Words alone cannot truly express the buzzing going on at Dread Central HQ for Legendary's Godzilla! We're just a few days away, kids, and we already have tickets purchased for multiple showings. Need some more wood for your fire? Dig on this latest TV spot!

Read our Godzilla review!

Godzilla starts everywhere on May 16th with special 7:00 PM screenings Thursday, May 15th.

From visionary new director Gareth Edwards (Monsters) comes a powerful story of human courage and reconciliation in the face of titanic forces of nature, when the awe-inspiring Godzilla rises to restore balance as humanity stands defenseless.

Elizabeth Olsen, Bryan Cranston, Aaron Johnson, Juliette Binoche, David Strathairn, Ken Watanabe, Richard T. Jones, Sally Hawkins, Victor Rasuk, Yuki Morita, and C.J. Adams star in the film, which has been rated PG-13 for “intense sequences of destruction, mayhem and creature violence."

For more on the movie visit the official Godzilla website, "like"Godzilla on Facebook, and follow Godzilla on Twitter.

The official Blu-ray and DVD release of Caradog James'The Machine is heading our way, and we have a look at the home video artwork. Press the power button, sit back, and hope that this automated terror delivers the horror goodies!

The Machine will be available on DVD and Blu-ray on June 17, 2014.

Toby Stephens (Die Another Day), Caity Lotz (The Pact, "Mad Men"), and Denis Lawson (Star Wars, Local Hero) star. Look for more on this one soon!

Synopsis
Britain is in a Cold War with a new enemy, and the Ministry of Defense is on the brink of developing a game-changing weapon. Lead scientist Vincent McCarthy (Toby Stephens) provides the answer with his creation, ‘The Machine’ - an android with unrivaled physical and processing skills. When a programming glitch causes an early prototype to destroy his lab, McCarthy enlists artificial intelligence expert Ava (Caity Lotz) to help him harness the full potential of a truly conscious fighting machine.

There was a lot to choose from on TV last night. Did Showtime's "Penny Dreadful" get your attention? If so, here's a look ahead to Episode 1.02, "Seance," and lots more!

Timothy Dalton, Reeve Carney, Josh Hartnett, Harry Treadaway, Rory Kinnear, Billie Piper, and Eva Green star. Juan Antonio Bayona (The Orphanage, The Impossible) directed the first two episodes.

Below you'll find an overall look ahead at Season 1; a preview and two clips from Episode 1.02, "Seance"; and an in-depth look "inside" the series.

Related Story:Visit our "Penny Dreadful" Archive!

A profoundly unsettling new saga, "Penny Dreadful" completely reinvents literature’s most terrifying characters, including Dr. Frankenstein, Dorian Gray, and iconic figures from the novel Dracula, who are lurking in the darkest corners of Victorian London.

"Penny Dreadful" Episode 1.02 - "Seance" (airs 5/18/14)
Vanessa (Green) and Sir Malcolm (Dalton) attend a party at the home of Egyptologist Sir Ferdinand Lyle and meet Dorian Gray (Carney). The party takes an ominous turn when medium Madame Kali hosts a séance. Meanwhile, Ethan (Hartnett) befriends Brona Croft (Piper), a young Irish immigrant.

Don't forget you can enter DREAD20 when checking out from Showtime's "Penny Dreadful" store to receive 20% off all "Penny Dreadful" merchandise. The code is valid through December 31, 2014!

For more info visit "Penny Dreadful" on Showtime, "like""Penny Dreadful" on Facebook, and follow @SHO_Penny on Twitter. Be sure to also visit the Penny-Dreadful.com website.

Remember the days when a motion poster was enough to make you go, "Wow!"? With technology advancing so fast, that kind of thing is approaching being considered old hat. Now we're getting enhanced trailers! Check it out!

The Warner Bros. Pictures/Village Roadshow Pictures sci-fi thriller Edge of Tomorrow is directed by Doug Liman and stars Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton, Jeremy Piven, Jonas Armstrong, Tony Way, Kick Gurry, Franz Drameh, Dragomir Mrsic, Charlotte Riley, and Marianne Jean-Baptiste.

The screenplay was written by Dante Harper, Christopher McQuarrie, and Joby Harold.

Look for the film in theatres on June 6, 2014.

Synopsis
The epic action of Edge of Tomorrow unfolds in a near future in which an alien race has hit the Earth in an unrelenting assault, unbeatable by any military unit in the world. Lt. Col. Bill Cage (Cruise) is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously dropped into what amounts to little more than a suicide mission. Killed within minutes, Cage now finds himself inexplicably thrown into a time loop—forcing him to live out the same brutal combat over and over, fighting and dying again… and again. But with each battle, Cage becomes able to engage the adversaries with increasing skill, alongside Special Forces warrior Rita Vrataski (Emily Blunt). And, as Cage and Rita take the fight to the aliens, each repeated encounter gets them one step closer to defeating the enemy.

For more info visit the official Edge of Tomorrow website and "like"Edge of Tomorrow on Facebook. If you're a tweeter, be sure to use the hashtag #LiveDieRepeat.

This past weekend was chock-full of horror offerings, and one of the best was the return of "In the Flesh" to BBC America. Are you as anxiously awaiting Episode 2.02 as we are? Here's a preview to tide you over until next Saturday.

"In the Flesh" Episode 2.02 (airs 5/17/14, 10-11 PM)
Kieren (LUKE NEWBERRY, The Legend of Hercules)'s dreams of escape are left in tatters when Member of Parliament (MP) Maxine (WUNMI MOSAKU, Philomena) imposes an Undead travel ban on Roarton, along with stringent measures for Partially Deceased Syndrome (PDS) Sufferers to pay back their debt to society.

However, being thrust together with Undead Liberation Army (ULA) member Simon (EMMETT J SCANLAN, The Fall) on Maxine's Give Back Scheme has its benefits. When the two discover they have a connection, Simon makes a surprising declaration.

Meanwhile, Kieren's ex-Human Volunteer Force (HVF) sister Jem (HARRIET CAINS, Doctors) has returned to school. She feels completely alienated until she's revealed to be war hero.

For more info visit "In the Flesh" on BBCAmerica.com, "like""In the Flesh" BBC on Facebook, and follow "In the Flesh" TV on Twitter.

We learned this morning that we have to wait until sometime next year to see Fox's "Wayward Pines," which is produced by M. Night Shyamalan, but to satisfy our curiosity a bit, the network has released a trailer for the show, which you can see right here!

Synopsis:
Imagine the perfect American town... beautiful homes, manicured lawns, children playing safely in the streets. Now imagine never being able to leave. You have no communication with the outside world. You think you're going insane. You must be in Wayward Pines.

Based on the best-selling novel Pines by Blake Crouch and brought to life by suspenseful storyteller M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense, Signs), "WAYWARD PINES" is the intense new mind-bending event thriller evocative of the classic cult hit “Twin Peaks.”

Secret Service Agent ETHAN BURKE (Academy Award nominee Matt Dillon; Crash, City of Ghosts) drives to the bucolic town of Wayward Pines, ID, searching for two missing federal agents. Ethan is the logical choice for the mission. He's one of the best Secret Service agents in the Seattle office. He's also the man who knew missing agent KATE HEWSON (Carla Gugino; Watchmen, “Entourage”) better than anyone. They were partners. They were more than that. Their relationship nearly destroyed Ethan's marriage.

Everything changes when a truck slams into his car and he wakes up in the Wayward Pines Hospital, with the intense and unpredictable NURSE PAM (Academy Award and Emmy Award winner Melissa Leo; The Fighter, “Treme”) at his bedside. It soon appears that Pam may be more interested in harming than healing. She and Ethan grow into deadly rivals, and her role in the town proves much deeper than anyone realizes.

As the mysteries within the town pile up and clash with his own version of recent events, Ethan starts to question his own sanity. He is confronted by the mysterious and charismatic DR. JENKINS (Emmy Award nominee Toby Jones; The Girl, the Harry Potter franchise, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), the psychiatrist who treats him at Wayward Pines Hospital. As he begins to meet some of the local residents, including toymaker HAROLD BALLINGER (Reed Diamond; “24,” Much Ado About Nothing), Ethan forms a bond with BEVERLY (Academy Award and Emmy Award nominee Juliette Lewis; Hysterical Blindness, Cape Fear), a bartender who doesn't mince words and is as wary of Wayward Pines as he is.

Back home in Seattle, Ethan's wife, THERESA BURKE (Shannyn Sossamon; 40 Days and 40 Nights, “How to Make It in America”), a former Secret Service Agent trainee, gets a call from Ethan's boss, ADAM HASSLER (Tim Griffin; “Prime Suspect”). He informs her that early testing shows Ethan was never in the car that was recovered on the side of the road outside of Wayward Pines. They're still investigating. But this isn't enough for Theresa. Along with their teenage son, BEN (Charlie Tahan; The Harvest, Charlie St. Cloud), Theresa sets out on her own search for Ethan.

Meanwhile, Ethan is challenged at every turn by the town's die-hard residents and especially the town's sheriff, SHERIFF ARNOLD POPE (Academy Award nominee Terrence Howard; Crash, Hustle & Flow), who takes offense at a Secret Service agent showing up on his turf and telling him what to do. Ethan believes Pope is out of his mind and visa versa. Ethan's continuing investigation only turns up more and more questions, and each one leads him to the most important question of all: What's wrong with Wayward Pines?

"WAYWARD PINES" is a production of FX Productions. The series is created by Chad Hodge (“The Playboy Club,” “Runaway”) and executive produced by M. Night Shyamalan, Hodge, Donald De Line (Green Lantern, The Italian Job), and Ashwin Rajan (After Earth). Hodge wrote and Shyamalan directed the premiere episode.

Keep your eyes on "Wayward Pines" on Fox.com for additional info in the coming months.

We don't know much about Slugger, but we do like the first one-sheet and teaser trailer. We're a sucker for that Texas Chainsaw stinger too. Don't know exactly what could cause such a sound but it gets us every time.

Ian Messenger has written and directs the flick which stars Tim Christine, Jenna Martinez, Aaron Gain, Brian Etter, Tiffany Corbin, and Matt McCune as the title character, Slugger! Look for more on this latest indie fright fest from CatchMeKillMe Productions soon!

Synopsis
A couple get home from a successful blind date on Halloween only to have their night derailed when Slugger comes knocking.

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 Opeth, The Offspring, Trivium, Coheed and Cambria, Down, Five Finger Death Punch, Bad Religion, Suicide Silence, Volbeat, Bane, Trapt, Body Count and more. Don't touch that dial.

NEWS
Opeth's upcoming eleventh album, Pale Communion, has been pushed back from its originally-announced June release date to August 26th via Roadrunner Records.

Ice T's rap-metal band Body Count will release Manslaughter on June 10th via Sumerian records.

Trivium have parted ways with drummer Nick Augusto.

MUSIC
Stream Down's new EP, Down IV - Part II, here. It's released this week.

Listen to a new Vanna song titled "Holy Hell"here. Void comes out June 17 via Pure Noise Records.

Bane's new (and final) album, Don't Wait Up, is streaming here. It’s out this week on Equal Vision Records.

VIDEOS
A lyric video for a new Suicide Silence song titled "Cease to Exist" can be viewed here. You Can't Stop Me drops July 15 via Nuclear Blast Records.

Watch Bane's music video for "Final Backward Glance” here. As stated above, Don't Wait Up is out on Equal Vision Records.

TOURS
The Offspring will be performing Smash in its entirety on the upcoming "Summer Nationals" tour alongside Bad Religion, Pennywise and The Vandals. Dates can be found here.

Five Finger Death Punch, Volbeat, Hellyeah and Nothing More are touring together in the fall. Dates are here.

Coheed and Cambria have announced a tour on which they’ll be performing In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 in its entirety. Dates are here.

Cannibal Corpse have announced some summer headlining shows during the Mayhem Festival off-dates, including a few with support from Suicide Silence. Check them out here.

Trapt will be performing their self-titled debut album in its entirety on their upcoming tour. Dates are here.

Bleeding Through will embark on their final tour of the west coast this summer with support from Winds of Plague, Scars of Tomorrow and Lionheart. Take a look at the dates here.

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

Despite a few long gaps between episodes, this season of "Grimm" has been pretty stellar; and the finale, Episode 3.22, "Blond Ambition," arrives in just a few days. Here's a set of videos with the cast members discussing what's in store for us.

"Grimm" Episode 3.22 - "Blond Ambition" (airs 5/16/14)
MONROE AND ROSALEE’S BIG DAY HAS FINALLY ARRIVED - It’s Monroe (Silas Weir Mitchell) and Rosalee’s (Bree Turner) big day, and their joy will only be matched by unexpected heartache for those around them.

Nick (David Giuntoli) and Juliette (Bitsie Tulloch) make a startling realization that could shake their relationship to its core.

Meanwhile, Adalind (Claire Coffee) proceeds with a delicately laid plan that leads to a catastrophic event that will alter the course of Nick’s journey. Russell Hornsby, Sasha Roiz, and Reggie Lee also star. Jacqueline Toboni, C. Thomas Howell, Dee Wallace, and Chris Mulkey guest star.

Related Story:It's Monrosalee's Big Day in These Images from the "Grimm" Season 2 Finale Episode 3.22 - "Blond Ambition"

For more info visit "Grimm" on NBC.com, check out some InstaGRIMMS on Instagram, "like""Grimm" on Facebook, and follow "Grimm" on Twitter.

It's rare that we use the words badass, Hallmark, and Christmas together, but after seeing the latest round of ornaments that are part of the Hallmark Dream Book line, we cannot help ourselves. These things are stellar, and a few even bring some bitchin' audio with 'em!

PLANET OF THE APES - CORNELIUS
Any Planet of the Apes fan will dig this mini replica of archeological scientist Cornelius. You'll love studying this ornament in great detail—although you might venture to guess that Cornelius is simultaneously studying you.

GODZILLA
One of the most iconic characters in pop culture, Godzilla has been "King of the Monsters" since he first smashed onto the big screen. Based on the latest and greatest iteration of the character, this ornament will unleash the unrivaled power of Godzilla with the press of a button! Click here to listen.

JAWS
Watch out for your fingers when you hang this ornament from the tree! With the press of a button, the Jaws theme song will play, making your heart race just like the first time you watched this iconic film. Click here to listen.

ALIEN XENOMORPH
What better way to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the science fiction thriller Alien than to put the film’s frightening “Xenomorph” on your tree. You may even introduce a new generation of fans to this spine-chilling cult classic and its sequels.

FRANKENSTEIN'S MONSTER
Add this classic horror movie icon, Frankenstein’s Monster, to your Christmas ornament collection. Remember the chills and thrills of the first time Frankenstein’s Monster came to life every time you hang it from your tree.

I try to never make an interview article about myself, but I had to mention just how I discovered Heidi Shepherd, Carla Harvey and their kick ass metal band, Butcher Babies.

Last August, I was in the pit at the Mayhem Festival in Saratoga Springs, NY. I was waiting to see Children of Bodom, but there was one other act scheduled before Alexi Laiho and his Finnish brethren took the stage. A group called Butcher Babies. Fronted by two incredibly beautiful and awesomely aggressive ladies, Butcher Babies absolutely slayed the crowd in Saratoga and I knew I had to catch up with this band and interview them as the Dread Central readership would certainly fall in love with them as I did.

Although I wasn't able to coordinate a meeting at Rock and Shock 2013 where the band played, I was finally able to catch up with the two lead singers of the band after they blew the doors off the Upstate Concert Hall in Clifton Park, NY in support of Down and Black Label Society recently. So finally, nine months after they originally rocked my world, I give you Heidi Shepherd and Carla Harvey (representing their fellow bandmates, Chris Warner, Henry Flury and Jason Klein) of the Butcher Babies!

The stage presence of both Carla Harvey and Heidi Shepherd is amazing and the duo have such incredibly explosive energy onstage, one has to wonder where it comes from. "I think we've all had it inside ourselves since we were kids," Harvey said. "We all grew up as metalheads, so that's a huge thing. When you grow up as a metalhead and you grow up in the pit and you grow up going to rock shows, how else are you going to behave onstage? We're not going to stand there. We feel the music. So as soon as we get up there, we go crazy."

Heidi Shepherd added, "As Carla said, we were kids that grew up in the pit and the second we heard that music, we raged. That was our outlet to let everything out and it's still that to this day. I like to blame it on the fact that I was a really angry teenager and I still have that inside of me. I could see myself at 11 or 12 years old as an angry kid, sitting in my closet, writing swear words on the wall. So, for me, it's that anger and that energy as a teenager that has guided me through my adulthood."

Harvey and Shepherd also credit other factors to their energetic onstage personas. "Writing our record was a very cathartic experience, getting those emotions out," Harvey said. "And now we can live it out in kind of a safe manner. We can be as crazy as we want, but when we're onstage, we're letting it go in a safe way."

"Plus we're a bunch of party animals," Shepherd said. "We like to have fun and the whole band is that way. So when we get up there, we can't help but jump around and party with our best friends."

For a band who's first album dropped last year, the Butcher Babies have had the incredibly rare opportunity to play in front of tremendously large audiences. Shepherd and Harvey spoke on the experience. "We know how lucky we are," Shepherd said. "We've worked our asses off. Carla and I have been working together for seven years. This band has been together for four and a half years. We've worked really hard over the past couple years. We still are newbies, but we've been very lucky to share the stage with Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie, Korn… For us, it's a huge dream come true. Sitting in your room as that 11 or 12 year old kid envisioning you're the singer of your favorite band, and for me that was Korn or Slipknot…"

"For me that was Pantera," Harvey said. "I would sit in my room and draw comics and listen to Phil Anselmo scream. I wanted to be Phil, and now we get to tour with him. It's a really, really cool experience."

"It's really nothing you can describe," Shepherd said. "The oddest sense of accomplishment because you don't want to let every day pass by. You want to take full advantage of every single day. Like tonight, we'll be at the soundbooth watching Down as we will be for every night on this tour because this is something that we've been looking forward to our entire lives. Carla and I, when we worked with Marilyn Manson, stood at the soundbooth every night. Carla said to me, about Manson, 'This is one of the last true rock stars of our time.' And for our names to be attached to that is indescribable. We definitely don't take that for granted."

Harvey added, "We didn't get this when we were 20 years old. None of us are kids so we realize how lucky we are to have this and to still be doing it. We'll never take that for granted."

With one killer album under their belts, Butcher Babies will soon be turning their attention away from their seemingly endless tour schedule and begin working on album number two. "We've been really busy touring, but we've been getting writing sessions in here and there," Harvey said. "We're taking the whole summer off to write our next album because it's that important to us."

"With the success of the first album, the second album means more, in our eyes," Shepherd said. "This is an exciting time, but also a very scary time for the band because your sophomore album can make or break your career. So we want to take all the time in the world, fall off the map for a little while and write a really good, honest record. And by honest, I mean honest in the sense that we're not going to conform to what's popular right now. We never have. We have so many people who say, 'You guys are girls. You should not be screaming, you should be singing.' You should do this and you should do that. And what we want to do is push all that away and put ourselves into our project and that's what I mean by honest."

And speaking of the tour schedule, Harvey and Shepherd spoke about life on the road. "We've done a couple of tours. We did Danzig after Mayhem and then we did In This Moment and then we did Europe," Harvey said. "So we've been home a couple months, maybe, in all that time. It's rough, but it's the best time of our lives. We get to share it with our best friends. We love being onstage."

"It's funny when you think about living out of a suitcase," Shepherd said. "When we put our bags right here on these seats and we live out of them day to day, some people would look at that like 'Oh my god, you live out of a suitcase. That must be terrible.' For us, this is our lives. I have everything I treasure right in that suitcase and in this RV and for us, this is where we know we belong. So if we're on tour, we're happy."

A successful album, endless tour dates and adoring fans have all come the way of the Butcher Babies, a creation not of a corporation, but of five lovers of music. "All of us have been in bands prior to this," Shepherd said. "What musician hasn't been in a band prior to the successful one? You have to fail to win. Carla and I did in a band before this. In all honesty, all of us came from other projects and formed something original and fought our way to the top. We used to practice in Chris' (drummer Chris Warner) garage. We were a garage band. I want to clear the slate, sometimes people think some manager put us together…got some really great musicians together with some girls, that's a common misconception. This is actually a brainchild of all of us in the band."

And the common thread that ties the Butcher Babies together with the Dread Central readership? Of course it's the horror. "We're all horror fans," Harvey said. "We kind of started off like horror rock because we used a lot of blood, so people associated that with us being a horror rock band."

"It's really hard to shower off, though. It's really hard to tour and be covered in blood all the time," Shepherd joked.

"We used to have torsos and decapitated heads that we got from real movie sets on our stage," Harvey said. "But we've kinda toned it down a bit because we want people to see us, who we are as musicians and people on stage and not just the blood and gore."

"But we're still horror fanatics," Shepherd added. "If we have an off day…our off day the other day consisted of seeing Oculus (which Heidi recommends!) and for us, we'll sit around and talk about different things horror-based. Tomorrow we're going to that museum…"

"We're hoping to go to the Mütter Museum in Philly," Harvey explained. "It's a museum that has all these cool medical oddities in it, like the famous double-headed fetus skeleton. It has just a ton of weird medical shit. I've never been there, but I've been dying to go for years and we're finally getting a chance to go."

"We're really looking forward to doing that," Shepherd added about the Mütter Museum. "For us, everything we do is more horror-based. We write about the things that scare us. Our stage antics as of late are not as horror-based, but the things we write are horror-based. We have a song off our album called The Grim Sleeper about serial killer Lonnie Franklin in Los Angeles and the whole song, we really dove into this story and we wanted to feel what it would be like to be the killer and the victim. Also another song we have, called The Werewolf of Wisteria (on the Japanese version of the album), that's about Albert Fish in the 20's who would take the babies and eat them and write a letter to the parents. We really like to dive into horrific stories."

Catch Butcher Babies on their current tour. For dates and info, visit the official Butcher Babies website, "like"Butcher Babies on Facebook and follow Butcher Babies on Twitter (@butcherbabies).

Another TV spot has arrived for Legendary's Godzilla, and it is hiding something. Actually, it is "hiding something out there, and YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW!" God, we love Bryan Cranston. Read on for the goods!

Read our Godzilla review!

Godzilla starts everywhere on May 16th with special 7:00 PM screenings Thursday, May 15th.

From visionary new director Gareth Edwards (Monsters) comes a powerful story of human courage and reconciliation in the face of titanic forces of nature, when the awe-inspiring Godzilla rises to restore balance as humanity stands defenseless.

Elizabeth Olsen, Bryan Cranston, Aaron Johnson, Juliette Binoche, David Strathairn, Ken Watanabe, Richard T. Jones, Sally Hawkins, Victor Rasuk, Yuki Morita, and C.J. Adams star in the film, which has been rated PG-13 for “intense sequences of destruction, mayhem and creature violence."

For more on the movie visit the official Godzilla website, "like"Godzilla on Facebook, and follow Godzilla on Twitter.

Hot on the heels of our poster premiere, we now have several new stills from the upcoming terror tale ALTERGEIST. They're delightfully weird and feature one odd looking creature. Dig it!

ALTERGEIST kicked off its festival run at the prestigious Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival 2014 to an enthusiastic and vocal audience. At the Berlin Market the film received several offers from major territories for distribution, which are under consideration.

Aaron Heck, producer, of HeckArt Studios is also considering an offer for a unique and creative U.S. distribution plan as well as all other options for domestic distribution. Producers Heck and John Negropontes will be with writer/director Tedi Sarafian at the Cannes Market with ALTERGEIST.

Written and directed by Tedi Sarafian (Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Tank Girl), the flick stars Kristina Anapau (Cursed,"True Blood"), Mark Hapka ("Days of Our Lives"), Linsey Godfrey ("The Bold and Beautiful,""House Bunny"), Alexis Cruz (Stargate, Drag Me to Hell), Sarah Oh (The Crypt), Brendan Fletcher (Freddy vs Jason, Rampage, Ginger Snaps) David Weidoff (Roommates), Jessica Spotts (Monday Morning), Olivia Stuck (Last Vegas) and Richard Sarafian Jr. (Terminal Velocity).

For more info visit the official ALTERGEIST website, "like"ALTERGEIST on Facebook, and follow ALTERGEIST on Twitter.

Synopsis
With a long history of bizarre deaths and strange phenomena, King’s Ransom Winery is widely considered one of the most haunted places in North America. Led by Theresa Augland, a group of six paranormal investigators conducting a search for evidence of the other side begin to witness strange happenings. As long-buried memories and deep-seated fears bubble to the surface, they are terrified to learn that even the winery’s ghosts fear the truly sinister presence that has haunted the family estate for generations…

Don't let the fluffy sounding headline fool you, kids! The situation surrounding Cloudland is much darker than you would imagine. More crazy religious cult mayhem is headed our way, this time from Final Destination creator Jeffrey Reddick. Read on for details.

The Wrap reports that Mischa Barton (pictured; “The OC”), Drew Fuller ("Army Wives"), Katie Parker (Absentia), and Dredd executive producer Adi Shankar are set to star in Cloudland, a supernatural thriller that's quickly coming together.

Reddick created the project and will share story credit with Alex Bram, who will make his feature directorial debut with Cloudland. Bram also co-wrote the script with Martin Aguilera. Reddick will oversee production.

The story follows a young journalist (Fuller) who investigates a religious cult's terrifying prophecy after the paranormal murder of his younger sister (Parker). Barton will play Fuller's editor and love interest, while Shankar will play an intimidating member of the cult.

While Shankar is best known as an indie producer and film financier, he recently played an unrecognizable role alongside Ryan Reynolds and Anna Kendrick in Marjane Satrapi's The Voices, which he also produced through his 1984 Private Defense Contractors banner.

“The more we discussed the story, the more I realized that this had such a rich mythology and strong characters, that we were talking about a franchise that I believe can be just as successful as ‘Final Destination.' It's a riveting, edge-of-your seat ride, and Alex and Martin Aguilera really knocked the script out of the park,” said Reddick.

VFX company PRPVFX (Evil Dead) will bring the script's surreal elements to life, while Mark Lanza (Independence Day) will handle sound design for Cloudland, which starts production this fall in Los Angeles.

Just two episodes remain in "From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series," and to get you ready for tonight's Episode 1.09, "Boxman," here are a few exclusive stills, including a peek at the wicked creatures lurking in the labyrinth beneath the Titty Twister!

“From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series” stars D.J. Cotrona as Seth Gecko and Zane Holtz as his unpredictable brother, Richard (“Richie”). Other cast members include Jesse Garcia, Eiza González, Wilmer Valderrama, Adrianne Palicki, Jake Busey, Don Johnson, Madison Davenport, Lane Garrison, Robert Patrick, and Brandon Soo Hoo.

"From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series" Episode 1.09, "Boxman" (airs 5/13/14)
In order to free Santanico, Seth and Richie must face the labyrinth within the temple. Jacob and Kate are forced to confront Scott's transformation, while Freddie uncovers a new lead in the cartel killer case. Written by Matt Morgan and Ian Sobel and directed by Nick Copus.

No trailer had been released for the episode as of press time, but below the stills you'll find a look behind the scenes with both Seth and Richie Gecko (D.J. Cotrona and Zane Holtz, respectively).

For more info keep your eyes on the show's Facebook page, "like"El Rey Network on Facebook, and follow El Rey Network on Twitter.

Some quick sales news has hit our desks coming out of Cannes 2014. The Highland Group has joined forces with Anchor Bay UK to work together on several titles including the long talked about World War Dead. Read on for details.

From The Press Release
Highland Film Group has joined forces with Anchor Bay UK to introduce three genre titles to international buyers at the upcoming Marché du Film at Cannes. The slate of UK produced titles includes WORLD WAR DEAD, WE STILL KILL THE OLD WAY, and AGE OF KILL.

WORLD WAR DEAD stars Ray Panthaki (28 Days Later), Wendy Glenn (You’re Next) and Kacey Barnfield (Resident Evil) and is about a TV documentary team travelling to the Somme to uncover new mysteries in relation to World War I. However, what they unearth is far from a new story, but an army of the undead and a brand new war.

Revenge thriller WE STILL KILL THE OLD WAY, from director Sacha Bennett (Bonded By Blood), follows a group of London gangsters on a vigilante killing spree when one of their own ends up dead. The film stars Ian Ogilvy (Death Becomes Her), James Cosmo (Braveheart, “Game Of Thrones”), Nicky Henson (Syriana), Adele Silva and Dani Dyer (Vendetta).

Lastly, in AGE OF KILL, a disgraced black ops sniper has 6 hours to eliminate 6 targets in order to prevent the death of his kidnapped son. Starring Martin Kemp (The Krays), AGE OF KILL is produced by Jonathan Sothcott (Vendetta, Fall of the Essex Boys).

Anchor Bay’s Director of Acquisitions Rod Smith said “We couldn’t find a more perfect fit than the talented team at Highland Film Group, to represent our first three local productions. Their drive, passion and understanding of the market and our films make them a go-to destination for all international buyers, and we look forward to working with them.”

Highland’s Arianne Fraser, CEO and Delphine Perrier, President of International Sales jointly commented “We are so pleased to be working with Anchor Bay UK on these three standout genre films as both their films and the company encapsulate the same creative spirit we strive to represent.”

Highland’s current sales slate includes Kelvin Tong’s suspenseful new horror film EMAIL, Kevin Connolly’s THE WRIGHT GIRLS starring Jessica Alba, and SANCTUARY from director Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego; the latter two films are both produced by Charles Roven’s Atlas Independent.

Let us be clear... we don't care if the following movie is shitty or not. We care that it's 2014 and someone has made a movie entitled Mutantis featuring a guy in a rubber suit who looks like the love child of 1966's Ebirah and 1967's Gappa with a raging hard-on!

From the Press Release
From Dire Wit Films, the folks that brought you underground cult sleaze like Isle of the Damned and 7th Day, comes Mutantis, the toxic terror that will scare you to death... or at least make you chuckle at the plentiful wigs and gratuitous shots of monster penis throughout the flick.

Mutantis premieres June 14th at Mondo Baltimore! Pre-order the DVD on IndieGoGo! Dire Wit Films is taking pre-orders for the Mutantis DVD (available first exclusively via IndieGoGo and shipping towards the end of June), along with a lot of other awesome EXTREMELY LIMITED pressings of their other films and merch.

Pre Orders or "Perks" include:

T-SHIRTS for all of their films!

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Just in time to showcase the film's presence at Cannes, Lightning Entertainment has unveiled the sales art for the Chupacabra flick Indigenous. It's heavy on atmosphere but a bit light on goat sucker. Now there's something you don't hear everyday, huh?

From the Press Release
As demand for commercial horror/thriller fare continues to rise in the global marketplace, Lightning Entertainment has bolstered its offerings in the space, acquiring international sales rights to two highly sought-after titles, “Indigenous” and “Dark House,” which will debut in Cannes. The announcement was made today by Lightning Entertainment’s EVP & General Manager Ken DuBow.

“It is clear that movies in the horror/thriller genre continue to elicit the most enthusiasm among movie going audiences worldwide and it’s our job to help meet the needs of distributors looking to build a pipeline of strong commercial offerings,” said Lightning sales and acquisitions consultant Richard S. Guardian. “’Indigenous’ and ‘Dark House’ are two great examples of films with breakout potential and we’re excited to have them on our slate and begin introducing to buyers in Cannes.”

Set to screen for Market World Premiere screenings in Cannes, “Dark House” is directed by celebrated genre director Victor Salva (“Jeepers Creepers,” “Peaceful Warrior”) and stars Tobin Bell (Jigsaw from the “Saw” franchise), Luke Kleintank (TVs “Pretty Little Liars,” “Bones”) and Zack Ward (“Transformers,” “Devil’s Tomb”).

On his 23rd birthday, Nick is summoned by his mother to the asylum where she has been institutionalized since his childhood. Hoping that her request to see him is a sign of improvement, Nick is stunned by her revelation that the father he thought was dead is really alive, and that he may know the origin of Nick's terrible psychic gift. Nick sets out to find his father with his best friend and girlfriend. Every road they take on the terrifying journey leads them back to the same abandoned mansion - a house which Nick thought had only existed in his childhood imagination. Finally succumbing to the will of the house, Nick becomes embroiled in an epic battle with a horrific dark force...

“Indigenous,” following sold-out screenings in Tribeca’s Midnight Screenings section, is directed by Alastair Orr (“Expiration”), and stars Pierson Fode (“Kill Game”), Lindsey McKeon (“Airline Disaster”), Sofia Pernas (“Age of the Dragons,” “Underground”) and Jaime Anderson (“L’American,” “The Kid”).

Shot on location in Panama, the film follows a group of friends who travel from Los Angeles to exotic Panama for a week of surfing and partying in a lush tropical paradise. Befriending a beautiful local woman in their hotel bar, they learn of a secret jungle hike to a pristine waterfall nearby. A local surfer cautions them strongly against the journey into the dense jungles of the Darien Gap, warning that other gringos in search of the legendary waterfall had mysteriously disappeared into the rainforest, never to be seen or heard from again.

Ignoring his warnings, the group convinces the woman to guide them to the picturesque waterfall, thinking that they have nothing to fear with a local as their guide. What begins as a fun outing quickly turns terrifying when their guide mysteriously vanishes after a romantic tryst at the falls. As night closes in, the friends realize too late the truth behind the warnings— horrific, bloodthirsty, flesh-eating creatures are now stalking them. The mangled survivors rush to jungle caves for shelter, only to realize they’ve entered the monsters’ lair!

Lightning’s SVP Joseph Dickstein negotiated the deal for DARK HOUSE with Paradigm’s Meaghan Oliver and for INDIGENOUS with XYZ’s Nick Bolton.

Here's the thing... if you make the wrong decision at the wrong place at the wrong time, you can bring down the possibility of ending up on the cold side of the slab. Never has that fact been better illustrated than in Walter Hill's backwoods masterpiece Southern Comfort.

From the Press Release
Shout! Factory brings you the 1981 thriller Southern Comfort on Blu-ray for the first time, featuring a new high definition transfer, with bonus features including a theatrical trailer, still gallery, and ‘The Making of Southern Comfort’ featuring new interviews with director/writer Walter Hill, producer/writer David Giler and actors Keith Carradine, Powers Boothe, Peter Coyote and Lewis Smith.

From Walter Hill, the director of The Warriors and 48 Hrs., comes this gut-wrenching tale of backwoods terror that "draws you into the eerily beautiful Louisiana bayou...then has you running for your life" (Pauline Kael, New Yorker)! Keith Carradine (The Duellists) and Powers Boothe (Sin City, The Avengers) lead a "first-rate ensemble" (Newsweek) in this "exciting, arresting and tautly told suspenser" (Variety).

Nine National Guardsmen enter the Louisiana swamp for routine training, but an error in judgment by one of the team incites an all-out war with some angry Cajuns who know the territory like the backs of their hands. Armed with a precious few bullets, and confused by the dimly lit, moss-covered maze into which they've stumbled, the guardsmen know they'll be picked off one by one, until they come up with a solution using the only resources they have left...their wits.

The film also stars Fred Ward (Tremors, 2 Guns), T.K. Carter (The Thing), Peter Coyote (Jagged Edge) and Brion James (Blade Runner).

Special Features

Still Gallery

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Last month we learned that Anchor Bay UK is partnering up with Next Level Films on a zombie flick entitled World War Dead: Rise of the Fallen, and today we've been provided with the very first images of the collaborative effort. Check 'em out!

Being produced through Next Level's genre branch Atomic Level, the film is being directed by Bart Ruspoli and Freddie Hutton-Mills. Ray Panthaki (28 Days Later), Wendy Glenn (You’re Next) and Kacey Barnfield (Resident Evil) star, and production is currently underway.

Anchor Bay UK will retain worldwide sales and distribution rights as part of the deal.

Synopsis
To celebrate the centenary of WW1, a TV Documentary team travels to the Somme to put together a ratings smash about new mysteries relating to the famous battle. However, what they unearth is far from a new story of those that died 100 years ago – but an army of the undead and a brand new war.