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Witches Playground is directed by Bart Elfrink with a screenplay by Richard M. Novosak and is produced by Bobby Ray Akers Jr., Anthony E. Cabral and Cody Matthew Blymire. The film from Dead of Night & Ace Films will stars Leslie Easterbrook, Eileen Dietz, Suki Peters, Cody Matthew Blymire, Sam Valentine, Rachel Chapman,Wes Blymire, Deneen Melody and Brian Shirley. Synopsis: …

Just in ….new stills from the production of ‘”Dead Awake” ! Stars: Nick Stahl, Rose McGowan and Amy Smart Dylan, a young man working at a funeral parlor, is trying to unravel a mystery that shattered his life ten years earlier. After faking his own funeral to see who will show up, he befriends a mysterious street junkie and is …

[dailymotion]http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xfnipq_mega-shark-vs-giant-dorito-spoof_shortfilms[/dailymotion] Yep, alot of fun! Not to long ago, while Mega Shark 2 was in production, a few nutballs over here at The Asylum decided to create a submission for The Doritos’ Crash The Superbowl Ad Campaign Contest as a tie-in with the sequel

VIGILANTE VIOLENCE! AFRICAN ACTION EXPLOSIVE EXPLOITATION! A SOUTH-AFRICAN GRINDHOUSE CLASSIC! ROUGH AND TOUGH — THE WAY YOU LIKE IT! The true soul of grindhouse shakes and shimmies in this down and dirty tale of master criminals meeting violent death in Johannesburg, South Africa, a city plagued by organized crime. Steve Chaka (Ken Gampu), an ambitious news reporter, learns that these …

Variety reports that French director Pierre Morel is no longer a candidate to direct Universal’s OUIJA and is now in talks to grab the reigns on Warner Brother’s EDF: EARTH DEFENSE FORCE. The Earth Defense Force, or EDF as it is abbreviated, is Sam Raimi’s and Bill Block’s of QED International new project that follows the story of three alien fighters who …

The LA Times is reporting that the producers of MARTYRS have nabbed director Daniel Stamm (THE LAST EXORCISM) to rework the popular French torture film for an American audience. Martyrs tells the story of two abused orphan girls, Lucie and Anna, who meet and become friends. Fifteen years after she was kidnapped and subjected to prolonged torture, a mentally unstable Lucie seeks revenge on …

The good: Frank Darabont will return to the director’s chair for thirteen episodes of the second season of AMC’s mega hit show ‘The Walking Dead.’ The bad: The show will probably not return for its second season until October 2011 as reported by The Hollywood Reporter. The reason for the pushback appears to be the large viewer draw that the …

The Grind House Film Festival kicks off at the New Beverly Cinema on Tuesday, November 16th with showings of the films CRITTERS and THE CHILDREN. The film festival is being held to celebrate the life of writer Brian (Domonic) Muir and will roll the only complete 35mm print of the film CRITTERS since its original release. The print was rediscovered …

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSwIrXpvwIo[/youtube] IFC announced that the network has acquired the rights to air DREAM HOUSE, or Wai dor lei ah yut ho, a film by director Ho-Cheung Pang. DREAM HOUSE will air as a part of the IFC Midnight lineup. OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS: “Cheng Li-sheung is a young, upwardly mobile professional finally ready to invest in her first home. But when the …

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYDMxq1vONw[/youtube] Written and directed by Amanda Gusack, IN MEMORIUM spent years in development and finally, after successful test views of the first fifteen minutes, the atmospheric film is now available for download on IndieFlix.com. OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS: “Two months after being diagnosed with terminal cancer, Dennis Wade, a struggling filmmaker, decides to document his illness. Still free from symptoms, he and …

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZnwdhoqqZ4[/youtube] OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS: “The weekend is about to kick off. With the ocean calm, the weather warm and the sun setting over the hills, two psychopathic siblings – Emma and Peterson, pit stop on their road trip of bloodshed at the sleepy beach-side town of Cecil Bay. ‘Bad Behaviour’ will have you on the precipice of intrigue as you are …

Disney gave fans a teasing look at their upcoming film PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES with the release of the first teaser poster for the movie. At first glance there does not appear to be anything new in the traditional skull and cross bones logo that fans have come to know oh-so-well, but on closer inspection the grinning …

New Line Cinema released a new poster for the upcoming film THE RITE. The film follows a skeptical American seminary student named Michael Kovak(Colin O’Donoghue) who travels to Italy to attend a special school so he can learn the art of exorcism. There he meets Father Lucas (Anthony Hopkins), a priest well versed in the art of expelling evil and …

Dead of Night Films Brings Old School Horror & Horror Icons Back to the Big Screen with WITCHES PLAYGROUND ST. LOUIS: The highly anticipated “First Look” trailer for WITCHES PLAYGROUND airs today exclusively on GeekTyrant. Dead of Night Films recently lensed a teaser trailer to give investors a look into the concept for the upcoming film to raise awareness, heighten …

MTV’s reinventing the 1985 cult classic Teen Wolf that featured original wolf member Michael J. Fox by turning it into a television series and the teaser trailer for the series has hit the web. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_z1v6zfFp3o&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] Below is a breakdown of the three male leads in the series that include Tyler Posey, Dylan O’Brien, and Tyler Hoechlin.