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We’re back with the latest edition of the Indie Spotlight, which contains all the independent horror news recently sent our way. This week’s edition looks be our biggest yet, with trailers for Molly Crow and VIViD, news on the Shriekfest Film Festival, a new clip from Bad Kids Go to Hell, multiple short films, and much more:

First Details on Alice D: “In the early 1900′s the Davenport House was a famous and successful brothel, until a young prostitute named Alice killed herself there. After her death, the brothel became haunted by Alice’s ghost, and was eventually abandoned. One hundred years later, the old structure is renovated into a beautiful mansion. It is still rumored to inhabit the ghost of Alice. Despite this, the new owner; the rich and arrogant heir to the Davenport fortune, decides to throw a wild party for his first night in the house.

In his first feature film for four years, TV's Person of Interest star Jim Caviezel is back on the big screen this weekend in new release Transit.

Billed as a "high-octane, explosive action thriller", Transit comes from producer Joel Silver (Die Hard, Lethal Weapon, The Matrix) and After Dark Films and is released by G2 Pictures.

It stars Caviezel (The Thin Red Line, Passion of the Christ), James Frain (Tron: Legacy, True Blood), Elisabeth Rohm (Abduction, Heroes), Diora Baird (30 Days of Night, Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning) and Harold Perrineau (Lost, The Matrix Reloaded) and is directed by Antonio Negret (Seconds Apart).

Just out of prison, Nate (Caviezel) needs to regain his family's trust and decides to take them on a road trip.

His plans take a turn for the worst when criminals covertly stash $4million from a deadly bank heist in his car, with the aim of collecting it...

We’re back with the latest installment of our Indie Spotlight. Each feature includes the latest independent horror news sent our way. If you want to be included in our next spotlight, send us an email.

El Monstro del Mar:“Breaking Glass Pictures has announced the February 28 DVD release of the nautical bloodbath, retro-horror thriller “El Monstro del Mar!” (Srp $24.99). “El Monstro del Mar!” mixes sexy yet deadly beauties, the infamous Vernian monster, and a grindhouse feel that gets the blood pumping and brings a renewed fear of what lives in the sea. Let the bloodbath begin!

Three gorgeous but deadly hired killers, Beretta, Blondie and Snowball, hole up in a small beachside community to keep a low profile. But this town has a dark secret. The local old sea baron, Joseph, tries desperately to warn them to never go into the water. But these crazy vixens listen to no one,...

Adam Goldberg is in final talks to join the cast of Muse Productions' Linda Lovelace biopic "Inferno: A Linda Lovelace Story," opposite Malin Akerman as adult film star Linda Lovelace.According to Variety, Matthew Wilder ("Your Name Here") is directing from his own script, based on 1980's "Ordeal: An Autobiography" by Lovelace and Mike McGrady.Production is expected to start in early February in Louisiana.Muse Productions' Chris Hanley is producing with Jordan Gertner, along with Carlucci Weyant and Kevin Pugliese for Split Vision Entertainment. Rob Simmons and Peter O'Keefe are also producing for Jars Productions.Matt Dillon has been cast as Lovelace's abusive pornographer husband Chuck Traynor.The cast also includes Paz de la Huerta, Sasha Grey and Harold Perrineau.Lovelace shot to fame with...

DJ Perry is one busy guy for sure! Not only does the guy act but he takes care of business and produces and writes as well. His IMDb reads like a book. Perry has many recognizable projects under his belt with some cool ones in the works, including an upcoming 3D offering. We cover most of the bases here. check out my latest "Versus" with my new best pal and hopefully somebody who could possibly cast me in my next cool project, DJ Perry.

 

Brian  S- First of DJ, not only do you act but your producer resume is like a mile long. Which is your favorite to do?

DJ Perry- Acting is my passion and that drives me to produce. I do enjoy the teamwork it requires to coordinate/produce a film shoot. The post process is also an incredible part of the filmmaking experience. You literally go...

Virtue Concept PosterThis is an early look at a slate of several film collaborations from Paisaen Productions, Rampant Entertainment, and Collective Development Inc. After the film Renovation premieres October 23rd, Byer's Bog, Benjamin, and Virtue will move in to or complete production. Each of the films listed are based in the horror genre, and Virtue will star Lana Wood (Divas of Novella) in a "classic horror" tale (Cdi). An early concept poster is left and the tagline for the project is: "You never forget your last time." A few more details on all of these projects are inside.

Virtue

Release Date: 2011.

Director/writer: Robert H. Gwinn.

Cast: Lana Wood and DJ Perry.

DJ Perry on the set of BenjaminBenjamin

Cast: Carlucci Weyant, Niki Saletta, James Russo, DJ Perry and Robert Miano.

Dark Cell

Director/writer: Charles Pisaeno.

*Set in the Yuma Historical Prison.

More details on these projects will be...

The drama thriller Samuel Bleak is moving in to production with shooting taking place in Thobodaux, Louisiana. The cast line-up has been announced and stars that will appear in Bleak include David Zayas (13, Dexter), Keith David (Crash, Gamer), Deborah Kara Unger (Silent Hill), and James Russo (Public Enemies). Split Vision Entertainment and Dark Horse Pictures will be producing Bleak and story involves a young man recovering from abuse who remembers his mother's death by fire through a series of flashbacks. More about the plot is below.

A partial synopsis for Samuel Bleak:

"On a foggy morning in the small town of Whiterain, Louisiana, a mysterious young man is found rummaging through building scraps in Dr. Roselyn Ramirez's (Deborah Kara Unger) back yard. After her husband and town Sheriff, Ruben (David Zayas), investigates, he finds the terrified mute in a dilapidated shack in the woods. Ruben takes him to the...

Collective Development's production Locked in a Room recently completed shooting with help from At Risk Entertainment. The film hosts an assortment of genre favourites including Carlucci Weyant (Karma), Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly (The Preacher’s Kid), Robert Miano (Donnie Brasco), Dean Teaster (Dean Teaster’s Ghost Town), and DJ Perry (An Ordinary Killer). Distribution has not been confirmed yet, but expect this film to be available in the fourth quarter of 2010 (a prediction).

If you are not familiar with the story, Locked in a Room starts with three teenagers locked in "three separate rooms" (28Dla). Sounds simple enough, except events get mysterious and deadly when an anonymous male voice demands they escape, but can they? These dressed down one or two set constructions have been popular e.g. Nine Dead because of their reliance on characterizations and writing rather than complex set design and multiple locations. Further info' below.

The...

Robert Miano is starring in the indie suspense thriller Locked in a Room.

The 67-year-old American actor, known for his many mobster roles, was in 2009's Fast & Furious and starred alongside Al Pacino and Johnny Depp in 1997's Mafia drama Donnie Brasco.

Locked in a Room is produced by At Risk Entertainment and will be directed by Larry Simmons, and produced by Gordon Djordjevski, Matthew Earl Jones, DJ Perry, and Phyliss Larrymore Kelly.

The film also stars Carlucci Weyant (The Longest Yard, The Young and the Restless), and Rae'ven Larrymore Kelly (Preacher's Kid, A Time to Kill). Filming took place in Detroit at the end of March.

At Risk Entertainment is a Michigan-based company aiming to produce two to three motion pictures a year.

Ernie Hudson (Ghostbusters), seen left, has announced his participation in the Collective Development feature A State of Hate. From the press release the film is "inspired by true events" (Collective) and this reviewer hopes that writer Anthony Hornus can back up this claim. Based on true events is a title that gets slapped on a lot of horror films. Meanwhile, the film has also cast DJ Perry (An Ordinary Killer), Renee O'Connor (Xena: The Warrior Princess), Terence Knox (Tour of Duty), Tony Becker (Dean Teaster's Ghost Town), Renee Geerlings (Halloween II), and actor-comedian Johnny Dark. Shooting takes place within the state of Michigan and the film is a period piece that takes place in 1976. A "racial divide" and "simmering racial" tensions are sparked with the death of a "young black woman," (Collective) while white detective Lynn Kendall investigates. This action thriller will move into production once casting is complete, with more details inside.

Ernie Hudson, best known of course to horror fans for his recurring role as Winston Zeddemore in the Ghostbuster films, is attached to star in Anthony Hornus' upcoming A State of Hate, which is a sequel to Hornus' 2003 film An Ordinary Killer. Hudson will play Nate Wallace, the father of a young murder victim in a small Michigan town.

The screenplay for A State of Hate was penned by Hornus and New York Times bestselling authors Diane Carey and Greg Brodeur (Star Trek series). The production company is Lansing, Michigan-based Collective Development Inc. Both An Ordinary Killer and A State of Hate are "based on/inspired by true events".

The movie will be filmed on location entirely in Michigan, and Hudson's co-stars include DJ Perry (pictured below with Hudson), who reprises his role as Detective Lynn Kendall from the recently released Special Edition of An Ordinary Killer, as well as Renée O'Connor,...