We told you yesterday that the first official casting news for Late Phases was on its way and of course, as predicted, it has arrived. Read on for the official word on this werewolf thriller along with the first still courtesy of EW.

From the Press Release
Principal photography has commenced on Adrian Garcia Bogliano's highly anticipated feature LATE PHASES. Shooting is currently under way in the Hudson Valley of upstate New York.

Several cast additions have also been announced. Set to star alongside Nick Damici (Stake Land, Premium Rush, We Are What We Are) is Cheap Thrills star Ethan Embry along with Erin Cummings ("Spartacus") and Lance Guest (Halloween II, The Last Starfighter). Tom Noonan (The House of the Devil, AMC's "Hell on Wheels") is the latest genre favorite to join the cast.

Bogliano has assembled an ensemble of supporting players plucked from a gamut of classic films: Tina Louise (Stepford Wives), Karen Lynn Gorney (Saturday Night Fever), Caitlin O'Hearney (Wolfen) and Rutanya Alda (The Fury, The Deer Hunter).

From the Director of Penumbra and Here Comes the Devil, LATE PHASES is Adrian Garcia Bogliano's first English language feature. Written by Eric J. Stolze, the film will tell the story of Ambrose McKinley, a cantankerous blind vet who moves into a retirement community only to learn the residents there have been dying, not from old age, but from dog attacks. After surviving his own encounter with a canine one night, Ambrose comes to believe the assailants are much more than mere dogs...

MPI's Dark Sky Films is co-producing LATE PHASES with Zak Zeman's Site B Productions, while Larry Fessenden and Brent Kunkle will produce for Glass Eye Pix.

The international sales one-sheet for Adam Gierasch and Jace Anderson's new flick Schism has arrived, and it's just simple enough to be completely cool. Check it out right here and look for more on this one really soon!

Schism is written by Adam Gierasch and his partner, Jace Anderson (both of whom teamed for Night of the Demons and Autopsy), with Gierasch once again in the director's chair. Callum Blue ("Smallville"), Vinnie Jones (Snatch, Midnight Meat Train), and Ashlynn Yennie (The Human Centipede) star.

Synopsis
Dylan White leads an easy, if unambitious life: He has a good job that doesn’t require much thought and a girlfriend who wants only so much commitment. The world doesn’t demand much of him and he’s okay with that…until terrifying experiences intrude upon his everyday life. Are they visions, nightmares, glimpses into another world? Forced onto a journey of self-discovery that takes him into the seedy underbelly of crime-ridden New Orleans, Dylan discovers that his life is not what it seems.

The ultra low-budget zombie movie The Battery (review), written and directed by and starring Connecticut native Jeremy Gardner, is making its VOD bow on June 4th! Consider this your friendly reminder!

The film follows Ben (Gardner) and Mickey (Adam Cronheim), two former baseball players with clashing personalities, as they trek through a bleak landscape overrun with the walking dead searching for a glimmer of hope.

With the emphasis placed less on the zombies and more on the dynamic between the two diametrically opposite main characters, The Battery is an incredibly ambitious film that defies convention and is loaded with emotion and a sense of sentimentality not often seen in your traditional zombie flick. It’s also proof positive that a great movie is made through passion and dedication, not a huge budget or crazy special effects.

Director Gareth Edwards took to Twitter to unveil two new stills from his currently shooting sequel to The Raid: Redemption entitled The Raid 2: Berandal and we have 'em for you right here. One of which includes your first intro to a new character known as Hammer Girl. Dig it!

From the Press Release
PT Merantau Films and XYZ Films announce the start of production for THE RAID 2 (Indonesian title, THE RAID 2: BERANDAL), the sequel to the wildly popular international hit THE RAID (aka THE RAID: REDEMPTION). The film reunites writer/director Gareth Huw Evans with actor Iko Uwais, who will be reprising his starring role. Ario Sagantoro is producing for PT Merantau Films, along with Nate Bolotin, Nick Spicer, Aram Tertzakian and Todd Brown for XYZ Films. Executive producing are Rangga Maya Barack-Evans and Irwan D. Mussry.

In addition to Uwais, the international cast includes Tio Pakusadewo, Putra Arifin Scheunamann, Julie Estelle, Alex Abbad, and Roy Marten. The film is currently lensing in Jakarta, Indonesia, and is scheduled to shoot for over 100 days. Line producing the film is Daiwanne Ralie with Matthew Flannery and Dimas Imam Subhono serving as directors of photography.

Picking up right where the first film ends, The Raid 2 follows Rama (Uwais) as he goes undercover and infiltrates the ranks of a ruthless Jakarta crime syndicate in order to protect his family and uncover the corruption in his own police force.

“We’re incredibly excited to start the next chapter of The Raid story,” said XYZ Films. “Gareth introduced a rich and fertile world in the first film, and we’re eager to see him expand on that vision with Berandal.”

“To all our fans, thank you so much for your support. We can't wait to come back and show you what we have been working on,” said writer/director Gareth Evans. “We'll be there in 2014 with a film bigger, better, and bloodier! Wish us luck.”

Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) acquired the film for the United States, Spain, Latin America, and South Africa; and Sony Pictures Classics will once again release the film theatrically in the United States.

Stoker has been the subject of much heated discussion around these parts with some DC staffers proclaiming that it's the most amazing thing since sliced bread while others, namely me, think it is a well made but pretentious little movie that was ultimately kind of dull. Now you can decide for yourself!

From the Press Release
Academy Award® winner Nicole Kidman*, Mia Wasikowska and Matthew Goode star in this “darkly wicked, beautifully executed mystery” (Los Angeles Times) by critically acclaimed filmmaker Park Chan-wook (Oldboy). Following the tragic death of her father on her eighteenth birthday, India Stoker (Wasikowska) meets Charlie (Goode), her charismatic uncle, whom she never knew existed. When Charlie moves in with India and her unstable mother (Kidman), both are drawn to his charming and calming demeanor. But it soon becomes clear that Charlie’s arrival was no coincidence and that the shocking secrets of his past could affect India’s future...or shatter it completely.

*Actress, The Hours, 2002.

Look for it in stores on June 8th.

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Last year the FEARnet original comedy series "Holliston" came storming out of the gate to become wildly popular among horror fans and, according to series creator and star Adam Green, grew a following outside the horror community as well.

"Holliston" returns to FEARnet this Tuesday, June 4, and Dread Central was lucky enough to sit down with Green to talk about the evolution of the series from its initial offering last year until now and what fans can expect to see with this new season.

"I think the biggest difference from Season 1 to Season 2 is there is a level of confidence now," Green said. "It's very evident from the first 30 seconds. Not that we've necessarily hit our groove, I think we had a groove in Season 1, but that we know that it's working and we're not afraid anymore. And the "Holliston" Christmas Special really showed that. Because with Season 1, a lot of times we found ourselves debating…'Do we pull back on some of this emotional stuff?''Are people going to hang with this or are they going to be "get to the next joke already or get to the next horror reference or horror moment"?' But once Season 1 started airing, it was almost immediate how positive the response was. We really did not expect it."

Green continued, "Nobody had ever done this before. It's really uncharted territory, so we were expecting the worst. We didn't know if horror fans would watch a sitcom in the first place. And would they be like 'This is too weird.' or 'Why is there a laugh track?' or just 'What the fuck? What are these two idiots doing?' The fact we are acting in it, although the fact is we're barely acting because we're just being ourselves. We figured there would be people who would be like 'These two suck.' Because it wasn't in the cards that we were supposed to be sitcom stars. That just wasn't expected. But lo and behold we barely got any negative reaction."

Not only did "Holliston" not receive negative reactions, the response was more amazing than Green could ever have imagined. "The best part about it is when you do a movie like Hatchet, Spiral, Frozen, you get an influx of fan mail and a lot of it is usually like 'I love this movie' or maybe a question or two. But "Holliston" wasn't typical fan mail," Green said. "They were almost like thank you letters. The letters we would get would be like four to 10 pages long and the main four of us (Green, Joe Lynch, Corri English, Laura Ortiz) read every single one of them because we see each other all the time and they would come by the office where I would drop a stack of mail down and say 'You guys have got to read this.' People would write to us with their own stories about things they're struggling to do. Surprisingly, only about one percent of them were for people who are trying to be filmmakers. It was always a very unique, different story about something someone was aspiring to do. And also people's personal stories about the break-up they never got over or the one they're going through now."

Green understands that between the laughs and F/X, the characters in "Holliston" are simply experiencing the same things as their audience. "I think what the characters are going through is very universal for horror fans," Green said. But you don't have to be a horror fan to identify with these characters. It definitely has a level of coolness to it. My hamster's name is Horace Pinker. We showed the show to a room full of elderly people…I'm still not sure how that happened…and I'm thinking 'This is gonna bomb.' But they laughed at everything! Even the Horace Pinker thing. They thought that was the funniest name ever. They don't know that that's the killer from Shocker, it's just a silly name for a hamster. But the idea that all these characters are in purgatory and they all have a dream bigger than where they are now, they all have something that they're hoping to accomplish with their lives and going through the things that everyone goes through. And I think that's the thing everyone identifies with."

But as universal as the themes and characters are in "Holliston," Green appreciates the fact that his horror brethren enjoy the show on a much deeper level. "The horror fans in particular, which was really the first line we had to cross, a lot of them were just saying thank you for portraying horror fans as real people," Green said. "A lot of people are quick to judge us and are like 'If you like that stuff, then all you care about is blood and guts and monsters and jump scares and depravity and it's not true. If anyone in the world understands what it's like to be beaten down and disenchanted and dejected and not get the girl and not get the guy and not get the job you want, it's us. And I think that's why we stick together and that's why horror is a community where other genres just have fans. You don't see romantic-comedy conventions."

Green sees the new season of "Holliston" as much freer. The premise has been developed and now Green can simply advance the story. "We don't need to set up the characters in Season 2 like we did in Season 1,"Green said. "We don't need to establish the world and the tone and who everybody is and what the relationships are. It's all there now and just like with every sitcom, Season 2 is better. And, I hate to say better because I love Season 1, but it's just off and running now."

And as good as Season 1 was, it was perhaps the "Holliston Christmas Special" that FEARnet ran over the holidays, that brought the show to an entirely new level. "What you saw in the Christmas Special was us being able to run with what we wanted the show to be, which wasn't just absurdity and weirdness and funny and gory moments, but genuine heart. We made the Christmas Special, which was extremely personal to me because it really mirrors my life at that time."

It was perhaps a scene that was deleted from the network airing of the "Holliston Christmas Special" (but ran online) that had the biggest impact on the viewers. "The scene that most people had comments about was the hallway scene with me and Corri at the end of the episode," Green said. "It was all improv because I wanted it to be real, and I didn't want to know what I was going to say. And she was crying and I was crying and the boom operator was crying and everybody was just like 'Holy shit!' and we debated that scene for a long time. Is it too much, will it turn people off? And the scene was cut for television, but that scene was the one most people wanted to talk about. It was very hard to do and…brave, I guess…to put myself out there like that. It's one thing to act or do interviews, but it's another to completely bare your soul and breakdown and cry in front of everyone, especially when you're the guy who made Hatchet."

Green discussed the adventure of creating the show. ""Holliston" is my favorite thing I've ever done, my most passionate passion project, the thing I came out here to do," Green said. "A lot of people don't know about that because I didn't really talk about it. When I was doing promotion for Hatchet, people would ask me 'What is your dream project,' You don't want to admit to another sane human being that 'I really want my own sitcom that I write, direct, show run, produce and star in.' You can't really say that to someone because it's ridiculous. And the fact that it took 13 year to get this thing going…because it had been set up at various other places over the years. As the development process would progress, it would become something I didn't want it to be. Like the first thing to go would always be the imaginary alien in the closet and, of course, all the horror stuff. It could never be that we would be horror directors. It always had to be something else. And they took the whole tone of it and my voice and sense of humor would go."

Adam Green stars in "Holliston" on FEARnet. Season 2 begins this Tuesday, June 4. Green also writes and directs the show. He stars beside Joe Lynch, Corri English and Laura Ortiz.

Look for Part 2 of this interview tomorrow.

Another new still from V/H/S/2 (review) has arrived with a friendly reminder! Look for the flick to hit iTunes/On Demand on June 6th followed by a July 12th theatrical release via Magnet Releasing.

For more information right now, check out the official V/H/S/2 Facebook page!

V/H/S/2 is produced by The Collective, Salient Media, and Brad Miska and Tom Owen’s Bloody Disgusting. Simon Barrett, Adam Wingard, Edúardo Sanchez, Gregg Hale, Timo Tjahjanto, Gareth Huw Evans, and Jason Eisener all directed entries in this latest anthology. The cast includes Adam Wingard, Lawrence Levine, L.C Holt, Kelsy Abbott, and Hannah Hughes.

Synopsis:
Searching for a missing student, two private investigators break into his abandoned house and find another collection of mysterious VHS tapes. In viewing the horrific contents of each cassette, they realize there may be terrifying motives behind the student’s disappearance.

A new sneak peek of World War Z aired during last night's Season 3 premiere of "The Killing" on AMC, and while it doesn't have much we haven't seen already, we thought we'd post it here in case you missed it.

Look for World War Z in theatres on June 21st. It stars Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Eric West, Matthew Fox, David Morse, and James Badge Dale.

Synopsis:
The story revolves around United Nations employee Gerry Lane (Pitt), who traverses the world in a race against time to stop a pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatening to decimate humanity itself.

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Sure, some of you might think it would be great to stay a teenager and never age, but as this new clip from Neil Jordan's Byzantium (review here) reminds us, being 16 forever can really suck!

Byzantium is in UK cinemas now and heading to the US on June 28th.

Byzantium, written by Moira Buffini and directed by Neil Jordan, stars Gemma Arterton, Saoirse Ronan, Caleb Landry Jones, Danny Mays, Jonny Lee Miller, Tom Hollander, Bradley James, and Sam Riley in the vampire flick wherein Arterton stars as Clara, a vampire who has to protect herself and her daughter (Ronan) from those seeking to plunge a stake through their hearts.

Related Story:You'll See Double in This New Clip from Byzantium

Synopsis
On the run for murder, two young "sisters" arrive penniless at an English seaside town. Clara is a fiercely modern woman who has her eyes on the future and no time for the past. Teenager Eleanor is shy and innocent. Yet, they both hide the same secrets: They are really mother and daughter, and they are both ... vampires!

Eleanor is exhausted by 200 years on the run and desperate to settle down. But little does she know that her mother has been protecting her all of the years from their own kind, "The Brotherhood". To escape them, they must either blend in or continue running away. But just as they think they may have escaped, their past rapidly catches up with them.

Ready for another "Dispatch" from the set of "The Walking Dead"? This week AMC chats with executive producer Gale Anne Hurd about Season 4's ravenous new walkers, which characters would make great producers, and more.

Q: Sports teams have a boot camp-like practice to get back in shape for the season. What do you do to get everyone back in the swing of things on the set of "The Walking Dead"?

A: We have to hit the ground running every season. We do have zombie school every year so our walkers get up-to-speed. It's really more of a winnowing-out process -- extras who are eager to become zombies come in and audition for Greg [Nicotero], and he selects the ones that are most unique and believable. But in general, this is our fourth season, and people are so eager to get back. After the first set-up this year, everyone applauded and cheered.

Q: Every year the walkers show us something new. What can fans expect from Season 4's walkers?

A: I think we'll have walkers who are even more ravenous than before. We're in a world where there are fewer people and more walkers, and I wouldn't be surprised if we saw that on-screen this season.

Q: What's been one of the biggest challenges of producing a show like "The Walking Dead"?

A: We have serious weather issues to contend with. We had one day where there was a torrential downpour and a tree fell on the set so you just have to roll with stuff like that. Other times you realize that a character that you thought might live actually has to die.

Q: Is being executive producer of a show about a zombie apocalypse similar to surviving one in any way?

A: I do ask myself that from time to time. The good news is I know who my go-to people are to survive, and those are important skills to have. I've learned a lot about surviving without the niceties and the air-conditioning and the other usual things that we take for granted. I'm pretty good in the woods now, too. And I'm looking forward to firing a crossbow.

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Q: Is there anything specific you do to try to keep morale up on the more intense days of shooting?

A: We, along with AMC, provide treats every week. The producers get together and provide something special; sometimes it's late-night coffee or sorbet or gourmet mac and cheese -- fun things like that. As the saying goes, an army runs on its stomach so we really do make sure that we have the best food available. If you keep people's stomachs happy, it tends to make all the uncomfortable heat, humidity and bugs more bearable.

Q: As an executive producer, do you have a mantra that guides your work?

A: I think one of my mantras is, "Good enough isn't." There's not one person on the show or behind the cameras who doesn't embrace that. Sometimes people who've worked on other shows come here and are actually shocked that we take a show about a zombie apocalypse so seriously. There is not one character on the show that is the same as the actor portraying them. That's remarkable.

Q: Which character on the show do you think would make the best producer?

A: Rick Grimes [Andrew Lincoln] would make a fantastic producer. He always puts the needs of everyone before his own, and that's what a producer has to do. At the same time, I think that Daryl Dixon [Norman Reedus] has a fantastic ability to just get things done without being asked -- another skill set important for producer.

"The Walking Dead" returns in the fall of 2013.

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A handful of new stills from Anchor Bay's The Demented have landed flat on our desks, and we've flipped 'em here for your zombie-loving hearts to ingest. Check them out, and look for the flick on DVD and Blu-ray soon!

From the Press Release
Horror films often take their cue from daily newspaper headlines, feeding on the all-too-real fears of the everyday world. Like the best science fiction, sometimes horror lies just around the corner or beyond the bend of what we know. On July 30th, Anchor Bay Films unleashes the biological warfare thriller The Demented on Blu-ray™/DVD combo pack and DVD. From the creative minds behind I Spit On Your Grave and A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Demented is a terrifying excursion into a plague-infected world...where one moment off guard is all that keeps us from becoming them.

With a hot cast including Sarah Butler (I Spit On Your Grave), Brittney Alger (21 Jump Street), Kayla Ewell (“The Vampire Diaries”), Richard Kohnke (“The Carrie Diaries”) and Michael Welch (The Twilight Saga franchise), The Demented will have you on the edge of your seat until the very last frame! SRP for the Blu-ray™/DVD Combo Pack is $29.99 and $24.98 for the DVD.

The Demented follows six college friends as they meet up for a carefree weekend in a beautiful rural home. A terrorist missile attack in a nearby town infects much of the townspeople with a deadly virus that induces rabies-like symptoms...with devastating consequences. Ravenous and fast, the infected townspeople turn their sights on the vacation home where the friends are gathered...and are now barricaded. How long can they hide? Even with the infected “sleeping” in the streets, can they make their escape? If so, to what?

Formerly known as The Healer, the first stills, poster, and trailer for The Between have hit the interwebs, and we have every bit of the material right here for you. Check it out and look for more soon!

Giorgio Serafini directs, and Isabelle Fuhrman (Orphan, The Hunger Games), Joel Courtney (Super 8), James LeGros, and Peter Bogdanovich star.

Synopsis
An ailing father, who is about to undergo a potentially life-threatening surgery, takes his teenage kids into the woods to try to recapture their early closeness before he and his wife divorced and everything changed. But the three are swept into a supernatural adventure, in which only their father, Chris, “The Healer,” has the ability to control their destinies. Lost in a haunted forest from which there seems no escape except death, this moving and sensitive script tells a beautiful story of a family’s tragedy and resilience.

Following the global premiere of World War Z, British rock band Muse performed live from Horse Guards Parade Grounds, St. James' Park, and we've got footage of the event and more. Check it out!

Look for World War Z in theatres on June 21st. It stars Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Eric West, Matthew Fox, David Morse, and James Badge Dale.

Synopsis:
The story revolves around United Nations employee Gerry Lane (Pitt), who traverses the world in a race against time to stop a pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatening to decimate humanity itself.

Related Story:See all the World War Z banners here!

For more visit the official World War Z website, "like"World War Z on Facebook, and follow World War Z on Twitter.

Though we're still waiting for Lionsgate to give the horror comedy Hellbenders a Stateside release, an international trailer for the truly funny flick has popped up online that's a bloody good time. Dig it!

From the Press Release:
Lionsgate has acquired JT Petty’s horror comedy Hellbenders for North America, Canada and India. Film Arcade is releasing theatrically in North America, with a date to be announced shortly. Hellbenders stars Clancy Brown, Clifton Collins, Jr., Andre Royo, Robyn Rikoon, Macon Blair and Dan Folger. The film was produced by Jon Denny, Lawrence Mattis, David Moscow, Mark Pederson and Aldey Sanchez. Circle of Confusion and OffHollywood Pictures produced the film in association with Ambush Entertainment. Hellbenders was shot in digital 3D.

The movie, which premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival, follows the exploits of the Brooklyn-based Augustine Interfaith Order of Hellbound Saints, known as Hellbenders, a team of lewd and blasphemous ministers who live in a constant state of debauchery in order to be damnation-ready so they can drag the worst of demons back to Hell. When one of the foulest demons possess one of their own and threatens the existence of both Brooklyn and the world, the Hellbenders’ faith is tested.

We're back with another installment of Radio 66.6! This week features the latest news, music, videos and tour dates from the likes of Slayer, Devildriver, Nine Inch Nails, August Burns Red, Behemoth, Motionless in White, P.O.D., The Black Dahlia Murder, Ghost and more.

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NEWS
As I Lay Dying frontman Tim Lambesis has been released on bond from the San Diego County Jail for attempting to hire a hitman to murder his wife.

Nine Inch Nails mastermind Trent Reznor says that the band has completed a new album and will release it this year on Colombia Records.

Slayer have been rejoined by former drummer Paul Bostaph.

Devildriver will release their tenth album, Winter Kills, on August 27th via Napalm Records.

Behemoth have announced The Satanist as the title of their forthcoming album, which is due out this full on Metal Blade Records.

Former Eighteen Visions and Throwdown bassist Mick Morris passed away from a pre-existing heart condition. Rest in peace.

MUSIC
Listen to a new August Burns Red song titled "Spirit Breaker"here. Their fifth album, Rescue & Restore, comes out June 25th on Solid State Records.

Listen to a new The Black Dahlia Murder song titled "Goat of Departure"here. Everblack will be out on June 11th via Metal Blade Records.

VIDEOS
Watch Motionless in White's music video for "America"here. It was directed by Shawn "Clown" Crahan of Slipknot. Infamous is out now on Fearless Records.

Watch The Word Alive's music video for "Life Cycles"here. It's the title track from their latest album, which is available from Fearless Records.

Watch Tesseract's music video for "Singularity"here. It features some pretty cool practical effects. Altered State is out now on Century Media Records.

Watch Continents' music video for "Pegasus, Pegasus"here. Idle Hands is out now on Victory Records.

TOURS
P.O.D. and Flyleaf are co-headlining a tour this summer. Dates are here.

Ghost have announced a few U.S. shows leading up to their appearance at Lollapolooza. Check them out here.

Be sure to check back every Monday for the latest music news!

If horror having anything to do with teeth sends shivers down your spine, then you may want to to steer far away from these latest two clips from The Haunting of Helena. Hell, you may wanna stay away from the whole movie! Unless you're like us and love all sorts of bloody things!

Synopsis
A tale of a mysterious woman, a little girl, and her single mother, THE HAUNTING OF HELENA presents a new twist on the legend of the Tooth Fairy.

After a divorce, Sophia moves to the south of Italy with her daughter, Helena. Their new home, an apartment within an austere building of the Fascist age, is a chance for them to start a new life. But inside an old storage room hides a mysterious closet and a buried secret. After the loss of Helena’s first baby tooth, a chilling obsession begins and an apparition haunts her sleep. Dreams become nightmares. Nightmares become reality. When Helena collects her classmate’s fallen teeth with an urgent hunger, it is clear that there is far more to their new home than can be seen. Sophia finds herself in a terrifying fight to save her child while maintaining her sanity. THE HAUNTING OF HELENA will keep you at the edge of your seat as it slides in agony along the sharp blade of psychological terror.

THE HAUNTING OF HELENA will be released in select theaters on June 21, 2013. It will be available on Cable VOD in partnership with Tribeca Films and for digital streaming on June 18, 2013.

The late great Lon Chaney, Jr., is synonymous with one classic monster movie character, and if you don't know which, you should trade in your horror fan membership card. (Yes, we have them. Okay, maybe we don't, but it'd be cool if we did.) Years after his demise his family is now suing the studio that he helped put on the map.

According to Deadline, Chaney Jr’s family today went after Universal in the courts for more than $1 million in damages. In a nine-page breach of contract and other claims complaint filed Monday in LA Superior Court, Chaney Entertainment alleges that Universal Studios Licensing uses the Wolf Man/Mummy/Frankenstein actor’s likeness for merchandise and goods and services despite the fact that a representation agreement between the studio and the company expired on December 31, 2008.

“Universal’s continued exploitation of the Chaney’s rights has been done intentionally in conscious disregards of the rights of Chaney, and with malice, fraud, or oppression towards Chaney, thereby entitling Chaney to an award of punitive damages according to proof at trial,” reads the complaint. Seeking restoration of full rights to the actor’s likeness and image, a full accounting and payment of funds allegedly due plus 10% per annum in interest, the complaint also wants all legal fees paid by the defendants as well as consequential and punitive damages.

Summer has barely kicked off, but The CW doesn't want you to forget that come fall there will be plenty of new TV shows vying for space on your DVR, and to make sure you remember, they've released extended promos for "The Originals,""The Tomorrow People," and "The 100."

You might recall "The Originals" is being paired with "Supernatural" on Tuesday nights while "The Tomorrow People" is airing Wednesdays following "Arrow.""The 100" is being kept in the wings for now as a midseason replacement. Below are the new previews and some abbreviated synopses. Click the related story link for more details.

"The Originals" (Tuesday, 8PM)
The city Klaus once ruled has fallen under new leadership, and now he wants it back.

"The Tomorrow People" (Wednesday, 9PM)
Stephen is on the brink of becoming someone extraordinary, but he has no clue.

"The 100" (Coming Midseason)
After a nuclear apocalypse, civilization on planet earth was destroyed. 100 juvenile prisoners will be the first to set foot on ground after 97 years. What will they discover?

Related Story:The CW Reveals Fall Schedule - Supernatural Paired with The Originals on Tuesday and More!

If you happen to be located near Coventry in the UK, you may be interested to know about the launch event for This Is Horror's latest chapbook release, Roadkill (review here). Start your engines!

Meat and Blood Fugue author Joseph D'Lacey's Roadkill will be launched this coming Saturday, 8th June, at Waterstone's book store, Smithford Way, Coventry. In attendance will be D'Lacey himself, accompanied by fellow scribe Adam Nevill (The Ritual, Last Days) and host Jasper Bark. The launch will take place between 15:00 and 17:00, and it is free to enter -- so don't be scared to pop in to say hello and grab a copy of this latest excellent chapbook.

Synopsis:
Two vehicles, stripped to the bare essentials, accelerate to 180 miles per hour on a deserted highway. Their journey along this dead straight stretch, known as the Final Five, will decide the fate of the drivers – forever. Only one hundred seconds separate them from the finish line as they hurtle towards their destiny, dreaming of glory.

But this is one highway they’ve never traveled before, and neither of them knows what they’ll find out there. One thing is certain: Every road has its obstacles.

For more info visit the This Is Horror website and Waterstone's Coventry on Facebook.

Another image from V/H/S/2 (review) has arrived to remind us that the flick will be hitting VOD in just two short days! Look for it on iTunes/On Demand on June 6th followed by a July 12th theatrical release via Magnet Releasing.

For more information right now, check out the official V/H/S/2 Facebook page!

V/H/S/2 is produced by The Collective, Salient Media, and Brad Miska and Tom Owen’s Bloody Disgusting. Simon Barrett, Adam Wingard, Edúardo Sanchez, Gregg Hale, Timo Tjahjanto, Gareth Huw Evans, and Jason Eisener all directed entries in this latest anthology. The cast includes Adam Wingard, Lawrence Levine, L.C Holt, Kelsy Abbott, and Hannah Hughes.

Synopsis:
Searching for a missing student, two private investigators break into his abandoned house and find another collection of mysterious VHS tapes. In viewing the horrific contents of each cassette, they realize there may be terrifying motives behind the student’s disappearance.