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20th Century Studios’ and New Regency’s Barbarian Arrives on Digital October 25: "20th Century Studios and New Regency present Barbarian, the scariest movie of the year. From writer/director Zach Cregger, and noted horror producer Roy Lee comes a film both critics and audiences are raving about. The “exquisitely crafted scary story” is Certified-Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes™ and fans can enjoy exclusive behind-the-scenes bonus features when the film arrives on all major digital platforms October 25."

Film Synopsis

Arriving in Detroit for a job interview, a young woman books a rental home. But when she arrives late at night, she discovers that the house is double booked and a strange man is already staying there. Against her better judgement, she decides to spend the evening, but soon discovers that there’s a lot more to fear than just an unexpected house guest. From 20th Century Studios and New Regency, Barbarian stars Georgina Campbell,...

This years line up for 'Contamination 2011' continues to grow. Check out the list of additions to the already stellar lineup below, including Tony Todd!

From the Offical Release:

Dyer Straits Productions (Dsp) announce the newest additions to Contamination 2011 The Sequel: Tony Todd (“Candyman”), Bill Johnson (Leatherface in “Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2”), “Day of the Dead” Reunion with Gary Klar, Mark Tierno and Terry Alexander, Dan Shor (Ram in 1982’s “Tron”) along with Playboy Playmate Max Wasa. These celebrities join an already impressive lineup of icons at the highly anticipated follow-up to St. Louis’ first horror, sci-fi and pop-culture convention all under one roof. The Sheraton Westport Chalet will host the event June 24th – 26th, 2011. Actor Eric Roberts and “The Boondock Saints” Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus and David Dela Rocco are headlining the event.

Horror fans will also have a “Jason” (Kane Hodder, “Friday the 13th parts 7-10”), a “Michael Myers” (Brad Loree,...

SyFy has just announced that a new sci-fi web series called The Mercury Men is coming soon to Syfy.com, which is inspired by the same retro serials that gave us Star Wars and Indiana Jones.

Read the official announcement from SyFy:

Marking Major Expansion Of Original Digital Content Following The Success Of Riese: Kingdom Falling, Syfy.Com Announces New Sci-fi Web Series The Mercury Men Debuts In Early 2011

Riese: Kingdom Falling Delivers More Than One Million Streams In Just Two Months

New York - January 21, 2011 - Following the enormous success of the seriesRiese: Kingdom Falling - which generated 1.2 million streams in only two months - Syfy.com will expand its original digital content slate with the 10-part The Mercury Men, it was announced today by Craig Engler, Senior Vice President/General Manager, Syfy Digital.

Created by acclaimed director Christopher Preksta (Captain Blasto), The Mercury Men(each episode...

The wait is finally over. Christopher Preksta’s noir sci-fi world that envelops The Mercury Men is now ready for prime time. In the parlor game of guessing just where the highly-anticapted web series would end up, Syfy was always high on the list. Now comes the official word out of the NBCu-owned network that it is licensing the series for exclusive distribution on its Syfy.com hub, in a similar deal to the steampunk drama Riese: Kingdom Falling. Set in an alternate version of 1975—where aliens really do inhabit the other planets of our solar system—the 10-art series picks up with pure-light beings from the planet Mercury invading earth. The story’s reluctant protagonist Edward Borman (Mark Tierno), a government office grunt finds himself in the middle of ground zero for defending the planet. Luckily he gets some help from clean-cut action hero Jack Yaeger (Curt Wootton) who...

You walk into a government office, the dreary kind with white-walled cubicles and humming fluorescent lights. You need a form stamped, but the underpaid government employee is a jerk and won’t do it without you going through another chain of bureaucracy for the right signatures. It’s not enough you’ve been standing in line for hours while sweat drips down the back of your neck. That government employee is Edward Borman (Mark Tierno), one of the heroes in Chris Preksta’s The Mercury Men, a sci-fi web series set in an alternative history in 1975 where aliens really do live on other planets in our solar system. When pure-light beings from the planet Mercury invade earth, it is up to him and action-hero Jack Yaeger (Curt Wootten) to stop them. Did we mention the baddies shoot lightning from their fingertips? The action-hero, adorned with a leather flight helmet while brandishing a laser pistol,...

Influenced by equal shares Hitchcock, The Twilight Zone and the pulp scifi of Star Wars, Chris Preksta's The Mercury Men looks like a rollicking return to the classic cliffhanger serials of the 20s and 30s. But don't expect "an homage with cheesy dialogue, corny characters, and bad special effects" says Prekstra." The Mercury Men has been designed "as a modern story with the great suspense, danger, and mystery the serials were known for at the time."

Edward Borman, a lowly government office drone, finds himself trapped, when the deadly Mercury Men seize his office building as a staging ground for their nefarious plot. Aided by a daring aerospace engineer from a mysterious organization known as “The League,” Edward must stop the invaders and their doomsday device, the Gravity Engine.

The new web series, written and directed by Christopher Preksta (Captain Blasto) stars Mark Tierno (Day of the Dead, The Road...

When Christopher Preksta set out to make a movie in 2003, I don't think he ever would have imagined recutting it as a web series nearly three years after it's initial release. Originally shot in and around Pittsburgh, Pa for a modest budget of $7,000, Captain Blasto (the series) launched last June, a scant month-and-a-half before the sitebusting debut of Joss Whedon's Dr. Horrible. Outside of the eerily familiar costuming (why do villain's always have to wear lab coats?), and the fact that both shows fall smack dab into the middle of the popular super-hero genre, Captain Blasto and Dr. Horrible have very little in common, and unlike the doctor, Blasto never quite found its audience online (it pulled in a total of twelve-thousand cumulative views on YouTube), despite coverage in io9 and a whole slew of other outlets. The series, whose finale went live on Nov. 10, follows the exploits of...