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M. Night Shyamalan shops "Green Planet"
by Karl Schneider (Thu 01-25-2007)

According to MNightFans.com, M. Night Shyamalan recently finished his latest script, Green Planet, and went shopping it to studios.  Universal, Paramount, Warner Brothers, and Sony have all passed.The story is rumored to center on an alien invasion o...

M. Night Shyamalan to direct "Avatar: The Last Airbender"
by Karl Schneider (Tue 01-09-2007)

According to the Hollywood Reporter, M. Night Shyamalan will write, direct and produce the live-action big-screen adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender.Avatar is set in a world balanced on four nations -- Water, Earth, Fire and Air. In each society, th...

Shyamalan and "The Green Effect" Update
by Karl Schneider (Thu 02-01-2007)

According to Variety, M. Night Shyamalan has broken from past traditions and will head back for rewrites on his latest script, The Green Effect.Shyamalan, who previously had the clout to refuse to do rewrites on scripts, has accepted notes from the major ...


Shyamalan on abortive INDIANA JONES 4 job
by Christopher Allan Smith and Scott Collura (Thu 07-25-2002)

While talking to CINESCAPE's own Scott Collura about his upcoming alien film SIGNS, M. Night Shyamalan let us in on what exactly happened with his involvement with writing, or not writing, INDIANA JONES 4. If you remember back, last year he was announced ...

Shyamalan to work next on PI?
by Patrick Sauriol (Thu 10-09-2003)

Director/writer M. Night Shyamalan (whose next film has now offically changed titles from THE WOODS to THE VILLAGE) is thinking about making a film based on Yann Martel's LIFE OF PI novel. The project is set up with Fox 2000, and if Shyamalan does make PI...

Shyamalan talks original SIGNS ending
by Christopher Allan Smith (Tue 09-03-2002)

Now that his SIGNS has made the American box office its own for most of the last month, M. Night Shyamalan is talking about the film's original ending. It would have been, shall we say, a little harsh. While talking to the CHICAGO SUN TIMES, Shyamalan rev...

Shyamalan Talks Last AIRBENDER
by Jarrod Sarafin (Wed 04-16-2008)

Director M. Night Shyamalan, who's putting the final touches on his R-rated The Happening thriller, has sat down with Empire Online and talked a bit about his upcoming adaptation of The Last Airbender. They took off the "Avatar" name because Par...


Shyamalan Talks LAST AIRBENDER
by Jarrod Sarafin (Tue 06-10-2008)

With direct M. Night Shyamalan's upcoming supernatural thriller The Happening hitting theaters this Friday, the media has a chance to approach him a couple of subjects in his field of vision. One such project is the upcoming adaptation of The Last Airbend...

Paramount and M.Night Shyamalan Previews LAST AIRBENDER
by Jarrod Sarafin (Tue 06-10-2008)

As part of the Licensing International Expo 2008 conference, director M. Night Shyamalan, Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies were on hand to preview their next high profile team effort, an adaptation of The Last Airbender. Nickelodeon sent media ou...

Shyamalan Takes on "Lady in the Water"
by News Editor (Thu 03-24-2005)

M. Night Shyamalan's next movie, "Lady in the Water," will be for Warner Bros. Pictures. The script written by Shyamalan centers on a building super who finds a sea nymph in his apartment building's pool. Filming is scheduled to begin in August 2005 in P...

Village, The
by Corona's Coming Attractions (Mon 08-09-2004)

...Making It:M. Night Shyamalan (Director, Screenwriter); Scott Rudin, Sam Mercer (Producers).Premise:In 1897, a community lives with the knowledge that strange, mythical beings dwell in the woods surrounding their town.Release Date:July 30, 2004.Comments...


SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT Returning to DVD
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Fri 10-12-2007)

This film caused quite a controversy back in the 80's and it made an impact on the "Slasher Genre" as a whole. This film was originally scheduled for a holiday release from Tri-Star back when the "slashers" were going st...

First Views Praise Howard's LADY IN THE WATER soundtrack
by Randall D. Larson (Mon 07-24-2006)

The first views of James Newton Howard's latest soundtrack for M. Night Shyamalan, LADY IN THE WATER, have been very positive. Here is a roundup of some of the latest online perspectives. For his fifth collaboration and following the Oscar-nominated sco...

Lady in the Water
by John Sinnott (Sun 01-07-2007)

... one time M. Night Shyamalan was an exciting film maker.  With his first major film, The Sixth Sense, he crafted an interesting and engrossing tale that was well received by the public and critics alike.  His next film, Unbreakable, was a...

Mel Gibson SIGNS On
by SCOTT COLLURA (Thu 08-01-2002)

... director M. Night Shyamalan, is SIGNS, a tale (of a troubled family who happen to be confronted with an alien invasion) that is sure to have genre fansand mainstream audiences as welltalking, not to mention looking for crop circles in their backyards....


Best Soundtracks of 2002 Part One
by Randall D. Larson (Wed 01-29-2003)

...tion with M. Night Shyamalan, like the previous two, SIXTH SENSE and UNBREAKABLE, is an evocative and intimate suspense score. Adopting Herrmann's predilection for chord progression and tonal repetition, Howard crafts a brilliantly persuasive and frequ...

Marshalling in the Genre's Greatest Part Two
by Eric Moro (Additional reporting by Anthony C. Ferrante) (Tue 02-12-2002)

...laborator M. Night Shyamalan. To be specific, it was rumored that the master of the twist ending would pen the next film's script."There was a time when we wanted Night to write the script, but we couldn't get the deal together in time so he went off a...

LADY IN THE WATER
by Rachel Reitsleff (Fri 07-21-2006)

.../director M. Night Shyamalan appears to be attempting to make a timeless folk tale that happens to be set in the present. LADY, widely reported to be based on a bedtime story Shyamalan created for his daughters, concerns a depressed but good-hearted a...

SIGNS
by Abbie Bernstein (Fri 08-02-2002)

Writer/director/producer M. Night Shyamalan seems to be making a career out of taking standard genre items and making them distinctive by approaching them from new angles. In THE SIXTH SENSE, it's a ghost story and the making of a medium; in UNBREAKABLE, ...


Shyamalan's Dark Water
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 08-03-2006)

THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS James Newton Howard has provided intrinsically atmospheric and moody underscores to all of M. Night Shyamalan's films, from THE SIXTH SENSE in 1999 through 2004's THE VILLAGE. His latest collaboration with the noted directed i...

SILENT NIGHT DEADLY NIGHT Double Feature
by Brian Thomas (Wed 12-24-2003)

It wasn’t the first Christmas-based horror film – titles like BLACK CHRISTMAS and CHRISTMAS EVIL popped up occasionally throughout the 1970s. And it wasn’t the most offensive. Heck, it wasn’t even the first film to put a homicidal maniac in a Santa Claus ...

Genre Films in the '90s: Blockbuster Feeding Frenzy
by Steve Biodrowski (Fri 02-11-2000)

...urtesy of M. Night Shyamalan) creates drama and characters that involve viewers and draw them into the reality of the story. Then, when the horror finally hits, it hits big, thrilling like no mere simple shock ever could. It’s a lesson that should be l...

WGA Nominations
by Steve Biodrowski (Fri 02-11-2000)

...iters are M. Night Shyamalan for SENSE, Charlie Kaufman for MALKOVICH, Alan Ball for BEAUTY, and Paul Thomas Anderson for MAGNOLIA. Unlike the Golden Globes and other critics awards, the WGA noms can be seen as a useful indicator of likely Oscar nomina...


SIGNS of FURY and ROMANCE
by Randall D. Larson (Wed 08-21-2002)

This Week’s RecommendationSJames Newton Howard’s third collaboration with M. Night Shyamalan, like the previous two, SIXTH SENSE and UNBREAKABLE, is an evocative and intimate suspense score. SIGNS (Hollywood Records 2061-62368-2) is also Howard’s most ove...

Warning SIGNS
by Sonia Mansfield (Wed 11-13-2002)

Yeah, so, I hear that Signs is coming to DVD in January. Well, I saw it this summer and I have one thing to say about it: I don't believe it.No, sir, I don't buy it not for one second. It's completely implausible. Honestly, did M. Night Shyamalan really ...

Jurassic Size Slate of Genre Films
by Frederick C. Szebin (Mon 01-31-2000)

... director M. Night Shyamalan, Bruce Willis and young Haley Joel Osment in a sequel to last years horror hit, THE SIXTH SENSE.

DRAGONS Crawl Out of Dungeon
by Steve Biodrowski (Mon 12-11-2000)

...se alumni M. Night Shyamalan and Bruce Willis is not living up to its predecessor, but it’s not doing bad, either. The film was down another 48%, but still managed earnings of $7.5-million.For the bottom half of the Top Ten, Disney’s 102 Dalmatians sli...


Giamatti and Howard Look to Wade in Shyamalan's "Water"
by News Editor (Wed 03-30-2005)

Wasting no time M. Night Shyamalan is working quickly to hire Paul Giamatti and Bryce Dallas Howard to star in his upcoming project, LADY IN THE WATER.Shyamalan is looking for Giamatti to play a building super who finds a sea nymph in his apartment buildi...

New ending for THE VILLAGE?
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 05-24-2004)

According to a story appearing in The Philadelphia Daily News (and reported by Coming Soon), M. Night Shyamalan has reassembled the cast and crew of his upcoming thriller THE VILLAGE in order to film a new ending for the movie. Disney did not confirm rep...

SILVER SURFER to soar again
by Patrick Sauriol (Thu 04-17-2003)

...ter in an M. Night Shyamalan film, I had the hook that would make the series work for me."According to the piece, the writers first attracted the attention of Marvel through their screenplays.Got a scoop? Know something that you need to tell us about?...

SIGNS director ventures into THE WOODS
by Patrick Sauriol (Wed 05-21-2003)

M. Night Shyamalan is working on his next project. The director of SIGNS, THE SIXTH SENSE and UNBREAKABLE will begin filming THE WOODS this coming October. In talks to star in Shyamalan's fifth film are Ashton Kutcher (THAT 70s SHOW), Kirsten Dunst (SPI...


Webs. Robots. Wolves. Marionettes. And the Bad Color.
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 08-05-2004)

...gain with M. Night Shyamalan for the moody score to THE VILLAGE, as he did for the director’s previous three hit films. THE VILLAGE, released on Hollywood Records 2061-62464-2, is a score immersed in soft violins, weaving a brooding atmosphere of disqu...

Variety confirms: Wahlberg in "The Happening"
by Karl Schneider (Fri 03-30-2007)

Variety has confirmed earlier reports that Mark Wahlberg has signed on to star in the upcoming M. Night Shyamalan film, The Happening.Wahlberg will play a man who takes his family on the run when a cataclysmic natural crisis threatens to end the world.&qu...

Rurouni Kenshin Vol. #09: Heart of the Sword
by Zubin Kumana (Mon 02-18-2002)

...st like a M. Night Shyamalan movie, it ends with a twist. We also catch a few minutes of Yahiko and Kaoru practicing on a ship bound for Kyoto. Just so we know the storyteller hasn't forgotten about them. In the final episode on this volume, which fe...

It's HAPPENING for Deschanel
by News Editor (Thu 05-31-2007)

20th Century Fox and M. Night Shyamalan have set actress Zooey Deschanel to star in THE HAPPENING. She joins a cast which already includes Mark Wahlberg. The thriller centers on a man who takes his family on the run when an apocalyptic natural crisi...


Leguizamo is HAPPENING
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Wed 07-18-2007)

THE HAPPENING will be the first Rated-R flick of M. Night Shyamalan. Whatever the case, John Leguizamo has joined the cast as the lead star's best friend of the film for 20th Century Fox according to the Hollywood Reporter. Shooting for t...

SPIRAL
by Robert T. Trate, Columnist (Sat 02-16-2008)

...with some M. Night Shyamalan flashbacks and really uses it to spin the story. When the entire truth behind ‘Spiral’ is revealed it is done with such a simple moment that it screams: Hitchcock.

Everybody Is Kung Fu Fighting, Part 2
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Sat 09-21-2002)

... director M. Night Shyamalan has said something about Master of Kung Fu being his favorite comic book."Moench also believes that Shang-Chi's escapades may be especially relevant to readers today. "The stories we were doing back then are topical now in ...

"Lady in the Water" nominated for a Razzie
by Karl Schneider (Tue 01-23-2007)

The latest M. Night. Shyamalan fantasy film, Lady in the Water, has been nominated for the dubious award of the worst film of the year.  The film will join Basic Instinct 2, Bloodrayne, Little Man and Wicker Man for the title of Worst Film of 2006.No...


Wolverine on Daytime TV
by STEPHEN LACKEY (Wed 10-25-2006)

... director M. Night Shyamalan features Haley Joel Osment as a kid who can “see dead people”. THE EXORCIST (AMC, 8PM PST) Linda Blair plays a young girl possessed by a demon that must be exorcised by a Priest who has nearly lost his...

Taking Score of 2004
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 01-06-2005)

...tion with M. Night Shyamalan has resulted in a provocative and moody score to THE VILLAGE, a score immersed in soft violins, weaving a brooding atmosphere of disquiet. French horns and flutes intone a solemn mysterioso that blends with the smooth, flui...

Happy to Be Proven Wrong
by David Michael Wharton (Mon 02-21-2005)

...rity that M. Night Shyamalan showed with THE SIXTH SENSE and lost somewhere before THE VILLAGE. But perhaps the biggest surprise of all is how much I've come to care for Allison DuBois and her family. Which brings us to... The Functional Family - Don't...

Let's Get Digital
by Jason Davis (Mon 08-01-2005)

... ABC) See M. Night Shyamalan at the crest of his wave before he hits the rocks with SIGNS and gets washed up on the beach with THE VILLAGE. HELL'S KITCHEN (8pm PST, Fox) If you've never had the pleasure of watching UK comic Lenny Henry's series CHEF!, ...


Dead Man's Chest and Tokyo Drift
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 07-06-2006)

...r the new M. Night Shyamalan film, LADY IN THE WATER. "It's no secret that Howard does his best work musically enhancing Shyamalan's films, and while the movies have slowly gotten worse, Howard has never wavered," writes Ryan Keaveney at http://cinemu...

TOP 10: SUPREMACY over CATWOMAN
by Patrick Sauriol (Sun 07-25-2004)

...ller from M. Night Shyamalan, the live-action THUNDERBIRDS movie, a tale of two stoners looking for some White Castle to munch on, and Jonathan Demme's remake of THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE. It's going to be an interesting top ten in seven days.Here are t...

Box Office Update: WB Has SMART Victory While HULK Drops
by Jarrod Sarafin (Mon 06-23-2008)

... side for M. Night Shyamalan this time around. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is getting ever closer to that $300.0 mil domestic mark that its brother Iron Man found this last Thursday. The fourth adventure of the serial adventurer...

Universal Announces Upcoming DVD Titles, Including MUMMY RETURNS
by John Thonen (Tue 06-26-2001)

... Director M. Night Shyamalan made such an impact with his sophomore film, THE SIXTH SENSE that any follow-up was certain to pale in comparison. UNBREAKABLE is an ambitious misfire, but Shyamalan is such an enormous talent that his failures eclipse most...


Viewer Voting: If Fans Ran the Oscars...
by Steve Biodrowski (Mon 03-27-2000)

...irecting (M. Night Shyamalan), and Writing (Shyamalan) Categories. In the Actress category, SENSE’s Toni Colette tied with Annette Bening for second, while Kevin Spacey took second in the Actor category, which was really the only close race: Spacey man...

Gibson talks SIGNS
by Christopher Allan Smith (Tue 02-19-2002)

While talking to Cindy Pearlman, Mel Gibson let a little out about his upcoming M. Night Shyamalan thriller, SIGNS, and took a shot at MULHOULLAND DRIVE director, David Lynch."Look, I don't see dead people. That's all I'm saying," Gibson said. "I am an Ep...

More info coming out about INDIANA JONES evolution
by Christopher Allan Smith (Mon 06-03-2002)

It looks like some light is being shed on the tortured development of INDIANA JONES 4, which has finally got a bona-fied writer in Frank Darabont, and a bona-fied release date, July 4, 2005. It seems the rumors of playwright Tom Stoppard, filmmaker M. Nig...

SILVER SURFER (VOL. 4) #1
by Tony Whitt (Thu 08-07-2003)

... director M. Night Shyamalan - he described it as having that same sense of mystery that makes Shyamalan's films so successful. That's the best description I've ever heard for the effect that this first issue has on the reader, because this series has ...


Six Senses, Six Nominations
by Steve Biodrowski (Wed 02-16-2000)

...Director (M. Night Shyamalan), Original Screenplay (Shyamalan), Supporting Actor (Haley Joel Osment), Supporting Actress (Toni Collette), and Editing (Andrew Mondshein).In second place among genre films is THE GREEN MILE, with four nominations in the c...

Genre Films 2000: A Preview of Things To Come
by Steve Biodrowski (Thu 01-27-2000)

...rected by M. Night Shyamalan, the genius behind THE SIXTH SENSE. Anticipation scale: 6. Box office: good, if audiences aren`t tired of the idea by this time.URBAN LEGEND SEQUEL (Columbia) These SCREAM wannabes have seen steadily diminishing box office ...

Mel Gibson Talks SIGNS
by Frank Kurtz (Fri 11-09-2001)

...s helmer, M. Night Shyamalan, and his penchant for crafting subtle genre material, Gibson says, "He's pretty good at misdirection."What is known about SIGNS is that it will tell the story of a rural Pennsylvania family headed by Gibson's character, who...

The 10 Most Awesome Movies Hollywood Ever Killed
by David Wong (Fri 01-04-2008)

...holy hell M. Night Shyamalan was thinking. Everyone knows the reason superhero sequels are usually better than the original (think X-Men 2, Superman 2, and Spider-Man 2) is because they don't have to devote half their running time to the tedious origin...


STUART LITTLE: Big Screen Movie With Small Ideas
by Steve Biodrowski (Sat 12-18-1999)

...eenwriter M. Night Shyamalan (THE SIXTH SENSE) have proven their ability at making films with broad-based appeal that reach a family audience in the truest sense of the phrase, yet their collaboration here seems aimed at the most undemanding parents wh...

THE SIXTH SENSE: Collectors Edition
by Steve Biodrowski (Tue 04-04-2000)

...-director M. Night Shyamalan, explaining what the scenes were intended to achieve within the story and why they were ultimately cut out from the film. Interestingly, all of the scenes are quite good when taken on their own, but at the same time it’s ea...

Comicscape - March 31, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 03-31-2004)

...ve to see M. Night Shyamalan do THUNDERBOLTS, John Woo on 100 BULLETS, and Alex Proyas do JOHNNY THE HOMICIDAL MANIAC. Well, they'd have to be better than HOWARD THE DUCK, anyway." Amen, brother - even a sharp blow to the trachea would be better for pu...

Mick Jagger Beats Davy Jones
by Andrew Hershberger (Mon 05-03-2004)

...erved for M. Night Shyamalan. I guess next week America can look forward to WIDE AWAKE.EVERWOOD (8 pm, WB) Andy wants his mentor to chance even riskier brain surgery; like one done with rusty spoons and no antiseptic. THE FAIRLY ODDPARENTS (8 pm, NIK) ...


STUART 2: Rodent Redux
by Frederick C. Szebin (Thu 02-10-2000)

...ooker and M. Night Shyamalan, who will not be returning.Meanwhile, executive producer Stephen Waterman, hot on the heels of STUART’s success, has optioned the feature film rights on the late George Seldon’s popular 1960 children’s book THE CRICKET IN T...

UNBREAKABLE on CD
by Randall Larson (Sat 05-26-2001)

James Newton Howard’s second collaboration with M. Night Shyamalan arrived on the CD racks the day before the movie’s November 22nd opening. UNBREAKABLE (Hollywood Records HR-62290-2) is a much more understated and introspective score than THE SIXTH SENSE...

Shyamalan's SIGNS Gets Production Team
by Frank Kurtz (Wed 08-08-2001)

Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy and Sam Mercer are all reteaming with director M. Night Shyamalan for the helmer's next project, SIGNS.Marshall and Mercer will handle producer duties on the film, with Kennedy set to take executive producer cred.The film,...

THE OTHERS
by Carl Cortez (Mon 08-13-2001)

THE SIXTH SENSE was perhaps the last truly effective scary film. Despite its occasional lapses into self-indulgence by its over-confident director M. Night Shyamalan, it still supplied ample jolts and a great twist ending. Funny how no one has tried to le...


UNBREAKABLE (2000)
by Steve Biodrowski (Wed 11-22-2000)

Well, not to keep you in suspense, I’ll begin by answering the obvious question: No, Unbreakable is not as good as last year’s sleeper success The Sixth Sense. This year’s follow-up reteaming of star Bruce Willis and writer-director M. Night Shyamalan spo...

Mark Wahlberg in "The Happening"?
by Karl Schneider (Thu 03-15-2007)

According to JoBlo, Mark Wahlberg is in talks to start in the upcoming M. Night Shyamalan film, The Happening.The film, previously known as The Green Effect, is a paranoid thriller about a family on the run from a natural crisis that presents a large-scal...

THE VILLAGE
by Rachel Reitsleff (Fri 07-30-2004)

There probably is no such thing as a premise that's truly unworkable, but it's hard to imagine how M. Night Shyamalan could have possibly gotten away with anything like his approach to the material of THE VILLAGE. Anybody watching the first two-thirds of ...

New Poster and Redband Trailer for HAPPENING
by Jarrod Sarafin (Tue 05-20-2008)

A new international poster and redband trailer for The Happening has popped up online. Click on the photo to the left to check it out and down below for the redband trailer. The upcoming thriller is the first R-rated feature film from director M. Night Sh...


Oscar Picks and (Reluctant) Predictions
by Steve Biodrowski (Sun 03-26-2000)

... would be M. Night Shyamalan for THE SIXTH SENSE, a film that mixes horror and sentiment while never losing touch with a sense of reality that makes the events always seem entirely believable.DOCUMENTARY FEATURENot a category where you expect to find m...

Marshalling in the Genre's Greatest Part One
by Eric Moro (Additional reporting by Anthony C. Ferrante) (Sun 02-10-2002)

Producer-director Frank Marshall is one hot Hollywood commodity. With such notable genre projects as RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, BACK TO THE FUTURE and THE SIXTH SENSE (to name only a few) under his belt as well as his work on the upcoming M. Night Shyamala...

THE SIXTH SENSE (1999)
by Steve Biodrowski (Sun 06-10-2001)

...-director M. Night Shyamalan achieves a brilliant sense of dread by completely convincing us of the everyday believability of his situations—and then allowing the supernatural to intrude, thus creating a sense of the uncanny long absent from similar fi...

A NIGHT TO DISMEMBER
by ANDREW HERSHBERGER (Sun 01-20-2002)

I’ve got to get this off my chest – no, it’s not a size 78 triple D cup – I love, I mean love, Doris Wishman. While normally I’d reserve such a comment to the middle or end of my review, I feel it’s very, very important that you the reader are aware of th...


30 Days of Night
by Karl Schneider (Mon 07-31-2006)

Last Updated: September 15, 2006Genre: Horror, ThrillerProduction Company: Columbia Pictures, Ghost House PicturesDistributors: Columbia Pictures, Senator InternationalProject Phase: FilmingBudget: NAWho's In It: Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, Manu Bennet...

BLACKMORE'S NIGHT: CASTLES & DREAMS on PBS Jan 30th
by Randall Larson (Fri 01-27-2006)

A WLIW New York Presentation EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE on MONDAY, JANUARY 30 at 8 PM on WLIW21 New York Public Television with Ritchie Blackmore & Candice Night LIVE in the studio! Don't miss the exclusive premiere of BLACKMORE'S NIGHT: CASTLES & DREAMS ...

NEW ENGLAND ANIME SOCIETY CELEBRATES FIRST NIGHT BOSTON WITH ANIME SCREENINGS AND IN-PERSON REGISTRATION FOR ANIME EVENTS (Thu 12-27-2007)

Boston, December 27, 2007: New England Anime Society (NEAS), the Massachusetts-based non-profit organization behind Anime Boston and Providence Anime Conference, is proud to be participating in First Night Boston, an all-ages New Year's Eve celebration on...

Snow Night Stories
by Chris Beveridge (Fri 12-08-2006)

What They SayContains three seperate hard-core stories! Thief In a village in a faraway land, there lived a couple whose ages were very far apart. While working hard in the fields, they looked happy together, but the wife was troubled. Her husband alway...


Blood the Last Vampire Vol.#01 - Night of the Beasts
by Greg Hackmann (Thu 03-13-2008)

Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Mamoru Oshii / Katsuya TeradaTranslated by:Camella NiehAdapted by:What They SayAt Yokota Base in Japan, American soldiers stand guard at the brink of the Vietnam War. Although they fear the enemy outside their base, an even mo...

"Lovers in the Night"
by Nadia Oxford (Sun 04-29-2007)

Fumi Yoshinaga is renowned for the quality of her yaoi titles, so it's a mystery why she'd curse Lovers in the Night with a name worthy of a paperback on a drug store shelf. Self-parody is a possibility; Lovers in the Night offers any excuse for its tw...

DVD Review of Prom Night
by Tim Janson (Sun 08-17-2008)

You might not agree but you can understand the desire to remake horror films such as Halloween and A Nightmare on Elm Street. However, is Hollywood so devoid of imagination that they now have to remake lackluster films from the 1980’s? Whe...

Fate / Stay Night Vol. #1 (also w/limited edition)
by Chris Beveridge (Thu 11-30-2006)

What They SayThe Holy Grail War Begins!Ten years ago there was a secret war fought by master mages with their servants in order to obtain the Holy Grail and the result was devastating to everyone. Today, the Holy Grail War is beginning again with new mast...


30 DAYS OF NIGHT Collected By IDW
by Rob Allstetter (Fri 11-01-2002)

30 DAYS OF NIGHT, a mini-series by Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith, will be collected into a trade paperback by IDW Publishing in January.Even though it was overprinted by 100 percent, 30 DAYS OF NIGHT #1 sold out within two weeks and the second printing ...

FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
by Abbie Bernstein (Fri 10-08-2004)

People outside of Texas can hear about just how seriously the Lone Star State takes its high school football, but for those who have some trouble grasping the notion, FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS is a brilliant illustration. A movie that is very much about footbal...

Sackheim To Helm "Night Stalker" (Tue 02-01-2005)

Variety reports that veteran "X-Files" director Dan Sackheim has been hired to direct Frank Spotnitz's ABC drama pilot "The Night Stalker.""Spotnitz said he and Sackheimer are going for a 'very contemporary, sleek and scary look,' adding 'Night Stalker' w...

Warren Ellis' NIGHT RADIO
by Rob Allstetter (Wed 12-26-2001)

NIGHT RADIO is a limited-series anthology edited by Warren Ellis. It will be four, 48-page issues, without ads, in black and white, to be published by Avatar Press in the late summer.The anthology will have four four-part serials: by Ellis; by Matt Fracti...


Last Night Music Came Out Of The Giallo
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 09-29-2005)

THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS Among the Italian horror "giallo" films scored by Bruno Nicolai in the early 1970s, is LE LA NOTTE CHE EVELYN USCI' DALLA TOMBA © Digitmovies NOTTE CHE EVELYN USCÌ DALLA TOMBA (The Night Evelyn Came Out Of The Grav...

Fate / Stay Night Vol. #2
by Chris Beveridge (Fri 02-16-2007)

What They SayThe Magi have assembled and the War for the Grail has begun. A new battle begins as the next Servant attacks and draws blood. Who could Rider\'s master be? Shiro must be extra careful as even his closest friends could be deadly enemies. Nonet...

Night Shift Nurses: RN's Revenge Xtreme Series Edition
by Chris Beveridge (Fri 09-05-2003)

What They SayUncut! Includes the deleted scenes from the first Night Shift Nurses! The Night Shift Nurses are back and naughtier than ever in this raunchily revealing adventure! On a forbidden hospital ward, the head doctor performs madly erotic experim...

Stainless Night
by Chris Beveridge (Fri 12-06-2002)

What They SayAfter ten years of dormancy, Linea awakens from a capsule in the countryside of Japan. Without any memories, she wanders into a small research center staffed by three beautiful women. Sayako, one of the researchers, is entranced by the stra...


Blackmore's Night Concert DVD Imminent
by Randall Larson (Tue 10-04-2005)

October 11th will see the long-awaited concert DVD from "renaissance rock" band Blackmore's Night. The DVD, Castles & Dreams, was released in Europe in PAL format last May; the Region 1 edition for USA/Canada/Brazil/Japan was delayed until now. Guitar...

Fate / Stay Night Vol. #5
by Chris Beveridge (Sat 08-25-2007)

What They SayIn the aftermath of the last battle, only four Servants remain. Two of them inhabit Ryudou Shrine, making the next fight a dangerous one, as Shirou will have to face Assassin and Caster within their domain. Unfortunately, Shirou doesn\'t have...

Night Shift Nurses: Experiment Vol. #1
by Chris Beveridge (Wed 05-30-2007)

What They SayOn the verge of death and enduring a serious wound, a man stumbles into a hospital, only to be saved by a sexy nurse named Yu Yagami. He is moved to the special ward where he is interviewed by the beautiful hospital director Reika Goei. There...

Night Shift Nurses Karte 10.5
by Chris Beveridge (Fri 06-20-2008)

What They SayDr. Hirasaka takes it to another level in this Director\'s Cut edition of Night Shift Nurses: Karte 10.5. Watch his madness in peak form as he embarks on some of his most intense experiments yet. No nurses are safe when the Doctor lets loose,...


Night Shift Nurses: Clinical Confessions Xtreme Series Edition
by Chris Beveridge (Fri 10-21-2005)

What They SayA shocking crime leads a detective to the Night Shift Nurses! Under interrogation, they reveal more than just outrageous true confessions. A debauched doctor instructed them to perform the most debased acts imaginable, all in the name of scie...

Night Shift Nurses: Kranke Vol. #3
by Chris Beveridge (Wed 12-12-2007)

What They SayI want to experiment ... Is this a dream ? Could the doctor really want to marry me after all the years of sexual deviance ? Hikaru has dived into a life of hedonistic sex games which have culminated in the day every girl dreams of - her ...

Night When Evil Falls Vol. #3
by Chris Beveridge (Fri 03-14-2008)

What They SayA Princess of the Underworld - Defeated ... Degraded ... Deflowered The Underworld princess Sheliss has been defeated by her archenemy Gilva. Forced to wear sexy lingerie, she is \'taken\' by the inferior humans as they swarm around her bod...

Lunatic Night
by Michael Thomas (Sun 05-18-2003)

The Review!An adult parody of some of the most popular anime characters. ::Audio:: When watching the show, I listened to the original Japanese seiyuu (voice actors). I did listen to the English dubbing, but it's poor at best. The talking, ambient sounds...


Night on the Galactic Railroad (Tue 10-09-2001)

What They SayOnce upon a time, there was a young boy named Giovanni whose life was filled with hardship and despair. In addition to his studies, he worked early in the morning and after school every day to earn enough money to feed his sick mother. Becaus...

Fate / Stay Night Vol. #4
by Chris Beveridge (Wed 07-18-2007)

What They SayThe battle they knew was coming is finally at hand and the choice to run has been taken away. Now Shirou and Rin must confront the Master Ilya and her fearsome Servant, Berserker, the strongest Epic Hero on Earth! With Saber injured, it\'s up...

Fate / Stay Night Vol. #3
by Chris Beveridge (Wed 05-23-2007)

What They SayObsessed with obtaining the Holy Grail at any costs, Shinji and his Servant, Rider, press their attack on a still weakened Saber. Thus it becomes imperative for Saber to begin training Shirou to improve his martial skills and aid her in the ...

Virgin Night
by Paul Grisham (Sun 04-14-2002)

What They SayThe Review!Yutaka Tanaka has got to be one of my favorite manga writers, if only for his wonderful Ai-Ren series. But long before he started writing Ai-Ren, he was best known as a writer of sweet, intimate erotic stories about first love. V...


Harvest Night Box Set
by Chris Beveridge (Tue 08-10-2004)

What They SayIn the forbidden zone where violence and sexuality storm, a party begins...The Review!Rival gangs tough it out with each other in a dark dank city slum where just about anything goes. Audio: For our primary viewing session, we listened to t...

Vermilion Pleasure Night Vol. #1
by Mike Dungan (Mon 09-10-2007)

What They SayWhat They Say: Space vixens and manic mannequins. Animation and claymation. J-pop music videos and violently desperate housewives. Sexy assassins and biker babes. You've never seen or experienced anything like this rainbow-acid-hued, mind-tri...

Harvest Night Vol. #1
by Chris Beveridge (Sat 11-25-2006)

What They SayThere\'s a bridge that divides the town, separating violence from non-violence, immorality from morality, sexually abusive lifestyles from ordinary lifestyles. There\'s no order beyond that bridge. That\'s where Ryoko enters in search of her ...

NIGHT JUNKIES
by Tim Janson (Thu 07-12-2007)

I hesitate to call Night Junkies a vampire film because it is well outside the normal convention of that genre. Night Junkies is a gritty, urban street drama about a pair of addicts, Ruby and Vincent. Only they are not addicted to drugs or alcohol---their...


THE NIGHT LISTENER clips
by Karl Schneider (Thu 08-03-2006)

THE NIGHT LISTENER clipsMiramax Films sent along a few links to clips from the film THE NIGHT LISTENER, a film Roger Ebert calls "an eerie Hitchcockian thriller."Clip 1Clip of Gabriel Noone (Robin Williams) breaking and entering to find clues to the where...

UNBREAKABLE
by Eric Moro (Tue 06-26-2001)

.../producer M. Night Shyamalan's follow-up to his Oscar nominated THE SIXTH SENSE. The film tells the story of David Dunn (Bruce Willis), the sole survivor of a devastating train wreck. While searching for the answer to his rather philosophical question ...

New Album Underway from Blackmore's Night
by Randall Larson (Wed 10-26-2005)

Blackmore's Night the band featuring former Deep Purple/Rainbow guitarist Ritchie Blackmore and his fiancée Candice Night have set Village Lanterne as the title of their new album, tentatively due in early 2006 via SPV Records. The "I'll Be There (Just ...

Harvest Night Vol. #2
by Chris Beveridge (Wed 11-29-2006)

What They SayThe doctor tells Masato and his sister, Honoka, to go back home, but they have no home to go back to. The sex and gang violence in their part of town has taken it\'s toll. In a series of flashbacks, we glimpse into the dark past that haunts a...


NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD: 30th Anniversary Edition
by Dan Cziraky (Wed 10-27-1999)

Well, here`s something else we can blame on George Lucas and his STAR WARS Trilogy Special Editions. This atrocity is actually a full year late for NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD`s 30th anniversary. What John Russo has done is taken a horror classic and, in the...

Batmania! Rise and Shine with The Dark Night
by Josh Gordon (Fri 07-18-2008)

It’s six in the morning. What on God’s green earth would get someone like me to wake up so early? The Dark Night, the long anticipated sequel to the wildly successful Batman Begins. Believe it or not, there are showings for the newest Christop...

SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER
by P. MACDOUGAL (Thu 11-07-2002)

I remember going with my cousins to see a GREASE/SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER double bill when I was around ten or so. Every kid loved the PG-rated GREASE back then, but SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER—a seemingly perfect double-feature match for GREASE, with the singing an...

30 DAYS OF NIGHT: BLOOD TRAILS Trailer
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Fri 08-31-2007)

Ghost House Productions and Fearnet have released a teaser trailer to their upcoming prequel web series, 30 DAYS OF NIGHT: BLOOD TRAILS, for the horror and Steve Nile fans eagerly it. This 7 part special web series, centering on a man named George ba...


Visions of the Night
by Eric Moro (Thu 07-05-2001)

For the past 14 years, award-winning producers/creators Dan Angel and Billy Brown have brought scares and thrills to television audiences of all ages. Their latest foray into the world of genre entertainment, an anthology series set to debut on Fox July 1...

DVD Review of Night of the Living Dead 40th Anniversary Edition
by Tim Janson (Thu 05-22-2008)

Like its zombies, Night of the Living Dead just seems to keep coming back from the grave. The latest DVD release of the classic is a 40th anniversary edition that comes with an outstanding set of extras. There’s no doubt that Night of the Living Dea...

'30 DAYS OF NIGHT' resurrected in 'DUST TO DUST'
by Rob M. Worley (Fri 08-01-2008)

When Steven Niles launched '30 Days of Night' at IDW Publishing in 2002, it became an instant sensation. Six years later, the franchise has continued as a feature film, in numerous comics and graphic novels, and also as a series of original "webisode...

Night Visions
by Carl Cortez (Thu 07-12-2001)

It's nice to see Fox marketing their new anthology series NIGHT VISIONS the right way by acknowledging that this is essentially an updated riff on THE TWILIGHT ZONE. In commercials for the series, the rock song "Twilight Zone" by Golden Earring hums in t...


ONE RAINY NIGHT
by Denise Dumars (Fri 06-30-2000)

Richard Laymon pulls no punches; this is the first thing you need to know about his fiction. He never cuts off an ear or gouges an eye off-screen; if it happens in the story, it will be described in loving and living color by the author who is too raw for...

Music video helmer loads SATURDAY NIGHT SPECIAL
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 11-01-2004)

After creating sonic images for such bands as Korn, Meat Loaf, Sisqo and P. Diddy, commercial and music video director Martin Weisz will make his feature film debut with the action/thriller SATURDAY NIGHT SPECIAL. To be produced by Family Room Entertainme...

Absolute Boyfriend (aka: Zettai Kareshi) Vol.#01
by Sakura Eries (Wed 02-08-2006)

Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Yuu WataseTranslated by:Lillian OlsenAdapted by:What They SayThe ReviewPACKAGING Talk about provocative front cover! It features a freshly unwrapped naked Night with a card labeled "Present for You" between his lips (don't wor...

Sunday Night Cartoons!
by BRIAN THOMAS (Sat 04-30-2005)

The answer has been found! Last week I asked you folks to help stupid old me remember the title of an anime feature that a reader had written in asking about. Several readers (wow! I have several readers!) identified the flick as GANDAHAR, a 1988 French f...


30 DAYS Of Night Has Been Doubled?
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Thu 06-21-2007)

The upcoming Vampire story 30 Days of Night may not be in theaters till this Halloween but that won't stop distributor Sony or producer Sam Raimi from planning ahead. An inside source/scooper over at Cinema Blend are passing along that both Sony and Raimi...

30 DAYS of Night Series on FEARnet
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Wed 07-25-2007)

It seems that FEARnet, Columbia Pictures & Graphic Novelist Steve Niles are joining forces to bring all you horror fans something in connection with their upcoming release, 30 DAYS OF NIGHT. The vampire tale is based off of Niles creation and centers ...

SIGNS
by BRIAN THOMAS (Fri 01-24-2003)

Touchstone Home Video has released M. Night Shyamalan’s third studio feature on DVD in a spotless THX transfer. Here, Shyamalan again takes a genre icon – the alien invasion movie – and gives it a fresh approach, making this one of the best science fictio...

NIGHT STALKER Starts Hunt Soon
by News Editor (Thu 09-22-2005)

NIGHT STALKER premieres on September 29th at 9pm on ABC, and thus crime reporter Carl Kolchak will once again be back in action.The new series stars Stuart Townsend as Carl Kolchak. As the show kicks off a pregnant woman is kidnapped from her home and th...


Wayne’s World
by Brian Thomas (Tue 05-08-2007)

Wow, this is one of those week’s when the column is just loaded. Onward!   SPOTLIGHT OF THE WEEK This month is definitely John Wayne month, with several packages being released in honor of the 100th anniversary of his birth over the next few ...

Night Shift Nurses: Experiment Vol. #2
by Chris Beveridge (Wed 09-05-2007)

What They SayAsked by the beautiful hospital director Reiko Goei to become a tester for a new drug, Sora agrees to \"muff\" dive right in. He then moves to a special ward where he meets Yu Yagami, the delicious head nurse of the testing unit. Bored and al...

Fate / Stay Night Vol. #6 (also w/limited edition)
by Chris Beveridge (Wed 10-03-2007)

What They SayThe mysterious eighth Servant attacks, seeking to dominate Saber in order to claim her as his own. How will Shirou protect her? If they should ever win and obtain the Grail, Shirou and Saber would still have to choose between their own confl...

Night When Evil Falls Vol. #1
by Chris Beveridge (Tue 01-01-2008)

What They SaySheliss Elleness Zurbach suddenly appears out of the blue in modern-day Tokyo. Destiny has brought her to the human world - destiny in the form of an evil adversary named Gilva. Needing help in tracking down her enemy, she enlists a sexy demo...


Fate Stay Night Original Soundtrack
by Lauren Goodnight (Sat 10-21-2006)

What They SayLike an unforgettable memory or event, the precisely fine-tuned 40 tracks of music from \"Fate/stay night Original Soundtrack\" will firmly resonate with listeners who appreciate distinctive instrumental pieces and beautiful vocals. Powered...

Sakura Wars TV Vol. #1: Opening Night
by Chris Beveridge (Sat 05-24-2003)

What They SayIt is the 1920s, and Japan is under attack by demonic invaders. The government has designed sturdy, albeit steam-powered, robot armor suits for the impending battle, but only young ladies with the proper combination of virtue and spirit can p...

Night Shift Nurses
by Chris Beveridge (Mon 09-29-2003)

What They SayIf you’re feeling down, the night shift nurses will perk you up! A new doctor is coming to train these novices to really open up to their patients. Training is intense, but the nurses will do their duty to get to the bottom of any ailme...

Vermilion Pleasure Night Vol. #2
by Mike Dungan (Tue 09-11-2007)

What They SayWhat They Say: Devious little clay puppets. Sadistic nurses in sexy skirts. A family of zombies. A cute chef with a serious case of the shakes. And a pervy cop picking up a very hot lawbreaker in tight shorts and a lowcut top. It's time for a...


Night Shift Nurses: Carnal Corruption Xtreme Series Edition (Fri 08-12-2005)

What They SayGuilty as charged, the Night Shift Nurses are thrust onto the hot seat when police uncover video evidence of their erotic experimentation. Confronted with images of themselves performing the most heinous sexual acts imaginable, the nurses tel...

Night Shift Nurses Karte 5.5
by Chris Beveridge (Thu 05-15-2008)

What They SayIn the world of beautiful anime girls, comes the immortal masterpiec