Cinematographically speaking, the movie impresses thanks to the quality of its photography and actors are convincing, with Elizabeth Banks coming out as the best of the lot. After getting us used to light roles (Zack And Miri Make A Porno), she is unrecognizable in the role of Rachel, the manipulative stepmother.

So...



I give this one 4 rusty pipes out of 5.

DIRECTED BY: Charles Guard and Thomas Guard

SCRIPT: Carlo Bernard, Doug Miro and Craig Rosenberg

WITH: Emily Browning, Arielle Kebbel, Elizabeth Banks, David Strathairn and Maya Massar

Day of the Dead

The Blob

And now you can get your own copy for free here. Easy. Simply put: The first 10 US or Canada citizens who create a new account on bloodee and post ONE horror-related review/story/art will receive a free copy of The Uninvited DVD by mail. There are 10 to give away. This is our way to say thanks for your patronage and to reopen registration with something to sweeten the hiatus.

This contest flight dates are April 24-May 3rd, or until all are gone. Winners will be posted here. Unfortunately, this contest is only open to Canadian and US winners (you might be unable to play the DVD from your location).

About the movie: The uninvited is a PG13 horror movie that looks like it can actually deliver some jumps. For one, it is a remake of one of the best Korean scary flicks: A Tale of Two Sisters (Janghwa, Hongryeon), written and directed by Kim Jee-woon. And that is enough to make me hope for the best. Directed by Charles and Thomas Gard, The Uninvited stars Emily Browning, Elizabeth Banks, Arielle Kebbel and David Strathairn. For more info on the movie, art, and so forth, head to the official Uninvited site at uninvitedthemovie.com.

So...

Register and submit, and you will get one of these. When you are done, send us an email at admin [at] bloodee.com, with a link to your post and your contact details, including name, address and so forth. DVDs will be shipped on May 3rd or around that date. We dont share your information with any parties and will delete all emails when the contest is done.

For one, here is the official synopsis: "In the year 2707, war rages between earth’s four giant corporations as they battle over the planet's dwindling resources. In an era marked by warfare and social regression, the earth is on the verge of ruin, destruction is everywhere; battles explode on every ravaged continent. Amidst heavy combat, an errant shell shatters an ancient buried seal releasing a horrific mutant army from its eternal prison deep within the earth. As the mutant scourge threatens human extinction, a single squad of soldiers descends into the earth to fulfill the ages-old prophesy of the MUTANT CHRONICLES and save mankind."

MUTANT CHRONICLES is directed by Simon Hunter and written by Philip Eisner, and stars Thomas Jane, Ron Perlman, Devon Aoki, Sean Pertwee, Benno Fürmann, Anna Walton, Tom Wu, Steve Toussaint, Luis Echegaray, and John Malkovich.

What would be a post about mutants without a couple of mutants pics. So here is a peek at what these hungry scallywags will look like.

Yikes!!!

Synopsis: "When Lt. Brian Murphy finds himself in extreme conditions he must team up with local Daniel Dembele in order for both men to try and find their way back to what is left of their lives whilst battling a terrifying threat from which there seems to be no escape."

Winstone is here to promote The FA’s new Respect Parent Guide after research showed that thousands of youngsters had hung up their boots over the last couple of years due to pressure from the sidelines.



Winstone believes that parents need to lose the “win at all costs” attitude and bring some enjoyment back to the game: “Kids want their parents to watch them play football but they want to be supported by them, not embarrassed.



The FA Respect programme has already had a major breakthrough in the grassroots game with dissent figures showing an 8% improvement nationwide on last season’s totals while 567 leagues have shown their support by becoming Respect Leagues.



With one in three matches taking place across the country without a qualified match official, The FA is aiming to recruit 8,000 new referees by 2012.



Other FA plans to improve pitch side behaviour include teaming up with the Football Foundation to provide grants for Respect Barriers which ensure that spectators are standing well away from the touchline at youth football games.

Thorpe Park challenges visitors to face their fears with a ‘beyond vertical’ drop of 100º from a terrifying height of 100ft. Not for the faint of heart!

Fun zombie game without an endless horde of zombies to to in, but challenging enough to keep you entertained.

4 silver shotgun shells on a possible 5 on this one.

For those who haven't seen the Mutant Chronicles Clip we posted a while back, head to this list of older posts for the bloody goodness it has to offer.

With so many remakes of his earlier works (go Freddy, go), its hard not to refer to this as something like a legacy. And as the marketing for The Last House on the Left sets itself in motion, there is a new site dedicated precisely to that: Wes Craven's legacy (link).

So what does the man has to say about it? Referring specifically to The Last House on the Left, he said in an interview to Variety : "I'm far enough removed from these films that the remakes are a little like having grandchildren. The story, about the painful side effects of revenge, is an evergreen. The headlines are full of people and nations taking revenge and getting caught up in endless cycles of violence." Grandchildren. Ok. But, honestly The Hills have Eyes remake was awesome and bloodilicious, and there is no reason to expect less from the Last House on the Left remake, which will star Tony Goldwyn, Monica Potter, Garret Dillahunt, and Sara Paxton. So, c'mon, I am waiting. Impatiently. And for those of you who are like me, here are a few pics to wet your bloody buds.

Here's the Poster:

And here is the Trailer:

I am still laughing at the thought of Sloppy Seconds. Consider my prayers answered.

Follow the link to a preview of Smuggling Spirits.

Here are some pics for you.

Ok... Not quite realistic… Between the annoyance that was the insipid Saw 5 (seriously, Saw franchise, Saw 1 to 4 went from good to mildly interesting, that was just awful – is anyone seriously calling that a twist) and the lot of horror movies that were really just breasts pictorials (a.k.a Zombie Strippers, Blood and Sex Nightmare), what was there?



Some scary movies came through for us shameless bloodhounds : The Signal (original, funny, great), Feast 2 : Sloppy Seconds (funny, better than the first), Let the Right One In (intelligent, slow-paced, great vampire movie, but not for everyone), Funny Games U.S. (not as memorable as the original one, but still stays with you), The Strangers (leaves a temporary sense of discomfort if someone happens to knock on your door when the credits start, and one of the rare horror films I saw that made people scream in the theatre), Eden Lake (nothing new, but damn efficient, and I have liked Kelly Reilly since L’Auberge Espagnole), Dead Set (you want zombies and blood, here are some zombies and blood).



So the question is : what should I get? All these are great, and are on my list. And so is Pulse 3…



Yes.



You read correctly.



Pulse 3.   



While I will never waiver in my disapointment Pulse 1, the flafla American remake of the great Japanese horror Kairo, Pulse 2 redeemed the trilogy in my eyes. With characters that didn’t make me want to barf, a protagonist that wasn’t on PMS, actors that did not get on my nerves generally speaking, and an ending that wasn't too sloppy, I enjoyed this second instalment. Maybe it was the absence of Kristen Bell. Or maybe it was the change in the directing chair. Let’s see. Some guy named Jim Sorenzo directed Pulse 1. Joel Soisson, not some guy, wrote and directed Pulse 2 : The Afterlife and Pulse 3. Soisson may not be the greatest director around, but I like some of his movies, including the first three Prophecy movies, and his work on Pulse 2 made me want to see more, ie see Pulse 3. Call me curious. I think there is hope.

And if there is hope for Pulse, there might be some hope for that economy thing too. Just ask Zombie Santa