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Sometimes the past will cost you. So says the logline for upcoming psychological thriller Sprinkles, from Scheck Media in association with Philly Chick Pictures.

We've now been sent a poster, synopsis and trailer for this revenge-themed independent short, set for release this year, in which a call-girl faces violence and uncovers her attacker's secret fetish.

The full poster and trailer are included below.

Here's the official synopsis:

Sprinkles is a short psychological drama/thriller written and directed by Roger A. Scheck (Nobody Loves Alice) and stars Brooke Lewis (iMurders) and Don Danielson (Boxes).

High-priced call girl Maura (Brooke Lewis) has a seemingly chance encounter with a client, Gary (Don Danielson), while on a business trip.

When Gary turns violent in the midst of their exchange, Maura's fear slips away as she realises that Gary has a dirty little secret fetish.

Maura, with a secret of her own, reveals that this...

Curious to know what frightful films and devilish discs will be available to view in the privacy of your own digital dungeon this week? Fango's got you covered.

Below the jump you'll find the full list of titles arriving in-stores this Tuesday, August 11, 2009 in our weekly version of the famous Fangoria Chopping List - updated with all the last-minute additions and deletions.

Note: Clickable links lead to Amazon.com

Alien Tresspass - Image DVD & Bd

A flying saucer, ray guns, body snatching and a one-eyed monster from outer space! It’s all here in this action-packed sci-fi adventure! Eric McCormack stars as an astronomer who gets possessed by a friendly alien bent on saving our humble planet. But even with the help of a lovely diner waitress, is he any match for the Ghota, a one-eyed evil alien on a murderous rampage?

Bad Boy Bubby (Bd)

L.A. Weekly called it "disturbing and compelling,...

Filmmaker Hart D. Fisher gave Fango the details about the latest arm of his American Horrors project, currently a TV show spotlighting independent scream fare that airs throughout Europe. He’s now moving into the DVD field, with a series of titles set to come out under the American banner via Todd Taylor’s Indie-Pictures.

First up will be a disc of Fisher’s own serial-killer feature The Garbage Man, arriving in June, followed by a new title every month, including a new director’s cut of Indie-Pictures’ previous release Nobody Loves Alice. The first season of the American Horrors show will also be issued as a 10-disc set in October. “This distribution agreement, along with our foreign broadcast television deals, is a major step forward in our development of the American Horrors brand as a worldwide entity that performs as a production house, a distribution company and horror content provider across multiple platforms,...

• Leave it up to an indie writer-director to inject some fresh blood into the horror genre.  At a time when the entire scene seems mired in a PG-13 slump of remakes and plenty of copycat torture porn flicks, along comes newcomer Roger Scheck with the inspired Nobody Loves Alice, an intense, harrowing film that's sure to leave viewers with something to think about concerning what they just saw. An extremely low-budget film that doesn't quite feel low-budget, Nobody Loves Alice is the tale of an un-loved young woman who will do anything to capture her ideal fairy tale dream.  Caught up in the middle of it is poor Abigail, who, in a moment of weakness, decides to test her fiance Alex's fidelity by asking Alice to pose as an admirer of Alex to see how he reacts.  Wise to Abigail's scheme, Alex plays along, only to get caught up in Alice's web of love,

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Sorry it's so late, folks, but there's lots of horror DVDs to choose from coming your way this Tuesday, June 24th, so I hope you’ve been saving your cash!

Cannibal Terror (1980)

Directed by Alain Deruelle

One of the original Video Nasties! This French/Spanish co-production follow a pair of idiotic thieves and their large-breasted accomplice as they kidnap the daughter of a local tycoon and decide that the cannibal-infested jungle is the best hiding spot. True, no one would look for them there! Pretty soon they’re either being eaten alive or trying to escape from being eaten alive. Buy it here!!

The Chilling (1989)

Directed by Deland Nuse & Jack A. Sunseri

Now, I can see the benefits of having a cryogenics lab, freezing bodies to preserve them and bring them back when a cure is found for whatever is making them sick, but you’d hope they’d have...