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Adam Green to Write and Direct 'Hatchet 2' for Anchor Bay

Nov 24th 2009 1:45PM by: Peter Hall

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It's been known for some time now that a sequel to the indie slasher Hatchet was in the works over at Anchor Bay, but it was not known how much involvement original creator Adam Green would have. However, today Green told Shock Till You Drop that he is officially returning as both writer and director for the no-longer hypothetical Hatchet 2: "It's finally happening," Green enthused. "It's going to have double the body count and Anchor Bay is being cool enough to allow me to make the sequel I want to make."

Specifics beyond that are a little on the slim side, though Bloody-Disgusting did manage to grab this shooting synopsis: "HATCHET 2 follows Marybeth as she escapes from the clutches of Victor Crowley, learns the truth about his curse, and heads back into the haunted New Orleans swamp to seek revenge for her family and kill Victor Crowley once and for all..."

Green did confirm that Kane Hodder will be returning as the murderous swamp-man Victor Crowley, but there is no mention as to whether or not any of the film's original cast would be joining him back on set. That's okay, though, as Shock wisely points out having some of the film's original actors return would be a bit of a logistical nightmare, seeing as most are either dead or now missing limbs and presumed dead.

Filming for Hatchet 2 will begin sometime next year, my guess is not too long after Adam Green's latest film, the trapped-on-a-ski-lift flick Frozen, opens in February. In the mean time, I've once again embedded Green's Jack Chop below because, hey, why not? It never gets old.

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Jason Takes Manhattan, Talks DVD

Sep 10th 2009 9:02AM by: Horror Squad Staff

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By: Todd Gilchrist

Members of the cast and crew of Friday the 13th Parts VII and VIII sat down with a small crowd of genre press to discuss their experiences on the films and delve into the extras on both films' forthcoming DVDs. Vincent Craig "VC" Dupree, who played Julius in Jason Takes Manhattan, said he was amazed people still had so much affection for his death in the film, in which Jason literally knocks his block off. "People just have a lot of love for that particular kill," Dupree said at a press event Wednesday on the Paramount lot in Los Angeles. "As Kane and I were just talking about, the fact that I'm one of the only black guys who's like made it towards the end of the movie [is significant], so the response from it is really cool. More recently I started doing these conventions, and I didn't realize how much love people had out there for that kill."

Kane Hodder, who played Jason in the film, corroborated the fans' love for that particular scene. "It's one of the kills that I'd done that fans talked about the most," he revealed. "In fact, I was just in Atlanta at DragonCon and a guy came up and was talking about that kill. He says, 'do you know how many times he punched you before you knocked his head off?' I said no. 'Sixty-six!' The guy knew that. Then I was looking at them and it was hard to count because he was throwing body punches really fast. I'm not kidding – he was hitting me. I had a catcher's pad on."

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The Doctor Will See You Now -- 'Fear Clinic' Trailer Online

Aug 5th 2009 9:03AM by: Elisabeth Rappe

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No matter how harmless Robert Englund looks in a suit, if he showed up at my door with a tattooed fellow and offered to cure me of my worst fears, I'd politely tell him "Thanks, but no thanks." Because my number one fear is, bizarrely enough, being trapped underwater in an aquarium. I'm not afraid of water, I'm not even afraid of sharks, but I'm terrified of being stuck in enclosed water where I couldn't break to the surface. Think about The Poseidon Adventure or the swimming sequence in Alien: Resurrection and you have some idea of what I'm talking about. So yeah, I wouldn't submit myself to a fear clinic (something tells me lampreys would be added into my "cure" just for laughs), and I can't think of a good reason why these idiots would. But finding out will be half the fun of Fear Clinic, an original online series from FearNet.

Directed by Rob Hall and starring Robert Englund, Kane Hodder, and Danielle Harris, Fear Clinic will premiere in October on FEARnet.com and FEARnet's video-on-demand channels. You'll also be able to find it on Fancast, Hulu, You Tube, Crackle, and Break. There's no excuses to miss it, because it'll be free and accessible anywhere you look, so make sure you take some time out to watch. Original online content is really becoming the wave of the edgy entertainment future, and if the trailer below is any indication, Fear Clinic might just show everyone what its capable of. Check out the trailer below, courtesy of IGN, and if it leaves you hungry for more, you can also watch the complete ComicCon panel. Once you're done, ponder just what you would see in that tank ...


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