With less than two months remaining until the premiere of "The Following" on Fox, the network has released another new promo video for the show. This one's titled "Footsteps," and it's just as compelling as everything else we've seen thus far for the series.

"The Following" will premiere on Monday, January 21st, at 9/8c.

Synopsis:
THE FBI estimates there are currently over 300 active serial killers in the United States. What would happen if these killers had a way of communicating and connecting with each other? What if they were able to work together and form alliances across the country? What if one brilliant psychotic serial killer was able to bring them all together and activate a following? Welcome to THE FOLLOWING, the terrifying new thriller from creator/executive producer Kevin Williamson (“The Vampire Diaries,” “Dawson’s Creek,” the Scream franchise) and director Marcos Siega (“The Vampire Diaries,” “Dexter”).

When notorious serial killer JOE CARROLL (James Purefoy, “Rome”) escapes from death row and embarks on a new killing spree, the FBI calls former agent RYAN HARDY (Emmy-nominated actor Kevin Bacon, X-Men: First Class) to consult on the case. Having since withdrawn from the public eye, Hardy was responsible for Carroll’s capture nine years ago, after Carroll murdered 14 female students on the Virginia college campus where he taught literature. Hardy is a walking textbook of all-things Carroll. He knows him better than anyone; he is perhaps Carroll’s only psychological and intellectual match. But the Ryan Hardy who broke the Carroll case years ago isn’t the same man today. Wounded both physically and mentally by his previous pursuit of this serial killer, it’s been a long time since Hardy has been in the field. This investigation is his redemption, his call to action. In contrast to nine years ago, Hardy isn’t calling the shots on this case. He works closely with an FBI team, which includes all-business and tough-as-nails JENNIFER MASON (Jeananne Goossen, The Vow, "Alcatraz") and young, razor-sharp MIKE WESTON (Shawn Ashmore, X-Men).

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The team considers Hardy to be more of a liability than an asset. But Hardy proves his worth when he uncovers that Carroll was covertly communicating with a network of killers in the outside world. It quickly becomes obvious that he has more planned than just a prison escape, and there’s no telling how many additional killers are out there. The FBI’s investigation leads Hardy to CLAIRE MATTHEWS (Natalie Zea, “Justified”), Carroll’s ex-wife and mother of the criminal’s 10-year-old son, JOEY (newcomer Kyle Catlett). Close during Hardy’s initial investigation, Hardy turns to Claire for insight into Carroll’s next move. The tension rises when Carroll’s accomplices kidnap his intended last victim from nine years ago. Hardy becomes ever more determined to end Carroll’s game when he realizes that this psychopath intends to finish what he started. The thriller will follow Hardy and the FBI as they are challenged with the ever-growing web of murder around them, masterminded by the devious Carroll, who dreams of writing a novel with Hardy as his protagonist. The reinvigorated Hardy will get a second chance to capture Carroll, as he’s faced with not one but a cult of serial killers.

For more info visit "The Following" website and "The Following" on Facebook.

The world of horror is full of terror tots who have collectively caused more than their fair share of carnage and mayhem. However, just like any other kid sometimes they need a bit of supervision. Enter Horror Movie Day Care.

Check out this frighteningly fun video from the sickos at College Humor below and revel in the hilarity of seeing some really familiar faces having to go through the motions that we all did at one time or another. Regan, Samara, and Abby are waiting, folks. And if we were you we wouldn't keep them doing so for too long. Their A.D.D. can be deadly!

Dig it!

A throng of Bigfoot movies have hit the market lately, and believe it or not, the only one to deliver on any kind of level came from The Asylum of all places. That being said, all eyes are on The Blair Witch Project's Ed Sanchez to give us what we're looking for.

DC regular Avery e-mailed in this morning with the first images, art, and even some footage from Exists; and you can find everything below. In terms of the video, the film footage starts at 3:26.

Exists stars Dora Madison Burge, Samuel Davis, Roger Edwards, Chris Osborn, and Denise Williamson with Eduardo Sanchez (The Blair Witch Project, Lovely Molly) directing from a Jamie Nash script. Brian Steele (Hellboy) plays the monster. Producers are Robin Cowie, Jane Fleming, Andy Jenkins, and Mark Ordesky with Gregg Hale and Reed Frerichs exec producing.

Exists is a horror-thriller that chronicles a group of friends who set out into a remote Texas woods for a weekend of fun and are stalked and hunted by Bigfoot.

More as it comes.

Author Ania Ahlborn is generating quite a bit of buzz on the literary horror scene, and we're pleased to present an excerpt from her latest novel, The Neighbors, which Thomas & Mercer released this week.

You may recognize Ahlborn's name as the author of Seed, which was recently optioned by Amazon Studios. She self-published that book, and fans drove it to the #1 horror spot on Amazon, keeping it there for over a month. No doubt The Neighbors, an insidiously entertaining tale of psychological suspense and mounting terror, will follow in its predecessor's footsteps and land at the top of the heap as well.

Synopsis:
At the intersection of Blue Velvet and Basic Instinct lies The Neighbors.

Andrew Morrison sacrificed everything—his childhood, his education, and the girl of his dreams—to look after his alcoholic mother. But enough is enough, and now he’s determined to get out and live his life. That means trading the home he grew up in for a rented room in the house of an old childhood friend—both of which are in sorry shape.

The only thing worse than Drew’s squalid new digs and sullen new roommate is the envy he feels for the house next door: a picture-perfect suburban domicile straight out of Norman Rockwell, with a couple of happy householders to match. But the better acquainted he gets with his new neighbors—especially the sweet and sexy Harlow Ward—the more he suspects unspeakable darkness beyond the white picket fence.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD A PDF of an excerpt from The Neighbors, and for more info visit the official Ania Ahlborn website.

The parade of remakes continues, but to be honest, this one could use another go-around. The Town that Dreaded Sundown is getting the redux treatment, and we have all the details you need right here. Dig it!

According to Variety, MGM is developing a remake of the 1976 horror movie which was based on actual events. MGM had no comment but has been asking agents for possible takes from writers to reboot the Charles B. Pierce film.

The original movie was based on five unsolved murders attributed to the Phantom Killer during three months in 1946 in and around the city of Texarkana on the border between Texas and Arkansas. Pierce shot large parts of the movie in and around Texarkana with extras recruited from local residents.

Look for more on this one as it comes.

The very first one-sheet for Park Chan-wook’s English language debut, Stoker, has finally arrived and we have every pixel of it here for your perusal. Check out this very cool bit of eye candy right now.

Wentworth Miller (who also penned the tale as Ted Foulke), Mia Wasikowska, Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, Matthew Goode, Jacki Weaver, Lucas Till, Dermot Mulroney, Phyllis Somerville, and Alden Ehrenreich star.

Stoker is the first in a planned trilogy. Park Chan-wook is the Korean master of genre cinema, having directed Oldboy, Sympathy for Mr. Vengenace and Lady Vengeance, along with Thirst and JSA.

Look for the flick in theatres on March 1st, 2013. Check it out!

Synopsis
After India’s (Wasikowska) father dies in an auto accident, her Uncle Charlie (Goode), whom she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her emotionally unstable mother (Kidman). Soon after his arrival, she comes to suspect this mysterious, charming man has ulterior motives, but instead of feeling outrage or horror, this friendless girl becomes increasingly infatuated with him.

This is a test of the Kaiju Emergency Alert System. This is only a test. If this were an actual giant monster caused emergency, chances are you wouldn't be reading this because you're one of the casualties of your newly flattened city.

The viral goodies have begun in anticipation of Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim, and you can check out the tip of the iceberg below courtesy of Total Film.

The first viral, a video, shares the “Kaiju Emergency Alert System”. In addition, there’s also a leaked memo from the Pan Pacific Defense Corps that gives a little bit of new information. For more, you can also head to the Pan Pacific Defense Corps official website.

Look for Pacific Rim in theatres July 12th of 2013. Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, Charlie Day, Ron Perlman, Rinko Kikuchi, Max Martini, Rob Kazinsky, Clifton Collins, Jr., and Diego Klattenhoff star.

Travis Beacham's script is set in 2025, the 12th year of a war against alien creatures who reside in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The story finds a group of humans banding together to create and pilot massive robots to fight the giant creatures threatening to destroy Earth.

Synopsis
From acclaimed filmmaker Guillermo del Toro comes Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ epic sci-fi action adventure Pacific Rim.

When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity’s resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge. But even the Jaegers are proving nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless Kaiju. On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes--a washed up former pilot (Charlie Hunnam) and an untested trainee (Rinko Kikuchi)--who are teamed to drive a legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the past. Together, they stand as mankind’s last hope against the mounting apocalypse.

Some people like to be enveloped in tentacles and suffocated. Who are we to judge? In any event a second trailer for the drunken sensation that is Grabbers (review here) has arrived. IFC Films will be releasing the monster comedy in theaters and VOD later this year.

Helmed by Jon Wright and penned by Kevin Lehane, the creature feature stars Richard Coyle (Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time), Ruth Bradley (Flyboys), and Russell Tovey ("Being Human" UK).

Synopsis:
Ciarán O’Shea, the handsome though washed up policeman of sleepy Erin Island, has a daily routine consisting mainly of hanging out at the pub with the local drunks and various other charmingly eccentric characters. But his day is about to go horribly wrong.

Teamed up with the unwanted help of Lisa – an uptight workaholic policewoman from the Irish mainland – they suddenly find themselves dealing with dead whales, decapitated fishermen and weird alien creatures or “grabbers”. Like a giant squid with tentacles, fanged jaws and a three-foot barbed tongue, they’re making mincemeat of the locals.

Faced with another imminent attack, O’Shea and Lisa figure out that the only person to survive the last onslaught only did so because he was so drunk his blood was literally toxic to the monsters. So there is only one thing for it: They have to get the entire village as drunk as possible in order to survive the night ... a task that the villagers apply themselves to with gusto.

But one person must remain sober so for the first time in years O’Shea has to face up to things without a drink. When things don’t go to plan, an extremely drunk Lisa and a very sober O’Shea have to reconcile their differences and somehow save the day.

Now that's a plot we can get behind! Thanks to DC reader Avery for the heads-up.

Ho ho ho, kids! Since you've been so wonderfully naughty this year, we have another clip and even a behind-the-scenes video from Steven C. Miller's Silent Night, a quasi-remake of the yuletide classic Silent Night, Deadly Night. It's better than a lump of coal!

From the Press Release
Get ready for some slashin’ Santa on the big screen! Anchor Bay Films unspools Silent Night in exclusive theatrical engagements starting Friday, November 30th!

A loose remake of the horror classic Silent Night, Deadly Night, the film’s stellar cast includes Malcolm McDowell (Rob Zombie’s Halloween, Easy A), Jaime King (Sin City, My Bloody Valentine 3D), Donal Logue (Shark Night 3D, Blade), Lisa Marie (Sleepy Hollow), Brendan Fehr (Final Destination, X-Men First Class), and Ellen Wong (Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World).

McDowell and King star as a small-town sheriff and deputy on the hunt for a murderous Santa Claus terrorizing their community on Christmas Eve. But with the streets full of Santas for the annual Christmas parade, the killer is hiding in plain sight. He’s made his list, checked it twice, and the naughty are going to pay with their lives.

Theaters playing Silent Night (in alphabetical order):

Baltimore
Owings Mills – AMC Owings Mills 17

Chicago
South Barrington – AMC 30

Dallas
Grapevine – AMC Grapevine Mills 30

Detroit
Sterling Heights – AMC Forum 30

Houston
AMC Gulf Pointe 30

Los Angeles
Van Nuys – Regency Plant 16
Orange County – AMC Orange 30

Orlando
AMC Downtown Disney 24

New York
Manhattan – AMC Empire 25

Philadelphia
Bensalem – AMC Neshaminy 24

Phoenix
AMC Arizona Center 34

Click here to buy tickets!

The Blu-ray/DVD combo and DVD will be available to unwrap nationwide on December 4th. Bonus features include “SILENT NIGHT: Behind The Scenes” featurette and deleted scenes.

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Synopsis:
In 1984 the slasher classic Silent Night, Deadly Night stunned audiences, was banned across America, and remains the most notorious Christmas movie in history. Now, Santa is back, and he’s got a brand new bag of tricks. As their small midwestern town prepares for its annual Christmas Eve parade, the sheriff (Malcolm McDowell) and his deputy (Jaime King) discover that a maniac in a Santa suit is murdering those he judges as “naughty.” Their sins? Porn, adultery, greed... And he will make sure they rest in heavenly pieces. Donal Logue, Ellen Wong, Lisa Marie, and Brendan Fehr co-star in this brutal and darkly humorous tale of Christmas gone bad directed by Steven C. Miller.

Charlize Theron is without question one of the best damned actors in the business with the chops to pull off just about anything. Next up for the spicy blonde is William Monahan's adaptation of Park Chan-wook's Sympathy for Lady Vengeance.

According to Megan Ellison's Annapurna Pictures is partnering with Charlize Theron's Denver & Delilah Films and CJ Entertainment to produce. Annapurna will finance the film, while Panorama Media will handle international sales.

Theron will star as well as produce with Denver & Delilah partner Beth Kono; Annapurna's Ellison and Chelsea Barnard; CJ Entertainment's Ted Kim; and Monahan. Justine Suzanne Jones of Henceforth Pictures, AJ Dix of Denver & Delilah, Ted Schipper of Annapurna and Miky Lee of CJ Entertainment will exec produce. Ellison and Annapurna Pictures will finance the film.

The third film in Park's acclaimed revenge trilogy, Lady Vengeance follows a woman who, for reasons of her own, completes a prison term for a murder she did not commit, re-emerging to punish the killer and avenge the dead.

"This will be very American - and very unexpected," Monahan said. "Park is a genius; it's the Everest of adaptations, and I've got blood in my teeth to do it."

More as it comes.

Lost civilizations, extraterrestrials, myths and monsters, missing persons, magic and witchcraft, unexplained phenomena. "In Search Of..." cameras are traveling the world, seeking out these great mysteries. And now FINALLY you can find them on DVD!

Having grown up watching this show, words cannot express how happy I am to be writing this story...

From the Press Release:
Entering our galaxy for the first time in any home entertainment format is In Search Of… The Complete Series, available December 4th in a special DVD collector’s set from Visual Entertainment, Inc. (VEI).

Hosted by the iconic, Emmy Award-winning Leonard Nimoy ("Star Trek"), this popular documentary television series (1976-1982) traversed the globe with a team of researchers, scientists and highly skilled technicians to conduct in-depth investigations of a wide variety of mysteries and to explore the unexplained.

So popular it spawned six books, "In Search Of…" took a fresh look at such controversial and mystifying topics as the paranormal; witchcraft; notorious murders; infamous cults; conspiracy theories; missing persons, cities and ships; naturally occurring phenomena; scientific breakthroughs; age-old myths; the lore surrounding historical events and figures; and the downright peculiar!

From the rumored existence of Nazi plunder to the real-life inspiration for Sherlock Holmes to tracking the Loch Ness monster to reincarnation to UFO cover ups (and much more!), it’s an entertaining romp that no sci-fi fan, mystery enthusiast, scientific devotee or history buff will want to miss!

INCLUDES:
152 episodes on 21 discs (approx. 63+ hours).

BONUS:
Two Rod Serling-hosted specials, which aired prior to the start of the Nimoy-hosted series, and the re-launched 2002 series (eight hour-long episodes) hosted by Mitch Pileggi ("The X-Files").

In Search Of… The Complete Series is presented in full screen (aspect ratio: 4x3) and stereo.

To say we're excited right now would be the understatement of the last century. A new viral newscast video of a Kaiju leveling San Francisco has just been released in anticipation of Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim and it has us DROOLING!

Check it out below along with a new blueprint of one of the film's giant Jaeger robots courtesy of Wired. Go ahead. Try and not get excited.

For more, you can also head to the Pan Pacific Defense Corps official website.

Look for Pacific Rim in theatres July 12th of 2013. Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, Charlie Day, Ron Perlman, Rinko Kikuchi, Max Martini, Rob Kazinsky, Clifton Collins, Jr., and Diego Klattenhoff star.

Travis Beacham's script is set in 2025, the 12th year of a war against alien creatures who reside in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The story finds a group of humans banding together to create and pilot massive robots to fight the giant creatures threatening to destroy Earth.

Synopsis
From acclaimed filmmaker Guillermo del Toro comes Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ epic sci-fi action adventure Pacific Rim.

When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity’s resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge. But even the Jaegers are proving nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless Kaiju. On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes--a washed up former pilot (Charlie Hunnam) and an untested trainee (Rinko Kikuchi)--who are teamed to drive a legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the past. Together, they stand as mankind’s last hope against the mounting apocalypse.

We have great news for you fans in search of some good old fashioned yuletide terror. Silent Night, Bloody Night: The Homecoming has found distro here in the States, and to celebrate, we have a new teaser trailer for you cats to dig on!

From the Press Release
Elite Entertainment has acquired North American and international distribution rights to the independent slasher film Silent Night, Bloody Night: The Homecoming.

The film is a British remake of the 1974 American horror film Silent Night, Bloody Night and was directed by James Plumb and produced by Andrew Jones, who also wrote the script together. Robert Graham of Independent Moving Pictures executive produced. The cast includes Adrienne King, star of the original Friday the 13th and Friday the 13th Part 2.

The story focuses on the abandoned home of Wilfred Butler, a wealthy but troubled man who committed suicide in 1987, which has been willed to his grandson, Jeffrey. On Christmas Eve 2012, Jeffrey and his lawyer show up in the town of Fairwood to negotiate the sale of the property. But an axe-wielding maniac has set up residence in the house - and he doesn't take kindly to strangers.

Founded in 1993, Elite Entertainment has since become one of the leaders in the restoration and distribution of horror, science fiction and cult DVD titles. Previous releases include Special Editions of a host of horror classics such as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Night of the Living Dead, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Dawn of the Dead, Re-Animator, Maniac, I Spit On Your Grave, Maniac Cop and The Evil Dead.

Andrew Jones, owner of North Bank Entertainment, and President of Elite Vini Bancalari made the deal.

Producer Andrew Jones: "We are thrilled to be teaming up with Elite Entertainment to bring Silent Night, Bloody Night: The Homecoming to North American and international audiences. Elite's incredible track record speaks for itself, and we are delighted that our film will join such prestigious company in their catalogue of releases. This film is a love letter to the low budget slasher films of the early 1980s that delivers brutal, creative death scenes which are sure to please horror fans."

The UK and Ireland distribution rights to Silent Night, Bloody Night: The Homecoming have previously been acquired by 101 Films.

Ubisoft has released a new video for ZombiU entitled In the Eye of ZombiU. The new web series will give players a new side of ZombiU every month with the game's developers. Read on for details.

Now's your chance to see just how ZombiU takes full advantage of the Wii U to offer a real survival-horror experience.



From the Press Release

Developed by Ubisoft Montpellier, the studio behind critically acclaimed titles like From Dust, Beyond Good & Evil and, Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, ZombiU puts players in the middle of London circa 2012, where an outbreak has infected the population, destroying their humanity and turning them into mindless monsters preying on the flesh of the few remaining survivors. This fear-fueled first-person shooter invites takes all the horror, chaos and tension found in the best of the horror genre and adds original interactive elements, including a unique death mechanic that puts players in the body of a different survivor each time they die, allowing them to track and take down their old, infected characters, recover their equipment and see if they can stay alive just a little bit longer this time.

ZombiU showcases the innovative features of the Nintendo Wii U Controller and creates new game experiences not possible on other consoles. The Nintendo Wii U Controller serves as the player’s ultimate survival kit, called the “Bug Out Bag.” The Bug Out Bag is a backpack containing all the maps, tools, weapons and supplies that players can scavenge from the limited resources available in the devastated cityscape. ZombiU also will use the Nintendo Wii U Controller’s touch screen, gyroscope and camera to create a tactile connection between gamers and the in-game world. Finally, ZombiU features a distinctive multiplayer adversarial mode that allows one player to take on the role of “Zombie Master,” spawning and controlling enemies from a top-down view on the Nintendo Wii U GamePad while the second player fights for survival on the big screen in first-person shooter view with a Wii wireless classic controller.

You can visit the official ZombiU website to learn more about the game.

The first-person slasher Dark Shadows: Army of Evil will release on PC on November 29th. Players take on the role of a knight who must battle against tons of monsters in order to save the princess. Experience tons of 3D bloody, slasher fun in this classic combat game!

From the Press Release
Burian Media Enterprises is releasing the Medieval Fantasy FPS Game "Dark Shadows - Army of Evil" on November 29th. The Indie-PC-Only Title is a Single Player First Person Slasher, in which the player takes on the role of a knight. It will be available worldwide for digital download on different distribution platforms like e.g. Gamersgate and Desura.

Dark Shadows - Army of Evil is about a horde of monsters in September 1362. They’ve been ravaging the country like a plague of locusts for over a year. While you were away doing your knightly duties of catching a runaway horse, the monsters stormed the castle, injured the king, and kidnapped Katarina, the love of your life.So the player needs to go on a long and bloody march through the country to rescue her. The Medieeval fantasy game has 19 levels of different atmosphere and mood, containing 18 different weapons found throughout.

Most of the time the player has to fight against the enemies with just awesome 3D bloody sword-slashing action. Dark Shadows - Army of Evil also includes "Cinematic 3D Blood Splatter Slow Motion Effects". For the rest of the time it is necessary to solve small problems, find keys, weapons and of course "Katerina". It is a classic combat game with a kind of oldschool look and supports english and german.

Visit the official Dark Shadows: Army of Evil website to start your journey today.

The new horror title Death is now available on iOS and Android devices. Players will have to battle to hang onto their own life into the experimental concept game that is based entirely around near death experiences. Try out Death today and see if you can escape its clutches!

Yeah, that is creepy...

Can you cling onto your life? Death is an experimental concept game based on a near death experience. Set entirely from the player’s perspective, Death offers a trippy and unusual gaming experience. A dark and disturbing background track has been created especially for the game (by Plan C Studios) to drive the game along. Death is available now on iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch via the App Store and on Android devices via both Google Play Store and Amazon App Store.

More information can be found on the official Death website.

Interviews are funny things; they often start off one way and then go off into completely unintended territories. Case in point: our latest chat with filmmakers Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton, the twisted minds behind The Collection, which arrives in theaters everywhere this Friday, 11/30.

While chatting with the pair about their latest gorefest, somehow we also ended up talking extensively about several other topics including Jaws 3D and Jaws: The Revenge as well as Piranha 3DD, For Your Eyes Only and the influence of 90's action flicks on The Collection and how the third Collector flick will be their own horror Return of the King.

Since it was a highly entertaining interview with both Dunstan and Melton, even if we did go off the rails a bit with the pair, we thought we'd share the entire conversation with you fiends right here. Check out our exclusive interview below, and look for more on The Collection (review here) from the film's stars Josh Stewart and Emma Fitzpatrick soon!

Dread Central: I will wholeheartedly admit that I really wasn't in 'horror mode' going into The Collection but absolutely had a blast with it once it started--

Patrick Melton: Yeah, the release date isn't your typical date for a horror movie; we've actually had the movie done for a year now but had to play the waiting game. We finished up last year, but then we started getting into springtime, which we've done before so forget about it. Then there was summer, which isn't right for a movie like this, and both September and October were already full, too.

We knew Sinister was going to be great so we didn't want to go near that, and we knew Paranormal 4 was going to be huge so we didn't want to go near that either. So we decided to do it right after Thanksgiving so we could play on the whole 'holiday' thing. Did you see the holiday trailer?

Marcus Dunstan: Yeah, it opens with (in an ominous voice): "This holiday season, some presents should not be opened…" (laughs)

Dread Central: It sounds like an old grindhouse-style trailer--

Marcus Dunstan: It does; it's great! I also loved how we used potato flakes in the last shot, which felt a lot like snow coming down even though it's supposed to be ash from the burning building raining down on them. We used a lot of holiday imagery in there actually; you know, when they find the character of Abby, her box is decorated like it's a gift and she's the little princess in the box. She's really 'the gift that keeps on taking' (laughs).

Dread Central: Well, there's still a lot of mystery to this character after the sequel even though we do get a few more of the puzzle pieces. So how difficult was it to walk the line of not giving too much away but still giving fans enough information to keep them happy?

Marcus Dunstan: It was a straight-up fight; it was a fight intrinsically because you want to give people the information--

Patrick Melton: What are his favorite books? (laughs)

Marcus Dunstan: Yeah, did he read "The Catcher in the…Die"? (laughs) But it seems to me that you never want to over-explain a shark. A shark is in the water; that's what you need to know. Jaws 2 was on last night, and I'm sitting there watching it with soup and a sandwich. And for Jaws 2 they didn't have to explain Jaws one iota; it was still after anything in the water.

And so what we wanted to do is have a land shark in The Collector--

Patrick Melton: I don't mean to interrupt, but how great is it in Jaws 4 when the shark knows where the family is and then follows them back to the Bahamas- I like that.

Marcus Dunstan: Yes, that is a shark jumping a shark…

Patrick Melton: And Michael Caine?

Marcus Dunstan: Oh yeah, he dives into the water and then comes out without a drop of water on him!

Patrick Melton: Oh yeah! I love that movie. Mario Van Peebles…so awesome. He survives being dragged by the shark even. So great.

Marcus Dunstan: Lorraine Gary, in a cavalcade of seven different sweaters that have ever-growing shoulder pads; she was ready for battle with those things.

Patrick Melton: Can you imagine the pitch meeting? "So our lead is a 67-year-old woman…" Yes, that's what the kids want! (laughs)

Marcus Dunstan:"And the shark will attack in fresh water.""Fresh water, how does that happen?""Oh, it's not possible? We're still doing it!" (laughs)

Patrick Melton: That's the one we want to remake; not parts one, two or three- just part four.

Dread Central: Well, you wouldn't want to do three because then you have to deal with 3D…

Patrick Melton: Have you seen that one recently? It has not aged well at all. It's so like Mystery Science Theater, where the shark is coming towards them slowly and everyone's screaming, but it's hilarious because the shark's tail isn't even moving and it take FOREVER for it to even get close.

Marcus Dunstan: And with a bunch of Oscar winners too…

Patrick Melton: Talk about a pitch meeting- can you imagine what that one was like too? I would have been like, "That a fucking great idea- SeaWorld AND he gets inside? Yes! And the pyramid gag? All right!"

Marcus Dunstan: It was so good, we used it in Piranha 2 (laughs).

Dread Central: You know, I loved Piranha 3DD and I really don't get all the negativity at all; it was just fun all-around for me. I don't care what anybody says.

Patrick Melton: Man, I wish we would have had more time on that…

Marcus Dunstan: You know, he (Patrick) wrote a bit where one of the special pool guests was Spuds Mackenzie where Rick Astley was supposed to be playing and Spuds is so old and so over partying that he commits suicide by falling into the pool.

Patrick Melton: We wanted to have all kinds of celebrities there because it was originally supposed to be more than just The Hoff, and then right in the middle of all the madness, we were going to break out into, "Never Gonna Give You Up…Never Gonna Let You Down…" during all the crazy scenes.

Marcus Dunstan: We were even going to use his amps to electrify the pool and some unfortunate guests too.

Dread Central: That's awesome; I know most of that got cut before John began shooting, but did anyone reach out to him before?

Marcus Dunstan: You know, that first script was on par budget-wise with the first Piranha, and then unfortunately what happened after our involvement ended was that they had to continuously rewrite the script as the budget kept going down. We were already busy doing other stuff at that point; it became a third of what we had originally written. So poor John Gulager had to invent this movie with modest resources on the fly; that's tough. That's really tough. So the nice thing is that the integrity of some of the jokes and the alchemy of horror and humor is still in there fighting the good fight.

Patrick Melton: Hey Marcus, are you…I don't know…going to dovetail this back into The Collection at all? (laughs)

Marcus Dunstan: Ah yes… (laughs). But that's my post-mortem on Piranha 2 right there.

Dread Central: Well, I thought both Josh and Emma were fantastic in this but I have to admit that the one name that excited me most of all (because I'm a huge 90's action fan) was Lee Tergesen from Point Break. He was really fun in The Collection, too; his character felt very throwback-ish, like he was out of a Segal movie or something.

Marcus Dunstan: He's so great; he trained for an incredibly long time with the stunt guys for the knife fight. We had a stunt guy ready to go and Mr. Tergesen was like, "No way, this is my moment and I'm doing it!" so every moment I would happen to turn around, I'd see him off in the corner with the stunt guy ramming those knives and learning how to work it.

So we wanted to justify why he'd pick a knife over a traditional weapon like a gun; at one point, he does use a weapon but that's only when he loses control of the environment or he gets good and pissed off. It was great to see a knifesman take on a knifesman in this. There's even a longer version of that fight, for like two and a half minutes, where you really get to see them go at it.

Dread Central: How on earth did you guys pull off the opening sequence? I can't remember the last time I saw that kind of mass killing in a horror movie, especially in the first few minutes. Is it the biggest body count in cinema or close even?

Patrick Melton: I think so…or maybe For Your Eyes Only is more.

Marcus Dunstan: In regards to For Your Eyes Only, we wanted to have a James Bond-type opening for The Collection but to show it from the killer's perspective. And in For Your Eyes Only, the Roger Moore one, they had an opening where they killed off a submarine of people so they may have beaten us in sheer numbers, but we could depict our deaths, which is a bit different.

Dread Central: I know you guys didn't have the biggest budget to work with on The Collection but it still feels like a bigger movie; how did you manage to pull that off with the resources you had?

Marcus Dunstan: That is entirely dependent on two things; one is that we were allowed to shoot in anamorphic 35mm, which immediately gives the movie a sheen to it that evoked a feeling of the movies we were paying homage to in The Collection. This was meant to be the Die Hard-inspired sequel to Dario Argento's Inferno.

And two was (executive producer) Tom Luse and the crew from "The Walking Dead" who, in between season one and season two, brought their friends and favors package so that every dollar was stretched to a hundred. That way, when we wanted to blow up a school but didn't have six weeks to rig it like we should, we then did it in two weeks because it had been rigged for us so all we had to do was flip our camera negative, change a few things, shoot from a different perspective and then we had ourselves a fresh location. So that's how you play ball when you want to 'punch above your weight' but maybe you don't have the right glove size on (laughs).

Other than that, the real stress on the two of us was wanting to be different than the first film and even bigger but still knowing when it was time to put the toys away. I can pull off the six-hour action scene, and it's incredibly hard, but you have to know when to pick the ten best shots instead of going for all 50.

Dread Central: How much have you guys mapped out The Collector as a character then? Is this a character you see going forward in the future too if all goes well with The Collection?

Marcus Dunstan: Yes, we could not invent him outside the perimeter without knowing him down to his very center. To go back to the shark metaphor, and Patrick said it best, you can't just say he's going after tax evaders or the salacious- no, he's after everybody. If you're in his proximity, you're a target and to that effect, that led to any shadow around any person could very well be this gentleman lurking with a knife.

What was cool with this one is that we look at the people who have been wronged by him; can we engineer a scenario that will deliver bloody satisfaction when the first one ended on a note of despair and can we give the audience the feeling of satisfaction when you're standing on the bully's neck? And that felt good to us; that felt like a holiday movie in a sense too- from A Christmas Story to whatever- where you want to see good prevail. And for good to prevail in a horror movie, it can't necessarily end on sunshine and rainbows so for ours, we went with the thought of, "You think the bad guy is bad? Sometimes the good guy can be worse!" (laughs).

Dread Central: Have you guys already started planning for a third installment? Is that going to be The Collective or something to that effect?

Marcus Dunstan: It's actually The Collected; it's already been written and we already turned it in two weeks ago. And that sucker is awesome. However, we didn't want it to be like a cash grab scenario where we're just doing another one to make money- The Collection was made like it was the last thing we would ever make but we still had enough material and weren't painted into a corner or anything so we can go to new places with a third film. You said yourself, there are still questions to be answered and there might be some history that we take a look at too. There's enough story there still to where we could have our very own Return of the King-type horror movie in the future.

Dread Central: You mean lots of walking and trees?

Marcus Dunstan: Yes, lots of walking and trees (laughs). Oh, and ten endings too.

Synopsis
When Elena’s (Emma Fitzpatrick) friends take her to a secret party at an undisclosed location, she never imagined she would become the latest victim of The Collector, a psychopathic killer. The Collector kidnaps and transports her to an abandoned hotel he’s transformed into his own private maze of torture and death. Upon learning of his daughter’s disappearance, Elena’s wealthy father (Christopher McDonald) hires a group of mercenaries to retrieve her from the vicious grips of The Collector. These mercenaries coerce Arkin (Josh Stewart), the only man to have escaped the wrath of this heinous monster, to lead them through the gruesome labyrinth. Now Arkin finds himself fighting for his own life in order to save Elena.

Alrighty, kids! This is the contest you've been waiting for! In honor of the theatrical release of Steven C. Miller's Silent Night, we have a holiday home video bundle on tap that's both naughty and nice! Read on for details.

We have your chance to win a prize pack containing both the re-release of the Silent Night, Deadly Night Double Feature DVD and the Silent Night Blu-ray/DVD combo pack! To enter, just send us an E-MAIL HERE including your FULL NAME AND MAILING ADDRESS. We’ll take care of the rest.

From the Press Release
Get ready for some slashin’ Santa on the big screen! Anchor Bay Films unspools Silent Night in exclusive theatrical engagements starting Friday, November 30th!

A loose remake of the horror classic Silent Night, Deadly Night, the film’s stellar cast includes Malcolm McDowell (Rob Zombie’s Halloween, Easy A), Jaime King (Sin City, My Bloody Valentine 3D), Donal Logue (Shark Night 3D, Blade), Lisa Marie (Sleepy Hollow), Brendan Fehr (Final Destination, X-Men First Class), and Ellen Wong (Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World).

McDowell and King star as a small-town sheriff and deputy on the hunt for a murderous Santa Claus terrorizing their community on Christmas Eve. But with the streets full of Santas for the annual Christmas parade, the killer is hiding in plain sight. He’s made his list, checked it twice, and the naughty are going to pay with their lives.

Theaters playing Silent Night (in alphabetical order):

Baltimore
Owings Mills – AMC Owings Mills 17

Chicago
South Barrington – AMC 30

Dallas
Grapevine – AMC Grapevine Mills 30

Detroit
Sterling Heights – AMC Forum 30

Houston
AMC Gulf Pointe 30

Los Angeles
Van Nuys – Regency Plant 16
Orange County – AMC Orange 30

Orlando
AMC Downtown Disney 24

New York
Manhattan – AMC Empire 25

Philadelphia
Bensalem – AMC Neshaminy 24

Phoenix
AMC Arizona Center 34

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The Blu-ray/DVD combo and DVD will be available to unwrap nationwide on December 4th. Bonus features include “SILENT NIGHT: Behind The Scenes” featurette and deleted scenes.

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Synopsis:
In 1984 the slasher classic Silent Night, Deadly Night stunned audiences, was banned across America, and remains the most notorious Christmas movie in history. Now, Santa is back, and he’s got a brand new bag of tricks. As their small midwestern town prepares for its annual Christmas Eve parade, the sheriff (Malcolm McDowell) and his deputy (Jaime King) discover that a maniac in a Santa suit is murdering those he judges as “naughty.” Their sins? Porn, adultery, greed... And he will make sure they rest in heavenly pieces. Donal Logue, Ellen Wong, Lisa Marie, and Brendan Fehr co-star in this brutal and darkly humorous tale of Christmas gone bad directed by Steven C. Miller.

The first one-sheet for the third Riddick film has made its way online with a bit of French flavor, and we have it for you right here free of escargot and all that other nasty crap. I mean who eats snails anyway? Honestly!

Chronicles of Riddick 2, or Dead Man Stalking as it is currently called, is based on a script by David Twohy, who wrote both the first Chronicles of Riddick and Pitch Black, where he first created the character of Riddick.

Joining Diesel are a returning Karl Urban (Star Trek) as Vaako; Jordi Molla as Santana, the arrogant captain of the mercenary ship; Matt Nable (Killer Elite) as Boss Johns, a man looking for answers; Katee Sackhoff (TV's "Battlestar Galactica") as the Nordic mercenary Dahl; and Bokeem Woodbine (Total Recall) as bounty hunter Moss. Rounding out the cast are Dave Bautista (The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption), Conrad Pla (Immortals), Raoul Trujillo (Apocalypto), Nolan Funk (Aliens in America), and two-time Grammy Award-nominated singer Keri Hilson.

Synopsis:
The latest chapter of the saga that began with 2000's hit sci-fi film Pitch Black and 2004's The Chronicles of Riddick reunites writer/director David Twohy and star Vin Diesel (the Fast and Furious franchise). Diesel reprises his role as the antihero Riddick, a dangerous, escaped convict wanted by every bounty hunter in the known galaxy.

The infamous Riddick has been left for dead on a sun-scorched planet that appears to be lifeless. Soon, however, he finds himself fighting for survival against alien predators more lethal than any human he's encountered. The only way off is for Riddick to activate an emergency beacon and alert mercenaries who rapidly descend to the planet in search of their bounty.

The first ship to arrive carries a new breed of merc, more lethal and violent, while the second is captained by a man whose pursuit of Riddick is more personal. With time running out and a storm on the horizon that no one could survive, his hunters won't leave the planet without Riddick's head as their trophy.

Not a day passes that we do not hope and pray that the next entry into the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise, Texas Chainsaw 3D, ends up delivering the bloody goods. That being said... yeah, we dig the first TV spot a lot!

In theaters January 4, 2013, Texas Chainsaw 3D is directed by John Luessenhop from a screenplay by Adam Marcus, Debra Sullivan and Kirsten Elms. Dan Yeager, John Dugan, Bill Moseley, Alexandra Daddario, Sue Rock, Tania Raymonde, Scott Eastwood, Gunnar Hansen, Tobe Hooper, Paul Rae, Keram Malicki-Sánchez, Ritchie Montgomery, Trey Songz, Marilyn Burns, Shaun Sipos, Thom Barry and Richard Riehle star.

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Synopsis
Texas Chainsaw 3D continues the legendary story of the homicidal Sawyer family, picking up where Tobe Hooper’s 1974 horror classic left off in Newt, Texas, where for decades people went missing without a trace. The townspeople long suspected the Sawyer family, owners of a local barbeque pit, were somehow responsible. Their suspicions were finally confirmed one hot summer day when a young woman escaped the Sawyer house following the brutal murders of her four friends. Word around the small town quickly spread, and a vigilante mob of enraged locals surrounded the Sawyer stronghold, burning it to the ground and killing every last member of the family – or so they thought.

Decades later and hundreds of miles away from the original massacre, a young woman named Heather learns that she has inherited a Texas estate from a grandmother she never knew she had. After embarking on a road trip with friends to uncover her roots, she finds she is the sole owner of a lavish, isolated Victorian mansion. But her newfound wealth comes at a price as she stumbles upon a horror that awaits her in the mansion’s dank cellars…