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What up, So-Bros? A new Freeform drama about teenage addiction premiered Monday, so we’ve got some things to discuss.

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The first episode of Recovery Road introduced viewers to Maddie (Skins‘ Jessica Sula), a high school party girl who may or may not have an addiction to something. (Yes, it’s vague, but that’s kind of the point.) Upon being caught with a bottle of vodka in her locker, she was given two options: expulsion, or 90 days at a sober-living facility. I’ll give you one guess which choice she her mother picked!

So, comets hit L.A. and people begin turning into zombies. What? No, I’m serious. This is a movie about comets or meteorites or some such nonsense, hitting L.A. and turning people into… well, I guess compelling them to put zombie masks on, because you can see people’s faces underneath the makeup. In all seriousness, I had no idea what to expect from Disaster L.A.. The cover made it look like just another generic, poorly-done zombie movie, but the fact that it was being released by Warner Bros – albeit a straight-to-video release -, and the fact that I had friends assuring me that this one was different, meant that I would give it a chance. Zombie movies used to be my favorite sub-genre of horror, up until they became popular, and studios started exploiting that popularity to death. Lately, I try and steer clear of all-things-zombie,...

A few weeks after learning that Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has acquired rights to Turner Clay's Disaster L.A.: The Last Zombie Apocalypse Begins Here, the trailer has arrived, giving us our first taste of the latest in a seemingly never-ending stream of zombie films.

Warner Bros. has warned fans to brace themselves for a September 23rd Dtv Blu-ray and DVD release for the film plus Digital Download -- in time for Halloween viewing.

Independent filmmaker Clay wrote, directed, and produced (with John Will Clay) Disaster L.A.: The Last Zombie Apocalypse Begins Here, which tells the story of a group of friends desperately trying to escape the toxic smoke that is the deadly result of a meteor shower strike in the middle of Los Angeles.

In its wake, neither friends nor strangers are safe from each other. The only hope for survival is to try to...

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has acquired Disaster L.A.: The Last Zombie Apocalypse Begins Here, Turner Clay’s new sci-fi zombie thriller, and has warned fans to brace themselves for a September 23 Dtv Blu-ray and DVD release, plus Digital Download -- in time for Halloween viewing.

Independent filmmaker Clay wrote, directed, and produced (with John Will Clay) Disaster L.A.: The Last Zombie Apocalypse Begins Here, which tells the story of a group of friends desperately trying to escape the toxic smoke that is the deadly result of a meteor shower strike in the middle of Los Angeles.

In its wake, neither friends nor strangers are safe from each other. The only hope for survival is to try to reach the coast before it’s too late.

Justin Ray and Jerod Meagher star, and Stefanie Estes, Ron Hanks, Michael Taber, Dennis Leech, Ali Williams, Morgan Jackson, and Kendall Mayhew are featured.

We return with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes details on zombie-themed charities working to fight Cancer, DVD release details for Raze, first details on Autumn Moon and The Infected, and much more:

The Walking Hope Charity Details: “Do you Relay like I do? Are you a supporter of Relay for Life and the American Cancer Society? Are you a fan of the AMC Show “The Walking Dead?” Yes…Yes…and Yes!! This shirt is for you! All proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society via Rfl!

The Walking Hope has broad support of fans and cast and crew of the show like Melissa Mcbride, Norman Reedus, Addy Miller, Kyla Kenedy, Jon Bernthal, Steven Yeun, Emily Kinney, Lauren Cohan, Brighton Sharbino, Chad Coleman and more!

Each year, millions of people in 21 countries take place in Relay For Life events.

We told you about the horror project The Infected about a week or so ago, and the people behind it are now reaching out to the horror community to help get this thing out and infecting the masses.

From the Press Release

Writer/director Barry Morgan (Arcana) and actress/producer Helenna Santos (American Reunion, Black Box TV) are well under way with post-production for the new short horror film The Infected. In order to get the film on screens for horror lovers everywhere, they are looking to the indie horror community for assistance in raising finishing funds.

​With picture lock completed, The Infected is now off to color correction, sound design, and scoring.

Morgan states: “The cast and crew did an amazing job bringing this wonderfully sick story to life. While in pre-production we had planned to immediately put the short online when completed, but once editing was finished, we...

Here at Dread Central we pride ourselves on recognizing that the indie filmmaker is the future of our genre and should be given as much spotlight as anyone else. Ya just never know! On tap right now we have the first look at another short film headed our way called The Infected. Dig it!

From the Press Release

Writer/director Barry Morgan’s (Arcana) new short horror film The Infected wrapped principal photography in Los Angeles last week and stars Filipino American actress Helenna Santos (American Reunion, Black Box TV), who also produced the film with Morgan.

While The Infected fits squarely in the horror genre, it has one important difference: The lead character is a visible minority. As Morgan states: “We never even thought about the fact that Helenna is a visible minority. It was only after we wrapped and started discussing our plans for the project that we...

It's been a while since we've had the privilege of debuting a new short film from Patrick Rea, but the prolific filmmaker dropped us a line today with an offer we couldn't refuse: the chance to kick off the weekend with Hell Week, written by Michelle Davidson. Check it out!

Hell Week is a suspense-satire about a sorority prank that goes too far. It was directed by Rea and produced by Rea, Davidson, Ryan S. Jones, and Jerod Meagher. The film was shot by Director of Photography Hanuman Brown-Eagle and stars Jerod Meagher, Meg Saricks, Tasha Smith, and Molly Anderson.

Check it out below, and if you dig it, head over to Patrick Rea's Facebook page and let him know you saw the flick!

And look for more soon because Patrick told us his Kansas-based SenoReality Pictures just wrapped on a new short titled Split the Check and they are shooting a Very short,...

Indie director/producer Patrick Rea dropped us a line to let us know that his Kansas-based SenoReality Pictures recently wrapped production on "Hell Week", yet another new short film from the prolific Rea and his team, and they are already looking forward to the next, a drama/thriller titled "Rhino".

Here are the details, along with a quick update on Rea's upcoming feature-length Nailbiter:

From the Press Release:

"Hell Week", written by Michelle Davidson, is a suspense-satire about a sorority prank that goes too far. It was directed by Patrick Rea and produced by Rea, Ryan S. Jones, Michelle Davidson and Jerod Meagher. The film was shot by Director of Photography Hanuman Brown-Eagle and stars Jerod Meagher, Meg Saricks, Tasha Smith and Molly Anderson. Look for "Hell Week" on the festival circuit later this year.

In late April SenoReality will be going into production on "Rhino", written by Jon Niccum and Jai Nitz.

I tell ya, anybody familiar with Patrick Rea and Senoreality Pictures know that they crank out some FANtastic films and shorts and today we have some cool news to share with all of you FANatics! From the Press Release:

February 8, 2011 – Kansas City, Ks -- SenoReality Pictures, a Kansas City based film producers, wrapped a new short film in December titled “Hell Week”. The short film, written by Michelle Davidson, is a suspense-satire about a sorority prank that goes too far. The short film is directed by Patrick Rea, produced by Rea, Ryan S. Jones, Michelle Davidson and Jerod Meagher. The film was shot by Director of Photography – Hanuman Brown-Eagle (SenoReality short films, Fight Night, Nailbiter) and stars Jerod Meagher, Meg Saricks, Tasha Smith and Molly Anderson. The short film will be on the festival circuit later this year.

Meanwhile, Rea and SenoReality Pictures are continuing post-production on their new feature...