The Weinsteins Love Horror! To Death!

Some more news, via BD, on that Suspiria restoration (of the original, not talking about the purported remake here), that wraps itself into one of my favorite topics - how the Weinsteins are total assholes!

"The Weinstein Co. has acquired the restored version of Dario Argento's 1977 horror pic "Suspiria" for the launch of one of its three new labels, according to Variety.

"Suspiria," which was unspooled in a special screening during Cannes, will be released on Dimension Extreme, a label for horror, comedy, thriller and sci-fi titles... The other two labels are the Miriam Collection for restorations, prestige and foreign pics and Kaleidoscope TWC for family fare... All three will focus on direct-to-DVD efforts but will also occasionally do theatricals...

Division Extreme will release "Pulse 2," a sequel to last summer's horror pic; "Dirty Sanchez," a "Jackass"-style comedy title from Britain; and "Wolf Creek" co-helmer Greg McLean's "Rogue.""

Ah yes, Rogue! Remember that movie? And how the Weinsteins have been dicking us fans of Greg McLean around for endless months with no word on its release? So what does this mean? Now that they've spun off their new already-flailing company into thirty different branches, surely this thing will find its way into the world at large, right?

I wouldn't hold my breath. These assholes sit on things for ages. Maybe we'll get a DVD release, at least? Or maybe they'll release it on Christmas Day. Assholes. And Pulse 2 - there's a terrific idea for a movie! Nevermind that THE WORLD ENDS in the first one. GAH.

This is making me think about the Suspiria remake thing again, though, and just yesterday I was pondering that super bullshitty quote from when we first heard about it - the one about spinning the "world of Suspiria" off into music and film and videogames - and I was trying to picture exactly what a Suspiria videogame would contain. Don't get me wrong, I'd play a Suspiria videogame in a second, but what would that consist of? All I could picture was an entire level of the game consisting of strategically brushing maggots out of hair. Any other ideas? Perhaps directing the knife so it plunges directly into the exposed beating heart? Dodging falling shards of stained glass? Maneuvering through a room of razor wire?
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