Dangerous Animals (2025) trailer released!

Roughly 24 hours ago the trailer for upcoming shark-killer-thriller "Dangerous Animals", directed by Sean Byrne, was uploaded to YouTube.

After a roughly 1 minute long teaser was released about a month ago, now there's the official trailer. It's a little more than 2 minutes long, with countless edits, and flashing imagery. Does it give away too much? There are a couple of frames from a lot of different scenes in it - it remains to be seen how much more surprises, and how much suspense the full movie can offer.

Starring Hassie Harrison, Jai Courtney, Josh Heuston, "Dangerous Animals" is set to be released on June 6th 2025 in the US.

Watch "Dangerous Animals" (2025) trailer:

video source:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvwfHPtjO18
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New "28 Years Later" (2025) trailer released!

Sony Pictures just released a new trailer for the upcoming sequel to "28 Days Later" and "28 Weeks Later".

The new one has a more aggressive (maybe annoying) editing than the previously released trailer - but it's still great, with a couple of different shots that give a little more insight into the upcoming movie.

video source:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYGG55qwQZQ
Sony Pictures Entertainment

"28 Years Later" (2025) trailer released!

In just a couple of hours it got more than 1 million views on YouTube: The trailer for long awaited zombie* movie sequel "28 Years Later" has been released by Sony Pictures Entertainment.

After 28 Days Later (2002), which was a big success and is regarded as one of the best modern zombie horror films, and especially after 28 Weeks Later (2007), which was a satisfying sequel, a lot of people quite naturally were imagining another episode in the series titled "28 Years Later". And, after only 23 years, here it is, set for release in June 2025.

The trailer looks quite decent. It does tap a little bit into horror movie trailer stereotypes, with some fancy editing, trying to create that supposedly "disturbing" mood that has been seen in all trailers from "Jeepers Creepers" to "Insidious" - but overall it keeps things sober and gritty, suggesting a movie experience similar to that of the previous titles in the franchise. The budget of "28 Years Later" is by far the highest of the three films, and with Ralph Fiennes there's a top-class Hollywood actor in it. But with director Danny Boyle, screen writer Alex Garland, and actor/producer Cillian Murphy, "28 Years Later" also has a good amount of DNA from the original "28 Days Later".

Yeah, this could be a great movie!

Watch "28 Years Later" (2025) trailer:

video source:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcvLKldPM08

What do you think? Did you like the trailer?

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10548174/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28_Years_Later

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*) I know. It's rage, not (un)death.

Street Trash (2024) trailer released!

A couple of days ago, the trailer for the remake of "Street Trash" (1987) was uploaded to YouTube. 

It looks quite bizarre indeed, and appears to successfully recreate some of the blunt humor of the original movie. What do you think? Is the new one any good?

video source:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb4Y452zP0o

 

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28419896/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Trash (1987 movie)

Caligula "The Ultimate Cut" (1979/2024) - a good movie, finally?

The old, new "Caligula" is about to be released, containing previously unseen footage. Does the "ultimate cut" turn the infamous trainwreck that is the 1979 version finally into a transgressive masterpiece?

There were several conflicting goals during production of the original version, and it ended up as a mess with some porn scenes. Director Tinto Brass, and part of the cast distanced themselves from the result, and tried to have their names removed from it.

Reconstructed by Thomas Negovan, this new 2024 version of Caligula aims to stay close to the original, unaltered script, written by Gore Vidal. It does not contain scenes that were added after director Tinto Brass had finished his work, and is, according to the trailer, "created entirely from unseen footage".

No director is listed in the credits - Tinto Brass is listed as "principal photography". Feedback from the initial creators of the original version remains limited so far. According to sources, Brass has distanced himself from the new "ultimate cut", which might be unnecessary, but also makes some sense. While Caligula actor Malcom McDowell has shown big appreciation, now that his enthusiastic performance gets considerably more screen time.

It remains to be seen if the new "Caligula" has captured the spirit of the Gore Vidal script, or has a spirit of its own. In any case, the trailer already shows some fantastic new material, making it highly interesting for the connoisseur and the cineaste. And maybe it's even a really good movie. 

It's out pretty much right... now.

Caligula The Ultimate Cut final international preview trailer 2024:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ko5Ihi28Dk

Thomas Negovan

Original 1979 trailer:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WACkBTh0W6w
HD Retro Trailers

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Additional sources:

Mark Kermode reviews Caligula: The Ultimate Cut - Kermode and Mayo's Take
published Aug 9, 2024

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080491/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caligula_(film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caligula..._The_Untold_Story (Caligula 2) 

The new "Nosferatu" (2024) trailer

Classic German expressionism masterpiece "Nosferatu" (1922), which has been remade in 1979 once, gets another remake, for which the trailer has just been released.

After only about 10 hours of being released on distributor "Focus Films" YouTube channel, the trailer already got almost 3 million views - there's certainly an audience for this new "Nosferatu" movie.

On first sight, the trailer looks quite decent. It has hints of Hollywoodism, and making a quick buck from a legendary name - but so far this is just a trailer, and visually it's really quite nice. Featuring Willem Dafoe of "Shadow of the Vampire" fame, the movie gets a little bit of extra "Nosferatu" credibility. Director Robert Eggers obviously has huge shoes to fill, with the previous incarnations of "Nosferatu" being directed by film icons F. W. Murnau and Werner Herzog, and the original movie being one of the most iconic movies ever made, across all genres.

It remains to be seen if the new "Nosferatu" movie can even remotely capture, or recreate, the magic of its predecessors - but judging from the trailer it seems it's (at least) an honest attempt.

Release date for the full movie is set for Dec. 25th 2024.

Watch "Nosferatu" (2024) trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b59rxDB_JRg

https://www.youtube.com/@FocusFeatures

What do you think? Is it any good? Are you going to watch the movie?

Evil Dead's new re-something: Evil Dead Rise

"Evil Dead" has a new sequel titled "Evil Dead Rise", and it's getting quite respectable ratings.

This one was directed by Lee Cronin, who also directed the also quite respectable "The Hole in the Ground" (2019).

If you haven't done so yet, here you can watch the trailer for the new "Evil Dead" movie:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqQNO7BzN08

You can visit the movie's website for more information:

https://www.evildeadrisemovie.com

...and check out these additional sources:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13345606/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_Dead_Rise

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hole_in_the_Ground_(film)

NETFLIX's "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" 2022 (trailer)

Every once in a while a new "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" movie hits theatres. 

Here's the latest, NETFLIX's 2022 take on the subject matter, directed by David Blue Garcia, starring Sarah Yarkin, Elsie Fisher, and Mark Burnham.

Well, judging from the trailer, it certainly has style. Comic elements - as opposed to the subtle grotesqueness of the original movie - have crept into "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" since part two of the franchise, and this one is no exception. But overall it seems to get the tone and mood quite right, staying comparably close to the original in that regard.

But then this is of course just a trailer - the full movie might turn out to be quite a different experience. 

Watch "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" 2022 trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcI6SFiK_yk

What do you think? Is it any good? Leave a comment below!

Additional sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Chainsaw_Massacre_(2022_film)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11755740/

Suspiria 2018 Remake Trailers, und im Kino!

Das lange geplante, sicherlich nicht von allen lange erwartete, aber nun vergleichsweise fast unbemerkt realisierte Remake von Dario Argento's Klassiker "Suspiria" (1975) ist seit 31. Oktober auch in Deutschland in den Kinos.