Japanese Ads for “The Cabin in the Woods” Deemed Too Scary Dan Koelsch, March 9, 2013 Can you believe that the horror film The Cabin in the Woods was released in Japan only this weekend, almost a year after its US release? The marketing leading up to the film’s opening makes up for extreme delay a bit by being a little too effective. Hit the jump for details. Ads placed in major train stations in the Tokyo area had “originally showed a female figure covered in blood, banging on the glass and begging for passing commuters to save her”, according to Rocket News 24. This is relevant to the film, but I don’t want to spoil it for anyone. The ads were toned down by dulling the colors of the gore and blood after an advertising standards agency deemed them too scary. Below are images of the ads as they look now, and the ads will be up until Sunday. Cabin in the Woods is available on Blu-ray now. Viral Marketing Cabin in the Woods
Character Posters for “The Great Gatsby” Released on Facebook In Preparation for New Trailer April 3, 2013We are just a mere 4 weeks away from the release of director Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation of the 1925 F. Scott Fitzgerald novel The Great Gatsby starring Leonardo Di Caprio, Carrey Mulligan and Tobey Maguire. Leading up to the new trailer being released tomorrow, Warner Bros. has rolled out some… Read More
The Time Has Come: Avatarize Yourself January 7, 2010November 16, 2010As if Happy Meals weren’t enough, McDonald’s is now offering the chance for internet users to “avatarize” themselves. Simply upload a picture from your computer or Facebook page, follow a few steps in the program, and you’ll see what you’d look like if you were blue and lived on Pandora. The program… Read More
Viral Video: Tim Burton’s Secret Formula March 1, 2010While I like some of his works, I’m not really a fan of Tim Burton as a director or a writer. All of his movies seem to look and feel the same, and now I know why. He has a very specific formula. Check out this hilarious College Humor video… Read More