Do you or someone you know have a penchant for the supernatural? Do you like spending time in the great outdoors? Are you between the ages of 9 and 17? Will you be in Portland, Oregon, from July 16 to July 20? If so, Trackers Earth has the ultimate summer-camp experience for you!

From the Press Release:
Dark Horse Comics is proud to announce a partnership with Trackers Earth offering officially licensed B.P.R.D. and Hellboy camps, made possible through the generous permission of Mike Mignola, creator of B.P.R.D. and Hellboy.

“Trackers Earth is part of what makes Portland such an interesting place to live and the most fun place in the country to raise a kid. This year my 6-year-old did Trackers camps focusing on forest ninja skills and stealth archery and attended a school of magic. I wish he were old enough for B.P.R.D. camp, and I can’t wait to participate myself,” said B.P.R.D. editor Scott Allie.

Trackers Earth is looking for a few good recruits that have got what it takes to join an elite team of paranormal investigators combating the forces of darkness from all across the globe. They immerse you in tactical training of all forms, including survival skills in any environment (both earthly and non), martial arts, and self-defense specific to preternatural entities, hand-to-hand weaponry (foam swords, bows, and more), and forensic investigation. All these are key skills that every agent must have; plus, you will be steeped in the history of the Bureau and the legacy of paranormal research.

Recruits get actual field time during the entire camp. Learning is hands-on with essential survival skills such as shelter building, stealth, and tactical and martial-arts training.

Younger Recruits
Ages 9–10: Younger recruits train in survival and field skills in local green spaces. They also spend their day investigating the haunted history of the city, piecing together the larger mystery revolving around the legend of Adolph Aschoff.

Older Recruits
Ages 11–13 and 14–17: Older recruits also investigate nearby “haunts,” then finally travel to Camp Trackers near Sandy, Oregon, to investigate reports of dark figures and strange happenings at the remnants of the old, defunct town of Marmot. Here they search for a legendary and lost pioneer cemetery (true story) to ask local specters and spirits about the town’s history and the legend of Adolph Aschoff, the man who is said to have sealed away an ancient evil upon the founding of the town.

Wednesday–Friday Overnight: Older recruits culminate their week with a two-night stay at Camp Trackers’ outdoor wilderness site in Sandy, Oregon. This is the perfect opportunity to focus on many of the skills taught at the camp.

The B.P.R.D. Training Camp includes:

• Tactical training
• Survival in any environment
• Martial arts and self-defense specific to preternatural entities
• Hand-to-hand weaponry (foam swords, bows, and more)
• Investigation and forensics
• Folklore and mythology
• Potions and charms 101
• Telepathy training
• Gadgets of the occult: EMF detectors, polarized lenses, and other paranormal investigative gear
• Comparative analogy and physiology of monsters
• Construction of your own quality foam swords and training weapons
• Meeting with the artists of the comic book that documents the adventures of the B.P.R.D.
• Bureau history and paranormal research

To find out more about B.P.R.D. Camp (aka Hellboy Camp), head over to the official website.

The iPhone is really turning out to be one helluva viable gaming platform, and honestly? We never saw that coming. Still, games are being released by the dozens, and this latest one that caught our attention has us really curious!

From the Press Release
The mad scientists at BrainBlast Games are proud to announce Curio exclusively for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Curio is available on the iTunes ®App Store for $0.99.

“Curio offers a huge amount of addictive and challenging gameplay for an affordable cost. We also put a big emphasis on design and enlisted a talented artist to create a unique set of characters that don’t look like much of anything else out there in the iOS game world,” said Victor Radar, co-founder of BrainBlast Games.

Curio tells the story of Ron Templeton III. The game begins deep within the confines of an asylum for the criminally insane. Ron barely manages to escape a lobotomy, and now he’s on the run. Along the way Ron will come face-to-face with insane inmates as well as having to confront his own personal demons.

“We wanted to create a unique spin on the modern side-scroller and feel we’ve really accomplished that here with Curio,” said Rube Rubenstein, co-founder of BrainBlast Games.

Curio is a 2D side-scrolling adventure game filled with mood altering gameplay and a storyline that evolves as you progress.

Players will guide Ron through his odyssey, collecting pills, dodging enemy attacks and doing anything it takes to maintain sanity. Mini-games and bonus materials include back story information about Ron Templeton III narrated by actor Robert Forster, best known for his Academy Award nominated role in Quentin Tarantino’s Jackie Brown.

Don’t let Ron miss any of his scheduled meds… or you might go insane, too.

There's another Gilbert family member heading to Mystic Falls, but sadly, she won't be hanging out with the lovely - and lonely - Elena as the character is set to appear in flashbacks only. Read on for the details.

According to TV Guide newcomer Lindsey R. Garrett has been cast as Samantha Gilbert. Samantha, in her 20s, is described as a bit of a gossip, and she'll appear in the episode titled "1912," airing at the end of February, as one of the town's founding family members who interacts with both Salvatore brothers.

Lucky girl!

After a few bumps in the road, NBC's "Grimm" appears to be back on track, and this latest bit of guest casting news has us looking forward to future eps. Azura Skye ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer") will be appearing later this season in "The Thing with Feathers".

TV Guide tells us Skye's character is a kind, mild-mannered bed and breakfast owner named Robin Steinkeller, who also happens to be a Seltenvogel (an extremely rare bird-like creature). Robin has something very valuable to many in the Wesen world, and Nick (David Giuntoli) finds her in a panic to escape her abusive husband. So far, her only protection is the strength of her turtleneck and scarf, whatever that might mean.

Former "Buffy" executive producer and writer David Greenwalt is now an executive producer on "Grimm" so it's no surprise he's tapping some of his former show's talent pool for this latest project.

The airdate of Skye's appearance isn't set yet, but we'll keep an eye on things.

Inspired by Grimms' fairy tales, "Grimm" follows Portland homicide Detective Nick Burkhardt, played by David Giuntoli, as he battles supernatural forces. Bitsie Tulloch portrays his fiancée, Juliette Silverton, with Russell Hornsby as his partner, Hank Griffin, and Silas Weir Mitchell as his confidant, Monroe. Reggie Lee and Sasha Roiz co-star. It is produced by Universal Television with Hazy Mills Prods. and GK Prods. Sean Hayes, Todd Milliner, David Greenwalt, Jim Kouf, Naren Shankar, and Norberto Barba are executive producers.

We're just a few weeks away from the day when the mob goes back to hell filled with hot lead and empty chest cavities. That's right, kids! The Darkness II is speeding at us like a bullet, and we have the launch trailer for you right here!

Inspired by the Top Cow comic book series, The Darkness II continues the journey of made (in hell) man Jackie Estacado and his minions. Game features are as follows ...

Three ... Three TV spots ... Three TV spots for Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance. They're all right here. They all feature Nicolas Cage. Send the police.

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, stars Nicolas Cage, Nicolas Cage's hair, Idris Elba, Johnny Whitworth, Violante Placido and Ciaran Hinds. The movie finds Johnny Blaze, aka Ghost Rider (Cage), hiding out in remote Eastern Europe and struggling to repress his curse. Blaze is recruited by a sect to take on the devil (Hinds), who wants to take over his mortal son’s body on the boy’s birthday. Its scheduled release date is February 17, 2012.

Synopsis
It has been several years since making a deal with the Devil and Johnny Blaze (Nicolas Cage), living in self-imposed isolation, finds himself as the only person who can help save 10-year-old Danny – and ultimately the world – thanks to his unwanted and uncontrollable power – his ability to transform into the hell-on-wheels monster known as The Ghost Rider.

Time to go behind-the-scenes of this weekend's toothy entry into the survival horror subgenre, The Grey. We have several new videos on tap for you right here!

Click here for our review of The Grey!

From the Press Release:
Open Road Films will release the highly anticipated, action-packed survival thriller, The Grey, in theaters nationwide on January 27, 2012. The Grey stars Liam Neeson and is directed by Joe Carnahan (A-Team, Smokin’ Aces, Narc); it was produced by Liddell Entertainment.

In The Grey, Liam Neeson leads an unruly group of oil-rig roughnecks when their plane crashes into the remote Alaskan wilderness. Battling mortal injuries and merciless weather, the survivors have only a few days to escape the icy elements – and a vicious pack of rogue wolves on the hunt – before their time runs out.

The Grey also features Frank Grillo (Warrior and Lay the Favorite), Dermot Mulroney (Burn After Reading, About Schmidt), Dallas Roberts ("The Good Wife", 3:10 To Yuma), Joe Anderson (Across The Universe, upcoming ABC series "The River"), James Badge Dale (upcoming World War Z, The Conspirator, HBO’s "The Pacific"), and Nonso Anozie (Conan the Barbarian, Atonement, RocknRolla).

The Grey is produced by Jules Daly, Joe Carnahan, Ridley Scott, and Mickey Liddell. Executive producers are Tony Scott and Jennifer Hilton as well as Jim Seibel, Bill Johnson, and Marc Butan of Inferno Entertainment.

The last time fans saw Oded Fehr's character Carlos Olivera in 2007's Resident Evil: Extinction, the dude valiantly blew himself up right before he was about to be a zombie meal after being surrounded by a horde of the undead. So how exactly is the actor in Paul W.S. Anderson's upcoming Resident Evil: Retribution again?

Well, while on the set of the fourth Resident Evil sequel, Dread Central had the opportunity to sit down and talk with Fehr about his return to the franchise after five years, how fans can expect a lot of Carlos in this flick since there are at least two of them running around, working with Anderson as a director this time and more about his experiences while shooting the epic 3D horror action flick.

Check out the highlights of our interview with Fehr below, and make sure to check back soon for more interviews from the set of Resident Evil: Retribution!

Q: What were your first thoughts about coming on board Retribution?

A: Well, at first I was pissed because I didn't realize I wouldn't be a part of it. I called Milla and was giving her such a hard time, saying, "Now I hear you’re shooting 5 without me? What the heck’s going on?" And she was so cute. She was like, "Blah, dah, bah, bah, blah." You know? She didn’t want to say anything because she knew already that they were bringing me back in. So we met up with Paul that night and we had dinner. That's when he was like, "Yeah. We’re bringing you back in." So I came back from the dead for this.

Q: How? How are you brought back from the dead? Obviously you’re not the only one. We’re seeing characters from the first film being brought in as well.

A: (laughs) Yeah!

Q: So if I posed it as, ‘Are you going to get to continue your relationship with Milla (Jovovich)’s character, as they were alluding to in Part 3, or are you on the side of evil?

A: Well, the interesting thing is that in a way I do and in a way I don’t. See, because I kind of come back twice on this one. I think you had a hundred Millas on the last one. So obviously, you can have more Carloses and more Ones and more Rains. The interesting thing is, I come back as two different guys in this one. There’s a dynamic to the relationship with Milla’s character, and then there’s the other side. He’s working for Umbrella again. So the answer is both.

Q: So that allows you to have some fun with the character.

A: Yeah. It’s great. I get to play two different characters. It’s fun. Two opposing sides.

Q: Do you fight yourself in the film?

A: Do I fight myself in the film? No. I’m not THAT lucky.

Q: And you’re getting to work with Paul as a director this time, too. Because the last two that you were in...

A: Yeah, but you know, for number three he was there the entire time. I think there was a time where the director was out sick for three or four days so I actually ended up working with him then. And he was so closely involved that it felt like you were working with him anyway. He’s a great guy. He’s a lot of fun. Really nice. It’s a great atmosphere on set. He’s got a good eye and knows what he wants. It’s fun.

Q: How’s the 3D process on this movie for you?

A: It’s complicated. The funny thing about it is, I always look at the steady-cam guys. When the steady-cam was still young, in the early days of steady-cam, I was in the beginning of my career. And I remember these guys carrying these big cameras—film cameras. They were not yet made for the steady-cam. They were big and heavy, and they were lugging these things around. And then, cameras became smaller and more compact. And then, boom! We moved into digital. Digital came in, and it was all big, and wires, and everything. And now, digital went so compact—it’s amazing! All of a sudden, steady-cams…they have an easier life again. And bam! Now we’re 3D, and they’ve got two cameras set up, with two sets of lenses, and two everything. And it’s heavier than it’s ever been. Literally, it’s like we went back to the 1920s.

Q: Can you talk a little bit more about working with Paul? How he approaches the material and talks to you about characters? And how serious he is about this story that (comes from a) videogame series?

A: I think these movies…they’re not the highest on deep drama and backstories and all the rest of it. They’re a popcorn fun ride, where, if they can stick some romance in it, and suggestions, and things like that, it’s a lot of fun. It’s just a fun movie, and I think that’s his approach about it. He’s extremely open to any kind of suggestions you might have or anything like that. And he really concentrates on keeping the fun in it. Having the different characters. Having Rain, who Michelle (Rodriguez) plays, and in this one, she plays Bad Rain and Good Rain, which is really funny. She’s like this tough girl, weapons specialist killer thing. And then, on the other hand, she’s this tree-hugger, Prius-driving, sweet girl. You know what I mean? So he brings all that fun in there. And I think that’s his approach while filming as well. He loves keeping the fun and the spark in it. He surrounds himself with people he loves working with. Most of the people that are here are people he worked with on previous movies. So it’s a really great, nice set to be on.

Q: So does everyone have two versions of themselves in this?

A: No, I think Michelle’s character and myself are the only ones that—I want to make sure that I’m saying it correctly—yeah, we’re the only ones that have the two characters. Sienna (Guillory)’s character has that spider thing stuck to her chest, which kind of controls her thoughts, as you saw in the last movie with Ali Larter’s character. So she is a good person caught in a bad person’s body kind of thing.

Q: Where do we first meet you in the film? Where do we get introduced?

A: We get introduced to Carlos’ "Todd" in a very simple suburbanized home. And he’s just the husband. Just a dad and a husband and a regular ol’ nice guy.

Q: So are we getting prequel elements to this story? Is this kind of a prequel sequel? Or is this an Umbrella Corporation Home?

A: Well…Uh…yes. And no. (laughs)

Q: Is this film building to sort of a climax for the franchise? Or do you see it continuing on past this?

A: I don’t know. I think so. I mean, I think the idea is to do—there’s one more movie that I know Paul definitely has in mind. He has this idea of this huge crescendo, this beautiful thing. But you know, when we did the third one, I thought THAT would be a huge crescendo beautiful thing. It just seems that people love watching the movies. Especially number four—it was more successful than the one before it so it’s like, "Well, if people like it, we’ll just keep bringing it back!" It’s interesting working with Colin (Salmon) because Colin keeps saying how they shot this little independent movie in Germany and nobody imagined that it would be so successful.

And it is. I think it’s one of the most successful franchises, right? People love it and it’s a lot of fun. It’s great. What’s interesting is that I just saw the movies to refresh myself with the series, and it’s like you’re watching Milla grow from a young kid in the first movie into this gorgeous woman in number four. It’s kind of cool.

Q: How does this film top the other entries that you’ve been in? Does it allow you to do anything new, action-wise? Is there anything that you’re really excited to see?

A: I think the fact that I get to play the two different characters is the main thing. The movie is like anything else: once you’ve got a big enough ensemble, it spreads out. So there’s not as much…I’m not nearly as involved on this one as I was on number two or number three, really; so I’m kind of more a part of the gang.

Q: Do you get to do any crazy wirework or fight sequences, or is it all guns blazing for you?

A: This time it was mainly more guns blazing. There’s a lot of concentration on the women fighting each other so us guys- we get to be just tough guys shooting. But I got hung on the wires here and there; it’s fun.

Q: In Extinction you guys were up against, kind of, new ‘super-zombie’ things in the desert. There were new creatures. Do you guys go up against anything new in this one in terms of a creature or creature effects?

A: Yes. Now, that’s a complicated question for me. I’m on the bad guy's side so we are the ones who are unleashing them, more than having to fight with them. I don't have them in front of me so I only get descriptions of what they look like. I just know there's something coming out of the face and claws, maybe a kind of a super-licker-something; but really, I have no idea. I'm not much of a gamer so I don't know how to explain them.

Q: You mentioned that you play two different versions of your character and also that Paul is thinking for one more film. Do either of your versions survive? And has Paul said, "If we make a sixth, you’d be around."

A: I can’t say things like that! Do either of my things survive? (laughs)

Q: The Resident Evil movies are known for killing off characters- something you are familiar with.

A: That’s a very good possibility. But I shouldn’t tell you- should I? I shouldn’t tell you what happens!

Q: Even if both of them die, you could come back. Has Paul said to you, "If we make a final one, you’d be around."

A: Of course, but I don’t think anybody knows one hundred percent. He has an idea of what he wants to do. All I can tell you is that I love Paul and we have a great time. He found a way to bring me back on this one; maybe he will on the sixth one. I don’t know. I hope there will be a sixth one. I have no idea. We’ll see.

Written and directed by Paul Anderson, Re5ident Evil: Retribution stars Milla Jovovich, Boris Kodjoe, Li Bingbing, Kevin Durand, Shawn Roberts, Michelle Rodriguez, Sienna Guillory, Johann Urb, and Colin Salmon. Look for Re5ident Evil: Retribution in theatres on September 14, 2012 from Screen Gems.

In Joe Carnahan's survivalist thriller The Grey, Joe Anderson plays loudmouth oil rigger Todd Flannery, who always manages to rub his co-workers the wrong way with his less-than-appropriate comments. However, once their plane goes down, Flannery and the rest of the survivors - played by Liam Neeson, Frank Grillo, Dermot Mulroney, Dallas Roberts, Nonso Anozie, Ben Bray and James Badge Dale - are forced to work together to endure both the harsh wintry terrain where they landed as well as a pack of deadly wolves whose feeding grounds the group unknowingly stumble upon.

Dread Central recently caught up with Anderson to talk about his experiences working with such a brilliant ensemble of actors on The Grey, his thoughts on his character Flannery and how nothing can ever prepare you mentally for the kind of shoot they endured alongside filmmaker Carnahan. Anderson also briefly chatted about his next project on the horizon, ABC's upcoming found footage horror series "The River", which was created by Oren Peli and Steven Spielberg.

Anderson, a classically trained actor, discussed how he first learned of Carnahan's work as a director and what his first impressions were of the script for The Grey.

"The first time I learned of Joe Carnahan was while I was in drama school," explained Anderson. "They showed us his movie Narc, which is this incredibly brutal cop story that was so dark and haunting. But there was this one shot that always stuck with me, and it was Jason Patric standing in the shower, holding his child, and that's not the kind of sensitive moment you see very often in that style of storytelling. Who would have thought a handful of years later I'd be working with him and on something just as brilliant as Narc was when it was released?"

"The Grey has that kind of sensibility to it that Narc did ten years ago. When I first read the script, I realized that this story could be done a dozen different ways, but only one way would be honest to the story being told and thankfully that was also the route Joe took. There's certainly a 'hero' aspect to the story, but that's not the only thing going on; there's also the brutality of the conditions, the lives of these men and their will to overcome insurmountable odds," added Anderson.

Of course, the up-and-coming actor knew it was going to be bitter cold when he set off to shoot The Grey last January; however, Anderson discussed how nothing would ever be able to prepare him for what it would really be like once he arrived in British Columbia. "I was blindly gung-ho about going to make this movie in the middle of nowhere; sure, I knew it was going to be cold, but I figured it couldn't really be THAT bad since we're shooting a movie there. Little did I know- basically making The Grey was akin to an Arctic expedition, and I don't know if you can ever really prepare yourself mentally for something like that. There's cold, and there's what we endured while making The Grey."

Anderson went on to talk more about his character Todd Flannery and how it was integral to the success of Carnahan's story that everyone add their own touches to each of their respective characters.

Anderson said, "Flannery is a young and ignorant guy; that ignorance breeds fear within him. He's got a lot of mouth and is always saying the wrong thing, but he's not necessarily a bad guy for it. Ultimately, he's scared and that's his reaction to the situation he's thrown into. I would say there's a little bit of Joe inside Flannery, but I think I had to do that so he'd feel natural in the film. There's a naturalness to The Grey so playing him any other way would never have worked. He needed to be himself but in a way that you still want him to survive by the end, too, so I never would have made him this over-the-top type of character."

"We had such an amazing cast all around, really," added Anderson. " Liam is fantastic as always, and both Dallas (Roberts) and Dermot (Mulroney) really blew me away on set; they're these rough and tough kind of characters, but when their characters begin talking about their families and lives, you just get lost in the softness that is lingering below the surface, and I think what they did in The Grey was brilliant. It was such a fantastic experience getting to work with all of these guys and Joe on this."

With The Grey coming out this weekend, we asked Anderson about another big project on the horizon for him: ABC's "The River", in which Anderson stars alongside Leslie Hope, Bruce Greenwood, Eloise Mumford and Paul Blackthorne. Anderson explained the irony of working on these two vastly different projects back-to-back. "We were joking on the set of The Grey that our next projects had to be in Hawaii so we could enjoy a warm climate for a change- then, a few months later I get offered "The River", which was filming in Puerto Rico and eventually Hawaii, so I thought that was pretty funny how everything worked out."

"But working on "The River" was pretty extraordinary, so unlike anything I've ever filmed before. When working in movies, you get used to shooting in front of one camera, maybe two, and that's that. With this show there are cameras everywhere, and we're pretty much knocking down the fourth wall, which is a bit of a challenge to adapt to as an actor. It's sort of like acting in the round, but after a few days I got used to it. "

"I think fans will really enjoy it, and I've been surprised by how scary the show is - and I worked on it - but with so many cameras you just never know what's going to make it when you're shooting. I've only seen up to Episode Four so far, but I'm really proud of our work on it," added Anderson.

Open Road Films will release the highly anticipated, action-packed survival thriller The Grey (review here) in theaters nationwide on January 27th, 2012.

Who's ready to go one-on-one with La Dame En Noir? That's fancy speak for The Woman in Black, n'est–ce pas? See that? We're bitextual! Dig it!

Joining star Daniel Radcliffe are Ciaran Hinds, Janet McTeer, Liz White, Alisa Khazanova, Tim McMullan, Roger Allam, Daniel Cerqueira, Shaun Dooley, Mary Stockley, Cathy Sara, David Burke, Victor McGuire, and Lucy May Barker. James Watkins (Eden Lake) is at the directorial helm with a screenplay by Jane Goldman.

The Woman in Black follows a young lawyer, Arthur Kipps (Radcliffe), who is ordered to travel to a remote corner of the UK and sort out a recently deceased client’s papers. As he works alone in an old and isolated house, Kipps begins to uncover its tragic secrets, and his unease grows when he discovers that the local village is held hostage by the ghost of a scorned woman set on vengeance.

Look for The Woman in Black in US theatres on February 3rd, 2012. The UK will be getting it on February 10th, 2012.

Despite reports of the film causing moviegoers to pass out - or perhaps because of them - Magnolia Pictures has acquired North American rights to the Bloody Disgusting Selects Sundance Midnight entry V/H/S for low seven figures. Plans are for a theatrical release in the fall and then VOD.

V/H/S / U.S.A. (Directors: Adam Wingard, David Bruckner, Ti West, Glenn McQuaid, Joe Swanberg, Radio Silence, Screenwriters: Simon Barrett, David Bruckner, Ti West, Glenn McQuaid, Radio Silence) — When a group of misfits is hired by an unknown third party to burglarize a desolate house and acquire a rare VHS tape, they discover more found footage than they bargained for. Cast: Joe Swanberg, Calvin Reeder, Adam Wingard, Sophia Takal, Kate Lyn Sheil.

Another ghostly cinéma vérité style flick is on its way to DVD courtesy of Image Entertainment, and we've got your first details, a trailer, and badass artwork for Episode 50 right here! Dig it!

This latest spookshow comes to us from Ian Holt, the writer of Dr. Chopper, and the directing duo of Tess and Joe Smally. Josh Folan ("All My Children"), Chris Perry, Natalie Wetta, and Kiethan Hergott star.

Look for Episode 50 on DVD April 17th.

Synopsis
Two television crews of paranormal experts - one team of skeptics looking to debunk myths about ghosts and another consisting of believers looking to prove their existence - team up for the first time for a special episode. The crews get more than they bargained for when they actually make contact with a spirit of tremendous power and must band together to stop it before it destroys them all.

Sometimes you see a trailer and it has a scene in it that you replay over and over and over again in your head. This is one of those times. If hot chicks with tails are your thing ... brothers and sisters, you are in luck!

From director Aleksander Nordaas comes Thale starring Silje Reinåmo, Erlend Nervold, and Jon Sigve Skard.

Though there is no synopsis available just yet, we do have a description of the legend this flick is based upon courtesy of Wikipedia...

In some traditions the huldra lures men into the forest to have sexual intercourse with her, rewarding those who satisfy her and often killing those who do not. The Norwegian huldra is a lot less bloodthirsty and may simply kidnap a man or lure him into the underworld. She sometimes steals human infants and replaces them with her own ugly huldrebarn (changeling huldre children). In some cases the intercourse resulted in a child, being presented to the unknowing father. In some cases she forces him to marry her.

Some new eye candy for Tii Ricks' slasher homage Rage – Midsummer's Eve has made its way online, and we've scooped up the goodies and have them for you right here with a side of chills! Check it out!

From the Press Release
Just a couple of weeks after the New York Times announced Finland and its beautiful capital city Helsinki to be the second best place to visit in 2012 and after the Brits, once again, voted the Finnish Lapland to be their favorite place to visit during the winter holidays, the principals of American film production company La Brea Pictures release the first teaser trailer for Rage – Midsummer's Eve, a suspense horror film shot entirely in Finland and in the Finnish Arctic Circle.

Daughter of an American father and a Finnish mother, Ms. Tii Ricks (30), originally from Brooklyn, New York, filmed Rage – Midsummer's Eve last summer in the authentic locations of Finland to catch the mystical feeling of the Midnight Sun. "I am a huge fan of the horror genre, and my mother was born in Finland. I have never really understood the concept of going to a summer cottage for the summer holidays anywhere – especially in Finland - because to me the Midnight Sun with the night mist over the night fields and the dead silence of the forest, combined with isolated villages, are not a nice and peaceful place to spend the holidays. On the contrary they scare the heck out of me," Ricks says. "To set a kind of traditional American horror film into this environment was a must for me," she continues.

Rage - Midsummer's Eve tells a story about a group of American, English, and Finnish friends living and studying in Finland who decide to spend their last summer as students by traveling to the Finnish Arctic Circle to experience the "White Nights" and the mystical, originally a pagan holiday, Midsummer's Eve. The film is set to have its premiere in 2012.

Seriously? We're in love with this one-sheet. Just like back in the early Eighties, one glance at this beauty would be enough for me to watch the flick without knowing a damned thing about it. Dig on this new eye candy for Six Degrees of Hell!

Starring Corey Feldman, the film features stand-out performances from veterans Jill Whelan, Brian Anthony Wilson, Susan Moses, and Tom McCarthy. Joe Raffa, Nikki Bell, Kyle Patrick Brennan, Nicole Cinaglia, and David Bonner co-star. Six Degrees of Hell was directed by Joe Raffa and penned by Harrison Smith of the upcoming Cloris Leachman thriller, The Fields.

Synopsis:
Six people and their lives are stitched together by a supernatural force that has laid claim to one of them. A Halloween haunted establishment is ground zero for a paranormal perfect storm inadvertently touched off by a seemingly random series of events.

For more information check out the Six Degrees of Hell website or cruise over to the Six Degrees of Hell Facebook page.

I Am Alive follows a man on a journey to find his missing wife and daughter after "The Event" has turned his hometown into a post-apocalyptic wasteland. It's an interesting story that has been done before, but it has never really been attempted on video game medium until now.

From the Press Release
"In I Am Alive, players will be challenged by both the environment and the enemies. Stamina and resource management are key when being exposed to deadly atmospheres and scaling enormous buildings in search of supplies. The unique combat system requires players to utilize intimidation - cowards are easily swayed with an empty gun, while other enemies will put players to the test."

The Ubisoft project is finally completed and is slated to be released on March 7, 2012 on PC and Xbox 360 as part of Xbox LIVE Arcade House Party Promotion. You can also find more info about the game on the official I Am Alive website.

Still not convinced? Watch the latest trailer.

Block Zombies is a new Xbox indie game that is available now from the developers at Nostatic Software. Because, you know, the only thing more frightening than zombies are zombies made out of blocks.

Block Zombies allows you to play as a lone survivor after some strange crystalline structures have turned the entire population into mindless zombie killing machines. Luckily, this lone survivor is well-equipped to handle this situation, and I do mean equipped!

You will have a variety of guns and other weapons at your disposal, and you will need to utilize your full arsenal if you ever hope to send the zombies back to the blocky hell they came from. Weapons can be upgraded during the game to make the zombie slaying that much simpler and fun.

You can visit the Block Zombies website for more info, and you can download the free trial or full version of the game right now from the game marketplace or by visiting the Block Zombies Xbox.com page. The ever popularMinecraft has infected the minds of gamers and paved a whole new way for games such as Block Zombies. Only one question remains before fighting a horde of flesh eating zombies: "Where is my pickaxe?"

Game Features

Single Player

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We recently got word about the DVD and Blu-ray release of Jimmy ScreamerClauz's animated Where the Dead Go to Die from Unearthed Films on February 21st and are happy to share the cover artwork and the flick's trailer. Check it out!

Synopsis:
Where the Dead Go to Die revolves around a troubled group of children living on the same block. They are haunted by a talking dog named Labby who brings them on surreal hell-rides between different dimensions and time periods. On the night of a lunar eclipse, he informs Tommy about the devil fetus living inside his mother. The same night he attempts to help Ralph court the girl across the street, who is an unwilling participant in her father's child porn tape trading ring. Add in a memory-stealing junkie living inside an abandoned church, and you have 93 minutes of pure mind-melting insanity!

Directed by Jimmy ScreamerClauz, Where the Dead Go to Die stars Ruby LaRocca, Brandon Slagle, Joey Smack, Victor Bonacore, Joshua Michael Greene, Linnea Quigley, and more.

Special Features:

Ice Cream Sunday Short Film with Commentary

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Have you and your friends ever wished you could experience the zombie apocalypse together? With Image Metrics Inc.'s new iPad app called Zombie Wars, you and two of your friends can become part of your very own comic strip.

Zombie Wars utilizes Image Metrics' advanced facial animation technologies such as PortableYou to render 3D customizable avatars by using 2D facial pictures. Avatars can be chosen from one of three main characters in the comic, and the resulting files can be shared over Facebook, Twitter and email.

CEO of Image Metrics Robert Gehorsam stated, "Zombie Wars is our first consumer application, a great story that also gives users the ability to create and share a fun experience that takes advantage of our avatar creation software. Combining PortableYou's rich feature set and ease-of-use with the iPad's functionality, Zombie Wars also shows off a publishing engine that gives users -- and other content creators -- the ability to create their own customized content with minimal effort or technical expertise."

You can find out more about Zombie Wars, PortableYou and Image Metrics on their respective websites, and you can download the Zombie Wars app here.

Here at Dread Central we realize that not everyone can make it to the lunacy that is the Sundance Film Festival, which is why we do our best to bring you all of the sights, sounds, and reviews you're hankering for. Next on tap for you? The Q&A session for Bloody Disgusting Selects' V/H/S (review here)!

Being that such a wealth of director talent was on hand, it was hard to keep track of who was saying what as the mic was passed around about 100 times. Therefore, here it is in question and answer style!

In Attendance: David Bruckner, Glenn McQuaid, Radio Silence, Joe Swanberg, Ti West, Adam Wingard.

Q: Why did you place the wrap-around segment where you did, and whose idea was that?

A: That is actually a difficult question. We shot the wrap-around before anything else was filmed. Brad Miska oversaw most of this project, and it was originally going to kinda be a TV series where people find tapes with evidence of supernatural activity, and then the plot came forward with collectors of these things, which I was never able to fully wrap my head around. What you just heard was my full understanding of that plot. At the time I was watching a whole bunch of YouTube videos and saw a lot of shocking videos on the Internet, and we just felt it would be better with a bunch of hooligans who think they have been hired to steal a tape when really they have been hired to create one. And who would think that a collector would be stupid enough to hire people to steal a tape from a rival collector and have them tape breaking into the house? That is really as far as we got with that idea. I am not a big fan of wrap-arounds; I have always felt them to be a missed opportunity. Adam, do you have anything to add to that? No.

Q: What inspired the story, and did you guys sit collectively in a room and decide which story you were going to do, or are you guys all friends?

A: Ummm... we can barely tolerate each other (laughter). Some of us are friends, some of us met through this project, and we all get along. I already spoke about the wrap-around.

1. We were working on our android piece, and we wanted to do something with porn and sexuality. And that sort of started the idea around that. We wanted to maybe implicate everyone’s guilt or something like that. So a POV opportunity came across and kind of naturally you say POV, you think video. It’s hard not thinking about propagating a sexual context if you acknowledge that. So we thought we’d make some kind of porn video.

2. Mine came about by trying to find a tolerable way to do found footage. What seemed scary to me is people filming you while you sleep. I just met some of these guys but have known some for quite some time. This was the perfect opportunity for us to work together. We actually did our part as a road trip in Arizona. I found getting to see the Grand Canyon as one of those “great experiences”. We all got to collaborate together, and that is something I was very excited about.

3. For me it was suggested that I do a one-page sort of treatment, a slasher idea, so the slasher segment kinda came to me. I wouldn’t be the most knowledgeable about slashers, the ones I love are sort of from the 80’s like Friday the 13th Part 6. So it was my job to make that kind of stereotype characters with a cheerleader and a jock and so on and to get that into a reality-based format from found footage.

4. I did the Skype one, Helen Come on Up. So Simon wrote the segment I directed. I guess I can talk about some of our intentions. As this technology kinda becomes more prevalent, we thought we could have found footage coming off a computer webcam with a long distance relationship idea. And then we actually took it one step further in that we actually shot what you saw with a laptop. It was in real time. We wanted to introduce something alien/ghostly.

5. Like some of the others, we were kinda given an assignment to do. I guess the premise was we wanted to make something about “good dudes” who just kinda end up getting screwed in the end. It was really that simple; we wanted to tell a story about guys that were kinda like us, and in fact they were so much like us they even look a lot like us. We wanted to tell about them going off on a really simple adventure on Halloween night and put them in a situation that they are absolutely not equipped to deal with to see how they would navigate that. Then right at the halfway mark they realize that there is not a party. Then to act through the second half and see what the outcome was.

Q: Why was the haunted house portion put after the wrap-around?

A: Whenever we were hanging out with the producers watching all the segments, they were assembled in a different order, and we originally only had 3 or 4 shorts, but we ended up with 5. When we watched the final cut, it originally ended with a different short and then the wrap-around, but when we saw the intensity of the train coming at the end, I immediately turned to the producers and said, “The movie ends right there”. Plus it helped us manage the in-between moments after the wrap-around. We just felt it had the most momentum. It just felt like the right ending.

Q: Why did you choose VHS?

A: We just thought it was the cool thing to do and it would keep it off the internet if the people were considered collectors…like old-school collectors.

Q: Not a question - I just wanted to say thank you. It is not very often we get this much talent in one place.