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Rick Baker. Friend of apes. Maker of monsters. Seven time Oscar winner. And that lucky number seven was for The Wolfman, shared with fellow Efx maestro Dave Elsey. Their on-stage speech was great, but the extended Thank You Cam was even better. Both Baker and Elsey thanked Jack Pierce and Dick Smith for inspiring them. Though there were grumblings online that the Academy clip showed the CG transformation rather then the make-up. It is always a treat to see our own getting the gold.

In the best original music category, Trent Reznor won for The Social Network. But who could forget his rivethead contributions to Class of 1999, Se7en, and Tetsuo: The Bullet Man? And Danny Boyle’s nominated 127 Hours didn’t win for Best Picture, but we will always love him “best” for his bloody crazies in the 28 Days series.

Rounding out the highlights in horror cred are nods to Jason X,...

On DVD this Tuesday is Screamers: The Hunting, the sequel to the legendary sci-fi thriller. Fangoria's got 8 clips from the film, (including DVD bonus features) along with the latest trailer. See them all below the cut.

Inspired by a short story by visionary author Philip K. Dick, Screamers: The Hunting is a mind-shattering sequel to the legendary sci-fi cult thriller! It's been thirteen years since the robotic killing machines known as Screamers destroyed the human population of Sirius 6B. But now a distress signal brings a team of rescuers to the supposedly abandoned planet. Can it be a long-lost colony of human survivors? Or have the Screamers evolved into something even more sinister...half-man/half-machine hybrids that need to escape Sirius 6B to finish their mission: the complete annihilation of the human race?

Sheldon Wilson (Shallow Ground) directed from a script by Miguel Tejada-Flores (Decoys: The Second Seduction); Lance Henriksen (Millenium), Gina Holden (Aliens Vs.

• Anchor Bay sent along the cover art for Red Mist, the possession-and-murder chiller it releases February 24. We first reported on the DVDetails here.

Directed by Paddy (Shrooms) Breathnach from a script by Spencer Wright, Red Mist centers on a bullied young man who goes comatose due to a prank by a bunch of med students. When one of the latter remorsefully tries to revive him with experimental drugs, he instead gains the ability to possess members of the group and turn them murderously against each other. The cast is headed by Arielle (The Grudge 2) Kebbel, Sarah (Skinwalkers) Carter, Stephen (The Gathering) Dillane, Andrew Lee (Return To House On Haunted Hill) Potts and MyAnna (The Descent) Buring. Check out a Fango set visit to Red Mist in issue #280, on sale in January.

• Sony Pictures will release Screamers: The Hunted on February 17. The sequel to the futuristic 1995 film about burrowing, self-evolving...