So what are the top monsters revered by the director of Legendary Pictures'Godzilla, Gareth Edwards? This new video should shed some light on the subject. If only it could make these weeks fly by faster! Check it out!

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.

Anticipation of death can make you do lots of weird shit. Even worse, if something goes sideways, you're not gonna be around to stick up for yourself. For those of you wanting to get your points across, a new website has opened just for you!

YourLastWill.net has created a fun contest to send your "last words" or will to loved ones using videos.

The service is a YouTube-powered video contest streaming the "v-wills" of millions of online users. The voting system powered by Facebook, Woobox, and Twitter allows users to vote for their favorite last will video and share it via social media. Sharing it to Facebook and Twitter increases the chances for more votes and spices up the competition by giving friends a chance to also create videos.

Check out this innovative way to share you last words!

For more visit the official Your Last Will website, "like"Your Last Will on Facebook, and follow Your Last Will on Twitter.

The bespectacled madman known as Ron Purtee is back with a new short film, the Rondo Award-nominated Becoming Undead II, and you can watch this bad boy right here, right now! Dig it!

Written and directed by Ron Purtee, Becoming Undead II stars Krystle Street in a tale that proves that losing yourself has never been more painful.

Makeup effects come courtesy of Brandon Nichols of GhostLight Images, and Tom Emmerich handled the cinematography.

For more info head over to the official Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards website, and "like" the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards on Facebook to keep up with all the latest news.

Stuart Gordon has brought us many classic movies throughout his career, and recently his stage productions of Nevermore and Re-Animator: The Musical have lit up the stage wherever they've played. Now we have some new details about his latest stage play, Taste, and more!

From the Press Release
You’re invited to the most disturbing dinner party of the year. Based on a shocking true story, two men meet online and make a unique arrangement: One will kill, cook, and eat the other. Taste imagines their first and only meeting, told in real time, in a working kitchen.

In 2011, acclaimed horror director Stuart Gordon brought his feature-film cult classic Re–Animator to the stage with the inspired songs of composer Mark Nutter and created a singing, dancing Re-Animator: The Musical. The hilarious, blood-drenched show ran for six months at the Steve Allen Theater before triumphant runs at the New York Musical Theater Festival and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. It was honored by the Ovation Awards, the LA Drama Critics Circle, and won six LA Weekly awards, including BEST MUSICAL. Gordon’s earlier stage work includes Nevermore…An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe starring Jeffrey Combs, which earned rave reviews on both coasts and is currently touring the country.

Now audiences can be among the first to witness Gordon and playwright Benjamin Brand’s unique vision of an all-consuming relationship. Warning: Due to strong sexual content and imagery, no one under the age of 18 will be admitted.

Taste stars Chris L. McKenna as Vic, the man who has chosen to be eaten. He was last seen onstage in Re-Animator: The Musical and played the title role in Gordon’s film King of the Ants. Donal Thoms-Cappello is Terry, the gourmet cook with a taste for the bizarre. A company member of Sacred Fools Theater, Donal was seen last season in Watson and the Dark Arts of Harry Houdini as the famous escape artist.

Special effects will be provided by Tony Doublin, who won an LA Drama Critics Award and LA Weekly Award for creating the wonders of the Splash Zone for Re-Animator: The Musical. Gabe Bartalos, best known for his film work with director Frank Henenlotter and Matthew Barney’s Cremaster Cycle, will provide special makeup effects.

The Sacred Fools Theater Company is dedicated to fostering a dynamic, empowered artistic community in Los Angeles. Notable previous productions include the Buster Keaton comedic biography Stoneface, the award-winning action-comedy Watson, the ongoing late-night episodic extravaganza Serial Killers, the award-winning musical Louis & Keely, and recent hits Neverwhere and Absolutely Filthy. Run solely by the ensembled artists, the company’s smashing 17th season continues its ongoing commitment to the development of new plays and projects which challenge traditional expectations of the theatrical experience. Its goal is to produce work, which invigorates, enlightens and entertains.

Presented by Sacred Fools Theatre Company in Association with The Schramm Group LLC & Red Hen Productions
Directed by Stuart Gordon
Written by Benjamin Brand
Produced by Ben Rock, Jenelle Riley, Dean Schramm, Adam Goldworm, and Stuart Gordon
Cast: Donal Thoms-Cappello and Chris L. McKenna

Sacred Fools Theater, 660 N. Heliotrope, Hollywood, CA 90004

APRIL 11 - MAY 17, 2014
(Previews: April 4-10)

Thursdays-Saturdays @ 8pm
 and Sundays @ 7pm

Tickets are $25 (previews $15) and on sale March 21st at the Sacred Fools website or by calling (310) 281-8337.

Slowly but surely the word is spreading about how great NBC's "Hannibal" is, and if you want to integrate the show a bit more into your day-to-day life, you can with a pair of limited edition t-shirts and a new line of vinyl mini-figures on the way from Funko.

The t-shirts, which are only available on ShirtPunch.com until 9 pm PT/12 midnight ET TONIGHT, March 28th, were created by Carlos (aka Arinesart) from Madrid, Spain.

You can get a peek of what "Cannibal Crunch" and "Murder Grahams" look like below courtesy of exec producer Bryan Fuller on Twitter.

Fuller also tweeted the good news about Funko releasing a "Hannibal" Pop Vinyl line that will include a mini Hannibal Lecter, two Will Grahams, a Jack Crawford, and a Stagman plus a bloody Hannibal variant that's a San Diego Comic-Con exclusive. You can check them out below as well.

And tune in tonight, damn it, along with a dozen or so of your closest friends!

"Hannibal" Episode 2.03 - "Mukozuke" (airs 3/28/14; 10-11PM)
WILL REACHES HIS BREAKING POINT AND SENDS A KILLER AFTER HANNIBAL - When one of the team’s own is found in a grotesque tableau, Will (Hugh Dancy) volunteers to assist with the profile.

He informs Jack (Laurence Fishburne) that it’s the work of the Chesapeake Ripper and the Copycat Killer… the two are one and the same.

Dr. Able Gideon (Eddie Izzard) is brought back to the asylum to help confirm Will’s claims of the Ripper’s true identity (Hannibal Lecter) but instead suggests to Will the idea of putting an end to the Ripper once and for all.

Confined behind bars, Will enlists the help of Freddie Lounds (Lara Jean Chorostecki) to contact his murderous admirer through her website. Once he has the killer’s attention, Will asks for help dealing with Hannibal (Mads Mikkelsen).

Alana (Caroline Dhavernas) becomes suspicious of Will’s intentions after reading Freddie’s article, and Gideon confirms her suspicions, sending Alana and Jack rushing to find Hannibal before it’s too late. Also starring Aaron Abrams and Scott Thompson.

For more info visit "Hannibal" on NBC.com, "like""Hannibal" on Facebook, and follow "Hannibal" on Twitter.

A pretty killer alternate poster is here for the first feature film from Derek Lee and Clif Prowse, Afflicted (review), which won big at last year's Fantastic Fest, nabbing awards for Best Director, Best Screenplay, and even Best Picture. Check it out and get excited!

CBS Films will release Afflicted in theaters and on various VOD outlets on April 4th. Look for it on iTunes, Amazon, VUDU, Google Play, Cable On Demand, Playstation, and Xbox.

The film stars Lee, Prowse, and Baya Rehaz.

Synopsis
This terrifying horror thriller follows two best friends who set out on the trip of a lifetime around the world. Their journey, documented every step of the way, soon takes a dark and unexpected turn after an encounter with a beautiful woman in Paris leaves one of them mysteriously afflicted.

Learn more over on the official Afflicted website!

I have no hope for humanity. The world is comprised of assholes who are hellbent on ruining everything. But then something happen that helps me regain a little glimmer of hope and love. Death Spa hitting Blu-ray is one of those things.

MPI Home Video will be releasing this gory little gem on May 27th in high definition. That's right, full 1080p.

This little-seen film from Michael Fischa was originally released in 1989 and stars William Bumiller, Brenda Bakke, Merritt Butrick, Robert Lipton, Alexa Hamilton, and Ken Foree. Yep, Ken motherfuckin' Foree, bitches!

Get those pre-orders in post-haste!

Synopsis
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. This one is shapely, beautiful, demonic - and dead. She's also insanely jealous. One by one the beautiful people of her husband's health club become victims possessed by her evil spirit, and each meets a grisly death. Starring Ken Foree (Dawn of the Dead) and not recommended for the squeamish, DEATH SPA is another Gorgon Video (Faces of Death) from the crypts of hell! In this spa... You'll Sweat Blood!

The Provincetown International Film Festival has announced that acclaimed writer and director David Cronenberg (The Fly, Videodrome, A History of Violence) will receive the Filmmaker on the Edge Award at this year’s 16th annual festival on Cape Cod.

The award will be presented by PIFF’s resident artist John Waters at a special ceremony during the festival’s run June 17-23 in Provincetown, Mass.

From the Press Release
“We are thrilled to be honoring David Cronenberg – a compelling and transformative filmmaker who perfectly represents filmmaking on the edge,” said Mitch Levine, the newly-appointed Executive Director of the Provincetown International Film Festival and CEO of the Provincetown Film Society. “We look forward to both celebrating and learning from this great cinema artist at our festival.”

In honor of Cronenberg’s achievements as a filmmaker who pushes the limits, the festival will host a special drive-in double bill of VIDEODROME and THE FLY on Thursday, June 19th, 2014. In addition to the drive-in screenings, Cronenberg’s NAKED LUNCH will be added to the festival program as a tribute.

Past recipients of the Filmmaker on the Edge Award include Harmony Korine, Darren Aronofsky, Quentin Tarantino, Mary Harron, Jim Jarmusch, and Gus Van Sant.

Additionally, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Beatles’ classic A HARD DAY’S NIGHT, the festival will present a new restoration of the film. Directed by Richard Lester, A HARD DAY’S NIGHT was originally released in 1964 during the height of Beatlemania. The black-and-white musical comedy was the iconic band’s first feature film and garnered numerous accolades, including two Academy Award® nominations.

“Cinephiles are eagerly awaiting the theatrical re-issue of A HARD DAY'S NIGHT, a beloved and adventurous classic that has been unavailable to view in US cinemas for more than five years,” said Connie White, PIFF’s Artistic Director. “We're thrilled to be one of the festivals selected to offer a preview of the 50th anniversary restoration before it hits movie theaters July 4th.”

As previously announced, in honor of PIFF’s 16th anniversary, the festival is adding two days to its lineup, expanding from a five-day festival to a full week of screenings, events, and celebrations. In addition to its core schedule Wednesday through Sunday, the festival is adding a ‘Preview Day’ on Tuesday, June 17th, and a ‘Celebration Day’ on Monday, June 23rd, where attendees will have an opportunity to screen award-winning films and other popular titles.

A complete schedule of films and events is forthcoming.

Festival passes will go on sale on April 7th. Tickets go on sale May 24th.

PIFF is supported by grants from The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, The National Endowment for the Arts, Massachusetts Cultural Council, Provincetown Tourism Fund, and the GALE Fund of the Cape Cod Foundation.

Syfy is furthering its commitment to scripted programming by dedicating an all-new night to original dramas. On June 19th Syfy will kick off its new Thursday night block with the one-two punch of the Season 2 premiere of "Defiance," followed by the series premiere of "Dominion."

From the Press Release:
As the story of "Defiance" resumes, the lives of the townspeople are in drastic turmoil. The Earth Republic has assumed control of the town with far-reaching consequences, including a new mayor.

Nolan (Grant Bowler) traverses the badlands to find a lost Irisa (Stephanie Leonidas), Amanda (Julie Benz) has an unexpected new role in the town as she searches for Kenya, and the Tarr family desperately tries to keep control of their criminal empire in the midst of dramatic changes. Joining the cast this season are James Murray as new mayor Niles Pottinger, Anna Hopkins as Earth Republic soldier Jessica “Berlin” Rai, and William Atherton as Earth Republic official Viceroy Mercado.

Immediately following the return of "Defiance," Syfy will air the 90-minute series premiere of "Dominion" at 9PM ET/PT.

Based on characters from the hit theatrical film Legion (2010), "Dominion" is an epic supernatural action drama set 25 years after the events of the movie and picking up in the aftermath of a catastrophic war between an army of angels and mankind that has transformed the world. The series follows the perilous journey of a rebellious young soldier, set against a backdrop of the ultimate celestial battle as it touches down on earth.

"Dominion" stars Christopher Egan ("Kings"), Tom Wisdom (300), Roxanne McKee ("Game of Thrones"), Alan Dale ("Lost"), Anthony Stewart Head ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer"), and Luke Allen-Gale ("The Borgias").

About "Defiance"
"Defiance" is an unprecedented partnership between Syfy and Trion Worlds and the first-ever convergence of television and online gaming, featuring an interconnected world and storylines that co-exist on both platforms.

Grant Bowler will return as Nolan, along with Julie Benz as Amanda Rosewater, Stephanie Leonidas as Irisa Nolan, Tony Curran as Datak Tarr, Jaime Murray as Stahma Tarr, Graham Greene as Rafe McCawley, and Jesse Rath as Alak Tarr. The cast also features Dewshane Williams as Tommy, Trenna Keating as Doc Yewll, Justin Rain as Quentin McCawley, and Nicole Munoz as Christie McCawley.

Kevin Murphy ("Desperate Housewives,""Caprica") resumes his role as executive producer and showrunner. "Smallville’s" Darren Swimmer and Todd Slavkin return as executive producers for Season Two, and Michael Taylor serves as consulting producer. Michael Nankin (co-executive producer) is set to direct the Season Two opener.

About "Dominion"
Based on characters from the hit theatrical film Legion (2010), "Dominion" is an epic supernatural drama set in the year 25 A.E. In this transformed post–apocalyptic future an army of lower angels, assembled by the archangel Gabriel, has waged a war of possession against mankind. The archangel Michael, turning against his own kind, has chosen to side with humanity against Gabriel. Rising out of the ashes of the 25-year battle are newly fortified cities which protect the human survivors. In Vega (formerly Las Vegas), the largest of these cities, two houses vie for control; and the stage is set for political upheaval and a dangerous power shift. Meanwhile, a rebellious young soldier begins a perilous journey as the war between the human race and the fallen angels hell-bent on their domination escalates.

"Dominion," produced by Universal Cable Productions and Bold Films, is in production in Cape Town, South Africa. The series is executive produced by Vaun Wilmott, Todd Slavkin, and Darren Swimmer, along with executive producers Scott Stewart, who co-wrote and directed the feature film Legion, Michael Litvak, and David Lancaster of Bold Films, who produced the original film. Film Afrika serves as the local production entity in South Africa.

Following the success of Mortal Kombat: Legacy and Mortal Kombat: Legacy II, Kevin Tancharoen is once again delivering high quality scripted programming to the Machinima audience.

Here’s the shady skinny: Government-funded scientist Professor Gable unearths five people who have special gifts and seem to be a portent in the next evolutionary step for mankind. If he can harness the source of their gifts, he could use them for the good of the world... or for evil.

Eliza Dushku ("Angel,""Buffy the Vampire Slayer") plays an unwitting pawn in this nefarious program in the action-packed pilot which debuted yesterday. Basically, she kicks a lot of ass as she tries to make sense of what is happening to her. (It reminded me a little bit, in spirit anyway, of the short-lived Dushku television series "Dollhouse.")

Tancharoen describes The Gable 5 as “a sci-fi, futuristic version of The Truman Show.” I had to call him on that one when we talked because The Gable 5 is not a comedy at all! He laughed and said, “Well, the reason I said that is the victims are put into a situation in which they do not know they are being watched.”

When I asked Dushku how web series have evolved from basically a pariah to the cutting edge, she said it’s because they are “bigger, better, faster – more.” She added, “Being able to access your audience so directly is a major plus. And now that producers are catching on to that, they are putting more behind web series. They’re feeling more confident.”

Tancharoen is definitely feeling confident about the medium. When I asked him how he managed to make a web series look better than most big screen blockbusters, he said, “For me, I never really treat it any differently when shooting. With that said, making content quote-unquote ‘for the web’ is so vague because I watch a lot of web videos and series on my Apple television so I watch it on my normal TV, and I know a lot of other people do too.”

Dushku, for one, was on board right away. “I was psyched to hear Machinima was producing this; I’m a fan of their epic artistry and also Kevin and his team. The story is thought-provoking, it’s extremely intelligent, and it poses this universal question of ‘Where are we going? And where are we currently?’ as far as science mixed with psychology – can we control the outcome? Whether or not we can control certain variables and tweak the outcome... That’s something everybody has pondered.”

Tancharoen, too, loves “the science of it all. For this we actually did consult with a scientist who came with some accurate terminology; obviously we took it cinematically and took some creative license, but I always like finding some kind of scientific back and then tweaking it out so it’s a little more entertaining.”

As for the future of The Gable 5, Dushku says you have to tune in! “We don’t know where or how the show is moving forward at this point – if the fans like it, we’d love to do more.”

The Gable 5 is airing on Machinima Prime RIGHT NOW. Check out the pilot/first episode below.

Synopsis:
In a remote location, a secret facility exists unlike anything the world has ever seen. Run by Dr. Conrad Gable, a renowned neurologist, the facility is years ahead of its time when it comes to the technology it's using to research the human body. With an unlimited budget backed by a classified department of the government, Dr. Gable's motives appear to be for the greater good of humanity - the chance to create a drug so powerful it could be used to win every battle, every war, with no casualties.

Now all he needs are 5 test subjects...

With its Season One finale, "Dans l'Ombre," airing tonight, the timing of this announcement that "Helix" has been renewed for another season on Syfy couldn't have come at a better time! Read on for the details.

From the Press Release:
"Helix," Syfy’s chilling scripted drama, has been renewed for a second season, it was announced today by Bill McGoldrick, EVP, Original Content, Syfy. The 13-episode second season will commence production later this year with an eye towards a winter 2015 premiere.

Said McGoldrick, “'Helix' has built one of our most loyal and consistent audiences in its first season on Syfy. The incredibly talented writing and producing team have crafted a thriller that consistently delivered suspense, twists, and high quality drama. We look forward to growing this passionate audience in what promises to be an even more memorable second season.”

"Helix" premiered on January 10, 2014, as the top cable scripted entertainment program in the time period, helping Syfy rank as the #2 cable entertainment network among both Adults 25-54 (1.6 million) and Adults 18-49 (1.3 million). Since its premiere, "Helix" has averaged 2.1 million total viewers, 1.1 million Adults 25-54, and 1 million Adults 18-49.

"Helix" is executive produced by Ronald D. Moore ("Battlestar Galactica,""Outlander"); Steven Maeda ("Lost,""The X-Files"), who is also showrunner; and Lynda Obst (Contact, Sleepless in Seattle). The series is produced by Tall Ship Productions, Kaji Productions, and Lynda Obst Productions in association with Sony Pictures Television.

"Helix," which was created by co-executive producer Cameron Porsandeh and features Billy Campbell (Killing Lincoln, "The Killing"), Hiroyuki Sanada (The Wolverine, 47 Ronin), Kyra Zagorsky ("Supernatural"), and Mark Ghanimé ("Emily Owens, M.D.") as well as guest stars Jordan Hayes (House at the End of the Street), Meegwun Fairbrother, and Neil Napier (Riddick), will air its Season One finale TONIGHT, March 28th, at 10pm.

"Helix" Episode 1.13 - "Dans l'Ombre" (airs 3/28/14)
Alan (Campbell) tries to avert global disaster by battling The Scythe (Robert Naylor). Meanwhile, Julia (Zagorsky) searches for answers after discovering someone from her past is still alive.

For more info check out "Helix" on Syfy.com, "like""Helix" on Facebook, and follow "Helix" on Twitter.

Last September Image Entertainment acquired the US distribution rights to Lucky McKee and Chris Sivertson's All Cheerleaders Die (review), but all we've heard since then is that it's coming "in the spring." Well, that's now been clarified along with the release of some new artwork!

The film is heading to VOD on May 8th and will be in theaters June 13th.

The high school-set comedy horror-thriller was written and directed by Lucky McKee (May, The Woman) and Chris Sivertson (The Lost, I Know Who Killed Me). It was produced by Andrew van den Houten (Funeral Kings, The Woman) and Robert Tonino (The Woman, In the Family) for Modernciné and stars Caitlin Stasey (“Reign,” Tomorrow When the War Began), Sianoa Smit-McPhee (“Hung”), and Brooke Butler and introduces Tom Williamson. Executive producing is Arrien Schiltkamp.

Synopsis:
Teenage outsider Maddy (Caitlin Stasey; I, Frankenstein) is keeping some dark secrets and holding a serious grudge against the captain of the Blackfoot High football team. When Maddy joins the school's elite and powerful cheerleading squad, she convinces her new friends to help inflict her revenge. After a late-night party goes awry, their plans take an unexpected turn for the worst, and all of the girls die. A sinister, supernatural power intervenes, and the girls mysteriously appear at school the next day with a killer new look… and some unusual new appetites.

"Sexy, campy, funny, subversive, angsty, and most importantly fun" (The Hollywood Reporter), ALL CHEERLEADERS DIE is a rebellious horror-comedy that redefines the genre.

Anyone who knows me knows I’ve long been a fan of the fairly obscure late 70s King Kong-inspired giant monster epic Yeti, Giant of the 20th Century. Barely released on VHS, never before on DVD, finally - at long last - this delirious b-movie bonanza is finally getting its long overdue DVD release.

For the uninitiated, Yeti, Giant of the 20th Century is a 1977 Italian production shot in Canada and then badly dubbed into English that was designed to ride the coattails of the 1976 big budget King Kong remake. Long before The Asylum the Italians were the true kings of the mockbuster.

From Gianfranco Parolini AKA Frank Kramer, co-writer and director of the Lee Van Cleef/Yul Brenner spaghetti western trilogy Sabata, Adios, Sabata, and The Return of Sabata, and starring Antonella Interlenghi (Fulci’s City of the Living Dead), Tony Kendall (Ossorio’s Return of the Evil Dead), and Mimmo Craig as the titular ice age titan, Yeti, Giant of the 20th Century has just about everything you could possibly want in a b-movie.

The monster is played by an extremely expressive actor in a fur suit with a puffy head of Tina Turner hair. The Yeti is thawed out from his frozen prehistoric phone booth dangling from a mid-air helicopter for reasons that take scientific mumbo-jumbo to dizzying new heights. The beast falls for a pretty girl, befriends a mute boy and his Lassie-esque dog, becomes the company mascot for an eccentric oil tycoon, climbs down(!) a skyscraper in spectacular fashion, runs amok through the streets of downtown Toronto, and snaps the necks of rival corporate nogoodniks between his giant toes. As a cherry on top there’s an indescribably loony theme song that takes things to the upper echelons of schlock.

I’ve been holding out for a Scream Factory special edition Blu-ray, but since the film has only been available via grey market outlets for nearly forever, I’m willing to settle (for now) for this DVD release that I somehow suspect will probably only be slightly higher in quality than said grey market releases.

CFS Releasing (never heard of them) will be giving Yeti, Giant of the 20th Century its first ever DVD release on April 22nd. If you need any extra incentive to rush over to Amazon to pre-order it for $9.95, then just watch the Yeti, Giant of the 20th Century music video below, and trust me when I tell you it only scratches the surface of the film’s wackiness.

It's been awhile since we've had anything to report about Australian filmmaker Travis Bain's homage to 70s Bigfoot flicks, entitled Throwback, but today that silence has been broken with news that the film is finally ready for its festival premiere. Read on for details!

Throwback will have its North American premiere at California's Famous Monsters Film Festival, taking place in San Jose on May 17th and 18th. The film has yet to be picked up for home video/VOD distribution, but we can expect that to happen shortly.

Written and directed by Bain, the film stars Shawn Brack, Anthony Ring, Vernon Wells, and Melanie Serafin.

Synopsis
Two modern-day treasure hunters -- Jack and Kent -- venture into the remote jungles of Far North Queensland in search of lost bushranger gold. But their adventure goes terribly awry when they are threatened by a savage creature, a legendary monster known as a Yowie, Australia's answer to Bigfoot. Together with a female park ranger named Rhiannon and a burnt-out ex-homicide detective, Jack and Kent find themselves locked in a battle for survival as the territorial Yowie tries to ensure they never leave its domain alive.

The week started off with casting news about Amityville, and so it seems only fitting that we end the week on the same note. Read on for details about the new addition to the latest installment in the undying franchise!

The Wrap reports that "Shameless" star Cameron Monaghan is in final negotiations to join the fright flick, though his deal has not yet officially closed. Monaghan recently starred in Vampire Academy, but this will be his first taste of true terror. Be sure to pack your fly swatter, young sir!

Maniac remake director Franck Khalfoun will direct.

Jennifer Jason Leigh stars as lead character Joan, a single mother who moves her three kids into the Amityville house, which of course has a very dark history. Disney star Bella Throne is also on board, likely playing one of Joan's kids.

Dimension had planned on reigniting the popular horror franchise using a found-footage angle, but that idea has been dropped as the format appears to have fallen out of favor with discerning genre fans. Amityville remains scheduled for release on January 2, 2015.

Daniel Farrands and Casey La Scala co-wrote the script and are expected to produce with Jason Blum of hit factory Blumhouse.

The final lead role has been cast in Terminator: Genesis, and it has gone to Dayo Okeniyi. But wait... there's more! The first plans to shoot three installments to put this saga to rest have officially been hatched. The second and third films will be done back-to-back over nine months.

Deadline reports that Okeniyi (pictured) and John Boyega were the two top choices for this pivotal final role, and this came down to a tug of war between storied franchises The Terminator and JJ Abrams and Star Wars, which also wanted Okeniyi to test for one of the leads of that film.

Paramount and Skydance’s David Ellison stepped up, and the actor unpacked his bags. Okeniyi, who co-starred in The Hunger Games and The Spectacular Now, will play a Steve Jobs genius who figures heavily into the conclusion of the film. He is Danny Dyson, who is also the son of the brainiac cyborg developer Miles Dyson, played by Joe Morton in Terminator 2: Judgment Day. The young man holds the key to technology development that makes Skynet possible.

"Game Of Thrones"‘ Emilia Clarke is Sara Connor, Zero Dark Thirty’s Jason Clarke is her son, John Connor; Jai Courtney is locked as Kyle Reese; and Arnold Schwarzenegger reprises his signature cyborg in the time-travel saga that will be directed by Alan Taylor. The film has a July 1, 2015, release date.

Shooting begins soon in Louisiana.

You may have noticed that we really haven't written up any stories about Transcendence, and the reason for that is that it's not quite a horror film. Or is it?!

The folks over at Badass Digest caught a clip of the film at CinemaCon yesterday, and what they saw quite surprised them...

The basic gist of the film is that Johnny Depp plays an AI scientist who is assassinated, right as he's on the brink of a world-changing computer intelligence breakthrough. In an effort to save him, his wife uploads his brainwaves into the system he had been building, which you'll know is a huge mistake if you've ever seen a sci-fi movie.

In the clip that they saw, Depp's character uses his newly found superpowers to resurrect a dead man, proclaiming his plans to create an army. As the site suggests, it seemed as if he was saying that his plans were for that army to consist of re-animated corpses, and the dead man he revived was quite powerful and super fast. Uh oh.

It certainly sounds interesting so perhaps Transcendence is one film we horror fans should be keeping an eye on after all!

Look for Transcendence in theatres on April 18. Wally Pfister directs, and Depp stars along with Kate Mara, Rebecca Hall, Morgan Freeman, Cillian Murphy, and Paul Bettany.

Synopsis
Dr. Will Caster (Depp) is the foremost researcher in the field of Artificial Intelligence, working to create a sentient machine that combines the collective intelligence of everything ever known with the full range of human emotions. His highly controversial experiments have made him famous, but they have also made him the prime target of anti-technology extremists who will do whatever it takes to stop him. However, in their attempt to destroy Will, they inadvertently become the catalyst for him to succeed to be a participant in his own transcendence. For his wife, Evelyn (Hall), and best friend, Max Waters (Bettany), both fellow researchers, the question is not if they can but if they should. Their worst fears are realized as Will's thirst for knowledge evolves into a seemingly omnipresent quest for power, to what end is unknown. The only thing that is becoming terrifyingly clear is there may be no way to stop him.

With a jam-packed lineup of stars, this year's Texas Frightmare Weekend was already looking to be a must-attend event, and the convention has just gotten a big time upgrade in the form of a partnership with IFC Midnight.

Read on for all the details, which are sure to have you planning a trip to rattlesnake country!

From the Press Release
Texas Frightmare Weekend is back for blood May 2nd through the 4th, offering up more celebrity guests, more vendors, and the continuation of its wildly popular free film screenings to all TFW passholders! Continuing last year’s partnership, Texas Frightmare Weekend is monstrously proud to re-team with IFC Midnight and present a gruesome twosome of new horror films from two specialists in the genre!

Texas Frightmare Weekend welcomes a stellar duo of hotly anticipated chillers with Ben Ketai’s subterranean terror opus Beneath and Álex de la Iglesia’s epic Spanish horror/comedy Witching and Bitching!

A coven of flesh-eating witches meet their match when a group of hapless thieves stumble upon a mysterious mansion in Witching and Bitching, the freaky new horror comedy from Spanish director Álex de la Iglesia (Mutant Action, Day of the Beast, As Luck Would Have It) and starring Hugo Silva, Mario Casas, and Carmen Maura. Winner of eight GOYA Awards (Spain's Academy Awards) including Best Special Effects and Best Makeup, this festival favorite is presented in its native Spanish language with English subtitles. IFC Midnight will release Witching and Bitching this summer in theatres, on cable, and via digital VOD.

In Beneath a deadly supernatural force is unleashed when a crew of coal miners and a female environmentalist find themselves trapped 600 feet below ground. This creepy and claustrophobic horror thriller from director Ben Ketai (30 Days of Night: Dark Days) stars Jeff Fahey, Kelly Noonan, Joey Kern, and Brent Briscoe. Winner of six awards at SCREAMFEST, LA's annual horror film festival, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Special Effects, IFC Midnight will release Beneath this summer in theatres, on cable, and via digital VOD.

These two spectacular free screenings are courtesy of IFC Midnight, free for TFW passholders, and will conveniently take place at The Alamo Drafthouse Grindhouse Cinema, located inside The Hyatt Regency DFW – the home of Texas Frightmare Weekend!

TFW is arguably America’s largest gathering of horror celebrities, professionals, and fans – now celebrating its eighth amazing year. The blockbuster event boasts over 10,000 attendees annually and has hosted hundreds of genre legends, including Clive Barker, Malcolm McDowell, Robert Englund, John Carpenter, Tobe Hooper, and Cary Elwes.

Celebrity guests at TFW 2014 include living legend George A. Romero and the cast of Dawn of the Dead; Saw’s Tobin Bell; The Creature from the Black Lagoon’s Julie Adams and Ricou Browning; a Terminator reunion featuring Michael Biehn, Earl Boen, Linda Hamilton, Peter Kent, Kristanna Loken, and Robert Patrick; Japan’s ass-kicking warrior princess Asami; Hellraiser’s Doug Bradley, Nicholas Vince, and Barbie Wilde; an Aliens reunion featuring Mark Rolston, Michael Biehn, and Jenette Goldstein; Paradise Lost’s Jason Baldwin; the cast of AMC’s "The Walking Dead"; Full Moon founder Charles Band; Repo! The Genetic Opera’s Bill Moseley, Nivek Ogre, and Alexa Vega; the legendary Linda Blair; Night of the Demons’ Amelia Kinkade, Linnea Quigley, and Kevin Tenney; Doctor Giggles himself, Larry Drake; and The Blair Witch Project’s Heather Donohue, Joshua Leonard, Michael C. Williams, and Eduardo Sanchez!

Additional guests include Phil Fondacaro, John Franklin, Courtney Gains, John Kassir, Nick King, Kurando Mitsutake, Kyle Labine, Tyler Labine, Chris Marquette, artist Brett Weldele, Michael Parks, Chris Alexander, Lou Taylor Pucci, artist Gary Pullin, musician Twiggy Ramirez, Dee Snider, Jen and Sylvia Soska, artist Ben Templesmith, Kevin Van Hentenryck, Jill Whitlow, and many more!

Daily and weekend passes are available on the Texas Frightmare Weekend website. Weekend and daily passes grant admission to TFW’s free screenings but do not guarantee seating so arrive early – before they reach full capacity!

In addition to being Oderus Urungus, the frontman for the groundbreaking metal band GWAR for over three decades, Dave Brockie (as Oderus) starred in Adam Green's sitcom "Holliston." Green had some words about his co-star and friend he wanted to share.

If you are a fan of Brockie's work in GWAR or "Holliston" or his outrageous interviews, do yourself a favor and read Adam Green's blog entry on his friend Dave Brockie. It's a truly heartfelt and touching tribute.

Green wrote this entry because, as he put it, "I want to tell as many people as possible who the great man behind that costume really was."

You are missed, Dave. Here's to ya, buddy!

We're a few dozen hours away from the season 4 finale of AMC's "The Walking Dead" and right now we have the fourth in a series of #Terminus one-sheets for you. This one comes courtesy of MTV! Check it out!

Based on the comic book series written by Robert Kirkman and published by Image Comics, "The Walking Dead" stars Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus, Steven Yeun, Lauren Cohan, Chandler Riggs, Melissa McBride, Emily Kinney, Danai Gurira, Chad Coleman, and Sonequa Martin-Green.

The series is executive produced by Scott M. Gimple, Robert Kirkman, Gale Anne Hurd, David Alpert, Tom Luse, and Greg Nicotero.

"The Walking Dead" Episode 4.16 - "A" (airs 3/30/14)
Many paths collide; Rick (Lincoln) faces sheer brutality; the group struggles to survive. Directed by Michelle MacLaren; written by Scott M. Gimple and Angela Kang.

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