Skinwalkers vs. Straphangers
Kind of a cool big-city public transportation phenomenon is being immersed in the advertising campaign for a movie or, equally as often, an after-dinner cordial or deodorant stick.
We care about movies, though.
For about a month, as the subway rocketed through the underwater tunnels, the lights would flicker, and you would see that mascara-smeared Elisha Cuthbert fence-grab poster for Captivity blinking at you. It was kind of cool, and kind of scary, and you felt as trapped as she was.
They all got replaced by these Skinwalkers posters yesterday. Same studio! Bigger thrills! Did Cuthbert escape? We'll never know. I checked out the preview for this one, and you can too: Skinwalkers Site.
It sort of looks like Near Dark meets The Howling meets the Omen-in-reverse meets the Gangrel clanbook. God help you if you get that last reference. None of that is a bad thing, though, it looks pretty cool, and it kind of sneaked up on us. More like sneaker walkers! I don't get my own jokes half of the time!
The preview's voice over sounded like the cousin of the guy who usually does them. I'll try to snap a pic of the subway car for you, and we'll keep our eyes peeled for news on this one. It should be a pretty good ride.
That's how you wrap up a post, baby! You start with a story about a subway, talk about a movie, and you end with the line, "It should be a pretty good ride!" A free lesson in blogging, goatlings!
The female skinwalker played by Natassia Malthe - Wow! She's hot! Seriously, this film has been bumped around from release date to release date for so long now (much like another After Dark film, Captivity) that it makes you wonder if "Skinwalkers" is going to be a huge flop. I really hope this film delivers, but with that Lionsgate/After Dark production title, my hopes aren't that high. Plus, the trailer looks too, "Underworld"-ish.
I heard an interview with Stan Winston on Fangoria Radio (which was done during the last Weekend of Horrors convention in New Jersey) where he kept talking about this film as if it were his, but when you check the cast and crew section on IMDb they make no mention of him, but instead some of his artists who work for him at Stan Winston Studios. I'm really confused by that. He made it sound as if he created the beasts in "Skinwalkers", if so, why doesn't he have a name credit on the film? Has Stan lost his mind?
Even though my expectations are low, I'm still hoping to have a swell time when this baby comes out. I would also really like to see a shot of that subway car poster. Sounds neat, Todd.
it looks ok, but not very good. the howling and the wolfman still remain my favorite werewolf films.
I saw it tonight, And I thought it was awesome. At the beginning I thought it was going to suck, But towards the middle it got a whole lot better. I thought Jason Behr was amazing. Everything I've seen him in hes been the good guy, It was nice to see him playing a bad role for once. It was really sexy.
Everyone should see it, I give it a 4 thumbs up!