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Fango’s been following the career of La writer/director Chris Fisher (Nightstalker, Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders, S. Darko) since he first made a splash on the festival circuit, so we’re thrilled to see him behind the cameras again on a new dark thriller, Meeting Evil, which begins lensing on Saturday in Louisiana. After toiling in TV the last couple of years on such shows as Warehouse 13, Eureka, Hawaii 5-0 and Moonlight, as well as helming the upcoming DVD sequel Street Kings: Motor City, Fisher has assembled a killer cast for Meeting Evil, which he adapted himself from the 1992 Thomas Berger novel. See below the jump for Fisher’s exclusive comments and a look at the house (“the ‘dream home’ for our nightmare,” he says) of the film’s protagonist, average guy John Felton, whose life changes when a disturbed stranger knocks on his door and takes...

The S. Darko, promotion continues, and since you guys can't really be fooled anymore, we'll just tell you what this is. Last week we gave you a look at some spooky surveillance footage that you quickly pulled the "B.S. lever" on. Then, another clip hit over the weekend, and if you've been playing along, tonight's third clip would be the final piece of the puzzle.

Check out the new viral video (and the first two parts as well) after the jump, and if you missed it, check out this video of our panel with Director Chris Fisher (Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders), and actress Briana Evigan (Sorority Row, Step Up 2: The Streets) as they discuss the new sequel to Richard Kelly's 2001 cult hit, Donnie Darko at our Los Angeles Weekend of Horrors!

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For more on S. Darko, pick up a copy of Fangoria #283, on-sale now!

In this video from our Los Angeles Weekend of Horrors, Fangoria Magazine Editor Tony Timpone leads a panel with Director Chris Fisher (Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders), and actress Briana Evigan (Sorority Row, Step Up 2: The Streets) as they discuss S. Darko, the new sequel to Richard Kelly's 2001 cult hit, Donnie Darko.

See the video after the jump, and for more on S. Darko, pick up a copy of Fangoria #283, on-sale now!

We thought we were finished, but everybody wants to come to our scary shindig next week! Legendary Skinny Puppy singer Nivek Ogre (a.k.a. Oghr) and a few more notable genre folks have joined the lineup of the fast approaching West Coast edition of Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors convention, to be held April 17-19 at the Los Angeles Convention Center (1201 South Figueroa).

Ogre will appear with his Repo! The Genetic Opera cast and crew on Sunday. The singer played Pavi Largo in the cult horror/rock musical. The latest bonus guests (hey, we are running out of room!) include:

• Greydon Clark: cult director of Without Warning, Satan’S Cheerleaders, Wacko, Black Shampoo and Dance MacAbre (signing at Hollywood Book & Poster table)

• Tim Thomerson: fan favorite from Near Dark, Trancers, Dollman, Nemesis and new War Wolves and Live Evil (the latter screening at the con; Thomerson will...

The Los Angeles Weekend of Horrors just keeps getting better, with so many guests being added (and some day-of surprises in-store!) that we can barely keep up here at Fango HQ! The latest addition to the West Coast edition of Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors convention, to be held April 17-19 at the Los Angeles Convention Center (1201 South Figueroa) is G Tom Mac, the writer and voice of "Cry Little Sister" from The Lost Boys. He'll be joined with star Corey Haim at the event on Sunday, April 19th!

The most recent announcement of Fango terror talent includes:

• Roddy Piper Wrestler/They Live star previews new film A Gothic Tale; also appearing: Piper’s daughter, actress Ariel Teal Toombs of Creeper (Sunday)

• Terrance Zdunich, Repo! The Genetic Opera star and co-creator (appearing Sunday)

• Last House On The Left reunion: with original baddies David Hess, Fred Lincoln, Jeramie Rain and Marc Sheffler...

Wrestler/They Live star Roddy Piper and a ton more genre stars have joined the lineup of the fast approaching West Coast edition of Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors convention, to be held April 17-19 at the Los Angeles Convention Center (1201 South Figueroa). Piper will appear with his daughter, actress Ariel Teal Toombs of Creeper (formerly Little F*Cker), on Sunday to discuss their respective new fright films (also screening at the con), including Piper’s new anthology A Gothic Tale (pictured).

The additional, perhaps final, windfall of Fango terror talent includes:

• Terrance Zdunich, Repo! The Genetic Opera star and co-creator (appearing Sunday)

• Last House On The Left reunion: with original baddies David Hess, Fred Lincoln, Jeramie Rain and Marc Sheffler (panel on Sunday; signing all three days at Hollywood Book & Poster tables)

• Christa Campbell: star of 2001 Maniacs and Day Of The Dead, signing free posters from her new...

Fox Home Entertainment and MGM Home Entertainment sent along a few exclusive new photos from S. Darko, the Donnie Darko sequel that they release on DVD and Blu-ray May 12. Below the cut you can see shots of actresses Daveigh Chase (reprising her role as Samantha Darko, Donnie’s sister), Briana Evigan (as her best friend Corey) and the Shadow Bunny.

Directed by Chris Fisher, who previously helmed the serial-killer flicks Nightstalker and Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders, from a screenplay by Nathan Atkins, S. Darko takes Samantha and Corey to Los Angeles, where they encounter new bizarre sights and people and premonitions of the end of the world. The cast also includes Twilight’s Jackson Rathbone, 100 Feet’s Ed Westwick, James Lafferty, Matthew Davis and Elizabeth Berkley; DVDetails are coming soon, and the official website (which right now consists of just the trailer, which you can also see at the...

Barry Barnholtz of Barnholtz Entertainment has formed a new company, North American Motion Pictures, to produce and release movies for the DVD market. Its first horror title will be Dark Reel, which streets March 10.

Directed by Josh Eisenstadt from a script by Aaron (Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders) Pope, Dark Reel stars genre vets Edward Furlong, Lance Henriksen, Tiffany Shepis, Tony Todd, Alexandra (Dead End) Holden, Mercedes (Buffy/Angel) McNab and FX legend Rick Baker in the story of a B-movie set stalked by a serial killer. The disc will present the movie in 16x9-enhanced widescreen with 5.1 Surround and 2.0 stereo soundtracks, plus:

• Audio commentary by Eisenstadt • Audio commentary by the cast and crew • Deleted scenes with optional Eisenstadt commentary • The Making of Gnome Killer 2 featurette • Still gallery • Trailer

Retail price is $26.99; there will also be a Blu-ray, which at the moment is only being made available to stores free...

Barry Barnholtz of Barnholtz Entertainment has formed a new company, North American Motion Pictures, to produce and release movies for the DVD market. Its first horror title will be Dark Reel, which streets March 10.

Directed by Josh Eisenstadt from a script by Aaron (Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders) Pope, Dark Reel stars genre vets Edward Furlong, Lance Henriksen, Tiffany Shepis, Tony Todd, Alexandra (Dead End) Holden, Mercedes (Buffy/Angel) McNab and FX legend Rick Baker in the story of a B-movie set stalked by a serial killer. The disc will present the movie in 16x9-enhanced widescreen with 5.1 Surround and 2.0 stereo soundtracks, plus:

• Audio commentary by Eisenstadt • Audio commentary by the cast and crew • Deleted scenes with optional Eisenstadt commentary • The Making of Gnome Killer 2 featurette • Still gallery • Trailer

Retail price is $26.99; there will also be a Blu-ray, which at the moment is only being made available to stores free...

Silver Nitrate Films' producer Ash R. Shah has confirmed to Upcoming Film Scores that Ed Harcourt, the British multi-instrumentalist/rock star whose albums include "Strangers" and "Beautiful Lie," has been hired to write the original score for S. Darko, the follow-up to the 2001 independent hit Donnie Darko (which featured a memorable score by Michael Andrews). Harcourt made his film scoring debut with last year's New York City Serenade (starring Freddie Prinze Jr. and Chris Klein). S. Darko is helmed by Chris Fisher, whose previous credits include Dirty and Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders. The sequel is set seven years after Donnie Darko and tells the story about Donnie's sister, who are plagued by bizarre visions. Daveigh Chase reprises her role as Samantha Darko, other cast members include Jackson Rathbone, Ed Westwick, Justin Chatwin, Briana Evigan, James Lafferty and Elizabeth Berkley. Film will come out next year.

Clifton Collins Jr., Cuba Gooding Jr. and Judy Reyes are getting Dirty for writer-director Chris Fisher. The three actors topline the indie feature, which is being produced by Deviant Film's David Hillary and Tim Peternel and Silver Nitrate's Ash Shah. Tory Kittles (Tigerland), Wyclef Jean and Wood Harris (The Wire) round out the cast. Collins and Gooding play gangbangers who are now dirty LAPD cops trying to cover their tracks in a precinct scandal. Reyes is an Internal Affairs officer. Principal photography began Tuesday. Fisher and Silver Nitrate previously teamed up on last year's The Hillside Strangler and 2002's Nightstalkers. Deviant's credits include Strangler as well as Spun and Dead Birds. Collins recently wrapped production on MGM's Capote, starring opposite Philip Seymour Hoffman, and lent his voice to video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. He is repped by CAA, Fenton Kritzer Entertainment and attorney David Krintzman. Gooding's credits include Radio, As Good as It Gets, and Jerry Maguire. He is repped by UTA and attorneys Jake Bloom and Ralph Brescia. Reyes is one of the stars of NBC's Scrubs. She is repped by Paradigm and Leverage Management.

Nicholas Turturro has joined the cast of The Longest Yard. Turturro will play the role of Brucie, a quarterback, in the Paramount Pictures/Columbia Pictures production, which stars Adam Sandler, Burt Reynolds and Chris Rock. A remake of the 1974 feature, Yard will star Sandler as a convict who leads a group of prison inmates in a game against the guards -- the role that Reynolds played in the original. Turturro will next be seen in the indie feature The Hillside Strangler. The actor played the long-running role of Detective James Martinez on ABC's NYPD Blue. His film credits also include Mo' Better Blues and Jungle Fever. He and his brother John also are co-writing the script for and will produce The Doorman for HBO. Turturro is repped by Robert S. Costanzo at Entertainment Management Group.

Screen Gems' D.E.B.S. will open the sixth CineVegas Film Festival, with New Line Cinema's The Notebook serving as the closing-night film. A total of 36 features/docus, including seven world premieres, and 19 shorts will be unspooled during the fest, which is set to run June 11-19 in Las Vegas. Films making their world premiere at the festival include Chris Fisher's Hillside Strangler, Mitchell Altieri's Lurking in Suburbia, Kim Dempster's Marmalade, John Harkrider's Mitchellville, Michael Gibson's Numb, Andrew Wagner's The Talent Given Us and Until the Night from Gregory Hatanaka.

Clifton Collins Jr. has joined Eion Bailey and Ellen Pompeo in the indie dramedy Glory Days for first-time feature director Barra Grant. The film, which started lensing Monday in Los Angeles, centers on an engaging alcoholic (Bailey) who finds himself spending a weekend with his estranged wife (Pompeo) and his best friend (Collins) as they attempt an intervention. Rosalind Chao, Larry Miller, Pamela Reed, Kristin Bauer, Gabe Olds, John Ross Bowie, John Ales and David Clennon round out the cast. Brian Reilly is producing along with Mark Gordon from a script by Grant, who also wrote the comedy Cheer Up, which is currently lensing with Stephen Herek at the helm for Revolution Studios and Columbia Pictures. Grant first sold the project five years ago to Warner Bros. Pictures with Robert Zemeckis attached to direct. Collins is repped by CAA, the newly launched management firm Fenton Kritzer Entertainment and attorney David Krintzman. He recently finished up the indie The Hillside Strangler for director Chris Fisher.

Clifton Collins Jr. is set to take one of the title roles in the indie thriller The Hillside Strangler for director Chris Fisher. Shooting started earlier this week in Los Angeles. Strangler is loosely based on the events surrounding serial killers Angelo Buono and Kenneth Bianchi (Collins), two cousins who were pimps and hustlers and who murdered 10 women in Los Angeles during a four-month period from 1977-78. The story is told from the point of view of a liberal psychiatrist (Brittany Daniel) who is brought in by the district attorney (Lake Bell) to determine whether Bianchi, a prime suspect who refuses to speak to police, is mentally capable of being interrogated. During the process, the psychiatrist uncovers more than she was looking for. Tom Wright and Michael Haggerty round out the cast, with other roles to be announced shortly, including the role of Buono. Fisher is producing through his Imperial Fish Co. from his own script along with Ash Shaw through his Silver Nitrate. Collins is repped by CAA, Steven Fenton at CMC and attorney David Krintzman. He most recently starred on the big screen in Roger Avary's The Rules of Attraction for Lions Gate Films. He next stars in the HBO film Undefeated opposite John Leguizamo, followed by Renny Harlin's Mindhunters for Dimension Films and Intermedia.