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Time to call your cable or satellite provider and add the Sundance Channel to your lineup as the network is launching a new season of its late-night destination Asia Extreme™ on August 7, showcasing the sharpest of cutting-edge Asian genre fare every Saturday night at midnight.

You'll note that a few of the offerings aren't strictly horror fare, but we're including everything since just about all of them offer gore and violence, even if the supernatural/horror elements aren't quite there.

From the Press Release:

The 2010 season of Asia Extreme includes the U.S. television premieres of five films from South Korea: The Restless, Shadows in the Palace, Tazza: The High Rollers, Voice, and The Wig. The new season of Asia Extreme premieres on August 7 at 12:00 midnight Et/Pt.

In addition to their on-air presentations, the five premieres will be among the thirteen Asia Extreme titles available free from August...

Another year of Fantasia has come to an end, and with that end come the results for Fantasia’s Feature Films competition. And the winners are...

Best Film

Let the Right One In - Tomas Alfredson (Sweden)

Best Director

Tomas Alfredson – Let the Right One In (Sweden)

Best Script

Satoshi Miki – Adrift in Tokyo (Japan)

Best Photography

Hoyte Van Hoytema – Let the Right One In (Sweden)

Best Actor

Ben Siegler – Rule of Three (United States)

Special Mention Of The Jury

The duo of actors composed of Jô Odagiri and Tomokazu Miura - Adrift in Tokyo (Japan)

Best Actress

Jin-hie Park – Shadows in the Palace (South Korea) Also on the good news front, the cinéma vérité shocker Home Movie (review), which was one of the best received films of the festival, had its Video on Demand and DVD rights acquired by IFC Entertainment shortly after the film screened. That means we...