You can never underestimate the power of hearsay. Sometimes, something sounding like it could be true is enough to convince people that it must be. And while this phenomenon can have disastrous real-world consequences when applied to science and politics, it’s also responsible for some memorable instances of collective storytelling.
From hook-handed murderers to gerbils becoming stuck inside famous actors, urban legends are the modern equivalent to ancient campfire stories about werewolves and vampires – which is why it makes sense that they’ve inspired some of most beloved genre films. And with so many of these allegedly “true” stories to choose from, we’ve decided to come up with a list highlighting six of the most underrated movies based on urban legends.
Naturally, we’ll be shying away from more popular films like Candyman and Jamie Blanks’ Urban Legend, but don’t forget to comment below with your own...
From hook-handed murderers to gerbils becoming stuck inside famous actors, urban legends are the modern equivalent to ancient campfire stories about werewolves and vampires – which is why it makes sense that they’ve inspired some of most beloved genre films. And with so many of these allegedly “true” stories to choose from, we’ve decided to come up with a list highlighting six of the most underrated movies based on urban legends.
Naturally, we’ll be shying away from more popular films like Candyman and Jamie Blanks’ Urban Legend, but don’t forget to comment below with your own...
- 3/8/2024
- by Luiz H. C.
- bloody-disgusting.com
The Wolfen episode of The Black Sheep was Written and Narrated by Andrew Hatfield, Edited by Brandon Nally, Produced by Lance Vlcek and John Fallon, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.
A black sheep doesn’t have to be considered bad to have that loving title and distinction. I mean, some of them are considered quite bad and need the layers peeled down to show off the good inside. There are other cases though. A movie can also be a black sheep if it was buried by a more popular outing like The Last Broadcast being utterly forgotten after the behemoth The Blair Witch Project made its appearance. Sometimes, like Last Broadcast, it can just be buried withing its own genre, decade, year, or as in today’s title, all 3. I’ve seen more than a few comments for this one so let’s take a look at werewolves in 1981. No,...
A black sheep doesn’t have to be considered bad to have that loving title and distinction. I mean, some of them are considered quite bad and need the layers peeled down to show off the good inside. There are other cases though. A movie can also be a black sheep if it was buried by a more popular outing like The Last Broadcast being utterly forgotten after the behemoth The Blair Witch Project made its appearance. Sometimes, like Last Broadcast, it can just be buried withing its own genre, decade, year, or as in today’s title, all 3. I’ve seen more than a few comments for this one so let’s take a look at werewolves in 1981. No,...
- 9/20/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
While we generally like to think that human beings have catalogued most of the animal kingdom, the fact is that there are still plenty of biological mysteries to uncover. After all, gorillas were only recognized by science in the 1850s, and don’t even get me started on the extinction-dodging coelacanth. That’s why cryptozoology is such a fascinating subject, with amateur zoologists insisting that there’s still a little bit of magic left in the world.
Of course, not every legendary cryptid creature is as cuddly as the jackelope, and that’s why we’ve come up with this list recommending six underrated movies inspired by cryptozoology! After all, what good are monsters if we can’t enjoy scary movies about them?
As usual, we’ll be following a couple of rules in order to keep things concise. First of all, no double-dipping, which means we’ll only be...
Of course, not every legendary cryptid creature is as cuddly as the jackelope, and that’s why we’ve come up with this list recommending six underrated movies inspired by cryptozoology! After all, what good are monsters if we can’t enjoy scary movies about them?
As usual, we’ll be following a couple of rules in order to keep things concise. First of all, no double-dipping, which means we’ll only be...
- 1/25/2023
- by Luiz H. C.
- bloody-disgusting.com
We’re happy to report that this Goddard – Abrams – Reeves monster thriller holds up, when most everything else from the years of shaky-cam nausea and ‘found footage’ boredom disappoints. The ‘found’ video recording of the end of NYC is more than a gimmick, and it brings the panic for a you-are-there night of mayhem, chaos and destruction. The show was engineered to look like low-grade amateur video footage . . . so . . . why a 4K presentation? Curious format-philes will want to know.
Cloverfield 4K
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Code
Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment
2008 / Color / 1:78 widescreen / 85 min. / 15th Anniversary Limited Edition SteelbookStreet Date January 23, 2023 / Available from / 30.99
Starring: Michael Stahl-David, Odette Yustman, T.J. Miller, Jessica Lucas, Lizzy Caplan, Mike Vogel.
Cinematography: Michael Bonvillain
Production Designer: Martin Whist
Art Director: Doug J. Meerdink
Film Editor: Kevin Stitt
End title Music: Michael Giacchino
Written by Drew Goddard
Produced by J.J. Abrams, Bryan Burk
Directed by...
Cloverfield 4K
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Code
Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment
2008 / Color / 1:78 widescreen / 85 min. / 15th Anniversary Limited Edition SteelbookStreet Date January 23, 2023 / Available from / 30.99
Starring: Michael Stahl-David, Odette Yustman, T.J. Miller, Jessica Lucas, Lizzy Caplan, Mike Vogel.
Cinematography: Michael Bonvillain
Production Designer: Martin Whist
Art Director: Doug J. Meerdink
Film Editor: Kevin Stitt
End title Music: Michael Giacchino
Written by Drew Goddard
Produced by J.J. Abrams, Bryan Burk
Directed by...
- 1/17/2023
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
This episode of Investigation Discovery’s American Monster features footage of killer Christine Billis on TV alongside the husband she left dead in a staged car crash. Billis intentionally drove the couple’s car into a tree but while she was belted up and suffered only minor injuries, her husband Charles, 57, was unbelted and died at the scene. American Monster episode, titled The Last Broadcast, looks at how the tapes from a public-access TV show the couple were involved in show a “sinister tale” behind what happened. It was initially thought the crash in 2009 in Charleston, Vermont, was an accident […]
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- 4/5/2018
- by Julian Cheatle
- Monsters and Critics
Back in 1999, a tiny, amateurish, independent horror film called The Blair Witch Project managed to turn a massive $248 million profit on a meager $600,000 investment, while scaring audiences despite a lack of onscreen violence and gore. So what happened here? Good luck? Good timing? Genuine cinematic skill on the part of directors Eduardo Sanchez and Daniel Myrick? With a new Blair Witch film headed for theaters in a couple of weeks, YouTuber Ryan Hollinger examines the original phenomenon in an installment of his web series Ryan’s Theory entitled “The Blair Witch Project: Why Is It Important?”
Even though Blair Witch was a trendsetter and game changer for cinematic horror, it was far from original. Its pseudo-documentary structure had already been used in films like 1980’s Cannibal Holocaust and 1998’s The Last Broadcast. So what made The Blair Witch Project special? As Hollinger sees it ...
Even though Blair Witch was a trendsetter and game changer for cinematic horror, it was far from original. Its pseudo-documentary structure had already been used in films like 1980’s Cannibal Holocaust and 1998’s The Last Broadcast. So what made The Blair Witch Project special? As Hollinger sees it ...
- 8/30/2016
- by Joe Blevins
- avclub.com
Toby Whithouse has been questioned about the possibility of reviving Being Human, but doesn’t have any good news on the matter…
When Being Human was cancelled after five series, fans of the show were naturally dejected.
It’s to be expected, then, that the show’s creator Toby Whithouse will face regular questions over the possibility of bringing the show back.
The discussion reopened recently, with Whithouse asked for an update over two years after the show was stopped.
He told BBC Writersroom: "We all know shows that have outstayed their welcome, or been cynically resurrected. And no one would thank me – least of all the Being Human fans – if I went back with anything other than a stunning and revolutionary idea."
"Anything less would demean the show. And I haven’t had that idea," he added.
So, don’t expect the show to return any time soon. If Mr Whithouse's stance ever changes,...
When Being Human was cancelled after five series, fans of the show were naturally dejected.
It’s to be expected, then, that the show’s creator Toby Whithouse will face regular questions over the possibility of bringing the show back.
The discussion reopened recently, with Whithouse asked for an update over two years after the show was stopped.
He told BBC Writersroom: "We all know shows that have outstayed their welcome, or been cynically resurrected. And no one would thank me – least of all the Being Human fans – if I went back with anything other than a stunning and revolutionary idea."
"Anything less would demean the show. And I haven’t had that idea," he added.
So, don’t expect the show to return any time soon. If Mr Whithouse's stance ever changes,...
- 5/22/2015
- by rleane
- Den of Geek
1999 seems so far away now. At the fag end of the millennium, it was the year that gave us Stanley Kubrick's posthumous final opus, Britney Spears's first album and Hugh Grant playing the iconic Time Lord in a Doctor Who Comic Relief special. That wretched song 'Blue' by Eiffel 65 was violating our ears. It also saw a micro-budget (reportedly $35k) film creep into UK cinemas on October 22 and change the horror genre forever. The debate rages on whether that was for better or worse.
The Blair Witch Project's financial rewards were huge, with the film grossing $10,931 for every $1 spent according to the Guinness Book of World Records. Yet its cultural impact was arguably more staggering. In an age when the Internet was in its mass-market infancy and mobile phones were a luxury bearing the game Snake, it was felt that the horror genre had nothing new...
The Blair Witch Project's financial rewards were huge, with the film grossing $10,931 for every $1 spent according to the Guinness Book of World Records. Yet its cultural impact was arguably more staggering. In an age when the Internet was in its mass-market infancy and mobile phones were a luxury bearing the game Snake, it was felt that the horror genre had nothing new...
- 10/22/2014
- Digital Spy
We’re back with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes new details on Found Footage 3D and Mania, photos from Refuge and a poster from Fetish Factory, release dates announced for Skypemare, Soulmate, and The Inside, a trailer for When Black Birds Fly and Zombie Hood, and more:
New Details on Found Footage 3D: “…the producers of upcoming horror film Found Footage 3D announced the launch of their Indiegogo campaign to obtain additional funding for post-production and marketing expenses.
Produced by Kim Henkel, co-creator of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Found Footage 3D tells the story of a group of filmmakers who set out to make “the first 3D found-footage horror film,” but find themselves in a found-footage horror film when the evil entity from their movie escapes into their behind-the-scenes footage.
“What Scream did for slasher films,...
New Details on Found Footage 3D: “…the producers of upcoming horror film Found Footage 3D announced the launch of their Indiegogo campaign to obtain additional funding for post-production and marketing expenses.
Produced by Kim Henkel, co-creator of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Found Footage 3D tells the story of a group of filmmakers who set out to make “the first 3D found-footage horror film,” but find themselves in a found-footage horror film when the evil entity from their movie escapes into their behind-the-scenes footage.
“What Scream did for slasher films,...
- 10/19/2014
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Last Broadcast director Lance Weiler among those set to deliver masterclasses at the St Petersburg International Media Forum, which opens tonight with Mommy [pictured].
Lance Weiler, Adam Sigel and Andy Green are among the international guests set to give masterclasses at the inaugural St Petersburg International Media Forum (Spimf) which kicks off tonight (Oct 1) with the Russian premiere of Xavier Dolan’s Mommy.
Film director Weiler (The Last Broadcast, Pandemic), who is also the co-founder of Columbia University’s Digital Storytelling Lab, will speak about interactive storytelling as part of Spimf’s business programme (Oct 6-8), while writer-producer and content strategist Adam Sigel of La-based Cutbait Productions will explore storytelling across platforms, and Andy Green, a co-founder of the viral distribution platform Distrify, will discuss the influence of scientific and technological innovation on cultural strategy.
In other master classes, the creative technologist Clint Beharry of New York-based Harmony Institute will look at ways of optimising stories for social...
Lance Weiler, Adam Sigel and Andy Green are among the international guests set to give masterclasses at the inaugural St Petersburg International Media Forum (Spimf) which kicks off tonight (Oct 1) with the Russian premiere of Xavier Dolan’s Mommy.
Film director Weiler (The Last Broadcast, Pandemic), who is also the co-founder of Columbia University’s Digital Storytelling Lab, will speak about interactive storytelling as part of Spimf’s business programme (Oct 6-8), while writer-producer and content strategist Adam Sigel of La-based Cutbait Productions will explore storytelling across platforms, and Andy Green, a co-founder of the viral distribution platform Distrify, will discuss the influence of scientific and technological innovation on cultural strategy.
In other master classes, the creative technologist Clint Beharry of New York-based Harmony Institute will look at ways of optimising stories for social...
- 10/1/2014
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
There may be no other genre of film that juggles trends as often and openly as horror. One decade it’s the slasher; one decade it’s the ghost story; the next it’s found footage. The door does and will continue to revolve. That’s not going to change.
Fortunately for fans of this diabolical branch of celluloid, every now and then those shifts come on the heels of a landscape-altering production or the birth of a franchise destined to change the way we view film. We’ve seen movies evolve so much in the last 80-plus years it’s insane.
It’s almost hard to grasp, but it happens. And it often takes career-defining projects and game-changing films to make the shift a reality. Here are 15 horror franchises that enhanced or completely altered the face of horror as we know it.
Alien:
Ridley Scott’s greatest achievement,...
Fortunately for fans of this diabolical branch of celluloid, every now and then those shifts come on the heels of a landscape-altering production or the birth of a franchise destined to change the way we view film. We’ve seen movies evolve so much in the last 80-plus years it’s insane.
It’s almost hard to grasp, but it happens. And it often takes career-defining projects and game-changing films to make the shift a reality. Here are 15 horror franchises that enhanced or completely altered the face of horror as we know it.
Alien:
Ridley Scott’s greatest achievement,...
- 8/27/2014
- by Matt Molgaard
- DreadCentral.com
It’s the summer solstice today.
I’m just gonna go crawl in a dark, deep hole somewhere until this whole sunshine thing is done. I mean, seriously, how can you people actually be Excited about the fact that a giant, emotionless, burning ball of fire is beating down on your dumb, stupid faces all day. If that’s not the very definition of masochism, I don’t know what is.
The Last Broadcast #2
Writer: Andre Sirangelo
Artist: Gabriel Iumazark
Publisher: Archaia/Boom! Studios
Price: $4 (digital)
Archaia Entertainment is, as an entity, a bit puzzling. They’re an imprint of Boom!, having been bought by them back in 2008, though it would appear they didn’t do much besides maintain its status as a niche publisher. I first encountered them thanks to their publishing of Sm Vidaurri’s “Iron: Or, The War After” graphic novel, which was lovingly hardbound and was just a pleasure to own,...
I’m just gonna go crawl in a dark, deep hole somewhere until this whole sunshine thing is done. I mean, seriously, how can you people actually be Excited about the fact that a giant, emotionless, burning ball of fire is beating down on your dumb, stupid faces all day. If that’s not the very definition of masochism, I don’t know what is.
The Last Broadcast #2
Writer: Andre Sirangelo
Artist: Gabriel Iumazark
Publisher: Archaia/Boom! Studios
Price: $4 (digital)
Archaia Entertainment is, as an entity, a bit puzzling. They’re an imprint of Boom!, having been bought by them back in 2008, though it would appear they didn’t do much besides maintain its status as a niche publisher. I first encountered them thanks to their publishing of Sm Vidaurri’s “Iron: Or, The War After” graphic novel, which was lovingly hardbound and was just a pleasure to own,...
- 6/23/2014
- by Chris Melkus
- Destroy the Brain
The Last Broadcast #2
Written by Andre Sirangelo
Illustrated by Gabriel Iumazark
Lettered by Debron Bennett
Published by Boom! Studios
The Last Broadcast continues its story of urban exploration, a long-dead magician, and some sort of occult conspiracy. Ivan is being sucked deeper and deeper into a mystery that involves the Society of Psychic Investigation, a group of UrbEx aficionados, the long-dead magician Blackhall, and his missing friend Dmitri. While the series is still developing its promise and potential, the art style is really something worth picking up
The episode begins by recapping Blackhall’s death on a crowded stage in London. We then flash forward to Ivan in the hospital bed, where Ella is asking him questions about his background as a magician and the things he had in his backpack. Ivan starts looking for Dmitri by visiting a rare book store, where he shows the owner the photograph left in Dmitri’s apartment.
Written by Andre Sirangelo
Illustrated by Gabriel Iumazark
Lettered by Debron Bennett
Published by Boom! Studios
The Last Broadcast continues its story of urban exploration, a long-dead magician, and some sort of occult conspiracy. Ivan is being sucked deeper and deeper into a mystery that involves the Society of Psychic Investigation, a group of UrbEx aficionados, the long-dead magician Blackhall, and his missing friend Dmitri. While the series is still developing its promise and potential, the art style is really something worth picking up
The episode begins by recapping Blackhall’s death on a crowded stage in London. We then flash forward to Ivan in the hospital bed, where Ella is asking him questions about his background as a magician and the things he had in his backpack. Ivan starts looking for Dmitri by visiting a rare book store, where he shows the owner the photograph left in Dmitri’s apartment.
- 6/18/2014
- by Zeb Larson
- SoundOnSight
I have no idea what is happening to me. Am I getting soft? I didn’t execute a Single. Comic. This week. That’s right, I was so wowed by all of these debut issues, they are All getting a pardon until their next volume. Usually, I read at least One #1 issue that I can’t stand. Maybe it’s because I picked up two pulp comics, which I’ll admit to being a sucker for. But I was actually pretty convinced I’d dislike the overpriced The Last Broadcast before I even picked it up, and in fact, my first read-through, I wanted to execute it. But upon further dissemination, I started to appreciate the art more and…
If this gets any worse, I’m going to have to change the name of the column to I Read Comics For You or perhaps Comics Are Things.
The Last Broadcast...
If this gets any worse, I’m going to have to change the name of the column to I Read Comics For You or perhaps Comics Are Things.
The Last Broadcast...
- 5/23/2014
- by Chris Melkus
- Destroy the Brain
The Last Broadcast #1
Written by Andre Sirangelo
Illustrated by Gabriel Iumazark
Letters by Deron Bennett
Publisher: Boom! Studios, Archia
2014
For a series about magic, The Last Broadcast doesn’t have any cheap tricks up its sleeve. It’s more about artfulness, from the handsome detailed panels to the intriguing and vibrant plot. The Last Broadcast tells a great story with skill, precision and mystery, and should be essential reading for any comic book fan.
The Last Broadcast continues Archaia’s return to single issue releases, this time with Andre Sirangelo making his debut with the company. Splitting the narrative between three time periods, Broadcast is set in the worlds of urban exploration and stage magic. It begins with Ivan, an aspiring stage magician with few prospects, who wakes up in hospital after an explosion that kills his friends. We are then treated to a flashback with Ivan and co. exploring...
Written by Andre Sirangelo
Illustrated by Gabriel Iumazark
Letters by Deron Bennett
Publisher: Boom! Studios, Archia
2014
For a series about magic, The Last Broadcast doesn’t have any cheap tricks up its sleeve. It’s more about artfulness, from the handsome detailed panels to the intriguing and vibrant plot. The Last Broadcast tells a great story with skill, precision and mystery, and should be essential reading for any comic book fan.
The Last Broadcast continues Archaia’s return to single issue releases, this time with Andre Sirangelo making his debut with the company. Splitting the narrative between three time periods, Broadcast is set in the worlds of urban exploration and stage magic. It begins with Ivan, an aspiring stage magician with few prospects, who wakes up in hospital after an explosion that kills his friends. We are then treated to a flashback with Ivan and co. exploring...
- 5/22/2014
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Found footage films get a bad rap - and worse reviews. But the genre combines the vitality of punk rock with the reach of a video viral, and it has earned, if not respectability, then at least a respectful reappraisal. Some found footage (hereafter Ff) films are, admittedly, unwatchable (see The Devil Inside or, better, don't). But others, such as recent West Country-set religious chiller The Borderlands, or Bobcat Goldthwait's creepy Bigfoot hunt Willow Creek (out on May 2), are closer to unmissable.
Beyond an ominous title card, Ff films require little backstory, and the genre has only a brief history of its own. An uncompromising, hand-over-the-camera-lens look at totalitarianism in Vietnam-era America, Peter Watkins' 1971 mock-doc Punishment Park is considered Ff's chief forebear. Ruggiero Deodato's still-troubling Cannibal Holocaust (1979), however, is the most striking early archetype. Following a gonzo film crew into tribal Amazonia, it puts video-nasty atrocities through a film-school filter,...
Beyond an ominous title card, Ff films require little backstory, and the genre has only a brief history of its own. An uncompromising, hand-over-the-camera-lens look at totalitarianism in Vietnam-era America, Peter Watkins' 1971 mock-doc Punishment Park is considered Ff's chief forebear. Ruggiero Deodato's still-troubling Cannibal Holocaust (1979), however, is the most striking early archetype. Following a gonzo film crew into tribal Amazonia, it puts video-nasty atrocities through a film-school filter,...
- 4/12/2014
- Digital Spy
As we’ve seen here in the first few weeks of 2014, the landscape of the horror genre is absolutely flooded with found footage movies, and we primarily have two movies to thank/blame for that; The Blair Witch Project and Paranormal Activity.
While 1999’s Blair Witch Project is often credited as the first horror movie made in the Pov found footage style, such a claim is actually quite untrue. Though Blair Witch is no doubt the movie that popularized the style, and Paranormal Activity the one that re-invented it and brought it into a new decade, there were actually a handful of found footage films that came out well before the horrifying tale of the witch in the woods.
Here are seven of those handheld horror movies, which all predate The Blair Witch Project!
Cannibal Holocaust (1980) - Theatrical Trailer
Cannibal Holocaust – 1980
What’s the very first found footage movie ever made?...
While 1999’s Blair Witch Project is often credited as the first horror movie made in the Pov found footage style, such a claim is actually quite untrue. Though Blair Witch is no doubt the movie that popularized the style, and Paranormal Activity the one that re-invented it and brought it into a new decade, there were actually a handful of found footage films that came out well before the horrifying tale of the witch in the woods.
Here are seven of those handheld horror movies, which all predate The Blair Witch Project!
Cannibal Holocaust (1980) - Theatrical Trailer
Cannibal Holocaust – 1980
What’s the very first found footage movie ever made?...
- 1/27/2014
- by John Squires
- FEARnet
Odd List Den Of Geek 20 Dec 2013 - 07:00
As nominated by Den of Geek writers, here are our favourite individual TV episodes of 2013…
Contains mild spoilers for some episodes.
A fortnight ago, Den of Geek's writers were asked to channel their inner Rob Gordon and select their top five favourite TV episodes of 2013 so far (anything airing in the second half of December wouldn't be eligible). Now, after much arduous mathematics and tallying up, the results are in.
So broad was the range of nominations, we've bumped up the top ten to a top fifteen this year, and included a bonus extra list at the end of every programme that appeared on the writers' lists of personal favourites.
Here we are then, the Den of Geek writers' favourite fifteen TV episodes of 2013...
15. Arrow – Sacrifice
What our reviewer said:
"But this was as entertaining and satisfying a finale as Arrow could ever have delivered,...
As nominated by Den of Geek writers, here are our favourite individual TV episodes of 2013…
Contains mild spoilers for some episodes.
A fortnight ago, Den of Geek's writers were asked to channel their inner Rob Gordon and select their top five favourite TV episodes of 2013 so far (anything airing in the second half of December wouldn't be eligible). Now, after much arduous mathematics and tallying up, the results are in.
So broad was the range of nominations, we've bumped up the top ten to a top fifteen this year, and included a bonus extra list at the end of every programme that appeared on the writers' lists of personal favourites.
Here we are then, the Den of Geek writers' favourite fifteen TV episodes of 2013...
15. Arrow – Sacrifice
What our reviewer said:
"But this was as entertaining and satisfying a finale as Arrow could ever have delivered,...
- 12/19/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
As one of the most visionary creators in modern time, David Cronenberg has garnered an eclectic filmography that includes deranged horror masterpieces like Videodrome and more conventional, yet audacious, narratives like A History of Violence. Now, audiences will have the chance to be immersed in the filmmaker’s universe via the Tiff and the Canadian Film Centre’s Media Lab (Cfc Media Lab) transmedia production Body/Mind/Change. This unique interactive experience stars Cronenberg himself and exposes the plausible science fiction that inhabits his oeuvre as scientific facts.
“Working with Tiff on Body/Mind/Change offered an unparalleled opportunity for Cfc Media Lab to work with the amazing David Cronenberg; Lance Weiler, an incomparable storyteller reinventing entertainment using transmedia; and a passionate group of digital designers and companies,” said Cfc’s Chief Digital Officer Ana Serrano, who is also worked with Tiff on Body/Mind/Change. “It has been an exciting creative journey resulting in North America’s first interactive storytelling experience that generates a physical object for the user that has narrative meaning.”
“The Cronenberg Project is Tiff’s first fully-curated exhibition offers visitors a truly unique experience, both within the Tiff Lightbox and beyond with Body/Mind/Change,” added Noah Cowan, Artistic Director, Tiff Bell Lightbox. “In addition to Lance Weiler’s artistic direction and the Cfc team, David Cronenberg’s involvement in this project has made it one of the coolest multimedia projects in the world.”
The Cfc Media Lab has assembled an incredible team that includes some of the most innovative creative minds in North America working on digital media today. One of these amazing artists is Lance Weiler who is serving as the creative director and experience designer Body/Mind/Change. Weller history with Cfc Media Lab goes back to his own work The Last Broadcast, which he presented at their Interactive Arena Series as one of the pioneering minds to combine traditional storytelling with modern technology. 1188 Films, Aesthetec, Northern Army, and composer Brendan Canning from Broken Social Scene among others, form the rest of the extremely talented team. In the production side there is Art Hindle, who is one of Cronenberg’s recurrent collaborations, as well as Joey Klein and alumni from the Cfc Actors Conservatory program, Diana Bentley and Natalie Krill.
“Working with David Cronenberg on Body/Mind/Change was an amazing experience. With his participation we were able to create a layered story world that will immerse participants in his fiction as if it were reality,” says Lance Weiler, creative director and experience designer of Body/Mind/Change."
Body/Mind/Change is inspired by the intellectual property found in Cronenberg’s films, such as Scanners, Videodrome and eXistenZ. In this realm, the director’s partners with Bmc Labs, a fictional biotech firm, to develop biotech enhancement implants. On October 25, registered participants will be guided through an episodic interactive narrative that functions as a simulator for training their PODs. Once each participant completes this three-part experience they are guaranteed a unique Pod generated from their behavior during the simulations. Their Pod will be available for pick-up at the close of the David Cronenberg: Evolution exhibition in January 2014 at the Bmc Labs installation, located in the Cibc Canadian Film Gallery on the 4th floor of the Tiff Bell Lightbox.
Participants can sign up now at www.bodymindchange.ca where they can register to be one of the first to receive the next generation bio-tech recommendation engine, called Personal-On-Demand (Pod). For a sneak peek of the video trailer Click Here.
“Working with Tiff on Body/Mind/Change offered an unparalleled opportunity for Cfc Media Lab to work with the amazing David Cronenberg; Lance Weiler, an incomparable storyteller reinventing entertainment using transmedia; and a passionate group of digital designers and companies,” said Cfc’s Chief Digital Officer Ana Serrano, who is also worked with Tiff on Body/Mind/Change. “It has been an exciting creative journey resulting in North America’s first interactive storytelling experience that generates a physical object for the user that has narrative meaning.”
“The Cronenberg Project is Tiff’s first fully-curated exhibition offers visitors a truly unique experience, both within the Tiff Lightbox and beyond with Body/Mind/Change,” added Noah Cowan, Artistic Director, Tiff Bell Lightbox. “In addition to Lance Weiler’s artistic direction and the Cfc team, David Cronenberg’s involvement in this project has made it one of the coolest multimedia projects in the world.”
The Cfc Media Lab has assembled an incredible team that includes some of the most innovative creative minds in North America working on digital media today. One of these amazing artists is Lance Weiler who is serving as the creative director and experience designer Body/Mind/Change. Weller history with Cfc Media Lab goes back to his own work The Last Broadcast, which he presented at their Interactive Arena Series as one of the pioneering minds to combine traditional storytelling with modern technology. 1188 Films, Aesthetec, Northern Army, and composer Brendan Canning from Broken Social Scene among others, form the rest of the extremely talented team. In the production side there is Art Hindle, who is one of Cronenberg’s recurrent collaborations, as well as Joey Klein and alumni from the Cfc Actors Conservatory program, Diana Bentley and Natalie Krill.
“Working with David Cronenberg on Body/Mind/Change was an amazing experience. With his participation we were able to create a layered story world that will immerse participants in his fiction as if it were reality,” says Lance Weiler, creative director and experience designer of Body/Mind/Change."
Body/Mind/Change is inspired by the intellectual property found in Cronenberg’s films, such as Scanners, Videodrome and eXistenZ. In this realm, the director’s partners with Bmc Labs, a fictional biotech firm, to develop biotech enhancement implants. On October 25, registered participants will be guided through an episodic interactive narrative that functions as a simulator for training their PODs. Once each participant completes this three-part experience they are guaranteed a unique Pod generated from their behavior during the simulations. Their Pod will be available for pick-up at the close of the David Cronenberg: Evolution exhibition in January 2014 at the Bmc Labs installation, located in the Cibc Canadian Film Gallery on the 4th floor of the Tiff Bell Lightbox.
Participants can sign up now at www.bodymindchange.ca where they can register to be one of the first to receive the next generation bio-tech recommendation engine, called Personal-On-Demand (Pod). For a sneak peek of the video trailer Click Here.
- 9/19/2013
- by Carlos Aguilar
- Sydney's Buzz
David Cronenberg and Lance Weiler (The Last Broadcast) have teamed up with Tiff and the Canadian Film Center Media Lab to create a new interactive, multimedia project that allows you to "experience what it is like to live inside a David Cronenberg film." Details of how they're going to pull this off are vague, with phrases in the press release like "presents the plausible science fiction found in [Cronenberg's] work as scientific fact." But hey, you can go to the website now to sign up for the project, and watch a teaser starring Cronenberg himself below! Or try to wade through the whole press release in search of clues between the lines of the emphatic "I'm-thrilled-to-be-doing-this" quotes.The first stage, based on the website description, sounds...
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- 9/5/2013
- Screen Anarchy
"Being Human's" series finale started with a song-and-dance sequence, and ended the only way the show could: with its three leads becoming human. It took a rocky road for Hal, Tom and Alex to get there, but at least they did and finally got what seems to be their perfect happy ending.
The final episode of the UK "Being Human" series, "The Last Broadcast," aired in Britain on March 10, but only just premiered on Us shores tonight. The show's three leads literally had to fight the devil himself in order to free themselves from his curse, but defeat him they did -- though not before Captain Hatch tried to trick them all individually into making a deal with him.
Hatch showed them alternate dream worlds that they could live in if, in exchange, they let him rule the true reality. For Alex, that meant staying alive the day that she died.
The final episode of the UK "Being Human" series, "The Last Broadcast," aired in Britain on March 10, but only just premiered on Us shores tonight. The show's three leads literally had to fight the devil himself in order to free themselves from his curse, but defeat him they did -- though not before Captain Hatch tried to trick them all individually into making a deal with him.
Hatch showed them alternate dream worlds that they could live in if, in exchange, they let him rule the true reality. For Alex, that meant staying alive the day that she died.
- 8/18/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
I never saw the first The Last Exorcism by Daniel Stamm, however; the sequel opens with a recap of the first film's final moments, and the strangest thing is how the original film, a found-footage type horror flick, has a sequel in Director Ed Gass-Donnelly's The Last Exorcism Part II that is, essentially, a straight-up, somewhat by-the-numbers horror film. I'm no found-footage fanatic, though I do enjoy the better ones, with The Last Broadcast, Chronicle, the original Paranormal Activity being some of my favorites. Working in favor of this follow-up, Ashley Bell is a pretty solid actress, starring in the original flick, and now reprising her role as Nell. She starts off quite meek, however about thirty or so minutes into the film, she begins exuding a strength that the character needs to endure the craziness ahead. And there's plenty of it.
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- 7/1/2013
- by Robert Ottone
- JustPressPlay.net
The mockumentary is an underutilized method of delivering a cinematic story, especially in the gimmick-friendly horror genre. And I don.t mean like The Office, either. I mean films that generally blend narrative with different visual techniques to help the story feel more genuine and real. Movies like The Last Broadcast, Lake Mungo and Incident at Loch Ness are standouts not only because they.re arguably great films, but because there hasn.t been a flood of knock-offs like the proper found-footage genre has been hit with. It is with open arms that we welcome Christopher MacBride.s secret society horror The Conspiracy into our lives, now that XLrator Media has stepped in and snagged the U.S. distribution rights. The film was surprise hit at last year.s Fantastic Fest, and then nothing much was heard of it until now, though no release plans were mentioned in the release...
- 6/12/2013
- cinemablend.com
In the ninth part of Filmmaker‘s interview project with prominent figures from the world of transmedia, conducted through the MIT Open Documentary Lab, Lance Weiler answers our questions. Weiler is a boundary-pushing transmedia storyteller who has, among many notable achievements, directed and self-distributed innovative movies (The Last Broadcast, Head Trauma), created an Arg for Head Trauma, made the immersive storytelling short Pandemic, and founded the regular creative conference diy days and the transmedia company Reboot Stories. He also writes the Culture Hacker column for Filmmaker magazine, and is on the board of the Ifp, the publisher of Filmmaker. For an introduction …...
- 5/2/2013
- by MIT Open Documentary Lab
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
News Louisa Mellor 15 Apr 2013 - 20:20
Being Human's Toby Whithouse promised us an extra scene explaining what happened after the series five finale, and here it is...
Warning: contains Being Human finale spoilers.
Remember all that 'were they or were they not in a dream world' business from the Being Human finale? Er, this DVD extra scene pretty much clears up the ambiguity...
Read our review of the Being Human series five finale, The Last Broadcast, here.
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- 4/15/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
New York — Jason Mittell had other things to do last month when ABC aired a two-hour debut of the drama "Red Widow," so he set his digital video recorder to capture it.
Then the Middlebury College professor and Just TV blogger saw the show's disappointing ratings the next day. He deleted the DVR file. If the show already appears to be on thin ice, why bother watching?
Skittish viewers who guard their time are making the already difficult task of establishing new dramas on broadcast television even harder. If the show becomes a hit, technology offers many ways to catch up later. It's just one more advantage for cable networks at a time when they already seem to have the upper hand with dramas.
"Zero Hour," the series that Zack Estrin helped produce for ABC, debuted on Valentine's Day. Starring Anthony Edwards, "Zero Hour" demanded a viewer's attention as it...
Then the Middlebury College professor and Just TV blogger saw the show's disappointing ratings the next day. He deleted the DVR file. If the show already appears to be on thin ice, why bother watching?
Skittish viewers who guard their time are making the already difficult task of establishing new dramas on broadcast television even harder. If the show becomes a hit, technology offers many ways to catch up later. It's just one more advantage for cable networks at a time when they already seem to have the upper hand with dramas.
"Zero Hour," the series that Zack Estrin helped produce for ABC, debuted on Valentine's Day. Starring Anthony Edwards, "Zero Hour" demanded a viewer's attention as it...
- 4/1/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Being Human star Damien Molony has praised the show's "epic" final episode.
The Irish actor - who played vampire Hal - insisted that BBC Three's cult drama "got an ending that [it] deserved", MSN reports.
"It was epic stuff to work on as an actor... to walk through post-apocalyptic streets of Cardiff while the Devil (Phil Davis) takes over the world - that's great fun," he said.
Molony also revealed that the Being Human cast learnt that the show's fifth series would be its last shortly before shooting began.
"We found out just before filming started that it was probably going to be the last episode," he explained. "It was so great getting the script for episode six and knowing that we were going to go out with a big bang."
Photo gallery - Being Human's final episode:The final episode of Being Human - 'The Last Broadcast' - ended on a twist,...
The Irish actor - who played vampire Hal - insisted that BBC Three's cult drama "got an ending that [it] deserved", MSN reports.
"It was epic stuff to work on as an actor... to walk through post-apocalyptic streets of Cardiff while the Devil (Phil Davis) takes over the world - that's great fun," he said.
Molony also revealed that the Being Human cast learnt that the show's fifth series would be its last shortly before shooting began.
"We found out just before filming started that it was probably going to be the last episode," he explained. "It was so great getting the script for episode six and knowing that we were going to go out with a big bang."
Photo gallery - Being Human's final episode:The final episode of Being Human - 'The Last Broadcast' - ended on a twist,...
- 3/21/2013
- Digital Spy
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
The suitably named episode brings not just series five to a conclusion but it was also the very last episode as Being Human joins the great TV channel in sky. There’s a lot of story lines to wrap up and the small matter of killing the devil, will our trinity of heroes have a happy ending?
Opening with a Being Human first, Hal gives a delightfully macabre rendition of Irving Berlin’s “Puttin’ On The Ritz”, his vampire induction is brought to a sudden standstill when Tom bursts in and swiftly kills all the new recruits before setting his sights on Hal. Thankfully Alex utilised her knowledge of the movie Kill Bill and breaks out of the coffin, arriving just in time to prevent Tom from taking his revenge.
Evil Hal isn’t best pleased he’s been duped by Captain Hatch, reluctantly he agrees...
The suitably named episode brings not just series five to a conclusion but it was also the very last episode as Being Human joins the great TV channel in sky. There’s a lot of story lines to wrap up and the small matter of killing the devil, will our trinity of heroes have a happy ending?
Opening with a Being Human first, Hal gives a delightfully macabre rendition of Irving Berlin’s “Puttin’ On The Ritz”, his vampire induction is brought to a sudden standstill when Tom bursts in and swiftly kills all the new recruits before setting his sights on Hal. Thankfully Alex utilised her knowledge of the movie Kill Bill and breaks out of the coffin, arriving just in time to prevent Tom from taking his revenge.
Evil Hal isn’t best pleased he’s been duped by Captain Hatch, reluctantly he agrees...
- 3/16/2013
- by Chris Suffield
- Obsessed with Film
Feature Caroline Preece 14 Mar 2013 - 07:00
Caroline revisits each of the Being Human series finales and finds out what they tell us about the show's evolution...
This feature contains spoilers.
If there’s one thing (and we all know there were many) that Being Human did brilliantly, it was series finales. With such a short run each year, there was often the perfect build-up to explosive conclusions that always brought the best elements of the show to the forefront.
Now that we know for sure that there’ll be no more Being Human series finales, why don’t we take one last look back at the brilliant episodes we were given over its five year run? We had Old Ones, romance, dastardly villains and episodes of The Real Hustle, but how did they compare to each other and what can they tell us about the evolution of the show?
Series...
Caroline revisits each of the Being Human series finales and finds out what they tell us about the show's evolution...
This feature contains spoilers.
If there’s one thing (and we all know there were many) that Being Human did brilliantly, it was series finales. With such a short run each year, there was often the perfect build-up to explosive conclusions that always brought the best elements of the show to the forefront.
Now that we know for sure that there’ll be no more Being Human series finales, why don’t we take one last look back at the brilliant episodes we were given over its five year run? We had Old Ones, romance, dastardly villains and episodes of The Real Hustle, but how did they compare to each other and what can they tell us about the evolution of the show?
Series...
- 3/14/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Review Caroline Preece 10 Mar 2013 - 23:00
Caroline bids a very fond adieu to Toby Whithouse's Being Human. Here's her review of its wonderful final episode, The Last Broadcast...
This review contains spoilers.
5.6 The Last Broadcast
Well, that’s it folks. The last episode of Being Human has aired and we’ll no longer be enjoying the company of Hal, Alex and Tom on a Sunday evening. It’s not all doom and gloom, though, as The Last Broadcast was a wonderful closer to a fantastic series that not only managed to provide us with a brilliant hour of entertaining telly, but also with a meaningful ending to a show that was, at its heart, about nothing more than the desire to be human. This is, after all, what made Being Human so special in the first place.
It may have lost its way from time to time, with some...
Caroline bids a very fond adieu to Toby Whithouse's Being Human. Here's her review of its wonderful final episode, The Last Broadcast...
This review contains spoilers.
5.6 The Last Broadcast
Well, that’s it folks. The last episode of Being Human has aired and we’ll no longer be enjoying the company of Hal, Alex and Tom on a Sunday evening. It’s not all doom and gloom, though, as The Last Broadcast was a wonderful closer to a fantastic series that not only managed to provide us with a brilliant hour of entertaining telly, but also with a meaningful ending to a show that was, at its heart, about nothing more than the desire to be human. This is, after all, what made Being Human so special in the first place.
It may have lost its way from time to time, with some...
- 3/10/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Last week, Friday Fiver picked out the five greatest episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and today we've got cause to look back on another of cult drama's very best - after five years, Being Human will draw to a close this Sunday night (March 10).
From Mitchell, George and Annie to Hal, Tom and Alex, we're nominating a quintet that represents the very finest that Toby Whithouse's BBC Three series had to offer and, to be fair, we've chosen one episode per series - check out our picks below and be sure to share your own favourites too!
> Being Human series finale: Ten teasers about 'The Last Broadcast'
Series One, Episode Four - first aired Feb 15, 2009
Being Human came out of the gates strong but really hit its stride in week four - Brian Dooley's episode, which saw vampire Mitchell (Aidan Turner) befriend a young boy...
From Mitchell, George and Annie to Hal, Tom and Alex, we're nominating a quintet that represents the very finest that Toby Whithouse's BBC Three series had to offer and, to be fair, we've chosen one episode per series - check out our picks below and be sure to share your own favourites too!
> Being Human series finale: Ten teasers about 'The Last Broadcast'
Series One, Episode Four - first aired Feb 15, 2009
Being Human came out of the gates strong but really hit its stride in week four - Brian Dooley's episode, which saw vampire Mitchell (Aidan Turner) befriend a young boy...
- 3/8/2013
- Digital Spy
Info and airdates on your favourite TV shows. You want 'em. We got 'em. And we're a damn sight more reliable than that geezer down the pub who claims to be a friend of a friend of a friend whose brother is head of 'telly and that' at Channel 4, or whatever.
Feast your eyes on these gawjus bits of telly gossip covering Utopia, The Simpsons, the last ever episode of Being Human and more...
Any news on Series 2 of Utopia?
Well, the *big* news is that, while a second series is yet to be confirmed, it's very much on the cards - we spoke to Utopia star Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, who played Ian in Dennis Kelly's vivid and violent drama, and he had this to say about the chances of more episodes...
"I think there is scope for a second series, but I also think that it is self-contained.
Feast your eyes on these gawjus bits of telly gossip covering Utopia, The Simpsons, the last ever episode of Being Human and more...
Any news on Series 2 of Utopia?
Well, the *big* news is that, while a second series is yet to be confirmed, it's very much on the cards - we spoke to Utopia star Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, who played Ian in Dennis Kelly's vivid and violent drama, and he had this to say about the chances of more episodes...
"I think there is scope for a second series, but I also think that it is self-contained.
- 3/7/2013
- Digital Spy
Feature Louisa Mellor 10 Mar 2013 - 23:00
We need to talk about what really went on in Being Human’s final moments. Spoilers and theories abound...
This feature contains massive spoilers for the Being Human series five finale. If you've yet to watch it, steer clear.
It was all going so well. The devil had been staked, the gang had become human, and Antiques Roadshow was just about to start on the telly. Then, in a moment of sheer wickedness, Toby Whithouse snatched it all away with a Dutch angle and some Japanese paper folding. After giving Being Human fans precisely the ending they’d asked for (sofa, teapot, humanity, antiques), Whithouse subverted the lot, showing us… well, what exactly did he show us?
Let’s return to the point when the diabolical Captain Hatch led Hal, Alex and Tom through the magical mystery tour of their non-cursed states. Back to...
We need to talk about what really went on in Being Human’s final moments. Spoilers and theories abound...
This feature contains massive spoilers for the Being Human series five finale. If you've yet to watch it, steer clear.
It was all going so well. The devil had been staked, the gang had become human, and Antiques Roadshow was just about to start on the telly. Then, in a moment of sheer wickedness, Toby Whithouse snatched it all away with a Dutch angle and some Japanese paper folding. After giving Being Human fans precisely the ending they’d asked for (sofa, teapot, humanity, antiques), Whithouse subverted the lot, showing us… well, what exactly did he show us?
Let’s return to the point when the diabolical Captain Hatch led Hal, Alex and Tom through the magical mystery tour of their non-cursed states. Back to...
- 3/7/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
It's one more and out for Being Human - BBC Three's incredible cult drama finally draws to a close this Sunday night, but fans of Hal (Damien Molony), Tom (Michael Socha) and Alex (Kate Bracken) can console themselves with the news that series finale 'The Last Broadcast' is an absolute triumph.
A werewolf, a vampire and a ghost will take on the Devil in an epic fight to the death and you simply must watch. Prepare to laugh, cry and gibber uncontrollably as writer Toby Whithouse draws you into his dark, vivid, wonderful world one last time...
The final episode of Being Human airs on BBC Three this Sunday (March 10) at 10pm - check out our ten teasers for 'The Last Broadcast' below. Mild spoilers!
> Being Human: The final episode in pictures
> Being Human star talks final episodes: 'Fans will be blown away'
1. "Am I basically one of the X-Men?...
A werewolf, a vampire and a ghost will take on the Devil in an epic fight to the death and you simply must watch. Prepare to laugh, cry and gibber uncontrollably as writer Toby Whithouse draws you into his dark, vivid, wonderful world one last time...
The final episode of Being Human airs on BBC Three this Sunday (March 10) at 10pm - check out our ten teasers for 'The Last Broadcast' below. Mild spoilers!
> Being Human: The final episode in pictures
> Being Human star talks final episodes: 'Fans will be blown away'
1. "Am I basically one of the X-Men?...
- 3/6/2013
- Digital Spy
The time has come, Being Human fans - this Sunday night, we have to bid farewell to vampire Hal (Damien Molony), werewolf Tom (Michael Socha) and ghost Alex (Kate Bracken) and to a show we've loved for five series!
Series finale 'The Last Broadcast' is penned by Being Human creator Toby Whithouse and sees both Tom and Hal revert to their old ways, while Alex is kept locked away in her personal hell by Captain Hatch (Phil Davis).
> Being Human star talks final episodes: 'Fans will be blown away'
> Being Human review: New episode 'No Care, All Responsibility'
Have the Trinity been torn asunder for good or will they reunite to see off Hatch? There's only one way to find out for sure - watch Being Human this Sunday (March 10) at 10pm on BBC Three.
Check out all-new images from the last ever episode of Being Human below - but beware,...
Series finale 'The Last Broadcast' is penned by Being Human creator Toby Whithouse and sees both Tom and Hal revert to their old ways, while Alex is kept locked away in her personal hell by Captain Hatch (Phil Davis).
> Being Human star talks final episodes: 'Fans will be blown away'
> Being Human review: New episode 'No Care, All Responsibility'
Have the Trinity been torn asunder for good or will they reunite to see off Hatch? There's only one way to find out for sure - watch Being Human this Sunday (March 10) at 10pm on BBC Three.
Check out all-new images from the last ever episode of Being Human below - but beware,...
- 3/5/2013
- Digital Spy
Fans of the UK series "Being Human" are preparing for the series finale next Sunday, March 10th, and we have a sneak peek of the episode, entitled "The Last Broadcast," in which vampire Hal celebrates his return to the dark side by dancing around his new recruits.
"Being Human" Episode 5.06 - "The Last Broadcast" (airs 10 March 2013)
Hal, Tom, and Alex do battle with the Devil in order to save the world, but at what price to their own humanity?
The series stars Michael Socha as werewolf Tom, Kate Bracken as ghost Alex, and Damien Molony as vampire Hal.
For more visit "Being Human" on BBC Three, "like" "Being Human" on Facebook, and follow "Being Human" on Twitter.
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"Being Human" Episode 5.06 - "The Last Broadcast" (airs 10 March 2013)
Hal, Tom, and Alex do battle with the Devil in order to save the world, but at what price to their own humanity?
The series stars Michael Socha as werewolf Tom, Kate Bracken as ghost Alex, and Damien Molony as vampire Hal.
For more visit "Being Human" on BBC Three, "like" "Being Human" on Facebook, and follow "Being Human" on Twitter.
Visit The Evilshop @ Amazon!
Got news? Click here to submit it!
Be human in the comments section below!
- 3/4/2013
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Paranormal Activity 4 has been out for a week now, and is all set to be the film of the Halloween season yet again, as fans search for a horror film to watch to ring in yet another Hallows Eve. Ariel Schulman’s film-cum-franchise has relaunched the “Found Footage” genre of horror that was first made popular by the 1999 film “The Blair Witch Project” into the public’s consciousness. So much so, it has replaced the Saw Franchise as the staple Halloween Horror release of the year, with a fifth film in the series having been confirmed for next October, too.
However, if “Found Footage” is your game, and you’re looking for an alternative to the Paranormal Activity franchise for this Halloween, here are ten more awesome found footage horrors that we personally think outdo it. Below, you will find number 10 on our list, counting backwards to our number one choice.
However, if “Found Footage” is your game, and you’re looking for an alternative to the Paranormal Activity franchise for this Halloween, here are ten more awesome found footage horrors that we personally think outdo it. Below, you will find number 10 on our list, counting backwards to our number one choice.
- 10/27/2012
- by Joseph Dempsey
- Obsessed with Film
By Jesse Miller, MoreHorror.com
The Last Broadcast is set out entirely as an actual documentary made by an aspiring film maker, who pieces the found footage of the disappearing crew and is making a documentary himself – one that focuses on the relationship between the crew, the unusual happenings surrounding their adventure and the investigation into the sole survivor following their disappearances – in hopes of revitalizing his own failing career.
The film's presentation is well executed and the editing and directing adds nicely to this - it looks and feels like you're actually watching a doco you've stumbled across late at night on TV, setting the tone and establishing the mood nicely to get you into the spirit of things.
The hook of the film - the hunt for the mythical Jersey Devil - was intriguing enough for me that I could wave away some wooden performances, paper-thin characters and...
The Last Broadcast is set out entirely as an actual documentary made by an aspiring film maker, who pieces the found footage of the disappearing crew and is making a documentary himself – one that focuses on the relationship between the crew, the unusual happenings surrounding their adventure and the investigation into the sole survivor following their disappearances – in hopes of revitalizing his own failing career.
The film's presentation is well executed and the editing and directing adds nicely to this - it looks and feels like you're actually watching a doco you've stumbled across late at night on TV, setting the tone and establishing the mood nicely to get you into the spirit of things.
The hook of the film - the hunt for the mythical Jersey Devil - was intriguing enough for me that I could wave away some wooden performances, paper-thin characters and...
- 9/9/2012
- by admin
- MoreHorror
"Roots." "Shogun." "Rich Man, Poor Man." "The Thorn Birds." "North and South." "Gulliver's Travels." Those classic broadcast network miniseries from the 1970s, '80s and '90s made for marquee television. They were multi-night programming events that drew people to their TVs in numbers unachievable today outside televised sporting events. They won awards for their networks. And then the networks stopped making them. The last broadcast-network miniseries to receive an Emmy nomination was CBS' "Elvis" in 2005 -- and in 2011, there were so few miniseries in the running on both broadcast and...
- 6/12/2012
- by Kimberly Potts
- The Wrap
There seems to be a good deal of backlash these days towards the relatively new medium of "found footage" horror flicks. Ever since the early days of Cannibal Holocaust, The Last Broadcast, and (of course) The Blair Witch Project, we've seen, heard, read, and spoken on this spooky style of storytelling. Lately the "found footage" indies are popping up with alarming frequency, which is pretty cool if, like me, you've enjoyed movies like Grave Encounters, Atrocious, Undocumented, or The Tunnel -- but it seems that the horror fans are growing a little weary of the visual gimmick, possibly because of outrageously bad examples like Apollo 18 and (dear lord) The Devil Inside. Let's just say that the...
- 4/30/2012
- FEARnet
Are found footage movies a cheap-to-make fad, or are they a natural extension of classic storytelling? Here’s Ryan’s view of a divisive genre…
The finest storytellers are confidence tricksters. It’s their ability to convince us that what they’re telling us is real that makes their tall tales so engrossing – they blur the lines between fiction and reality, to the point where are brains struggle to see the join between one and the other.
This is why so many novels and short stories were written in the first person, or incorporated real-world events: their writers wanted to convince their readers that what they were reading was fact, even as the stories span off into unreality. Robinson Crusoe was written by Daniel Defoe as a first-person account of a castaway. Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels was written in the style of a traveller’s work of non-fiction,...
The finest storytellers are confidence tricksters. It’s their ability to convince us that what they’re telling us is real that makes their tall tales so engrossing – they blur the lines between fiction and reality, to the point where are brains struggle to see the join between one and the other.
This is why so many novels and short stories were written in the first person, or incorporated real-world events: their writers wanted to convince their readers that what they were reading was fact, even as the stories span off into unreality. Robinson Crusoe was written by Daniel Defoe as a first-person account of a castaway. Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels was written in the style of a traveller’s work of non-fiction,...
- 2/3/2012
- Den of Geek
Cristina Saralegui ended .El Show De Cristina. after 20 years. Cristina started her show in 1989 as daily for Univision. The last broadcast was November 1, 2010. National Latino Broadcasting announced today that Cristina Radio will officially go on the air Thursday, January 12, 2012. The channel, which has been built around Saralegui and whose main target will be the multi-generational Us Hispanic, is part of a two-channel agreement with Sirius Xm Radio. In May 2011, Nlb signed the media mogul to an exclusive radio contract which opens a new phase in her career and marks her satellite radio debut. Cristina Radio will benefit from her extraordinary on-air personality, and her unique vision and experience will shape the...
- 1/10/2012
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
Long time readers of the site will have seen this before as I’m reposting my love letter to Stephen Volk’s Ghostwatch on the occasion of Hallowe’en. A year shy of its twentieth anniversary it remains a landmark of paranormal drama and has just been reissued on DVD at a ridiculously low price.
Things have changed since the initial (and only) BBC broadcast. Reality TV has infected almost every aspect of television and Most Haunted and the recent Paranormal Activity films simply would not exist without it. Familiarity with the presenters may have made he suspension of disbelief a little difficult initially but nineteen years on there is no such problem.
Ghostwatch joins The War Game, Orson Welles’ Hallowe’en broadcast of War of the Worlds, and the Us TV programmes Special Bulletin and Without Warning as moments in broadcast history which signalled a shift in what was possible,...
Things have changed since the initial (and only) BBC broadcast. Reality TV has infected almost every aspect of television and Most Haunted and the recent Paranormal Activity films simply would not exist without it. Familiarity with the presenters may have made he suspension of disbelief a little difficult initially but nineteen years on there is no such problem.
Ghostwatch joins The War Game, Orson Welles’ Hallowe’en broadcast of War of the Worlds, and the Us TV programmes Special Bulletin and Without Warning as moments in broadcast history which signalled a shift in what was possible,...
- 10/31/2011
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Filmmaker John Stevenson hit Dread Central up to say that his planned remake of The Last Broadcast is not "dead" but is "severely delayed." Due to a wide variety of issues all coming to a head at the same time, it's looking less and less likely that The Last Broadcast will get a new life.
From filmmaker John Stevenson
My plans to remake The Last Broadcast were going great. I had new ideas and fresh takes to add in. However, issues pushed the production back. Additionally, I started materializing a Night of the Living Dead remake script with producers Loyal Ploof and Michele Pulaski-Tippett. It would take years for me to resurrect The Last Broadcast remake, and it may never come to pass.
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From filmmaker John Stevenson
My plans to remake The Last Broadcast were going great. I had new ideas and fresh takes to add in. However, issues pushed the production back. Additionally, I started materializing a Night of the Living Dead remake script with producers Loyal Ploof and Michele Pulaski-Tippett. It would take years for me to resurrect The Last Broadcast remake, and it may never come to pass.
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- 10/18/2011
- by Doctor Gash
- DreadCentral.com
The second annual Buffalo Screams Horror Film Festival has announced its film selections and schedule. In all, 48 films will screen at the five-day festival, which runs from Wednesday, October 26th through Sunday, October 30th at the Screening Room Cinema Cafe in Amherst, New York.
From the Press Release:
The festival will host a 30th anniversary screening of the slasher classic The Burning, which was filmed in North Tonawanda. Other non-competition, showcase features include Street Trash, The Definitive Document of the Dead, and Swirlee, all hosted by special guest Roy Frumkes; the stoner comedy Trippin’, which will be introduced by Alternative Cinema’s Paige Davis; and the world premiere of the zombie anthology Decayed, written and directed by Emil J. Novak, who co-founded Buffalo Screams with author and filmmaker Gregory Lamberson (Slime City Massacre, “The Jake Helman Files”).
Features competing for awards include Absentia, which just won the top prize at...
From the Press Release:
The festival will host a 30th anniversary screening of the slasher classic The Burning, which was filmed in North Tonawanda. Other non-competition, showcase features include Street Trash, The Definitive Document of the Dead, and Swirlee, all hosted by special guest Roy Frumkes; the stoner comedy Trippin’, which will be introduced by Alternative Cinema’s Paige Davis; and the world premiere of the zombie anthology Decayed, written and directed by Emil J. Novak, who co-founded Buffalo Screams with author and filmmaker Gregory Lamberson (Slime City Massacre, “The Jake Helman Files”).
Features competing for awards include Absentia, which just won the top prize at...
- 10/8/2011
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Today is October 1st and like every year I spend the majority of the month watching as many horror movies as I possibly can. So I decided to take it upon myself to list off the greatest horror movies ever made. I felt the need to break up the list into several categories. You see, usually when people ask me for recommendations of what horror films they should see, they still have some idea of what sub genre they are interested in watching. So as appose to having one big jumbled list, I’ve broken it down to help with those looking for recommendations in a specific area. Please Note: by the end of the month, the last entry in this series will include a list of what I think are without a doubt, the 31 greatest horror movies ever made. For now, I present to you my list of the...
- 10/1/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
André Øvredal’s Norwegian monster movie TrollHunter (2010) has been reviewed to death already and if you want to check out our editor's public burning of the flick then click this link and strap on your welding goggles. I agree with most of his diagnosis. On one hand TrollHunter is a horror film in the mode of The Blair Witch Project (1999) and The Last Broadcast (1998), but it's about as terrifying as being hit by a marshmallow hammer.
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- 9/8/2011
- by Daniel Green
- CineVue
Paranormal Activity. Cloverfield. Rec. The Poughkeepsie Tapes? To celebrate the arrival of Apollo 18, here's our rundown of some of the finest found footage films...
One of the most popular emergent sub-genres in recent times has been the found footage horror film. The premise, for those unfamiliar with it, is to stage a supposedly real event, shot on a camcorder, a camera phone or other bit of consumer-level technology. Essentially, it commits to the whole “based on a true story” brand of horror, but with even less need for a strong basis in fact.
If it's done well enough, it plants the seeds of doubt in the minds of a cynical and media-savvy audience; could we be watching a document of real events, rather than another horror film? The hit rate is variable, but found footage horror qualifies as a distinctly modern sub-genre.
This is partly because of the level...
One of the most popular emergent sub-genres in recent times has been the found footage horror film. The premise, for those unfamiliar with it, is to stage a supposedly real event, shot on a camcorder, a camera phone or other bit of consumer-level technology. Essentially, it commits to the whole “based on a true story” brand of horror, but with even less need for a strong basis in fact.
If it's done well enough, it plants the seeds of doubt in the minds of a cynical and media-savvy audience; could we be watching a document of real events, rather than another horror film? The hit rate is variable, but found footage horror qualifies as a distinctly modern sub-genre.
This is partly because of the level...
- 9/2/2011
- Den of Geek
Atrocious gives me the opportunity to say a number of things that have been on my mind. Chief among them is how much I enjoy the found footage genre. When well done it has produced some of the scariest moments in film in the last ten years. Of course just as some people don't like horror films and dismiss them as ineffective, "I've never been scared by a horror film", many horror fans do the same with this style of horror film. It has always seemed ridiculous to me. Either give yourself over to the experience the film offers or don't. If you don't then please don't complain to the filmmaker, the theatre manager or me. The Last Broadcast (1998), The Blair Witch Project (1999),...
- 8/19/2011
- Screen Anarchy
Los Angeles, California (X17online) - The last broadcast of Oprah Winfrey's daytime talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, delivered the highest ratings in 17 years. The episode featured the host reminiscing about her 25 years in daytime television, which averaged a 13.3 household rating, according to preliminary ratings from Nielsen. It was marked as the highest per household average since her installment, "People Shed Their Disguises," which aired on February 21, 1994. Wednesday's episode featured no guests; just Oprah talking to her studio audience and viewers about God, love and self-acceptance, topped her three-day farewell. Oprah is leaving her daytime duties to focus her time and energy on her cable network, Own: Oprah Winfrey Network. Reruns of The Oprah Winfrey Show will begin to air on Own in the fall, and the media mogul will be providing fresh content, to give old episodes a new twist.
- 5/26/2011
- x17online.com
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