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Neil Marshall Commits SACRILEGE!!

is this firefly redux? by ArcadianDS	Mar 11th, 2008 09:32:18 AM
maybe.
Doomsday looks good by SpencerTrilby	Mar 11th, 2008 09:32:45 AM
granted, it looks like a rip-off of sacred cinematic jewels... But a fun rip-off, so I'll watch it. And a western/horror flick from him sounds good too.
ENTRY: ROB ZOMBIE PRESENTS ARCADIANDS'S MOTHER 3D by JBouganim1	Mar 11th, 2008 09:34:54 AM

TOO SOON!!! by Motoko Kusanagi	Mar 11th, 2008 09:35:52 AM
really
It doesn't sound anything like Firefly by mukhtabi	Mar 11th, 2008 09:35:56 AM
A) He's literally setting it in 19th Century American west, not outer space. B) He references the Donner Party, which means there shall be lots of cannibalism and other such acts. ALIVE meets the Old West, possibly.
So it's by norrinrad	Mar 11th, 2008 09:36:38 AM
Ravenous?
Pitch Black 3 - Riddick Goes Country by bobinnova	Mar 11th, 2008 09:37:26 AM
And finds Curly's Gold with Billy Crystal
Ravenous II: Historic Boogaloo by Nice Marmot	Mar 11th, 2008 09:39:58 AM
I'd be more excited for this news if I hadn't already seen the previews for Doomsday. Looks retarded. Love Marshall's first 2 though. Now let's beat a dead horse and stir up a Decscent debate. . .
nukhtabi by ArcadianDS	Mar 11th, 2008 09:46:40 AM
I was going with the whole 'lunatic Rob Zombie cannibal beast-men' versus the rough-and-tumble band of anti-heroic desperados. Firefly was a western in space - or in other words, someone's attempt to splice an unassociated genre into the Western genre. This movie is doing the same, but instead of splicing sci-fi, its splicing in horror. Thats where I was heading with that.
I'M ALIVE !!... by jimmy rabbitte	Mar 11th, 2008 09:48:02 AM
...do not try to find me! Go back to 1985 and DESTROY the time machine... I'll stay here and kill some zombies...
I should be a big Marshall fan by ClockWorker	Mar 11th, 2008 09:48:43 AM
but I'm just not, I've been considerable underwhelmed with his work
seeing DOOMSDAY opening night!!! by Shakes The Clown	Mar 11th, 2008 09:59:36 AM
Can't wait! I'm a big Dog Soldiers fan.
I Can't Stand Harry Knowles by dirtyrice07	Mar 11th, 2008 10:14:19 AM
http://www.craveonline.com/art icles/filmtv/04649887/i_cant_s tand_harry_knowles.html
Better that... by BrooseTheScharuk	Mar 11th, 2008 10:22:09 AM
...than the new Conan movie, as far as I'm concerned. And I mean better for Conan.
the decent by DeadPanWalking	Mar 11th, 2008 10:23:43 AM
Finally watched the decent the other day. It was fairly terrifying. I liked it a lot.
I'll back this guy even if DOOMSDAY ends up sucking by Spandau Belly	Mar 11th, 2008 10:50:51 AM
This guy has skill. Doomsday doesn't look like it really surpases its own very obvious influences, but could be a pleasant surprise. Anyway, I hope this guy has a long and fruitful career.
Loved Dog Solidierd and The Descent... by Judge Briggs	Mar 11th, 2008 11:14:44 AM
First, the U.S. ending for the Descent sucked... all about the European one. Secondly, I will see this movie just because Dog and Descent rocked.
Too many Puppiiiiiiiiiiieeees . . . by Nice Marmot	Mar 11th, 2008 11:22:18 AM
With Guns in their hands.
Donner Party by SlyAndTheFamilyStallone	Mar 11th, 2008 11:24:57 AM
I can't hear that without thinking about that annoying kid from the Shining, "You mean..they et each other up?" He refernces Donner Party to narrow down the time period and the feel, but in the full article that was posted on this he said the horror is gonna be more Lovecraftian.
Found the quote.. by SlyAndTheFamilyStallone	Mar 11th, 2008 11:27:37 AM
"It is set during the Gold Rush, a time remembered for incidents like the Donner Party," Marshall said. "It is meant to be a pitch-black, gritty, period horror movie." Marshall declined to disclose much detail on "Sacrilege," but the picture will draw on themes of isolation and paranoia and such influences as John Carpenter's "The Thing." "This is 'Unforgiven' by way of H.P. Lovecraft, with that grim, gritty setting and a horror element nobody has seen before," Marshall said.
Do good horror westerns exist? by godoffireinhell	Mar 11th, 2008 11:45:50 AM
Is it even possible to make one?
All I know is I saw Predator II on TBS last week by ArcadianDS	Mar 11th, 2008 11:56:02 AM
and one of the Predators had a pistol from 1817 that he gave to Danny Glover so he could brainbullet himself with honor. Turns out he was able to out run a spaceship. anyway, it sorta opened the door for a Predator Prequel in the wild west. Kinda like a Predator/Tremors VII crossover. Worms Vs Predator. I'd watch it. Also, in the alien trophy room, they had a dinosaur skull, a human skull, and an "aliens" skull - so even as early as Predator II, they were planning a merger-movie of the two genres. I'm still wondering when we'll get our DragonHeart Vs Predator tho. And if predators have been hunting on Earth since 1817, why did they only have 5 skulls on display? Do they suck at hunting or are they waaaay too picky about their prey?
ROB ZOMBIE IS A HACK by ArcadianDS	Mar 11th, 2008 11:57:59 AM
The original "Arcadian's Mother" is a classic you wont ever be able to improve upon.
ArcadianDS by just pillow talk	Mar 11th, 2008 12:00:05 PM
Graboid vs. Predator would indeed be awesome, as long as Burt Gummer is there. And I think with the predator only having 5 skulls, they probably would come back periodically to see if their "prey" has advanced to make it more of a sport.
Excellent by DKT	Mar 11th, 2008 12:11:07 PM
What the horror genre needs is some wild west action.
The Predators only go . . . by Nice Marmot	Mar 11th, 2008 12:14:13 PM
. . . to Earthly locales where its hot and the humans are fighting each other. They probably got bored w/ us after a while.
The idea for the Descent was originally an episode of 'Wagon Tra by zinc_chameleon	Mar 11th, 2008 12:43:30 PM
Believe it or not, Neil Marshall didn't come up with the idea. The handsome dark-haired wrangler found himself lost in a cavern, being followed by some kind of nocturnal Neanderthal.
Two-Gun Mojo by FatherMcGruderKicksAssForTheLord	Mar 11th, 2008 12:48:15 PM
I'd be in for some good western-style horror, in the vein of Lansdale's work on the aforementioned Jonah Hex story or Riders of the Worm and Such (which could fit, it has Lovecraftian overtones). Also, I hate to acknowledge spam but I will anyway: fuck CraveOnline and double-fuck Iann Robinson. What a whiny-sounding shitwhistle. I saw that bitch in a comic shop in Philly a few years ago, and my friends & I contemplated rolling him as he left the ATM across the street with handfuls of MTV cash. We totally should have.
Sacrilege is paying over 4K for some pussy. by GrandMuffTarkin	Mar 11th, 2008 01:00:39 PM
Shame on you Eliot. Shame all over you.
I would have found this news exciting... by Shoegeezer	Mar 11th, 2008 01:01:44 PM
..had I heard it before I saw the absolutely dreadful Doomsday.
Neil Marshall, why don't you direct a film about spoons? by William Landis	Mar 11th, 2008 01:47:50 PM
Oh that's right, because you've got a phobia of them... Keep that one out of the press release notes, don't'cha? "Oh, oh, but I went in a small, dark cave for six weeks to shoot 'The Descent'!" Well that don't mean squat cos yo scared o' spoons! SPOONS! If I knew how to create a TinyUrl, I'd upload a JPG of, you guessed it, a spoon and the nightmares would trickle. Trickle like treacle falling off a spoon.
but will it be as good as RAVENOUS? by Jarek	Mar 11th, 2008 02:06:54 PM
I love Neil Marshall, but that crazy flick holds a special place in my heart that will be hard to top.
William Landis 1, Neil Marshall 0 by William Landis	Mar 11th, 2008 02:21:48 PM
Well, Neil? I know you're online yet you don't protest to this whole "spoon-fear" thing. I guess that was a SCOOP for this website.
Thought I'd by Series7	Mar 11th, 2008 02:41:44 PM
See more Doomsday reviews, I only remember seeing one like a year ago. What is the difference between the US and European endings of the Descent? I downloaded the Descent like a year before it made it stateside, so i don't know what ending I saw.
Awesome. by TattooedBillionaire	Mar 11th, 2008 02:44:46 PM
I've been wanting to see a horror-related Western for a long time now. If anyone can make a good one, it would be Marshall. I love "The Descent." "Dog Soldiers" is solid, and I'm looking forward to "Doomsday," which I think has the potential to be a lot of fun.
SUNDOWN by palimpsest	Mar 11th, 2008 03:02:08 PM
I remember loving that piece of shit back in the day
NEAR DARK by palimpsest	Mar 11th, 2008 03:02:52 PM
pretty much a Vampire Western, if you think about it...
If Doomsday turns out to be good... by Tourist	Mar 11th, 2008 03:52:28 PM
...I'll get excited. His first film still stands as one of the worst movies I have ever seen, but like Eli Roth, his follow up was pretty DECENT. It did have a fucking horrible, stupid, film ruining conclusion though.
Doomsday looks a bit shite by Cat_Corporation	Mar 11th, 2008 05:06:37 PM
But I loved The Descent. Scared the pants off me, especially that night-vision bit. It actually gave me nightmares. So if it's not too Spoilerific (and take appropriate precautions please!), what's the deal with the US ending? I'm in the UK and our ending was pretty damn downbeat...
Jeepers Creepers 3 by ozliiifter	Mar 11th, 2008 05:21:12 PM
Wasn't Jeepers Creepers 3 supposed to be a horror/western? I think I remember hearing that it was originally envisioned as being a prequel where the Creeper attacks a caravan of settlers.
Doomsday looks like a fucking blast by slone13	Mar 11th, 2008 05:56:30 PM
Straight up. Like a no foolin' whiskey drink.
ArcadianDS' lack of geek knowledge. by DJSpoonfed	Mar 11th, 2008 09:56:47 PM
The Predators also hunt on other planets (if you consider the Dark Horse comics canon), so it's not necessarily a dinosaur skull at all, but some space beast! As well, if you were a hunter, would you mount all your trophies in your pickup truck? Maybe they left SOME of the skulls at home with the women while they were traipsing across the galaxy? hmmmmmmmmm...
What happened to the Dog Soldiers sequel? by Retlaw Kciuq	Mar 11th, 2008 11:06:44 PM
I was looking forward to it but it seems to be in limbo. The first one was so enjoyable and refreshing in a sea of utter shit; it's the only horror flick I could get behind after reading the review from hear. Eli Roth can suck it!
I meant here* by Retlaw Kciuq	Mar 11th, 2008 11:08:24 PM
Sorry, didn’t mean to waste bandwidth. Just didn’t want to come off as a complete talkback imbecile.
Neil Marshall Commits SACRILEGE by CuervoJones	Mar 12th, 2008 03:22:46 AM
Every webpage has used that headline.
Cat Corps by Knockout Ned	Mar 12th, 2008 04:07:46 AM
Apparently in the U.S version, the main bird gets out, throws up and see's dead juno in the car and it ends there.... and i agree Doomsday does look shite from the trailer, but i'm still hoping
Fucking so cross by Lost Jarv	Mar 12th, 2008 04:37:20 AM
We're not getting Doomsday till May. Neill you cunt, this is a british film, filmed in britain and we aren't getting it till 2 months after the Americans? what the fuck is wrong with you? I'm livid as it is the film I've been most looking forward to for a long time.
Sounds similar to Ravenous. by rbatty024	Mar 12th, 2008 06:15:46 AM
Which ended up being a damn good movie. Doomsday looks awfully bad. I hope the man hasn't lost his touch.
Jarv by Shoegeezer	Mar 12th, 2008 12:19:29 PM
It was filmed in South Africa and is totally and lazily derivative of non-UK movies, it's a stinking mess, you'll be glad of the extra time to prepare yourself for its ineptitude. Honest.
Is this the horny nuns movie? by thebearovingian	Mar 12th, 2008 02:17:16 PM
I was hoping for a remake since Harry just recommended the original in his DVD picks. MMM...smoking hot, big-breasted nuns. NILFs.
Marshal is an overrated hack by Bass Bastardson	Mar 12th, 2008 04:40:16 PM
Seriously, The Decent was such a piece of crap, I couldn't even imagine what movie everyone else must have seen. Total f'ing garbage in so many ways. Doomsday looks awful.

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