Lovely Molly is playing on limited release today.

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Hitting a DVD or Blu-Ray player near you today: The Grey and Chronicle.
The Grey
After narrowly surviving a deadly plane crash in the Alaskan wilderness, a band of oil riggers must fend for their lives in the ice and snow. But thanks to wolves that view their presence as a threat, they aren’t alone.

HorrorFatale.com recommends Chronicle
This film was surprisingly good in my opinion, again my blog so you tend to get my opinion.

Soon after three teens stumble upon an unidentified substance in the Pacific Northwest woods, they begin to exhibit powers beyond their wildest dreams. But harnessing their newfound abilities proves far more challenging than they ever imagined.

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You know how I hate Tara? I haaaaate Tara. So my glee meter just sounded again, when I saw her lying all bloody in Sookie’s arms. But, the internet is all abuzz with the fact there is always a vampire smelling around Sookie, so I’m sure someone will turn Tara’s ass. BOOO on that!!! Here’s to hoping the bitch is dead.

There were some explosions and what not. King Russell didn’t show up in the trailer until the end, when we all know it should be all Russell, all the time. Even now it should just be Russell’s special brand of crazy on screens everywhere. They showed my other friends Pam, Lafayette and Alicide. I don’t speak on Alcide when he’s dressed. He’s fully clotehed in this trailer. BOOO on that!!! Enjoy!

Season 5 of Days of the Vamp starts June 10th on HBO.

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Directed by Tim Burton (2012)
“Place your lips upon my posterior and kiss it repeatedly.” – Best line EVER! The original 1960s show Dark Shadows was off the air before I was a thought in my parent’s heads, but I had the pleasure of having a grandma whom liked her soaps. For instance did you know Elizabeth Taylor was once on General Hospital? Well she was, Dame Liz was Helena Cassadine as a matter of fact.

So when they aired the revival of the series in the 90s, since I was an odd duck and angsty teenager, all things Goth was fine by me. And nothing fit that description better than an angsty vampire hanging out in a creepy house.

Later when they put the old show on DVD, I was all set. But the 90s version was a bit different that the 60s version. A lot different. The 90s version took itself serious. Gone were the elements that made the 60s version what I think we should just call – FUN! A few of the episodes were shot live as were the other soap operas of the time. So there are shadows from boom mikes and that odd soundtrack organ music thing going during the dramatic pauses. And the acting is melodrama on steroids! You have to mention the show’s amped up special effects, which consisted of a smoke machine and lighting flashes. Again FUN!

Enter Barnabas Collins played by the late Jonathan Friedemann. Friedemann took a character that could have been silly and turned him into an anti- hero of sorts. He played Barnabas as a soap opera villain, you know J.R. Ewing with fangs. Wait that was too far no one is badass as J.R., but Barnabas was in that vein. He played the melodrama with all the serious in the world. Think Angel.

Now about this film version…we have the hotness that is forever Johnny Depp with his life partner Tim Burton putting their spin on the story of Barnabus Collins and the tales of Collinport.

In 1760, Joshua and Naomi Collins sail from Liverpool, England to North America. They set up a fishing port in Maine called Collinsport, and also build Collinwood Manor. Their son, Barnabas, grows up to be a wealthy playboy in the town. He later breaks the heart of a witch, Angelique Bouchard, who kills his parents and curses his family. He then uses dark magic and tries to prove Angelique is in fact a witch. Angelique, in an act of jealousy, puts a spell on his lover Josette du Pres which forces her to leap to her death from a nearby cliff called Widow’s Peak. Barnabas runs after Josette but is too late. He jumps over the cliff to kill himself, but Angelique turns Barnabas into a vampire. She convinces the townspeople that he is a vampire, and they capture him, burying him alive in a chained coffin in the woods.

In 1972 during a construction crews digging, Barnabas is freed.

Now I’m not a Dark Shadows purist or a Tim Burton loyalist, but for the most part, I liked this film well enough. It basically does what Tim Burton films do. It’s beautiful, in every cinematic way. The soundtrack by Danny Elfman is great. The costumes, the sets, the shots are all so pretty. You know like a Tim Burton film.

Aside from Johnny Depp the film also stars: Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter (of course), Jackie Earle Haley, Jonny Lee Miller and Chloë Moretz. But for the way the actors are used in the film you will not remember they are a cast of really great actors. They serve as window dressing for the mansion, but I think the way Ms. Bonham Carter is used sets up a definitepossible sequel. Pfeiffer utters a line or two every once in a while, but for much it – it’s all about Johnny D and Eva Green, who plays Angelique. Now, I hear some rumblings here and there about people not being in love with Johnny’s brand of zany character acting. But, to me, Depp’s portrayal of Barnabas is the best part of the film.

Now if you divorce yourself from the pretty visuals and the performance of the Depp, it’s where the problems of Dark Shadows start. First it’s toooooooo long. Sometimes as much as he tried Depp couldn’t rescue a bad joke, watch for the montage with the tooth brushing. There was also a few storylines that we never really fully explore, Barnabus’ love interest has an odd backstory that was all Sixth Sense-like, but it’s never really explained. Her striking resemblance to the departed Josette is kind of ignored.

I would say Dark Shadows should be watched, but don’t expect it to be a change your life film. If you’re not a Tim Burton, Johnny Depp fan sit this one out. Dark Shadows is currently at a theater near you.

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Directed by Carles Torrens (2011)
Nothing hits the horror spot like a good old fashioned haunting or home occupied by an angry poltergeist here we see Apartment 143 (Emergo) making an attempt to be those things. Emergo, the original title, comes to us from Spain. The film does indeed succeed in a sense, but overall Apartment 143 is nothing that different from the many, many, many other “found footage” haunted house films out there. Hence, if you’ve seen The Last Exorcism, Paranormal Activity, Lake Mungo and films like those – you get the idea. We should be calling the movers, but we called paranormal types in to investigate instead, and we have cameras.

In Apartment 143 :

A team of parapsychologists set out to investigate a series of anomalous phenomena taking place in a newly occupied apartment. Telephone calls with no caller, mysterious shadows, extraordinary light emissions, flying objects, and exploding light bulbs, are some of the events they will face while recording their every step with state-of-the-art technology. Using infrared filming, digital photography, psychophonic recordings, movement detectors, and magnetic field alteration meters, the group’s attempts to contact the “other side” will grow increasingly dangerous as they near a point of no return…

For the most part the film sticks to the formula, the parapsychologist set up camera’s throughout the family’s apartment, setting out to capture the “entity” on film, proving it’s haunted or there is something else causing the walls to bleed. That didn’t happen, but maybe it should have, it would have helped. As Apt143 drags goes on we are told the family suffered a loss of their mother and the son believes it’s her that’s haunting them. But, the son I need to say is four so that speaks for itself. Kids are gulliable and he is just making things up. Or is he?
After an hour or so of low level “activity” we get a half-assed attempt at a twist that is not un-similar to many we’ve seen before. However, at this point, you won’t care you’re just waiting for an ending. The acting and effects are decent, but the character’s stories are not enough to engage you. Did I mention in the end you won’t care? If there is nothing else available for you to watch Apartment 143 (Emergo) would do.

Apartment 143 (Emergo) is currently playing in limited and available On-Demand. The official wide release is June 1st.

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The Road – (Limited)

A 12 year old cold case is reopened when three teens are missing in an old abandoned road where a gruesome murder is left undiscovered for three decades.

And then there’s this little film…

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Hitting a DVD or Blu-Ray player near you today: Underworld: Awakening and Mother’s Day
Underworld: Awakening

Ultimate Vampire Warrioress Selene (Kate Beckinsale) escapes imprisonment to find herself in a world where humans have discovered the existence of both Vampire and Lycan clans, and are conducting an all-out war to eradicate both immortal species.

HorrorFatale.com recommends Mother’s Day

Not that it’s that great either. It was one of those I watched last year and didn’t bother to review, but anything is better than Underworld. Not that I’ve watched an Underworld lately either.

The sadistic members of a villainous family return to their childhood home to terrorize the new home owners and their guests.

Psst, the trailer is over in The HorrorFatale Channel.

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Nerdy Fan Girl Squeal! I almost dragged my body from my beloved bed last night to go see this but, I lazed instead. But, if you haven’t heard (why are you on my blog anyway?) Marvel’s The Avengers opens today. Yes, Tony Stark and my new boyfriend Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) are in a theater near you! Enjoy!!!

Nick Fury of S.H.I.E.L.D. brings together a team of super humans to form The Avengers to help save the Earth from Loki and his army.

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Unfortunately, it’s not of Joe Magowhathishotface’s bare ass it’s this…

Thoughts? Season 5 of As the Vamp turns starts June 10th on HBO.

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Ever see a creepy ghost play baseball? Well, now you have. Whilst promoting the upcoming 6th (yeah there have been that many) sequel to Ringu, Sadako 3D, a Japanese baseball team had Sadako herself to leave that TV she lives in to throw a ball for a game.

Read thru the jump to see the trailer for Sadako 3D.

Sadako 3D opens May 12, 2012 in Japan.

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