The 4th Annual Hudson Horror Show is coming!

For those of you living in or around the Poughkeepsie, NY area, I am extremely jealous. On December 3rd (a mere three weeks away) you get the chance to celebrate the Horror genre in style at the HUDSON HORROR SHOW IV!

 

The event kicks off at high noon with a six-film marathon featuring 35MM prints of THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT, THE BEYOND, ROLLING THUNDER, THE WEREWOLF VS. THE VAMPIRE WOMAN, and... a SECRET SIXTH FEATURE FILM! Amidst the films there will be vintage drive-in style trailers and there will also be various vendors peddling their wares (shirts, DVDs, collectibles, etc.) so bring some extra cash!

I'm definitely thinking of attending this event (requested that Saturday and following Sunday off from work just in case) and urge all of you reading this to do the same if possible! Remember folks, the show's on Saturday, December 3rd at Noon! Advance tickets are $26; tickets at the door are $30.00. This will all take place at the SILVER CINEMAS at the SOUTH HILL MALL, and don't b*tch about the price because you are getting SIX movies for your cash plus a night full of memories that will last you a lifetime. Mark that weekend on your calendars and maybe, just maybe, I'll see some of you there!

Wait what? You're not familiar with some (or God help you, ALL) of the films in the lineup? Well here's a promotional trailer for the show, that'll give you a taste of the awesomeness you can expect:

Underbelly-palooza!

Since I've been remiss to pass on the Underbelly goodness that I enjoy (for the last month and half or so) here are the last four videos posted by these brave and funny souls including in no particular order: Their Halloween episode where trick-or-treaters get candy at the homes of several video game characters, their coverage of the latest NY COMIC-CON, their visit to a book-signing for Maddox's "I'm Better Than Your Kids," and finally a brand-spanking new video kicking off "Zelda Month" that has a wonderfully shocking (and romantical) ending. Check 'em all out below!









Stay tuned for new stuff everyone because November is MANIAC COP MONTH at the Vault! Expect reviews for all three films in the franchise, PLUS enter to win a BRAND NEW Maniac Cop Blu-ray (details on the Vault's main page). Also I have some news coming up about several cool events, and I'll be posting more videos on Youtube as well. It's gonna be a busy month so stick around b-movie fans!

'Darkest' aliens to arrive this Christmas

By Robbie Graham Silver Screen Saucers

Summit Entertainment has just released the North American Poster for The Darkest Hour - a Moscow-set, post-apocalyptic 3-D alien invasion thriller due for release in the U.S. on Christmas Day...

Image credit: Yahoo! Movies

View the trailer here...

See also:

'The Darkest Hour': story details, artwork revealed

Ridley Scott's 'Prometheus': news update

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The hotly anticipated Alien prequel Prometheus edges ever closer to the big screen as its shoot is now complete and its director, Ridley Scott (left), has just dropped a few more hints about its Ancient Astronaut-themed narrative.

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) quotes Scott as saying: “The central metaphor of Prometheus is about a ‘higher being’ who challenges the gods, and the gods don’t want to give him fire."

WSJ continues...

“’Fire is our first form of technology,’ Scott says, and so by taking fire, the higher being is punished ‘in perpetuity in a horrible fashion.’ Much like the story of the mythological god, Prometheus, who stole fire from Zeus and, for his actions, was bound to a rock with an eagle eternally devouring his liver.”

WSJ notes that “Scott is especially excited about the story of Prometheus — you can hear the enthusiasm in his voice when he discusses the film. The screenplay was written by Damon Lindelof and Jon Spaihts. “I think the reason why I haven’t attempted science fiction in a number of years is because I haven’t really come across a script that I really liked,” Scott says. “This developed and came out extremely well.”

WSJ has also confirmed with 20th Century Fox that Sigourney Weaver – star of the first four Alien films – does not make a cameo in Prometheus, but notes that, according to Scott, “the last eight minutes of the Prometheus story evolve into “a pretty good DNA of the Alien one.”

Regarding the use of 3-D and CGI in his film, Scott told WSJ that he has “completely taken off into this cyberworld,” referring to the Prometheus shoot as “the best time I’ve had in a number of years making a movie.”

It is also reassuring that, although the veteran director has “embraced ‘all the tricks, [and] the toys’ of computer-generated imagery and 3-D,” his movie’s fantastical effects will remain refreshingly old-school: “I’m a great believer in filming the real thing if you can and so I did a lot of building the real thing.”

Prometheus stars Michael Fassbender and Charlize Theron. It is scheduled for a June 2012 release.

Related articles:

'Alien' prequel to explore 'Ancient Astronaut' theory

Ridley Scott talks 'Prometheus'; first official image released

Hollywood and UFOlogy

By Robbie Graham Silver Screen Saucers

Image credit: After Disclosure

Over at his excellent After Disclosure site, Bryce Zabel has just re-posted an article I wrote back in April of this year titled: Hollywood and the Discourse on Disclosure. The piece draws considerably from my ongoing doctoral research and examines the extent to which Hollywood’s UFO movies are reliant upon UFOlogical discourse.

If you’ve not yet read the article then pay a visit now to After Disclosure where you’re encouraged to share your thoughts on all material presented.

UFO movie news round-up (02 Nov. 2011)

By Robbie Graham Silver Screen Saucers

Oscar-nominated short film maker Ruairi Robinson is set to direct his first feature film, the thriller The Last Days On Mars, which will feature special effects created by Peter Jackson’s Weta Digital.

According to ComingSoon.net, “The Last Days On Mars is currently in pre-production and is expected to start shooting early 2012 on location in Jordan and at Shepperton Studios in the UK.”

The film is described as follows:

“As their last day on Mars draws to a close, the astronaut crew is on the verge of a major breakthrough – collected rock specimens reveal microscopic evidence of life. Meanwhile, communication is underway with AURORA, the approaching spacecraft that will relieve the crew of their operations. In their last hours on the planet, two astronauts go back to SITE 9, a cavernous valley on the surface of Mars, to collect further evidence of their discovery. But a routine excavation turns deadly when one of them falls to his death and his body taken host and re-animated by the very life form they sought to discover.”

Meanwhile in Tinseltown, Paramount has hired screenwriter John Glenn (Eagle Eye (2008)) to re-write the forthcoming sci-fi thriller Abducted, the story for which, according to Deadline, “centers around an alien abduction of a group of average Americans who decide to take on the aliens and battle their way off the extraterrestrial craft.” The movie was originally described as "'Die Hard' on a spaceship."

Image credit: Movie Hole

Finally, and still on the subject of interstellar kidnappings, Eddie Murphy is writing an as yet untitled all-black alien abduction comedy. The actor told the print version of Rolling Stone: “I have this idea called ‘Tyrell and Omar and Brick and Michael’s Wack-Ass Weekend‘ about this group of guys who get abducted by aliens on the way to the fights. I’m writing that now.”

More details on all of these movies as they emerge here at Silver Screen Saucers.

Opinion poll: UFOs & Hollywood

Do Hollywood's UFO movies fictionalize the UFO phenomenon in the public mind, actualize it, or both? Let your opinion be known in the latest Silver Screen Saucers poll!