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The final week of January is also the first week of February, and it’s a slow week for the horror genre in terms of new releases. But that doesn’t mean we’re not getting new horror this week.

Here’s all the new horror releasing January 29 – February 4, 2024!

For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.

Real-life serial killer John Wayne Gacy has been the subject of a handful of horror movies over the years, played by Brian Dennehy in To Catch a Killer (1992), Mark Holton in Gacy (2003), and William Forsythe in Dear Mr. Gacy (2010). Quiver Distribution brings their own Gacy movie to the table this week, with Gacy: Serial Killer Next Door now available on VOD.

In director Michael Feifer’s horror movie, “A teenager’s life in a quiet suburb changes drastically when John Wayne Gacy, a famed serial killer, becomes his neighbor.

Real-life serial killer John Wayne Gacy has been the subject of a handful of horror movies over the years, played by Brian Dennehy in To Catch a Killer (1992), Mark Holton in Gacy (2003), and William Forsythe in Dear Mr. Gacy (2010). And then there’s 2010’s Dahmer vs. Gacy (yeah…) and the same year’s 8213: Gacy House, the latter a found footage horror movie.

Up next? Quiver Distribution is getting set to release brand new indie horror movie Gacy: Serial Killer Next Door later this month, and the official trailer has arrived this week.

In director Michael Feifer’s horror movie, “A teenager’s life in a quiet suburb changes drastically when John Wayne Gacy, a famed serial killer, becomes his neighbor. His curiosity leads to dark secrets and a frightening journey from innocence to a dire clash with evil.”

Gacy: Serial Killer Next Door hits On Demand and Digital on January 30, 2024.

Ryker Baloun,...

Exclusive: Kellie Madison (Never Back Down: Revolt) has signed on to direct a supernatural action thriller, centered on a geothermic explosion inside the ruins of Pompeii, for Pressman Film.

The script for the as-yet untitled feature will be penned by Kalen Egan and Travis Sentell (Electric Dreams). Edward R. Pressman and Kelly McKee of Pressman Film are on board to produce along with veteran Korean producer Lewis Taewan Kim. Korean VFX company Westworld will co-produce, with Jihyun Kim (Train to Busan) leading creature design and concept artwork.

“I’ve been a fan of Pressman Film since the original Bad Lieutenant. I’m so excited to be collaborating with them to create something really special and unique,” said Madison. “The type of hybrid production team we are putting together has never been done before.

August’s home media offerings are wrapping up in a big way this week, and I hope you’ve got your wallets ready because there are a ton of releases that genre fans are going to want to add to their collections. Fulci fans should be excited for the arrival of both The House by the Cemetery and The New York Ripper in 4K, courtesy of Blue Underground, and Severin is having their own Fulci fiesta this week, too, with their releases of Aenigma, Demonia as well as the recent documentary Fulci for Fake.

Scream Factory also has a killer lineup of titles headed home on Tuesday, including the Collector’s Edition of Tales from the Darkside: The Movie and the Universal Horror Collection: Volume 6.

Other Blu-ray and DVD releases for August 25th include Dead Pit, The Beast Must Die, The Last Victim, Live Feed, Gemini, Hallucinations, and Alien Scum.

Exclusive: Dolphin Entertainment has acquired Kellie Madison’s horror film script The Wall. Madison will direct. Tom Ortenberg will co-produce through his Briarcliff Entertainment banner.

The Wall tells the supernatural story of a young woman who is forced to unlock memories of a traumatic event after removing a mysterious painting from the wall of her rented apartment.

This adds to the development slate of Dolphin, the content creation arm of the company that owns 42West and The Door. Emerson Davis will oversee this film for Dolphin. Ortenberg started the production/distribution Briarcliff after exiting the distribution company he created, Open Road. He released such films as the Oscar-winning Spotlight, Monster’s Ball and Crash.

“Kellie Madison is a terrific new talent,” said Ortenberg, who is Briarcliff’s CEO. “The Wall is a smart and scary script that takes a familiar genre and turns it on its head.”

Said Dolphin Entertainment...

Hot off her Toronto deal to direct Jason Patrick in Hotel 33 for Open Road Films and Emmett / Furla / Oasis Films, Kellie Madison has signed with Zero Gravity Management. The horror thriller follows a small town Pennsylvania detective investigating the disappearance of a youngster in a haunted hotel where dozens went missing in 1953. Hotel 33 will mark Madison’s directorial debut and she’ll direct from her own script. Madison, also an actress, wrote, directed and produced the award-winning short Bathtub Picnic and wrote and produced telefilm Dear Mr. Gacy starring William Forsythe. Also at Toronto, writer-director Donovan Marsh has come aboard as a client at ICM Partners for representation in all areas. Marsh’s crime drama iNumber Number premiered at Tiff in the Contemporary World Cinema program, with Xyz Films handling sales and remake rights. South African born Marsh previously directed features Dollars and White Pipes and Spud, adapted...

Nicolas Cage has signed on to star in the upcoming supernatural horror thriller ‘Hotel 33,’ Foresight Unlimited CEO Mark Damon and Emmett/Furla Films’ Randall Emmett announced yesterday. ‘Dear Mr. Gacy’ scribe Kellie Madison wrote the script for the new horror film, and will make her feature film directorial debut with ‘Hotel 33.’ Production is slated to begin in September. ‘Hotel 33′ is based on the presumed events surrounding the disappearance of 32 people on the opening night of the Grand Hotel in Williamsport, Pennsylvania in 1953. While Detective Kaminsky (Cage) is investigating the event, four teenagers break into the now-abandoned hotel for a night of fun. Things soon go awry, [ Read More ]

The post Nicolas Cage Signs On To Supernatural Horror Thriller Hotel 33 appeared first on Shockya.com.

• If Jon Favreau’s Chef was ever in danger of receiving adequate financing, he can probably breathe easy now. Robert Downey Jr. has signed on to join the independent comedy. Downey Jr. and Favreau have worked together for years on the Iron Man franchise. Favreau plays the role of Happy Hogan, and also directed the first two films. In Chef, which Favreau wrote — and will direct and star in — a recently fired chef tries to regain control of his craft by opening a food truck. Modern Family’s Sofia Vergara is also set to star. [Deadline]

• Kate Winslet will star in the period film,...

One of our favorite cinema icons, Nicolas Cage, is headed back to the horror genre with a new project announced for Cannes 2013, Hotel 33! Read on for the early word and details.

From the Press Release

Following their successful collaboration on 2 Guns and Lone Survivor, Foresight Unlimited, Envision Entertainment and Emmett/Furla Films are joining forces to produce the surreal thriller Hotel 33, starring Oscar®-winning actor Nicolas Cage (Leaving Las Vegas), it was announced today by Foresight CEO Mark Damon and Emmett/Furla’s Randall Emmett.

Foresight Unlimited will handle international sales for Hotel 33, which will be produced by Randall Emmett and George Furla and executive produced by Envision Entertainment’s Remington Chase, Stepan Martirosyan and Vitaly Grigoriants and Foresight’s Mark Damon. Malek Akkad is also an executive producer on the film.

Newcomer Kellie Madison wrote the script and will direct Hotel 33, which will start production in September 2013.

The film...

Nicolas Cage has signed onto star in Hotel 33, a film written by newcomer Kellie Madison. Check the below press release for the deets.

Los Angeles, CA (May 10th, 2013) – Following their successful collaboration on 2 Guns and Lone Survivor, Foresight Unlimited, Envision Entertainment and Emmett/Furla Films are joining forces to produce the surreal thriller Hotel 33, starring Oscar®-winning actor Nicolas Cage (Leaving Las Vegas), it was announced today by Foresight CEO Mark Damon and Emmett/Furla’s Randall Emmett.

Foresight Unlimited will handle international sales for Hotel 33, which will be produced by Randall Emmett and George Furla, and executive produced by Envision Entertainment’s Remington Chase, Stepan Martirosyan and Vitaly Grigoriants, and Foresight’s Mark Damon. Malek Akkad is also an executive producer on the film.

Newcomer Kellie Madison wrote the script and will direct Hotel 33 which will start production in September 2013.

The film is based on the presumed event surrounding...

Following their successful collaboration on 2 Guns and Lone Survivor, Foresight Unlimited, Envision Entertainment and Emmett/Furla Films are joining forces to produce the surreal thriller Hotel 33, starring Oscar®-winning actor Nicolas Cage (Leaving Las Vegas), it was announced today by Foresight CEO Mark Damon and Emmett/Furla’s Randall Emmett.

Foresight Unlimited will handle international sales for Hotel 33, which will be produced by Randall Emmett and George Furla, and executive produced by Envision Entertainment’s Remington Chase, Stepan Martirosyan and Vitaly Grigoriants, and Foresight’s Mark Damon. Malek Akkad is also an executive producer on the film.

Newcomer Kellie Madison wrote the script and will direct Hotel 33 which will start production in September 2013.

The film is based on the presumed event surrounding the disappearance of 32 people on the opening night of the Grand Hotel in Williamsport, Pa in 1953. While Detective Kaminsky (Nicolas Cage) is investigating the event, four teenagers break...

We all know the world is going to end next year, so what better way to get in the mood than with these two upcoming releases from Anchor Bay. Set to hit early next year on DVD and Blu-ray, Ice Quake (January 3rd) and Metal Shifters (February 7th) both debuted on the Syfy channel, so now you’ll be able to embrace the end of the world at your own convenience!

In Ice Quake, we witness nature’s unforgiving power unleashed, as melting Alaskan permafrost is about to drastically alter a tranquil Christmas Eve. The permafrost thaws underground rivers of volatile liquid methane and creates a succession of violent and destructive earthquakes. The crack now leaks a deadly gas from deep within the earth’s core, and the world could end before New Year’s Eve! It’s up to a single geologist and his family to save the world...

One of the favorite events that we here at Dread Central participate in each year is The Reaper Awards, which we present in conjunction with Home Media Magazine, and we're happy to announce that the 2011 version is under way. Read on for the details regarding the nominees and how you can help pick the winners.

The Reaper Awards, honoring the best horror and thriller titles of the past year on DVD and Blu-ray, are presented by Home Media Magazine and DreadCentral.com. Eligible titles were released between August 1, 2010, and July 31, 2011. Winners will be announced October 24, 2011.

Fans can select their favorites from the past year in several categories, as well as vote on which title they are most looking forward to in the coming months. Titles were submitted by participating studios.

The ballot can be accessed through either the link at the bottom of the page or at ReaperAwards.com.

Here...

This interview was, perhaps, my greatest challenge. Interview an actor about a movie that no one knows anything about, no one is allowed to know anything (not even the actors), and the premiere date is sketchy at best. Canadian actor Patrick Gilmore has starred in Stargate, The Killing, and Dear Mr. Gacy. He also has a role in Joss Whedon's infamous Cabin in the Woods.  Whedon promises the horror film will be a "game changer," but he won't allow a hint of plot to be revealed, even though the flick has been in the can for over two years now. So what exactly did Patrick and I talk about?  What can you tell us about your role in Cabin in the Woods? [Laughs]. Well, it has been described as...

Director: Svetozar Ristovski. Review: Adam Wing. Also known as Dear Mr. Gacy, Svetozar Ristovski’s (Mirage) worthwhile drama chronicles the life of serial killer John Wayne Gacy, Jr. Also known as the Killer Clown, he committed the rape and murder of 33 teenage boys and young men between 1972 and 1978. Twenty-six of Gacy's victims were buried in his home; three on his property and four were discarded in a nearby river. Gacy became known as the "Killer Clown" due to his services at fundraising events, parades and children's parties where he would dress as "Pogo the Clown," a character he created himself. Jason Michael Moss was an American writer on serial killers. While studying at Unlv for his honours thesis, he established relationships with John Wayne Gacy, Richard Ramirez, Henry Lee Lucas, Jeffrey Dahmer, and Charles Manson. Moss later said that, of all the serial killers he corresponded with, he formed the...

This Canadian made for television production aired back in May 2010 under the title Dear Mr. Gacy and has been re-titled and distributed on DVD for a UK release. The Last Victim continues in same vein as other low budget serial killer thrillers from the past few years, this time, focusing on ‘killer clown’ John Wayne Gacy.

Serial killers and their macabre stories fascinate audiences. We’ve had a string of flicks on modern subjects such as The Hillside Strangler, Ted Bundy, Richard Ramirez and Eileen Wuornos. Funnily enough the producer of Monster is behind this very picture.

The Last Victim is given a great deal of lift by actor William Forsythe. He’s the reason, perhaps the only one, for seeing this film. Gacy presented here is a rather camp, overly friendly and highly delusional figure. He won’t admit he’s done anything wrong at all and believes himself...

If you haven’t had the pleasure of making it to any of Bizarre Magazine's 'The Cut' monthly underground cinema evening, then I strongly urge you to get your backsides down there. It’s free entry, you get one free beer (and bottles after that are a pound) and it’s chock full of eccentrics, horror aficionados and everyday citizens with a taste for dark rooms and good company.

The icing on the cake though was the presentation itself, Svetozar Ristovski’s The Last Victim (2010) based on the book of the same name. It deals with the relationship between college student Jason Moss and notorious serial killer John Wayne Gacy who was convicted of the murder of 33 individuals, mostly young boys whom he raped, tortured and buried in his basement.

I knew a fair bit about Gacy as I was an avid reader of true crime casebooks in my mid...

If you actually ventured past your multiplex and watched horror films other then the uninspired "A Nightmare on Elm Street" remake, the strictly putting it in 3D for the money "My Soul to Take", the pointless remake of Let The Right One In entitled "Let Me In", the lifeless remake of "The Crazies" and other mostly bland mainstream horror releases that made up 2010, you would discover a wonderful world of indie horror films that stood out. George A. Romero showed that he's still got it with Survival of the Dead. Comedy and horror were brought together seamlessly (for once!) in President's Day & All About Evil. And plenty of other terrific independent films stood out. However, it wasn't all rosy for the independent horror films of 2010, as they also produced some highly publicized stinkers or films that finally came off the shelf after gathering dust for years. Still, for once, 2010 had...

Despite a healthy array of mustaches, serial killer/true crime films are hardly ever very intriguing. Mostly relegated to Dtv, the subgenre likes to boast of getting into the minds of mass murderers but more frequently comes across formulaic and mediocre, and while the latest, Dear Mr. Gacy (available now from Anchor Bay), is shrouded in positive buzz, we have to ask ourselves, does "better than expected" necessarily equal good?...

So that time of year is upon us where we over at Big Daddy Horror Reviews get under way with the first annual Big Daddies. We figure mainstream commercial cinema gets the Oscars and The Golden Globes, so I figured it only fitting that the horror genre gets its own set of awards thus was born the "Big Daddies". The aim of the Big Daddies is to honor outstanding achievement in the horror genre including films that virtually no one saw to the independents to the very popular. To kick start this round of the nominations (in no order) we are announcing the nominees in the categories of outstanding achievement in a Lead Performance Actor & Actress. And the nominees are.......

Actor:

Jeff Dylan Graham - Fell

William Forsythe - Dear Mr. Gacy

Kodi Smit-McPhee - Let Me In

Giles Alderson - The Possession of David O' Reily

Jesse Moss -...

So that time of year is upon us where we over at Big Daddy Horror Reviews get under way with the first annual Big Daddies. We figure mainstream commercial cinema gets the Oscars and The Golden Globes, so I figured it only fitting that the horror genre gets its own set of awards thus was born the "Big Daddies". The aim of the Big Daddies is to honor outstanding achievement in the horror genre including films that virtually no one saw to the independents to the very popular. To kick start this round of the nominations (in random order) we are announcing the nominees in the categories of outstanding achievement in Film & Direction. And the nominees are....... 

Direction:

Adam Green - Frozen

Jen Soska, Sylvia Soska - Dead Hooker In A Trunk

Matt Reeves - Let Me In

Andrew Paquin - Open HouseJoshua Grannell - All About Evil 

Film: 

President's...

Actor William Forsythe hopes teens see his new movie portrayal of serial killer John Wayne Gacy - because it might make them think twice before befriending strangers.

Gacy, dubbed The Killer Clown, raped and murdered 33 teenage boys between 1972 and 1978.

Forsythe admits playing such a sick character in the film Dear Mr. Gacy was a real challenge, and he wants teenage boys to see the movie and steer clear of strangers.

He says, "I want teenagers to see this movie because it's a story about being careful. Today in pop culture all these kids want to dabble in evil and be like these evil guys and put up the horns. I want kids to realise that there's real evil out there.

"There's a naivete that's going on about evil that is so troubling in the world right now and that's the reason I did the movie.

"I've had young people come up to me and go, 'Dude, wow you played Gacy; he's one of my heroes.' I get so mad and look at them and say, 'You gotta be kidding me. How would you like to have all 300 of his pounds sitting on you choking you out with your own underwear while he's raping you and torturing you and murdering you slowly?'

"This guy is no hero. This was a disturbed monster."...

So that time of year is upon us where we over at Big Daddy Horror Reviews get under way with the first annual Big Daddies. We figure mainstream commercial cinema gets the Oscars and The Golden Globes, so I figured it only fitting that the horror genre gets its own set of awards thus was born the "Big Daddies". The aim of the Big Daddies is to honor outstanding achievement in the horror genre including films that virtually no one saw to the independents to the very popular. To kick start round two of the nominations we are announcing the nominees in the categories of outstanding achievement in Screenplay & Cinematography. And the nominees are.......

Screenplay (Original or Adaptation):

Let Me In

Dead Hooker In A Trunk

All About Evil

Dear Mr. Gacy

Survival of the Dead

Cinematography:

The Reeds

Let Me In

The Wolfman

The Maze [2010 - (V)]

And Soon The Darkness...

Actor William Forsythe was haunted by John Wayne Gacy while portraying the serial killer for a hard-hitting new movie - his sleep was interrupted by weird dreams and he couldn't shake the character after filming wrapped.

The Rock star thought it would be a challenge to play Gacy in Dear Mr. Gacy - the movie based on the book The Last Victim by criminology student Jason Moss, who corresponded with the sick killer while he was on death row - but he had no idea just how much the research would play with his mind.

Forsythe tells BlogTalkRadio.com, "I began to have crazy dreams and very realistic. The dreams that I was having were basically (from) Gacy's perspective... It was a lot of dreams, where I would be driving along in a car and looking out the window and I was seeing faces of boys standing on corners talking and just seeing them from his perspective.

"It's chilling because these dreams were exactly what John Wayne Gacy would do. I put together a slide show of the photographs of his victims and I couldn't get through that slide show without emotionally breaking down. It was so disturbing to see the faces of these young innocent boys that he lured in under the guise of being a nice guy."

Forsythe also struggled to get Gacy out of his life after the movie - because so many people wanted to talk to him about the portrayal.

He adds, "I was conscious of how disturbing the journey would be. This was a journey from hell for me and I'll never look back and have anything to do with John Wayne Gacy again because it's over for me. I literally just turned on the Beach Boys and went back to being a blond. I tried to surf my way out of it in a way and go to a whole other place.

"I almost feel bad about it because the doors that I opened up in Chicago research-wise, I had to stop talking to those people for at least this past year because I just didn't want to talk about John Wayne Gacy. These are good people in their own right, particularly his best friend Barry (Boschelli), who was a victim of John... He was the nicest guy and I owe him so much for the understanding of who Gacy was but I found I couldn't return his phone calls after awhile. I'm going to call him again but I had to get away from Gacy."...

What self-respecting horror fan doesn’t like a serial killer movie? Anchor Bay release some great genre titles and this latest true life tale based on the lurid story of John Wayne Gacy, The Last Victim, looks set to continue in that fine tradition. Released on Blu-ray & DVD from March 7th, 2011, the film surely benefits from the great William Forsythe as the nefarious Mr. Gacey.

We’ve been delivered the brand new trailer, synopsis and DVD cover art by the great folks at Clout Communications for you to feast your eyes upon. So check it out! If you suffer from coulrophobia i(that’s fear of clowns, folks) and serial killers – then this film will certainly deliver a scare. Bet William Forsythe rocks too!

Synopsis:

The Last Victim is a gripping true story from the producers of Monster about an 18 year-old college student who dares to confront notorious serial killer...

This week is the lightest in recent memory with only four (barely) notable horror releases. Synapse Films' 100th release, Robert Young’s classic Vampire Circus, will be gracing our screens and so will Dear Mr. Gacy, the adaptation of The Last Victim, the memoirs of Jason Moss, who corresponded with serial killer John Wayne Gacy. Read on to see what the other two are.

Vampire Circus (1972)

Directed by Robert Young

Starring David Prowse, Robert Tayman, Anthony Higgins, Thorley Walters

A little girl is brutally slain by a vampire in a tiny 19th century Austrian village. Seeking revenge, the townspeople invade the foreboding castle of Count Mitterhaus and kill him for the crime. As the Count falls, he curses the villagers and vows that their children will all die so that he may someday return to life. 15 years later, as the village is ravaged by the plague, a traveling circus...

A look at what's new on DVD today:

"Gasland" (2010)

Directed by Josh Fox

Released by New Video Group

"Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work"

Directed by Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg

Released by Mpi Home Video

"Exit Through the Gift Shop" (2010)

Directed by Banksy

Released by Oscilloscope Laboratories

If you haven't caught up on the year's best documentaries in time to fill out your top 10 list, three of them will be hitting DVD shelves this week, beginning with Josh Fox's Sundance award-winning "Gasland," an exploration of the "hydraulic fracturing" going on in own backyard, a type of drilling that has spread to 34 states in the U.S. and has left a host of reservoirs of toxic waste and frequent gas explosions along the way. For something less serious, but equally compelling, there is also Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg's "Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work," which follows the...

The time was the Fifties. "He was short, and his hair was slicked back. His shoes were scuffed. "What is your name?" I asked. He looked at me and said "My name is John...Wayne...Gacy. We shook hands. Right at that moment, sir, there's no doubt, I knew that he was different from anyone that I ever knew." So says Barry Boschelli, the childhood friend of one of the most dangerous and psychotic men to ever walk the planet.

I was asked by Anchor Bay to do this interview in promotion of its latest film, Dear Mr. Gacy (review here), a reality based look at the last known relationship Gacy ever had with a young student named Jason Moss (who also went on to write his own book about his experiences entitled The Last Victim). I'm always ready to jump into an interview, but this time I was a little perplexed.

Imagine becoming pen pals with

one of the most notorious serial killers

of the 20th Century…

William Forsythe Stars As

John Wayne Gacy In

Dear Mr. Gacy

From Anchor Bay Entertainment

On Blu-ray™ and DVD December 14th

Thirty-two years ago, one of the most grisly chapters in the history of American crime came to an end with the arrest of infamous serial killer John Wayne Gacy. But the story didn’t end with Gacy’s conviction and eventual execution. Anchor Bay Entertainment presents Dear Mr. Gacy, premiering on Blu-ray™ and DVD December 14th, based on the shocking true story and best-selling book “The Last Victim” by Jason Moss, with Jeffrey Kottler, M.D. Starring William Forsythe (Rob Zombie’s Halloween, 88 Minutes, The Devil’s Rejects) as John Wayne Gacy, with Jesse Moss (The Uninvited, Final Destination 3, “Stephen King’s The Dead Zone”), and Emma Lahana (Girlfriend Experience), Dear Mr. Gacy...

Another John Wayne Gacy flick is heading our way but this one already has much more of my attention cause starring as the the wack job Gacy is none other than William Forsythe who is quite possibly the best character actor working right now. Here are the details direct from the press release: Thirty-two years ago, one of the most grisly chapters in the history of American crime came to an end with the arrest of infamous serial killer John Wayne Gacy. But the story didn't end with Gacy's conviction and eventual execution. Anchor Bay Entertainment presents Dear Mr. Gacy, premiering on...

Thirty-two years ago, one of the most grisly chapters in the history of American crime came to an end with the arrest of infamous serial killer John Wayne Gacy. But the story didn't end with Gacy's conviction and eventual execution. Anchor Bay Entertainment presents Dear Mr. Gacy , premiering on Blu-ray and DVD December 14th, based on the shocking true story and best-selling book "The Last Victim" by Jason Moss, with Jeffrey Kottler, M.D. Starring William Forsythe as John Wayne Gacy, with Jesse Moss, and Emma Lahana, Dear Mr. Gacy was produced by Tom Berry, Clark Peterson, producer of the Academy-Award winning film Monster, and Kellie Madison. The film recounts the experiences of 18-year-old college student Jason Moss and his relationship with the notorious Gacy. As...

August 15 has come and gone with no news about the actors' contracts getting picked up for a second season or any word on what Syfy is thinking these days, but with the cast appearing in about a gazillion other things this fall, the hiatus blues should be getting easier.

If you're in New York some time between September and January, you can catch a short film, Untitled, with Eric Stoltz starring, at MoMA (see article.)

No release date has been set yet for his last feature, Fort McCoy (pic left), but IMDb still says 2010, so fingers crossed.

And this is still unconfirmed, but an extras casting director tweeted yesterday that our daddy Graystone will direct one of the new episodes of Glee. If true, the episode should air in the first half of the season. The show returns on Tuesday, Sept. 21 at 8 on Fox.

Alessandra Torresani has been cast in Playback,...

The Rig BannerHow appropriate is this? An oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico is threatened to go down and take the oil workers in to the depths. Bp will not be getting all the publicity for oil spills as the relatively new director Peter Atencio brings The Rig to DVD in 2010, with help from Anchor Bay Studios. William Forsythe (Dear Mr. Gacy), Art Lafleur ("The Mentalist"), Marcus Paulk (Take the Lead), Serah D'Laine (Parasomnia) and Stacey Hinnen (Sharpshooter) will be those trying to stay alive as a mysterious creature goes about his/her/its business of murder. Watch out Bp there is someone even worse on the prowl.

The synopsis for The Rig here:

"As a hurricane rages outside, the small but experienced crew of an oil drilling rig settles in to ride out the storm. Isolated on the rig, their calm is short lived when a crew member...

We haven't heard much lately about Dear Mr. Gacy, the film adaptation of The Last Victim, the memoirs of Jason Moss, who corresponded with serial killer John Wayne Gacy; but today brought forth a bonanza of information, including a teaser, a clip, and the chance for members of the Dread Central community to ask star William Forsythe any questions they might have regarding the new film and/or his portrayal of Gacy.

Currently Dear Mr. Gacy producer Clark Peterson is focusing on the social promotion aspect for the film, which is due out next year. An official site was recently launched, and in addition Forsythe will be doing a video shoot in the Chicago area next Monday and Tuesday, December 14 and 15, 2009. The actor will be talking to several of Gacy's old acquaintances and his defense attorney, as well as detectives that were on the famous case, which celebrates its 30th anniversary next year.

The producer and cinematographer of "Monster" are taking on another female-themed drama.

Clark Peterson, who produced the Charlize Theron-toplined Oscar winner, and Steven Bernstein, who served as its Dp, will collaborate on "Decoding Annie Parker," a story of the discovery of the breast-cancer gene. Peterson will produce and Bernstein will make his directorial debut.

The movie centers on Parker, a real-life breast-cancer patient who believed her illness had a genetic component, and weaves in the story of the researchers whose mission it was to determine the role DNA plays in the deadly disease.

Doctors dismissed Parker's beliefs, but she was ahead of her time: The group's research eventually led to the discovery of BRCA1, which is associated with breast and ovarian cancer.

Screenwriter Michael Moss, a doctor who knew of Parker's story from medical circles, is penning the screenplay. Tom Berry's Reel One Entertainment is financing, with Berry exec producing.