The surprisingly good sequel The Purge: Anarchy is on its way home to both Blu-ray and DVD, and when it arrives, you'll have 24 hours to pick it up or forever be doomed to watching the lame original over and over.

Look for The Purge: Anarchy, directed by James DeMonaco, on digital HD October 7th and DVD/Blu-ray October 21st.

Special features include deleted scenes and the featurette “Behind the Anarchy.”

Synopsis
The New Founders of America invite you to celebrate your annual right to Purge. The Purge: Anarchy, the sequel to summer 2013’s sleeper hit that opened to No. 1 at the box-office, sees the return of writer/director James DeMonaco to craft the next terrifying chapter of dutiful citizens preparing for their country’s yearly 12 hours of anarchy. Returning alongside DeMonaco to produce The Purge: Anarchy are Blumhouse Productions’ Jason Blum (Paranormal Activity and Insidious series), alongside Sébastien K. Lemercier (Assault on Precinct 13, Four Lovers) and Platinum Dunes partners Michael Bay (Pain & Gain, Transformers franchise), Brad Fuller (The Amityville Horror, A Nightmare on Elm Street), and Andrew Form (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Friday the 13th).

On tap for you today is more casting news for The Last Witch Hunter, the upcoming film which pits badass Vin Diesel up against a coven of vengeful she-bitches. Read on to find out who will be playing the evil Witch Queen!

Per Deadline, German actress Julie Engelbrecht will do battle with Diesel in the villainous role, a part she landed after an international casting search. The Paris-born actress is most known for roles in Before the Fall and The Red Baron.

Michael Caine, Elijah Wood, Rose Leslie, and Olafur Darri Olafsson co-star, and Breck Eisner directs from a script by Burk Sharpless and Matt Sazama.

The film centers on a semi-immortal witch hunter (Diesel) wandering the streets of modern New York City who is forced to partner with his natural enemy, a female witch (Leslie).

Mark Canton is producing via his Mark Canton Productions banner along with Bernie Goldmann and Diesel via his One Race Entertainment banner. Erik Feig, Geoff Shaevitz, and Matthew Janzen oversee the project for Summit Entertainment.

Synopsis
Five hundred years ago, war raged between humankind and witches, vicious supernatural creatures intent on unleashing the Black Death upon the world. Armies of witch hunters battled the unnatural enemy across the globe, including Kaulder (Vin Diesel), a valiant warrior who managed to slay an all-powerful Queen Witch, decimating her followers in the process. In the moments before her death, the Queen exacted her revenge by cursing Kaulder with immortality, forever separating him from his beloved wife and daughter in the afterlife. Kaulder has spent centuries hunting down rogue witches, all the while yearning for his long-lost loved ones.

Today, he is the only one of his kind–-the last witch hunter. With the help of Father Dolan, a Catholic priest, and a mystical arsenal hidden beneath New York’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral, he continues to pursue the renegades and outlaws who endanger humanity. Chief among their adversaries is Belial, a powerful rebel witch who Kaulder believes has found a way to restore the Queen Witch to power and reignite her campaign to destroy the human world.

With the help of Chloe, a goodhearted young witch (Rose Leslie), Kaulder sets out to stop Belial before he can set his plan in motion, but allies in unexpected places keep the evil witch one step ahead in a cunning cat-and-mouse pursuit that will determine the survival of the human race.

Well, Nightbreed fans, the moment you've been waiting for has finally arrived. A couple months after the exciting original announcement, Scream Factory has just revealed full details on the two different versions of its Director's Cut Blu-ray release of the film...

...and you're going to be blown away by all the goodies included on the discs.

But first, a few words from the offices of the film's writer/director, Clive Barker!

"The ‘Nightbreed Director’s Cut’ is an entirely different film than the one which was released in theaters," writes Barker's team about the release. "It's 20 minutes longer than the theatrical cut, but it contains over 40 minutes of new and altered footage. Clive oversaw the reconstruction and edit himself, personally ensuring that, at long last, he was able to tell the story he always wanted to tell but, until now, had never been given the chance. Once the scenes were reordered, and the original film footage restored, the entire film received a brand new sound mix and color pass. It is, in every way, a different movie. It contains more story, more monsters, and there’s even a musical number. Ultimately, what we’ve delivered is a love story 25 years in the making."

Those who order the Limited Edition set directly from ScreamfactoryDVD.com will also receive an exclusive 18”x24” poster of the newly designed artwork (available while supplies last)! The Scream Factory site will also receive the first 1,000 numbered copies.

Without further delay, read on to have your mind blown!

DVD & BLU-RAY COMBO SPECIAL EDITION SET

1:78 Widescreen/DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1/English Subtitles

Synopsis
Boone (Craig Sheffer) may be a troubled young man, but his troubles are just beginning. Set up as the fall guy in a string of slasher murders, he decides he’ll hide by crossing the threshold that separates “us” from “them” and sneak into the forbidden subterranean realm of Midian. Boone will live among the monsters. Hellraiser creator Clive Barker writes (adapting his novel Cabal) and directs this vivid leap into horror that asks: In the battle of man vs. monster, who’s really the monster? The answer supplies flesh-crawling suspense, sudden fear, a colorful Danny Elfman score, and a creepy array of shape-shifting beings. They are the Nightbreed, denizens of a world beyond death, beyond the imagination, perhaps beyond anything you’ve seen.

For more in the meantime, visit the official Scream Factory website and "like"Scream Factory on Facebook.

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Who's ready for a new clip from Cabin Fever: Patient Zero? Get ready to spread the infection courtesy of RLJ/Image Entertainment. The third installment in the franchise is available on DVD and Blu-ray NOW.

Read our positive Cabin Fever: Patient Zero review here and our negative Cabin Fever: Patient Zero review here!

Kaare Andrews directs from a script by Jake Wade Wall. Sean Astin, Currie Graham, and Ryan Donowho star.

Synopsis
A group of friends planned the perfect vacation in the Caribbean, but when they head ashore to explore a remote island, their ultimate bachelor weekend devolves into their worst nightmare. After an ill-fated swim in contaminated water, they stumble upon a seemingly abandoned research facility where a deadly, flesh-eating virus has been unleashed.

Another clip has arrived at the Dread Central offices. This one is for Burying the Ex, the new film from master of horror Joe Dante (Gremlins, The Hole). As the zombie flick gets ready to burst up from the depths at the Venice Film Festival, check out a taste of what's to come.

Fright Night's Anton Yelchin, Texas Chainsaw 3D's Alexandra Daddario, and The Apparition's Ashley Greene star.

Based on a short film of the same name, the Alan Trezza-penned script follows Max (Yelchin) and Evelyn (Greene) as their relationship takes a nose dive once they move in together.

Max discovers how controlling and manipulative Evelyn is, but he’s too scared to break up with her. When fate steps in and Evelyn dies in a freak accident, newly-single Max prepares to move on with Olivia (Daddario). His romantic life becomes complicated when Evelyn rises from the grave and sets out to get her boyfriend back, even if that means turning him into one of the undead. Oliver Cooper plays Travis, Max's deadbeat half-brother, who tries to help him win Olivia's heart and defeat his undead ex.

It must be "release a new clip" day or something. Guess we missed that meeting. In any event, dig on some new eye candy for the film adaptation of the graphic novel The Scribbler, directed by John Suits. Look for more on this one as we approach its release.

Katie Cassidy (A Nightmare on Elm Street), Michelle Trachtenberg (Black Christmas), Eliza Dushku (Wrong Turn), Gina Gershon (Bound), Sasha Grey (Open Windows), Garret Dillahunt (The Last House on the Left, The Road), Michael Imperioli ("The Sopranos"), and Billy Campbell ("The Killing") star.

XLrator Media’s sci-fi action-thriller The Scribbler is set to open September 19th.

Synopsis
THE SCRIBBLER follows Suki (Katie Cassidy), a young woman confronting her destructive mental illness using "The Siamese Burn," an experimental machine designed to eliminate multiple personalities. The closer Suki comes to being "cured," she's haunted by a thought... what if the last unwanted identity turns out to be her?

Just three episodes remain in Season 2 of "Under the Dome," and we're hoping for some sort of resolution to things in the weeks ahead. In the meantime here's a ridiculous amount of stills from the upcoming Episode 2.11, "Black Ice," along with three sneak peeks.

"Under the Dome" stars Mike Vogel (Barbie), Colin Ford (Joe), Alexander Koch (Junior), Rachelle Lefevre (Julia), Dean Norris (Big Jim), and Mackenzie Lintz (Norrie). Season 2 guest stars include Brett Cullen, Sherry Stringfield, Eddie Cahill, Grace Victoria Cox, Dwight Yoakam, Karla Crome, and Dwayne Boyd.

Related Story:Visit our "Under the Dome" Archive

"Under the Dome" Episode 2.11 - "Black Ice" (airs 9/8/14; 10-11 PM)
When temperatures begin to plunge, Sam (Cahill) and Rebecca (Crome) spring into action to try to save the residents of Chester's Mill. Meanwhile, Barbie (Vogel) risks his own life in order to save Julia (Lefevre) after a terrible accident.

For more info visit "Under the Dome" on CBS.com, "like""Under the Dome" on Facebook, and follow "Under the Dome" on Twitter (@UnderTheDomeCBS).

Indian cinema has long been recognized for its vivid colors and impromptu dance numbers, but there have been a few spookers along the way. Bhoot comes to mind along with several titles from director Vikram Bhatt. Anyway, things are about to get a lot scarier in Bollywood as Blumhouse is opening its doors there with select partners.

From the Press Release
Blumhouse Productions, Ivanhoe Pictures, and Phantom Films announced today that they have formed a multi-year partnership to produce local-language genre movies in India.

The deal calls for the production of a minimum of ten films over five years.

Ivanhoe Pictures, the recently launched Asian focused film and television production company, will finance the films; Phantom, which is India’s first director-led production house, will produce while one of its founders, Anurag Kashyap, the acclaimed Indian filmmaker, will direct one of the movies. Blumhouse will help oversee the creative, bringing its expertise creating horror franchises like Paranormal Activity, The Purge, Insidious, and Sinister. The films will be released in India under the Blumhouse brand, which has generated success in the area. Distribution will be announced at a later time.

Ivanhoe Picture’s co-founder and CEO John Penotti commented: “We are so pleased to be part of this extraordinary partnership. Blumhouse and Phantom are two of the film world's most innovative and forward-thinking producers of highly commercial, quality driven films in the market. We look forward to many years of productive and thrill-filled collaboration."

Madhu Mantena, one of the founders of Phantom Films, said: "We are very proud of being part of this first of its kind association in the Indian subontinent and couldn't be more excited about our collaboration with the progressive creative forces of Blumhouse and Ivanhoe. Look forward to some terrifying films from India."

Jason Blum, founder and CEO of Blumhouse, said: "Ivanhoe and Phantom are the perfect partners to help create engaging, terrifying films for the rapidly growing Indian market. We are excited to bring our approach of empowering filmmakers to tell their favorite genre stories to local-language productions."

We are just a few days away from the premiere of Kevin Smith's Tusk at the Toronto International Film Festival (look for a review soon), and to celebrate the flick's Great White North premiere, we have a nifty comic panel for you guys to chew on!

Tusk, written and directed by Smith, stars Justin Long, Haley Joel Osment, Genesis Rodriguez, and Michael Parks. Long plays a journalist who finds the story of a lifetime in Mr. Howe (Parks), a worldwide adventurer with amazing tales and a curious penchant for walruses.

Producers are Sam Englebardt, William D. Johnson, and David Greathouse for Demarest and Shannon McIntosh for Smith’s SModcast Pictures banner. Jennifer Schwalbach and XYZ's Nate Bolotin are executive producers.

Look for the flick in theatres on September 19, 2014.

For more info visit the official Tusk website, "like"Tusk on Facebook, check out Tusk on Instagram, and follow @Tusk_TheMovie on Twitter using the hashtag #WalrusYes.

I don't like flying. Let me just get that out of the way. I'm not afraid of it. It does make me nervous, but that doesn't really equate with fear. It's uncomfortable as I'm a tall and wide guy. And It's inherently inconvenient as you're trapped in one place for up to hours on end.

It troubles me because it feels like we're having an argument with gravity and God. "No, I know you wanted us stuck to the ground, but never mind that, we're going to throw ourselves into the air in a big metal thing built by the lowest bidder and defy every law of physics that normally applies to us."

Landing is always a relief because it feels like we're admitting that we were wrong and apologizing by agreeing with the laws of physics by returning to the ground.

Don't judge me.

That said, this story would have seriously turned my nerves into outright William Shatner on "Twilight Zone" panic.

The Daily Mail reports that a Dutch airliner was flying from Hong Kong to Anchorage, Alaska, at night recently. They were just south of the Russian Kamchatka peninsula when the Pacific, far below them, lit up bright red. It started with what looked like a lightning strike vertically, straight down from the sky to the area of the lights, despite there being no storms in the area.

Easy to spot with clear skies below them, this must have been a massive outburst of energy based on the scale of the photos seen in the story. An intercontinental airliner flies a high altitudes, but the phenomenon fills their window and photo frame.

The pilot, JPC van Heijst, was left disturbed simply because there seems to be no logical explanation. The current theory is a massive underground volcano, but there has never been a report of such lights sighted during such an eruption. Squid boats (that use LED lights) were also ruled out due to the scale of the event.

What do you think? Alien spacecraft launching from the ocean floor into space? Unknown, massive aquatic life? The Doctor punching the Tardis out of an undersea Dalek stronghold while it explodes?

"Grimm" returns to NBC on Friday, October 24th, but if you don't want to wait that long to reconnect with Nick and the others, The Killing Time, a new companion novel for the series, arrives in just a few weeks from Titan Books.

Written by Tim Waggoner, Grimm: The Killing Time is being released on September 30th. Look for an exclusive excerpt from this brand-new original story set in the "Grimm" universe soon!

Synopsis
A mysterious creature stalks the streets of Portland, looking for a new identity. With one touch it can dissolve its victim, assuming his or her appearance, personality, and memories.

When Portland homicide detectives Nick Burkhardt and Hank Griffin are called in to track down a missing person, Nick comes face to face with the changeling, but its powers have an unexpected effect on the Grimm, unleashing a deadly Wesen plague and untold chaos.

Tim Waggoner write fantasy and horror for both adults and young readers. He also teaches creative writing at Sinclair Community College and in Seton Hill University's MFA in Writing Popular Fiction program.

Ginger Lynn Allen (aka Ginger Lynn) is a very familiar name to those of us who've reached and are enjoying adulthood. Ginger is making her return to acting in the horror flick House of Many Sorrows, and we have your first stills and more!

From the Press Release
Legendary Adult Film Star Ginger Lynn Allen has wrapped filming her role in the upcoming horror movie HOUSE OF MANY SORROWS. Shot just outside the small town of Killam, Alberta, HOUSE OF MANY SORROWS is about a young man who takes over his mother's bed and breakfast establishment. Strange things soon begin happening, and people begin disappearing and dying.

Allen plays the role of Jocelyn Mathers, who has a bad attitude in the movie. “I was very excited to land this role, and working with director Barry J. Gillis has been a pleasure,” states Allen. “I found this role to be very, very fulfilling. Barry also let me incorporate a few of my own ideas into the role, and that was really satisfying.”

Outside of her adult film career Allen has acted in Young Guns 2, The Devil's Rejects, Vice Academy, and a slew of other roles. Her role in Metallica's "Turn the Page" video is legendary.

“Ginger was great,” chimes in director Gillis. “I was looking for someone who could play the role of a bad girl, and Ginger was larger than life. I believe people are going to really like her performance in the movie. She also brought so much energy and charisma to the set. I would definitively recommend Ginger to anybody out there making movies.”

HOUSE OF MANY SORROWS is written, produced, and directed by Barry J. Gillis. It also stars Tom Malloy along with Kim Sonderholm. “I believe that I got the best performances that a director could possibly get out of Tom Malloy and Kim Sonderholm. Both actors were phenomenal,” Gillis says. A few up-and-coming actors and actresses such as Samantha Brownlee, Nella Virga, Betty Maxwell, and Jolene Mackenzie round out the cast.

“This movie is beyond any other movie that I have ever created,” Gillis states. My cinematographer, Gabriel Yee, understood exactly what I was looking for, and he delivered in every way possible. This guy is phenomenal, and this movie is going to blow away the audience.”

HOUSE OF MANY SORROWS is set to be released sometime in 2015.

The 14th annual Screamfest LA film festival kicks off on October 14th, and they've now announced their "Shorts to Die For" lineup of 40 short films from all across the globe. Read on for the details!

Screamfest 2014 takes place in Los Angeles on October 14-23 at the TCL Chinese 6 Theatres, 6801 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90028.

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

Alone (Seule) (France) - Directed by Didier Philippe - Claire, a young woman, lives alone in a large apartment. Her fear of the outside world stops her from going out and letting people in. One day, she discovers evidence revealing that a man lives in her home. The presence of that man becomes more and more apparent and eventually threatening…

3 Versos (US) - Directed by Antonio Yee - After a violent encounter with an abusive spirit, two sisters seek the help of a mysterious medium who guarantees that she can rid them of their problem.

Behind the Bush (France) - Directed by Yoann Luis - Humiliation and violence punctuate the life of this broken man. The silence is his refuge, the perversion his outlet…

Cold Feet (Canada) - Directed by Daniel D’Alimonte - A mop boy clashes with his superior after an unfortunate accident in this gory comedy.

Count to 10 (US) - Directed by Vincent Masciale - A single mother in a new house tries to reassure her son that fear is only in his mind… but what if she's wrong?

Day for Nite (Nuit Americhèn) (Italy) - Directed by Federico Greco - An Italian director and two actors shoot the key scenes of a no-budget-badly-English-spoken-splatter-horror-movie in a strange villa on the outskirts of Rome. But something, obviously, goes wrong.

Dead Hearts (Canada) - Directed by Stephen W. Martin - A young mortician learns that not even death can stand in the way of true love. A whimsical, Gothic bedtime story filled with love, loss, taxidermy, kung-fu, and biker werewolves.

Downstairs (US) - Directed by Lee Boxleitner - A staunch security guard has a night from Hell when his curiosity sends him investigating what goes on... Downstairs.

DUI (US) - Directed by Nicholas Kramer - DUI is a 16-minute thrill ride! This chilling suspense horror thriller tells a gripping story of an everyday young couple who land in the wrong place at the worst time. It contains a compelling story, tense plot twists, and a claustrophobic sense of hopeless desperation. David Ross Paterson, Jenna Stone, and Chase Clarke give outstanding performances that will pull you in and leave you on the edge of your seat.

Evil Twin (Germany) - Directed by Christian Pfeil - The film begins at the end of a robbery. The main characters, the up-market criminals, are old friends and also two sets of brothers. In the job they just completed, teleportation technology was stolen, and this brought out the worst in one of them. The Evil Twin begins a fight that catapults them back and forth through time and space; nobody knows which way this fight will go or the next place the devices will send them… Who will be the winner in this brotherly battle and have control of the teleportation and the gang?

Facsimile (UK) - Directed by Justin Villiers - Three eco-activists break into a warehouse in search of a police device that they plan to destroy. What they find is something they could never have imagined…

The Gas Man (UK) - Directed by Matt Palmer - A gas man makes a call to a woman who lives alone.

Good Samaritan (US) - Directed by Jeffrey Reddick - Nathan is an agoraphobic who videotaped a man get fatally beaten while bystanders watched and didn't intervene. Nathan is interviewed by a TV pundit, who blasts him for his inaction and points out that two of the other witnesses have died mysteriously. Nathan is convinced the other deaths were accidents. But one night he finds himself confronted by haunting visions and wonders if his own guilt is tormenting him… or something far more insidious.

Hunger (US) - Directed by Brian Frager - A desperate mother on the run from domestic violence struggles to protect her disturbed young daughter, but their dark past threatens to ensnare them. Love is a vicious cycle.

Hunt and Prey (Germany) - Directed by Nadine Knobloch - Maria and Radu are a couple in love planning their wedding. But there is a secret between them that will change their lives forever.

In the Deathroom (Germany) - Directed by Milos Savic - Fletcher, an unassuming nobody, tells his psychiatrist how he was mistakenly captured by a mysterious secret intelligence service. Supposedly, this intelligence has tried to manipulate him into an elaborate game of power in order to break his spirit. Fletcher's psychiatrist faces this story distrustfully and tries to help his patient not to lose his mind. Because the truth is even more frightening.

Intruders (UK) - Directed by Santiago Menghini - In the aftermath of a deadly haunting in a small suburban home, a sinister omnipresent entity proceeds to cause havoc in the private lives of a young boy, an unsuspecting teen, and an absent-minded inspector.

Itsy Bitsy Spiders (US) - Directed by Bertrand Paré - Edwin has a dark obsession with drawing spiders. His mother does her best to curb his increasingly odd behavior, but unbeknownst to her, a terrifying mystery will soon be solved with the help of these sinister drawings.

The Landing (Australia) - Directed by Josh Tanner - A man returns to the Midwestern farm of his childhood on a desperate mission to unearth the horrifying truth of what landed there in the summer of 1960.

The Last Halloween (Canada) - Directed by Marc Roussel - The city is quiet, its streets deserted. It doesn’t much feel like Halloween, and yet, four young trick-or-treaters - a Ghost, a Devil, a Grim Reaper, and a Witch - make their way through the night, door to door and house by house, gathering up an unlikely harvest of kindness amid the devastated wreckage of society’s collapse. In a world where the only rule is that there are no rules anymore, it is perhaps a fitting irony that it should all come down to this… a simple choice between two starkly different options. The Last Halloween is here at last, and the time has come to make your choice. So, what will it be? Trick? Or treat?

Mineral (US) - Directed by Michael Marino - After painfully passing a kidney stone, a slob discovers that a new breed of monster has invaded his home with deadly intentions.

Monstro! (US) - Directed by Christopher Romano - A rickety scientific expedition searches the dark Amazon for a mythic creature... but the creature, it seems, has a less than mythic agenda!

MOTH (Man of the House) (UK) - Directed by O- T Fagbenle - We follow a 9-year-old boy in a post-apocalyptic world trying to look after his sick mother. Can he stay alive? Remain a child? Can he save his mother? On a deeper level the film is inspired by the lives of children who grow up with mentally ill or addict parents. In many ways it's a film about abandonment of the worst kind - abandoned even though your parent is still present.

Mr. Dentonn (Spain) - Directed by Ivan Villamel - On a cold winter night Laura reads his brother, David, the story of a strange creature that attacks children. Suddenly a shiver runs Laura's body, feeling a strange presence in the house. It’s him.

The Muck (US) - Directed by Tony Wash - Laverne arrives home and decides to relax in the bathtub. She strips down, settles into the tub, and closes her eyes. Serenity at last... or so she thought! The Muck will leave you never wanting to take a bath again!

Naked Zombie Girl (US) - Directed by Rickey Bird - Two prostitutes and their friend, Tony, have just escaped a zombie attack in a 1971 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham. Unfortunately, Tony has been bitten and is about to turn into a zombie. That's all you really need to know other than star Meghan Chadeayne somehow loses her dress and goes on a maddening zombie-killing spree.

The Quota (US) - Directed by Cush - Lucy and Viv clean up messes for the county, and they're having a bad day. Viv's husband has just left her, and supervisor Lucy struggles to figure out how the two will make their numbers or lose their jobs. On a routine stop the ladies are led into a very remote area by a psycho killer. Yeah, their day just got worse.

Reaver (US) - Directed by Len LoBiondo - One year after the mysterious disappearance of his father, Chris has taken on the responsibility of raising his rebellious younger sister, Julie. Haunted by memories of his father’s obsessive belief in a supernatural threat to the family, Chris has done his best to move on, keeping the struggling family unit on track. As Chris finally begins to make a clean break with the past, tensions between the siblings reach a breaking point, and something terrible descends upon the house...

Sentient (US) - Directed by Abel Vang and Burlee Vang - Adam, the sole survivor of his platoon, is taken hostage by a ragtag group of Afghan insurgents. But as his captors interrogate him, they quickly discover the terrifying truth that he is not who he appears to be.

Sequence (US) - Directed by Carles Torrens - Sequence tells the story of Billy, an average Joe whose life gets turned upside down literally overnight, as he wakes up one morning to realize the entire world has dreamed about him the night before. To make things worse, the dream was allegedly so traumatic that his girlfriend runs away from him, he gets fired from his job, and his run-ins with strangers get progressively more violent. Will Billy survive the weirdest, wildest day of his meager existence?

Service (US) - Directed by Jerry Pyle - Lucy and her daughter get trapped in a closet by a home invader in a house she was hired to clean.

Silk (US) - Directed by Rob Himebaugh - After acquiring a jar of rare silk from the vast desert expanse of Afghanistan, a CIA field operative becomes impregnated by the desert spider hidden inside and later gives birth to a brood of hungry spiderlings that eat her alive.

Slut (US) - Directed by Chloe Okuno - Maddy is 16 years old. She lives alone with her sick grandmother in a rundown farmhouse off a highway in Nowheresville, Texas. She does her best to take care of her mute, wheelchair-bound grandmother, but life at home is lonely and depressing. So, like everyone else within a 20-mile radius, Maddy spends her free time at the only place with half a pulse: the local roller rink. With her shabby clothes, large glasses, and dangerous naiveté, Maddy is a hopeless misfit amongst her peers. Determined to embrace her inner vixen, Maddy looks to a girl named Jolee - beautiful, blonde, and unapologetically promiscuous - as a sort of model for what attracts men. Unfortunately for Maddy, it’s just at this time that an older, charismatic Stranger enters her life, a man whose charm masks the impulses of a murderous, misogynistic psychopath.

Timothy (Spain) - Directed by Marc Martinez - Simon is a little boy who has to deal with his babysitter, Sonia, a total nuisance. But that same night Simon will receive an unexpected visitor, Timothy, the main character of Simon's favorite show, a visit he will never forget.

To the Other Side (Spain) - Directed by Alicia Albares - Sara Sanabria, writer, and his lover, Adolfo Santolaya, lived their lives absorbed by just one obsession: the belief that, hidden in an abandoned mansion, there was a gate that ended in an unknown dimension. Seeking the path of his retired teacher, Enrique will reach the place where the track of the couple got lost. He will meet an odd old man who hides a lot of secrets, and he will immerse Enrique into the legend of Sara. Surrounded by mystery, he will have to discover the truth and dare to cross the last frontier.

The Tour (UK) - Directed by Damon Rickard and Alex Mathieson - Darkmoor Manor is England's most haunted house, its doors closed to the public. It is now just part of a tour which helps attracts visitors to a struggling town. That is, until the tour guide (Tom Gordon), trying to impress two attractive American visitors (Jessica Cameron and Heather Dorff), promises to get them inside. But none of them could be prepared for what was waiting within the shadows of the house.

The Visitant (US) - Directed by Nick Peterson - A mother protects her children from a demon.

Welcome to the Building (US) - Directed by Matt Tente - Welcome to the Building explores an innocent crush and online infatuation that takes a dark and dangerous turn after Clare moves next door to an unassuming and unstable neighbor. Inspired by classic thrillers, the film brings a contemporary approach to the genre, showing us just how vulnerable we are online, in our everyday lives, and when those two worlds intersect. This shockingly realistic portrayal of an obsessive stalker will leave audiences fearing the digital devices that we have all come to rely on.

Zero (Australia) - Directed by Chris Smellin and Robert Smellin - A young mother must come to terms with letting go of the thing she loves the most, her only son. She must do the deed herself for he is subject zero, the undead…

Zugar Zombie (Colombia) - Directed by Alexander Quezada - Zugar Zombie tells a story that from irony portrays a reflection of how things work in a small Latin American society.

Another short video promo is here for "American Horror Story: Freak Show," and if you suffer from a fear of clowns, trust us when we say you had better steer clear... very clear... from this one. Seriously, back up at least 6 feet from your computer.

“American Horror Story: Freak Show” begins its tale in the quiet, sleepy hamlet of Jupiter, Florida. The year is 1952. A troupe of curiosities has just arrived to town, coinciding with the strange emergence of a dark entity that savagely threatens the lives of townsfolk and freaks alike.

This is the story of the performers and their desperate journey of survival amidst the dying world of the American carny experience.

Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates, Angela Bassett, Frances Conroy, Sarah Paulson, Emma Roberts, Gabourey Sidibe, Denis O'Hare, Jamie Brewer, and Evan Peters return from previous seasons. New cast members includes Michael Chiklis, Wes Bentley, John Carroll Lynch, Finn Wittrock, Matt Bomer, Patti LaBelle and the world’s smallest living woman, Jyoti Amge.

"American Horror Story: Freak Show" debuts October 8th at 10:00 PM on FX.

For more info visit the "AHS: Freak Show" Facebook page, check out "AHS: Freak Show" on Tumblr, and follow @AHSFreakShow_ on Twitter along with "American Horror Story" on FX.

The release of the sequel to Nicholas McCarthy's film The Pact, cleverly titled The Pact 2, is heading toward us like an evil spirit looking for a host, and right now we have the official one-sheet along with a look behind the scenes of production! Dig it!

Directed by Dallas Richard Hallam and Patrick Horvath, the film stars Camilla Luddington ("True Blood"), Patrick Fischler (Mulholland Drive), Scott Michael Foster ("Californication"), Haley Hudson (The Pact), Mark Steger (The Pact), and Caity Lotz (The Pact).

IFC Midnight has announced a VOD roll-out on September 5th, followed by a limited theatrical outing on October 10th.

Synopsis
Only a few weeks after Annie Barlow exterminated the plague that was the Judas Killer, we meet June Abbott, a woman whose carefully constructed life in Los Angeles is beginning to unravel due to lucid nightmares so awful they disturb her waking life.

When Special Agent Terrence Ballard, the FBI agent assigned to wrap up the case of the newly deceased Judas Killer, shows up at June’s door, he brings with him some terrifying news – there is a Judas copycat killer on the loose in her neighborhood! In the course of his investigation, Ballard shows June a picture of the copycat killer’s victim, and she is stunned to see that it’s the same woman she saw brutally murdered in her nightmares.

A series of hauntings begin to torment June, growing in frequency and ferocity over time. Now, not only does she see murder victims, but her dreams put herself in the role of the murderer. June fears that the spirit of the Judas Killer is the architect of some greater plan in which she must now play a part. June struggles to maintain her grip on sanity as she plunges into her own investigation of these events. No matter the result, the truth will be horrifying; either there is true evil inside of her, or someone, or something, is determined to destroy her…

The ABCs of Death 2 will be making its VOD premiere via Magnet Releasing on October 2nd with a theatrical run set for October 31st. That being said a new work friendly green band trailer has come our way and it's fit for mass consumption. Dig it!

THE ABCs OF DEATH 2 is produced by Ant Timpson and Tim League, in conjunction with associate producers Todd Brown, Marc Walkow, Mitch Davis, and Ted Geoghegan.

THE ABCs OF DEATH 2’s directors are an eclectic, acclaimed group, consisting of Julian Barratt of The Mighty Boosh; Israel’s Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado (BIG BAD WOLVES, RABIES); Japan’s arthouse provocateur Sion Sono (COLD FISH, SUICIDE CLUB); Academy Award-nominated animator Bill Plympton; ROOM 237 mastermind Rodney Ascher; Filipino icon – and Director’s Fortnight inductee – Erik Matti (ON THE JOB, MAGIC TEMPLE); Lithuania’s Kristina Buozyte and Bruno Samper (VANISHING WAVES); SPLICE and CUBE's Vincenzo Natali; indie horror icon Larry Fessenden (THE LAST WINTER, HABIT); THE STATION’s Marvin Kren; Todd Rohal (THE CATECHISM CATACLYSM); Canada’s king of lo-fi, Steven Kostanski (MANBORG); Cuba’s Alejandro Brugués (JUAN OF THE DEAD); indie director Robert Boocheck; acclaimed UK commercial director Jim Hosking; Japanese monster-maker Hajime Ohata (HENGE); Canadian short film wizard Chris Nash (SKINFECTIONS); France’s Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo (INSIDE, LIVID); E.L. Katz (director of the SXSW breakout hit CHEAP THRILLS); twin auteurs Jen and Sylvia Soska (AMERICAN MARY, DEAD HOOKER IN A TRUNK); A LONELY PLACE TO DIE’s Julian Gilbey; Brazil’s most controversial filmmaker Dennison Ramalho (NINJAS, LOVE FOR MOTHER ONLY); the founder of Nigerian “Nollywood” cinema Lancelot Imasuen; THE LEGEND OF BEAVER DAM and STAGE FRIGHT’s Jerome Sable; and animator Robert Morgan – creator of the BAFTA Award nominated short BOBBY YEAH.

A new trailer has arrived for the world's first Iranian vampire western, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, an upcoming release from Elijah Wood's company, SpectreVision; and it looks pretty bitchin'!

Kino Lorber acquired the North American rights to the film a full five months after its world premiere at Sundance. A Stateside release is still pending.

Directed by Ana Lily Amirpour, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night stars Sheila Vand, Arash Marandi, Dominic Rains, Marshall Manesh, Mozhan Marnó, and Milad Eghbali.

Synopsis
Strange things are afoot in Bad City. The Iranian ghost town, home to prostitutes, junkies, pimps, and other sordid souls, is a bastion of depravity and hopelessness where a lonely vampire stalks its most unsavory inhabitants. But when boy meets girl, an unusual love story begins to blossom… blood red.

Excited for next month's release of Dracula Untold? Well then, you're gonna love this news! Universal Pictures and Legendary Pictures’ film has moved from October 17, 2014, to Friday, October 10, 2014, and will still be released in all formats including IMAX.

The film stars Luke Evans as the titular bloodsucker alongside Sarah Gadon, Samantha Barks, Thor Kristjansson, Art Parkinson, Zach McGowan, and Dominic Cooper.

Universal’s dramatic horror movie tells the origin story of the most famous of vampires. Michael De Luca is producing the project, and commercials helmer Gary Shore is making his directorial debut on the picture.

Synopsis
Luke Evans is starring as the most famous of vampires in an origin story that sees a Transylvanian prince risk eternal damnation in order to save his wife and son from a Turkish horde. Barks plays a figure in Eastern European folk tales known as a baba yaga, a beautiful young woman who turns into a savage witch. Kristjansson is Bright Eyes, an Eastern European taken as a slave as a young boy and now a vicious assassin in the Ottoman Army. Parkinson portrays Dracula’s son, named Ingeras.

At the tail end of last year, Synapse Films released limited edition steelbook versions of Italian horror flicks Demons and Demons 2 on Blu-ray, which were packed with bonus features and sold out before most fans could say "Geretta Geretta."

As reported today by DVD Active, this November Synapse will be re-releasing both of the cult favorites onto Blu-ray, leaving behind the steelbook cases as well as the bonus content. Why is this noteworthy? Because the discs at long last give those of us who missed out on last year's souped up releases the chance to own the films in high-def without breaking the bank.

The site reports that the bare bones discs will likely have none of the exclusive extras that were available on the limited releases, though they note that both releases will include high-definition 1080p transfers taken from original vault materials in the 1.66:1 aspect ratio, featuring all-new color correction.

Demons will contain both the international English stereo language soundtrack, as well as the U.S. Mono English alternate dub soundtrack, while Demons 2 will include only the international English language stereo track. Both movies will also feature their original U.S. theatrical trailers and newly-translated English SDH subtitles.

The new releases will also be available on bare bones DVDs, and the release date is set for November 11th.

Filming finally begins next month on the feature film adaptation of the novel Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, which infuses gut munchers into the iconic Jane Austen tale. On tap for you today is the latest casting news so read on if this project is one you're eagerly anticipating!

Deadline reports that Noah star Douglas Booth has joined the cast of the classic lit mash-up, adapted from Seth Grahame-Smith’s parody novel. Booth is no stranger to classic tales, previously starring in Romeo & Juliet. He’ll play Bingley L, the good-natured and wealthy pal of Mr. Darcy.

Jack Huston will portray handsome, charismatic Lt. Wickham in the Burr Steers-directed adaptation for Cross Creek Pictures, who acquired domestic rights with a commitment for a wide U.S. release.

Lily James, Sam Riley, and Bella Heathcote also star. Huston's Wickham and James' Elizabeth Bennett are immediately attracted to each other, and he’s familiar with her combat skills. Wickham aims to teach zombies to fight, and he wins Liz over with his theories regarding training them.

Steers (Igby Goes Down, Charlie St. Cloud) will direct from a screenplay by himself and David O. Russell. Brian Oliver, Allison Shearmur, Sean McKittrick, Natalie Portman, Annette Savitch, Tyler Thompson, and Marc Butan will produce the film, which mixes the 1813 Jane Austen classic Pride and Prejudice with a legion of bloodthirsty undead, on behalf of Sierra/Affinity, which is also handling foreign sales.

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