original. While Feldman co-starred in the first DVD sequel Lost Boys: The Tribe, Newlander’s Alan Frog wasn’t involved in the finished plot so he didn’t appear. He did film one scene but it was left on the cutting room floor. Cory Haim (terrific as Sam Emerson in the original) who appeared in the Tribes closing credits reportedly won’t be involved in this installment. His loose cannon behavior is a big problem and not worth the risk. That’s a shame as Haim really was an appealing talent during the 1980’s.

Direct-to-DVD movies seem to only exist as a quick cash cow for production companies and studios. It’s just bad movie-making with budgets too low for the final product to be anything much more than mediocre; exactly what Lost Boys: The Tribe was. Some are watchable, and I guess marginally interesting, but overall pointless. Still, I must admit, I really like Feldman in the role. He certainly gave it his all in the last installment despite the productions obvious limitations.

March 20, 2009 Posted by Entertainment Today & Beyond | And Beyond - Trailers & News | , , | Leave a Comment