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Every year, Shark Week comes to terrify fans and educate the masses on sharks and what to expect from them. Collider is thrilled to bring you an exclusive look at the upcoming slate of programming for this year's celebration. This year has a wide range of programming to get you excited. You'll still have your "pulse-pounding recreations of terrifying shark attacks," but this year, Discovery's Shark Week is going to also include some pretty unique things. The new programming starts each night at 8 Pm Et with fresh specials dropping each hour. If you missed them, don't worry, Encores begin at 11 Pm Et.

“Shark Week continues to evolve as a cultural phenomenon, blending adrenaline-fueled storytelling with cutting-edge science,” said Howard Lee, Chief Creative Officer of U.S. Networks and President of Discovery Networks. “But what truly sets it apart is the sheer joy and wonder our teams feel in bringing it to life.

When I was twenty-years-old I watched The Breed, a cheesy killer dog movie starring Michelle Rodriguez at the height of her popularity. By no stretch of the imagination was it a “good” movie, but nearly twenty years later I still remember it. It’s the type of mind-numbing popcorn flick that goes great with an extra cheese pizza and a cold refreshing beer. It’s not the type of movie that I’d ever imagined would get a sequel, especially not nearly two decades later. While A Breed Apart isn’t exactly a direct follow-up to its predecessor, it maintains the absurdity of the original while doubling down on the comedy.

The plot

A movie set is abandoned when the canine actors unexpectedly contract rabies and attack their animal handlers. The dogs are left to freely roam the island until several years later when a group of influencers are called...

One of Wes Craven's cult classics is getting a spiritual successor this summer in the form of A Breed Apart. Written and directed by The Furst Brothers, the survival horror comedy puts a new spin on 2006's The Breed, a film produced by the legendary Nightmare on Elm Street and Scream director that starred Michelle Rodriguez and followed a group of college kids on a "deserted" island where dogs were bred to kill. The new feature modernizes the concept, instead centering on a private island retreat where a group of social media influencers are confronted with man-eating beasts and forced into a deadly fight for survival that pits them against one another. We're excited to include the chilling survival flick as part of Collider's Exclusive Preview event for summer movies and share a new image highlighting two of the stars who will be thrown to the hounds on...

Back in 2006, the late, great Wes Craven produced a killer dog movie called The Breed (watch it Here), which was directed by Nicholas Mastandrea from a screenplay by Robert Conte and Peter Martin Wortmann and starred Michelle Rodriguez, Oliver Hudson, Taryn Manning, Eric Lively, Hill Harper, Nick Boraine, and Lisa-Marie Schneider. Now a remake of The Breed is in the works, going by the title A Breed Apart – and Lionsgate is planning to give the film a theatrical release on May 16th. With that date just one month away, a trailer for A Breed Apart has dropped online, and you can check it out in the embed above.

On the same day as the theatrical release, A Breed Apart will also be available On Demand and On Digital.

Brothers Nathan and Griff Furst directed A Breed Apart, and are also producing it through their Curmudgeon Films shingle. The Fursts are...

Back in 2006, the late, great Wes Craven produced a killer dog movie called The Breed (watch it Here), which was directed by Nicholas Mastandrea from a screenplay by Robert Conte and Peter Martin Wortmann and starred Michelle Rodriguez, Oliver Hudson, Taryn Manning, Eric Lively, Hill Harper, Nick Boraine, and Lisa-Marie Schneider. Now a remake of The Breed is in the works, going by the title A Breed Apart, and Deadline reports that Hayden Panettiere, who worked with Craven on Scream 4, has joined the cast!

Brothers Nathan and Griff Furst are directing A Breed Apart, and are also producing it hrough their Curmudgeon Films shingle. The Fursts are no strangers to killer animal movies, as Griff’s previous directing credits include Trailer Park Shark, Ghost Shark, Swamp Shark, Lake Placid 3, Alligator Alley, and Arachnoquake. The brothers teamed up to direct the 2018 movie Nightmare Shark.

We’ve previously heard that...

Have you ever wondered how many cameos there were in the first two Sharknado films? Or who the sharks haunted in Ghost Shark? Maybe you’d like to discuss what the best scene is in Killer Klowns From Outer Space? Would you like to know just how big the spider is in Big Ass Spider? Did you recently ask a friend which Japanese dish starts killing people in a film from 2012? Would you like to know if zombies can be vegan? And what exactly is a Stonado?

Nerdly’s very own Alain Elliott will answer most of these questions in his latest book Awfully Good Movies Volume One: Adventures in B-Movies! which features a rundown of 50 of the craziest, strangest, and Awfully Good collection of B-Movies. With each film, he discusses the Awfully Good scenes, characters, lines, and everything in between. You will want to seek out and watch every...

Back in 2006, Wes Craven produced a killer dog movie called The Breed (watch it Here), which was directed by Nicholas Mastandrea from a screenplay by Robert Conte and Peter Martin Wortmann and starred Michelle Rodriguez, Oliver Hudson, Taryn Manning, Eric Lively, Hill Harper, Nick Boraine, and Lisa-Marie Schneider. Now a remake of The Breed is in the works. When the project was first announced, it was said that Grace Caroline Currey of Fall is set to star in the film, and now Deadline reports that Currey’s Fall co-star Virginia Gardner has joined the cast!

In addition to Fall, Gardner’s credits include Halloween (2018), Starfish, Monster Party, Marvel’s Runaways, See You on Venus, All the Bright Places, Beautiful Disaster, and Beautiful Wedding.

Brothers Nathan and Griff Furst are directing The Breed remake, and are also producing it hrough their Curmudgeon Films shingle. The Fursts are no strangers to killer animal movies,...

Welcome to the latest edition of our (semi) regular crowdfunding feature here on Nerdly – Back This! – where we take a look at some of the cool content taking the crowdfunding route on sites such as Indiegogo, Greenlit and Kickstarter. In this edition, we’re spotlighting a new horror comedy, Marriage Bites, which features a cast of familiar genre-film favourites!

What’s the film about?

Marriage Bites is a …”one-of-a-kind film that seamlessly combines elements of horror, comedy, and social media theories [Indiewrap]”. The film, written by Ashley Hargrove who also stars in the film as Linda – one half of the married couple at the centre of the film which follows Martin and Linda (Hargrove) who, while rebuilding a stale marriage, face an unexpected challenge when Martin is bitten by a vampire, leading them to test various vampire theories and protect their town from the undead.

The film also stars a slew of genre actors including,...

Big Shark Screenshot: YouTube Cult filmmaker Tommy Wiseau, somehow independently wealthy despite not seeming to actually do much of anything besides selling underwear with his name on it alongside The Room DVDs and shirts, has finally, after two decades, put aside enough scratch to self-fund a follow-up feature. With Big Shark,...

Big SharkScreenshot: YouTube

Cult filmmaker Tommy Wiseau, somehow independently wealthy despite not seeming to actually do much of anything besides selling underwear with his name on it alongside The Room DVDs and shirts, has finally, after two decades, put aside enough scratch to self-fund a follow-up feature. With Big Shark,...

Back in 2006, Wes Craven produced a killer dog movie called The Breed (watch it Here), which was directed by Nicholas Mastandrea from a screenplay by Robert Conte and Peter Martin Wortmann and starred Michelle Rodriguez, Oliver Hudson, Taryn Manning, Eric Lively, Hill Harper, Nick Boraine, and Lisa-Marie Schneider. I thought the movie just slipped into obscurity, since I don’t think I’ve heard anyone reference it in the eighteen years since its release, but apparently it has gained enough of a cult following that it’s now getting the remake treatment. A couple weeks ago, we learned that Grace Caroline Currey of Fall is set to star in the film, and now Variety reports that Page Kennedy – who had to deal with man-eating sharks in The Meg and Meg 2: The Trench – has joined Currey in the cast of this killer dog redo.

Kennedy will be playing a character called Farmer John,...

Grace Caroline Currey takes on a new challenge in The Breed remake, showcasing her ability to lead a thrilling survival narrative. The Brothers Furst direct the film, aiming to elevate it beyond the lukewarm reception of the original through Currey's performance. The Breed remake could surprise viewers by tapping into the current trend of animal attack films, offering a fresh take on the horror genre.

Grace Caroline Currey, better known for 2022's hit Fall, will star in the upcoming Wes Craven remake film of The Breed. The film is described as "reimagining of the Wes Craven cult classic."

The upcoming version of The Breed introduces a fresh take on the original's narrative, focused on Violet, portrayed by Currey. Violets quest to rescue abandoned dogs leads her to the ominous island setting of the original tale. Here, she encounters the deadly pack that turns her rescue mission into a desperate fight for survival,...

Stars: Clayne Crawford, Max Martini, Juliene Joyner, Nicoye Banks, Jaren Mitchell, E.K. Spila, Lucky Johnson | Written by William Kaufman, Paul Reichelt | Directed by William Kaufman

Somewhere in New Orleans’ Irish Channel, “The Channel” to its residents, Jamie wakes up from nightmares about his time in Afghanistan and gives his baby girl to her grandmother before hopping into a van like any other man heading off to work. And he is on his way to work, but the job site is a bank that he, his brother Mic, and several other ex-Marine buddies are about to rob.

It should be easy for a well-disciplined and heavily armed group of men. Get in, beat the vault code out of the manager, grab the cash and get out before anyone can react. Instead, the cops are waiting for them when they leave the building. The ensuing shootout leaves cops and robbers dead and...

Shark movies are a dime a dozen, especially with schlock like Jersey Shore: Shark Attack, Sand Sharks, Ghost Shark, and so much more. But what happens when Tommy Wiseau, the visionary director of The Room, takes aim at the ocean’s most fearsome predator? Tommy Wiseau has released a new trailer for Big Shark, which is somehow the first movie he’s directed since the release of The Room twenty years ago.

The Big Shark trailer cuts back and forth between shots of New Orleans with two boxers fighting in a gym, all while the text reads, “You can Run. You can Hide. But that won’t save you. The world’s most vicious hunter has come to the bayou and only wants one thing… blood.” The film stars Tommy Wiseau as Patrick, Isaiah Laborde as Tim, and Greg Sestero as Georgie, three firefighters who must save New Orleans from a killer shark.

Stars: Manon Pages, Kenny Bellau, Sophia Brazda, Paul Dale, Charles Early, Austin Frosch, Austin Naulty, Sean Phelan, Carter Simoneaux | Written and Directed by Paul Dale

It’s probably not a good thing but any ridiculously titled film will not only get my attention but also get me watching the film. It’s why I end up watching all the Sharknado films or 3-Headed Shark Attack or Big Ass Spider and any other similarly-titled film. Luckily, I do usually enjoy these films, so it’s not a bad thing but there are plenty of very very poor movies in there too. So it was always going to be 50/50 with Sewer Gators.

It was almost immediately clear with Sewer Gators that this wasn’t only a low budget affair but very much an amateur production. It looks like that. There’s no hiding it with expensive cameras or anything like that. But,...

Stars: Alicia Silverstone, James Tupper, Deirdre O’Connell, Danny Chung, Kha Mai | Written and Directed by Le-Van Kiet

Opens with an oddly “fake” looking scene that feels like it was shot entirely on a green screen soundstage – which for all I know might be true, especially given the copious amounts of CGI featured in the film as a whole… Yes, we’re in CGI shark territory (combined with stock footage – how very The Asylum of this film) in this one folks!

The Requin, aka From Below, stars Alicia Silverstone [Sidebar; who would have thought we’d ever see Alicia Silverstone in a shark movie? Seriously?] as Jaelyn who, along with her husband Kyle (James Tupper) are on holiday in Vietnam following Jaelyn’s miscarriage. Of course, being a shark movie we know things aren’t going to go according to plan for the couple. Kyle gets injured whilst swimming, his blood pouring into the ocean waters like some sort of obvious foreshadowing, whilst Jaelyn has flashbacks to her miscarriage.

Stars: Katrina Bowden, Aaron Jakubenko, Kimie Tsukakoshi, Tim Kano, Te Kohe Tuhaka | Written by Michael Boughen | Directed by Martin Wilson

Who doesn’t love a good shark movie? Hell, who doesn’t love a bad shark movie?! There’s certainly a wide variety of shark movies available these days (and I think we’ve reviewed most of them here on Nerdly too), from ridiculous films like Ouija Shark, Ghost Shark and Virus Shark, to The Asylum’s Sharknado franchise and more mainstream fare such as 47 Metres Down, The Shallows and The Reef.

And it’s with the latter film that Great White feels most in common. Both films come from Australian filmmakers, both films feature a small group of people stranded at the beck and call of great whites… But then aren’t all shark film usually about a small group of people trapped by sharks?

In the case...

Scs Entertainment has released the official trailer for Arachnado, an upcoming horror movie with a premise that's as bizarre as it sounds. Coming to VOD and DVD next month, the movie is directed by Dustin Ferguson the filmmaker behind such other bizarre horror titles as Los Angeles Shark Attack, Angry Asian Murder Hornets, and Ebola Rex. You would certainly expect for Arachnado to be just as insane with a title like that, and the trailer suggests that will certainly be the case. You can take a look at it below.

The cast of Arachnado includes Mel Novak (Bruce Lee's Game of Death), Deborah Dutch (Hard to Die), Brinke Stevens (Slumber Party Massacre), and Shawn C. Phillips (Ghost Shark). Other cast members include Sheri Davis (Angry Asian Murder Hornets), Jennifer Nangle (Malvolia: The Queen of Screams), Mike Ferguson (Death Squad), Cali June (Monster Force Zero), and Albie Robles (Stickman) as the voice of DJ Danny.

Stars: Steph Goodwin, Kylie Gough, Robin Hodge, John Migliore, Amy Osborne, Christina Roman, Zoe Towne, Peter Whittaker | Written by David A. Lloyd | Directed by Scott Patrick (aka Brett Kelly)

Director Brett Kelly, under his Scott Patrick pseudonym, re-teams with writer David A. Lloyd for the duos Third shark movie – possibly the craziest of the three… Ouija Shark. Yes, Ouija Shark. As if we need Another supernatural shark movie after the brilliance (and no I’m Not being sarcastic) that was Griff Furst’s Ghost Shark.

With a title like Ouija Shark you’re either all in or you’re running a thousand miles in the other direction… so to try and convince you to watch this one, if it sounds like your idea of hell, would seem like folly. But I’m going to try!

Ouija Shark follows a group of teenage girls who, whilst partying in their back yard,...

We're back with another edition of Horror Highlights! In today's installment: Brazilian horror at Cff, details on quarantine-filmed The Dark Offerings, and first word on an upcoming Christmas-themed slasher:

Skull: The Mask and The Pandemic Anthology at Cff: "Brazil's Fantaspoa Fantastic Film Festival not only celebrates the boldest and best in weird world cinema, they also produce it! That's right, South America's biggest genre festival makes movies, too!

And a double-header of Fantaspoa Productions' latest will be celebrating their World Premieres at this weekend's digital edition of The Chattanooga Film Festival - happening Friday, May 22nd through Monday, May 25th. These films, as well as dozens of others, will be available to watch at any time while the festival is happening.

Additional details, ticket info, and more can be found at www.chattfilmfest.org

First up is the creature feature/slasher hybrid Skull: The Mask, from directors Armando Fonseca and Kapel Furman.

Even though you can watch movies about killer sharks on SyFy on pretty much any given weekend, they aren’t quite in the same echelon as those produced on a bigger budget such as The Meg – but I’ll concede that pictures like Ghost Shark and Zombie Shark serve as nice guilty pleasures.

Admittedly, I hadn’t gotten the chance to take in the flick starring Jason Statham until fairly recently, but I found myself being entertained by it. As pointed out above, this subgenre of sorts has seen quite the boom in the past few years, but focusing on a prehistoric shark of such great size provides for a simple, yet effective way to bring new scares. Given that, I’ll probably check out the sequel whenever it sees the light of day, which we can really only refer to as The Meg 2 for the time being.

Seeing...

Ever since Jaws caused moviegoers to be afraid of going back into the water in 1975, the concept of rampaging sharks has been a staple in the horror, thriller and science fiction genres, often blurring the lines between them. And while the topic of today’s discussion isn’t nearly as over the top as the likes of Sharknado, Sharktopus and Ghost Shark, it sure has been generating its share of online buzz as of late.

We are, of course, talking about The Meg. In it, “a deep-sea submersible—part of an international undersea observation program—has been attacked by a massive creature, previously thought to be extinct, and now lies disabled at the bottom of the deepest trench in the Pacific…with its crew trapped inside.

With time running out, expert deep-sea rescue diver Jonas Taylor (Jason Statham) is recruited by a visionary Chinese oceanographer (Winston Chao), against the wishes...

Ever since Jaws caused audiences to be afraid of going back into the water in 1975, the concept of rampaging sharks has been a staple in the horror, thriller and science fiction genres, often blurring the lines between them. And while the topic of today’s discussion isn’t nearly as over the top as the likes of Sharknado, Sharktopus and Ghost Shark, it’s certainly been generating its share of online buzz lately.

We are, of course, talking about The Meg. In it, “a deep-sea submersible—part of an international undersea observation program—has been attacked by a massive creature, previously thought to be extinct, and now lies disabled at the bottom of the deepest trench in the Pacific…with its crew trapped inside. With time running out, expert deep-sea rescue diver Jonas Taylor (Jason Statham) is recruited by a visionary Chinese oceanographer (Winston Chao) to save the crew—and...

Disney has released a new poster and concept art illustration for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, to get fans ready for the new trailer debuting tomorrow. The poster offers a new look at the villainous Captain Salazar (Javier Bardem), along with Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp), Captain Barbosa (Geoffrey Rush) and newcomers Carina Smyth (Kaya Scodelario) and Henry (Brenthon Thwaites). The studio has also released an intriguing piece of concept art, that features "ghost sharks" that will be seen in the movie.

Disney debuted the new poster on social media today, while AMC Theatres debuted the concept art. It isn't exactly clear how these "ghost sharks" came to be, or how they fit into this story, but they most likely aren't related to the 2013 Syfy original movie Ghost Shark, or its 2015 sequel Ghost Shark 2: Urban Jaws. It's possible we'll get our first look at these...

When it comes to films where sharks are at the forefront, there’s a pretty large spectrum in terms of the quality of products we’ve been given over the years. On one end, of course, is Jaws, the undisputed king of shark movies that set a precedent that none that have followed in its wake have ever cleared. Then, on the complete opposite end, you can find things like the Sharknado series, any number of Syfy Channel original movies with names like Ghost Shark and Sharktopus, and even Jaws: The Revenge.

Caught in between are films like Open Water, The Reef, and last year’s The Shallows, all projects that didn’t soar as high as Jaws, but thankfully never sank to the lowest depths of the worst types of shark movies. More than that, however, they managed to prove that there’s still some serious life left in...

Stars: Edward DeRuiter, Jenna Parker, Kaiwi Lyman-Mersereau, Clarissa Thibeaux, Travis Lincoln Cox | Written and Directed by Emile Edwin Smith

By now you probably all know I have a soft spot for ridiculous shark movies, be they from Roger Corman, The Asylum, Syfy or anyone else… Which is why I always Have to subject myself to whatever treasures this disparate genre provide. Be it a Zombie Shark, Ghost Shark, Sharknado, Sharktopus, a 3-Head Shark, a Swamp Shark etc., etc…. whatever!?!

This time round we’ve got killer sharks and an environmental message in Ice Sharks. A Syfy channel originjal movie from The Asylum (so its a low-budget double-header) which sees a team of expert scientists are studying the effects of climate change on marine life at a research station deep in the Arctic. Suddenly, out of nowhere, hell breaks loose when a new breed of aggressive, ravenous sharks suddenly crack through...

Footage from 2009 of the pointy-nosed blue chimaera, a species of so-called “ghost shark” was unearthed over the weekend, courtesy of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, or Mbari. Ghost Shark Caught On Tape Off California Coast The footage was captured off the coast of California, marking the first time the fish has been seen […]

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Stars: Cassie Steele, Jason London, Roger J. Timber, Ross Britz, Laura Cayouette, Sloane Coe, Becky Andrews, Ladson Deyne, Leslie Castay, Carter Burch, Flynn Foster, Jeff Pearson | Written by Greg Mitchell | Directed by Misty Talley

Also known as Shark Island, a more generic title that would undoubtedly failed to sell more copies than the films other more exploitative moniker, Zombie Shark; this film stars former Degrassi: The Next Generation actress Cassie Steele as Amber, a tough as nails bartender who goes on a trip to a quite coastal island with her sister and a few friends, and runs straight into an army of sharks intent on eating anything and everything that get in their way. Only these are no ordinary sharks, oh no…

You see the almost-deseted island Amber and her friends are partying on also happens to home to a once-abandoned army facility that now houses a scientist, Dr.

'Satan has Jaws!' Every year we get some crazy new viral sensation in the way of a B Movie trailer, and they usually involve sharks. This summer is no different, as WildEye Releasing gets ready to unleash the most unbelievable Great White tale yet! There's been a Sharknado! We've seen a Ghost Shark! But nothing will ever be able to prepare us for the horrors of the Shark Exorcist!

In Shark Exorcist, a demonic, murderous nun unleashes terror on a small fishing town when she summons satan to inhabit the body of a great white shark. Wait, there's more! Satan then possesses the body of a local young woman, starting a chain reaction of evil. Now a Catholic priest must take to land and sea in order to send this man-killer back to hell!

Cult director Donald Farmer, who is known for such gems as Country Strong and Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat...

Northgate Pictures have released the official trailer (which is embedded below, along with the poster from SadistArt Designs and four still) from Easter Sunday, which stars the late Robert Z’Dar (Manaic Cop), who passed away earlier this year. The film will be dedicated in his memory.

A throwback to the campy and gory slashers of the ’80s, Easter Sunday is written and directed by Jeremy Todd Morehead. Along with Z’Dar and Morehead, the cast includes Ari Lehman (Friday the 13th), Edward X. Young (Mr. Hush) and Shawn C. Phillips (Ghost Shark).

It has been 24 years since the deranged serial killer Douglas Fisher was executed by police on Easter night. This year, a group of hard-partying teenagers not only raise some hell, but literally raise the dead! The teens accidentally conjure the spirit of Douglas Fisher… Aka the bunny masked killer! These teens have until midnight on Easter to stop the evil bunny slasher,...

Great news for fans of spectral selachimorpha and independent filmmaking everywhere, as New Zealand filmmakers Andrew Todd and Johnny Hall's debut feature Ghost Shark 2: Urban Jaws is set to hit worldwide VOD on 1st July, via their official website.A sequel to the non-existent Ghost Shark 1: Port Massacre, the film follows the efforts of Auckland's beleaguered mayor, Jack Broody (Campbell Cooley) when bodies start dirtying up his precious city and all indicators point to the return of the insidious Ghost Shark - a terrifying carnivorous predator capable of travelling through water, ice and even steam!Three different packages are available via digital download platform Vhx, and pre-orders will also receive a copy of the film's original soundtrack - which is well worth purchasing on its...

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Mackenzie Rosman's open to a "7th Heaven" reboot!  The actress chatted with us at the 3rd Annual Reality TV Awards in Los Angeles on Wednesday, where not-so-little Ruthie Camden herself opened up about a possible "7th Heaven" reunion and former costar Jessica Biel's baby news!  Check out the video above to see if she's met baby Silas Randall Timberlake!  While the brunette beauty has continued to steal the small screen in shows like "The Secret Life of the American Teenager" and the TV movie "Ghost Shark," the 25-year-old said she'd love to reunite with her WB costars. "Well I haven't heard anything about it, but if it happened it would definitely be something fun and interesting to do," Mackenzie told toofab's Candice Brock of a potential reunion special. "I miss everybody and it would be fun to get together again."  The actress says she still keeps in touch with her TV family,...

No movie, TV show, or TV movie in recent memory has been more talked about than Syfy's 2013 masterpiece "Sharknado." And nowhere has the movie been more celebrated than the Internet, via Twitter, Facebook, and glorious, glorious GIFs. So many GIFs. GIFs that keep on giving.

So, in honor of the release of "Sharknado 2: The Second One" (premiering tonight, July 30, at 9 pm Et/Pt on Syfy) we're taking a walk down memory lane and counting down the best GIFs from the one that started it all, "Sharknado." You're welcome.

9. That one where you can see the entire sharknado and realize it looks a lot like the smoke monster from "Lost."

8. That one where you watch a guy fall from a helicopter into the mouth of a passing shark.

7. That one that made you wonder why sharks are the only thing from the ocean that got caught in the sharknado.

6. That...

Get ready, kids! The "Sumnado of Sharknado" (as Syfy likes to call it) is officially upon us, and right now we have a quick Q&A with Sharknado 2: The Second One director Anthony C. Ferrante to help chum the waters of your anticipation.

Dread Central: Now, over half a year removed from the surprise pop culture quake Sharknado set off, what do you look back upon as being the best/worst aspects of it and the most surprising things to come out of it?

Anthony C. Ferrante: I’m still surprised that mainstream American embraced it. I remember watching the finished movie about three weeks before it aired. The movie is practically wall-to-wall VFX so this was the first time we saw everything completely together without missing slugs. <?i>

There were about three of us in the editing bay, and we were laughing with it and making fun of it.

As a special Easter treat we're happy to present to you, our fellow loonies, the opening six minutes of the new slasher flick Easter Sunday! So get ready to color your eggs blood red (which incidentally is the title of our favorite rejected Herschell Gordon Lewis script).

A gory love letter to the golden era of slasher movies, the indie film Easter Sunday is written and directed by Jeremy Todd Morehead and stars horror legends Robert Z’Dar and Ari Lehman.

Easter Sunday's dynamic cast boasts Robert Z’Dar, the iconic actor best known as Maniac Cop; Ari Lehman; the first actor to portray Jason Voorhees in the original Friday the 13th; and indie veterans Edward X. Young (Mr. Hush) and Shawn C. Phillips (Ghost Shark). They join a number of promising up-and-comers including Paige Taylor, Christine Galbraith, William Bozarth, Jon McKoy, and Travis Marion.

Northgate Pictures has released...

Easter Sunday is known for many things: the famed bunny, decorating eggs, egg hunts and rollings, huge baskets of candy... oh, and something about Jesus Christ and such. Well, it's about to be known for something else - something a bit more menacing!

From the Press Release

As Easter quickly approaches, Northgate Pictures is proud to present the official teaser trailer for Easter Sunday. A gory love letter to the golden era of slasher movies, the indie film is written and directed by Jeremy Todd Morehead and stars horror legends Robert Z’Dar and Ari Lehman.

Easter Sunday's dynamic cast boasts Robert Z’Dar, the iconic actor best known as Maniac Cop; Ari Lehman; the first actor to portray Jason Voorhees in the original Friday the 13th; and indie veterans Edward X. Young (Mr. Hush) and Shawn C. Phillips (Ghost Shark). They join a number of promising up-and-comers including Paige Taylor,...

We’re back with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes photos from Chainsaw Sally: The Animated Series, the first two chapters from the novel Survivor Max, the uncensored trailer for Smothered with Bill Moseley and Kane Hodder, Camp Dread DVD release details, and much more:

First Two Chapters of Survivor Max: “Meet Max, an 11-year old boy who was stuck in another boring day at school when the lock down alarm went off. They were under quarantine. He escaped and made it home, only to discover he’d have to find a way to survive this plague alone. Little did he know his father, his only parent, was among the infected. Slow-moving and non-thinking, the “lamebrains” swarmed his apartment complex, hunting survivors to feed their insatiable hunger for living flesh. Now he must apply his Porcupine...

It seems like it has been the season for seaweed. Killers that lurk in the water seem to be a hot topic. We have seen the rise in popularity take place with films such as Sharknado, Ghost Shark, and Dead Sea. Plus, on the way there is Piranha Sharks, as well as Sharknado 2 which is in the works. Also this April, Epic Pictures and director Milan Todorovic will be bringing us a new Horror flick titled Nymph. A beautiful woman as the killer in a fil…...

Another year has come to an end, which means it's time for the Dread Central staff to weigh in with their picks of the best and worst of 2013's horror offerings. We're giving you a full dozen lists this time, and per usual they come in a variety of formats, each reflecting the unique styles of our writers.

We've also compiled them to come up with the year's overall winners and losers. We averaged out the top and bottom five vote getters on everyone's lists, and here are the results:

Best: Maniac

Runners-up: The Conjuring, Evil Dead

Worst: Texas Chainsaw 3D

Runners-up: The Purge, The Last Exorcism Part II

Check out the Dread Central staff's Best of and Worst of lists for 2013 by following the links below!

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Stoker: Chan-wook Park delivered some next-level filmmaking and his best film since Oldboy with his U.

The first trailer is here for the new horror film from John Schneider (yes, that John Schneider of "Dukes of Hazzard fame). Smothered has a cast filled with a handful of beloved horror icons, who are all apparently playing themselves in it. Check it out!

From the Press Release

When John R. Schneider wrote Smothered, he wrote a reverse of the classic horror film model. Instead of a bunch of college-aged girls getting slaughtered by men in masks, his film features men of the mask getting slaughtered by a beautiful young vixen.

And, in a turn that will leave horror fans titillated, the film features a list of horror icons playing “themselves” in this “horroromedy” (horror/comedy) film with more humanity than you’d expect from a film where almost everyone dies.

The film, which stars Kane Hodder (Jason X, Hatchet), Ra Milhailoff (Leatherface, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3), Bill Moseley (The Devil’s Rejects,...

Stars: Richard Moll, Mackenzie Rasman, Dave Randolph-Mayhem Davis, Shawn C. Philips, Jaren Mitchell, Robert Aberdeen, Sloane Coe, Jayme Bohn, Amy Brassette, Lucky Johnson | Written by Eric Forsberg, Griff Furst, Paul A. Birkett | Directed by Griff Furst

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water… Scratch that. Just when you thought it was safe to go anywhere Near water, along comes Ghost Shark!

Taking the shark flick to it’s illogical conclusion, Ghost Shark sees the titular shark haunting the beachside town of Smallport after being harpooned, shot and almost blown up by a couple of shark hunters. You see Smallport has a mysterious cave that dates back to the early settlement days, a cave that was the location for a number of deaths and a cave that is the subject of a local legend which foretells that any man, woman, and in this case shark,...

It’s our two year anniversary which means two things: 1. the return of the Make You Watchathon, where Simon and Kate each assign the other required viewing they probably wouldn’t watch otherwise, and 2. it’s gonna be a long show. Thankfully, the week in TV was fairly streamlined, but we still talk through our regular shows and spotlight this week’s intense Breaking Bad, “Confessions”. Then it’s time for the Watchathon. This year, Kate assigned Simon The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, a little seen HBO series from 2008 and Simon assigned Kate both On Death Row, a 2012 four-episode documentary series about death row inmates by Werner Herzog and First Person, a documentary/interview series by Errol Morris from 2000. Thank you for hanging out with us over the past two years, and here’s to at least that many more!

Our Week in Comedy and Reality (9:31-22:24): Wilfred,...

It may have taken days — weeks, even — for your pulse to stop pounding after watching Sharknado, the Twitter-friendly weather documentary that featured Tara Reid as a pile of wet rags. The latest Syfy Original Movie, Ghost Shark, may not have had the Internet buzz of its Asylum-produced cousin leading up to its premiere last night, but I'm here to tell you that Ghost Shark is roughly 100,000 times better. If Sharknado (which aired last night as a lead-in to Ghost Shark) got anything wrong — I said if — it was that sea tornados full of sharks, while dangerous, require rampaging weather systems to cause any real trouble. Ghost Shark jumps over that hurdle by allowing its titular phantasm to show up anytime and anywhere there's moisture. Top that, strong winds.Anyway, Ghost Shark stars Ruthie from 7th Heaven (Mackenzie Rosman) and Bull from Night Court (Richard Moll) —...

From the brilliant minds that brought you Arachnoquake and Mega Piranha comes the chilling tale of the vengeful spirit of a great white shark, Ghost Shark. It airs tonight on SyFy at 9 p.m.Et. A shark is attacked by a group of fisherman and before it dies it rests in a cursed cave where it's spirit is released to continue feeding on the residents of a sleepy summer town. Ava and Cicely's dad was the captain of that chartered boat and when he also turns up missing they investigate his disappearance. But soon Ghost Shark begins attacking the residents, turning up wherever there is water. How can it be stopped? And what does the lighthouse keeper Finch (Richard Moll) know about the cave and the town curse...

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Soon after the social-media phenomenon that was "Sharknado," it's doubtful there could be a better time for "Ghost Shark."

Syfy stays in the what-else-can-we-do-to-a-shark game with its latest original movie, debuting Thursday, Aug. 22. Indeed, the title creature is undead, having been killed by a fisherman ... and it returns to wreak vengeance, one of its targets being the father of a young woman played by "7th Heaven" alum Mackenzie Rosman.

She tries to stop the terror before she becomes a victim herself, getting assistance from a lighthouse keeper portrayed by Richard Moll, famous as bailiff Bull on the sitcom "Night Court."

Though Rosman was unaware of the countless Tweets that "Sharknado" prompted when Syfy first ran it last month, Moll knew about it and realized what it might do for his own shark movie.

"I choose to live without a television, so I miss all this great stuff," he tells Zap2it.

It was way back in June when I called Sharknado “Syfy‘s latest entry for best-named movie mashup title” but who knew it was going to become the ratings juggernaut and social media darling of the summer? If you’ve been resisting, check out the TV spots below for Sharknado and its soulmate Ghost Shark, which premieres tonight following yet another rebroadcast of Sharknado.

I dare you not to howl:

TV Spot: Sharknado

TV Spot: Ghost Shark Premieres After Sharknado

Trailer: Ghost Shark

TV Spot: Ghost Shark – Quote Teaser

Come On, how could you not wanna see these? They. Look. Hilarious. And might even make you jump from time to time. Let your geek flag fly!

Sharknado, starring Ian Ziering, John Heard and Tara Reid, airs tonight, August 22 at 7/6c on Syfy.

Ghost Shark, starring Mackenzie Rosman, Richard Moll, Tim Taylor and Dave Davis premieres tonight, August 22 at 9/8c on Syfy.

Ghost Shark is not writer-director Griff Furst's first Syfy rodeo. Arachnoquake, Swamp Shark and Lake Placid 3 all bear his name as director. (He's also acted in quite a few Syfy movies.) Ghost Shark, though, is the first that gives him writing credit, for the story of a town haunted by the bloodthirsty phantom of a great white (airing Thursday, Aug. 22 at 9/8c). TV Guide Magazine spoke to Furst about the mechanics of a ghost shark kill, how one comes by the title of "Syfy original movie director," and the specter of Sharknado.

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Last Fourth of July, teenager Christy Bruce disappeared from a high school beach party. Her severed arm washed ashore a day later. Drunken sea captain Blaise Shaw became a hero to the small seaside community of Harmony after killing the great white shark that was deemed responsible, but the Christy Bruce murder was no shark attack. Blaise turns to ghost hunter Ava Conte, who is skeptical but intrigued by his ghost shark ramblings. With preparations for a massive July 4th celebration rapidly approaching, they soon find themselves embroiled in a conspiracy of sex and murder involving the town’s wealthiest and most powerful citizens. Unprepared to contend with a Ghost Shark that can hunt on land, sea, as well as anywhere there is enough water or rain to sustain its phantom form, Blaise and Ava must uncover the truth about the towns dark past or fall victim to the Ghost Shark.

Mackenzie blew everyone away when she stripped down for ‘Maxim’ and showed everyone that she’s no longer little Ruthie Camden from the hit show ’7th Heaven’! Even the 23-year-old bombshell’s former co-star George Stults couldn’t contain himself when talking to HollywoodLife.com about the photos!

Mackenzie Rosman, 23, is all grown up and her photos aren’t just shocking her fans! HollywoodLife.com spoke with George Stults, her former 7th Heaven co-star, right after the pics came out and he had a lot to say.

Mackenzie Rosman’s Co-Stars Speak Out On ‘Maxim’ Pics

George, who played Kevin Kinkirk on the hit show, spoke to HollywoodLife.com about Mackenzie’s pics, and what he said was so nice!

“I was extremely lucky to have worked with her,” he told us. “I had more fun with Mack on set than should be allowed! After this shoot, I know everyone...

After the success of Sharknado, which already has a sequel in development, Syfy is heading back into the water with Ghost Shark, debuting Thursday, August 22. The network has released a second trailer, following the trailer and poster that debuted a few weeks back, along with five behind-the-scenes photos featuring cast members Richard Moll and Tim Taylor. Take a look at the latest photos and images for what could be the next cult classic in the making.

Last Fourth of July, teenager Christy Bruce disappeared from a high school beach party. Her severed arm washed ashore a day later. Drunken sea captain Blaise Shaw became a hero to the small seaside community of Harmony after killing the great white shark that was deemed responsible, but the Christy Bruce murder was no shark attack. Blaise turns to ghost hunter Ava Conte, who is skeptical but intrigued by his ghost shark ramblings. With...