John Landis started principal photography on Burke & Hare and the cast is looking pretty fantastic. He’s been describing the film as a “black romantic comedy”–based on the true story of the 1828 body-snatcher duo, Burke and Hare. When the needs of Dr. Knox (Tom Wilkinson) and Dr. Monroe (Tim Curry) exceed the local supply, Burke and Hare come up with nefarious ways to deliver the dead as demanded.
Simon Pegg and Andy Serkis star as graverobbers William Burke and William Hare, respectively. The film also stars Isla Fisher (Confessions of a Shopaholic), Jessica Hynes (Spaced), Ronnie Corbett, Reece Shearsmith (The …read more

Universal Studios Home Entertainment is releasing a Blu-ray edition of An American Werewolf in London on September 15.  
You will recognize most of the bonus features from the 20th Anniversary release in 2001, but it also includes a new feature-length documentary, Beware the Moon.  Filmmaker Paul Davis directs the documentary and takes an in-depth look at the making of the movie with the help of Director John Landis and Academy Award-winning make-up artist Rick Baker.  Also new is I Walked With A Werewolf  where Baker talks about his love for all things wolfie.  
If you’re lame like me and don’t have …read more

Check out a behind-the scenes video here and head over to FEARnet. NBC’s horror anthology series Fear Itself is now available to watch for free at FEARnet.com and via the video on demand (VOD) service.

The series is from the creators of Masters Of Horror, and debuted this past June to some horror-starved fans who wondered if network TV was planning on taking horror seriously. Check out the episodes here at FEARnet’s Fear Itself page.

Here in Part II are other highlights from the round of questioning that John Landis and Maggie Lawson received about Fear Itself.
As you can imagine, it was a lot of fun listening to these two chat back and forth about the show, horror, acting, and working together on this sinister series. I hope you all catch this episode on Thursday night!
John’s comments on casting for this “Fear Itself” Episode:
John Landis: But for me this – no, I – for me, you know what – the truth? I directed two episodes of Psych – that’s a USA …read more

As I had mentioned, I had the amazing chance to speak with both director John Landis and actor Maggie Lawson last week in regards to the latest Fear Itself episode, called In Sickness And In Health which airs tomorrow night. Both Maggie and John had a lot to say about the episode, the series, and horror in general.
Since both of these guys work together on Psych (Maggie as recurring co-star Juliet O’Hara) and John as a director (for 2 episodes and another upcoming), one of my questions was Psych related, and afterwards I had to ask John a …read more

In this Thursday night episode of Fear Itself, a special treat is in order with director John Landis’ episode called In Sickness And In Health.
Maggie Lawson and James Roday star in this feature about a bride who receives a strange note on the day of her wedding, which reads, “The person you are marrying is a serial killer”. Check out some image spoilers from this amazing episode: