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Thank goodness for the Killer Mountain ads on the front page of the website, or even I might have forgotten there is a new Syfy creature feature premiering this weekend. As you can already ascertain, it has something to do with a mountain where people get killed.

Aaron Douglas (“Battlestar Galactica”), Emmanuelle Vaugier (Far Cry), and Crystal Lowe (Wrong Turn 2: Dead End) star in this weekend's Syfy premiere of Killer Mountain from director Sheldon Wilson (Screamers: The Hunting) and writer Peter Sullivan (The Dog Who Saved Christmas Vacation).

Though the title Killer Mountain probably sounds as generic as humanly possible, as you’ll read in this plot synopsis, there is a good explanation as to its meaning.

Located in Bhutan, Gangkhar Puensum ("Killer Mountain") is the highest unclimbed mountain in the world. According to local legend, 6000 meters is the abode of the Gods, and trespassing is strictly prohibited as a matter of religious law.

Clicker for BiggerScream of the Banshee is an After Dark Original and from writers Anthony C. Ferrante (House of Bones) and Jacob Hair (2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams). Automation Transfusion director Steven C. Miller is helming this production, with the first poster from the film available here. The tagline from the graphic promises "She hasn't been out for a thousand years." Central cast, Lauren Holly (Crank: High Voltage) and Lance Henrickson (Screamers: The Hunting) are also mentioned. And apparently this demonic spirit is looking for new College aged victims.

This production will be going to theatres late in January, 2011 through After Dark and Lionsgate; After Dark will announce theatre locations shortly. For now enjoy this tease, until a trailer becomes available for this Celtic influenced thriller. More cast and crew details below.

The synopsis for Scream of the Banshee is here:

"When a college Professor opens up a strange, ornate box...

Canadian actor Stephen Amell, British actor Aiden Turner and Australian actor Liam McIntyre have emerged as the three main candidates to replace outgoing leading man Andy Whitfield in Starz' "Spartacus: Blood and Sand" series reports Deadline.

Whitfield had to drop out of the ancient Roman gladiator-themed cable series in order to receive further treatment for non-Hodgkin lymphoma which it was previously announced that he had managed to recover from.

Starz apparently had been heavily weighing up its options and ultimately have decided to recast the role for the second season. Last month "Prison Break" star Wentworh Miller apparently expressed interest, however that deal never seemed to materialise.

All three candidates are being flown to New Zealand for screen tests and to meet with the show's cast and crew with the final decision expected as early as the end of this week.

29-year-old Amell has mostly popped up in guest star...

She's the co-star of Saw 3D , let's welcome Gina Holden into the Wicked Women fold. Early in her career, Holden appeared in an episode of Supernatural ("Wendigo") and later went on to do Final Destination 3 , Screamers: The Hunting and Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem . Supernatural wasn't her only genre television stint. She also starred in Harper's Island . As a newcomer to the Saw franchise, Holden is the wife of Jigsaw survivor Bobby Dagen and that puts her in a very dangerous place in Jigsaw's scheme. Photos courtesy of Tj Scott. Previous Wicked Women: Yutte Stensgaard Mallika Sherawat Natalie Bassingthwaighte 5 Monstrous Mistresses Amber Heard Diora Baird...

Tauff BannerThe Arizona Underground Film Festival now has a full schedule for those available in the area and the Tauff is now into its third independent year. This year's event will highlight thirty feature films and at least fifty shorts will be in attendance. The opening film September 18th will be Snowman's Land, with horror hellions gathering for the shocker and banned A Serbian Film, the Sasquatch creature feature Nightbeasts, the Vancouver shot Dead Hooker in a Trunk, the nunsploitation film Nude Nuns with Big Guns, and the murderous Cyrus: Mind of A Serial Killer. This is a non-profit event in support of independent cinema, so get out to see as many of the pictures as possible! Tickets are only $7 a showing and more details including showtime and theatres on the films can be found inside.

Saturday Sept. 18th

The Screening Room 127 E. Congress St

8:00pm Snowman’s Land...

Oh, how I want to love this. I mean, how could you not? Felicia Day, who is lovely and funny and a geek queen, starring in a movie about a family of werewolves? What's not to love? And it's showing on SyFy, who brought us "Battlestar Galactica" and "Eureka!" Plus, it's written by Brook Durham, who wrote... um... Witchslayer and Merlin and the Book of Beasts. And... uh... it's directed by Sheldon Wilson, who also did... Carny and... Screamers: The Hunting. And...

Shit.

This is gonna be a wreck, isn't it.

Yeah, that doesn't look so good. Not terrible werewolf effects, I'll give it that, but still... not exactly inspiring. Look, I love SyFy movies. I'm not being ironic -- I genuinely enjoy them, and have seen -- literally -- almost all of them. Yes, they're terrible, stupid, atrociously acted and feature hideous special effects. That's what's so glorious about them.

Considering there is a Hollywood action blockbuster titled Red starring Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, and John Malkovich opening in theaters in October, I would not be at all surprised if Syfy's upcoming werewolf flick Red, starring red hot Felicia Day, undergoes a title change between the time this trailer has been posted and whenever "coming soon" turns out to be.

Red puts a new spin on a classic fairy tale with Felicia Day ("Dr. Horrible's Sing-a-Long Blog", "The Guild") starring as a modern descendant of 'Little Red Riding Hood' who brings her fiancé home to meet the family for him to discover that his bride-to-be's ancestral business is hunting werewolves. When he himself gets bitten by a werewolf, "Red" is forced to try and save the wolfman she loves from her very own family.

Stephen McHattie (Pontypool, A History of Violence) and Kavan Smith ("Stargate: Atlantis", "The 4400...

Despite the promising looking poster art that was being shown around at Afm a few months ago, the first clip for Syfy's Mothman had made its way online to prove that it's more of the same goofy stuff we can expect from the network. Sigh.

Sheldon Wilson (Shallow Ground, Screamers: The Hunting) directed the flick for Rhi Entertainment, and it stars Jewel Staite of "Firefly" and "Stargate: Atlantis". Wilson also shares a writing credit alongside "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" writers Sonny Lee and Patrick Walsh.

Well, at the very least this mythical psychic menace will be killing folks this time around instead of just making predictions about disasters. Look for it on Syfy April 24th at 9/8 Central.

Allow me to step into the creature's vacated psychic shoes -- I predict a scathing review from the Foywonder! Click below to watch the clip! I wonder if the monster will leave...

No relation to the awful Mothman Prophecies movie (if you ever read the book, then you know why I just described the film as awful; and if you have never read the book, you should and then you, too, will realize why the film was so lame), Syfy has finally checked off enough other cryptids from its list to make a new film about the Mothman starring a "Firefly".

Not much is known about the plot of this Syfy-bound Mothman movie simply titled Mothman other than the glowy-eyed cryptozoological entity in this version also kills people, which I guess is a major step up from crank calling people in that terrible Richard Gere movie. Don't expect this one to adhere too closely to the facts of case either.

Sheldon Wilson (Shallow Ground, Screamers: The Hunting) is wrapping up post-production on this Rhi Entertainment entry starring Jewel Staite of "Firefly" and...

Yes, Val Kilmer and Cuba Gooding Jr. are together in a movie. The direct-to-dvd Sci-Fi movie Hardwired. If you’re looking for what one can only hope is at least some cheesy fun, we have three copies to give away here on Screen Rant.

Here’s a synopsis of the film:

Luke Gibson (Gooding Jr.) is all but written off for dead after a car accident that claimed the life of his wife and unborn child, and left him with complete amnesia. Looking for test subjects for their new technological “breakthrough,” the Hexx Corporation offers cutting edge technology that saves Luke’s life, a Psi-Com Implant which is hardwired into Luke’s brain. Luke soon finds that the life saving technology comes with a price and that Hexx Corporation may harbor more sinister plans for the new device. Luke, with the help of his new allies, tries to recover memories...

Lou Diamond Philips has played a sheriff that fought winged killers in Bats and a cop hunting a devilish psycho in The First Power. Now La Bamba is going to need all his monster-policing prowess if he's going to survive an encounter with "The Jersey Devil" in the new creature feature Carny.

"When a traveling carnival comes to a rural Nebraska town, the caged attraction everyone is talking about is the alleged Jersey Devil. When the beast escapes, tearing the citizens to shreds, local sheriff Sam Atlas (Lou Diamond Philips) steps up to form a tracking team. But the carnivorous fugitive is only one of Sam's problems. The local pastor, enraged by the death of his son at the hands of the beast, has plans for igniting his own brand of hellfire and revenge."

You know when I think "Jersey Devil", I usually think Nebraska, and when I envision...

1995’s “Screamers” is one of those very cool sci-fi movies that didn’t get a whole lot of respect when it bowed 14 years ago, but thanks to the miracle of DVD, cable, and The Sci Fi Channel, it’s developed something of a cult following. That existing fanbase was enough to get a sequel greenlit and put out straight to DVD. The original was really a mish-mash of genres (definitely sci-fi, but it also had a lot of slasher movie conventions), and offered up a strong performance by Peter Weller and more than capable special effects. Aside from those things, it was also incredibly creepy, especially the screamer toddlers. Those things still give me nightmares. As the sequel opens, we are told that 13 years have passed since Hendricksson (Peter Weller’s character from the first movie) escaped the planet Sirius 6B in his ship, only to commit suicide upon entry into Earth’s orbit.

If, as they say, the road to hell is paved with good intentions, then The Weekly Wrap-Up has gotten me well on my way to Purgatory. The goal has always been to get something up each and every week, but too many times this year already there was so much going on that I had to forego my Wrap-Up duties.

So, in an effort to streamline the process a bit for myself and make it less cumbersome for you guys as well, I'll be limiting the column to the five most deserving items (in this Woman's opinion at least) plus the Story of the Week. From February 22-28, 2009, these are the things that merited more attention than they got:

Some of the best news I've read in months was that Zack Snyder Readies Sucker Punch. Not a remake, not somebody else's story. Finally we'll be able to see what he's really made of.

Throughout his illustrious career, legendary Lance Henriksen has played everything from an android to a ruthless vampire leader to a mourning father who turns to the supernatural for revenge to an ex-fbi agent who becomes a serial killer profiler with a secret group working against the prophecies of an impending apocalypse.

In the recent Sony Home Pictures release of Screamers: The Hunting (review), Henriksen plays Orsow, the reclusive scientist responsible for creating the screamer androids who annihilated the human race in the original Screamers film in 1995. Henriksen was a huge fan of the original film so it felt like a perfect fit to step into the sequel.

During a recent chat the living legend, Henriksen discussed his view of the character, “I saw the character of Orsow as this lonely guy who was so isolated because of his work. Because of that isolation, he went a bit crazy and lost control over his work.

Wow, this week we have a veritable cornucopia of genre film dropping. First off is the [Rec] remake Quarantine which I personally enjoyed more than the original. I mean, that camera bashing the head in scene? Awesome! Then we have the (hopefully not) last in the Feast trifecta, Feast 3: The Happy Finish which is hands down a great series, see it. Next we have the long awaited Midnight Meat Train (review here) adapted from Clive Barker's story of the same name, and while this may have had a sordid history in getting a release, it's still worth watching. Then we have the surprisingly good (but badly titled) Alien Raiders which we all enjoyed (review here). Then we have Screamers 2: The Hunting which I know agentorange is looking forward too. Last but not least is the f***ed up genre favorite Ex Drummer out of Belgium which you should really check out.

Choke

Even with the cult-led power of Fight Club, it took a long time for another Chuck Palahniuk adaptation to make it to the big screen. Finally, we were served Clark Gregg's Choke, a film that certainly relished its source material, but didn't inspire the rabid love of its predecessor. Still, it's a fun look into the life of a sex addict who fake-chokes in restaurants for money. Rent it.

Add to Netflix queue | Buy at Amazon | Read Erik's Review

Body of Lies

Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe get to face off in this political thriller filled with CIA intrigue and infiltration. Leo's the out-in-the-field op uncovering word of a new terrorist leader, while Crowe guides via satellite -- but is that guidance helping or hurting the situation? Rent it on DVD or Blu-ray.

Add to Netflix queue | Buy at Amazon | Read James' Review

Changeling

True stories made for...

This is a very busy month for DVD, especially because of the "Friday the 13th" season. Of course, the special edition DVDs from Paramount are already in stores -- with the first ever Blu-Ray release for the original "Friday". Also hitting stores in February is Sony PIctures' direct-to-dvd Steven Seagal vampire-action epic "Against the Dark." "Dorothy Mills" hits stores this Tuesday from the Weinstein Company, along with the much anticipated Bruce Campbell comedy "My Name Is Bruce." The director of "Shrooms" followed up that title with "Red Mist," hitting stores today from Anchor Bay Entertainment. Two TV seasons are hitting shelves as well. The second season of "Friday the 13th: The Series" streets today along with the first season of "Tales From the Darkside," the George Romero production from the 1980s. On February 17, Warner unleashes "Alien Raiders." The horror host documentary "American Scary" hits stores, as does the Clive Barker...

Greetings Fango Fiends! Psycho Bunny here with another look at the past seven days of blood-soaked horror delights. As if you didn't notice from the media onslaught, our old pal Voorhees is back, his old nemesis Freddy Krueger is about to be, and H2 is about to shoot. Is this 1989 or 2009? Either way, it's a great year to be a horror fan, and with Fangoria's 30th Anniversary Celebration set to kick off in a mere three weeks, 2009 just keeps getting better! Ready for a crash course in the latest horror? Well let's get started.

I've taken the entire week, and broken it down by category. Click the links to read the articles...

Fangoria Entertainment Updates:

-Sneak-Peek: Fangoria #282 (April 2009)

-Fangoria #281 hits the streets!

-Short Cuts: Fangoria.com’s new Bloody Blog

-New Clive Barker film directors set for La Fango con

-Re-introducing Fangoria Slices!

-Feel the Friday fear on Fangoria Radio!

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.

"Screamers: The Hunting" is set to appear in stores on February 17th and to promote the straight-to-dvd sequel, a nine-minute clip has appeared online. The clip is restricted and features a few bloody scenes. Plot: Inspired by Philip K. Dick's short story "Second Variety", the new movie revolves around a group of humans arriving on Sirius 6-b to investigate an Sos signal sent out from the planet, which has been supposedly deserted since the destruction of the man-made weapons known as "screamers." Once the squad arrives, they find a group of human survivors eking out an existence in an old military outpost, but more important, they discover that the threat of the screamers has become even more insidious, now that they're able to morph into human form. 9 Minute Clip:...

Those pesky, deadly lil' robots of Sirius 6B are back in Screamers: The Hunting , a sequel to 1995's bloody 1995 sci-fi horror film starring Peter Weller. In this entry, directed by Sheldon Wilson, an all-new team of rescuers - Gina Holden, Tim Rozon, Greg Bryk and Lance Henriksen - touch down on the Screamers-populated planet to find survivors before its destroyed. Naturally, things don't go so smooth. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has provided us with an exclusive clip from the sequel which hits DVD on February 17th. Enjoy!

One of the best, forgotten horror movies of the 1990s was "Screamers" -- a horror sci-fi film that deserved a lot more attention. Now, it's getting a direct-to-dvd sequel, "Screamers: The Hunting" and here are the first photos. Directed by Sheldon Wilson and starring Lance Henriksen, the film finds a group of humans from Earth who arrive on Sirius 6-b to investigate an Sos signal sent out from the planet, which has been supposedly deserted since the destruction of the man-made weapons known as "screamers." Once the squad arrives, they find a group of human survivors eking out an existence in an old military outpost, but more important, they discover that the threat of the screamers has become even more insidious, now that they're able to morph into human form. Look for it on DVD in 2009. I'm not sure on the U.S. DVD date, but it hits stores in...

More Screamers is comin' at you on DVD February 17th in Screamers: The Hunting , a sequel to the 1995 sci-fi/horror flick starring Peter Weller. Courtesy of Sony, we've updated our gallery for this title with a handful of hi-res stills which you can peruse via the picture link below. Synopsis: 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...a half-man/half-machine hybrid that needs to escape Sirius 6B to finish its mission: the complete annihilation of the human race? Sheldon Wilson directed from a...

The great website DVD Active has unveiled the artwork for two Sony DVD releases arriving in February that seemed to have caused a bit of a stir: Screamers: The Hunting and the Steven Seagal vampire hunting flick Against The Dark.

One look at the box art for Against the Dark and you can clearly see Steven Seagal (with his katana sword of doom) is being touted as the star of this tale of commandos battling mutant vampires on the loose in a hospital. Hate to be the one to splash some cold water on everyone but from looking into this movie everything I've found seems to indicate that Seagal's role is a relatively minor one. Unless something changed, from my research, the real star of the film is the guy played "Toa" on the new "American Gladiators" and Seagal's role is slightly more than a glorified cameo being used to help market the movie.

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment announced the Dowdle Bros. remake Quarantine ( review ), starring Jennifer Carpenter and Jay Hernandez, is coming to DVD and Blu-Ray on February 17th. Special features: . Commentary with writer/director John Erick Dowdle and writer/producer Drew Dowdle . Locked In: The Making of Quarantine . Dressing the Infected: Robert Hall's Make-Up Design Artwork to come. Also on the same day, Sony is premiering Screamers: The Hunting , the sequel directed by Sheldon Wilson ( Shallow Ground , Kaw ) and starring Gina Holden, Tim Rozon, Greg Bryk and Lance Henriksen. Set more than a hundred years in the future on an uninhabited planet, Sirius 6B, the story follows a military unit who are determined to uncover the mysteries that surround the...

Raise your hand if you remember the movie Screamers. Ok, keep your hand raised if you remember anything other than "Peter Weller," "Philip K. Dick," and "box office failure." Yeah, that's what I thought. It's not that Screamers is that rotten of a sci-fi horror movie ... more that it's just Ok. Not awful, but certainly not cool enough to warrant a full-bore cult following. But that hasn't stopped a bunch of Canadian filmmakers from unleashing Screamers: The Hunting.

I'll embed the trailer clip in just a sec, but since Quiet Earth did the leg-work on this item, we'll refer you to their site for more info. Screamers: The Hunting looks pretty plain across the board, but of course I'm always interested in seeing a video sequel to a 14-year-old sci-fi flick that nobody talks about anymore. (I'm weird that way. Someone kick me if they ever find a trailer for...

With a healthy dose of scifi combat a la Starship Troopers, the first trailer for Screamers: The Hunting looks to be a fairly solid action packed sequel to the Philip K. Dick inspired original. Not sure how it slipped under everyone's radar but that's what we're here for right? To bring you the very best in genre fare!

A group of humans arrive on Sirius 6-b to investigate an Sos signal sent out from the planet, which has been supposedly deserted since the destruction of the man-made weapons known as "screamers." Once the squad arrives, they find a group of human survivors eking out an existence in an old military outpost, but more important, they discover that the threat of the screamers has become even more insidious, now that they're able to morph into human form.

I can't find any info about where or when you can see the film...

We know. You've waited a year for something related to the sequel to Screamers , the '90s sci-fi/horror film starring Peter Weller. Well, how about this: A trailer. The follow-up isn't called Screamers 2 , oh no. It's taking the sophisticated route with Screamers: The Hunting . Lance Henriksen stars as does Greg Bryk, Tim Rozon and Gina Holden. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has picked the film up for DVD distro. No release date has been set. This entry follows a group of humans from earth who arrive on Sirius 6-b to investigate an Sos signal sent out from the planet, which has been supposedly deserted since the destruction of the man-made weapons known as "screamers." Once the squad arrives, they find a group of human survivors eking out an existence in...