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Sure, you've seen the film a million times. You've seen the sequels and the remakes, but don't make the mistake of thinking you've seen everything from Night of the Living Dead. From October 8-27 in Toronto you can see George A. Romero's classic tale brought to life live on stage.

Tickets are available online via nightofthelivingdeadlive.com.

For more info visit the official Night of the Living Dead Live website, "like" Night of the Living Dead Live on Facebook and follow Night of the Living Dead Live on Twitter (@LivingDeadLive).

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In celebration of the 45th anniversary of the premiere of George A. Romero’s cult hit Night of the Living Dead, Christopher Harrison and Phil Pattison of Nictophobia Film are bringing the stage production of Night of the Living Dead Live back from October 8-27 at Theatre Passe Muraille, 16 Ryerson Avenue in Toronto. Night of the Living Dead...

The 49er. I'm not talking about the San Fran type that was just a couple of bobbled balls away from the Super Bowl this year... I’m talking about the real thing. The water panning, gold tooth wearing, scraggly haired, crazy eyed character from early American history. That's what we're looking at in the upcoming short The Prospector's Curse.

Yukon Cornelius be damned. You know these early prospectors had to be a little unbalanced. You can't just sit with a pan in the water all day hoping gold will wash up into it without being a little touched. It's this fun thought that drives The Prospector's Curse, which incidentally carries the tagline "There's blood in them there hills!". It's early in 2012, but that is officially one of our favorite tags so far this year.

The film is currently in post-production in Toronto, Canada. For more info visit The Prospector's Curse Facebook page.

Syfy's website and the teaser trailer that debuted today have different names for this film, but for now we'll stick with Gretl: Witch Hunter. Look for it on Saturday, February 25th, at 9/8c.

Gretl: Witch Hunter (or Witchslayer Gretl), written by Brook Durham (Red: Werewolf Hunter), stars Shannen Doherty, Paul McGillion, and Emilie Ullerup.

Synopsis:

Twenty years after his encounter with the witch, a grown-up Hansel returns to the haunted forest, seeking revenge. But there's a surprise waiting - his sister Gretel (whom he thought had been killed) is the witch's protégé.

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Tired of seeing New York and Los Angeles get destroyed on film? Wish disaster movies could find a different metropolis to reduce to rubble? This weekend’s Swamp Volcano unleashes a lava storm on Miami. And then a month from now you can take a double-dip trip to the black forest of fairy tales in two back-to-back Syfy original premieres: Black Forest and Gretl: Witch Hunter.

Hollywood’s renewed fascination with fractured takes on classic fairy tales sure came out of nowhere, didn’t it? Now it’s everywhere on big and small screens. February 25th will see Syfy getting in on the craze with a pair of unhappily ever afters making their world premieres as part of a Saturday night double feature.

First up at 7/6 Cst is Black Forest from director Patrick Dinhut (Dead & Deader) and screenwriter Frank H. Woodward (Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown).

A group of...

Well, it’s a new year so we have tons of films that we liked from last year to be released on DVD & Blu-Ray. Also, later this year, we will see films that maybe either never got a DVD release before or receive a hi-def upgrade. Here is the first Home Invasion post of 2012 and there are a couple of titles might catch your eye.

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season Five

Reunite with the “Master of Suspense,” Alfred Hitchcock, for more of the mind-boggling twists and devious thrills synonymous with one of TV’s greatest shows, Alfred Hitchcock Presents. In the fifth season, delve into 38 stories of greed, larceny, revenge and murder where every...

If you missed Syfy's disaster of a flick known as Red: Werewolf Hunter (review here), no worries! You can now avoid it at your leisure because it's coming home to DVD!

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is handling the DVD release of Sheldon Wilson's action-horror flick starring Felicia Day, Stephen McHattie, and Kavan Smith. No special features are included. Except for the usage of the Resident Evil font on the cover. Look for it (or don't) on January 3rd!

Synopsis

Virginia "Red" Sullivan (Felicia Day, The Guild) leads a group of werewolf hunters, safeguarding the pact between humans and the werewolves. When a new breed of rogue werewolves led by Gabriel (Stephen McHattie, Watchmen) break the truce between hunters and wolves, Red sets out to kill Gabriel to save mankind.

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Virginia "Red" Sullivan (Felicia Day, The Guild) leads a group of werewolf hunters, safeguarding the pact between humans and the werewolves. When a new breed of rogue werewolves led by Gabriel (Stephen McHattie, Watchmen) break the truce between hunters and wolves, Red sets out to kill Gabriel to save mankind.

It is now up to Red to prevent a full-fledged werewolf takeover in Red: Werewolf Hunter, the SyFy original movie making its DVD debut on January 3.  You'll find the cover art inside.

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The Living Corpse: “Marshal Hilton Co-Stars in Shoreline Entertainment’s 3D Animated Action-Horror-Thriller Feature Film ‘The Living Corpse’. Directed By Justin Paul Ritter, and based on the Original Comic Book graphic novel ‘The Living Corpse’ created Buzz Hasson and Ken Haeser, Marshal performs the voice of ‘Asteroth’, a 3,000 year old Gargoyle whose role is that of ‘Guide, Mentor and Spiritual advisor to its newest, unwitting and confused visitor ‘the Corpse’, to the land of the ‘Undead’.”

For more information, visit the official website for The Living Corpse at: http://corpsecomic.com/

Dracula vs. Robin Hood vs. Jekyll & Hyde: Publisher Mohawk Media has released the first issue of its digital comic book series, Dracula vs. Robin Hood vs. Jekyll & Hyde:

“Legendary characters Dracula, Robin Hood,...

Ryan M. Andrews is preparing to dive into the post-apocalyptic world for his upcoming film Sick. Featuring a diverse cast of newcomers and veterans (including scream queen and Doctor Gash's #1 crush Debbie Rochon), Sick begins spreading the disease as cameras start rolling this week in Toronto.

In a storyline that seems like a combination of Stephen King's epic tale The Stand and I Am Legend, Sick drops us into a world where billions have died from a plague and three survivors find themselves struggling against incredible odds as things go from bad to oh shit.

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The feature film Sick, directed by Ryan M. Andrews (Black Eve) and produced by Bruno Marino (Anything Goes), goes to camera in the greater Toronto area this Thursday, November 3rd.

Besides the lead, newcomer Christina Aceto (Let It Out), the latest talent lineup for Sick includes Richard Sutton (Tensions, Lingerie...

After first winning attention on the genre scene for his 2005 chiller Shallow Ground, director Sheldon Wilson has been busy bringing terror to the Syfy channel with the likes of Carny, Mothman and Red: Werewolf Hunter. For his latest movie for the network, premiering this Saturday at 9/8 Central, he went up a Killer Mountain and lived to tell Fango the tale, and send a few exclusive photos.

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After first winning attention on the genre scene for his 2005 chiller Shallow Ground, director Sheldon Wilson has been busy bringing terror to the Syfy channel with the likes of Carny, Mothman and Red: Werewolf Hunter. For his latest movie for the network, premiering this Saturday at 9/8 Central, he went up a Killer Mountain and lived to tell Fango the tale, and send a few exclusive photos.

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Here is a preview of director Richard Powell's upcoming horror short "Familiar." This latest film comes from Canadian production company Fatal Pictures, which recently completely another horror short, titled "Worm." Both "Familiar" and "Worm" have been acted in by Robert Nolan. Nolan plays the central protagonist in "Familiar" and this is a tale of a middle aged man who is hearing strange voices!

Have a look at the first official poster art, which shows: green flesh and scarring. There is no word on when this title will release; however, Fangoria has hosted an expose on this film in issue #305. More details on "Familiar" are below.

The short synopsis for "Familiar:"

"Through a series of tragic events a middle aged man grows to suspect the negative impulses plaguing his mind may not be his own" (Fatal).

Director/writer: Richard Powell.

Cinematography: Michael Jari Davidson.

Special Effects: Ryan Louagie, Carlos Henriques,...

Unfortunately, SyFy‘s Red: Werewolf Hunter hit in the midst of holiday and sporting options that took over the collective mindset, and the media push for the show was not quite what it might have been. An entertaining bit of fantasy fun somewhere in the “tradition” of SyFy’s other fable spins (Tin Man and Alice), Red: Werewolf Hunter stars new media sensation Felicia Day as a descendant of Little Red Riding Hood… sort of… or something.

The show will air again sometime in December, and Twitter clued me in earlier today that there are hopes it will be available online before that, so you will have a chance at it again, but the interview with Felicia Day was too interesting to let lie.

It was an especially interesting call, and necessarily edited though it may be, I tried to leave much of it as it happened. Well, plus, I...

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The newly launched Sony Movie Channel wants to see your best "You talkin' to me?" Robert De Niro impression from the film "Taxi Driver." Viewers can upload their videos at the channel's website where others can vote on the best one. [Press Release]

Syfy's original movie "Red: Werewolf Hunter" captured 2.06 million viewers on Saturday, Oct. 30. The movie about a descendant of Red Riding Hood (played by Felicia Day) who expands the family business to werewolf killing placed the network in the No. 2 spot for cable entertainment networks in the 25-54 age group and attracted 746,000 viewers from the 18-49 age group. [Press Release]

"Public Speaking," the HBO documentary directed by Martin Scorsese and featuring Andy Warhol scribe, Fran Lebowitz, premieres Monday, Nov. 22 at 10 p.m. Et. [Press Release]

MTV has apologized for statements made in their Season 2 reunion show about a transgendered...

Felicia Day has gone from battling vampires on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" to their hairier foes on Syfy's "Red: Werewolf Hunter."

The Syfy original movie that premieres Saturday (Oct. 30) in time to warm up fans for Halloween centers on Virginia Sullivan, aka Red, who comes from a long line of werewolf hunters beginning with the legendary Red Riding Hood.

"I've left my family to sort of find myself outside of the obligation of werewolf hunting," Day tells the press. "And I'm bringing my fiancee [Nathan played by Kavan Smith] back to introduce to my family hoping that I will be able to get permission to tell him this secret part of my life. He gets bitten and it's sort of a struggle to try to save everything I want would love in the movie."

Although she could see how some would find similarities between Red and her "Buffy" character Vi, Day thinks the stories diverge.

Saturday night horror returns to Syfy with "Red: Werewolf Hunter" starring Felicia Day. "Red" airs on Syfy Saturday, October 30, at 9:00 p.m. Take one comely heiress privvy to a family secret, engaged to a man who is on the outside of the information loop, while a full moon, a large looming estate, creepy local grounds and a host of werewolves gather, and you have yourself a merry little Saturday night popcorn film that shows off the charms of Felicia Day. In the SyFy original movie "Red: Werewolf Hunter," Day stars as Red, a descent of Little Red Riding Hood. Taking her fiancé home to meet the cryptic tight-lipped family, he finds out the hard way that...

Earlier this week, SciFi Mafia had the wonderful opportunity to speak with Felicia Day (The Guild, Eureka), star of SyFy’s Red: Werewolf Hunter premiering tonight. Red is part of SyFy’s series of modernized fairy tales like Beauty and the Beast and Hansel and Gretel and tonight’s installment is just what we need to celebrate Halloween.

Day stars in Red: Werewolf Hunter along with Kavan Smith (Stargate: Extinction, Eureka) and Stephen McHattie (Immortals, Happy Town). Day portrays Virginia Sullivan, “a descendant of Little Red Riding Hood [who] brings her fiancé home to meet her family and tell him about the family business – they are werewolf hunters.”

Just how does Red modernize the fairy tale of Little Red Riding Hood? Day tells us how we go from the fairy tale of a victim of a wolf attack to perpetrating slayage on werewolves.

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Perfect timing for a werewolf hunting flick! Saturday night, Felicia Day ((Fallout: New Vegas, The Guild) stars in Red: Werewolf Hunter along with Kavan Smith (Stargate: Extinction, Eureka) and Stephen McHattie (Immortals, Happy Town). Day portrays Virginia Sullivan, “a descendant of Little Red Riding Hood [who] brings her fiance home to meet her family and tell him about the family business – they are werewolf hunters.”

Check out the promo and sneak peek below!

Red: Werewolf Hunter Promo

Red: Werewolf Hunter Sneak Peek

Red: Werewolf Hunter premieres Saturday, October 30th at 9/8C on SyFy!

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Red: Werewolf Hunter (Saturday, 9/8c, Syfy)

Not to be confused with the Bruce Willis/Helen Mirren movie about Retired and Extremely Dangerous spies, this Halloween-ready TV-movie stars Felicia Day (The Guild, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog) as a carrot-topped descendent of Little Red Riding Hood who's mixing it up with a different sort of wolfish predator. Things get complicated when Red brings home a fiancée who get bitten by a werewolf, making him a prime target of her werewolf-hunting family. Can Red save the day?

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Queen of Internet geek fantasy Felicia Day makes her leading lady debut in the SyFy Channel’s “Red: Werewolf Hunter”, which purports to tell “the true story” of little red riding hood. Not really, but just go along with it. The film co-stars Kavan Smith, Stephen McHattie, David Reale, and Greg Bryk. Obviously, being that she’s a natural redhead, Felicia Day plays the titular character, a badass werewolf hunter who teams up with some dudes to take out the hairy suckers in a small town. “Red” premieres October 30th on the SyFy Channel as part of the cable net’s 31 Days of Halloween promo. Some promo videos for the film below. Not exactly the best quality, I’ll grant you, but better than nothing, right? The two-minute sneak peek (third vid) is better. “Red: Werewolf Hunter” premieres October 30 at 9pm as part of Syfy’s “31 Days of Halloween” promo.

Syfy is prepping for an evening with a family of werewolf hunters and an ancient vengeful creature. In Monsterwolf , premiering Saturday, October 9, at 9Pm (Et/Pt), an oil company defies a court injunction against drilling on tribal land. Their blasting releases the Kachinawaya, a Native American animal spirit meant to protect Indian lands from invaders. Monsterwolf stars Robert Picardo ( Star Trek: Voyager ) and Jason London ( Wildfire ). A production of Active Entertainment. Felicia Day, star of The Guild and Joss Whedon's Dr. Horrible's Sing-a-long Blog , who also played "Vi" in the final season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, will portray a descendant of Little Red Riding Hood in Red: Werewolf Hunter , debuting Saturday, October 30, at 9Pm (Et/Pt). Red (Day)...

In celebration of Halloween, SyFy will premiere its re-imagined take on the classic fairy tale of Little Red Riding Hood in a television movie called Red: Werewolf Hunter, starring Felicia Day (Fallout: New Vegas, The Guild). Day stars as Virginia Sullivan, “a descendant of Little Red Riding Hood [who] brings her fiance home to meet her family and tell him about the family business – they are werewolf hunters.” Red: Werewolf Hunter premieres on October 30, 2010.

Red: Werewolf Hunter also stars Kavan Smith (Stargate: Extinction, Eureka) and Stephen McHattie (Immortals, Happy Town). Check out the trailer here!

Mark your calendars for Felicia Day in Red: Werewolf Hunter Saturday, October 30th at 9/8C on SyFy!

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