What We Do In The Shadows is a horror/comedy/mockumentary by Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement, and as the recently-released official trailer shows, the film focusses heavily on a troupe of Wellington vampires. Other supernatural creatures are involved, including a pack of scruffy but well-mannered werewolves who figure prominently in the film’s third act. (more…)
Tag: Trailer
First Trailer for “The Howling Reborn”: questionable dialogue, (glimpses of) cool werewolves
Despite posting about it twice last year, I’d forgotten that the Howling franchise is about to get another entry (or is it a reboot? I can’t tell). Here’s the first trailer, brought to my attention by HorrorBid.
Questions: why does that guy look like Harry Potter? Why does this remind me so much of An American Werewolf in Paris? Why are people still writing lines like “I don’t bite… much.”? And when do we get to see more of those werewolves? I had an email conversation with someone involved in the production last year, and this person indicated that the blurry mobile phone photo that leaked didn’t do the werewolf design justice at all. This person also mentioned female werewolves, which I suppose isn’t much of a surprise after seeing this trailer.
Official Trailer makes “Red Riding Hood” look like “Twilight” because of course it does
The trailer for 2011’s Red Riding Hood was just released, and from the look of things, director Catherine Hardwicke is still in denial over not being asked back to direct more Twilight films. See for yourself:
A gaunt, poofy-haired male lead swanning about a forest full of sunbeams with his virginal, angelic female counterpart? Hmmm. Hmmmmm. As excited as I am to hear Gary Oldman say the word “werewolf”, I’ve got a bad feeling about this.
The Wretched, Awful Trailer for MTV’s Wretched, Awful “Teen Wolf” Remake
Hopes: dashed. This looks like an after-school special with a big effects budget. The producers in charge of this should be fired, first from their jobs, then from a big cannon pointed into a volcano. Good job, MTV: obtain the rights to a quirky 80’s cult film, then replace all of the character, charm and originality with “drama” so lame and predictable it would’ve been cut from The Gates. Oh no, Scott’s got a date with a hot girl on the same night as the full moon! What’s gonna happen? Frankly, MTV, I don’t give a shit, and neither will anyone else.
Viacom is going around DMCAing this trailer wherever it pops up, so if this embedded version doesn’t work, sorry. Or… you’re welcome?
Special shout-out to the special effects crew who worked on this: thanks for the effort. Your work (what little I could see of it in this trailer) looks like the one redeeming feature of this abomination.
Hat tip: manny
First Trailer for Dylan Dog: Dead of Night
Edit: Apparently this trailer wasn’t supposed to get out. It’s been set to “private” by the YouTube user who posted it, the official-looking DylanDogFilms. There were a few other copies re-uploaded, but they’ve been removed via copyright claims. Hey DylanDogFilms, what the hell? I’m leaving this embedded video here just in case it ever becomes public again.
Fans of the original Italian comic book might have mixed feelings about some of the liberties taken with the characters and story, but I thoroughly enjoyed this trailer for the film adaptation of Dylan Dog. The first scene depicts a werewolf getting punched out with a silver knuckle-duster, and I’m okay with this, because the movie looks like a lot of goofy 80’s style monster fun (despite the tiresome “vampires taking over the world” trope). Also influencing me is the fact that Dylan is played by Brandon Routh, who I am currently unable to see as anyone other than Todd Ingram.
Trailer for “Vampires Suck”: I will see this movie on general principles
It’s basically a “Twilight” spoof by the same people who did “Scary Movie” and its sequels, “Disaster Movie”, “Date Movie”, “Meet the Spartans”, etc. I will still be seeing it because I identify strongly with its message.
Hat tip: Graham T
Trailer for Syfy’s “Red” Contains Felicia Day, Clips From “The Howling” and Cheese
Syfy has posted the first trailer for their latest original movie, “Red”, staring Felicia Day. I have a feeling this got rushed out for SDCC (assuming that’s where it was shown), because it looks a little disjointed and they’ve cut in some werewolf footage from “The Howling” to pad it out. Weird! Overall it looks pretty cheesy, but I think that’s sort of the point– Syfy original movies aren’t expected to bring home any award hardware.
It says something about Syfy’s production values that practical werewolf effects from 1981 look better than the CGI werewolves they came up with on their own.
Hat tip: ArcLight
“It’s in the room!” A new trailer for 13HRS
“13HRS” cinematographer Jordan Cushing emailed me yesterday with news that a new trailer for the film is available on Facebook. You’ll have to log in to see it, but if you want to see a quick glimpse of a transformation scene and a split-second shot of the werewolf (or is it one of several werewolves?), it’s a small hoop to jump through.
My favourite part? One of the handsome male leads saying “Look, we’re going to stay here and wait for help,” and in the next scene another character is searching the house, by himself, using only a lighter for illumination. Classic. This movie looks like a lot of fun.
“Wolf-Man VS Piranha-Man: Howl of the Piranha” Trailer
Usually I try to come up with a post title that sounds interesting, but this one needs no embellishment. Even Dread Central couldn’t polish this gem. What in the world is “Wolf-Man VS Piranha-Man: Howl of the Piranha”? Steve Goldenberg and Dorian Knight wrote and directed this crazy “two monsters fighting over a girl” experience, which has apparently won the PETA Award for Animal Weirdness. From the movie’s Facebook page:
Piranha Man Versus Wolf Man: Howl of the Piranha details the epic generations-long battle between two of natures most perfect killing machines! The rivalry between the fish-like Piranha Man and the canine Wolf Man is one of brutal murder, familial kidnappings, stalking, and incest! When the decades old fight begins to effect the life of investigative journalist Lexi Glass, she finds that sometimes you need to become the story in order to report the story. She discovers the battle of a lifetime along with the horrible secret of her family’s past! Piranha Man Versus Wolf Man: Howl of the Piranha, the inter-species battle you’ve been waiting for!
Four of the five sentences in that synopsis ended with an exclamation point, which is usually a bad sign, but it you’re expecting another cheesy low-budget horror movie that takes itself way too seriously, watch the trailer. Cheese? Yep. Budget? Pretty low (I think I have the same werewolf gloves). But if you’re not grinning like an eight-year-old in a comic store by the end, I don’t even know who you are anymore.
It premieres at Facets in Chicago on May 15th. Doors are at 11:30 PM and seats are $5.00. How do I know this? Because I read the poster!
New Super Bowl “Wolfman” Trailer
Short and sweet! Thanks for the link, Nyetwerke.