Next week on "The Vampire Diaries," we'll learn more about Nadia and her quest to find her mother. At the same time a terrifying secret is revealed to Bonnie. Check out these images and a preview of Episode 5.15, "Gone Girl," for hints of what's ahead.

"The Vampire Diaries" Episode 5.15 - "Gone Girl" (airs 3/6/14, 8-9pm)
FLASHBACKS TO NADIA’S SEARCH FOR KATHERINE — Nadia (guest star Olga Fonda) remembers her centuries-long search for her mother.

Stefan (Paul Wesley), Caroline (Candice Accola), and Matt (Zach Roerig) come up with a desperate new plan to save Elena’s (Nina Dobrev) life. For the second time, Bonnie (Kat Graham) and Jeremy (Steven R. McQueen) must turn to Liv (guest star Penelope Mitchell) for help.

Damon baits Tyler (Michael Trevino) into a nasty confrontation, then takes off to seek revenge on Dr. Wes (guest star Rick Cosnett). Caroline and Tyler come to a new understanding.

Finally, Bonnie learns of a terrifying secret that will threaten the lives of all her friends.

Lance Anderson directed the episode written by Melinda Hsu Taylor.

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It's amazing how quickly the weeks are flying by. Hard to believe that we're up to the fifth episode of Dread Central Live already, but here we are! Next on tap for you guys... genre legend Michael Biehn and his producing partner, Jennifer Blanc!

Horror's power duo will be talking about their past, present, and future projects including She Rises and Hidden in the Woods. We are taking YOUR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS STARTING NOW!!

Tweet us at @DreadCentral with your questions and comments using the hashtag #DreadLive, and we'll be answering everything that we can get to in REAL TIME. You can also leave your questions and comments on the official Dread Central Facebook page or join us in the chatroom on Daily Motion while the show is LIVE.

Dread Central Live is a live, half-hour news/information/talk show dedicated to covering all aspects of the horror genre. Hosts Staci Layne Wilson and "Gore Whore" Vanessa Gomez will guide viewers on a weekly journey of keeping current in horror via news updates, interviews with genre and mainstream stars and filmmakers, exclusive clips, trailer premieres, as well as exclusive coverage from set visits for horror feature films and TV shows in production. During the interview portions of the show, fans can submit questions via Twitter and Facebook, many of which will be asked on-air by Staci and Vanessa in real time. DC Editor-in-Chief Steve "Uncle Creepy" Barton will also make regular appearances, giving his unique “bat’s eye view” perspective on the genre that has fueled a lifelong obsession with the macabre!

That's it! See you live and direct every Monday! For more information check out Dread Central Live on Daily Motion!

The Ghostfacers try to stand up to the Winchesters in this sneak peek of "Supernatural" Episode 9.15, "#THINMAN," but Dean's having none of it. Let's hope he had none of the food at that dirty diner they're visiting either!

"Supernatural" Episode 9.15 - "#THINMAN" (airs 3/4/14, 9-10pm)
THE GHOSTFACERS RETURN — A teenage girl (guest star Ali Webb) is killed, and the final selfie she took before the attack shows a ghostly figure in the background.

Looking for something to keep them busy, Dean (Jensen Ackles) and Sam (Jared Padalecki) head to Washington to find the ghost.

While the two interview the girl’s mother, Betty (guest star Maria Marlow), they are surprised when she starts talking about cold spots and fritzing. When they ask her about bringing up paranormal signs, Betty replies that the “supernaturalists” who called earlier brought it up.

Enter Harry (guest star Travis Wester) and Ed (guest star A.J. Buckley), the famous supernaturalists.

Related Story:The Ghostfacers Return in these New Images from "Supernatural" Episode 9.15 - "#THINMAN"

Jeannot Szwarc directed the episode written by Jenny Klein.

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A 3D movie entitled Higher Mission starring Casper Van Dien as a US Senator trying to prevent corrupt Russian politicians from being transformed by God into giant rats, from the producer of The Godfather and Apocalypse Now? What an age we live in.

Oscar-winning producer Gray Frederickson also executive produced UHF so, after reading the rather lengthy synopsis below, you might find yourself surprised that Higher Mission wasn’t one of the parody programs “Weird” Al Yankovic aired on that network.

Synopsis:
From Academy Award-winning producer Gray Frederickson comes a stereoscopic 3D movie that revolves around a highly respected United States senator, John Perryman, who gets a higher calling from superior forces above. Through his dreams he is given an important mission: to expose and to warn the corrupted government officials of Russia to stop taking bribes or else the superior forces will literally turn them into rats.

The Russian politicians laugh at Perryman and suggest psychiatric treatment until the city of Moscow witnesses an unexplained phenomenon. Russian high government officials mutate into giant human-rats in the matter of days. Enraged by fear and chaos, the Russian President’s Cabinet orders Perryman’s capture dead or alive with a $20 million reward.

With the help of his new Russian friends Anna and Polina, Perryman manages to evade capture and stay alive long enough to convert more people. But, just like other saints and messengers of God, Perryman’s fate meets the brutality and cruelty of heartless human nature. Naïve and corrupted Russians hope to destroy Perryman in order to reverse the rat mutation process. Eventually, cornered by angry mobs of human-rats and their relatives, Perryman is killed in front of his new love, Polina, but his death doesn’t provide the cure for the rat disease. The world’s corrupted society now faces the greatest punishment in history... being turned into RATS!

So it’s like the Rapture minus the “P”? You know, the Rature!

In addition to the Starship Troopers hero, Higher Mission also stars Casper Van Dien’s actress wife Catherine Oxenberg, Victoria Summer (Zombie Diaries, Dracula: Reborn), and a whole bunch of Russians.

And the best part? This US-Russian co-production from Russian architect and businessman turned first-time writer/director Vladimir Uglichin was filmed in Oklahoma!

One look at Fantastic Films International’s ridiculous artwork below has me hankering to see a trailer for Higher Mission like a rat lusting for a piece of cheese. Oh, I definitely smell cheese.

We only get a glimpse of guest star Lee Tergesen in this new promo for "The Following" Episode 2.07, "Sacrifice," and from the look on his face, he's up to no good. Check it out, and expect some clips from the ep over the weekend.

"The Following" Episode 2.07 - "Sacrifice" (3/3/14, 9-10PM; repeats 3/8/14, 9-10PM)
PAST ACTIONS COME BACK TO HAUNT RYAN HARDY -- Ryan and the FBI continue their hunt for Lily Gray and are forced to redirect their search when a new threat enters Max’s life.

Meanwhile Joe, Emma, and Mandy arrive at their latest hideout but quickly realize things aren’t what they seem.

Related Story:New Photos from "The Following" Episode 2.07 - "Sacrifice" Tease the Episode's Guest Stars

Cast: Kevin Bacon as Ryan Hardy; James Purefoy as Joe Carroll; Shawn Ashmore as Agent Mike Weston; Valorie Curry as Emma Hill; Connie Nielsen as Lily Gray; Sam Underwood as Luke; Jessica Stroup as Max Hardy; Tiffany Boone as Mandy Lang

Guest Cast: Valerie Cruz as Agent Gina Mendez; Lee Tergesen as Kurt; Shane McRae as Robert; Jake Weber as Micah; Jacinda Barrett as Julia

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Is there extraterrestrial life out there? It'd be egotistical to think we're the only living things in the universe, wouldn't it? Next week Science Channel dives headlong into this subject, bringing us "Are We Alone? Week" and unveiling its new show "Close Encounters."

"Close Encounters" premieres on Tuesday, March 4, at 10PM ET/PT. Among the other highlights of Are We Alone? Week (March 2-7) are all-new episodes of "NASA's Unexplained Files" (March 2 at 10 p.m. ET/PT) and "Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman" (March 5 at 10 p.m. ET/PT).

For more info on the scheduled programming, you can visit the Are We Alone? Week page on Science Channel's website.

Check out a sneak peek of "Close Encounters" below, and be sure to follow Science Channel on Twitter (@sciencechannel).

Summary
Seventy-four percent of Americans believe in the existence of aliens - and 15 million believe that they have actually made contact with extraterrestrials. Beginning Sunday, March 2, Science Channel returns with its programming event dedicated to one of mankind’s most pressing questions with Are We Alone? – a week-long campaign dedicated to satisfying viewers’ appetite for aliens.

With Godzilla and even Gamera getting all the giant monster love lately, we'd be remiss if we didn't wish a hearty HAPPY BIRTHDAY to one of the big screen's most incredible creatures, Gertie the Wonderful Trained Dinosaurus!

From Wikipedia: Gertie the Dinosaur is a 1914 animated short film by American cartoonist and animator Winsor McCay. It is the earliest animated film to feature a dinosaur.

McCay first used the film before live audiences as an interactive part of his vaudeville act; the frisky, childlike Gertie did tricks at the command of her master. McCay's employer, William Randolph Hearst, later curtailed McCay's vaudeville activities so McCay added a live-action introductory sequence to the film for its theatrical release. McCay abandoned a sequel, Gertie on Tour (c. 1921), after producing about a minute of footage.

Although Gertie is popularly thought to be the earliest animated film, McCay had earlier made Little Nemo (1911) and How a Mosquito Operates (1912). The American J. Stuart Blackton and the French Émile Cohl had experimented with animation even earlier; Gertie being a character with an appealing personality distinguished McCay's film from these earlier "trick films." Gertie was the first film to use animation techniques such as keyframes, registration marks, tracing paper, the Mutoscope action viewer, and animation loops. It influenced the next generation of animators such as the Fleischer brothers, Otto Messmer, Paul Terry, and Walt Disney. John Randolph Bray unsuccessfully tried to patent many of McCay's animation techniques and is said to have been behind a plagiarized version of Gertie that appeared a year or two after the original.

Gertie is the best preserved of McCay's films—some of which have been lost or survive only in fragments—and has been preserved in the US National Film Registry.

Synopsis
When her master McCay calls her, the frisky, childlike Gertie appears from a cave. Her whip-wielding master has her do tricks such as raising her foot or bowing on command. When she feels she has been pushed too far, she nips back at her master. She cries when he scolds her, and he placates her with a pumpkin. Throughout the act, prehistoric denizens such as a flying lizard continually distract Gertie. She tosses a mammoth in the lake; when it teases her by spraying her with water, she hurls a boulder at it as it swims away. After she quenches her thirst by draining the lake, McCay has her carry him offstage while he bows to the audience.

The second trailer for the new zombie flick Bombshell Bloodbath has arrived with a splash, and we have it for you right here to help you slip and slide into the weekend. Check it out and love every second.

Directed by Brett Mullen and written by Mullen and Sky Tilley, Bombshell Bloodbath stars Alex Elliot, Rob Springer, Larry Parks, Samantha Mills, Jess Barbour, Shane Terry, Kathy Sandvoss, Miles Snow, Joanne Maye, Brianna Doss, Ed Ricker, Darren Hummel, Don Sill, Owen Daily, and Matthew Moore.

The flick is scheduled to hit the festival circuit in 2014. Influenced by works of Lucio Fulci (Zombi 2) and Umberto Lenzi (Nightmare City), Bombshell Bloodbath resonates Fabio Frizzi styled tracks from Kansas City artist Matt Hill (UMBERTO) and boatloads of gore by Joh Harp FX.

Check out the trailer and more below.

If a Tip of the Scalpel to "The Walking Dead" came out a couple months ago, just after the mid-season finale, you guys would have certainly been like, "Atta boy, Gash; you nailed again!" and "Another Scalpel right on the money, Gash."

But right now, maybe you don't necessarily agree so much. Read on, my friends.

Believe me, Dreadies, I was right there with you on Sunday night, watching Season 4, Episode 3 thinking, "What the fuck is going on tonight?!" We have Daryl and Beth lost in the woods, Tyreese with Carol and a gaggle of children blindly following a train track toward a potential sanctuary, Glenn and Maggie blindly searching for each other, and some intriguing new characters just introduced to the television audience a week earlier; and what are we watching? Rick trapped under a bed and Carl and a new smiley Michonne digging what seems to be needlessly deeper into her back story. And here we all sat thinking, "WTF! Please… advance the story!"

And, like you, I went to work the next day and gathered with my "TWD" watching brethren and bitched about the episode. Amongst the comments tossed into the conversation were, "I cannot fucking stand Carl!" and "Where's Daryl?" and "What's up with the guy with the mullet?" I feel your pain, guys, but that's also the reason that the only possible subject of this Doctor Gash Tip of the Scalpel could be "The Walking Dead."

Yes, right now, in this 11th episode of Season 4, things seem to have derailed a bit. But we've been here before. Haven't we all heard, and maybe even said, all these complaints before? Do things like this sound familiar: "They've been at the farmhouse for too long"; "They've been at the prison for too long"; and "Where are all the zombies?" But regardless of the complaints throughout the entire series, "The Walking Dead" is still one of the few shows on television that can absolutely floor you with an episode at any time. It doesn't have to be a finale; "TWD" is so good that it can, and does, consistently, floor viewers with an episode without a hint that a powerfully emotional one is coming.

As the highest drawing show on cable television, "The Walking Dead" was instrumental in helping the zombie to usurp the vampire as the monster du jour. From the moment Rick fired a single shot into the head of actress Addy Miller in the first scene of the first episode, viewers were enamored by "The Walking Dead." And even when we have issues with the show, it's not because we're falling out love with it. It's because we are so much in love with it. "The Walking Dead" has taken us from that walker-infested hospital in Atlanta to a welcoming campground to an initially standoffish farmhouse to a stronghold of a prison to now... To what? The only problem with "The Walking Dead" right now is we don't see the endgame of the season. It looks scattered. It looks disjointed. But fear not, good citizens of Gotham; I've got a damn good feeling that the people that have brought us so many absolutely incredible episodes have everything under control and know exactly what they are doing.

Think back. We needed a quality ending between Rick and Shane, and we got it. We needed something intense to happen when a baby was born amongst all this insanity, and we got it. And we needed The Governor to die in just the right way, and we got it... eventually "The Walking Dead" has consistently withstood criticism during the middle of its seasons, almost without fail. And "The Walking Dead" has delivered absolute haymakers, episodes that simply blow viewers out of the water, over and over again. There is a certain pacing to the show that the creators accept that seems to jostle fans a bit, but when each season draws to a close, fans are normally so stoked with the action and the suspense for that which lies ahead that the conversations examining what has happened and what is coming in the future for our weary survivors rage on for long after the seasons' final episodes have aired.

So where are we now? We're in another small lull for "The Walking Dead". The creators are building up to some new crazy, intense action. But first the bills have to be paid. Foundations must be laid, which means we aren't going to get explosiveness every week. We've got to take the action with the foundation. We've got to take the episodes that blow your head off with the episodes that seem to go nowhere. All we can do is trust that the geniuses behind "The Walking Dead" who have given us so much insanely powerful entertainment over these past few years know exactly what they're doing, even as so many of their fans are screeching and turning to social media to voice their displeasure as to where the show is headed. All we have to do is sit back. Sit back and let the season play itself out. There's no reason to jump the gun and say the show is broken. Wait five weeks and see what you think after the Season 4 finale.

Let me finish with this. Please feel free to take to the comments section below and tell me I'm wrong. Tell me "The Walking Dead" has jumped the shark or lost direction or just doesn't interest you anymore. I welcome anyone to do that. Is it a soap opera with zombies? Hell yes. Is pro wrestling a soap opera with scantily clad mega-men in short-shorts. Absolutely. Serial television is all soap operas. The viewership just depends on what flavor you like your soap. If you are disenchanted with "The Walking Dead" right now, do yourself a favor; keep tuning in on Sunday nights, and by the time Season 4 is said and done, you'll be happy you did. There are old conflicts to be worked out and new ones to discover. Our weary travelers all seem to perhaps be funneling back toward one another. What could possibly lie ahead?

Please, go out and enjoy all the horror-themed television programming you can find. It's great to see that there is so much out there right now. But please do not forget to be there on Sunday nights at 9 p.m. on AMC. An absolutely fantastic television show is there, and you don't want to miss what's coming next.

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On Sunday, March 16th, Chiller TV will debut its newest special, "Killer Legends," hosted and directed by Josh Zeman (Cropsey), which explores true crime stories behind popular urban legends. Right now we have an EXCLUSIVE clip for you to check out!

The hair-raising two-hour event, which begins at 8 PM ET, focuses on four timeless urban legends that haunt the psyche of the American public. This horror documentary follows filmmakers Joshua Zeman and Rachel Mills as they investigate the true crimes that may have spawned these urban legends while exploring how these myths evolved and why we continue to believe.

The documentary probes the following legends:

The Candyman: The film takes viewers to Houston, Texas, to explore the legend of tainted candy that strikes fear in parents every Halloween. Though the legend is prolific, in actuality there is only one documented case of a child dying from tainted candy: 8-year-old Timothy O’Bryan. Timothy was poisoned on Halloween by a real-life miscreant who used the legend to hide his crime, earning him the nickname "The Candyman."

The Babysitter and the Man Upstairs: As the legend goes, a babysitter tormented by a twisted caller learns that the sadistic calls are coming from inside the house. While the babysitter has become the go-to victim in so many of our horror films, does the same hold true in real life? Tragically, the answer is yes…as our filmmakers discover in the unsolved case of Janett Christman, a babysitter who was slain in Columbia, Missouri, in 1950.

The Hookman: The filmmakers investigate the “Moonlight Murders” of Texarkana that some believe sparked “The Hook” urban legend of the 1950’s and 60’s. Based upon the legend of two teens lovers terrorized by a madman with a hook for a hand, we will investigate this real life case of a killer known as "The Phantom," who in 1946 attacked five couples parked on lovers’ lanes. This unsolved crime has created its own unique urban legend in Texarkana, perpetuated by a town that refuses to forget.

The Killer Clown: In Chicago, the filmmakers investigate the “phantom clown” scares that have been spontaneously occurring since the 1980s. In cities across the globe, clowns have been spotted in vans trying to snatch children. Is this just a case of hysteria, manifested by fears of coulrophobia (the fear of clowns), or is there something much more serious at work? As we explore Chicago’s creepy clown past, from John Wayne Gacy to Bozo, we attempt to answer the question of how clowns became so evil and why they continue to haunt our nightmares.

"Killer Legends" is produced by Gulp Pictures and Storyville Entertainment (A&E's "Paranormal State,""Psychic Kids," Animal Planet's "The Haunted") in association with Gigantic Pictures (The Great Invisible, Goodbye Solo).

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The Crypt is finally completed and will have its premiere on March 1st at the Fantasporto International Film Festival in Porto, Portugal, where it’s an official selection for the competition. To get you primed, we now have a cool behind-the-scenes video to dig on!

The Crypt is billed as an homage to the 70’s box office phenomenon The Exorcist. It’s a modern retelling of the classic tale for today’s youth that includes all the elements of social media and is available in 3D for a fun-filled night of scary entertainment.

Check out the goods below after the synopsis.

Synopsis
It’s Saturday night, and two partying teens looking for a little excitement take their dates down to the crypt of a 15th century convent. With video camera in hand, the boys are out to show the girls a good time and create their own YouTube sensation. Things go wrong from the start as the teens find themselves trapped in the catacombs of the convent. The tombs have their own history, and the teens are faced with the demons that rule the underworld.

The next day the teens’ dead bodies are found, and a police investigation begins. Left behind and discovered by church officials is the video recorder, which is the evidence that sets into motion a clandestine effort by the clergy to conceal what actually happened.

Called into service is a special member of the church. Brought in from Rome, his job is to rid the convent of its demons by performing an exorcism. Things get even scarier when the “specialist” himself becomes possessed. The demons now appear unstoppable.

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Hillbillies are just entertaining. Whether they're swimming in the ce-ment pond or drinking moonshine out of a jelly jar, they always seem to make you feel better about yourself. A new online series, Hillbilly Horror Show, is going to make you feel pretty good too. It launches March 1st.

Featuring Bo Keiser, Scott Geiter and Rachel Faulkner as the hillbillies, Hillbilly Horror Show will be an online broadcast that features outstanding horror shorts each week.

For an idea of what you'll be seeing, the trailer for the first film to be featured when the show launches, Franky and the Ant, is below for your viewing pleasure. You can also check out the Hillbilly Horror Show trailer as well.

Don't forget to check out the first episode on March 1. You can find it at the official Hillbilly Horror Show website. Also, "like"Hillbilly Horror Show on Facebook and follow Hillbilly Horror Show on Twitter (@HillBillHorror).

From the Press Release
Yo Y'All! A new online series, promoting the best short films from the world of horror, kicks off on March 1.

Each episode of Hillbilly Horror Show will showcase some of the best shorts the genre has to offer - and provide plenty of laughs (and a few beer burps!) along the way. The fun, one-hour comedy show is hosted by Bo, Cephus and their hot kissing cousin, Lulu (whose 'Smo-Kin' Tee is a star of its own)!

Playing the hillbilly hosts are horror stars Bo Keiser (House of Good and Evil, The Cabining) and Scott Geiter, aka "Gruesome Hertzogg," of Gruesome Hertzogg Radio, with internationally-renowned model and actress Rachel Faulkner ("Burn Notice", Chef) as Lulu. Blu de Goyler serves as head writer.

We recently took part in a Q&A session for Robert Rodriguez's "From Dusk Till Dawn" for the El Rey Network, but that doesn't mean he was able to get away without dishing a bit on the upcoming flick Sin City: A Dame to Kill For.

"I always forget that it’s almost 10 years since the last Sin City," says Rodriguez about revisiting that world. "It still feels so fresh in my mind... I guess since we were always kind of working on it, it didn’t feel like that much time had passed."

"I always knew I was going to make another Sin City. So that was a little pressure in my mind as far as how we were going to approach it. I knew we would shoot it in 3D for instance. I knew we were going to adopt certain books and come up with new story lines. It was still a real thrill to go back into that world, to shoot on green screen again and have the actors... the amazing thing was the actors. The actors were really great in the first film, but that was the first green screen movie any of them had done. It was really new back then. Nobody was really shooting green screen movies at all. That was one of the first ones, and they still did a fantastic job. But this time they've come back now knowing what the result was from the first film... knowing what it was all about. Everybody just gave even better, more stellar performances. So it was really cool to see that difference from the first film to the second film."

Following the groundbreaking film that grossed $160 million worldwide, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For reunites Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller for the next chapter in this trailblazing series. Weaving together stunning visuals with an uncompromising, hard-boiled plot, the film promises more lurid tales from the various residents of Basin City.

With a star-studded cast that includes the legendary Bruce Willis (Pulp Fiction), Academy Award nominee Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler), Academy Award nominee Josh Brolin (Milk), Jessica Alba (Spy Kids 4), and Joseph Gordon-Levitt (The Dark Knight Rises), Sin City: A Dame to Kill For ensures an experience like no other!

The film will be released by Dimension Films in the US and Canada on August 22nd, 2014.

Synopsis
Co-directors Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller reunite to bring Miller's visually stunning "Sin City" graphic novels back to the screen in SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR. Weaving together two of Miller's classic stories with new tales, the town's most hard-boiled citizens cross paths with some of its more reviled inhabitants. SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR is the follow-up to Rodriguez and Miller's 2005 groundbreaking film FRANK MILLER'S SIN CITY.

More genre heavyweights are ready to give you a smooch you'll never forget when Apocalypse Kiss arrives to bring some horror/sci-fi hybrid loving into your lives! Read on for the first details, stills, and more!

From the Press Release
The highly anticipated new film from Christian Grillo (Deer Crossing), Apocalypse Kiss, will be available to rent, buy or stream online from April 8, 2014.

The film, featuring a who's who of the horror and science-fiction world including Tom Atkins (My Bloody Valentine 3D, Halloween III), Michael Berryman (The Hills Have Eyes) and D.C Douglas (CHUD), meshes a unique and stylish film noir template - parallel to Robert Rodriguez's Sin City and the upcoming Sin City: A Dame to Kill For - with explosive, thrilling action.

Wet your lips with an Apocalypse Kiss!

Synopsis
Adrian, a serial killer with O.C.D., fights for his place in the media while two nomadic lesbians are getting the credit for his murders. Meanwhile, the world as they know it is about to come to an end.

First impressions are everything, which is why the art of the movie trailer has become the most vital tool in the film industry. A bad trailer can sour you on the best movie, but most of the time it’s the other way around. If Hollywood does anything right, it’s selling us a slow-cooked turd as delicious chocolate.

So here are Dread Central’s picks for great horror movie trailers that overshadowed their lesser films:

The Hills Have Eyes 2
Exciting trailers for bad movies are a dime a dozen, but what about the ones that are shot just for marketing? You won’t find a better example of an ad eclipsing a film than the brilliant teaser for The Hills Have Eyes 2. Completely wordless with only the sounds of dragging bodies and Devendra Banhart’s “Insect Eyes,” the teaser showed more artistry and directorial flare than anything in the actual movie. To this day, I can’t recall a frame of the end product, but this haunting teaser will always stick with me.

Jaws 3-D
Trailer voice-over king Percy Rodriguez gave the kind of iconic narration that could strike fear into a Disney film. The man’s voice could sell you on a movie without ever showing you a frame – and that’s exactly what he did in this minimalist teaser for Jaws 3-D. These 80 seconds contain more dread than all 100 minutes of the actual film, and you can almost hear the excited hush of the audience when this premiered on screens in 1983.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
I’ll never understand why Platinum Dunes’ clichéd remake The Texas Chainsaw Massacre has fans, but I’ll be damned if the film’s trailer didn’t get me pumped up to see it back in the day. From the creepy production design to the haunting soundtrack and use of the original’s iconic flashbulb sound effect, it made the hairs stand up on even the most hardened purist. Unfortunately the actual film was devoid of any soul and set the tone for the rest of the company’s hollow music video remakes.

Hellraiser: Bloodline
Dimension Films loves to acquire properties they have no idea what to do with, and the Hellraiser franchise was one of their earliest and greatest casualties. There’s a good movie buried somewhere in the mess of Hellraiser: Bloodline (and it’s certainly better than the godawful Hellraiser III), but the studio’s notorious meddling more than earned this one its Alan Smithee credit. Slap on Clive Barker’s name and throw a bunch of evocative images together to “Mars, Bringer of War” and you have one epic looking theatrical send-off for the cenobites. The trailer also has two of Pinhead’s all-time best lines – neither of which are in the finished film.

Terminator Salvation
It was a shock to no one when a PG-13 Terminator film directed by McG turned out to be a complete waste of time, but the allure of a future-war movie and an incredibly slick marketing campaign momentarily raised expectations out of the gutter. With broody John Connor voice-over set to Nine Inch Nails’ “The Day the Whole World Went Away,” this trailer could almost convince you that Salvation was a pretty good movie you just happened to sleep through. It’s too bad the leaked audio of Christian Bale’s on-set meltdown proved far more entertaining than the end product.

Aliens vs Predator: Requiem
The most common movie complaint - aside from douchebags on their cellphones - is how today’s ads show only the best parts. Exhibit A: This red-band AVP: Requiem trailer composed entirely of money shots. Knowing full well they had another piece of shit on their hands, the Fox marketing department reacted to the fan backlash over Paul Anderson’s neutered first film by cramming every single kill from AVP-R into a fast-paced montage. And it worked. We all thought we were finally getting the balls-to-the-wall showdown the studio had promised for decades. Unfortunately that’s all we were able to see since the finished film looked like it was lit with a fucking Lite Brite.

Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
It wasn’t the last and it sure as hell wasn’t the best, but Rachel Talalay’s goofball Nightmare had enough wild imagery to form a memorable trailer. The promise of Freddy’s demise with the 3D gimmick made this film the buzz of every schoolyard in the country when it was released. Say what you will about the results, but event movies like this don’t happen too often.

Godzilla (1998)
Riding high off Stargate and Independence Day, the combo of disaster-king Roland Emmerich and Godzilla seemed like the perfect match. The numerous trailers and genius taglines teased a fun monster rampage through New York City’s many skyscrapers - something that feels downright ominous today. But all that hype and excitement turned into widespread booing when a giant iguana showed up onscreen instead of the Big G himself. In retrospect, the smartest move the studio ever made was to never show the imposter (better known as NotZilla) in its campaign. Here’s hoping the new incarnation won’t wind up on an updated version of this list.

The Village
Long before M. Night Shyamalan fancied himself a prophet, the man gave us a trio of solid films that catapulted him into the limelight and gave our genre a much-needed shot of maturity. The Village had all the makings of a new horror classic: a perfect concept, amazing cast and most of all, one damn foreboding trailer. It’s a shame the film squandered the premise and marked the beginning of Shyamalan’s downward spiral into masturbatory nonsense. I still want to see the movie promised in this teaser.

Maximum Overdrive
“I just wanted someone to do Stephen King right.”

King had to be coked out of his mind when he threw the gauntlet down in his trailer for Maximum Overdrive and inadvertently snubbed previous directors Brian De Palma, George A. Romero, David Cronenberg and Stanley Kubrick (okay, maybe the last one was on purpose). But it’s hard not to get a kick out of the man’s William Castle-esque theatrics, especially when they’re set to the Halloween III score. Of course, you know he’s lying when he says he “kind of enjoyed” making his self-described moron movie, which stands as an entertaining example of 80’s excess but sure as hell didn’t do any favors for King’s directing career.

Alien 3
To be fair, Alien 3 doesn’t deserve to be on any bad movie list. Time and a superior extended version have been pretty kind to David Fincher’s directorial debut, which fails as a sequel but succeeds as a brilliant and nuanced monster picture in its own right. Yet, for those of us who anticipated the film through the 80’s, it’s still hard not to feel jilted by 20th Century Fox’s original promise – which came in the form of this incredible trailer. The series always teased Earth as the big endgame (until the AVP films rendered it mute), and one can’t help but dream of a perfect trilogy ending with Ripley and her comrades battling it out on our planet.

What are some of your favorite trailers to films that left you cold? Sound off below!

Special thanks to Buz Danger Wallick for inspiring this list.

One thing is for sure... when it comes to the new horror flick Happy Camp, the kids are anything but all right. Check it out, and if you have a little bastard in your life that's in need of some learnin', sign 'em up!

Happy Camp is produced by Drew Barrymore's Flower Films banner, and it's helmed by first-timer Josh Anthony, who stars in, wrote, and directed the flick. Michael Barbuto, Anne Taylor, and Teddy Gilmore also star.

Look for the film on VOD March 25 via Gravitas Ventures.

Synopsis
In the vast wilderness of the Klamath National Forest lies the small logging community of Happy Camp. With a population consisting of only a few hundred souls, this mysterious mountain town has become world renowned for its staggeringly high number of Missing Persons Cases.

Walt and Sandy Tanner adopted a young boy named Michael at the age of 9 and brought him home to Happy Camp, where the couple were raising their young son, Dean. Upon Michael's arrival, the two boys shared an immediate bond, and for the first time in Michael’s life, he had a family. After living in Happy Camp for only two years, however, tragedy struck on the afternoon of October 22, 1989, when Dean Tanner was abducted from the family's home. Michael, although in the same room and seemingly the only witness, oddly had no recollection of the violent crime.

20 years later, a grown Michael Tanner has mustered the courage to face his past in an effort to remember what actually happened to his brother on that fateful day. Under the provocation of his girlfriend, Anne, Michael has reluctantly agreed to have his journey documented by a professional film crew. However, what Michael, Anne, and the crew uncover are dangerous secrets about Happy Camp that will change their lives forever...

The Huffington Post caught up with actor Jeff Goldblum to find out if he'd be making a return to Jurassic Park in Jurassic World, but alas, he hasn't spoken with anyone connected to the project. However, about that Independence Day sequel...

"Yeah, they've talked to me about it and I've talked to them about it and they're excited and I'm anxious and eager to see," says Goldblum. "I haven't read anything -- what they cook up. You know, I think they're trying to put it together."

Roland Emmerich is still attached to direct with Dean Devlin set to produce. James Vanderbilt penned the script.

Roland Emmerich’s 1996 blockbuster Independence Day hit theaters on July 3, 1996, and went on to gross a still-impressive $817 million worldwide.

Look for the new flick in theatres on July 1, 2016 — or almost exactly 20 years after the original hit the big screen.

Empire Magazine is going all out with its coverage of Legendary Pictures' take on Godzilla. There's SO much to take in: new stills, a size chart that shows how this new Godzilla stacks up against previous incarnations, and even a commentary on the trailer with Gareth Edwards!

Gareth Edwards (Monsters) directs an all-star cast that includes Elizabeth Olsen, Bryan Cranston, Aaron Johnson, Juliette Binoche, David Strathairn, Ken Watanabe, Richard T. Jones, Sally Hawkins, Akira Takarada, Victor Rasuk, Yuki Morita, C.J. Adams, and Gary Chalk.

In theaters May 16, 2014, an epic rebirth to Toho’s iconic Godzilla, this spectacular adventure pits the world’s most famous monster against malevolent creatures who, bolstered by humanity’s scientific arrogance, threaten our very existence.

Making his first appearance in 1954 (Gojira), Godzilla is a giant monster that lives in the sea that comes from the ocean to feed on mankind.

Visit the official Godzilla website here.

Originally released in the UK back in 2011, Ross Shepherd's thriller Low is finally coming home here in the States courtesy of BrinkVision. The VOD and Special Edition DVD release is set for March 25th.

While we wait, check out the plot crunch, stills, and trailer for the flick, which looks quite interesting!

Written by Shepherd and Jamie Tighe, the film stars David Keyes, Amy Comper, Darran Cockrill, Stewart Tighe, and Amber Coombs.

Synopsis
Low tells the terrifying story of one woman’s struggle to break free from her dangerous and disturbed captor. A chance encounter between two lost souls spirals into a violent, horrifying game of cat and mouse. Alice, a lonely girl from the city, wanders the countryside harbouring a dark secret. She is taken hostage by Edward, a deeply troubled outsider. Edward becomes infatuated with Alice, determined to show her a secret of his own and pull her further into the horrifying nightmare he is trying to create.

Desperate to escape, Alice fights with everything she can to free herself from Edward’s oppressive grasp. As the two of them embark on their harrowing journey together, they discover shocking truths and hidden secrets. Together, they become entwined in a twisted form of therapy, one in which innocent people will die.

After bursting onto the scene with films like The Puppet Monster Massacre and Bath Salt Zombies, indie filmmaker Dustin Mills has now turned his attention to body horror, and his latest film, Skinless, promises buckets of blood and a whole lot of gooey practical effects.

The low budget flick will have its theatrical debut at Cleveland's Cedar Hill Theatre on March 8th, followed by an encore showing on the 15th at Cleveland's Capitol Theatre. From there, Skinless is set to expand to other venues, though none have been announced just yet.

Learn more about the screenings over on the Phantom Pain Films Facebook page, and check out the uber gory red band trailer below!

Synopsis
He searched for a cure. What he found was a curse. Brilliant oncologist Peter Peel discovers a possible cure for skin cancer in the belly of an exotic parasite. When he tests the cure on himself, his world is shattered and a monster is born. Skinless is a sad tale of madness, murder, monsters, and love.