Two New "Grudge" Sequels: Preview

To celebrate the tenth anniversary of the "Ju-On" aka "The Grudge" series in its hometown, Japan is making two more films that will also coming out this summer. The two new installments are "Ju-on: Kuroi Shojo" and "Ju-on: Shiroi Roujo" which literally mean “The Grudge: White Old Lady” and “The Grudge: Black Girl”. According to Nippon Cinema, Both films will be released on 6/27/09 along with Takashi Shimizu‘s "Ju-on" survival horror Wii game which will be released around the same time, but there’s no real tie-in with the films other than being part of the franchise’s 10th anniversary.

The first movie "Ju-On: Shiroi Roujo," is directed by Ryuta Miyake, while The second "Ju-On: Kuroi Shoujo," is directed by Mari Asato. "The Grudge" creator Takashi Shimizu only back as the supervisor along with original producer Taka Ichise.

"Ju-on: Shiroi Roujo" plot: At a certain house, a son brutally and methodically murders all five of his family members after failing the bar exam. He then hangs himself, leaving behind a cassette recorder at the scene on which he can be heard saying, “Go… Go now.” in unison with a strange female voice. That voice belongs to a victim of the family massacre, the elementary school best friend of teenager Akane (Minami). When the two were young they wore yellow hats and red satchels to school. Akane, who has a strong sense of the supernatural, soon begins seeing visions of a female ghost wearing a yellow hat and red satchel.

"Ju-on: Kuroi Shojo" plot: A Nurse named Yuko (Kago) has a strange experience while taking care of a girl named Fukie. Test results show a cyst inside Fukie’s body, but that cyst is actually the leftover grudge from a baby who was unable to be born. The cyst’s grudge spreads to Fukie and everyone around her. Soon Fukie’s father goes mad and commits murder. Fukie’s sister Mariko has special spiritual power, and together with their mother they have some success driving out the evil spirit. But the worst of the grudge is yet to come.

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Hide and Seek: Preview

"Hide and Seek" is upcoming J-Horror about strange supernatural game which begins to spread on the internet among teenagers.

Plot: Ritsuko (Mayuko Kawakita) participates in the game out of anger and loneliness brought on by her parents' recent divorce. When Ritsuko doesn't show up at school her friend Ryoko (Yukie Kawamura) decides to check up on her, but instead of finding Ritsuko she finds a piece of paper with the following:

How to play hide and seek:
Materials: a doll, uncooked rice, red string, a sewing needle, a knife, and a glass of salt water
1.) Tear open the stomach of the doll, pull out the cotton, replace it with rice, and sew it back together with red thread.
2.) At 3am, repeat this phrase 3 times while holding the doll: "The first demon is [name of person]."
3.) Go to the bathroom and put the doll in the bathtub.
4.) Turn on the television, but turn off all the lights.
5.) Close your eyes and count to 10. Return to the bathroom with the knife. Say "I found [name of person]". Stab the doll and say "The next demon is you." Hide immediately.

How to quit: Sip a small amount of salt water and hold it in your mouth. Leave your hiding spot and find the doll. You may encounter a spirit along the way, but you must not -- under any circumstances -- spit the water out.

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"Friday the 13th" DVD/Blu-ray Info

New Line Home Entertainment has announced that the Marcus Nispel-directed "Friday the 13th" film will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on June 16th. Click on the image below to see the covers.

No extra material will be included on the rated edition of the film. The unrated "Killer Cut" will include additional scenes, and a Rebirth of Jason Voorhees featurette.

The Blu-ray release will include both the theatrical and unrated cuts, along with a terror trivia track, a Hacking Back/Slashing Forward feature remembering the groundbreaking original movie, additional scenes, a Rebirth of Jason Voorhees featurette, and a 7 Best Kills featurette. [via DVDActive]

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Magic Man: First Preview

In the serial killer thriller "Magic Man," Tatiana (Estelle Raskin) and her beautiful girlfriends are on holiday in Las Vegas, City of Illusion. The daughter of a magician's assistant killed tragically during an illusion gone wrong, Tatiana is drawn to Krell Darius' (Billy Zane) extremely popular magic show. Entrancing audience members with the help of his beautiful assistant Samantha (Bai Ling), Darius' charm, wit and magical talent prove difficult for Tatiana to resist. But as she becomes enraptured by Darius, it becomes clear that he may know something about her mother's death, and that it was not an accident. As Tatiana digs deeper into what Darius may or may not know, events take a sinister turn. One by one, Tatiana's friends are found brutally murdered. Fearing Tatiana might be next, Las Vegas police detectives Simpson (Robert Davi) and Orloff (Alexander Nevsky), along with Chief Taper (Armand Assante), seek answers from Darius and Samantha. Meanwhile, Tatiana uses some of her own magic to uncover the mystery of her mother's death and track down the real killers.

American World Pictures is handling the distribution sales end of "Magic Man," directed by Stuart Cooper, a veteran of many made-for-television movies.

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Altitude: First Preview

"Altitude" is being directed by Kaare Andrews and stars the gorgeous Jessica Lowndes (The Haunting of Molly Hartley, Autopsy). In the film, lost in a mysterious cloudbank, a rookie pilot and her four teenage friends must contend with a freak mechanical failure that first sends their small plane climbing to an impossible height, and then plummeting through endless mist. After regaining control, the survivors are confronted with a horrifying realization - the very ground beneath them has vanished and a malevolent force lurking in the clouds wants them dead.

The film marks the directorial debut of award-winning comic writer and artist Kaare Andrews, and if the rest of the cast is as good as Lowndes, we could be in for something good here.

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