Fred Dekker and Shane Black Reunite for PREDATOR Remake/Reboot

Now here's a remake/reboot that I can stand behind! Fred Dekker and Shane Black, who last teamed to bring us the 80's cult classic The Monster Squad, will reunite to reboot/remake Predator. According to several news sources, Black will direct the film, while Dekker pens the script. 

Shane Black, who worked as both script doctor and actor on the original Predator from 1987, also wrote such blockbusters as Lethal Weapon and wrote and directed Iron Man 3. Fred Dekker brought us the classics The Monster Squad (co-written by Black) and Night of the Creeps, but has been MIA for years. 

Personally, I say bring it on! Not only do I want to see a good Predator movie, but I'm ready for a Fred Dekker resurgence! Sound off in the comments section below. Are you excited to see Predator on the big screen again?

Guy Jumps off Cliff, Fights off Great White Shark!

The Land Down Under is home to some of the word's deadliest creatures. On land, Aussies have to contend with the world's deadliest snakes (the inland taipan being the deadliest snake in the entire world!) and one of the world's most venomous spiders (the funnel-web). At sea, Australia sports the salt water crocodile, box jellyfish and, of course, the great white shark. In other words, Australia is a dangerous place! As a matter of fact, you can't even enjoy the routine dangers of cliff jumping without the threat of diving directly in the path of a HUGE GREAT WHITE SHARK, as the bloke in the video below discovered. After jumping into the waters of Sydney Harbor, this (apparently tasty-looking) guy found himself staring down the business end of the ocean's apex predator. Check the video out, and then sound off in the comments section below. On a scale of 1 to total-loss-of-bodily-functions, how badly would you have shat yourself in the same situation?

HALLOWEEN: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION ART REVEALED

Not to be upstaged by Friday the 13th, SCREAM! Factory and Anchor Bay revealed today the cover art for their upcoming 15-disc Deluxe Edition Blu-ray set for HALLOWEEN: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION, dropping this September and available now to pre-order here. Check it out and let me know what you think in the comments section below.

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Non-FRIDAY-THE-13TH...Friday the 13th Movie Recommendations

Feel like watching something other than a Friday the 13th movie on Friday the 13th? Well, I've got a few Friday the 13th movie recommendations that aren't Friday the 13th movies that I think you should consider. Check'em out and let me know what you think in the comments section below.

• JUST BEFORE DAWN (1981). Give another 80's slasher a shot! Just Before Dawn boasts an effectively eerie score and atmosphere, complimented by beautiful cinematography and an overwhelming sense that something just ain't right in these woods! Though mostly overlooked by horror fans, Just Before Dawn is a cut above most slashers of it time.
• DARK NIGHT OF THE SCARECROW (1981). Following the killing of a falsely accused mentally handicapped man at the hands of an angry mob, we discover that revenge is a dish best served...from beyond the grave! An exceptionally well made and acted TV movie.
• THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN (1976). Fact-based docu-horror finds a small Texas town terrorized by a twisted serial killer. The film was relegated to bootlegging circles for years before SCREAM! Factory finally released it on Blu-ray. Jason's look in Friday the 13th Part 2 was clearly influenced by the killer's sack-headed attire. Check out my full review of The Town That Dreaded Sundown here.
• BAY OF BLOOD (TWITCH OF THE DEATH NERVE) (1971). Both Friday the 13th and its sequel clearly drew inspiration from Italian giallo movies, none more so than Mario Bava's Bay of Blood (Twitch of the Death Nerve), which finds a group of inheritance-seekers and horny teens meeting their demise in increasingly gory fashion. It moves a bit slower than the traditional American slasher movie, but has all of the nakedness and bloodshed that Friday the 13th fans will undoubtedly appreciate.
• SESSION 9 (2001). This chilling psychological thriller finds a crew of men removing asbestos at an abandoned mental hospital with a horrifying past that may be repeating itself. Exceptionally well written, directed and acted, Session 9 is a must-own and one of the best horror films of the 2000's.

LEPRECHAUN: ORIGINS Trailer Revealed

LIONSGATE and WWE Studios have joined forces to reboot the horror series that everyone has been clamoring for! Kidding. They're rebooting the LEPRECHAUN series (No, really) with LEPRECHAUN: ORIGINS, available On Demand this August. The trailer for the movie looks...well...take a look for yourself and let me know what you think in the comments section below.

Vote to Name the New SNICKERS Bar

SNICKERS needs your help, people! The SNICKERS brand has asked for us to help them name their new candy bar, and are offering up some sweet prizes as an intensive to rock the vote!

But first a word from our sponsor, SNICKERS:

A delicious new SNICKERS® Bar is coming. It has more peanuts, more caramel, and more chocolate. It has more of everything people love most about SNICKERS – except nougat and a name. Mars Chocolate North America has announced that for the first time consumers will have the opportunity to help name the newest product from SNICKERS!
The as-of-now unnamed bar includes a single delicious layer of crunchy roasted peanuts and smooth caramel perfectly blended and enrobed in milk chocolate. And fans get to name it. Consumers can visit the SNICKERS Facebook page (www.facebook.com/snickers), through June 13, 2014, to choose from one of five possible names:

• SNICKERS Go Nuts 

• SNICKERS Xtreme  

• SNICKERS #MoreNuts 

• SNICKERS Nuts Galore  

• SNICKERS Nuts!

The new bar will be out in stores in 2015!

Use the app below to vote on one of the five possible names for the new SNICKERS bar. To be entered in the contest you must be a follower of my blog (located in the sidebar) and share this contest on the social media platform of your choice. Make sure you leave a comment in the comments section below, with a link to the shared post and your email address. One lucky winner will receive: a SNICKERS bar, A SNICKERS BITES pack, a SNICKERS Almond bar, a SNICKERS Peanut Butter Squared bar, a SNICKERS Rockin’ Nut Road Bar, and a pair of movie tickets. Contest ends 6/18/14. Winner will be notified by email.

The rules:

Each household is only eligible to win One (1) Snickers Voting Pack with an assortment of Snickers Brand products and two (2) movie tickets. via blog reviews and giveaways. Only one entrant per mailing address per giveaway. If you have won the same prize on another blog, you will not be eligible to win it again. Winner is subject to eligibility verification.

New Poster for DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES

Following GODZILLA (check out my review here), DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES is the only other movie I'm looking forward to seeing this summer. The trailer (check out my trailer reaction here) looks epic! I've definitely got July 11th marked on my calender. In the meantime, however, a new poster for the film was released for us to gaze longingly upon until then. Check it out and let me know what you think of the poster -- and what you're expecting from the movie itself -- in the comments section below.