The very first bit of eye candy in promotion of Marcus Nispel's new flick, Backmask, has arrived; and the restraint shown with lens flaring is admirable. They're just on the cusp of casting those angelic halos! Dig 'em!

Gage Golightly, Brittany Curran, Stephen Lang, Kelly Blatz,, Brett Dier, Nick Nicotera, Nick Nordella, and Michael Ormsby star. Kirsten Elms penned the script that follows a group of teenagers who accidentally release an evil spirit that starts to possess them one by one.

Check out the goods below courtesy of the Daily Dead!

Synopsis
During a sex, drugs, and rock-fueled party, six small-town teenagers find an old vintage record and decide to play it backwards in order to listen for any subliminal/satanic messages. Lo and behold, a seemingly malevolent spirit quickly infiltrates the group, wreaking havoc as it moves from one body to another. Eventually, however, it's revealed that the spirit in question is actually trying to convey a message....and that the real source of horror isn't particularly paranormal, but rather something (or someone) much closer to home.

Cohen Media Group has announced that they will release Nick Murphy’s The Awakening, starring Rebecca Hall, Dominic West and Imelda Staunton in theatres on August 10th. Lord knows we're gonna need those chills to combat the hot summer days!

Look for more soon!

Synopsis
Haunted by the death of her fiancé, Florence Cathcart is on a mission to expose all séances as exploitative shams. However, when she is called to a boys’ boarding school to investigate a case of the uncanny, she is gradually forced to confront her skepticism in the most terrifying way, shaking her scientific convictions and her sense of self to the very core.

We're just a few hours away from tonight's episode of "Teen Wolf", ominously entitled "Abomination", and MTV has sent over a pair of clips from the ep. Check 'em out!

"Teen Wolf" Episode 2.04 - "Abomination" (6/18/12 air date)
A new monster is on the loose, and Stiles witnesses an attack at the mechanic shop. Will the monster be uncovered before it kills again?

“Teen Wolf” stars Tyler Posey (Scott McCall), Crystal Reed (Allison Argent), Tyler Hoechlin (Derek Hale), Dylan O’Brien (Stiles), Holland Roden (Lydia Martin), and Colton Haynes (Jackson Whittemore).

For more visit the official "Teen Wolf" website, "like" "Teen Wolf" on Facebook, and follow "Teen Wolf" on Twitter.

In early June we told you about author and professor James F. Broderick's Now a Terrifying Motion Picture!, after which he offered to write a guest blog for us. The result is this hilarious satire about how Hollywood often ridiculously distorts classic works for contemporary audiences.

[The following information – compiled and transcribed from various legal pads, voice recorders, and Blackberries of certain movie studio executives – reveals the extent of Hollywood’s interest in the Frankenstein story and the desperation to find a new angle for a remake that will appeal to a contemporary, teen-aged audience. This sheaf of papers and transcripts, currently in the hands of a major literary agency, has been documented as authentic and will be published next year as part of a larger cache of documents under the title I Know What You Did Last Pitch Meeting: Horror Movies They Thought You’d Actually Pay To See. The author/compiler of this work wishes to remain anonymous. The names of the studio executives have been redacted for legal reasons.]

STUDIO EXEC #1: (first part of sentence is garbled) …and then – whoosh – the creature appears!

STUDIO EXEC #2: But why, exactly, is he naked?

STUDIO EXEC #1: She.

STUDIO EXEC #2: (After a pause) Ah… (scribbling happily). Tell me again how the creature tracked down the posse of tormentors?

STUDIO EXEC #1: Hacked their Facebook page.

STUDIO EXEC #2: (Nodding as he writes) Got it. That’s good.

[Pages missing here. Notes resume in a different hand, date uncertain]

PRODUCER: …Won’t work – he flopped in that disaster film last quarter. We gotta go with somebody else.

WRITER: So who you looking at? Brad Pitt?

PRODUCER: Nope. Too expensive.

WRITER: George Clooney?

PRODUCER: Too good looking.

WRITER: Jim Carrey?

PRODUCER: Too manic.

WRITER: So what are we left with?

PRODUCER: (Emphatically) Chris Farley.

WRITER: Chris Farley? But—

PRODUCER: Perfect body type! He’s a natural for the creature! Remember that scene in Tommy Boy where he puts on David Spade’s blazer?

WRITER: “Fat guy in little jacket?” I love that scene! (audible laughter)

PRODUCER: Everybody does! Imagine two hours of that!

WRITER: But… um, isn’t Chris Farley dead?

PRODUCER: That’s the beauty of it! We’ll save a fortune on salary! We’ll build the part around outtakes and leftover footage from all his other films. It’s all CGI. It’s perfect! He plays a creature who gets resurrected from the dead and he, himself, is dead! Think of the marketing angle!

WRITER: (Sitting back, reflecting) You know, you might have something here. (Holds hands out in front of himself, spreads his hands out, reading imaginary words, excitedly) “YOU CAN’T KEEP A GOOD MAN DOWN!”

PRODUCER: (Writes that down, pauses) Hmmm. Was Frankenstein a good man? (They look at each other, unsure.)

WRITER: (slightly ashamed) I never read the book.

PRODUCER: It was a book?

[Meeting transcript ends; what now follows was reconstructed from a series of brief texts lifted from a well-known Hollywood agent’s Blackberry device found in the men’s room of a West L.A. sushi bar. They are somewhat disjointed. The editors have regularized spelling and punctuation for clarity.]

NOTES TO SELF:

CONSIDER MAKING THE CREATURE A MORMON (HOLD OFF FINAL DECISION UNTIL ELECTION);

INSTEAD OF A WINDMILL, STAGE CLIMACTIC FINAL MOB SCENE AT COMIC-CON;

POSSIBLE LOVE INTEREST BETWEEN CREATURE AND CREATOR, A LA “BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN”;

WORKING TITLE: “FRANKENSTEIN – ANOTHER AVATAR OF DESTRUCTION” (IN MARKETING CAMPAIGN, WE’LL SHORTEN IT TO SIMPLY “ANOTHER AVATAR.” CH-CHING!)

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James F. Broderick is an associate professor of English and journalism at New Jersey City University in Jersey City. His most recent book is Now a Terrifying Motion Picture!: Twenty-Five Classic Works of Horror Adapted from Book to Film. He lives in Glen Ridge, NJ.

If you've been driving around a big city lately, you probably have seen all of the billboard and bus shelter artwork for Total Recall. If not, don't worry; we've got you more than covered as we have the whole enchilada right here in one place! Dig it!

Len Wiseman directs the film based upon the Philip K. Dick tale We Can Remember It For You Wholesale. Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, Bryan Cranston and Jessica Biel star.

The Total Recall remake will be landing in theatres on August 3rd, 2012.

Synopsis
Welcome to Rekall, the company that can turn your dreams into real memories. For a factory worker named Douglas Quaid (Colin Farrell), even though he's got a beautiful wife (Kate Beckinsale) whom he loves, the mind-trip sounds like the perfect vacation from his frustrating life - real memories of life as a super-spy might be just what he needs. But when the procedure goes horribly wrong, Quaid becomes a hunted man. Finding himself on the run from the police – controlled by Chancellor Cohaagen (Bryan Cranston) – there is no one Quaid can trust, except possibly a rebel fighter (Jessica Biel) working for the head of the underground resistance (Bill Nighy). The line between fantasy and reality gets blurred and the fate of his world hangs in the balance as Quaid discovers his true identity, his true love, and his true fate.

The 13th annual Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival (CCI-IFF) is happening alongside the San Diego Comic-Con, and the lineup for this year's event is now available. We have for you here both the horror/suspense and science fiction/fantasy schedules along with a link to the rest of the offerings.

The Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival (CCI-IFF) for 2012 offers a full schedule of some of the finest in genre films. All screenings and panels for the CCI-IFF will be held in the Marriott Marquis and Marina, right next door to the Convention Center (next to the Hall A end). The Film Festival will screen in Marriott Hall 2, which is at the far (north) end of the Marriott lobby, outside of the building (follow the signage to get to Marriott Hall 2). Included in this year's schedule is the return of the popular "Comic-Con Film School" panels on all four days starting at 10:00 AM, along with an assortment of other film-oriented panel discussions on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. A special opening night event, the "CCI-IFF Meet and Greet," will be held on Thursday, July 12, in the foyer outside the Festival room at the Marriott. This event is open to the filmmakers, attendees, and interested fans starting at 7:00 PM.

The CCI-IFF celebrates independent film, with the accent on genre-related entries, including action/adventure, animation, comics-oriented, documentary (related to pop culture topics), horror/suspense, humor, and science fiction/fantasy. The Festival includes a special awards program on Sunday in Marriott Hall 2, beginning at 11:00 AM. Sunday afternoon features rescreenings of the award-winning films. This year's incredible schedule has a decidedly international flavor, with submissions from Canada, Chile, France, Germany, Israel, and the United Kingdom, in addition to the United States.

Now in its 13th year, the CCI-IFF is a juried event. Respected individuals in the fields of film and popular arts view the submissions and decide which films will be included in the festival and those deserving of prizes and awards.

Thursday, July 12 - Horror/Suspense
4:20-4:30 Doll Parts
4:30-4:40 The Killing Game
4:40-5:05 Cabine of the Dead
5:05-5:15 My Mom & Other Monsters
5:15-6:00 Sanguijuelas
6:00-6:45 The Absence
7:00-8:15 CCI-IFF Meet & Greet
8:15-8:45 The Small Assassin
8:45-9:00 Spoiler

Saturday, July 14 - Science Fiction/Fantasy
11:05-11:40 Technical Support
11:40-11:55 Giant Monster Playset
11:55-12:25 El Cabro En La Lavadora
12:25-12:40 Oliver Bump's Birthday
12:40-1:10 The Batting Cage
1:10-1:40 Laura Keller, NB
1:40-2:15 Advantageous
2:15-3:10 L5 - Episode One
3:15-4:15 Panel Discussion - Creating Unforgettable Villains
4:20-4:45 Hop the Twig
4:45-5:10 ID
5:10-5:45 Schrödingerskatze
5:45-6:20 Bunker 731
6:20-6:50 Wait for Rain
6:50-7:15 Anna-May Got Lost
7:15-7:50 Overture

Click here for more info on the 2012 Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival.

Those sneaky devils over at Dark Horse Comics just love to tease us! Today they sent over a new bit of teaser art admonishing us to "curl up with a good book" and said it's the first of two things we'll be seeing for Drawing on Your Nightmares. Hmmmm...

Dark Horse Comics was founded in 1986 by Mike Richardson as an offshoot of his Oregon comic-book retail chain Things From Another World. Richardson pursued the idea of establishing an ideal atmosphere for creative professionals, and twenty-five years later the company has grown to become the third-largest comics publisher in the United States. In 2011 the company celebrates its twenty-fifth anniversary in style with the launch of an all-new proprietary digital-comics app, boasting hundreds of titles for download through both the iTunes store and the Dark Horse Digital storefront at digital.darkhorse.com.

Check back for more soon!

The official red band trailer for the long awaited Sundance sensation V/H/S (review here) is here, and we have every horrific pixel of it just waiting to dole out the frights!

Magnolia has announced that they're planning to roll the horror anthology film out on VOD August 31st with a limited theatrical run to follow beginning October 5th.

Segment directors include Adam Wingard (You're Next, A Horrible Way to Die, Pop Skull), Simon Barrett (You're Next, Dead Birds, Read Sands), Ti West (The House of the Devil, The Roost, The Innkeepers), David Bruckner (The Signal), Joe Swanberg (Silver Bullets), Glenn McQuaid (I Sell the Dead), along with Radio Silence, two of whom were part of the YouTube sensations known as Chad, Matt and Rob (Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Chad Villella).

Synopsis:
When a group of petty criminals are hired by a mysterious party to retrieve a rare piece of found footage from a rundown house in the middle of nowhere, they soon realize that the job isn’t going to be as easy as they thought. In the living room a lifeless body holds court before a hub of old television sets, surrounded by stacks upon stacks of VHS tapes. As they search for the right one, they are treated to a seemingly endless number of horrifying videos, each stranger than the last.

Bringing together some of the top filmmakers in the game today, this wickedly conceived horror anthology sends the viewer through a gauntlet of suspense, terror, shock, and downright brutality—instantly distinguishing itself from a sea of lackluster found-footage horror flicks. The diverse and deviously creative minds behind V/H/S shatter any preconceived notions about the genre, making it feel inventive and captivating once again.

Atom Egoyan's Devil's Knot, based on the events surrounding the recently freed West Memphis Three, has scored an actor to play one of the key players in this truly tragic and horrifying story. Read on for the latest!

Seventeen-year-old newcomer Seth Meriwether has been tapped to play West Memphis Three defendant Jason Baldwin in Egoyan's true crime flick. He joins Reese Witherspoon and Colin Firth in the project that will be produced and financed by Worldview Entertainment. As Variety first reported last week, college drama student James Hamrick will make his feature debut playing key defendant Damien Echols. Also starring are Mireille Enos, Colin Firth, Reese Witherspoon, Collette Wolfe, Alessandro Nivola and Kris Polaha, while Amy Ryan and Dane DeHaan remain in talks to join the ensemble. Kristopher Higgins will join Meriwether and Hamrick as fellow West Memphis Three member Misskelley Jr.

Based on journalist Mara Leveritt's bestselling book of the same name, Devil's Knot follows private detective Ron Lax (Firth), who took on the West Memphis Three case pro bono. He found DNA evidence linking Terry Hobbs (Alessandro Nivola), the stepfather of one of the three murdered boys, to material that was used to bind one of the victims -- evidence that helped convince a judge to release Baldwin, Misskelley Jr. and Echols last year.

Wolfen isn’t a werewolf movie. I should make that clear from the start. In fact, Wolfen has more in common with the monster animal genre of films so popular in the 1970’s like Willard, The Food of the Gods, and Night of the Lepus.

And like those movies (and their many nuclear predecessors like Them!, Black Scorpion, Tarantula, and other atomic creatures) Wolfen was, and remains, a movie about predation by things that are bigger, badder and more intelligent than we are. Except that the Wolfen were not created by mad science, atomic explosions or toxic waste. Rather, they evolved alongside human beings. They kill like animals but they think like humans. And humans are, in fact, their meat animals. They haven’t come to the ghettos because they were pushed out of their environment by some manmade factor, so forget that “going green” message. Rather, the Wolfen follow human migration. Without humans, they couldn’t exist.

NYPD Captain Dewey Wilson (played in a brilliantly detached and alcoholic fugue by Albert Finney) is assigned a bizarre string of violent murders with no seeming connection. A high-profile building magnate, a bodyguard, various homeless people and a scattering of cops are all found either missing or their throats ripped out by some enormously powerful beast. Wilson partners with criminal psychologist Becky Neff to solve the murders, and the two investigate everything from terrorism and voodoo to the idea that something both less and more human is out there slaughtering people in a secretive and yet discernible and intelligent pattern, if they can only find it.

Wolfen is part horror movie and part police investigation, but in many ways, it’s also a psychological thriller as the Wolfen pack play a very dangerous game of cat and mouse with Wilson and Neff, a game that eventually culminates in a confrontation that shakes and displaces everything that Wilson knows and nearly everything he’s ever believed in.

Wolfen has often been ragged on in the past, mostly because so many people who watch it insist on comparing it to the Whitley Strieber novel that inspired it. I love the book, but the truth is, I love the movie more. I love its despondent and nearly post-apocalyptic visuals and harrowing music. I love its gut-churning build-up of mysteries leading to horrors that lead to yet more mysteries, some of which can never really be solved—at least, not to the satisfaction of Dewey Wilson. Wilson’s life has been falling apart for years before the story even begins, but he clings stubbornly to resolving mysteries like an alcoholic clings to his last bottle. He’s naturally a man who finds order in chaos. Now, for the first time, he’s out of his element, and with nary a lonely English moor or horror set in site. The horror has hit close to home. The horror is home, in the urban decay all about him.

I love Wolfen because at one point in Wilson’s investigation, he seeks the advice of a group of Native Americans, themselves outsiders to the New York they’re helping to reconstruct, and their leader tells him, “They might be gods,” after which, Wilson develops the “eyes of the dead” rather than the “eyes of the hunter.” And therein lies the true horror of the Wolfen: that once our own fabricated veneer of the world we think we know is torn away, we really aren’t prepared to face the truth. What we perceive as evil might in fact be divine. What we assume is good and true might be our own self-induced fugue that we, much like Wilson, use to navigate through a completely alien landscape.

I also love Wolfen for its atmosphere, its mindless and almost joyous decay, its ruthless attempt to display the shit and squalor of a decaying civilization so awful it manages to transcend the hideous and become something close to art. The Wolfen, and the victims they pursue, move through orchards of shattered buildings, mind fields of broken church glass, and hills of human debris as if to state that yes, this is the end of the road, the new Eden, and the meek shall inherit the earth. Only, the meek won’t be us. The meek won’t be human at all. Because the Wolfen, like the Native Americans who revere them, know just how badly humankind is trashing their world.

They only need to wait. And watch.

5 pentacles out of 5

Agree or disagree? Share your opinion below.

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This blog is part of The Werewolf Run to help promote the release of my own werewolf novel, A Werewolf in Time (Mrs. McGillicuddy #2). Please visit Amazon and Barnes & Noble online for information on ordering a copy of the book for your Kindle or Nook. To see where I’ll be in the next month, visit the official Karen Koehler website!

The official website for the upcoming fight to the death flick Raze has been updated, and it's home to lots of eye candy and more! Check out a sampling right here, and get excited, kids. This project is looking more and more badass every day!

Raze, directed by Josh C. Waller from a script by Robert Beaucage, stars Rachel Nichols (Star Trek, P2, The Amityville Horror), Zoe Bell (Kill Bill, Grindhouse), Tracie Thoms (Death Proof, Rent), Sherilyn Fenn ("Twin Peaks," Boxing Helena), Rebecca Marshall (Saw 3D, That’s My Boy), Doug Jones (Hellboy, Pan’s Labyrinth), Bruce Thomas (Babysitter Wanted, Kyle XY), Tara Macken (The Hunger Games), Adrienne Wilkinson ("Xena", Star Wars :The Force Unleashed), Nicole Steinwedell (The Unit), Bailey Borders, Allene Quincy, Jordan James Smith, Amy Johnston, Victoria Cruz and Brianna Gage.

Raze focuses on two abducted women and 50 other women who are forced to fight each other using their bare hands, all for the sadistic enjoyment of an elite, voyeuristic society that follows one rule — “Fight or Die.”

For more check out the official Raze website, and "like" Raze on Facebook.

Filmmaker Drew Goddard will receive the Filmmakers Showcase Award at the 38th Annual Saturn Awards on July 26th, the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films announced today. Read on for the details!

From the Press Release:
Goddard will receive this special recognition for his directorial debut The Cabin in the Woods, a dizzying blend of horror, science fiction, and fantasy that he also co-wrote and which was released by Lionsgate in April. Past recipients of the Filmmakers Showcase Award include Matt Reeves (Let Me In), Shane Black (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang), Bill Paxton (Frailty), and Eli Roth (Hostel).

“Drew is one of the strongest voices in genre entertainment,” said Robert Holguin, president of the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films. “With his directorial debut, he showed strong leadership in bringing his original vision to the screen. The Cabin in the Woods is one of the most original films this year and earned critical acclaim and great audience response for its ingenious rethinking of the horror film.”

In addition to directing The Cabin in the Woods, Goddard is known for his writing work on the TV series "Alias", "Angel", "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", and "Lost" and also wrote the 2008 hit Cloverfield. He is currently writing the upcoming Steven Spielberg film Robopocalypse for DreamWorks.

Goddard and the previously announced Special Achievement Awards recipients Frank Oz, Robert Kirkman, and James Remar, along with the producers of "The Simpsons" (this year's Milestone Award winner), will receive their awards during the 38th annual Saturn Awards presentation on Thursday, July 26th, in Burbank, California. The Saturn Awards are produced by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year and honors the best in genre entertainment.

The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films was founded in 1972 by noted film historian Dr. Donald A. Reed to honor and recognize films often overlooked by mainstream awards. Over the years the Academy has expanded its reach to include recognizing excellence in television and home entertainment, as well as other genres including adventure, thriller, and action.

For more info visit the official Saturn Awards website, be sure to "like" Saturn Awards on Facebook, and follow Saturn Awards on Twitter (@saturnawards1).

Some new character images from Tim Burton's feature length version of his short film Frankenweenie have hit the interwebs, and we've got them all for you right here! Flick the switch! Let the lightning strike! Dig it!

The voice cast includes four actors who worked with Burton on previous films: Winona Ryder (Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands), Catherine O’Hara (Beetlejuice, The Nightmare Before Christmas), Martin Short (Mars Attacks!), and Martin Landau (Ed Wood, Sleepy Hollow), along with Charlie Tahan and Atticus Shaffer.

Look for the flick in theatres on October 5th, 2012.

Synopsis
A heartwarming tale about a boy and his dog. After unexpectedly losing his beloved dog Sparky, young Victor harnesses the power of science to bring his best friend back to life—with just a few minor adjustments. He tries to hide his home-sewn creation, but when Sparky gets out, Victor’s fellow students, teachers and the entire town all learn that getting a new “leash on life” can be monstrous.

A stop-motion animated film, 'Frankenweenie' will be filmed in black and white and rendered in 3D, which will elevate the classic style to a whole new experience.

Dread Central favorite Danielle Harris took to her website today to publish some cool Hatchet 3 behind-the-scenes pictures of her bloodied and covered with grue. Yep, that's all we wanted for Christmas. Check out the shots right now along with yesterday's video!

Hatchet 3 stars Danielle Harris, Kane Hodder, Derek Mears, Cody Blue Snider, Zach Galligan, Rileah Vanderbilt, Caroline Williams, Diane Goldner, Jason Trost, and Sean Whalen.

Hatchet 3 opens on the ultraviolent final shot of Hatchet 2 and continues the tale of the now iconic slasher villain Victor Crowley (Kane Hodder). As a search and recovery team heads into the haunted swamp to pick up the pieces and carnage left behind from the first two films, Marybeth (Danielle Harris) hunts down the true secret to ending the voodoo curse that has left the ghost of Victor Crowley haunting and terrorizing Honey Island Swamp for decades.

The sequel is a co-production of MPI/Dark Sky Films and Green’s Los Angeles-based ArieScope Pictures. The film marks cinematographer McDonnell's directorial debut after having handled A and B camera operations on such features as Rob Zombie’s Halloween remake, Timur Bekmambetov's upcoming Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, and Adam Green's first two Hatchet films.

More animated kid-friendly horrors are headed our way, and we're super happy that budding gorehounds will have plenty of cool things to cut their teeth on. Just think... after a few viewings of this and stuff like Monster House and even Igor, you can go right to Evil Dead!

According to Deadline, British Columbia-based film production and finance group Bron Studios is launching Bron Animation to develop and produce original kids animated fare for television and films. The aim is an “emphasis on absurd comedy with an edgy tone that parents will also enjoy”. The first project in production is a pair of TV specials based on Mighty Mighty Monsters, the Sean Patrick O’Reilly book series.

The books revolve around a group of classic movie monster kids — Frankenstein, Dracula, and Wolfman — who are expelled from monster school and sent to a human immersion program at a “normal” human middle school. Two hour-long specials are planned.

Dante Tomaselli's long awaited chiller Torture Chamber has landed itself a sales agent in Shoreline and that means that soon the rest of the world will find out just how hot this flick really is. Read on for the latest!

“Lately our company has been focused on arthouse, foreign language and documentary films, but distributors have not let us forget that their appetite for genre-driven fare has not waned. We are delighted to take this horror picture that delivers the goods to the marketplace,” says Shoreline head Morris Ruskin.

For more visit the official Torture Chamber website and "like" Torture Chamber on Facebook.

Synopsis:
Hallucinatory horror shocker about an unholy bond between a mother and her two sons. A Catholic priest, devoted to saving his family, tries to cure his deranged younger brother -- but 13-year-old Jimmy Morgan is possessed by an evil too powerful to be exorcised by any religion. After escaping from a mental institution, Jimmy is back with a vengeance -- and an army of children who follow his every murderous desire. The town trembles in fear as the youths attack and abduct its residents -- innocent and guilty alike -- dragging their victims to an abandoned castle and subjecting them to grisly torments deep within its underground tunnels. Those who discover the terrible secret behind the disappearances and deaths don't live long enough to tell it. The teacher, the doctor, even Jimmy's own brother and mother, will all confront their fates in the Torture Chamber.

Darksiders II will be releasing in August for PC and consoles. In the just released cinematic trailer, entitled The Last Sermon, we will hear the story from Games of Thrones' James Cosmo on how War was tricked into starting the apocalypse. The story will shine a whole new light on the character of Death.

From the Press Release
The Last Sermon, starring Game of Thrones’ James Cosmo tells a story of mankind’s last hours on earth after War is tricked into prematurely bringing about the apocalypse and portrays the sequel’s protagonist, Death, in a way fans haven’t seen him before.

As well as the general release cinematic cut there will be an extended director’s cut which will be unveiled exclusively at Facebook.com/Darksiders, and tune into the first commercial break of “Leverage” tonight around 10pm on the FX channel to see the UK TV premiere.

Jim Huntley, Vice President of Global Brand Marketing commented: “After War is imprisoned for bringing about the apocalypse, Death’s whereabouts are shrouded in mystery. The Last Sermon gives fans an idea of what he may have been up to during that time.”

Darksiders II follows the exploits of DEATH, one of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse, in an action-packed tale that runs parallel to the events in the original Darksiders game. This epic journey propels DEATH through various light and dark realms as he tries to redeem his brother WAR, the horseman blamed for prematurely starting the Apocalypse in Darksiders.

Darksiders II will be available for PC and consoles in August 2012.

You can visit the official Darksiders II website to learn more about the game.

Award winning composer James Hannigan will be celebrated at the new BAFTA event, Conversations with Screen Composers. James has worked on such large game franchises as Runescape, Command and Conquer, The Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter.

He also contributed his talents to the television series Primeval and to such films as Lost in Space.

From the Press Release
The video game music of BAFTA award winner and five-time Original Music nominee James Hannigan will be celebrated in an upcoming Q&A and interactive event, "Conversations with Screen Composers: James Hannigan", presented by BAFTA and the Royal Albert Hall. The second in a series of events showcasing the craft of major film, television and video game composers, James Hannigan will be interviewed by BBC radio and TV host Tommy Pearson about his creative process scoring music for video game franchises such as Command and Conquer, Evil Genius, Republic, The Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter. "Conversations with Screen Composers: James Hannigan" will be held in the Royal Albert Hall's Elgar Room on Friday, June 29.

Widely recognized as a leading composer for interactive entertainment, James will provide demonstrations of interactive music from an array of video game titles spanning more than fifteen years including Freelancer, Red Alert 3 and several BAFTA nominated / winning titles such as Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince and Theme Park World, detailing the development of the music in its various stages, and with use in context through video. Hannigan's presentation will also feature live performances of his "Soviet March" theme from Red Alert 3 and the operatic, Slavic-inspired Republic Theme sung by soprano Tamara Zivadinovic.

In addition to scoring video games, James composes for film and television, contributing to TV series such as BBC America's Primeval. His music has been recorded with orchestras around the world including The Philharmonia, Skywalker Symphony Orchestra, The Chamber Orchestra of London and the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra - recording at world-famous studios Abbey Road, Skywalker Ranch and Air-Lyndhurst. James has also worked with renowned ensembles and soloists such as The Pinewood Singers, Tony Hinnigan (Titanic, Braveheart), Miriam Stockley (Adiemus), Miranda Keys, and Soname among others. Prior to his career as a freelance film, television and video game composer, James was in-house composer at Electronic Arts and also worked as a sound designer, contributing to films such as Lost In Space.

James is currently scoring several unannounced projects, including a major video game for Electronic Arts as well as composing new and updated themes for Jagex Games Studio's massively multiplayer online role-playing fantasy game Runescape, recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's most popular free MMORPG.

You can visit the official James Hannigan website to learn more, and can purchase tickets at the Royal Albert Hall website.

Vampire Season will release on your iOS devices on June 28th. Players will be required to gather all the monsters they can to fight off hunters and protect Dracula's crypt. Vampire Season will test your skills as you try to stay alive against the invaders!

From the Press Release
Today 6waves and Brainz, Latin America’s rising star game developers, announced their upcoming iOS tower defense/real-time strategy game, Vampire Season. On June 28, players must assemble an army of boogiemen, vampires, zombies, and other aberrations to protect the coveted coffin of Dracula sought after by vampire hunters, jocks, interior decorators, and other "classical" Dracula haters on the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad devices.

Thanks to the 21st Century’s general lack of online privacy (Thanks 4square!), Dracula’s secret hideout has been revealed and it’s up to players’ defense and strategy skills to protect him from a horde of big game hunters. Vampire Season will stamp a grin on the evil side of people’s brains as it delivers nuclear pumpkins, disco balls, pirates, princes, ninjas, and other invaders that have no idea how they got there, and honestly, neither do we. This unique game not only respects the intelligence of its players, it challenges it.

Vampire Season Features:

Vampire Season will be available for iOS devices on June 28, 2012.

You can visit the official Brainz website to learn more Vampire Season.

DOOM 3 BFG will include re-mastered versions of the DOOM titles and will be available for the Xbox 360, PC and PlayStation 3. DOOM 3 BFG has received a release date for those who are anxiously awaiting to get their hands on the game. Read on for details!

From the Press Release
We’re pleased to announce that DOOM 3 BFG Edition is slated for release on October 16, 2012. DOOM 3 BFG Edition will feature re-mastered versions of both DOOM 3 and the Resurrection of Evil add-on pack, as well seven new levels of content entitled ‘The Lost Mission.’ DOOM 3 BFG Edition will be available ion PC for $29.99 and on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 for $39.99.

Re-mastered for both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, DOOM 3 and its expansion pack offer enhanced visuals further immersing you in the demonic world like never before. DOOM 3, Resurrection of Evil, and ‘The Lost Mission’ have been optimized in 3D, featuring 5.1 surround sound, Xbox 360 Achievements, PlayStation 3 trophies, improved rendering and lighting, and a new check point save system allowing for smoother progression through the game. id Software has fine-tuned the controls to bring the intensity of the DOOM single and multiplayer experience to the consoles, and DOOM 3 now features the new armor-mounted flashlight, allowing players to illuminate dark corners and blast enemies at the same time.

DOOM 3 BFG Edition will also include the original DOOM and DOOM 2 games, making it the definitive collection of the genre-defining games developed by id Software, the pioneers of the first-person shooter genre.

DOOM 3 BFG will be released in North America on October 16, 2012.

You can visit the official Bethesda website to learn more about DOOM 3 BFG.