K. D. Barker's retro sci-fi-/horror film On the Shoulders of Giants is now available for online purchase and viewing, but if you're not sure if it's for you, you can check out the first 35 minutes of it right here and then head over to the official site for the rest.

On the Shoulders of Giants stars Sarah Wood and Adam Lee, and one of the film's underlying themes is the 'horror' of how a technology, once invented with all the best will, can ultimately be put to terrifying destructive use.

Synopsis:
In the 23rd century mankind had finally traveled beyond the confines of Earth's solar system and made contact with intelligent extraterrestrials. New forms of atomic propulsion have finally made space exploration to distant worlds possible.

During starship Andromeda’s maiden voyage its Einstein-Rosen (ER) drive is successfully tested. A vessel equipped with an ER drive is capable of crossing the galaxy in days by traveling through self-generated wormholes. The ER drive was designed by the child science genius N'tron Zepethar.

Fifteen years earlier the starship Leviathan (with Zepethar aboard and propelled by his first version of an ER drive) disappeared on its maiden voyage. As the only other vessel equipped with an operational ER drive, the Andromeda is reassigned to the Leviathan's rescue mission.

The Andromeda’s crew locate the crashed Leviathan on Theta-25L, a desolate planet 45,000 light years from Earth. Whilst attempting to contact the Leviathan, the Andromeda's captain is killed. This untimely tragedy imposes the captaincy on Commander Jane Altaire.

After fifteen years on Theta-25L, Zepethar is the sole survivor of the Leviathan's crew. When Commander Altaire begins searching for answers to the Leviathan’s demise, it soon becomes apparent both Zepethar and Theta-25L harbour terrifying secrets...

To see more, visit the On the Shoulders of Giants screening page.

Word of a new indie project arrived in our inbox this week along with an early look at some FX sculpture work done by Phil Nicholas for the project. Check out the first details on Spavine {Marked by Damage}.

The film is written by Tiffany Heath and will be helmed by up-and-coming horror director Edgar Price. The cast includes Denton Blane Everett (Mulberry Stains, Psychic Experiment), Tiffany Heath (The Truth, Mulberry Stains), and Jake Austin (The Taxi, Mulberry Stains).

Mel House (Psychic Experiment, Imago, Place Holders) is on board as associate producer, and Phil Nichols of Facades FX (Renfield the Undead, Boggy Creek 2010, Psychic Experiment) will be handling the special make-up effects.

Phil told us of the killer, "He wears a leather face type mask made up of the skins of children and horses," which explains a little of what you'll see below.

Spavine begins principal photography on April 22nd in Hamshire, Texas. Look for more soon!

Synopsis:
Plagued by nightmares and obsessive sleepwalking, Darcy Baker can’t purge her mind of the animalistic abuse she suffered as a child at the hands of her mother. When Darcy’s therapist Ryan is informed that her family homestead, the very source of her nightmares, has been abandoned, he is eager to get her back there and pull the suppressed memories to the surface in order to start her journey of healing. While Darcy has no interest in walking through the door to that hell, she does have a deep desire to win the love of Ryan and succumbs to his wishes to return to her childhood home. Upon arriving at the decrepit house, she and Ryan discover that the fear mother ignites in Darcy still lives. Even more unsettling, they uncover the existence of ten-year-old Sam, a feral mute, who keeps his secrets dangerously close to his heart. Ryan admirably risks it all to heal both Sam and Darcy, but is their blood bond thicker than the healing waters he has to offer?

Now that we know for sure that "Begin Human" is returning for a fourth season on Syfy, the three primary cast members have recorded a video for the fans in which they speculate a bit on what's ahead for Sally, Aidan, and Josh.

"Being Human" stars Sam Witwer, Meaghan Rath, Sam Huntington, and Kristen Hager as vampire Aidan, ghost Sally, and newlywed werewolves Josh and Nora. Together they struggle to suppress their supernatural secrets and temptations and live their lives as close to normal as possible.

“‘Being Human’ really hit its stride creatively this year,” said Mark Stern, President of Original Content, Syfy, and Co-Head of Original Content, Universal Cable Productions (and we agree wholeheartedly). “This show has become a signature series for Syfy, and we are thrilled to have it return in 2014.”

"Being Human" is a Muse Entertainment production 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, and Rob Pursey and Toby Whithouse. Irene Litinsky ("Human Trafficking,""The Phantom") is series producer.

For more info visit "Being Human" on Syfy.com, join the Syfy Google+ circle, "like""Being Human" on Facebook, and follow "Being Human" on Twitter.

Separation is a twisted piece of filmmaking that will have you questioning just you're watching right up until the final moments. It's a skillfully constructed indie that hits VOD this Monday, April 15th, and in honor of its release, we have a new clip for you.

Written and directed by Greg White, Separation(review here) stars Peter Stebbings and Sarah Manninen as a couple struggling to keep their crumbling marriage alive in a town that suddenly finds itself terrorized by a serial killer.

Synopsis
Jack and Liz are struggling to keep their family together. While the big city trembles under the terror of a serial killer, Jack and Liz have just moved to the small summering community of Hemlock Lake, hoping it will make a difference in their relationship. Unfortunately, it's not the quiet town they were hoping for. As the sun sets on the rural lakeside town, Jack, Liz, and their little girl, Angie become prey to a mysterious local intent on ripping them apart.

Jennifer Blanc of Blanc/Biehn Productions has spent a lot of time in front of the camera as well as behind the scenes as a producer, but The Night Visitor represents her directorial debut and we've got an early tease for you.

When this news hit my inbox this morning, my heart initially sank. Not for anything to do with this particular film, but because I initially feared someone was remaking the absolutely miserable 1989 Night Visitor. That film, an infamously shameless attempt to remake Rear Window using the same exact template of Tom Holland's Fright Night, is best forgotten and I should be ashamed of even mentioning it in passing.

Thankfully, my fears weren't warranted, and director Jennifer Blanc's The Night Visitor sounds pretty damn cool. This amalgamation of horror and science fiction centers around a mother (Brianne Davis) and her efforts to protect her six-year-old son from a malevolent alien. XTRO re-imagined as a found footage horror movie, perhaps?

God, I hope so.

The Night Visitor is currently filming in Los Angeles. Keep your eyes glued to this spot for all the latest and greatest on this offering.

Ready for more insight into what's heading our way on Monday when "Defiance" premieres on Syfy? We have a video bonanza that introduces more characters and goes behind the scenes so get comfortable and stick around for a while.

First up is "Women of Defiance," which shows that in the world of 2046, it's the ladies who call the shots. Then we meet Datak Tarr, a scheming Castithan alien and ark survivor, played by Tony Curran. Next is Kenya (Mia Kirshner), the proprieter of Defiance's resident bar and bordello, the Need/Want, who's also the sister of Julie Benz's character, Mayor Amanda Rosewater; and last but not least is Irisa (Stephanie Leonidas), a tough and resourceful Irathient who ends up in Defiance with her adopted human father, Jeb Nolan.

After you get a feel for the cast and their characters, it's time to see a time-lapsed clip of the set being built, check out the Dodge Charger that's used on the show, and get a look behind the scenes at what went into the making of "Defiance."

Synopsis:
"Defiance" introduces a world where humans and aliens live together on a planet ravaged by decades of war and transformed by alien terra-forming machines. It centers on Jeb Nolan (Grant Bowler), the law-keeper in a bustling frontier boomtown that is one of the new world’s few oases of civility and inclusion. Nolan is a former Marine who fought in the alien conflict and suffered the loss of his wife and child in the war. The trauma transformed him into a lone wanderer in the wilds of this new and dangerous world.

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The series stars Grant Bowler, Julie Benz, Stephanie Leonidas, Tony Curran, Jaime Murray, Fionnula Flanagan, Mia Kirshner, and Oscar nominee Graham Greene. "Defiance" is directed by Scott Stewart (Legion, Priest) and written/executive produced by Rockne O’Bannon ("Farscape"), Kevin Murphy ("Desperate Housewives,""Caprica"), and Michael Taylor ("Battlestar Galactica"). Kevin Murphy serves as showrunner. Defiance is produced by Universal Cable Productions.

"Defiance" premieres April 15th at 9/8c on Syfy. For more info visit the "Defiance" website, "like""Defiance" on Facebook, and follow "Defiance" (@DefianceWorld) on Twitter.

Episode 1.01 - "Pilot" (airing 4/15/13)
The arrival of the mysterious Nolan (Grant Bowler) and his charge Irisa (Stephanie Leonidas) to the town of Defiance marks a threat to the fragile peace that exists between the residents in the premiere of this futuristic drama, which is set in the year 2046, more than 30 years following a war between humans and aliens that left Earth forever changed.

With CinemaCon getting cooking in Vegas this week some new banners for Insidious Chapter 2 has hit the Internet and we have a look at them for you right here. Nothing too exciting but still! Look for it on Friday, September 13th! How appropriate!

The famed horror team of director James Wan and writer Leigh Whannell reunite with the original cast of Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Lin Shaye and Ty Simpkins in Insidious Chapter 2, a terrifying sequel to the acclaimed horror film, which follows the haunted Lambert family as they seek to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.

Jason Blum’s Blumhouse Productions is producing (with Alliance financing). FilmDistrict will distribute the film theatrically in the United States, with Sony handling the majority of domestic ancillary rights. Alliance will distribute in Canada, the U.K. (through its Momentum Pictures subsidiary), and Spain (through Aurum); and Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions will distribute in all other international territories.

Be sure to "like" the original film by visiting the Insidious Facebook page, and follow it on Twitter at @InsidiousMovie.

Stay tuned for more as it comes. Thanks to Collider for the images below.

The full official teaser trailer for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire debuted tonight (April 14th) during the 2013 MTV Movie Awards after being introduced by co-star Liam Hemsworth, and things are looking pretty ominous for our heroine, Katniss Everdeen. Check it right here!

Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Lenny Kravitz, Elizabeth Banks, Stanley Tucci, Donald Sutherland, Willow Shields, Toby Jones, Paula Malcomson, and Woody Harrelson return in their roles from the first film. New to the Games are Jeffrey Wright, Sam Claflin, Alan Ritchson, Stephanie Leigh Schlund, Patrick St. Esprit, Jena Malone, Lynn Cohen, Bruno Gunn, Meta Golding, E. Roger Mitchell, Maria Howell, Amanda Plummer, Philip Seymour Hoffman, James Logan, Ivette Li-Sanchez, Justin Hix, Megan Hayes, John Casino, Elena Sanchez, Daniel Bernhardt, Marian Green, Jackson Spidell, and Tiffany Waxler.

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is directed by Francis Lawrence and produced by Nina Jacobson’s Color Force in tandem with producer Jon Kilik. The film's release date is November 22, 2013.

Synopsis:
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire begins as Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson). Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a “Victor’s Tour” of the districts. Along the way Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmering, but the Capitol is still very much in control as President Snow (Donald Sutherland) prepares the 75th Annual Hunger Games (The Quarter Quell) – a competition that could change Panem forever.

The upcoming CinemaCon show in Vegas has offered a first look at the title treatment for Spike Lee's take on Oldboy starring Josh Brolin. Look for the flick in theatres on October 11, 2013. Will you be there or are you just gonna stick with the Korean classic?

James Ransone, Elizabeth Olsen, Sharlto Copley, and Samuel Jackson all star in the remake of Park Chan-wook’s masterpiece. FilmDistrict acquired U.S. distribution rights to the flick during the Toronto International Film Festival.

Brolin plays an ad exec who is kidnapped and held hostage for 20 years in solitary confinement without any indication of his captor’s motive. When he is inexplicably released, he embarks on an obsessive mission to discover who orchestrated his bizarre and torturous punishment, only to find he is still trapped in a web of conspiracy and torment. His quest for revenge leads him into an ill-fated relationship with a young social worker (Olsen) and ultimately to an odd man (Copley) who allegedly holds the key to his salvation.

Thanks to Collider for the images.

Another goodie has hit the interwebs from this week's CinemaCon in Vegas and on tap for you cats right now is the first teaser art for the upcoming supernatural comedy R.I.P.D. Dig it!

Universal Pictures'R.I.P.D. stars Ryan Reynolds, Jeff Bridges, Kevin Bacon, Stephanie Szostak, Mary-Louise Parker, Marisa Miller, Mike O'Malley, James Hong, Tobias Segal, and Robert Knepper.

Robert Schwentke is directing the project, which follows a murdered cop (Reynolds) who is recruited to work in the Rest in Peace Department, a police force comprised of ghosts who battle spirits unready to depart this world. Jeff Bridges is playing Reynolds' ghostly partner.

Universal Pictures' supernatural farce has been scheduled for July 19, 2013.

Comic Synopsis
Welcome to the Rest in Peace Department--the devoted, yet dead, officers of divine law enforcement "patrolling the deadbeat ... reporting to one boss." Yep--THAT boss. Nick Cruz died an untimely death at the height of his personal and professional life. Why did he join the R.I.P.D.? Well, not knowing the identity of his killer has left his soul a bit ... restless. Now he hunts some of the most fiendish creatures, hoping for the chance to find out who set him up so he can get into heaven.

Big thanks to Collider.

What's your take on Deputy Shelby? Whose side is he on? Now that Norma has been arrested, we'll have to watch and see how she would get herself out of that jam. Let's hope both mother and son are not separated for too long in tonight's episode.

SPOILER ALERT: Do not read any further if you haven’t watched the episode yet. This is a recap with specific details from this episode. Continue only if you have already watched it.

After spending the night with Bradley in her bed, Norman walked home with a spring in his steps and a grin on his face. Walking in through the kitchen, he encountered a breakfasting Dylan who reported lackadaisically that Norma was in jail, but only after being asked. Norman was knocked off his revelry.

Norma sat in the prison holding cell all by herself before she was visited by Norman and Dylan. When Norman asked her what they could do to help her, she replied very sarcastically, attacking Norman's devotion. Luckily Dylan shut her up with the fact that her bail was set at one hundred thousand dollars. When Dylan suggested using the motel as collateral, she refused help and told them both to leave her be. "Given what happened you don't need any help?" Dylan retorted knowingly. Norma darted a look at Norman and realized that Dylan knew about the rape and the killing. She yelled at them to leave her. After Dylan stormed off, Norman still wanted to help Norma but she wouldn't even look at him. Was that hurt on his face?

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Norman was going through the piles of paperwork at the motel, not finding what he was looking for. Emma showed up and tried to offer her condolences. She even offered Norman to stay with her and her father which he declined. Norman finally found the deed to the motel and could get bail money for Norma. Emma offered to drive Norma and he accepted.

Trekking through the woods to work with his henchman buddy Ethan, Dylan tried to ask if he could get an advance from their employer so that he could get a place for Norman and himself but Ethan scoffed at Dylan's asking amount.

In a prison cell, Deputy Shelby brought Norman some food but she was not hungry. The deputy could only just leave her the tray and left.

Emma drove Norman to a bails bond store but no one was there then. While waiting outside, Norman started to tell her that he found the girl from the picture journal. He would not say where he found the girl but reported that the girl wasn't there anymore. Emma kept peppering Norman with questions and scolded him for not telling her the details. He tried to stop Emma from freaking out, stating that he couldn't do anything about the girl until the situation with his mom has been sorted out. Emma reluctantly agreed and leaned in to kiss Norman. When Emma asked if Norma did it, Norman lied with a straight face.

Lying in bed, Norman finally texted Bradley since leaving her bed. While reminiscing about the time he spent with Bradley, Norman was interrupted by a text update from the bail bonds guy. Norma would be released in the morning. That definitely put a damper on the fantasy!

In the morning, Norman waited outside the Sheriffs station in the rain with a bouquet of flowers. When Norma came out, she continued to give Norman the cold shoulder. Norma continued to not speak to Norman and ended acted a little childishly, while they waited for an attorney. When the attorney tried to create a defense strategy for Keith Summers' murder, Norma got offended. After a quick exchange, Norma ended the meeting and stormed out.

On their drive home, Norman tried to appeal to Norma to be more serious about her defense but she only zeroed in on how Norman went out and got laid while she was at home crying the other night. After some passive-aggressive exchanges, Norman revealed that Norma had done things that didn't make sense to him and she scared him. That got her even angrier and she yelled at him to get out of the car. When Norman hesitated, Norma got out of the car, went to the passenger side and dragged Norman out.

Norman watched her drive away and started walking himself. Dylan found Norman and gave him a ride. Along the way, Norman discover an unexpected joy of having a cool older brother and was grinning from ear-to-ear. Another great scene by Freddie Highmore. Back home, in the kitchen, Dylan started schooling Norman on dealing with their mother, comparing her to being addicted to drama and recommended that he leave her. "You don't just walk away from your parents" Norman retorted and Dylan realized that Norman didn't know any better. So Dylan announced that he's getting his own place down by the beach with ocean view and told Norman to go live with him, whether Norma went to jail or not. Norman still refused.

Heading to work, Dylan received a loan from his henchman buddy Ethan. It wasn't an advance but a loan from Ethan himself, for Dylan and his brother. Ethan wanted Dylan to succeed in their line of work and make him look good for bringing Dylan in. A guy who looked like a druggie walked up to their truck. Ethan nonchalantly asked the druggie if he got his act together, to which he responded by pulling a gun at Ethan, shot him in the neck and ran away. Dylan managed to drive Ethan to the emergency room and got help. Hm.. If Ethan dies, he got free money. If Ethan lives, Dylan would be hailed the hero. Win-win, don't you think?

Near a dock, Norma drove up to Deputy Shelby's truck and got it. He apologized for having to arrest Norma. When he started telling her that it was too dangerous for them to see each other, Norma got angry and stormed out of his truck. He stopped her and confessed his love for Norma, insisting that he was in hell because he couldn't do anything to help her. That softened her up and they shared a passionate kiss. He promised to figure out how to get Norma off. What do you think is the deputy's game? Or is he really smitten by Norma?

At the Sheriffs station, Deputy Shelby distracted the administrator and broke into the evidence room. He went on to steal the watch evidence, the one with carpet fibers that everyone kept talking about.

Driving around in Ethan's truck, Dylan was still in shock over the shooting when he happened upon the shooter at a deserted area. Dylan proceeded to chase him down and ran him over. Looking back, Dylan seemed surprised at what he just did.

At the library, Emma was doing research on Keith Summers' properties and learned the name of his boat.

Back at the motel, a mopey Norma got a phone call from her attorney, Rebecca Craig. The intrepid attorney had wanted to run their own test on the carpet sample and learned that the fiber sample evidence has disappeared and so, Norma's case was closed.

Norman tried to reach Bradley but only got her voicemail and proceeded to leave an awkward but endearing message. Norma rushed in happily and announced that her case would be thrown out of court because of the lost evidence. When Norma thought Deputy Shelby might have had something to do with that, Norman got agitated and accused Norma of trading sexual favors for that act. Well, not exactly but that's what I imagined a deranged codependent Norman would think.

Outside, Emma drove up because she had an idea where the girl in the picture journal might be.

Emma stopped at a dock so that she and Norman could talk. While listening to Emma's theory, Norman kept checking his phone, still looking for Bradley's reply. Emma went on and on about her investigation before stopping to confront Norman about his phone-checking. Norman confessed that he was with Bradley now because he had sex with her. Emma, who was obviously hurt, tried to brush it off as only a hook up because she didn't change her Facebook relationship status. Poor girl. Despite her sniffles, she even managed to explain where the girl might have been hidden. Smart theory.

Breaking into Keith Summers' boat, the Seafarer, at night, Norman & Emma investigated the inside and found the Asian girl locked in a closet. That reveal was kinda freaky, wasn't it?

Emma and Norman drove back to the motel and carried the passed out girl into an empty room. They tried to clean her up.

Leaving the office, Norma saw Emma's car and went to investigate thinking the worst of Norman and stormed into the room surprising Norman, Emma and the Asian girl. Norman explained to Norma that this was the girl in Deputy Shelby's basement. Even when the girl collaborated on the story and that the deputy kept her as a sex slave, Norma still refused to believe. Norma ran back to the office to grab a newspaper with the deputy's picture in it. The girl saw the picture and confirmed it. Norma became speechless.

So the deputy had his own sex slave? Having Norma for free wasn't enough? What do you think would happen to the deputy now, given Norma's proclivity to have dead exes. Tell us in the comment sections below. Spoiler alert: Mike Vogel who plays Deputy Shelby, is the lead in the new series "Under The Dome".

More images of destruction have come our way from the set of the now filming Godzilla, and we've sifted through the rubble and brought you the goodies right here. Check them out, and as always look for more soon!

Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Richard T. Jones, Elizabeth Olsen, Bryan Cranston, David Strathairn, Patrick Sabongui, Brian Markinson, Juliette Binoche, Akira Takarada, Victor Rasuk, and Ken Watanabe star.

Gareth Edwards is directing the film from a screenplay by Max Borenstein, Frank Darabont, and Dave Callaham. Legendary’s Thomas Tull and Jon Jashni are producing with Mary Parent and Brian Rogers. Alex Garcia and Patricia Whitcher are serving as executive producers alongside Yoshimitsu Banno and Kenji Okuhira.

A presentation of Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures, Godzilla will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, except in Japan, where it will be distributed by Toho Co., Ltd. Legendary Pictures is a division of Legendary Entertainment.

Slated to open on May 16, 2014, the film is expected to be presented in 3D.

The images below come courtesy of Matt Tinney.

Everything is bigger in Texas... including real estate disputes that end in bloodshed, mayhem, and murder. Talk about a problem worse than the current market, huh? In any event dig on your first and extended look at the new indie slasher Homecoming Night.

Written and directed by Allan Shadoan, Homecoming Night stars Preston Ward, Stephanie Ver Eecke, and Nicky Zelig.

Synopsis
When an elderly lady’s land is seized by a Texas land developer, it sends her maniacal grandson on a merciless path of revenge during the town's most sacred night... Homecoming Night.

Today, April 16th, the horror comedy A Haunted House hits Blu-ray and DVD, and we have your chance to score a copy on us. Hey, it's free, why not right? Read on for details so that you may exclaim to a friend, "A winner is you!"

To enter for your chance to win, just send us an E-MAIL HERE including your FULL NAME AND MAILING ADDRESS. We’ll take care of the rest.

From the Press Release
Go beyond the supernatural in A Haunted House, the hilarious comedy starring Marlon Wayans (White Chicks, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra) and Cedric the Entertainer (Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted, Ice Age) that pokes no-holds-barred fun at our deepest fears. A Haunted House will be available on Blu-ray™ Combo Pack with UltraViolet™, on DVD and On Demand on April 23, 2013 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment. Also available on Digital Download beginning April 9, 2013.

When a young couple moves in to their dream place, they soon discover they’re not alone. Now, Malcolm will go to hilarious extremes - including hiring a priest, a psychic, and a team of modern-day Ghostbusters to get his place and his sex life back to normal. Co-starring Essence Atkins (“Smart Guy”), Nick Swardson (Just Go with It) and David Koechner (Anchorman), the film is demonically good fun that critics are calling “the funniest scary movie about scary movies ever!” (Shawn Edwards, Fox-TV).

The Blu-ray™ Combo Pack allows fans to watch A Haunted House anytime, anywhere on the platform of their choice. It includes a Blu-ray™ disc, a DVD, a Digital Copy and UltraViolet™ for the ultimate, complete viewing experience.

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We knew it wouldn't be long before somebody - pardon the pun - swooped in to start snatching up distribution rights to Birdemic 2: The Resurrection, and we have the early bird details for you right here along with the worm.

From the Press Release
Chill, the Web’s premier video distribution platform for entertainment content distributed direct from filmmakers, artists, and comedians, today announced that it has acquired exclusive digital rights for James Nguyen’s highly anticipated cult sequel Birdemic 2: The Resurrection. The film will be available exclusively on Chill for 90 days, before Chill rolls it out wide to other VOD platforms such as iTunes, Amazon and Google Play. Additionally, the film will be shown in theaters across the U.S. and internationally as part of a multi-city theater tour with stops in New York, San Francisco, New Orleans, Los Angeles, The Mall of America in Minnesota, London and Paris, amongst many others.

Birdemic 2: The Resurrection picks up on the catastrophe of the first film when a flock of eagles and vultures wreak havoc amidst blossoming romance in Hollywood, California, leaving bloodshed and destruction wherever they hover in the sequel to the cult smash hit Birdemic: Shock and Terror. The story features original 'Birdemic' survivors Rod (Alan Bagh) and Nathalie (Whitney Moore), who are joined by new friends - struggling filmmaker Bill (Thomas Favaloro), aspiring actress Gloria (Chelsea Turnbo) and several other Angelenos they encounter along the way as they battle angry birds and a host of new enemies. Also returning from the original Birdemic are Rick Camp and Eric Swartz.

"If you're a fan of the first one, Birdemic: Shock and Terror, I know you're going to like the sequel,” stated James Nguyen, writer and director of Birdemic 2: The Resurrection. “And my honest opinion is that the plot of Birdemic 2: The Resurrection is even better than the first one!"

"This is a truly special film with a truly unique, and worldwide, following,” said Marc Hustvedt, Head of Entertainment at Chill. "Making this instantly available to fans with a wide and global digital release on Chill was the perfect way to satiate the rapid interest out there to see Birdemic 2.”

The full feature film Birdemic 2: The Resurrection, directed and written by James Nguyen and produced by Jeff Gross, who has also worked on other large studio films, will be available exclusively for HD download and streaming worldwide on Chill.com for $9.99 starting April 16, 2013. Additionally, Chill.com will be the only place fans can order exclusive, limited edition bundles including signed posters from director and official Birdemic 2 hand-puppet eagles to participate at home.

Director Ngyuen has been called “a latter-day anti-genius to rival Edward D. Wood Jr.” (Plan 9 From Outer Space) by The New York Times while covering the cult success of the first Birdemic.

The film is produced by Jeff Gross and Executive Produced by Loren Semmens and Adam Deyoe.

Kane Hodder and the forever hot Tiffany Shepis are together again in yet another tale of murder, mayhem, and indie goodness as director Robert Conway is set to paint the screen red with his new film Sickle.

Rena Riffel and Dustin James co-star. Look for more on this one soon!

Synopsis
A group of stick-up kids rob a Mafia-run strip club and head for the Border, but when they enter the town of Redstone, they find that crime is a dish best served cold. Kane Hodder (Friday the 13th, Hatchet) takes the title role as Sheriff Slade Sickle, a man with a true appetite for justice. The film co-stars Tiffany Shepis (Nightmare Man, Dark Reel) and Rena Riffel (Showgirls, Mulholland Dr.) in this carnage-filled tribute to American grindhouse cinema.

Another bit of early eye candy has made its way from the Las Vegas CinemaCon to the weird wide web, as the first artwork for the recently named Where the Devil Hides (formerly The Occult and The Devil's Rapture) has arrived!

Look for Where the Devil Hides to be in theatres on October 11th, 2013.

Directed by Christian E. Christiansen, the flick stars Jennifer Carpenter, Alycia Debnam-Carey, Rufus Sewell, Thomas McDonell, Adelaide Kane, Leah Pipes, Colm Meaney, Stacey Edwards and Ric Reitz.

Synopsis
Something very strange happened in the small village of New Bethlehem, a devout community kept under the tight reins of the town's vigilant Elders. Six girls born on the same day to different mothers. Perhaps a coincidence or, as most believe, a chilling omen of something yet to come. Now, on the eve of their 18th birthday, the young women are mysteriously disappearing one by one and feared dead. Terror has overtaken this quiet community. Could this be the work of a serial killer, one of the village elders, or an horrific prophecy come true, born of the supernatural?

Guillermo del Toro's highly acclaimed loose remake of the 1968 classic Hasta el Viento Tiene Miedo (Even the Wind Is Afraid) entitled The Devil's Backbone is finally getting the Blu-ray treatment, and you can read on for details right here!

Look for it in stores on July 30th.

Special Features

PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Mark Kermode

Synopsis
The most personal film by Guillermo del Toro is also among his most frightening and emotionally layered. Set during the final week of the Spanish Civil War, The Devil’s Backbone tells the tale of a ten-year-old boy who, after his freedom-fighting father is killed, is sent to a haunted rural orphanage full of terrible secrets. Del Toro effectively combines Gothic ghost story, murder mystery, and historical melodrama in a stylish concoction that reminds us—as would his later Pan’s Labyrinth—that the scariest monsters are often the human ones.

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Around these parts werewolf movies get a lot of love and not in that whole nasty beastiality kind of way. Well, not entirely... I've personally seen MattFini get a little too eager around them. In any event, if you're a fan too, here's another one for your pack!

Below you'll find a still, trailer and two bits of artwork for the indie werewolf flick Unholy Hunger, which was written and directed by Nicholas Holland. Laura Kriss, JT Taylor, Nate Burud, Nicholas Holland, Lillian Lamour, and Jordan Kantola star.

Synopsis
After the funeral of her boyfriend Gabe's parents, Kelly heads up north to the family cabin with him and a few of their friends as he prepares to sell it. Things quickly begin to spiral out of control though when their friends begin to disappear one by one with the rising of the full moon.

Legendary actress Meg Foster plays Margaret Morgan in the new Rob Zombie film, The Lords of Salem, which hits theaters on April 19. Foster was kind enough to sit down with Dread Central and talk about her role, the film and working with Rob Zombie.

Foster began by filling us in on just what we can expect when seeing The Lords of Salem. "It's about Heidi, mostly," Foster said, referring to Heidi Hawthorne, the lead character played by Sheri Moon Zombie, "and her co-workers, played by Jeff Daniel Phillips and Ken Foree, who are DJs at a radio station in Salem, Massachusetts. Heidi receives a record which is on vinyl, and it's strange and it has, in my opinion, absolutely fabulous music. It's this haunting tune which sort of casts a spell on some people. Heidi has stopped doing drugs or alcohol and she's dealing with that, and the music on this record, when she plays it, affects her. And one comes to find out that there was a coven of witches in 1692 that were burned at the stake by a certain magistrate of Salem and there was a curse that was put on the ancestors of the people who perpetrated this. I play Margaret Morgan, a witch who's the head of the coven that was burned."

Foster was absolutely blown away by the completed product that The Lords of Salem became but always knew she was helping create something special by the work and detail that went into making it. "I feel that the film is really wonderful," Foster said. "I saw it at Sitges in Spain even though I normally don't see films that I've done. I'm in the 1692 part of the film and recur throughout in bits and pieces as we are haunting Heidi. [The film] has so many layers. It's brilliantly shot by Brandon Trost, and the art direction is by Jennifer Spence for the witches in 1692. And everything, of course, is overseen and chosen by Rob Zombie. What the art department created for the witches in 1692 was really quite extraordinary. The artistry that went into it and the environment that was created by the makeup and the costumes was really such a gift."

Foster continued, speaking on the mysterious aspects of The Lords of Salem as well as the depth of the movie. "The film is about what happens to Heidi," Foster said. "You follow her, but one doesn't really know if this is real. Is she really being haunted? Is it the result of stopping the drugs? Is it her mind? Is it a fantasy? There are some other people who live in the building where she lives who get involved also. It's really about so many things. As a viewer I wasn't sure which way to turn; every character spoke to me, which I thought was brilliant. The visuals are extraordinary. There's this wonderful 1970's feel about everything. And being from New England (they did their exteriors in Salem), I loved it. I was very personally reminded of when I grew up in the 1950's. And for the 1692 witches, Jennifer Spence created this incredible hovel out in the wilderness and it was so beautiful. There were chickens and birds that came and made nests. It was just extraordinary."

Foster feels that Zombie seriously delivers with The Lords of Salem, getting into the psyche of the audience. "People will have their own particular experiences," Foster said. "It's an amazing vision that Rob has given us, and it's a film I want to see again and again. I went so many places, personally, as an audience member, which is what I love to have happen to me. I followed Heidi into her depths. And the film moves at a very haunting pace. While I was watching it, I just kept feeling heavier and heavier and more foreboding. I was very uncomfortable. I was so moved. It's an amazing tale. One doesn’t know…are they witnessing a nightmare, are they witnessing the demise of someone…and it's so beautiful. I got all these sensory feelings, and I really felt like I was entering a labyrinth where I encountered each character and had an experience with each of them, but I followed Heidi. I followed Sheri Moon because I think all of us, in our lives, have things occur and they're very personal. It doesn't matter if you're a child and a friend is cruel to you or if there's prejudice going on or if it's a breakup of a marriage. One can get lost. And so Heidi's descent could have manifested itself in me in many ways. It took me to places where I began remembering my first nightmares. It's quite surreal in a very beautiful way."

One aspect The Lords of Salem that was particularly powerful for Foster was the relationship between the lead character, Heidi, and Whitey, played by Jeff Daniel Phillips. "They have the most wonderful relationship," Foster said. "In the midst of all this confusion and pain for her, he's a friend. He's so tender with her and she's having such a difficult time. It's really like he's holding her hand through all the hauntings and confusion and her trying to figure out what's happened to her, or what's happening to her…there's this ally and that relationship was lovely."

And Foster could not say enough good things about Rob Zombie as a director and a person. "I've never worked with someone so generous," Foster said. "He holds space for his actors. It was an absolute gift to work with him. I worked with the coven witches but we didn't have a lot of dialogue. My presence was very different. But working with Rob Zombie was…I felt so safe and it is due to his interior goodness and generosity. It was unlike anything I've ever experienced before, and I don't know if it had to do with playing the witch; it certainly had to do with Mr. Zombie. I adore his films. Rob's so brilliant. The Devil's Rejects is one of my favorite films. My favorite horror film, if you can call it a horror film. Rob incorporates so much into the characters of the film and how he casts it. You can say you're watching a horror film, but they're like novels. They're epics. They're epics of characters. They're so specific, the characters he created and the actors he's chosen to embody them so beautifully. He is gifted in that way. He's gifted to the sensibility of mankind and the frailty and the strengths and the horrors and the vulnerabilities and the violence; it all mixes into one. Some horror films are horror films, and others aren't. The Lords of Salem is a romance, in my opinion, as an audience member watching it. There's the romance, there's deception and some evil."

Foster spoke on the effects and makeup used in the film. "I wore a wig and my body was painted," Foster said. "We all had dirt put on us, and at one point I had my body painted as if it was burned. But there are some special effects that go into the whole of the film that are really quite extraordinary."

Foster was absolutely impressed by the cast, crew and entire experience of creating The Lords of Salem. "There are wonderful, wonderful actors in it," Foster said. "In my part, it was really just us in the coven and Sheri, but I got to know a few of the actors I didn't know before. And Rob Zombie... he writes, he directs, he produces, he's an incredible musician. And he has such a respect for everyone's input. It was really a gift to be able to work with him."

As for The Lords of Salem, Foster says, "It's something to see again and again. It's haunting and beautiful."

The Lords of Salem opens in theaters on April 19.

Synopsis
Heidi, a blonde rock chick, DJs at a local radio station and, together with the two Hermans (Whitey and Munster), forms part of the "Big H Radio Team". A mysterious wooden box containing a vinyl record arrives for Heidi, "a gift from the Lords". She assumes it's a rock band on a mission to spread their word. As Heidi and Whitey play the Lords' record, it starts to play backwards, and Heidi experiences a flashback to a past trauma. Later Whitey plays the Lords' record, dubbing them the Lords of Salem, and to his surprise, the record plays normally and is a massive hit with listeners. The arrival of another wooden box from the Lords presents the Big H Team with free tickets, posters and records to host a gig in Salem. Soon Heidi and her cohorts find that the gig is far from the rock spectacle they're expecting: The original Lords of Salem are returning, and they're out for BLOOD.