Josh Stolberg is the co-writer of the upcoming slasher flick Sorority Row (along with collaborator Pete Goldfinger). With the likes of Piranha 3D set to make him hot property, Retro Slashers catches up with Josh to discuss the making of one of 2009’s most anticipated slashers…
The latest news regarding Summit Entertainment‘s remake of Sorority Row is that the release date has now been changed
For those eager to see the upcoming teen slasher Sorority Row (hitting theatres October 2), here’s two brand new images from the movie to whet your appetite
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HOUSE ON SORORITY ROW – Track #1 – Main Title – Richard Band
Whilst the early eighties saw a glut of summer camp (Friday the 13th, Madman, Sleepaway Camp) and event-themed slashers (Prom Night, Graduation Day, Happy Birthday to Me), sororities and fraternities had yet to play a prominent role in the genre.
For those torn between the classic and the remake, modernized trailers bridge both worlds. Sure, in the fantasy world of purists, it’d be the original getting a big theatrical re-release, but these edited trailers at least cater to that “What If?” Compare it to the Remake’s Trailer.
Fango posted that SORORITY ROW (2009) has received a “Hard R” by the MPAA. The film was previously assumed to be going the PG-13 route, inspired by the success of PROM NIGHT. I personally don’t get the allure of calling a film’s rating a “Hard R” – I mean, does anyone ever lamment they got a “Soft R”? The “R” itself is proof enough of bloody content, you don’t need to add to that. The use of “Hard” is just a worthless fluff PR description. Perhaps back in the early 90’s when “R” didn’t have a hell of a lot, but this past decade has seen the rating carry through crimson such as we have never seen since the 80’s. So puh-lease.
Source: Fangoria
In this MTV article, the chicks from SORORITY ROW (2009) talk about the gris/gore quotent as being higher then that of the original. That may be true for many of the deaths which were pulled off with a mix of blood and suspense, but I can’t really see anything topping The Head In The Toilet, can you? Read on for an excerpt:
“There are some pretty sweet deaths in the script, I must say,” Margo Harshman, one of her sorority sisters in the flick, added. “There are some pretty twisted, gnarly ones.”
“But trust me, reading the script — with how sweet the death scenes are — it makes you want to die,” Leah Pipes (“The Sarah Connor Chronicles”) laughed. “You have to see them. They are so clever. It’s like, ‘Wow! I would never have thought of that!’ ”
“There’s smashed faces, burned-off faces,” Harshman explained.
“I have two words,” volunteered Pipes. “Oral fixation.”
“Oh, that’s a bad one,” Patridge grinned. “It is rated R!”
Although the trailer makes it look like Audrina ends up on the wrong end of one of those death scenes, the girls are keeping quiet about who lives and who dies. According to Patridge, it’s these twists that make this movie such a roller-coaster ride.
“Whenever we watch the trailer, we are like, ‘Oh my gosh!’ ” Patridge laughed. “I was always a big fan of ‘Scream,’ and I feel like ‘Sorority Row,’ for all [the younger] kids, it’s their ‘Scream.’ There’s a killer [and] you don’t know who it is. It keeps you guessing.”
Full Article w/Video: MTV
