Popular Creepy Pasta TED THE CAVER Gets Movie Treatment - LIVING DARK Slated For Early 2014 Release

A while back, a creepy pasta about a caver named Ted swept the internet, and continues to intrigue new readers to this day. Occasionally I go on creepy pasta binges, and this is one of the finest ones I've ever read so I was very interested to hear about this.

New Films International has slated Living Dark: The Story of Ted the Caver, a film based on the popular Ted the Caver story for a January 17th release, and to be honest, I can't believe that this is the first I'm hearing about it.

The synopsis, according New Films' site reads as follows: "Based on the popular "Ted the Caver" Internet urban legend, The Living Dark tells the story of two estranged brothers, reunited for their father's funeral. Attempting reconciliation, the brothers stumble upon the sealed entrance to a nearby cave, where they are slowly forced to confront the true, nightmarish cause of their father's death."

From the trailer it seems like maybe the film takes place before the events of Ted the Caver? It's hard to tell but it doesn't seem to be the same events.

The film's site goes on to say that Living Dark is a film much more in "the tradition of classic Hollywood horror movies", and cites The Exorcist, Jaws and Rosemary's Baby as examples, with "emphasis on story instead of buckets of blood and gore". 

That sounds reassuring, as we can clearly see in the trailer that we will be seeing whatever was in the cave that Ted painstakingly describes in his online journal. The true fear and terror of the creepy pasta is not knowing what the hell is actually going on in the cave, so there are already rumblings on Reddit about seeing the "creature". 

Either way, you can see the trailer below. If you have not read the creepy pasta, head HERE, clear out an hour or two and dig in, it's worth it! And as always, sound off in the comments. Keep it spooky.

- Rg Lovecraft

Own CARRIE On DVD And Blu-ray On January 14th; PLUS Blu-ray Features Alternate Ending

The year's Halloween haunt this year was none other than the re-imagining of Brian DePalma's iconic psychic horror film Carrie, and now you can own it on DVD and Blu-ray in just a little over a month. 

The film, directed by Kimberly Peirce (Boys Don't Cry), stars Chloe Grace Moretz as the terribly shy and awkward Carrie White who is sheltered and abused by her religious zealot of a mother (played by Julianne Moore). This marks the second adaptation (and fourth film based off) of legendary horror writer Stephen King's debut novella.

Check out the special features below: 

Blu-ray Special Features:

• Feature Film With Alternate Ending
• “Bringing Back Carrie” Featurette
• Deleted/Extended Scenes with Commentary by Director Kimberly Peirce    
• Commentary by Director Kimberly Peirce    
• The Power of Telekinesis    
• Telekinetic Coffee Shop Surprise    
• Theatrical Trailer

 DVD Special Features:    

• “Bringing Back Carrie” Featurette    
• Telekinetic Coffee Shop Surprise    
• Theatrical Trailer

V/H/S/2 (2013) - A Review

Boy, am I ever late to the train on this one. Regardless, here it is and I’m glad to be reviewing it. 

I’ve also realized that I have not posted a review since Gravity, and that breaks my little heart. The past few weeks have been rough but I am very excited to be getting back into it. Once I get a new laptop (which should hopefully be very soon) you guys will be getting too much of me, so I bet you’re just so excited about that as well. 

Regardless, enough yammering, I am even boring myself. Here we GO. 

Last year, was a big year in the world of horror anthologies. Not only did we get ABC’s of Death (review), we got my personal favorite of the year, V/H/S. Produced by Brad Miska and directed, written and starring the newest up and comers in the world of horror, the Mumblegore Crew, it is a fantastic found-footage film that chronicles 5 stories of death and desperation. I loved it, and was naturally very excited when it was announced that a follow up to the film would be released in 2013. I’ll admit, I was very late to the game in seeing this one. Due to a mixture of a faulty computer set up and a bunked up schedule that did not allow me to catch any screenings of it, I was finally able to settle in for a viewing when it was released on Netflix earlier this week. 

Could Chucky Be Back AGAIN? CHILD'S PLAY 7 Is On The Drawing Board

This has to be one of the most unlikely events to come from the world of horror in a very long time. I can't think of another franchise that, after laying dormant for so long, was brought back to life with such fervor. While it has yet to be greenlit by Universal, Don Mancini (the creator of the Child's Play franchise) has hinted that he's already getting to work on a seventh installment in the killer doll franchise.

This is just wild to me. Yes, the Big 3 have all gotten their reboots (Halloween, NOES, Friday the 13th) but they were largely panned by critics and fans. This is different. Not only did we get Brad Dourif back in the titular role, but we also have Mancini working on the project. With films like this, it's all about the roots, which is why the horror world almost soiled themselves when Clive Barker began on his quest to bring back the Cenobites, including Doug Bradley.

Either way, exciting news. I think Curse of Chucky will be on my viewing list tonight.

Check It Out! First Look At Daniel Radcliffe As Igor In 20th Century Fox's FRANKENSTEIN

It wasn't really all that shocking when word was leaked that Daniel Radcliffe was going after a role in the newly announced Twentieth Century Fox adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. What was shocking was that he was going after the role of Igor, and not the good doctor. I've been excited to see stuff start to leak out of the cracks for this one. With all of the strange adaptations of the Frankenstein story that have been coming out over the past year, I'm excited about a more traditional take on the tale. 

Radcliffe will be playing alongside James McAvoy (X-Men: First Class) and Jessica Brown Findlay (Downtown Abbey).

Well, here's the first peek at him as the hunchbacked (?) lab assistant:

I, FRANKENSTEIN Gets UNDERWORLD Treatment in It's First TV Spot

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is one of the great horror novelizations of all time, perhaps even the greatest, in my humble opinion. Written on a dreary summer's day at Lord Byron's estate on Lake Geneva, it became a heart breaking that has been told a million different ways in a thousand different formats.

I, Frankenstein, starring Aaron Eckhart and Bill Nighy, just got it's first TV spot. I'm not sure if they told Lakeshore (producers for Underworld) that they weren't making another Underworld flick.The Australian flick hits the big screen (even IMAX) on January 24, 2014.

“200 years after his shocking creation, Dr. Frankenstein’s creature, Adam, still walks the earth. But when he finds himself in the middle of a war over the fate of humanity, Adam discovers he holds the key that could destroy humankind.”

FOREIGN HORROR NEWS: Takashi Miike Is Back With A Brand New "Fight-to-the-Death" Gorefest!

If you consider yourself a horror fan and you don't know who Takashi Miike is, you're doing something wrong. Go home and rent Audition on Amazon and savor it. You can thank me later.

Miike is, pretty much, the Japanese Gore God. He has put things on film that rival the beauty of a Kubrick of a film in it's artistic execution, as well as the blood splatter of Eli Roth, Alexandre Aja and Quentin Tarantino combined. The man is a horror genius and I love him. 

After his last film, Shield of Straw, he has begun work on a new film and it sounds badass. Most people are going crazy over Hunger Games, however I thought it was quite tame and boring as I'm privy to it's predecessor and obvious inspiration, Kinji Fukasaku's Battle Royale. Now, they both have some serious competition in the "teenage kids beating the shit out of each other until one is left standing" arena: Takashi Miike's As God Says. 

Even the name sounds epic. HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW:

1. Miike is adapting the film from a popular comic.

2. Sota Fukushi is set to star "as an ordinary teen whose world is suddenly turned upside down one day, as he and his classmates find themselves caught up in a game whose penalty is death."

3. Miike is quoted as saying, of the story, “They live, some heads roll, they run, blood sprays, they cry, they laugh and then they die – in other words, a fun movie.”

4. Principal photography starts in June, for a fall 2014 release. 

5. It's going to be badass.