Some films are easy to describe… then others defy all explanation. Hopefully we can clear up some of the mystery surrounding the upcoming Ooga Booga with some brand new stills from the movie. Dig 'em!

Principal photography for Ooga Booga has wrapped, and the film is anticipating a February 2013 release. Charles Band directed the movie for Full Moon Features. Karen Black (Trilogy of Terror, House of 1000 Corpses) and bestselling author Maddox (The Alphabet of Manliness, The Best Page in the Universe) star along with Chance Rearden (Zombies vs. Strippers) and Ciarra Carter, and we just got the exclusive word that porn actress Siri is featured as The Skank.

If the Ooga Booga doll looks familiar to you, you may be remembering his unforgettable appearances in Full Moon’s Doll Graveyard and Evil Bong. We will certainly keep you updated on this one as more information arrives.

Synopsis
Revenge is served on a spear when dirty cops brutally murder Devin, an innocent African-American med student. Devin's soul is magically transferred into the body of an action figure named Ooga Booga. Armed only with his tribal weapon and the help of his old girlfriend, Donna, Ooga Booga takes to the streets and trailer parks to find the men who stole his bright future away from him. The bodies begin to pile up as Ooga Booga slices and dices his way through crooked cops, meth heads and demented city officials in order to clear his name. Racists, beware! You won't even have enough time to scream, "Ooga Booga!"

Well, the Delena fans certainly got a long awaited treat last night on "The Vampire Diaries," even if it was a bit tainted with a twist no one saw coming. Check out the preview and a clip from next week's Episode 4.08, "We'll Always Have Bourbon Street," to see the repercussions.

"The Vampire Diaries" Episode 4.08 - "We'll Always Have Bourbon Street" (airs 12/6/12, 9-10 pm)
A FLASHBACK TO NEW ORLEANS IN 1942 — When Stefan (Paul Wesley) confronts Damon (Ian Somerhalder) with a suspicion about Elena (Nina Dobrev), Damon has no choice but to help Stefan investigate. Searching for answers, Damon and Stefan visit modern day New Orleans to see if they can find anyone who remembers the events of their last visit in 1942, including one of Damon’s former flames, Charlotte (guest star Madeline Zima).

Elena, Caroline (Candice Accola), and Bonnie (Kat Graham) share a girls’ night while the Salvatore brothers are out of town, and emotions run high when Elena delivers some shocking news. At Hayley’s (guest star Phoebe Tonkin) urging, Tyler (Michael Trevino) confronts one of Klaus’ hybrids, Kimberly (guest star Alyssa Diaz), and the situation quickly escalates into violence.

Finally, Damon is faced with a heartbreaking decision. Jesse Warn directed the episode written by Charlie Charbonneau and Jose Molina.

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The good folks over at Tribeca Film have sent over several new stills from Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson’s Resolution, and we've got every pixel right here at your disposal. Not that you should dispose of them of course. That would be a rat bastard kind of thing to do.

Resolution will be released On Demand by Tribeca Film on January 23rd (cable VOD, iTunes, Amazon Watch Instantly, VUDU, and more) and in select theaters beginning January 25th.

Peter Cilella, Vinny Curran, Kurt David Anderson, Emily Montague, Skyler Meacham, Zahn McClarnon, and Bill Oberst, Jr. star.

Synopsis
Two friends. One a junkie forced to go cold turkey in an isolated cabin. Mysterious forces. Personal demons. Dark humor. Genre-bending horror filmmaking that'll make your head explode.

Have you ever wanted to step into the shoes of a fierce detective in your own personal thriller? Well, now is your chance as Masters of Mystery: Blood of Betrayal is now available on Google Play.

Step into this hidden object adventure game and find the killer behind this bloody double homicide.

From the Press Release
Detective Carrie Chase has to solve a riveting new case of double homicide. Sounds familiar? It's a new detective adventure in the Masters of Mystery series – Masters of Mystery: Blood of Betrayal - from G5 Entertainment and Big Blue Bubble, today available on Google Play, Nook and in a full version on iOS.

Initially released on PC and then on iOS, this highly entertaining, hidden object adventure has already attracted critics and crowds of casual game fans with its deeply engaging story, snappy dialogues, and terrific gameplay. Today owners of Android devices, too, can take this engaging thriller for a ride on their favorite device.

This time you join Carrie Chase while she investigates a troubling double homicide in an exclusive penthouse. As she investigates, some troubling issues come to light. In addition to plenty of dead people, she uncovers a gang of drug smugglers and a few crooked cops. Track clues from one location to another, uncover the leads using your forensic tools and search for evidence that will help you nab the killer. Explore every centimeter of a posh limousine, gun room and tugboat pier. Be ready for the deception and betrayal, and reveal the secrets from the past in this titillating game. Sharp graphics, pleasant voice acting and analytic puzzles will absorb your attention for hours. You'll have to make a handwriting analysis, examine drug samples, match fingerprints and solve anagrams. As in the first chapter, you'll find useful tools that will be added to your inventory. Use a flashlight to explore the dark locations, UV filter light to search for blood stains and boot prints, a duster to reveal fingerprints and a magnifying glass to magnify the area several times and make it easier to spot small items. Call up your inner secret agent and crack this shady case! The game is developed by Big Blue Bubble and published on iOS and Android OS by G5 Entertainment.

Masters of Mystery: Blood of Betrayal is available for download on Google Play, Nook and in a full version on iPhone and iPad today. The MSRP of the game is $2.99 on Google Play and iPhone and $4.99 on iPad TODAY ONLY (reg. $4.99 on Google Play, iPhone and $6.99 on iPad) and $4.99 on Nook. Originally the game was developed for PC by Big Blue Bubble.

You can visit the official Masters of Mystery: Blood of Betrayal Google Play page to learn more about the game.

Square Enix has announced that composer Jason Graves (Dead Space) will be composing the score for Tomb Raider. A new video has been released giving fans a glimpse of some chilling behind-the-scenes footage of Tomb Raider with an in-depth interview with Graves!

From the Press Release

SQUARE ENIX and Crystal Dynamics today announced that Jason Graves, an award winning composer with an outstanding pedigree across film, television and gaming is penning the original score for TOMB RAIDER.

Graves’ involvement is revealed in the third episode of The Final Hours of Tomb Raider. In The Sound of Survival, host Zachary Levi escorts viewers to the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) London headquarters, and speaks to Graves about his role in the reboot of the iconic Tomb Raider franchise (BAFTA has previously recognized Graves’ work for Original Score and Use of Audio in Dead Space 2).

The composer reveals his vision for the game’s soundscape and speaks about infusing atmosphere, emotion and authenticity into Lara’s origins story through his musical score - and illustrates his search to find the perfect sound for the game, through his collaboration with sculptor, Matt McConnel who created a bespoke and wholly original instrument to aid Graves in bringing his unique sound to Tomb Raider. Tomb Raider is slated for release on March 5th 2013.

You can visit the official Tomb Raider website to learn more.

Ubisoft's ZombiU released on November 18, 2012, for the Nintendo Wii U. Players were thrust into a fear-inducing shooter where the infected are once again plaguing the human population. A brand new trailer has been released to give those who haven't picked it up yet a peek at some of the horrors that await ahead!

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.

“ZombiU is a dark and daunting game that gamers will love to play again and again,” said Guillaume Brunier, “ZombiU takes advantage of the Wii U’s one of a kind capabilities and will be a launch title that every gamer will want to sink their teeth into.” producer, Ubisoft.

Learn more on the ZombiU website.

Today Marcus Dunstan's latest directorial offering, The Collection, hits select theaters nationwide, and in anticipation of the sequel's release, Dread Central recently caught up with the flick's co-stars Josh Stewart and Emma Fitzpatrick.

During our interview with the pair at the press day for The Collection, we heard more from Stewart on reprising his role as the unlucky career criminal who tangled with The Collector the first time around, Fitzpatrick discussed what she loved most about her character, Elena, and the duo chatted about handling the physicality of the grueling shoot and much more.

Read on for more from the stars of The Collection, and make sure to check out the flick now that it's been unleashed on the big screen courtesy of LD Entertainment.

Dread Central: Josh, was it always a given after the first film that you'd be back for a Collector sequel?

Josh Stewart: You know… no. Look, in this business there are no guarantees. On the first movie we had gotten caught up in some Weinstein stuff with the distribution so it was up in the air as to what was going to happen. Then these guys (Marcus and Patrick) were like, "Hey, can we buy the movie from you guys if we find someone who will buy it?" and then Mickey Liddell bought it.

It then got bought and released really quickly here in the US so it had a very quick life in theaters; it caught on a lot more overseas, which was great, and then when The Collector came out on DVD, the movie got even more momentum. So there really were no guarantees and no talk about a sequel at all in the beginning. It was just doing a movie, and it is what it is.

Then it was, "Hey, we're doing another one, and we want to bring your character back," so I was like, "All right, let's do it!"

Dread Central: And what was it about the character of Elena that appealed to you, Emma?

Emma Fitzpatrick: You probably saw last night [at the screening] that she becomes a badass by the end of the movie so I think just the chance to do a genre movie that had great characters to it. I wasn't familiar with this world before The Collection either so for me it was really about seeing Elena actually develop throughout the story and a young woman getting to discover her own strengths. She's just a cool chick; she's crafty, tenacious, and you don't get to play that a lot.

Those kind of movies really freak me out so I wouldn't say that I really know that much about the genre; I just knew that this was a really well-crafted story and a really well-crafted character.

Dread Central: How did you prepare for the physicality of these roles?

Josh Stewart: I did a lot of physical training for this one; I used to be a boxer so that stuff comes easy for me. Getting punched in the face is very easy for me to do (laughs). But we rehearsed the choreography for the fights a couple of days before and then the day of, too. It wasn't something that we rehearsed well in advance or anything. I did train for a while before shooting just because when you're making a movie like this, you have to keep your body at a constant state of tension to actually look like you're in a constant state of tension.

So keeping your body in a constant state of tension for 12 hours a day is exhausting enough. I mean, your body knots up and everything just hurts and aches. Then you throw in all the physical stuff on top of that, and it all just accumulates day by day by day. It never fails- once you start getting punched, once you get tired or after you've done the same thing 40 times in a row, it's all going to catch up with you eventually.

Emma Fitzpatrick: It's funny; when I first got the role, everyone kept asking me, "Oh, are you going to be screaming the whole time?" and I don't think I scream once in this. It's just not that kind of movie. So just to have that kind of quiet strength, that kind of resolve was really cool. Plus, you have to have someone who can match wits with The Collector to play on his level so there had to be some intelligence to Elena.

Josh Stewart: And with Arkin there's sort of this arc of where he's been and where I'd like to see him go even. Let's not forget that Arkin is a bad guy; he's a criminal. We've already been talking that if there is a third, we want to see more of that criminal element of him. Arkin has at this point the creative license, with the audience as well, to really become a truly bad badass and go back into that beast mentality. You know, considering all that has happened to Arkin in these movies, we should definitely see that caged animal come out of him and maybe even go back to what locked him up to begin with.

I mean, how did Arkin survive in prison for 10 years? I'm not the biggest of dudes so he's got to be a little bit crazy. He's got to be a little unbalanced.

Dread Central: Emma, can you discuss your thoughts on Elena's transformation in The Collection from damsel in distress to ultimately the hero that saves the day at the end?

Emma Fitzpatrick: [SPOILER ALERT]Marcus spoke to me about this before shooting, how he wanted to make those parallels between the characters in The Collection. The moment where I get captured and Arkin gets away at the beginning- her sense is that she's been abandoned and this guy had a chance to save me but he didn't. So there's this great turnaround in the end where I'm standing at the door and about to get outside where it's safe. Plus, it's really hard to get to Arkin so maybe I should just peace out and call it even, but I don't.

There was so much attention given to that moment, pushing into my face and seeing Elena having to make this decision, that you can't help but care about these people and the relationship they've built throughout this traumatic situation.

The Collection (review here) is directed by Marcus Dunstan; written by Dunstan and Patrick Melton; and stars Josh Stewart, Lee Tergesen, Christopher McDonald, Johnny Yong Bosch, Emma Fitzpatrick, Shannon Kane, Tim Griffin, William Peltz, Eaddy Mays, Michael Nardelli, Justin Mortelliti, Michael H. Cole, Arloa Reston, and Courtney Lauren Cumming.

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.

Today the next chapter in the ongoing Universal Soldier saga is set to be released in selected theaters; more horror than sci-fi, John Hyams'Day of Reckoning reunites Dolph Lundgren and Jean-Claude Van Damme for one more battle to the death.

But this time up-and-coming action star Scott Adkins is getting in on the action.

Dread Central recently attended the press day for Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning (review), where we caught up with Lundgren and director Hyams to hear more about this installment in the ever-growing franchise, their experiences making the film and much more.

Lundgren also briefly chatted about the upcoming Expendables 3 and potentially co-starring in that flick alongside Nicolas Cage.

Check out the highlights from the Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning press conference below, and look for the flick now that's arrived in theaters everywhere!

Question: So, John, what was the hardest part of shooting this Universal Soldier for you?

John Hyams:It’s not a huge budget movie so you’re on a tight schedule. On this movie we had a 30-day shooting schedule; we also shot it in 3D, which adds a lot of challenges technically speaking as there’s a whole lot more equipment and variables where things can suddenly go wrong. I think the biggest challenge was that we had to be extremely prepared; in doing fight scenes of such complexity, you can’t just work it out on the set. You need it to be prepared early and have the performers in the gym learning these moves.

The best thing about this movie is that we had a cast and a crew that was willing to put work in before we showed up on the set.

Question: Dolph, this is the third Universal Soldier movie for you; can you discuss the appeal of this franchise and your character of Andrew Scott?

Dolph Lundgren: Well look, they had to drag me out for the third one (Universal Soldier: Regeneration), and for this one I wasn’t too happy doing it because it just felt like I was repeating the same thing again. But then John came up with the very clever idea of making this one more of a horror movie, and it was more mysterious and smarter. It was just a different type of movie and more evolved so my character became more interesting to me because he had more compassion for his fellow soldiers and he’s more human than he was before.

Question: John, how did you arrive at the color palette for this movie?

John Hyams: That’s a good question. The last movie we did was kind of monochromatic with very washed out colors, and it was shot in Eastern Europe during the winter so that informed that. With this one we wanted a landscape that was actually very colorful but not in necessarily a beautiful way, but more of in a sublime, haunting kind of way. Different colors would dominate different settings because the whole movie is about a character taking a descent into his own soul, and through this descent the movie keeps going deeper and deeper to where it’s underground by the end. We’re trying to create this very underbelly world that our character who seemed like a nice normal guy is taken on a descent to hell, so that informed the look.

Question: Given the construct of this story and what we see onscreen, is this film kind of like passing the mantle of the franchise on to Scott Adkins then?

John Hyams: It was less a passing of a mantle in my mind and more about introducing this new character and a new flavor to the franchise. As Dolph said, when the discussion was to do another movie, my answer to that was, “What for?” It’ll satisfy some paychecks in the process, but what really is the point of the movie existing if we’re doing it the same way?

So I thought, let’s bring something new to this, and the last movie posed this riddle of what happened to Jean-Claude’s character of Luc Deveraux. By that very nature he couldn’t really be the protagonist of this movie, and it should be about finding him and Andrew Scott and for these guys to find where they are and what they’re doing. We need a vessel for that and so we brought in a guy like Scott Adkins, who to me has more than earned his right to lead something like this, and he is in the perfect place because many people don’t know about him. It is a great way to introduce him and show what he is capable of doing.

Dolph Lundgren: I agree (laughs).

Question: Towards the end of the movie there are certain scenes that were clearly inspired by Apocalypse Now. Did that movie inspire this one overall, and were there other movies which influenced the style of it for you, too?

John Hyams: There are a lot of movies that inspired it for sure. Apocalypse Now is probably my favorite movie ever made, but I didn’t go into this saying let’s do Apocalypse Now. It was more thematically about these characters going into this descent. Apocalypse Now has taken over Heart of Darkness as far as our iconic reference for that story of going down the river and visiting the darkness of your soul.

Kurtz is more of a mythic literary character at this point. So Deveraux has kind of gone rogue and created his own militia, and there’s no denying he’s become a Kurtz-like character. We didn’t avoid that but just embraced that and accepted that this is who he’s become. Thematically it has a lot to do with that, but stylistically we were not doing what Francis Ford Coppola did with all due respect.

Our visual influences were a little more in the noir type of world. We watched movies like Jacob’s Ladder, Angel Heart and even Memento, but even the visual palette of Cronenberg movies had this sticky murky darkness to the world we were trying to create that we were more inspired by horror and noir than by action. Also movies like Blade Runner and filmmakers like Gasper Noe, who’s made some amazing movies that deal with subjective storytelling like Enter the Void, which is one of the great cinematic achievements in history in my mind. So those were some overt thefts really, and Apocalypse Now was more of a thematic direction we were going.

Question: Dolph, you went from shooting this Universal Soldier to doing The Expendables 2 in a very short period of time. What is like for you going from one action movie to another so quickly?

Dolph Lundgren: My characters in each film were different kinds of guys. It was fun because the Scott character was more introverted while Gunner Jensen is more of a Swedish kind of drunk. While Expendables 2 had me giving a comedic performance, this one is more dramatic, but I try to bring some comedy to this one as well.

Even in the first Universal Soldier movie, Scott had some comedic moments without playing broad comedy, and I just try to find those little beats where the audience can get a relief from all the mayhem, murder and brains everywhere. That’s what I thought I could bring to it, a little bit of a light touch.

John Hyams: Dolph’s character of Scott is the one who roots us in the Universal Soldier world because this film clearly goes off the reservation. Even in the last one, he kind of brings you back to what it’s all about. The first movie was very tongue-in-cheek and there was a lot of comedy in it, and these last two have gotten more serious.

But then again, you inject this character who's the mouthpiece for all these guys. He’s the guy who’s able to vocalize their existential plight, and in doing so Dolph’s able to bring his kind of spirit and personality and humor to the table. It’s a great release for the audience because they have been taken to a dark place.

Question: Sylvester Stallone just announced he’s doing The Expendables 3 and that Nic Cage will be in it. Dolph, will you be back for that sequel, and what do you think Cage will bring to the movie?

Dolph Lundgren: Well, I don’t know if I’m back or not because I haven’t seen a script yet. But Cage is a great actor and he will balance the cast out; he could play some verbally-driven character and sort of balance all the guys who just run around grunting and killing people like me (laughs).

Question: With these last two Universal Soldier movies having been shot in Eastern Europe and Louisiana, where would you like to see the franchise go next?

John Hyams: Like many franchises you can go in so many different directions with this thing. It really comes down to what the audience wants and after them the rights holders. If they want to continue in the direction we’ve been going, then I’m their guy; but if they want to do something else, then they can find someone else and do it differently.

I have some pretty good ideas about where I’d go with it, which is again taking where this movie ends and the questions that it poses and where would that lead you. That’s the point of doing movies which are in chapters because the end of every movie is posing a question, and the next one should be answering that and then posing new ones at the end of that.

Some fresh casting news for the latest Stephen King adaptation, Mercy, has hit the interwebs, and now's your chance to find out just who from the cast of "The Walking Dead" and Super 8 have joined the fracas. Dig it!

THR reports that Chandler Riggs, the child star of AMC’s "The Walking Dead", and Super 8 star Joel Courtney ARE signing up for active duty on the project.

Universal Pictures is teaming with Jason Blum's red-hot Blumhouse Productions banner on Mercy, a fantasy-horror movie based on Stephen King's short story "Gramma," published as part of his 1985 collection Skeleton Crew.

Peter Cornwell (The Haunting in Connecticut) will direct from a script by Matt Greenberg (1408), and Frances O'Connor (A.I.) is set to star.

The story follows two young boys who go with their single mother (O’Connor) to take care of their elderly, senile grandmother named Mercy, only to discover that she's a witch who made a pact with a dark force many years before.

More as it comes.

Things are hard for teenagers. Acne, puberty, homework... and oh yeah, having parents who are homicidal maniacs. Break out your Ritalin, kids; it's time for another family-friendly young adult adaptation!

According to Deadline, ABC Family has teamed with producer Joel Silver to develop "I Hunt Killers," a drama series based on Barry Lyga‘s young adult novel. The project, from Silver Pictures and Warner Horizon, centers on the teenage son of an imprisoned notorious serial killer, a likable boy who becomes a suspect after a string of copycat murders. It will be written by "Dexter" scribe Arika Mittman, which is appropriate as "I Hunt Killers" has a similar feel but with a teenage twist. Silver executive produces with Mittman serving as co-executive producer and Lyga as consultant.

Check out the the book’s trailer below, and look for more soon!

We have a bit of casting news for the currently shooting Season 3 of MTV's "Teen Wolf." Haley Webb (The Final Destination) has signed on for a recurring role that is rumored to be a new love interest for Derek Hale (Tyler Hoechlin).

As the super-sized Season 3 (featuring 24 episodes) picks up, things are looking pretty grim for the gang, especially Isaac (Daniel Sharman), whose bloody, unconscious body is awoken (with jumper cables no less) by a girl we haven't yet met, and once he's able to orient himself, he's told by the shadowy figure that his memories have been sapped from him.

“Teen Wolf” stars Tyler Posey (Scott McCall), Crystal Reed (Allison Argent), Tyler Hoechlin (Derek Hale), Dylan O’Brien (Stiles), and Holland Roden (Lydia Martin).

Terminal Reality has confirmed that two familiar faces from AMC's "The Walking Dead" television show will be offering up their talents to The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct game.

Players will be happy to know that Merle and Daryl Dixon, played by Michael Rooker and Norman Reedus, respectively, will definitely be appearing in the upcoming title. The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct will be available in 2013 (Amazon says December 31, 2013), and pre-orders are now available (click the EvilShop links below).

From the Press Release
Norman Reedus and Michael Rooker are bringing their talents to The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct video game. As things are ramping up on the third season of AMC's Emmy Award-winning drama "The Walking Dead", Activision and Terminal Reality are proud to announce that series stars Norman Reedus and Michael Rooker will reprise their respective roles as fan favorites Daryl and Merle Dixon in the upcoming The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct. Their addition is central to developer Terminal Reality's commitment to delivering an engrossing, original experience that stays authentic to the characters, tone, and storyline of the series Entertainment Weekly called the “greatest thriller ever produced for television.”

This first-person survival title takes place within the universe of “The Walking Dead” and before the events of the AMC show, following Daryl Merle on a gruesome journey to reach Atlanta as the world around them ends. Reedus and Rooker will bring life to their characters' desperate, unforgiving struggle against limited resources, the nightmarish walkers, and, perhaps, their fellow survivors...

Synopsis:
The Walking Dead video game takes the undead and brings them out of the AMC Emmy award-winning TV show and into console gaming systems in a new, terrifying way. Terminal Reality’s first-person action game will allow players to assume the role of the mysterious, crossbow-wielding survivor Daryl Dixon on an unforgiving quest to the supposed safety of Atlanta. The iconic walkers will relentlessly hunt down players like their television counterparts using a combination of sight, sound, and smell. As Daryl, players will need to tread carefully throughout each new area they explore. Once discovered, it doesn’t take much to attract an unstoppable horde of undead walkers so every threat needs to be assessed and every situation analyzed. No place is truly safe for Daryl as he makes his way through the Georgia countryside alongside his overbearing brother, Merle, in this new, post-apocalyptic world.

You can visit the official The Walking Dead Begins website to learn more.

Talk about suffering! That'll be us fans of "The Walking Dead" after Sunday night when we have to wait until freakin' February for the next episode! In any event, here's another still from the mid-season finale: "Made to Suffer."

"The Walking Dead" Episode 3.08 - "Made to Suffer" (airs 12/2/12)
Andrea steps up as the people of Woodbury are thrown into uncharted territory. At the prison a new threat arises. Written by Robert Kirkman; directed by Billy Gierhart.

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The Walking Dead: Assault is a new episodic iOS title that has just released at the App Store. Players can now play Episode 1 for $1.99 on their iOS devices. If you love The Walking Dead, then don't miss out on a chance to chop off some zombie heads in this new title!

Beginning the moment Rick awakes in the hospital in Issue #1, events of the game take you from those first isolated moments, through Atlanta, and ultimately to the horrific camp invasion that costs the survivors valuable allies and friends. Play as your favorite characters from the series – Rick, Glenn, Shane, Carl, Andrea, Lori and more! Assemble and choose your ultimate team of four, hunt for supplies, upgrade, and use unique special character abilities to survive against the zombie horror! Complete Bonus Objectives and Challenges to unlock special content including artwork and wallpapers for your device, behind-the-scenes trivia, Game Center Achievements and much more!

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You can visit the official The Walking Dead: Assault website to learn more about the game.

This February, 2013, BOOM! Studios will relaunch the Hellraiser comics franchise with Hellraiser: The Dark Watch, an all-new ongoing monthly series co-written by creator Clive Barker and Brandon Seifert and illustrated by newcomer Tom Garcia.

From the Press Release:
As promised, Clive Barker did not only return to the Hellraiser universe, he re-imagined it! Nothing is as simple as it seems – the old ways have been destroyed, and a dangerous new world lies in its wake. Where are Elliott Spencer and Kirsty Cotton? Who will rule and who will serve? Rising star Brandon Seifert (Witch Doctor, Hellraiser: The Road Below) joins forces with the legendary Clive Barker, with art by Tom Garcia (Hellraiser), to begin this amazing new chapter in the history of one of horror’s greatest franchises.

"I grew up with Hellraiser and Clive's novels so it's a huge, surreal honor to be collaborating with him on The Dark Watch. Under Clive's direction, the Hellraiser ongoing series has gone in some radically different directions over the last two years. I'm really excited for what's next — and even more excited that I get to be involved!" said Seifert.

Hellraiser: The Dark Watch #1 ships in February with main covers by Tim Bradstreet (28 Days Later, Star Trek) and Nick Percival (Hellraiser, 2000 AD) as well as incentive covers by Frazer Irving (Higher Earth, Batman Incorporated) and Bradstreet. The first issue is a 32-page, full-color issue that retails for $3.99.

Last week we got our hands on the second trailer for Summit Entertainment's upcoming zombedy Warm Bodies, and now, to kick off your work week, we have a pair of new stills to share.

Starring Nicholas Hoult, Rob Corddry, Teresa Palmer, and John Malkovich, the film follows an existentially tormented zombie named "R" who begins an unlikely friendship with the girlfriend of one of his victims.

Check out Warm Bodies in theatres on February 1, 2013.

Synopsis
A funny new twist on a classic love story, Warm Bodies is a poignant tale about the power of human connection. After a zombie epidemic, R (a highly unusual zombie) encounters Julie (a human survivor) and rescues her from a zombie attack. Julie sees that R is different from the other zombies, and as the two form a special relationship in their struggle for survival, R becomes increasingly more human - setting off an exciting, romantic, and often comical chain of events that begins to transform the other zombies and maybe even the whole lifeless world.

That's right, folks! It's undoubtedly one of the year's best Blu-ray releases, and to celebrate, you now have the chance to win a brilliant Christmas present courtesy of Arrow Video -- we have two LIMITED EDITION STEELBOOK versions of Zombie Flesh Eaters to give away!

To be in with a chance of winning one of these fantastic prizes, simply send us an E-MAIL HERE including YOUR FULL NAME AND POSTAL ADDRESS. We'll take care of the rest.

Please note that this competition is open only to UK readers.

From the Press Release:

Hailing from the now infamous “Video Nasty” era of horror films, Zombie Flesh Eaters became an unstoppable cult hit upon its release in 1979. The film divided opinion across the globe and came up against opposition in many territories for the sheer amount of bloody content and its high gore-factor.

The original cut of Zombie Flesh Eaters was banned in the UK upon release, and the film that appeared in cinemas was an edited version with a full 2 minutes of brutality stripped out to get past the classification board. These new high definition restored editions contain the full unedited film, as Fulci made them to be seen.

From the sleazy video nasty vaults comes a movie so stained with controversy and moral indignation that the very mention of its name sends shudders down the spines of the weak stomached and censorious – Zombie Flesh Eaters. A gut-munching, shark wrestling, eye-gouging orgy of topless skin divers, mud-caked undead terror and Italian splatter from the dark imagination of horror genius Lucio Fulci (The Beyond, City of The Living Dead).

An abandoned boat in New York Harbour unleashes a deadly flesh crazed Zombie cargo... A Young American woman and a journalist investigate a tropical island where a deadly disease is making the dead walk... Soon, thoughts of getting to the bottom of the murderous curse will be forgotten, as Fulci’s walking corpses overwhelm the living and reports come in that the Big Apple is swarming with the living dead...

Still, after more than thirty years, Zombie Flesh Eaters still has the power to shock and offend the unwilling... Check out this classic ‘sadist video’ and revel in a wonderfully offensive movie that once helped usher in a moral panic!

Special Features:

• A brand new high definition restoration of the original negative with optional English and Italian opening titles
• Optional English SDH subtitles for English audio / a new English subtitles translation for Italian audio
• Optional original, restored Italian and English Mono 2.0 audio
• Audio commentary with screenwriter Elisa Briganti, moderated by Calum Waddell
• Audio commentary with Fulci biographer Stephen Thrower and horror expert Alan Jones
• UK exclusive introduction to the film from Ian McCulloch
• ALIENS, CANNIBALS AND ZOMBIES: A TRILOGY OF ITALIAN TERROR– Actor Ian McCulloch remembers his three classics of Latin horror lunacy - ZOMBIE FLESH EATERS, CONTAMINATION and ZOMBI HOLOCAUST
• FROM ROMERO TO ROME: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE ITALIAN ZOMBIE FILM– Veteran Fulci screenwriters Dardano Sacchetti (THE BEYOND) and Antonio Tentori (CAT IN THE BRAIN), celebrated UK critic Kim Newman and filmmakers Luigi Cozzi (CONTAMINATION), Ruggero Deodato (CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST), Russ Streiner (NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD) plus many more share memories of the genesis of corpse -crunching cinema - from Romero's early templates to the gory glory days of Fulci and his many successors.
• THE MEAT MUNCHING MOVIES OF GINO DE ROSSI– The special effects magician behind many Italian splatter classics talks about his most famous gore-drenched greats - and shows props from many plasma-packed masterworks - including ZOMBIE FLESH EATERS, CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD, THE HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY, CANNIBAL FEROX, BURIAL GROUND and PIRANHA II.
• ZOMBIE FLESH EATERS - FROM SCRIPT TO SCREEN– Dardano Sacchetti shows key pages from his original ISLAND OF THE LIVING DEAD screenplay.
• Trailers and TV spots
• Collector’s booklet featuring brand new writing on the film by Fulci biographer Stephen Thrower, a new interview with star Olga Karlatos by Calum Waddell, a history of Zombie Flesh Eaters and the BBFC by Craig Lapper, one of the board’s senior examiners, and extracts of the original ‘Nightmare Island’ 1978 script including unfilmed, alternate, and more gory sequences as well as a Lucio Fulci CV compiled by Jay Slater.
• MUSIC FOR A FLESH FEAST– Q&A with composer Fabio Frizzi from the Glasgow Film Theatre in August 2012, hosted by Callum Waddell and Nick Frame.

With the release of Arrow Video's phenomenal Blu-ray treatment of Lucio Fulci's classic Zombie Flesh Eaters upon us, we chatted with the film's star, Ian McCulloch, about his experiences in the world of Italian horror.

It’s hard to believe Lucio Fulci’s now widely celebrated undead nightmare was once rotting in ‘video nasty’ limbo. Most of you reading this right now probably saw Zombie Flesh Eaters years ago in appallingly muddy VHS quality – as if you didn’t already feel dirty enough for deciding to watch the infamous Italian stomach-churner!

Now, thanks to the excellent folks at Arrow Video, you can see it in an eye-popping Blu-ray presentation with some meaty extras to chew through. That’s right; you can watch a zombie fight a shark in glorious high definition!

To celebrate this historical release, we had the good fortune to sit down with one of the stars of Zombie Flesh Eaters, Ian McCulloch, who played plucky reporter Peter West. Despite finding the footage to be uncomfortable to watch, he would later go on to star in spaghetti horrors Zombie Holocaust and Contamination. So just how was it working alongside a genre legend in one of horror cinema’s most infamous films?

Can you recall the moment you landed the role and first met with Lucio Fulci? How was it?

Ian McCulloch: I was offered the role of Peter West on April Fool's Day. I was rehearsing a play in Plymouth when my agent phoned me with the offer. Having agreed to take it, the film company arranged to fly me to London to meet Fulci for dinner. He was accompanied by the casting director, and the meeting went as well as it could, bearing in mind my total lack of Italian and Fulci's not so brilliant English. He was, I thought, rather boastful but not about his film career - more his prowess as a man of the world who directed films but also sailed the Atlantic and bred horses.

Did you stay in contact with Fulci after the film’s release?

Ian McCulloch: I did not meet Lucio again after I finished the film.

What were your initial feelings about the project?

Ian McCulloch: I thought I was going to make a 'Hammer Horror' type of film. I had no idea how Italians did things, and while I was aware that they did not hold back when they did sex type scenes, I had no premonition of how they were going to shoot the other special effects. However, the offer of a leading role and the locations in New York, the Dominican Republic and Italy, plus a generous financial deal, made me only too willing to accept the offer, especially as there would be no audition or test.

How was it working on set? Was there a scene in particular that was hard to shoot?

Ian McCulloch: I was impressed by the work ethic of the crew and the speed at which they worked. Most of them had worked with Fulci before and were used to his antics and style. An English unit would have taken twice as long. Breaks were few and short. They were also making another film at the same time. In the hotel and on various planes we travelled in. They went out of their way to be friendly and helpful, and there were no problematic scenes.

How does it feel now that the film has gone from a 'video nasty' to getting such a polished Blu-ray presentation?

Ian McCulloch: I was astonished that there was enough interest to make the 25th Anniversary DVD and more astonished that there was a huge audience attending conventions in the States who loved the film. The same proved true in the UK and Germany but surprisingly not in Italy, the country of its origin. I saw the Blu-ray, and they have done a tremendous job on it.

Can you remember the public reaction when the film was first released?

Ian McCulloch: I hoped, I suppose, for a bigger and better reaction. It did not set the world alight, and my wife walked out after five minutes. It took its classification as a video nasty to increase its popularity.

Why do you think the film still has such a strong following today?

Ian McCulloch: I have no idea except that it was the first of its kind and probably one of the goriest. Romero set the tone for one type of zombie film, and Fulci set the tone for the other. I am constantly surprised by its following, which now includes almost three generations of film fans.

What did you think when you saw the finished film? Is it true that the film shocked you? Which scene in particular?

Ian McCulloch: I saw the film for the first time when I did the commentary for the 25th Anniversary version with Jason Slater. I was, however, in another room, answering Jason's questions and looking away to tell anecdotes as I remembered them from the screen so I did not see all of the film. I saw enough, however, to make me wince and feel that I had made the right decision in not seeing it before. I saw it for the first time properly at the Burns Centre in Dumfries where I was doing a Q&A and realised that I would have to see it to answer the questions.

Do many films shock you these days, or do you tend to stay away from horror?

Ian McCulloch: Horror films are not my cup of tea although I see from my CV that I have done more of them than any other!

Many thanks to Ian for taking the time out to chat with us! If you're a fan of the film (and if not, what the heck are you doing here?), be sure to enter our UK Zombie Flesh Eaters giveaway.

"Being Human" returns to Syfy on Monday, January 14th, and to help get you geared up, we have a new promo video in which series co-star Sam Witwer goes through some of your Facebook questions and answers them.

Season 3 Synopsis:
"Being Human" stars Sam Witwer, Meaghan Rath, and Sam Huntington with Kristen Hager joining this year as a series regular. Season 3 will consist of 13 episodes.

Season 2 ended with Aidan (Witwer) buried alive as punishment from vampire leader Mother, Sally (Rath) lost in a state of limbo, and Josh’s (Huntington) plot to kill his maker, Ray, endangering Nora instead.

Related Story:New Cast Photo for "Being Human" (US) Season 3

The new season also features a stellar lineup of new and returning guest stars including: Mark Pellegrino ("Lost,""Revolution") as Aidan’s vampire mentor Bishop; Amy Aquino ("Harry’s Law,""ER") as Donna, a witch whose supernatural spells are sought out to help find Sally; Xander Berkeley ("Nikita") as Liam, father of purebred werewolf twins who is intent on locating his missing children; Bobby Campo (Final Destination) as Max, a young mortician who develops a connection with Sally; and Kyle Schmid ("Copper," The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants) returning as Aidan’s vampire protégé/"son" Henry.

Being Human is a Muse Entertainment production in association with Zodiak USA and is based on the acclaimed series created by Toby Whithouse and produced by Touchpaper. Executive producers are Michael Prupas ("The Kennedys,""Pillars of the Earth"), Anna Fricke ("Men in Trees,""Everwood"), who is both writer and showrunner, Rob Pursey, and Toby Whithouse. Irene Litinsky (Human Trafficking, The Phantom) is series producer.

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Everyone all over the world has had problems with the pesky undead, and now there's news of even more flesh-eaters shambling in all the way from South America. Break out the skinchips and salsa! It's time for The Summer Hit!

Uruguay’s Pablo Stoll, a darling of the art-pic crowd since 2001′s Rotterdam Tiger-winning 25 Watts, is prepping a zombie movie, The Summer Hit, Variety reports. The move will shock some Stoll loyalists, which is exactly what he wants.

“Set at a Uruguay beach resort, the film turns on Santi, who meets the girl of his dreams. But a teen romantic comedy morphs into a thriller, then zombie pic,” Stoll said at Ventana Sur.

For decades, beyond local comedies, Latin America has largely turned out small social-issue art-house pics, lamenting its suffering. It’s what the world’s come to expect, says the site. But a new generation of Latin American filmmakers is questioning this approach. If one trend was evident this weekend among a wash of projects brought to Ventana Sur by hundreds of producers from Latin America and beyond, it’s a surge in genre.

Stoll is completing a first draft. He will then work with Gonzalo Delgado.

The Summer Hit is set up at Temperamento Films, Stoll’s new production shingle after the dissolution of Control Z, and Florencia Larrea’s Kine-Imagenes in Chile.

The teen cast will be multinational, given that Brazilians, Argentineans and Chileans also summer in Uruguay.

“Our brochure says Latin America has the right to see its own zombies,” Stoll said.

Indeed they do!