The only thing more terrifying than the first story, is the second floor!

Not to be confused with the 1986 camp horror classic House or the cranky TV doctor, House (2008) promises a blend of supernatural and slasher horror in the new trailer that popped up on IGN recently. An adaptation of a novel by the same name, Frank E. Peretti and Ted Dekker’s story is simple, if a little trite — a couple is stranded in a strange bed and breakfaster after a car accident, horror ensues. But the introduction of a new slasher icon — the tin man — gives hope that the film might offer some terror-ific originality. Mix in a haunted house and creepy old lady that makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up, and you got a recipe for horror. We’ll see if House can deliver when it opens its doors on Nov. 14.

Somehow, Wes Anderson continues to dodge the played-out-hack bullet with every new film. The pastel colors and personal belongings that continue to define his characters are quickly becoming stale, despite the new thematic ground he continues to break. But Anderson is now taking a different direction with The Fantastic Mr. Fox — a stop-motion adaptation of the Roald Dahl novel — and My Best Friend — a remake of the 2006 French film Mon Meilleur Ami.

Working off other people’s source material is possibly the best move Anderson can make. He has the talent and vision to be one of the great American auteurs, but he’s continually stuck inside his own world. Filtering his directorial vision through another’s work could break him out of his mold and bring a new dynamic to his own projects. According to Variety, Anderson is penning the My Best Friend now that he has finished directing Fox. The Fantastic Mr. Fox is looking at a Nov. 2009 release date, says IMDb.

The name's Ash, stage hand.

How do you make a gimmick more gimmicky? Put it in 3-D of course! That’s what the creators of the Evil Dead Musical, an off-, off-broadway stage act, are planning to do for the upcoming screen version. For those who haven’t seen the stage act, it’s a campy bloody stew made of deadites, Ash’s body parts and show tunes with names like “What The Fuck Was That” and “”Do the Necronomicon.” It even featured an audience participation area infamously known as the “splatter zone.” (Check out the YouTube clip at the bottom.) And for those who haven’t seen the Evil Dead series, you have no business reading a movie blog.

The one of the musical’s director Christopher Bond and choreographer Hinton Battle are tapped to direct the film adaptation, according to Screen Daily!. Talks with original Evil Dead director Sam Raimi (now possessed by evil Hollywood comic book adaptors), the pair hope to begin shooting the film in the Spring of next year in Toronto.

It's the rain that is scarier than the thunder.

Despite Ben Stiller’s usual, self-involved comedy and Jack Black rolling on the ground convulsing for most of the movie, Tropic Thunder had its stomach-crunching moments of hilarity. For all its outrageousness, the comedy truly shined in the dead pan dialogue deliveries. In that vein, Rain of Madness was born. Taking the parody one step further, the crew created a 30-minute, Heart of Darkness-style faux documentary that follows the faux movie within the real movie.

While the trailer for the documentary was released last month, the entire “documentary” is now available on iTunes — for free. Candid interviews, script writing sessions and Robert Downey Jr. taking people hostage is the madness of >Tropic Thunder.

Shedding a tear, busting a gut — these are the typical movie reactions. Some movies, however, have conjured more extreme reactions in their audiences — from fainting during The Exorcist to nausea and vomiting during Cloverfield. But this has to be a first: A theater patron had the sh*t scared out of him, literally, by the Spanish horror flick [REC] during the NZ Film Festival premier, according to The Hot Blog.

Shot in a Cinéma vérité style (ala The Blair Witch Project), [REC] follows a late night TV reporter as she rides along with a local fire department fielding a call that an old woman is trapped in her apartment. Things take a turn for the strange when the old woman is surprisingly strong and aggressive and bites one of the firefighters. Although [REC] was released almost a year ago in Spain, it has yet to find a distributor here in the States. In fact, we’re likely to see the Hollywood remake Quarantine (which is being released this October) before the original even hits DVD in region 1. That’s a shame if it truly is as scary as the wet spot left on the theater seat promises.

This axe is so heavy I'm falling backwards!

Horror audiences have had a trouble relationship with Jason Voorhees. At first, he treated us right — providing chills and thrills. But then he died, had a new beginning, took Manhattan and travelled to hell and space . And we’re supposed to forget all about that and start over with a Michael Bay-production return to Crystal Lake? I don’t think so.

But one look at that hockey-masked face from the photo of the new Jason Voorhees found at Bloody-Disgusting.com brings back all those bloody-warm memories of the old Jason we used to know and love. But Jason’s changed. He’s lost the jumpsuit, hit the major fashion labels and got some brand new designer threads. Sporting a utility belt brandishing his favorite knives, Jason still keeps to his trusty hatchet for most dirty work. While picture presents a Friday the 13th remake that is on the right track, remember that Jason has got himself a new crowd of friends that are responsible for the Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake. Be afraid, very afraid.

This computer-generated meat tastes real!

Diary of the Dead was a travesty of everything a George A. Romero zombie film once stood for. While he hasn’t crossed over to super-strong, fast-moving zombies (yet), the genre originator filled his latest walking dead tale with annoying, YouTube actors and computer-generated gore effects. (Never mind the fact that he trashes the idea of CG effects in the Dawn of the Dead DVD commentary.) Sticking to what he used to do best, Romero is once again preparing another walking dead, set to start shooting September 15, according to Bloody-Disgusting.com.

Diary of the Dead 2 picks up with the survivors of the first film still trapped in the mansion. After escaping a battle with the undead, they hop a ferry and go to an island, which happens to be populated with more zombies. The sequel will be the sixth film in the series and the continuation of Romero’s downfall.

Scary Movies to Watch in the Dark

Kids’ movies have lost their bite. Blame the global domination by Disney or the innuendo-obsessed DreamWorks, but terrifying cautionary tales of old are no more — from “The Grimm Fairy Tales” to “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.” But there’s hope for scaring future generations with the adaptation of the “Goosebumps” Series by R.L. Stine. Larry Karazewski and Scott Alexander (of Ed Wood and 1408 fame) have been nabbed to pen the project.

While the Stine stories may be tame to our adult standards these days, there was nothing more exciting in elementary school than the monthly Scholastic book order form coming around and offering a new “Goosebumps” scare. No word on which book(s) are tapped for adaptation , as Karazewski and Alexander are expected to close their deal with Columbia by week’s end.

You'll know Batman's voice when you hear it on BD-Live. He'll be the one that sounds like a 5-pack-a-day smoker.

Talk surrounding the The Dark Knight started as soon as Batman Begins ended. The Joker, production, Heath Ledger’s death and box office totals have kept the film in the Hollywood foreground. Now, there are rumors that the Blu-Ray disc will keep the caped-crusader conversation going by offering a BD-Live feature that will allow viewers to watch the film “live” with others and chat as the movie plays, according to DVDTown.com

This is a great opportunity for lonely people who can’t follow movie plots to ask a wide range of people “What is going on?” or “Who is that guy?” You might even hear someone eating popcorn, answering a cell phone or receiving a text message — just like in the theater. Rumor has it that the DVD and Blu-Ray disc will street just in time for the holidays.

Upon reading that Suspiria was getting a remake, this horror fan fled from her computer in fear, only to be impaled by falling stained glass.

The hope of horror fans craving for a terrifying, original new film was bloodily butchered long ago. Now, it’s just salt in the wound, and nothing stings more than a re-make of Dario Argento’s Suspiria. The latest word on the story of a girl who attends a European dance school shrouded in murder and mystery redux is that Natalie Portman will take the leading role originally played by Jessica Harper, according to TrackingB.com.

Argento’s 1977 original was a marvel sight, with the striking three-color processing bringing out the primary colors in story-book fashion, and sound, with the terrifying sonic soundscape provided by Goblin. If there’s any silver lining to this dark cloud, it’s that director David Gordon Green will be at the helm. While most comfortable with small indies like George Washington and All the Real Girls, Green proved that he has genre chops with last weekend’s Pineapple Express.

Sutherland is terrified by hand prints on mirrors that looks like it's on his sweet jacket.

We’ve all talked to ourselves in the mirror — eyes locked, offering words of encouragement and confidence. But what if our mirror-selves answered back? That tingle running down your spine is what Alexandre Aja’s Mirrors is hoping to capatilize on when it’s released on August 15. While early previews had many assuming that the film was another Asian horror remake (and it is, of the South Korean Into the Mirrors (2003)), the red band trailer smacked us out of complacency. If the idea of our mirrored doppelgangers tingled our spines, Aja aims to rip them right out with awesome gore effects as characters watch their mirrored selves maim and kill.

A new age-restricted clip popped up on Bloody-Disgusting.com, and it hints at the film’s thick atmosphere. While the horror director’s High Tension (2003) imploded with a lame story twist and 2006’s The Hills Have Eyes remake crossed the line of decency, there are moments in those films that scream terror potential, and horror hounds are hungry for fresh flesh.