Sequels, remakes hold on strong
The 2008 Autopsy Report is a month-long look at the year in horror. An unflinching and frank examination of the genre’s accomplishments, lapses, trends and random (or, rampant) stupidity in the big screen, television and direct-to-DVD world. This weekly series will sift through the detritus of the last twelve months and see what worked and what didn’t, why and why not.
At the end of every week, the “Top Previews” list residing on the home page of ShockTillYouDrop.com is adjusted to reflect the most accessed horror movies in our database. Sometimes, titles reach the top because new photos surface and others linger because, well, you dear reader, keep the interest alive. Below I’ve compiled two lists to put a cap on our year-end coverage. The first reflects the ten most previewed films of the year based on the traffic you gave them – and as you’ll see sequels, remakes and, er, Twilight (?!) dominated 2008. After that, the top headlines of the year; stories that endured time and were much talked about in their respective comments section.
(Click on each title for more details!)
1.) Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
2.) Friday the 13th
3.) Cloverfield
4.) Twilight
5.) Lost Boys: The Tribe
6.) Saw V
7.) The Strangers
8.) Resident Evil: Degeneration
9.) The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
10.) Hellboy II: The Golden Army
1.) EXCL: Bloodsucking Set Pic from Twilight: Early in principle photography on Twilight, a crew member leaked us a photo of the cast’s stand-ins hamming it up.
2.) Exclusive The Strangers Trailer/One-Sheet: The trailer premiere and poster debut for Bryan Bertino’s home invasion flick hit it big.
3.) Cast Photos from Twilight: These hit the web on February 20th and became the most discussed story of the year with over 1,500 comments from the film’s faithful. Insane.
4.) Exclusive: First Photo of Sack Head Jason: Headline says it all. New Line and the producers of the new Voorhees outing were very cool to let us premiere this.
5.) The Saw V Teaser Poster!: Without a doubt, Saw still gets the attention and Jigsaw’s faithful flocked quickly to get a look at the first one-sheet released for this entry.
6.) Exclusive Theatrical Trailer for Rogue: Dimension’s preview for Greg McLean’s crocodile flick gobbled up your time.
7.) Exclusive Concept Art from Wake the Dead: The first design to be released from the upcoming adaptation.
8.) New Posters, Banners from Universal’s Wolfman: I’m glad I decided to bring a camera on the night I visited Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights.
9.) SDCC EXCL: Memories of the Underworld: Rhona Mitra and Patrick Tatopoulos talk about the upcoming third film.
10.) First Look at Rob Zombie’s Tyrannosaurus Rex: Hey, get a peek at some teaser art for a film that’s now on hold!
That’s all for now, fiends! Enjoy the holidays!
Previous Autopsy Reports:
⢠The Best & Worst Horror Films of 2008
⢠The Best & Worst Horror Posters of 2008
⢠DVD Sequelitis
⢠Fear Itself
Source: Ryan Rotten, Managing Editor
