Get an EXCLUSIVE "First Look" of Franc. Reyes' Trailer for THE MINISTERS

Dear LATIN HORRORphiles:

We are delighted to have the opportunity to be the very first venue to present an exclusive "first look" of Franc. Reyes' hot new trailer for his latest feature film, THE MINISTERS, starring John Leguizamo and Harvey Keitel. View the film's one-sheet below.

The trailer will screen as part of "The HORRORphiles #3 - Summer Scream" taking place tomorrow (July 2, 2009) at Anthology Film Archives in New York City. Trailer courtesy of MAYA Entertainment and ALUMBRA Films.

http://www.latinhorror.com/theministers/

Please join us for a full night of Rum & Coke cocktails during reception, Latin horror films, exclusive trailers, and a Q&A session with the filmmakers in attendance immediately following the screening.

Full program lineup at -

http://www.latinhorror.com/horrorphiles3/

There will be SANGRE!

Edwin Pagan
Founder-In-Chief
LATIN HORROR
http://www.latinhorror.com/

Exclusive Photos from M. Night Shymalan's THE LAST AIRBENDER

LATIN HORROR has attained exclusive photographs of the costume armor worn by the FIRE NATION Warriors on M. Night Shymalan's THE LAST AIRBENDER, including detail of the Fire Nation helmut. We also have an early rendition of the Fire Nation screensaver art from the film. The film is based on the first season of the animated television series that aired for three seasons on Nickelodeon.

The Nickelodeon Movies/Paramount production is currently shooting in Shymalan's native Philadelphia from a script by Michael Dante DiMartino. Cinematographer Andrew Lesni (all Lord of the Rings films) is lensing the film. Originally titled AVATAR: The Last Airbender, "Avatar" was dropped after James Cameron began production on a film of the same name.

Click on images for high-rez version.

Pictured in the manacing armature is New York-based actor / singer J.W. Cortes (A Kiss of Chaos / 44 / Sandman's Box), who was cast in the role of a Fire Nation Warrior.

Photos: Courtesy J.W. Cortes.

LATIN HORROR and RUE MORGUE team up for "The HORRORphiles #3 - Summer Scream"

LATIN HORROR, in association with ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES, cordially invite you to another special edition of the NewLatino Filmmakers Screening Series — "The HORRORphiles #3 - Summer Scream" — featuring the work of emerging Latino/a directors working within the genre of horror.

LATIN HORROR inaugurates its Director's SINema Spotlight with three short-form horror films by Rodrigo Gudiño in an exclusive regional horror retrospectare. ALSO, we'll feature the northeast encore presentation of Pablo Proenza's critically-acclaimed DARK MIRROR.

Full program and film synopsis details at: http://www.latinhorror.com/horrorphiles3/

Thursday, July 2, 2009 ~ 6:00-9:30PM Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Avenue at Second Street, NYC (Lower East Side)

$6 admission ~ at the box office ~ general seating

Series Director/Curator: Edwin Pagán (epagan@latinhorror.com)

6-7pm: RECEPTION - Complimentary RUM & COKE cocktail shots in theater lobby.

7-8pm: SHORTS FILM PROGRAM [Director's SINema Spotlight] -

* THE EYES OF EDWARD JAMES (2006), directed by Rodrigo Gudiño

* THE DEMONOLOGY DESIRE (2007), directed by Rodrigo Gudiño

* THE FACTS IN THE CASE OF MISTER HOLLOW (2008), directed by Rodrigo Gudiño

8-9:30pm: FEATURE PRESENTATION - * DARK MIRROR (2008), directed by Pablo Proenza

GUILLERMO DEL TORO NYC BOOK SIGNING: "THE STRAIN"

Dear LATIN HORRORphiles,

Guillermo Del Toro (Pans Labyrinth, Hell Boy 1 & 2, Blade 2) will make a rare public New York City appearance to promote his first novel THE STRAIN, part one of three books in the serialized vampire trilogy. I'm 3/4 through the novel and haven't been able to put it down! AND, my wife, who abhors horror in general, read it before even allowing me to begin my read and review. So that should say something about the quality of the book.

I will be there to have my advance review copy signed by the master [look out for our review shortly]. Del Toro is one of the prime reasons I started LATIN HORROR. If you love horror, and your schedule permits, come out to support one of the most creative members of our industry - and certainly the current king of the genre of Latin horror. Hope to see you there.

He will make two appearances --

June 4 at 7 PM

BARNES & NOBLE

33 East 17th Street

New York, NY 10003

212-253-0810

June 4 at midnight

BARNES & NOBLE

267 7th Avenue

Brooklyn, NY 11215

718-832-9066

There will be SANGRE!

Edwin Pagan

Founder-In-Chief

LATIN HORROR

THE STRAIN - Guillermo Del Toro's First Horror Novel

Dear LATIN HORRORphiles:

"They have always been here. Vampires. In secret and in darkness. Waiting. Now their time has come.

In one week, Manhattan will be gone. In one month, the country.

In two months—the world."

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In exactly one week from today, the vampire genre is set to be changed as the first novel from one of our most creative writer/directors' first novel hits bookstores everywhere. GUILLERMO DEL TORO's "THE STRAIN" is a vampire trilogy that kicks off in New York City and spreads around the world and promises to inject the genre with new blood (pun intended!). Watch a short trailer at --

http://www.youtube.com/deltorotube

Thanks to the lovely & talented Jovanka Vuckovic (editor of Rue Morgue) for bringing this gem to my attention. LATIN HORROR will review the book shortly.

The interactive website for the book has just launched. Make sure to enter the Harper Collins prize giveaway. The Grand Prize winner will receive a DVD player, a DVD library of Guillermo Del Toro movies, a signed first edition of The Strain, and an advance readers copy of the second book in the trilogy, The Fall, as soon as it is available. Five (5) runners-up will receive a signed first edition of The Strain.

www.thestraintrilogy.com

Join the Facebook group at --

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Strain-Trilogy/76000914502

On Myspace --

http://www.myspace.com/471723480

On Twitter --

http://twitter.com/thestrain

FREE Ticket to Tribeca Film Fest Screening of HYSTERICAL PSYCHO

Dear LATINHORRORphiles:

I got a pair of tickets for tonight's midnight screening of Dan Fogler 's new horror film, HYSTERICAL PSYCHO (Tribeca Film Festival) from my friends at FANGORIA Magazine. I am looking for a true horror fan to join me as my guest to the screening. The first horrorphile to reach back out to me, and confirm he/she can attend, will score the second ticket to the screening.

More about HYSTERICAL PSYCHO here --

http://www.tribecafilm.com/filmguide/Hysterical_Psycho.html

Please reply back to this message with your email address and/or cell phone and I will contact the lucky winner with all relevant details. The winner will also get a complimentary entree into our next HORRORphlies #3 screening (DTB).

There will be SANGRE!

Edwin Pagan

LATIN HORROR
http://www.latinhorror.com/
"Scaring Up A Revolution"

ZOE SALDANA MAKES THEM BELIEVE IN "THE SKEPTIC"

By Edwin Pagán, for LATIN HORROR

Seems like 2009 is the year when our marketable Latina actresses are taking the plunge into the darker side of the industry's genre landscape. First we mentioned here [http://tinyurl.com/cs4set] that Salma Hayek is riding a leading role in Paul Weitz' CIRQUE DU FREAK as the bearded lady of sideshow fame, now another venerable talent, Zoe Saldana (VANTAGE POINT, THE TERMINAL, PREMIUM, GUESS WHO), is set to hone her cognitive powers in the haunted-house thriller, THE SKEPTIC, which was written/helmed by Tennyson Bardwell (DORIAN BLUES) and hits theater in a limited run on May 1st at the IFC Center in New York and elsewhere. The film also stars Tim Daly, Tom Arnold, Andrea Roth, Edward Herrmann, Robert Prosky and Bruce Altman. The project marks Bardwell's second feature outing.

The suspense thriller follows a skeptical lawyer (Daly) who moves into a haunted mansion after the unexplained death of his aunt seeking to gain an inheritance and soon begins to experience supernatural incidents that increasingly become more terrifying and can no longer be ignored. Daly's character turns to a local coy medium, played by Saldana, who takes him on a journey to discover the long-hidden unspeakable truth that threatens to destroy him.

View the trailer here --

http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/the-skeptic/trailer

The New York-based actress who hails from the Dominican stronghold of Washington Heights, has had a meteoric career starting with stints on LAW & ORDER and leading to a breakout role in CROSSROADS (2002) as Britney Spears' BFF. She later went on to star in DRUMLINE, CONSTELLATION, DIRTY DEEDS, and PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL, among others. In 2009, her calendar is full with such top shelf projects as the highly-anticipated J.J. Abrams' blockbuster, STAR TREK, in the role of the beloved communications officer UHURA, and in James Cameron's next experiment, AVATAR. She is also on deck with s slew of pending ptojects such as Christopher B. Landon's BURNING PALMS, and Neil LaBute's DEATH AT THE FUNERAL.

The acquisition and release of the THE SKEPTIC also marks a recent trend at IFC to explore inroads into the highly lucrative horror genre. IFC also recently acquired the Latin horror gem, DARK MIRROR [http://tinyurl.com/dm8dk7], that is set to have its broadcast premiere on May 6th. The development looks promising for horror-handed filmmakers looking for alternative venues outside Lions Gate. The film opens May 1st at New York City’s IFC Center, on May 8th at Spectrum 8 Theatres in Albany (NY), and May 15th at Los Angeles’ Laemmle Music Hall 3. The film will also have a three-month run on the network's 'In Theaters' video-on-demand platform.