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Perhaps predictably, Syfy has green-lit a third Sharknado movie, according to Adweek. The sequel, Sharknado 2: The Second One, premieres in July, but the low-budget schlocktaculars more or less spawn themselves. For some reason, Sharknado garnered a huge amount of attention last summer, even though it's ludicrous plot, garbagetown production values, and C-list cast define just about every Syfy movie. Where's the threequel for Mansquito? Or Dinocroc vs. Supergator? Dog Soldiers? Mongolian Death Worm? Frankenfish? Flu Bird Horror? Those are all real, and just as terrible as Sharknado.

Before the Graboids ever came along and started devouring people, the Sandworms roamed the Earth, in the Frank Herbert-created Dune franchise. Based on the Mongolian Death Worm of cryptid lore, the Sandworms are essentially massive worms with sharp rows of teeth, which call the desert home. Thanks to this fun recipe, they're making their way out of the desert, and onto the dessert menu!

Chris-Rachael Oseland runs the website Kitchen Overlord, where she fuses her passion for cooking with her love for all things geeky. She devoted last week's recipes to the world of Dune, wherein she created this edible Sandworm, in tribute to David Lynch's feature film adaptation of Herbert's novels.

All you'll need to make your very own Dune Sandworm cake are simple ingredients like yeast, eggs, butter and flour, and this bad boy comes infused with a tasty pumpkin pie spice filling, and topped off with a cinnamon sugar glaze.

Last year we came across a series of classy retro-style travel posters by artist & designer Fernando Reza, inviting curious and/or courageous explorers to visit the home turf of mythical monsters – including iconic cryptids like Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster and the Chupacabra (if you missed it, you can still check them out here). One year later, Reza has unveiled a second installment in the series, starring creatures that previously haunted our own news features – including the “Ningen” ice giants from Japanese legend (which were allegedly sighted in the Antarctic, as reported here) and the hideous Mongolian Death Worm (as seen in our “Cryptid Catalog” feature). Visit Fro Design Company for these and more of Reza's designs, including some sweet genre and cult movie poster concepts in the archives (Brotherhood of the Wolf, Re-Animator and American Werewolf in London designs are particularly choice).

A lot has changed since Alan Jones from Total Film coined the term Splat Pack referring to a group of gory movie makers who sought to stretch the boundaries of what would be considered acceptable in an R rated film. The sea of blood and guts that rolled across the cinema screen starting in 2002 gradually pulled back to low tide. PG-13 became the new R rating once again and the MPAA decided to pull itself up by its bootstraps to enforce its code. For the Splat Pack, originally consisting of Rob Zombie, Eli Roth (the Frank Sinatra of the Pack according to Quentin Tarantino), James Wan, Leigh Whannell, Robert Rodriquez (added later by association), Greg McLean, Neil Marshall, Alexadre Aja and Darren Lynn Bousman, filmmaking has gone as usual, and each has made a substantial contribution to the horror genre in a positive way, testing the limits of our stomach...

Our series on cryptozoology – the study of creatures whose existence has not yet been proven scientifically – began with a gaze into the red eyes of The Barghest Hound, a deadly beast of British legend. Today we're venturing into the barren wastelands of the Gobi Desert to examine a hideous specimen whose description dates back to ancient native folklore from the area, and continues to be reported even today: The Mongolian Death Worm. In native legends, the so-called “intestine worm” takes its nickname from its resemblance to a human intestinal tract. Stories about its exact appearance, size and behavior have varied over the generations, but it has been claimed to be over a yard long, blood-red in color, and can allegedly kill its prey by spitting acid and/or poison. Some tales include mention of its ability to emit an electrical charge (similar to the electric eel) to locate and incapacitate its living targets.

My mom is a huge fan of the SyFy Original kind of cinema that Doomsday Prophecy belongs to. She likes to describe these kinds of movies as “carnage candy”, which both disturbs me while also making me chuckle. That said, for those looking to sit back and enjoy some good ‘ole fashioned “carnage candy” as my dear ‘ole ma’ puts it, you’re in luck.

This movie is from the producers/geniuses behind Stonehenge Apocalypse and … wait for it … Mongolian Death Worm. The fact that a movie called Mongolian Death Worm exists blows my mind, and I’ll be seeking it out as soon as possible. After a series of bizarre geological and astrological events occur around the world and at the edge of our solar system, government officials, scientists and a proofreader at a publishing company seek out a modern day Nostradamus. Sorry for that horrific run-on sentence, but...

To celebrate Syfy’s June extravaganza of four Saturday Original Movies – Jersey Shore Shark Attack, Piranhaconda, Arachnoquake, and Bigfoot – Syfy Digital is offering fans free streaming of prior Saturday Original Movies at its new Movie Hub via Syfy Rewind.

In addition to streaming the movies, Syfy's Saturday Original Movie Hub showcases Caption This!, where fans can add their unique sense of humor as a caption to a photo from their favorite original movie, while users everywhere can join the fun by rating the captions. The mini-site also features weekly Viewer Polls (one per original movie) with a wide variety of questions pertaining to movie themes such as creatures, disasters, aliens, and zombies.

At this new destination fans can check in with the social service GetGlue and earn exclusive stickers for all new Original Movies as well as follow @SyfyMovies on Twitter and like Syfy Movies on Facebook.

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Horror fans likely recognize the lovely visage of actress Jon Mack from films like Spiders 3D, Saw VI, Mandrake, Camel Spiders, Mongolian Death Worm, Super Tanker and more... but how many of you know about her edgy future-gothic electronica group Auradrone? If you're not among that number yet, now's your chance, as the band has just released a new long-form music video for the track "Shadow" from their second full-length album Bleeding Edge. We've got the full film below the jump, along with more info about Jon and her exotic musical venture, so be sure to check it out... but bear in mind there's some not quite safe-for-work images in this amazingly grim and beautiful film. Directed by acclaimed video...

Wolves mate for life, but we learned in "BrotherFae of the Wolves" that friendships are not always bonded with the same strength.

With a flashback to the Middle Ages, we get a glimpse of Dyson's former life and his first encounter with the Norn. He was a member of a wolf pack that served a king. When his best wolf friend, Stephen, was ordered to take on a dangerous mission, Dyson went to the Norn to ask her to save his life. The Norn agreed, but only if Dyson would give up his wolf. That was an agreement he couldn't make.

When Stephen died, the King took his wife, Ciara. Dyson was furious and wanted to fight the King, but the wolf pack stood in the King's protection. And, Dyson left the pack and Ciara behind.

That's how Dyson became a lone wolf. And, it explained so much about why...

The sci-fi horror feature "Camel Spiders", executive produced by exploitation movie king Roger Corman, will be released by Anchor Bay Entertainment on DVD and Blu-ray, March 27, 2012 :

"...in the deserts of the Middle East, a platoon of soldiers is terrorized by a gang of large, fast and deadly arachnids called 'Camel Spiders'. The soldiers escape the deadly attack but accidently transport several of the evil beasts with them to the American southwest. There, an 'Army Captain' (Brian Krause), a small-town 'Sheriff' (C. Thomas Howell) and a desperate group of locals and tourists must survive a frightening infestation of crawling carnage..."

Diana Terranova ("Get Him to the Greek"), GiGi Erneta ("Raptor") and Jon Mack ("Mongolian Death Worm") co-star.

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Camel Spiders"...

Ahead of Halloween, Lions Gate Home Entertainment have given us horror movie, Mongolian Death Worm to give away to three lucky winners. The movie is available to buy now but we want to give you the chance to win one!

Toxic. Carnivorous. Subterranean. An ancient and terrifying myth becomes reality in Mongolian Death Worm. A quest for oil turns into a fight for life as a team of engineers unwittingly disturb a gigantic and bloodthirsty creature intent on their destruction. Starring Sean Patrick Flannery (Saw: The Final Chapter), Mongolian Death Worm is yours to own on DVD this forthcoming Halloween.

When an American oil company sets up an experimental drilling plant out in the vast deserts of Mongolia, they are completely oblivious to what actually lies beneath them. Pumping hot water deep into the ground, the company is hoping to expose untapped oil, but what they end up uncovering is something no one ever expected.

Films like Steven R. Monroe’s 2010 SyFy original “Mongolian Death Worm” aren’t very difficult to review. It’s pretty simple stuff: You either like it or you don’t. There isn’t anything to dissect, nothing to chew over. In fact, “Mongolian Death Worm” is even easier to grade than other low-budget creature features, as it falls under what I like to call the “Tremors Technique”. Instead of critiquing the picture in a traditional manner, I assess the situation and score it against “Tremors” and its sequels. Since the installments in that series are automatically arranged from best to worst — “Tremors”, of course, being the high water mark — assigning a sequel to a monster movie like “Mongolian Death Worm” is a relatively easy task to accomplish. After all, just about every post-”Tremors” giant worm movie owes at least one thing or another to Ron Underwood’s camp classic.

Director Stephen R. Monroe recently rose to prominence in the horror community with his satisfying and well-received remake of the classic video nasty I Spit On Your Grave, and whilst that film has brought Monroe plaudits and kudos, it wasn’t always that way…

Monroe carved out his early career with numerous straight to DVD monster movies, and more recently a number of Syfy original movies. One such monster movie, Mongolian Death Worm, is set to receive a rare UK airing in June on Movies24. Written and directed by Monroe and starring former Young Indiana Jones and Saw 3D star Sean Patrick Flanery, Drew Waters and George Cheung, the film sees:

an American oil company sets up an experimental drilling plant out in the vast deserts of Mongolia, they awaken a nest. The deadly creatures begin to breed and spread, devouring everyone in their path. The only person who can...

Syfy and Korean monsters, machine-gun-toting Japanese schoolgirls, and some re-releases are the topics of this week's horror titles.

While Dinoshark (directed by Kevin O'Neill and starring Eric Balfour, Iva Hasperger, Aaron Diaz, Humberto Busto, Roger Corman) and Mongolian Death Worm (directed by Steven R. Monroe and starring Sean Patrick Flanery, Victoria Pratt) were on cable TV only recently, they're already here on home video. On top of that Chawz, the "Jaws with a wild boar" offering from Korea, and the hilariously unbelievable Machine Girl are vying for your purse strings all way from the Far East.

For the classically inclined, re-releases of Roger Corman's The Terror with a young Jack Nicholson, The Dorm That Dripped Blood, El Topo, as well as Francis Ford Coppola's Dementia 13 will keep you company this week.

The Terror

Directed by Roger Corman

Starring Jack Nicholson, Boris Karloff, Sandra Knight

In one of his first-ever roles,...

Directed by: Steven R. Monroe

Written by: Steven R. Monroe, Neil Elman, Kevin Leeson

Cast: Sean Patrick Flanery, Victoria Pratt, George Cheung, Drew Waters, Billy Blair, Cheryl Chin, Jon Mack

There’s a lot going on in Mongolian Death Worm, the underachieving Syfy original movie directed by Steven R. Monroe. Is it the story of a self-described "scoundrel" hunting for treasure? Or is it the tale of a dedicated doctor trying to save a village from pestilence? Or is it the account of oil exploration run amok that is also a metaphor for the way humanity is looting the resources of Mother Earth to deadly consequence? One could say it's all those things, and maybe that's why Mongolian Death Worm fails to entertain as well as it might. Or maybe it's just because the filmmakers never deliver any more than is absolutely necessary. Yeah, that's probably it.

Sean Patrick Flanery plays Daniel,...

Review by Michael Pickle, MoreHorror.com

From the cable network that brought you such small screen gems as Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus, Alien Apocalypse, and Mega Piranha comes the latest Syfy Original CGI-fest Mongolian Death Worm.

Although not a masterpiece, it's not as bad as you think. Sean Patrick Flanery brings a certain level of sweaty charm and the resident hot chick, Victoria Pratt, turns in a decent performance and certainly looks good doing it, but I wouldn't go so far as to recommend this. If you're at home alone on a Saturday night and it happens to come on SyFy channel and nothing else better is on then, by all means, tune in. I wouldn't miss a rerun of the Simpsons for it though.

When an American oil drilling company starts experimental drilling in Mongolia they awaken a large colony of giant, burrowing, man-eating worms. These worms, as legend tells it,...

The next time you have a free moment in your insanely chaotic lives, be sure to give some thanks to the folks who work those long, hard hours over at SyFy. If not for them, my love for the proverbial “creature feature” may never have been rekindled. Not only do I have a Bluray copy of “Sharktopus” on the way, I’m also the proud owner of “Mega Piranha”, a film I happen to hold in very high regard. I’m going to ask you not to judge me on this one, but I’m pretty sure you already have. Much appreciated. Lionsgate — a company I often shake my angry first at — is planning to unleash director and co-writer Steven R. Monroe’s goofy science fiction actioner “Mongolian Death Worm” on April 26th, 2011. As far as I can tell, the film will not appear on Bluray, though I’m hoping...

Mock Syfy's original movies all you want, they still do solid ratings. They're also free to watch. How about paying to watch Syfy monster movies about fairy tale trolls, giant worms, and ancient fiends? Would you feel an April's fool to purchase a quartet of Syfy monsters heading to DVD?

April 5th brings two such creature features that start with the letter B. Behemoth (review here) just premiered on Syfy last month and is fastracking its way to DVD shelves. "Eureka" co-star Ed Quinn contends with a giant monster erupting from a mountain to potentially bring about the end of the world, or so says "X-Files" Cigarette Smoking Man, William B. Davis.

An earthquake reactivates a long-dormant volcano threatening the small town of Ascension, trembling in its shadow. But the gaping maws in the region reveal evidence of something else a centuries-old subterranean creature at last given the chance to...

Director Steven R. Monroe and Anchor Bay Entertainment are bringing all of us horror fans I Spit On Your Grave in awesome Unrated form! One thing people, go out and support this horror film to make a statement and show the studios and theater chains that unrated movies can be successfull. Check out my latest "Versus" with Steven R. Monroe  to see if I can get all this down, dictated and with minimal typos from our phone conversation! Oh and he diggs Geektyrant!

 

Brian  S- First off Steven I have to tell you I'm a huge fan of the Syfy movies you directed, Mongolian Death Worm just rocked, Sasquatch Mountain, and Ogre were all just fun to watch! Keep making them! It's almost like we're in a resurgance with the monster movies.

 

Steven R. Monroe-  Hahaha, that's cool I'm glad you liked them, A lot of people didn't get...

Oh, how the worm turned for Syfy. The all American B-Movie is resurrected from the dead and brought back to life by great crews and terrific actors playing along for posterity. Popcorn movie goodness alert for Syfy's "Mongolian Death Worm," which premieres Saturday May 8th at 9pm. Treasure hunter Daniel (Sean Patrick Flanery) and U.N. aide worker Doctor Alicia (Victoria Pratt) have the quintessential not-so-cute meet as they barter with each other for a favor, and find themselves battling local bandits while searching for Genghis Khan.s secret tomb in central Mongolia. The crypt is guarded by man-eating Mongolian death worms, now plump and rehydrated thanks to an evil oil company's tinkerings, who sport projectile anus-like mandibles that...

Not sure if we've covered the project here already or not, but Mongolian Death Worm director Steven R. Monroe is remaking the classic 70s rape and revenge shocker, I Spit on Your Grave for Cinetel Films and Anchor Bay Ent. I'm a pretty big "fan" of the first, it being one of the first truly disturbing film experiences of my youth (Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Hitcher are among others). I swear I never took a bath again.

Synopsis:

A writer who is brutalized during her cabin retreat seeks revenge on her attackers, who left her for dead.

The first one-sheet for the project has appeared online and you can see it in full after the break. Anyone out there remember the original?

Full HD trailer here. Copy of the trailer after the break.

Head to Quiet Earth to see the stills.

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We gave you a very low quality bootleg trailer of "I Spit on Your Grave" earlier today (click here) and now courtesy of Anchor Bay we get a sneak peak at the new one-sheet movie poster. We have to say, we actually dig it so to speak...

Plot Synopsis: Retelling a horrific tale of revenge, "I Spit on Your Grave" follows writer Jennifer Hills as she retreats from the city to a charming cabin in the woods to start on her next book. But Jennifer’s presence in the small town attracts the attention of a few morally deprived locals who set out one night to teach this city girl a lesson.

They break into her cabin to scare her. However, what starts out as terrifying acts of humiliation and intimidation, quickly and uncontrollably escalates into a night of physical abuse and torturous assault. But before they can kill her,...

It's certainly got one of the more intriguing titles amongst Syfy's upcoming originals and chances are on May 8, at 9Pm (Et/Pt) you'll be doing the exact same thing that I'll be doing. Sitting home watching Mongolian Death Worm on Syfy. Hit the jump for a sneak peek which features plenty of gunfire and plenty of Mongolian Death Worms chowing down. Mongolian Death Worm - Premieres Saturday, May 8, at 9Pm (Et/Pt)—A treasure hunter who has been searching for a tomb containing Genghis Khan's treasure teams with a humanitarian Un health worker to stop the Mongolian Death Worms, awakened by experimental oil drilling in the Mongolian desert. Stars Patrick Flannery and Victoria Pratt.

On May 8, SyFy debuts Mongolian Death Worm , the latest in the network's line of creature features. Sean Patrick Flannery and Victoria Pratt star in this tale of a treasure hunter who has been searching for a tomb containing Genghis Khan's treasure. He teams with a humanitarian Un health worker to stop the Mongolian Death Worms, awakened by experimental oil drilling in the Mongolian desert. Check out the clip below which features the titular monster chowing down! Dig it.

And we, the biggest of the big genre nerds, couldn't be happier. Many thought the channel jumped the shark with the change from Sci-Fi to the SyFy network but execs at the newly branded SyFy channel want us to know otherwise...

Below is a sample of all the new shows and movies slated for release later this year.

Mega Piranha—Premieres Saturday, April 10, at 9Pm (Et/Pt)—An unusual alliance tries to stop a mutant strain of giant ferocious piranhas that have escaped from the Amazon and are eating their way to Florida. Stars Barry Williams, Tiffany and Paul Logan.

Mothman—Premieres Saturday, April 24, at 9Pm (Et/Pt)—The legendary West Virginia monster returns to exact revenge on five childhood friends who covered up an accidental killing. Stars Jewel Staite.

Mongolian Death Worm—Premieres Saturday, May 8, at 9Pm (Et/Pt)—A treasure hunter who has been searching for a tomb...

This past weekend gave us Dinoshark (review here), the trailer for the Syfy bound Dinocroc vs. Supergator just went live, and we're all chomping at the bit for Sharktopus; but what else does Syfy have in store for viewers? Glad you asked. A new slate of Saturday night creature features has been announced, and I can tell you about a few others, too.

First up, let's just quote from Syfy's own press announcement (note that we've previously reported on a few of these):

Mega Piranha—Premieres Saturday, April 10, at 9Pm (Et/Pt)—An unusual alliance tries to stop a mutant strain of giant ferocious piranhas that have escaped from the Amazon and are eating their way to Florida. Stars Barry Williams, Tiffany, and Paul Logan.

Mothman—Premieres Saturday, April 24, at 9Pm (Et/Pt)—The legendary West Virginia monster returns to exact revenge on five childhood friends who covered up an accidental killing.

Interview by Kayley Thomas

Sean Patrick Flanery – When I told Heidi I’d set up an interview with him for Pretty/Scary, I think her heart might have stopped momentarily. Mine may have skipped a beat too. There’s a lot to love. He had that cute and creepy thing going for him in Powder. He was simply adorable (I mean, very manly) as Young Indiana Jones. He had the honor of getting ganked by Christopher Walken in Suicide Kings. He’s brought us some serious (and not-so serious) scares in Demon Hunter, The Masters of Horror’s The Damned Thing, Kaw, and The Insatiable, as well as episodes of Charmed, The Outer Limits, The Twilight Zone, and more recently, The Dead Zone. And he’s got some more sf/f and horror in the works: Deadly Impact hits DVD this April with Mongolian Death Worms and Scavengers slated for later in 2010. Plus,...

-Interview by Nic Brown-

The Saw franchise has been going strong now for six films. Every Halloween since 2004 the killer Jigsaw has returned to play his games with hapless victims. Now actress, model and musician Jon Mack is ready to play as she joins the series in Saw VI. Of course there is more going on in this multitalented performer's world than just solving Jigsaw's puzzles; she's got two new films coming out on the SyFy channel and her band, Auradrone, is shaking things up musically with their album Whitelite Britelite. Now Jon takes some time out of her film and music career to talk about some her new projects, how she feels the internet has changed things in the music business, and why you may find her down at the gun range choosing between her Glock and a shotgun!

Jon, you're in the newest installment in the Saw franchise: Saw VI.

We've got an early announcement for this Friday's installment of Fangoria Radio (airing live on Sirius Xm Stars satellite radio, Sirius channel 108/Xm channel 139, from 10 p.m.-1 a.m. Est, with a repeat immediately thereafter), that actor Sean Patrick Flanery will be joining us for a chat.

Flanery can currently be seen starring in Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day, and he'll be filling us in on his upcoming roles in Mongolian Death Worms and Sunshine Superman, along with several other upcoming projects that he's got in the pipeline.

You can listen to Fangoria Radio over the Internet for just $12.95 per month; for information and to sign up for Sirius Xm, click here! Or to sign up for a free seven-day pass to listen to Fango Radio and other great Sirius programming, go here. You can also find a ton of great Fango Radio highlights on iTunes; these free...

We now have a new favorite title for a Syfy original movie: Mongolian Death Worms! But bear in mind that they didn’t make up that moniker; it seems the Mongolian Death Worm is a cryptozoological species that has been reported and investigated for decades now, which makes it a surprise that Syfy didn’t catch up with it sooner.

The Worm supposedly ranges from 2 to 5 feet long and lives under the sands of the Gobi desert, from which it emerges to kill its prey via either spitting caustic acid or launching electrical shocks. As for its movie incarnation, Mongolian Death Worms recently lensed in Dallas, TX for Ogre and Wyvern director Steven R. Monroe, who scripted with Sea Beast’s Neil Elman. Veteran actor-turned-filmmaker Andrew Stevens produced, with Masters Of Horror: The Damned Thing’s Sean Patrick Flanery, House Of The Dead 2’s Victoria Pratt, George Cheung...