If you’ve ever said, “I want to kick some ass, but I want to be a space janitor too,” Telltale Games has some good news for you. The developer just released the first glimpse at the next title in the Borderlands series, Tales from the Borderlands.

Tales from the Borderlands will revisit the Borderlands timeline after the events of Borderlands 2.

Players will tackle the game as super space janitor Rhys, teamed with his unlikely partner Fiona, who are brought together in a bullet-spewing quest to take back the cash they think is theirs.

Telltale has amassed an impressive lineup of actors that include video game heavyweight Troy Baker (The Last of Us, Infamous: Second Son, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor) and Patrick Warburton (“Seinfeld,” “Family Guy”).

The game will be released episodically in a total of five parts, all of which will contain Borderland’s “trademark humor.” The series will debut with the episode Zero Sun.

Episodes can be purchased for $4.99 each, or the entire season pass will be available for $19.99.

Tales from the Borderlands will be available for PS4, Xbox One, PS3, Xbox 360, PC, Mac, and compatible IOS and Android devices.

No release date has been announced, but Telltale Games promises Tales from the Borderlands will be available “soon.”

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Blue Underground has another flick getting set to hit Blu-ray for the first time in 1976’s God Told Me To, and if you don’t have the tech yet, no worries! There’s a new special edition DVD on its way as well!

Look for it in stores on February 24, 2015.

From the Press Release:
A rooftop sniper guns down 14 pedestrians on the streets of New York City. A mild-mannered dad takes a shotgun and blows away his wife and children. A cop goes on a sudden shooting spree at the St. Patrick’s Day Parade. And each of these unlikely killers makes the same dying confession: “God told me to.”

Now a repressed Catholic NYPD detective (Tony Lo Bianco of THE HONEYMOON KILLERS and THE FRENCH CONNECTION) must uncover a netherworld of deranged faith, alien insemination, and his own unholy connection to a homicidal messiah with a perverse plan for the soul of mankind.

Written, produced, and directed by Larry Cohen (Q – THE WINGED SERPENT), this critically acclaimed cult classic remains one of the most disturbing and thought-provoking horror films of our time. Deborah Raffin (DEATH WISH 3), Sandy Dennis (WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?), Sylvia Sidney (BEETLEJUICE), Mike Kellin (SLEEPAWAY CAMP), Richard Lynch (BAD DREAMS), and Andy Kaufman (“Taxi”) co-star in this one-of-a-kind chiller, now featuring a brand-new 4K High Definition transfer from the original uncensored negative along with exclusive new extras created especially for this release!

Special Features:

• Audio Commentary with Writer/Producer/Director Larry Cohen
• Heaven & Hell On Earth – Interview with Star Tony Lo Bianco
• Bloody Good Times – Interview with Special Effects Artist Steve Neill
• God Told Me To Bone – New Beverly Q&A with Larry Cohen
• Lincoln Center Q&A with Larry Cohen
• Theatrical Trailers
• TV Spots
• Poster and Stills Gallery

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With or without the usage of the Ghostface mask, MTV has officially ordered itself a TV series based on Wes Craven’s slasher franchise Scream. We told you a couple of weeks ago that the new MTV “Scream” television series won’t be using the mask designed by FunWorld’s RJ Torbert.

Today Entertainment Weekly got some clarification on just what they will be doing.

“It’s a darker, almost more grounded, evolved version of the mask,” says Mina Lefevre, MTV’s senior vice president and head of scripted development. “It’s something we’re constantly talking about. How did that mask become that mask? What’s its purpose? How did it evolve? If the Scream movie mask was the more plastic version, for a lack of a better description, this one is a more organic looking and frankly darker version.”

Lefevre—who insists not using Ghostface had nothing to do with rights issues—promises that the spirit of Kevin Williamson and Wes Craven’s films are intact. “Scream was incredibly iconic, but we wanted to reinvent that for TV while of course keeping all the main elements that made it so iconic, including a mask, but also the soapy teen stories, pop culture humor, the scares, and the killer,” she says. “We’re tonally walking that line, yet delivering the scares in a significant way. The mask was a big discussion creatively. We wanted to get a nod and a wink to what the original was, but we definitely wanted to make it more on par with what horror is now, which is darker.”

Still, that doesn’t rule out ever seeing the Ghostface mask. “It’s a little preliminary, obviously, because we haven’t even started our writers room, to say that we will never see that other mask or not,” she adds.

Willa Fitzgerald, Bex Taylor-Klaus, Bobby Campo (The Final Destination), Connor Weil (Sharknado), and Joel Gretsch (“Witches of East End,” “V,” “The 4400″) star. Jamie Travis directed the pilot.

Synopsis:
The series will center on a YouTube viral video gone wrong, which leads to adverse repercussions for teenager Aubrey Jensen (Taylor-Klaus) and will also serve as the catalyst for a murder, opening up a window to the town’s troubled past.

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We’ve been talking about Universal’s decision to release new versions of some of its more prominent horror franchises and then release an Avengers-type film starring them all for a while now. Today during a roundtable discussion their direction for these films has been unveiled… and we’re not exactly happy about it either.

“We’ve tried over the years to make monster movies — unsuccessfully, actually,” admits Universal Pictures chairman Donna Langley. “So, we took a good, hard look at it, and we settled upon an idea, which is to take it out of the horror genre, put it more in the action-adventure genre and make it present day, bringing these incredibly rich and complex characters into present day and reimagine them and reintroduce them to a contemporary audience.”

Make sense? Depends on how you look at it. Know what else makes sense? Taking these wonderful horror franchises and making good movies instead of abandoning their roots and heritage. Stop making silly decisions like trying to turn Van Helsing into a superhero or hiring Rick Baker to do Wolfman effects and then opting for a CGI transformation. Or how about giving directors who actually care about these movies a shot at making them?

Then again… what do I know?

Sigh.

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We told you right before Halloween that Evil Dead remake director Fede Alvarez had a new movie cooking with Ghost House Pictures entitled A Man in the Dark, and today distribution news has arrived.

From the Press Release:
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) has picked up worldwide distribution rights to the thriller A MAN IN THE DARK from Ghost House Pictures and Fede Alvarez. The announcement was made by Steven Bersch, SPWA President. “We’re thrilled to be in business again with the creative team behind Evil Dead, and to back Fede on his next picture,” stated Bersch. “He and Rodo (Sayagues) have crafted a screenplay that keeps you on the edge of your seat, and we look forward to bringing the movie to audiences worldwide.”

Sony Pictures Entertainment has a long and successful history collaborating with Ghost House Pictures that includes six #1 box office hits, most recently Alvarez’s Evil Dead, the hit retelling of Sam Raimi’s classic which grossed nearly $100 million in worldwide box office.

Alvarez, who is set to direct, co-wrote the script with partner Rodo Sayagues. Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert will produce for Ghost House. J.R. Young, Nathan Kahane, and Joe Drake will executive produce. Erin Westerman will oversee for the company.

The deal was negotiated by WME Global on behalf of Alvarez, Drake, and Michael Meyer for Ghost House and Jon Freedberg, Michael Helfand, and Joe Matukewicz for SPWA.

In A MAN IN THE DARK, three teens who get away with perfectly planned home robberies have set their sights on one last payout that will get them out of crime forever. Their target: a reclusive blind man with a million dollars in hiding. When they break into his home, the tables are turned, and they find themselves fighting for survival against a psychopath with secrets of his own.

Alvarez is represented by WME, Anonymous Content, and Karl Austen of Jackoway Tyerman Wertheimer Austen Mandelbaum Morris & Klein. Sayagues is represented by WME and Anonymous Content.

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Out now, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment’s (WBHE) 30th Anniversary Gremlins Blu-ray was released in the studio’s distinctive new sleek Diamond Luxe Edition, and we have a copy available to one lucky UK reader.

To be in with a chance of winning, simply send an email to contests@dreadcentral.com including YOUR FULL NAME AND POSTAL ADDRESS. We’ll take care of the rest.

This contest will end at 12:01 AM PT, November 24, 2014, and is open to UK RESIDENTS ONLY.

Gremlins is a classic 80’s comedy horror written by Chris Columbus (Home Alone, The Goonies) and directed by Joe Dante (The ‘Burbs, Innerspace).

Visually stunning, sleek, contemporary packaging to appeal to the modern collector, Diamond Luxe Editions are built with a revolutionary lithographic material for an unprecedented hyper-glossy finish including a hidden magnet that maintains a secure, yet soft closure. Limited to 2,000 copies, this must-own release contains new and several vintage bonus features as follows:

Disc 1

• Gremlins Feature
• Filmmakers’ Commentary with Director Joe Dante, Producer Michael Finnell, and Special Effects Artist Chris Walas
• Cast Commentary with Director Joe Dante and Stars Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Dick Miller, and Howie Mandel
• Gremlins: Behind the Scenes featurette
• Additional Scenes with Commentary
• Additional Scenes
• Photo Gallery (30 photos)
• Theatrical Trailer
• Theatrical Trailer #2 (re-issue)
• Gremlins 2: The New Batch

Disc 2 – Exclusive to this Anniversary Release

• Cute, Clever, Mischievous, Intelligent and Dangerous: Making Gremlins
• From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the Creatures
• Hangin’ with Hoyt on the Set of Gremlins
• Gremlins: The Gift of the Mogwai (motion comic)
• The Last Gremlin (motion comic)

Synopsis:
When Randall Peltzer (Hoyt Axton) buys his son, Billy (Zach Galligan), a new pet for Christmas, the shopkeeper gives him three simple rules that he must follow. When Billy breaks these three rules, a horde of unidentified, mischievous monsters are unleashed and begin to terrorise the small town Billy lives in. Festive fun guaranteed to have you laughing and screaming at the same time!

The Diamond Luxe Edition is available to buy from Zavvi today.

© 1984 Warner Bros. All Rights Reserved.

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Written by John Llewellyn Probert

Published by Spectral Press

Two years ago, the eponymous villain of John Llewellyn Probert’s deliriously great The Nine Deaths of Dr. Valentine (review) unleashed a murderous swathe of Vincent Price-inspired mayhem targeting members of the medical profession.

Things have been quiet since then… but that isn’t to last. Now he’s back, and as imaginatively resourceful as ever, in the sequel novella The Hammer of Dr. Valentine.

Drawing the ire of the well-dressed, well-spoken, but utterly maniacal murderer on this occasion are a group of journalists guilty of spinning sensationalistic stories about his previous exploits and twisting his character in tabloid news rags. One by one, they’re picked off in increasingly elaborate fashion while the hapless police – soon joined by a weary and beleaguered DCI Longdon, who had hoped to never encounter a case, nor opponent, like this again – try desperately to get a step ahead of the killer’s plans.

Whereas Valentine previously themed his executions on various films starring Vincent Price, this time he’s widening the scope with an approach that chooses iconic moments from the veritable grab-bag of classic Hammer productions – and the result is a series of set pieces that are equal parts gruesome, imaginative, and lovingly ridiculous.

Take, for example, the opening sequence of the tale in which a fully grown man is catapulted from a cliff in Wales, only to plummet – his trajectory painstakingly calculated – into the valley below… where he is impaled between the shoulder blades by a cross stolen from atop a cathedral and planted, perfectly angled, at his final destination.

As previous, Probert seems to be having great fun letting his imagination run with his death sequences – and that sense of sheer enjoyment translates perfectly through his writing. It’s all utterly ridiculous, sure, but by gum you’ll believe that the nutty Dr. Valentine really has no qualms about going to the efforts that he does in order to pull off his homicidal traps.

A man with unlimited resources, and the ingenuity to use them, the villain is the centrepiece here. Every time he turns up in various guises to animatedly coerce his prey into making the last big mistake of their lives, you’ll be grinning ear to ear and letting out many a macabre chuckle at his theatrical nature and verbal foreshadowing. He’s a gentleman, a showman, a flamboyant eccentric – and absolutely, completely insane. In other words, he’s utterly fabulous. Hell, the last time we saw him, he was escaping the clutches of the law riding in a hot air balloon shaped like a giant raven. Come on!

The victims are a rather unlikeable bunch in comparison, with most of them lured to their deaths by the simple manipulation of their own overwhelming hubris and self-serving drive. Aided by his new female accomplice, Valentine really has very little trouble getting his targets just where he wants them. This would normally be an obvious negative, but that really isn’t the point here – the deaths are played more for devious, hand-rubbing glee than they are for palpable horror.

Counter-balancing it somewhat, though, is sympathetic film journalist John Spalding, who sits front and centre alongside the police as he assists in the investigation via his knowledge of Hammer’s output. It feels rather telling of Probert’s own opinion when all of those in Valentine’s crosshairs are unlikeable, self-absorbed media sycophants who, for all you learn of them, might as well deserve what they get – except for the film journo. Don’t fall into the tabloid trap, kids!

Just like he did with his previous book, Probert opens up something of a little game for Hammer fans in The Hammer of Dr. Valentine, letting you try to guess just which particular film is being referenced in each murder setup and each plot twist. If you’re an enthusiast of the legendary studio’s catalogue, you’ll have a wild time with seeing just how many you can pick out. All answers are given by the end, along with a couple of jibes towards some of Hammer’s lower quality produce, and Probert also includes a few pages at the end of the book where he gives his personal assessment of the films chosen to make an appearance here.

The Hammer of Dr. Valentine speaks with reverence for its inspiration on every page, even as it harnesses that to create something as far-fetched and gloriously over-the-top as it is. It works, and it works wonderfully. Some of the madness here makes it seem, as unlikely as it is, that Probert was somehow restraining himself with the previous novella – but here, he’s cut loose, kicking back and letting Valentine play with abandon inside his own playground of terrors.

Buy a ticket; take the ride. It’s one of the wildest and most satisfying that you’ll have had in a while – especially if you’re a Hammer fan.

Probert teases that we might just be seeing more of his mischievous mad genius in the future – albeit relocated to more… shall we say, ‘cultured’, climes – via a particularly great little nugget that will mean something to horror aficionados who pick up on it. At this point, the fact that the wait for it has now just begun feels like being caught in one of the mad doctor’s punishing schemes!

Encore, Mr. Probert! Encore!

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A woman’s delusions drive her to commit a deadly crime in next week’s Episode 4.05 of “Grimm,” entitled “Cry Luison.” We have over a dozen stills and a preview of the ep for you to check out plus a creature profile for last night’s Wesen of the Week: the Golem, an anthropomorphic creature made of red clay that is summoned by prayer to serve as a protector.

“Grimm” Episode 4.05 – “Cry Luison” (11/21/14; 9-10pm)
Nick (David Giuntoli) and Hank (Russell Hornsby) are called to the scene of a crime where the suspect swears she was driven to madness by a very persistent talking wolf. Meanwhile, Nick and Juliette (Bitsie Tulloch) wonder if getting his Grimm powers back is worth giving up a normal life.

Elsewhere, Bud (guest star Danny Bruno) hopes Trubel (guest star Jacqueline Toboni) can help take care of a Wesen-related issue, and the threats against Monroe (Silas Weir Mitchell) and Rosalee’s (Bree Turner) inter-Wesen marriage heat up.

In Austria, Adalind (Claire Coffee) continues her perilous trek in the hopes of retrieving her daughter. Sasha Roiz and Reggie Lee also star; Alexis Denisof and Louise Lombard guest star.

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After a rocky start, “Constantine” is finding its way, and last night’s episode was the best yet.  If you’d like to learn even more about the hunger demon we met in it, check out a behind-the-scenes video of writer Cameron Welsh talking with some cast members and producers about the inspiration behind “A Feast of Friends.”

But first we have a dozen stills from and a promo for next week’s Episode 1.05, “Danse Vaudou,” in which Constantine and Papa Midnite are forced to join together to lay a deadly threat to rest.

Just be warned of the graphic nature of this preview of the ep – as you’ll see above, Constantine can be seen actually SMOKING!

“Constantine” Episode 1.05 – “Danse Vaudou” (11/21/14; 10-11pm)
In New Orleans, Constantine’s (Matt Ryan) unusual knowledge of a string of crimes gets him into trouble with Detective Jim Corrigan (guest star Emmett Scanlan). He must form an unholy alliance with Papa Midnite (guest star Michael James Shaw) when a voodoo ritual to help people communicate with their dead loved ones takes a deadly turn.

Charles Halford and Angélica Celaya also star.

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The ratings are down a bit this season for “Sleepy Hollow,” and while we’re still big fans of the show, we have to admit it’s starting to feel a tad formulaic. Can things get back on track in Monday night’s Episode 2.09, “Mama”? Here are two sneak peeks to give us an idea of what’s ahead.

“Sleepy Hollow” Episode 2.09 – “Mama” (airs 11/17/14)
A series of mysterious deaths at Tarrytown Psych leads Abbie (Nicole Beharie) and Ichabod (Tom Mison) to discover that an especially surprising spirit is involved.

Also starring Orlando Jones as Captain Frank Irving, Katia Winter as Katrina Crane, John Noble as Henry Parish, and Lyndie Greenwood as Jenny Mills. Guest stars includes Aunjanue Ellis as Lori Mills and Matt Barr as Nick Hawley.

Related Story:  Search for Clues in these Images from Sleepy Hollow Episode 2.09 – Mama

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Distro news! You want it! You love it! Here it is! Magnet has acquired the US rights to [REC] 4: Apocalypse (review) and plans to release the film day and date in theaters, on iTunes, and On Demand everywhere on Friday, January 2, 2015.

[REC] 4: Apocalypse, the final installment of the franchise, is directed by series co-creator Jaume Balaguero.

Synopsis:
Angela Vidal wakes up in a high-security quarantine facility, sole survivor and witness to the horrific events inside the building. But does she remember what happened to her? Is she carrying a virus? Distrust spreads through the isolated facility while new, even more deadly forms of evil spread even faster.

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It didn’t take much digging to come across this third clip from Adrian García Bogliano’s werewolf flick Late Phases (review). Check it out right here ahead of the film’s November 21st limited theatrical and VOD release.

Directed by Adrian García Bogliano, Dark Sky’s latest horror offering stars Nick Damici, Ethan Embry, Lance Guest, Erin Cummings, Rutanya Alda, Tina Louise, Caitlin O’Heaney, Karen Lynn Gorney, Dana Ashbrook, and the great Tom Noonan.

Synopsis:
Crescent Bay is not the ideal place to spend one’s golden years, especially since the once idyllic retirement community has been beset by a series of deadly animal attacks from the ominous forest surrounding it. When grizzled war veteran Ambrose McKinley (Damici) is forced into moving there by his yuppie son, Will (Embry), the residents immediately take offense to Ambrose’s abrasive personality. But that take-no-prisoners attitude may be just what Ambrose needs to survive as it becomes clear that the attacks are being caused by creatures that are neither animal nor man and that the tight-knit community of Crescent Bay is hiding something truly sinister in its midst…

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Hot on the heels of our Lego Jurassic World story comes the unveiling of the first viral website in support of the upcoming flick. Become acquainted with Masrani Global.

Masrani Global “is touted as belonging to Masrani, a telecommunications company that was established in 1973 by Sanjay Masrani, whose son, Simon (Irrfan Khan), took over the company in 1992 after Sanjay’s passing. Simon expanded Masrani’s reach into the oil market, leading to a major revenue increase, and (wouldn’t you know it?) he purchased International Genetic Technologies (aka InGen) after the death of Dr. John Hammond in 1997. And what did Simon do with InGen? Well, he set out to build a fully functioning Jurassic World on Isla Nublar, of course.”

Thanks to Collider for the heads up.

Dig on some viral stills below featuring your first look at Irrfan Khan and B.D. Wong in the film. Then head on over to the site itself for much more!

Vincent D’Onofrio, Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Ty Simpkins, BD Wong, Andy Buckley, Idris Elba, Jake Johnson, Omar Sy, and Nick Robinson star in the film.

Colin Trevorrow (Safety Not Guaranteed) penned the script with Derek Connolly and directs. Steven Spielberg, Frank Marshall, and Pat Crowley produce Jurassic World. In theaters June 12, 2015, this is a new sci-fi terror adventure set 22 years after the horrific events of the original Jurassic Park.

More as it comes.

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Word of a new TV series that finds the dead returning to life has hit our desks, and we figured we’d share. Don’t know exactly how Dread-worthy this one will end up, or even if we’ll be able to see it here in the States, but we’ll keep an eye on things for you!

From the Press Release:
Matchbox Pictures, in association with ABC TV, is pleased to announce that the new six-part drama series “Glitch” has begun shooting on location in Melbourne and around Victoria. A high-concept drama, “Glitch” is a paranormal saga about love, loss, and what it means to be human.

Created by Tony Ayres (Cut Snake, The Slap, Nowhere Boys, The Home Song Stories), developed by Ayres and Louise Fox (Broadchurch, Dead Europe, Love My Way), and produced by Matchbox Pictures (The Slap, The Straits, Nowhere Boys, Old School, Devil’s Playground), “Glitch” is a tale of love and redemption, of second chances gained and lost, of vengeance and forgiveness.

Tony Ayres, Series Creator said, “’Glitch’ is an elevated genre series. At its core it is a Gothic mystery with a story that is passionate and dramatic.”

“How do ordinary people deal with great love, longing, and the utterly unexpected? This is an exciting drama from a hugely talented creative team,” said ABC Head of Fiction Carole Sklan.

Featuring an impressive ensemble cast led by Patrick Brammall (Upper Middle Bogan, Offspring) with Rodger Corser (Party Tricks, Rush), Emma Booth (Cloud Street, Jack Irish), Emily Barclay (Suburban Mayhem, Lou), Genevieve O’Reilly (Episodes, Star War Episode III), Andrew McFarlane (Devil’s Playground), Daniela Farinacci (Redfern Now, Lantana), Sean Keenan (Puberty Blues), and Ned Dennehy (Sherlock Holmes).

Set in the fictional country town of Yoorana, the 6 x 1 hour series sees the run-down town take on a new life from the most unlikely of places – the past.

When six people inexplicably rise from the dead with no memory of their identities, disbelief soon gives way to a determination to discover who they are and what happened to them. Yoorana becomes the Gothic rural backdrop against which the “Risen” rediscover their past and why they have returned while those around them are also faced with a perplexing new reality, challenging all the beliefs and ideals they held dear.

“’Glitch’ is whole new type of television for ABC and for Australia. It’s not just for people who know and love genre, it’s for those who love character-driven stories with big heart and bigger thrills,” said producer Louise Fox.

“Glitch” will air on ABC in 2015.

“Glitch” is produced by Matchbox Pictures with the assistance of Screen Australia, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Film Victoria, and NBCUniversal. The series is being sold internationally by NBCUniversal.

Production Credits: A Matchbox Pictures production in association with ABC Television, Screen Australia, and Film Victoria. Written by Louise Fox, Kris Mrksa, and Giula Sandler. Directed by Emma Freeman. Produced by Ewan Burnett and Louise Fox. Executive Producers Tony Ayres and Debbie Lee. ABC TV Executive Producers Carole Sklan and Christopher Gist.

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On Halloween we learned that Gregory Blair’s Deadly Revisions had been acquired by SGL Entertainment, and now we have some updated release info along with a batch of stills from the film. Read on for the details and the eye candy!

From the Press Release:
Gregory Blair’s psychological horror feature Deadly Revisions continues to pick up awards. Blair had already won “Best Director of an Indie Horror Film” at the Entrepreneurs on the Movie Awards (2013), and during 2014 the film has won many more, including The Los Angeles Movie Award for “Best Narrative Feature” as well as “Best Actor” and “Best Actress” for Bill Oberst, Jr., and Cindy Merrill, respectively (FHFF). Most recently the film has won “Best Feature Film Screenplay” at the Terror Film Festival.

Deadly Revisions continues to play before horror audiences. The title will have an appearance at the Twisted Tails Film Festival in Dallas, Texas, on December 6th.  Following this screening, in early 2015 Deadly Revisions is set for a wide release across multiple platforms including DVD, Blu-ray, and through Video-On-Demand (iTunes, Amazon Prime, Google Play).

Deadly Revisions was written, directed, and produced by Gregory Blair. Along with Oberst and Merrill, the film stars Mikhail Blokh, Lise Hart, and Dawna Lee Heising.

Synopsis
Horror writer and filmmaker Grafton Torn awakens from a coma to find himself with a large section of his memory missing. To aid in the doctor’s orders of rest and relaxation, good friend Deter offers Grafton his remote lakeside cabin. There, with the help of a hypnotherapist and medication, Grafton tries to piece together the missing memories…

Scrambling for answers, Grafton must face his own creations, including a hooded figure, a possessed doll, a zombie, and more, before DEADLY REVISIONS rushes to its shocking conclusion and Grafton realizes the line between reality and madness is as thin as a sheet of blank paper.

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Last year Jill Sixx Gevargizian released a fantastic short entitled Call Girl starring Laurence R. Harvey and Tristan Risk. Sixx is now working on her follow up film, The Stylist. Check out the first casting info and promo art designed by Edwardo Cisneros.

The big news for The Stylist coming out today is the release of the name of the lead actress. Najarra Townsend (Contracted) will be playing the lead character, stylist Claire. Also cast is Claire’s long-time client Mandy, played by Jennifer Plas.

Check out the gorgeous pic of the super-talented Jill Sixx Gevargizian and her lead actress Najarra Townsend from the Contracted California premiere at Feartastic Film Festival in Palm Springs.

Although this is her second directorial effort, The Stylist is Gevargizian’s first attempt to film a story she wrote. She brought in the talents of Call Girl writer Eric Havens to assist with the screenplay. A Kickstarter campaign is planned for December to help enhance the project.

We’ll sit Ms. Jill Sixx down for an interview soon. Until then, for up to the moment info on this project, “like” The Stylist on Facebook, follow The Stylist on Twitter (@TheStylistFilm) and visit Jill Sixx Gevargizian’s website at SixxTape.com (how cool of a website name is that?!).

The Stylist Synopsis
Beauty is Claire’s passion. Hairstyling is her business. When her final client of the evening arrives with the request to look perfect, Claire is more than happy to oblige… with her signature style.

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Dick Miller is one of the last great American character actors. Every moviegoer knows his face, but few know his name, and even fewer know his story – an aspiring writer turned accidental actor. But thanks to Elijah Drenner’s documentary That Guy Dick Miller, that’s about to change.

Miller has worked with some of our best directors: Scorsese, Corman, Fuller, Dante, Cameron, Demme, and more. Whether sharing the screen with Nicholson, De Niro, Schwarzenegger, or The Ramones, Dick has been stealing scenes since his debut in 1955.

For the first time, Dick Miller has allowed filmmakers incredible access to his life and home for this funny and unexpected story. Joining him are the directors, producers, co-stars, and friends who have helped make him Hollywood’s leading “that guy”

The American Cinematheque at The Egyptian Theater in Hollywood will present the Los Angeles premiere of That Guy Dick Miller on Friday, December 5th, kicking off a weekend of some of the beloved character actor’s greatest films. From the cantankerous neighbor Murray Futterman in Gremlins to his stand-out scene stealing moments in The Terminator, After Hours, and Rock ‘n’ Roll High School, Dick Miller’s incredible career story has never before been told until now.

After making a splash at the SXSW 2014 Film Festival, the documentary has been playing film festivals across the nation, but this is the first screening in Los Angeles. “There’s something immensely satisfying to see this film premiere at one of the Hollywood’s greatest institutions,” says director Elijah Drenner. “To see the spotlight turned on Dick after a 60-year career in show business is very gratifying. This is one of the reasons why we made the movie.”

Dick Miller Weekend Details:
THAT GUY DICK MILLER makes its Los Angeles premiere on Friday, December 5th, at 7:30 PM PT and will be followed by a Q&A with Drenner and Dick and Lainie Miller.

On Saturday, December 6th, a triple-feature of GREMLINS (in glorious 70mm!), GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH, and DEMON KNIGHT will feature Q&A’s with Miller, Joe Dante, Ernest Dickerson, and other guests.

Concluding the weekend on Sunday, December 7th, will be a double-bill of A BUCKET OF BLOOD and WAR OF THE SATELLITES featuring a Q&A with director Roger Corman and Miller.

Tickets to these events can be purchased at Fandango.

The Egyptian Theater is located at 6712 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90028.

Not in or near LA?  Don’t worry; the film was picked up for North American distribution by Canada’s IndieCan Entertainment and is slated for a theatrical release in the winter of 2014/2015. For more info visit the official That Guy Dick Miller website and follow That Guy Dick Miller on Twitter and The American Cinematheque on Twitter.

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We all know Take-Two Interactive for its kick-ass video games, and most of us know Bill Jemas (the former vice president of Marvel Comics) as a comic genius. The two have recently joined forces for a comic series taking place in the Night of the Living Dead universe.

Take-Two Interactive is responsible for such beloved games as the Grand Theft Auto series, Manhunt, Midnight Club, and Bioshock. They have come together with Bill Jemas to create a new line set in an alternate reality based on Night of the Living Dead. Jemas recently talked with Dread Central to explain this new project .

With titles like Rise, Soul, and Insurrection, the new series promises to be something readers have never seen before. Jemas discussed what readers can expect from Take-Two Interactive’s newest comic series, inspired by and set in the world of Night of the Living Dead.

“Take-Two Interactive believes that comic publishing is an efficient way to create new entertainment properties,” Jemas said. “They asked me to help them start up a new imprint, Double Take. We are commissioning a series of graphic novels. So far, our lead writers are Brian Clevenger (Atomic Robo) and Jeff McComsey (FUBAR). First you’ll see a lot of what you have already seen and expect to see. Then you will be surprised at what we reveal.”

Jemas discussed where the inspiration to use Night of the Living Dead as the background, or alternate reality, for the comic came from. “One of our original stories starred a character who was auditioning for a play,” Jemas said. “To make that story more realistic, we wanted the play to feel real – and thought about making it a revival of a classic story – like Wicked or The Wizard of Oz. Mike Coast, our story editor, pointed out that the Night of the Living Dead has become part of the public domain. We all love that film and all kinda panned off that other story to focus on NotLD. We knew they would be fun to write and hope they will turn out to be profitable.”

Double Take has quite a large scale project planned for this new comic and also plenty of other ideas should this one become a success. “We are starting with six graphic novels, and we’ll build from there,” Jemas said. He also added, “Double Take has dozens of stories in several genres in various stages of development. We’ll keep adding them to our story-verse over time.”

For more info on the series, be sure to “like” Double Take Comics on Facebook.

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Scared of clowns? Coulrophobia have its grip on you so tightly that you cannot even look at a pair of floppy shoes without a chill running down your spine? Well then! This one is for you! Get out your pads and pencils, kids. It’s time to write down the name of a place you should NEVER go!

Roadtrippers just did a story on The Clown Motel located in the small town of Tonopah, Nevada. Still not sure where that is? Well, we never heard of it either. Apparently it’s just off Highway 95, about halfway between Las Vegas and Reno.

The lobby of this hellish establishment is filled with hundreds of menacing clowns, and each and every room is clown-themed as well. Yep! We’re talking 110% pure nightmare fuel!

If that’s not enough to chill your funny bone… The Clown Motel shares a lot with a cemetery full of gold miners who died from a plague. Yeah, just try to go to sleep there! We friggin’ dare ya!

Reddit users who have visited have been detailing accounts of their experiences there. Here’s one!

At one point early in the evening we were hearing strange sounds and what appeared to be someone screaming followed by popping and crunching noises. While in the bathroom my buddy decided to have a peek outside of the bathroom window. My buddy lets out a yell and busts out into the room and I’m like “what?!” He doesn’t say anything but goes right to his bag and gets his Smith and Wesson 357 out. I’m thinking “what the fuck” and I dig into my bag to get my Sig 232 out. He says we need to get the fuck out of there right now. I saw he was serious and that made me serious about it, we grabbed our shit for the most part (left a few clothes behind) and looked out the peep sight to make sure it was clear to our car. I threw my gun into my pocket, he put his in his waistband and we hauled ass to the car and got the hell out of there. On the ride away, I asked what he saw in the bathroom. He told me when he looked out the window there was this creepy-ass clown facing away from the window, pants at his ankles, making a weird motion. He told me the clown slowly turned 90 degrees to look at him, my friend said he looked down to see this clown fucking a full-sized dinner ham, when he looked up from the ham fucking the clown was smiling and waving at him.

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When the powers-that-be announced this season of “Sleepy Hollow” would be an expanded 18 episodes, they also promised an epic fall finale, and from the looks of the ep’s preview, that’s exactly what’s in store for us.  Check it out along with a big batch of stills from next week’s Episode 2.10, “Magnum Opus.”

“Sleepy Hollow” Episode 2.10 – “Magnum Opus” (airs 11/24/14)
Abbie (Nicole Beharie) and Ichabod (Tom Mison) are on a quest to find a weapon of ultimate power to kill Moloch – the Sword of Methuselah – before the Headless Horseman can stop them.

Also starring Orlando Jones as Captain Frank Irving, Katia Winter as Katrina Crane, John Noble as Henry Parish, and Lyndie Greenwood as Jenny Mills. Guest stars include Neil Jackson as Abraham/Headless.

For more info visit “Sleepy Hollow” on Fox.com, “like” “Sleepy Hollow” on Facebook, and follow “Sleepy Hollow” on Twitter.

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