With the stellar documentary The American Screen (review) available through the film's website in a special Blu-ray/DVD combo pack, we figured that now was as good a time as any to offer you a chance to score one on us!

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Magic Stone Productions (Magic Stone) and Brainstorm Media are pleased to announce that their feature length documentary The American Scream is now available on Blu-ray and DVD exclusively at theamericanscreammovie.com. The American Scream is the latest documentary from director Michael Paul Stephenson, following his critically acclaimed Best Worst Movie.

The American Scream is a touching documentary that follows three Halloween-obsessed households as they transform their homes into neighbor-terrifying supernatural wonderlands. Endless styrofoam tombstones and backyard beasts come courtesy of a few supremely dedicated local "home haunters" who've devoted their lives to the art of handmade monster making.

The film had its world premiere at Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas, in September 2012, where it won the award for Best Picture in the Documentary Features category and received rave reviews. The American Scream went on to delight television audiences when it premiered on NBCUniversal’s Chiller network on October 28, 2012, with Entertainment Weekly calling it a “must watch”.

Magic Stone is releasing this heartwarming documentary as a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack in time for the holiday season. Priced at $17.99, this exclusive offer of the Blu-ray/DVD combo pack will be available for purchase exclusively at theamericanscreammovie.com and includes a follow-up featurette. The American Scream on DVD will not be available at retailers until fall 2013.

The American Scream is also available through Tugg.com, a platform that allows people to choose the films they want to see at the theater and create their own screenings for their community. Click here to request a screening in your town!

Alrighty, kids, providing we make it through the Mayan apocalypse on Friday, we've got some great news coming your way on a highly anticipated video release headed our way via IFC Midnight and The Criterion Collection.

First up, the original 1958 version of The Blob is getting the Blu-ray treatment via The Criterion Collection. Look for it in stores on March 12, 2013. Directed by Irvin S. Yeaworth, Jr., The Blob stars Steve McQueen and Aneta Corsaut.

Synopsis
A cult classic of gooey greatness, The Blob follows the havoc wreaked on a small town by an outer-space monster with neither soul nor vertebrae, with Steve McQueen playing the rebel teen who tries to warn the residents about the jellylike invader. Strong performances and ingenious special effects help The Blob transcend the schlock sci-fi and youth delinquency genres from which it originates. Made outside of Hollywood by a maverick film distributor and a crew whose credits mostly comprised religious and educational shorts, The Blob helped launch the careers of McQueen and composer Burt Bacharach, whose bouncy title song is just one of this film’s many unexpected pleasures.

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IFC Midnight has finally given dates to two very infamous films - My Amityville Horror and The Jeffrey Dahmer Files. Read on for the details of when and where you can dig upon these latest two slivers of real life terror.

My Amityville Horror will be released on VOD and in select theaters March 1st. It’ll hit SundanceNOW and other VOD platforms in February. The Jeffrey Dahmer Files (previously known as Jeff) will see a VOD and limited theatrical run on February 15.

Directed by Eric Walter, My Amityville Horror focuses on an adult Daniel Lutz, one of the survivors of the infamous Amityville hauntings.

Chris James Thompson’s Dahmer Files is “an experimental documentary film that uses archival footage, interviews, and fictionalized scenarios to tell the story of the people around Jeffrey Dahmer during the summer of his arrest in 1991.”

A lot of people, including some Dread Central staff members, have fawned over this season of "Dexter." Me personally? Not so much. In fact, I was happy to hear that next season would be the last. However, it seems as if Showtime may have other plans.

Vulture caught up with showrunner Scott Buck, who had this to say about the show's "end":

“It might be the last. That hasn’t been announced yet. We’ve been picked up for one more season, but whether that is the last one or not has not yet been determined,” says Buck. "The understanding was [next season] may be the last; we’re certainly moving in that direction. But until Showtime tells us one way or another, we’re not making any more definitive decisions."

Stay tuned.

We've seen a myriad of one-sheets here Stateside for the upcoming zombie comedy Warm Bodies, but now our friends across the pond have gotten their very own. Check it out right here. Dig it!

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.

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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.

Time for a little not safe for work red band goodness in promotion of Don Coscarelli's latest slice of cinematic lunacy, John Dies at the End. Look for the flick via Magnet On-Demand beginning December 27, 2012, and in theaters January 25, 2013.

Synopsis:
It's all about the Soy Sauce, a drug that promises an out-of-body experience with each hit. Users drift across time and dimensions. But some who come back are no longer human. Suddenly a silent, otherworldly invasion is under way, and mankind needs a hero. What it gets instead is John (Rob Mayes)and David (Chase Williamson), a pair of college dropouts who can barely hold down jobs. Can these two stop the oncoming horror in time to save humanity? No. No, they can't.

Adapted from David Wong's audacious trans-genre horror novel, John Dies at the End is written and directed by Don Coscarelli and also stars Clancy Brown, Glynn Turman, and Paul Giamatti.

For more visit the official John Dies at the End website, "like"John Dies at the End on Facebook, and follow Magnet Releasing on Twitter (@MagnetReleasing).

Vice and Lionsgate have teamed up to celebrate the return of Leatherface and his fine assortment of flesh and powertools by amassing a fan-made gallery of artwork that truly is pretty damned amazing. Check out the eye candy now.

Every Thursday night from now through January 4th @LionsgateHorror will give fans a chance to spread the#ChainsawThursdays gospel. Twitter users that tweet with the #ChainsawThursdays hashtag will automatically be entered to win free tickets to see TEXAS CHAINSAW 3D at their local theater, with DOZENS of winners each Thursday night.

Also, Lionsgate has opened up its own Lionsgate Horror Club, where you can talk about Lionsgate horror movies and win prizes. Check it out by hitting the link.

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.

Related News:Texas Chainsaw News, Interviews, Set Visit, and More!

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…

"Supernatural" is currently on its eighth season, and we recently sat down with creator/writer Eric Kripke about the just released book The Essential Supernatural: On the Road with Sam and Dean Winchester.

Yours truly, along with several journalists from other publications, got to sit down and chat with Kripke, and here are the highlights from the early morning press conference. Enjoy!

How did this all come about, and how did you get involved with it? Was it your idea being that you did the foreword to the book?

Eric Kripke: I wish it was my idea, but it was not. We have been publishing a lot of Supernatural guides over the years, and it is something really for the fans. It is to really give them a behind-the-scenes look of how the show is made. The writer has been great with doing those over the years. It has been nice to have a real guide and history of the show for the fans and, frankly, for the people who are making it. It helps to remind us what the hell we been doing over the years. (laughter) The Essential Supernatural Guide is the next step up from what we been doing at this point. It really makes an all-inclusive collection of everything Supernatural, and it's done with a tender loving care for the graphics and production design. It’s a really stunning guide of what Supernatural has been. We are all really excited about it. So when they ask you to do the foreword--of course I immediately signed on. Supernatural will always be my first child, and I am just incredibly proud of it. It is a job that everyone has worked so hard on over the years.

How was it for you to kind of look back on the show, and did it give you a little perspective?

Eric Kripke: With more than anything, I look back now that I am out of the dealerish grind, stress and anxiety of Supernatural--of course I am in the dealerish grind, stress and anxiety of another show. I am kind of watching it with other crew and look back at the experience when it really began in 2005 when it premiered. I look back emotionally--much the same way you look back on old photos of friends and family. I look back with nostalgia and I really look back with pride. We created something very special, and we had the right mix of writers, producers, and studio executives. We were allowed to get away with things that I don't think I will ever be able to get away with again. I didn’t realize how much creative freedom we had until I had left. I was able to tell stories about God and whether or not there is one and the Devil and faith. We really touched on some issues and it was very satisfying for me. There was some very bizarre episodes we got away with and having a character named Eric Kripke getting blown away with a shotgun.

Was there somewhere you wanted to take the show from the very beginning? Did you go in knowing that this would be the ultimate destination?

Eric Kripke:No, I really didn't. We had a storyline, and I had a storyline in the back of my head. There is this kind of side to your plan that I had watching it that did eventually escalate to chasing the Devil and facing the Apocalypse. But I totally started out with more B-movie aspirations. I was really a fan of horror movies, and I would probably have just been happy with a gory show that was part Evil Dead and part American Werewolf in London. My goal was a combination of first and foremost partnering with Bob Singer, who is a much classier writer than me. I was very interested in putting characters first and to sell that we had some really rich characters here and kind of explore that. We did and explored that and found it was better than a straight horror movie. By the second season I handed out a mandate to the writers that we were putting characters first and monsters second. It took me a minute to learn that lesson and once we did we just started running with that ball. The deeper we dived into the characters, the more we told stories about religion and faith, free will and what happens when you're dreaming the right things for the wrong reasons and vice versa. It just really helped deepen the show and it's one of the reasons it stuck around so long. The fans realized that it was asking questions in a way that very few shows on television are.

You mentioned the Erik Kripke character, but which major character on the show has the most "you" in it?

Eric Kripke:I would say it would have been Chuck. Chuck has always been my surrogate on the show. He is a writer with a really low self-esteem and spends a lot of time working in his pajamas.

The characters have to overcome many obstacles between them; why do you think that is so appealing?

Eric Kripke: I think the answer is simple actually. I think it is that conflict is the basis of good drama, and there is more storyline in play when there is more static between them and they don't entirely trust each other and they're hiding things from each other. Then you can just unveil things throughout the season and get some strong punches. I always felt even when I was running the show that when they were in agreement all the time--it was never as interesting as when there was something real to have conflict over.

It was a stressful position to be in to have one brother that was chosen by angels and one that was chosen by Lucifer that was in the same family. The semantic of the show has always been that families overcome everything. And if the show ever had one message, it was that nothing is more important than the bonds of family and it's more important than even the bonds of Heaven and Hell. So we give them lots of obstacles, but I believe at the end of the day that Sam and Dean will always come together. Because in the world view and my own personal view there is no stronger force than family.

When you looked at the book or had a chance to look at it, did it bring back any memories of filming the show?

Eric Kripke:The short answer is yes. There is so much incredible artwork, and some of my favorite photos in the book are conceptual artwork. Not necessarily the stuff that made it into the show but just stuff put together of what the creatures would look like. That really brought me back because while we were producing the show and having arguments about what Bloody Mary should look like and what’s our inspiration for the Wendigo, the artwork that is in the book is really honestly the photos and images that we would have those debates over. It is very, very honest and genuine in terms of what went into producing this show and the material that we used to end up creating the show. That was very exciting. But beyond that, there are several awkward photos of me directing throughout the book and that brings back memories. There is no harder job than directing an episode of TV, and Supernatural is one of the hardest shows that anyone has ever directed. Those long hours and figuring out how to do the scene where he kills Ruby and Lucifer rises. We are on the beautiful church set and for some stupid reason I chose that particular time in my life to try to go on a diet. I thought that it was wise that I was working 16 hours a day that I should seriously limit my caloric intake. I got so dizzy on set that I thought I was going to pass out. That just always strikes me as funny that there is no way to demonstrate leadership to your crew than to faint in front of them. (laughter) I left my director chair and went to my trailer to try and get my head back and then spent the rest of the shoot eating Doritos.

In the book there is a massive list of weapons, monsters, angels, and demons. Is there a book and does someone keep track of that? Do you keep a record of the mythology of the show?

Eric Kripke: It is really challenging, but that job goes to our writers' assistant, who at this moment is Jenny Cline, but it has been several writers over the years as well as our script coordinator. One of the coordinators compiled the Bible, I guess it would be the Satanic Bible, of all the different monsters and creatures. It is remarkably hard to keep it all straight. Not just the monsters themselves but almost every particular creature has its own set of rules. And those rules have to be consistent. The show has been able to run as long as it has because of the complexity of the universe that we have traveled and created. We have had so much time to explore so many corners of it and have those creatures that we have had. It has been really exciting to see that history unfold and it feels like it's our very own universe.

The mythology and lore are so true to the preexisting mythologies that have been told since the beginning of time. Has a myth pitch every changed the course of a season or changed any of the directions in your ongoing characters?

Eric Kripke: Yeah, I am not sure I can name any specific instances. Every so often you want to map out your plot mythology but never so specifically that you can't let a story surprise you. You want to allow the type of action of the writer's room so that you have the ability to take a left turn. The biggest one in our world is I had a storyline plot mapped out that always involved Sam and Dean meeting demons and climbing up that ladder to eventually fighting Lucifer. I really hadn't considered Angels, for example, to the point where people would pitch me Angel episodes and I would say no to them. Then in between Season 3 and Season 4, we were all talking about it, and I realized we were missing another side of the coin. Then we introduce Cass as a season opener in Season 4 and that idea of introducing Angels become such a huge part of the show but was not initially part of the plan. It came about through a discussion that there was a missing piece and obviously changed the course of the show. If you want to go where you are going, then you need a plan where the audience feels that it is going somewhere. In the same respect, you don't want put it down so tight that you can't be surprised.

We were just grabbing mythology from every religion and source. We looked at the Book of Revelations in Season 5 quite a bit. We took the time to look at the Book of Revelations and some of the aspects came out of that and we sort of pushed that into our Supernatural storyline. I like to think that we are grabbing from everywhere and that we have a very expansive worldview in which every world religion, every mythology, and every legend is all true.

Is there any mythology that you would have loved to get into the show that you didn't get to?

Eric Kripke: I am trying to think if there was ever a story that we didn't get to do. I think I accomplished everything I set out to do in terms of the story I wanted to tell. The only thing that springs to mind is that right before the writers' strike is when I was pitched Ghostfacers. The writer came up with a guitar and wanted to pitch a reality show and said here is the theme song and then he played it. I was so excited; then 48 hours later they called the writers' strike and I was so scared for a lot of reasons--you didn't know if the show was going to come back, didn't know if you'd get the ratings, and didn't know if we'd work on any more episodes that season. Everything was so up in the air, and I remember feeling at that point like I really hope we get back to work this year if for no other reason than to make Ghostfacers.

How much longer do you think we have and how much longer did you envision the series going on?

Eric Kripke: I made the mistake very early in my career on Supernatural that I had a plan that ended the show after five years. Bob [Singer] and Sera [Gamble] had a very difficult task of rebooting the storyline and we learned our lesson from that point forward to not make that same mistake again. And to create a more durable mythology and keep going if we wanted. I know Jared and Jenson are on board and our feeling is that we are happy to keep the show going as long as the network will have us. We are in a nice position for design to keep going and keep exploring as long as the episodes are good and keep making different stories.

Have you been following the current season and how do you feel about where Jeremy Carver is taking it?

Eric Kripke: I have been following it and I think he is doing great. I am really pleased with Jeremy overall. I was pleased with the job Sera did and very proud of what Jeremy is doing. To follow along with the showrunner from Episode 1, which is Bob Singer--he really provides amazing continuity and is the unsung hero of the whole show. He deserves more credit than he gets in terms of the show from the very beginning. It is fun to watch them. It is like watching your child go off to college. I check in with advice whenever they will listen and am really proud of how Jeremy and Bob are growing the show and how the show itself has grown.

You can visit the official Supernatural website to learn more about the show, and make sure to pick up the new book The Essential Supernatural: On the Road with Sam and Dean Winchester, written by Nicholas Knight, which is now available from several major retailers.

The next episode, "Torn and Frayed," is set to air on January 16, 2013.

Book Synopsis

Haunted by the death of their parents in a mysterious supernatural conspiracy, brothers Sam and Dean Winchester (played by Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles) hunt down demons, monsters, and otherworldly creatures lurking in darkness. This stunningly comprehensive coffee table book dissects all seven seasons of the thrilling show and looks ahead to Season Eight – with deep insights from extensive cast and crew interviews, beginning with a revealing foreword written by the show’s creator, Eric Kripke. The book is visually breathtaking, with candid behind-the-scenes photos, revelatory production art, and collectible pullout elements, such as postcards, stickers, photos, and a map that details the cross-country adventures of Sam and Dean.

Take a comprehensive and exhaustively detailed look at the hit Warner Bros. and CW TV show from an insider's perspective. This deluxe coffee table book dissects the show season by season, state by state, tracing the Winchester brothers as they travel across the U.S. in their distinctive '67 Chevy Impala, hunting all things that go bump in the night while seeking ways to keep humanity safe from all sorts of otherworldly threats that killed their parents. Illustrated with behind-the-scenes photos, exclusive production art, posters, maps, blueprints, and other elements, and packed with exclusive cast and crew interviews, plus a foreword from the show's creator, this is the ultimate visual guide for Supernatural and its legions of fans.

In the time it's taking you to read this story, you could have already made your way over to Amazon and picked up John Skipp's splatterpunk e-book short story Art Is the Devil. The Charlie Sheen inspired cover art is worth the $.99 price alone!

Just in time for the holidays, Skipp has released this short story (cover art by Chuck Hodi), which will soon be an epic short film. And you can get on board with this project right now for less than the cost of the Honey Boo Boo Soundboard for your smartphone (not that we would know the price of that…ahem).

You can download Art Is the Devil at Amazon by clicking the link below.

Synopsis
When two young badass women stop by an insane Charlie Sheen-based art exhibit, their night of mind-warping horror is only beginning. Splatterpunk legend John Skipp delivers the high-voltage hardcore thrills in this outrageous, bodacious short story.

Time for your first look at the haunting new film starring Mischa Barton, Into the Darkness, as we have stills, artwork, and even a new trailer on tap for you cats looking for a quick horror fix. Dig it!

The Levenger Tapes director Mark Edwin Robinson is at the helm. Leah Pipes and Ryan Eggold co-star.

Synopsis
A young woman (Mischa Barton) who is severely depressed after the deaths of both her parents retreats within herself, only to be drawn out of her depression by an unexpected romance with a man named Adam (Ryan Eggold). After Adam mysteriously disappears into the depths of a haunted apartment building, she vows to pursue him, even if it means crossing into the world of the supernatural.

In just over an hour you'll have your chance to talk to Texas Chainsaw 3D's Trey Songz! Interested? Then read on for all the details you need. If you do participate, can someone please ask him to use his real name instead of his rap artist name for his next movie... if there is one?

TUNE-IN for the TREY SONGZ LIVE CHAT today! Get the scoop from Trey and learn all about his experiences working on TEXAS CHAINSAW 3D! This is YOUR chance to watch Ben Lyons talk with one of the hottest stars on the planet!

WHAT: TEXAS CHAINSAW 3D & GLOBAL GRIND present a live online fan hangout with Trey Songz.

WHEN: Today, December 18th, at 6:30pm EST / 3:30pm PST

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Every Thursday night from now through January 4th @LionsgateHorror will give fans a chance to spread the#ChainsawThursdays gospel. Twitter users that tweet with the #ChainsawThursdays hashtag will automatically be entered to win free tickets to see TEXAS CHAINSAW 3D at their local theater, with DOZENS of winners each Thursday night.

Also, Lionsgate has opened up its own Lionsgate Horror Club, where you can talk about Lionsgate horror movies and win prizes. Check it out by hitting the link.

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…

We actually rubbed our eyes to make sure we were really seeing this happen. The Factory starring John Cusack and Jennifer Carpenter is finally getting a home video release. It sure has been a long road considering the flick went into production during 2007.

Written by Morgan O'Neill and Paul Leyden and directed by O'Neill, look for The Factory on DVD and Blu-ray February 19, 2013. Dallas Roberts, Sonya Walger, Mae Whitman, Katherine Waterston, Mageina Tovah, Cindy Sampson, Conrad Pla, Michael Trevino, and Cas Anvar also star.

Synopsis
An obsessed cop is on the trail of a serial killer prowling the streets of Buffalo, New York, but when his teenage daughter disappears, he drops any professional restraint to get the killer.

It's long been a tradition that some of our favorite television shows dole out a holiday special here and there, and the good folks over at Jawiin TV have come up with a hilarious one that we only wish were real. Dig it!

Not even the zombie apocalypse can stand in the way of Christmas. It's The Walking Dead Christmas Special! This Christmas on AMC, be merry or be dead.

"The Walking Dead" returns February 10, 2013, with Episode 3.09, "The Suicide King," written by Evan Reilly and directed by Lesli Linka Glatter.

To stay up-to-the-minute on all things walker related, follow @WalkingDead_AMC on Twitter and visit "The Walking Dead" on Facebook. For more be sure to hit up the official "The Walking Dead" page on AMC.com.

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If the Radio Silence team proved anything in the indie hit V/H/S, it's that they can do horror with flying colors as their segment in the anthology was the best the flick had to offer. That being said, 20th Century Fox took notice of this.

THR reports that Fox has picked up an untitled found footage project written by Lindsay Devlin with directing team Radio Silence on board to helm. John Davis is producing via his Fox-based Davis Entertainment banner. Davis dipped into his discretionary fund to acquire the project as a pitch back in the spring. Devlin then wrote the script, attracting the directing team which is comprised of Tyler Gillett, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Chad Villella and Justin Martinez.

The logline is being kept secret to protect the idea from falling into the wrong hands, but it is described as being female-driven and having horror elements.

Look for more on this one soon.

There is a video god, and he has bestowed upon the latest R-rated Riddick film a release date. Get out your calendars, kids, and mark down September 6th, 2013, as the day you can hook up with everyone's favorite Furian.

Riddick, as it is now being called, stars Vin Diesel and is based on a script by David Twohy, who wrote both 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:
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.

Some quick distribution news has come in to round out the work day as Variety reports that Artsploitation Films has procured the U.S. rights to Chilean horror film Hidden in the Woods and is slating it for domestic release sometime in 2013.

Mixing horror, action and drama, Hidden in the Woods (review here), aka En Las Afueras De La Ciudad, is inspired by true events.

Synopsis
Hidden in the Woods tells the story of two sisters who have been raised in isolation, subjected to the torment of their abusive, drug dealing father. When they finally decide to report him to the police, he kills the two officers and is put in jail. But things go from bad to worse when the girls must answer to their Uncle Costello, a psychotic drug kingpin, who shows up looking for his missing merchandise which is hidden in the woods.

Time for another exclusive courtesy of Image Entertainment. Get ready to feast your eyes on the official trailer premiere for All Superheroes Must Die. Strap on your cape and check out the goodies right here.

All Superheroes Must Die, starring, written and directed by Jason Trost (star, writer/director of The FP) and co-starring James Remar ("Dexter") and Lucas Till (X-Men: First Class), premieres on VOD January 1, 2013, and will soar across the big screen in limited theatrical engagements starting January 4, 2013.

The film follows four masked avengers - Charge (Trost), Cutthroat (Till), The Wall (Lee Valmassy) and Shadow (Sophie Merkley) - who find themselves stripped of their powers by their arch-nemesis (Remar), whom they defeated years earlier...or so they thought. When the sinister mastermind puts the heroes through a series of brutal challenges that are virtually impossible to overcome, they must battle the clock – and even each other – in a race to stop a deadly countdown that could mean total destruction. Will the superheroes prevail, or will they be forced to meet their demise as mere human beings?

From the Oscar-winning director of Rain Man comes… a found footage ecological horror movie about mutant aquatic parasites? Who saw that one coming? If you didn’t see it on VOD or during its limited theatrical run last month, you’ll get another chance to swim in Barry Levinson’s The Bay this coming spring.

Two million fish washed ashore. One thousand blackbirds dropped from the sky. On July 4, 2009, a deadly menace swept through the quaint seaside town of Claridge, Maryland, but the harrowing story of what happened that Independence Day has never been told – until now. From Oscar®-winning director Barry Levinson and the producers of Paranormal Activity and Insidious comes this nerve-shredding tale of a small town plunged into absolute terror. The authorities believed they had buried the truth about the tragedy that claimed over 700 human lives. Now, three years later, a reporter has emerged with footage revealing the cover-up and an unimaginable killer: a mysterious parasitic outbreak. Told from the perspective of those who were there and saw what happened, The Bay unfolds over 24 hours though people’s iPhones, Androids, 911 calls, web cams, and whatever else could be used to document the nightmare in Claridge.

The Bay is less a found footage movie than a fake news documentary comprised of multiple footage sources about a small seaside community that is nearly wiped out by a mutant strain of aquatic life brought about by environmental pollution. While Uncle Creepy and I both very much dug the flick, that more clinical approach to a horror movie about humans becoming infected by mutant isopods that eat people from the inside out with a heavy emphasis on the root causes of the problem might make The Bay a little too dry for some viewers.

Cabin in the Woods’ Kristen Connolly, Argo’s Christopher Denham and Kether Donohue star in this movie billed as “From the Producers of Paranormal Activity and Insidious”, a phrase I saw on so many posters and movie trailers I’d swear 25% of all theatrically-released horror movies this past year were produced by them.

Lionsgate is set to release The Bay on DVD (and VOD, again) on March 13th. The disc will include an audio commentary track by director Barry Levinson as well as a featurette entitled “Into the Unknown: Barry Levinson on The Bay.”

Oddly, there appear to be no announced plans for a Blu-ray release. Not that it would make that big a difference considering the manner in which the film is shot.

Last year we tickled your holiday horror bone with a series entitled The Six Slays of Christmas. After reviewing the list, we realized there was a ton of horror projects that could and should have been added. So welcome to The Six Slays of Christmas 2012.

With the big holiday less than a week away, it's the perfect time to dive into those beloved Christmas horror flicks. If you need a reminder of the previous entries, you can check out the original Six Slays of Christmas right here. But without further ado, here's the first of this year's recommendations.

Day 1-Treevenge
It seemed to be in the holiday spirit to not only mention the first film of the series but give you the entire damn thing right here. Treevenge is one of my all-time favorite horror shorts. It's so unique and twisted and crams an entire 90-minute feature film's worth of violence and bloodshed into the final two minutes of the 14-minute short.

Written and directed by Jason Eisener, who rose to fame for creating Hobo With a Shotgun, Treevenge is a look at the Christmas season from the trees' perspective. The trees who get tortured from harvesting (with all kinds of saws and sharp implements) to transportation to being screwed into those brutal stands to the humiliation of being decorated with all kinds of ridiculous ornamentation. Any self-respecting tree can only take so much. And on this particular Christmas Day, the trees strike back.

The film stars Jonathan Torrens, Sarah Dunsworth and Maris Morgan and contains two of the most violent minutes of horror action you'll see anywhere. You'll see eyes popped out, a leg hacked off, strangulations, a baby's head squashed and what can only be described as arboreal sodomy. It's a great little short film, and you can see all these acts of violence and violation in the full version of Treevenge below.

Happy holidays!

We've made no bones about our love for Adam Green and Joe Lynch's devilishly delightful horrific sitcom "Holliston". And the boys have a couple of special treats for you this holiday season: a free look at the show's Christmas special and a live chat on Facebook.

The "Holliston" Christmas special aired on FEARnet on December 18th, and we have the special uncut version of the show right here for you to feast your peepers on. You won't be disappointed! Adam, Joe, Corri and Laura are back and as entertaining as ever as a snowstorm hits Holliston and hilarity ensues.

And if that's not enough "Holliston" for you, dig this. On Thursday, December 20, the guys and girls mentioned above will all be live on the "Holliston" Facebook page at 7pm PST/10pm EST to do a live chat with everyone about the "Holliston" Christmas Special! (Unfortunately, both Dee Snider and Oderus/Dave Brockie have performances that night so won't be able to make it.)

Enjoy!