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Vision Films has announced that they’ll be giving the creature feature DinoGator, directed by legendary B-movie maker Jim Wynorski, a VOD on January 14th – and with that date just one month away, we’ve gotten our hands on the trailer for the film! You can check it out in the embed above.

DinoGator has the following synopsis: When a gigantic, mutated reptile gets loose in the swampy wilderness, the murky waters suddenly become an all-you-can-eat human buffet! Now the scientist that created the beast, a big-game hunter, and a group of tourists must stop it from devouring the entire comunity. With their numbers dwindling, and the hungry creature closing in, they’ll have to use their wits to avoid becoming its next meal.

The film stars Michael Madsen (Kill Bill), Grace West (Waiting for Dracula), Aaron Groben (Art of the Dead), Lauren Parkinson (Murderbot), Jesse Bernstein (The Rookie), Paul Logan...

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...

Plunge into the ocean’s murky depths to find shark hybrids, deadly piranhas, fish-men, and more with Shout! TV’s Killer Fish Weekend, a binge-worthy marathon of cult classics streaming on both Shout! TV and Scream Factory TV on July 12-14.

The marathon includes Piranha (1978 and 1995), Sharktopus Vs. Pteracuda (featuring a cameo from Conan O’Brien), Sharkansas Women’s Prison Massacre (have you ever seen a shark walk on land?), and Lords Of The Deep (co-produced by Roger Corman).

The Killer Fish Weekend marathon can be viewed on Shout! TV and Scream Factory TV; as well as the Shout! TV app on Roku, Android, Apple TV, and Amazon Fire TV; and the following digital streaming platforms – Samsung TV Plus, Amazon Freevee, Local Now, Plex, Sling Freestream, LG Channels, available on LG Smart TVs, Fubo, Xumo and LiveTVx, available on Google devices. Scream Factory TV is available to stream on The CW.

Jim Wynorski is a legend in the B-movie world, having racked up over 100 directing credits over the course of his 40+ years of working in the entertainment industry. Among those credits are Chopping Mall, Deathstalker II, The Return of Swamp Thing, Sorority House Massacre II, Hard to Die, Ghoulies IV, Demolition High, Piranhaconda, Sharkansas Women’s Prison Massacre, Attack of the 50 Foot CamGirl, and Murderbot – so it’s clear to see why Wynorski was the subject of a documentary back in 2009. The documentary is called Popatopolis, and the folks at Terror Vision have just brought it to Blu-ray for the first time ever! Copies can be ordered at This Link.

Directed by Clay Westervelt, Popatopolis has the following synopsis: Jim Wynorski was the first to cast Traci Lords in mainstream cinema. He directed Heather Locklear in The Return of Swamp Thing. He discovered Jennifer Love Hewitt. Now, the man behind The Bare Wench Project...

Kirsten Howard May 23, 2019

The Meg's success has got some people wondering if there's gas in the oversized snake tank.

Resident Evil franchise masterminds Constantin Film and Jb Pictures have got a Titanoboa movie in development. The movie is looking to The Meg for inspiration as it plans to feature the giant extinct snake coming back from the dead somehow to wreak havoc, likely on some wholly unprepared humans.

The Titanoboa movie is being fast-tracked, according to Deadline, and will begin filming next year. There are no cast details to share with you yet, but Tony Giglio is penning the script right now. Jeremy Bolt and Robert Kulzer, the team working to make Monster Hunter a success, are behind the film.

The biggest snake in noted history, the Titanoboa has been long dead for about 58 million years, but back in its heydey it weighed about 2,500 lbs and grew up to 42 ft long,...

We've devoured them for years, but now it's their turn to bite back. Breakfast treats show their teeth in Attack of the Killer Donuts, and with the new horror comedy out now on VOD platforms and in select theaters, we've teamed up with Level 33 Entertainment to give away one free iTunes download code for the film to one lucky Daily Dead reader.

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Prize Details: (1) Winner will receive (1) free iTunes download code for Attack of the Killer Donuts from Level 33 Entertainment.

How to Enter: For a chance to win, email contest@dailydead.com with the subject “Attack of the Killer Donuts Contest”. Be sure to include your name and mailing address.

Entry Details: The contest will end at 12:01am Est on December 1st. This contest is only open to those who are eighteen years of age or older that live in the United States. Only one entry per household will be accepted.

Usually it's humans who take a bite of sweet treats, but in Attack of the Killer Donuts, people are the ones on the menu. Starring C. Thomas Howell as Officer Roberts, Attack of the Killer Donuts is coming to select theaters and VOD platforms beginning November 17th, and to celebrate the film's release, Level 33 Entertainment has provided us with an exclusive clip to share just with Daily Dead readers.

You can watch a donut show early signs of its monstrous side in our exclusive clip below, and to learn more about Attack of the Killer Donuts, visit the horror comedy on iTunes and Facebook.

Synopsis: "We've eaten them for years, now it's their turn! A chemical accident turns ordinary donuts into bloodthirsty killers. Now it's up to Johnny, Michelle and Howard to save their sleepy town from... Killer Donuts."

"Attack Of The Killer Donuts was directed by Primetime Emmy Nominee Scott Wheeler (Martian Land,...

Usually it's humans who take a bite of sweet treats, but in Attack of the Killer Donuts, it's humans who are the menu. Starring C. Thomas Howell as Officer Roberts, Attack of the Killer Donuts is coming to select theaters and VOD platforms beginning November 17th, and Level 33 Entertainment has provided us with a new trailer for the film that features donuts with sweet teeth of their own... for human flesh.

Press Release: Los Angeles (CA) –Level 33 Entertainment has announced today the official release date for the horror comedy feature film Attack Of The Killer Donuts starring C. Thomas Howell (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, The Outsiders, & The Amazing Spider-Man), Justin Ray (1 Chance 2 Dance & Disaster L.A.), and Michael Swan (As the World Turns, Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI, & The Bold and the Beautiful). The film will screen in select cities across the U.S. and will be available “Day-and-Date” via...

Nick Aldwinckle Jul 20, 2017

Our latest round up of genre DVDs and Blu-rays is here, with Wes Craven, Creepozoids, Dario Argento and more...

With the DC cinematic universe currently riding high on the coattails of Wonder Woman, Patty Jenkins’ megahit antidote to the miserablism of messrs Bats and Soops, it would seem churlish to point out that company’s past failures. Things being as they are, though, with the recent release of a camp classic on Blu-ray, it’s time to do precisely that.

The sequel to Wes Craven’s 1982 superhero effort that was more Toxie than Alan Moore, Jim Wynorski’s 1989 adaptation of the tale of scientist turned mutant bog creature Alec Holland, slyly monikered The Return Of Swamp Thing, cranks the ridiculousness dial right up to 'comedy horror' level. As Swampy meets the love of his life, Abigail – Heather (Locklear) be thy name – and battles the evil Anton Arcane (Louis Jourdan,...

Stars: Michael Madsen, Rachel Hunter, Shandi Finnessey, Terri Ivens, Rib Hillis, Angie Savage, Chris De Christopher, Kurt Yaeger, Noah Blake | Written by J. Brad Wilke, Mike MacLean | Directed by Jim Wynorski

When a rogue scientist discovers an immense egg in the dark recesses of a rainforest he thinks hes stumbled across his fame and fortune. But little does he know that it belongs to a terrifying hybrid monster, known only as the Piranhaconda (a moniker only mentioned once in the Entire film and dismissed as a stupid name!). Soon the beast is on the loose, hunting for its unborn child, rampaging through the country and destroying everything in its path in a mass of CGI-enhanced gory-glory.

A killer-creature B-movie from the Roger Corman staple, Piranhaconda is yet another made for Syfy TV movie suprisingly this one comes from director Jim Wynorski, who is well-known in the horror community for successfully mixing T&A and horror.

In his 1960s and ’70s heyday as the king of drive-in flicks and low-budget exploitation, Roger Corman was the single greatest patron of budding talent in the world. The list of filmmakers and actors who either got their start or their big break working for him goes on and on: Martin Scorsese, James Cameron, Jonathan Demme, Joe Dante, Francis Ford Coppola, Jack Nicholson, Robert De Niro, Peter Bogdanovich, John Sayles, Charles Bronson, Robert Towne.

Alas, Corman has long since traded cheap thrills for pure cheapness. Given that most of his time is now occupied with Syfy monster movies like Piranhaconda, Sharktopus Vs. Pteracuda, and Dinocroc Vs. Supergator, a sequel to 1975’s sleazy, tongue-in-cheek Death Race 2000 might sound like a partial return to form.

The original, directed by the under-appreciated Paul Bartel (Eating Raoul), had one of the ‘70s Corman’s trademark cocktails of talent: a cast led by ...

Stars: Robert Carradine, Mario Ceara, Katie Savoy, Akari Endo, Tony Evangelista, Mario Arturo Hernández, Rib Hillis, Alan Nadal Piantini, Conan O’Brien | Written by Matt Yamashita | Directed by Kevin O’Neill

If you thought it was only studios like The Asylum who were cranking out giant sea creature flicks for Syfy you’d be completely wrong – Roger Corman and his New Horizon Pictures are still producing the kind of cheap and cheerful monster movies that Corman made his name with to this day. Only unlike The Asylum, Corman and co. don’t seem to want to keep to just giant monsters… Instead they’ve cross-bred their monsters as time has gone on – no longer are they satisfied with plain-old Supergator, their first giant creature flick; nope they’ve brought us the crazy combos of Dinoshark, Dinocroc (who took on Supergator in 2010), Piranhaconda; and their craziest giant killer creature combination, Sharktopus.

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The Burning Dead (formerly known as Volcano Zombies) starring Danny Trejo will molt onto DVD this April.

In celebratory fashion we have five DVD's of The Burning Dead to give away. Entering is simple. Go like our Facebook page here and our Twitter page here.

Then send an email to theburningdeadgiveaway[at]morehorror.com with the subject line The Burning Dead Giveaway and tell us what your favorite zombie movie is along with your Full Name and physical address. Sorry, only available to the Us and no Po Boxes. That's it. Winners will be chosen randomly.

Check out the details about The Burning Dead April release below.

From The Press Release

Director Rene Perez's The Burning Dead (formerly Volcano Zombies), starring action superstar Danny Trejo (Machete, TVs Sons Of Anarchy), arrives April 7th on DVD.

Written and produced by Jeff Miller and Jason Ancona (co-writers...

It looks like March is going to be a big month in VOD releases for genre fans, as there are a handful of great titles to keep an eye out for in the coming weeks. Several highly anticipated indie films are getting released, including It Follows, Spring, Faults and Backcountry, and there are also a handful of other fun films making their way onto digital platforms as well.

Here’s a rundown of what’s heading to VOD in March:

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Written and produced by Jeff Miller and Jason Ancona (co-writers and producers of Axe Giant: The Wrath of Paul Bunyan), The Burning Dead pits a a horde of lava-filled zombies against a sheriff charged with the plight to rescue an estranged family from a volcano eruption. Trejo plays Night Wolf, a Native American warrior who knows way too much about the curse that unearthed the coffin dodgers.

We return with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting the recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes a trailer for Never Let Go, new episode details from L.A. Macabre and How to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse, the short film Knock Knock, a Q&A featuring The Walking Dead‘s Amber Dawn Fox, and much more:

Never Let Go Trailer and Premiere Details: “Here is a sneak preview of what’s up for grabs at the Berlin Film Festival later this week – Howard J Ford’s (Director/Producer Co-Writer of ‘The Dead 1&2″) latest epic Never Let Go. Shot in Morocco, Spain and the Us, the film tells the story of Lisa, a single mother (played by Angela Dixon) who takes the law into her own hands to get back her abducted child. The completed film will screen at Cannes Market in May.

Howard Ford said today:...

Uncork’d Entertainment have announced the Us release dates for director Rene Perez’s The Burning Dead (formerly Volcano Zombies), which features action superstar Danny Trejo (Machete), along with Tom Downey (Axe Giant), Moniqua Plante (Nashville), Robert F. Lyons (Dark Night of the Scarecrow), Nicole Cummins (Logan), Kevin Norman (Melissa & Joey), Kyle T. Heffner (Seinfeld), Julia Lehman (Cheerleader Massacre 2), Tom Nagel (Hillside Cannibals), Jenny Lin (Piranhaconda), Robert Amstler (Alien Showdown), and Morgan Lester (John Carter).

Written and produced by Jeff Miller and Jason Ancona (co-writers and producers of Axe Giant), The Burning Dead pits a horde of lava-filled zombies against a sheriff charged with the plight to rescue an estranged family from a volcano eruption. Trejo plays Night Wolf, a Native American warrior who knows way too much about the curse that unearthed the coffin dodgers.

The Burning Dead arrives March 3rd on digital and VOD. The DVD lands a month later,...

Stars: Chad Anderson, Lexi Atkins, Brent Briscoe, Bill Burr, Cortney Palm, Hutch Dano, Peter Gilroy, Rex Linn, Rachel Melvin | Written by Al Kaplan, Jon Kaplan | Directed by Jordan Rubin

Seriously. Do I have to lay out the plot of a film called Zombeavers? It features zombie beavers. What else do you need to know? Oh well, here goes: Three college friends decide to spend the weekend at a riverside cabin in the woods, man free, after one of the trio splits up with her boyfriend. However the boys see things differently and invite themselves on the trip in the hopes of having a debauched weekend filled with sex and booze. Little do the group know, they are right next door to a lodge of beavers who have been mutated, by an accidental toxic waste spill, into rabid zombeavers.

See, did I really need to explain that? Kids go woods. Kids get dead.

Danny Trejo movie number 112,998,296 is officially on its way! Break out the survival gear, Dreadies, because you're about to witness first-hand the glory of Volcano Zombies. Well, at least the trailer for it. Read on!

From the Press Release

Volcano Zombies, the new horror/disaster feature co-starring Danny Trejo, is finishing post-production, and the producers have just released the first trailer and some additional stills.

Written and produced by Jeff Miller and Jason Ancona (co-writers and producers of Axe Giant: The Wrath Of Paul Bunyan), the film's director is Rene Perez (The Dead And The Damned).

Volcano Zombies is about a sheriff who must rescue an estranged family from a mountain during a volcano eruption and fight off a horde of lava-filled zombies that have shot out of the volcano, brought to life by a curse.

Other cast includes Tom Downey (Axe Giant, Sorority Party Massacre), Moniqua Plante (“Femme Fatales...

Brian Pulido, creator of the comic Lady Death and the feature film The Graves, is set to appear on Syfy’s "Foxy and Co.," a reality show showcasing the special effects makeup work of "Face Off" favorite Eric Fox and his team, tonight, March 18th, at 10Pm.

For the show Pulido directed a proof of concept short film entitled Zack the Zombie Exterminator, a horror/comedy about Zack Zander, an amiable redneck metal head with a talent for zombie-splatting who runs “Z-Gone", a family business that “disposes” of the undead.

Pulido and screenwriter Mike MacLean (Sharktopus, Piranhaconda) developed Zack for multiple entertainment platforms.

Simply stated, Zack the Zombie Exterminator puts the fun back into zombie-splatting. Zack is a gross-out spectacle full of zombie guts and exploding brains. It’s slapstick Wtf humor, cringe-worthy and cathartic, and what better guy to fulfill this mad vision than Morbx Fx’s Eric Fox,...

If you've looking for a movie that has one character shouting "That is exactly what the beavers would want!" at another, you're in so much luck. Today brings you the trailer for... Zombeavers. Click on the YouTubes for a closer look at the gnashery nastiness. Billed as this year's Sharknado, the so-bad-we-thought-it-might-be-good-but-it-was-actually-just-really-bad Z-movie, Zombeavers is the spoofy handiwork of director Jordan Rubin, a Carson Daly Show alumnus, and screenwriters Al and Jon Kaplan. A cursory glance at their CVs finds the amazing-sounding Piranhaconda and Dinocroc Vs. Supergator, and this one extends the silliness to a cabin filled with randy students and a dam filled with hell rodents.No word on a likely UK release date for this one but it has a tagline - 'You'll all be damned'  - that alone makes it worthy of the widest possible release.

Zombies, vampires and werewolves, oh my! Classic monsters are always a good way for horror filmmakers to go, but sometimes we see more... unique... beasties on the screen. And when they go well (and even when they don't), they're some of the most memorable characters in the genre.

In celebration of the Irish sci-fi comedy film Grabbers, which hit VOD and other digital outlets on July 19 and contains some pretty wild monsters of its own, we've compiled a list of Horror's Top 13 Craziest Monsters!

As always, we'd like to start out with some honorable mentions. Slither and its old school relative Night of the Creeps both gave us a swarm of memorable leech-like monsters. The Host dropped us into an unexpected nightmare on a typical South Korean afternoon with a very unique movie monster. And even though he ended up going mainstream and had his own Saturday morning cartoon, The...

For similar reasons to why budget-stretching pioneer Roger Corman recently produced schlock called Piranhaconda and Dinoshark (but not that ripoff Sharknado), director-producer Florian Steinbiss's German-set, largely German-cast comedy mixes genres with all the quality control of a fourth-grader dispensing every soda flavor into one cup. Co-starring as a professor and father, Steinbiss—who apparently grew up near the original Neander Valley fossil discovery—has no budget and even fewer laughs. Stiltedly filmed in English, Neander-Jin depicts the inexplicable modern-day materialization of a colossal-browed subspecies time-traveler (Jon Chardiet). There are broad, lazy bits about huckster opportunism, an activist beauty who loves the beast philanth...

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Did you binge-watch Arrested Development yesterday and now you need more? Let’s hope Buzzfeed‘s ranking of the its 30 favorite guest stars does the trick.

By the way, there’s no such software as ShowStealer Pro.

I’m tempted to pull out that old “our long national nightmare is over” joke with the news that Fox reality TV executive Mike Darnell has quit at Fox, as initially reported by Deadline. Darnell has been at Fox for 19 years, which pre-dates the rise of reality TV and his early days include specials like When Animals Attack! and Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire?. His most valuable contribution to culture is that many probably people know about the Milgram experiment thanks to the ways Fox’s reality programs repeatedly inspired critics to make comparisons to the infamous study. A part of Darnell’s legacy, as Andy Dehnart notes is a long...

When you just can’t stomach another hot dog and the sun refuses to cooperate this Memorial Day weekend, TVLine has you covered. We’ve culled the best of the holiday weekend’s marathons and specials, including reality shows we can’t quit (I Found the Gown), a check-in with a teenage P.I. whose return can’t happen quickly enough and must-see catch-up sessions with Da Vinci and the Bluths. Enjoy!

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Fan of Corman creature features? What about Mega Vs. flicks? Been wanting to catch up with "Defiance"? Well, this coming Memorial Day weekend, Syfy has you covered on all counts!

From the Press Release:

Syfy will get summer 2013 off to a blistering start this Memorial Day weekend by featuring a festival of the Roger Corman classic films Sharktopus, Piranhaconda, Dinoshark, Supergator, and Dinocroc vs. Supergator on Monday, May 27.

The special holiday weekend programming begins on Friday, May 24, with monstrous movie delights such as Mega Python vs Gatoroid and Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus. That will be followed by all-day marathons of Syfy’s new hit series "Defiance" on Saturday, May 25, and a "Paranormal Witness" scream-fest on Sunday, May 26. The popular paranormal series returns for Season 3 beginning Wednesday, June 5, at 10Pm (Et/Pt).

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We return with the latest edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes release information for the Reaper Reunion Cast Special, a look at the opening sequence from Ten, photos from The Stanley Film Festival, and more:

Premiere Date Set for Reaper Reunion Cast Special: “FEARnet’s Reaper reunion special was shot on Wednesday, April 24, at the Medusa Lounge in Los Angeles. In attendance for the special—hosted by TV and web personality Angie Greenup—were series stars Ray Wise, Tyler Labine and Bret Harrison, as well as Rick Gonzalez, Ken Marino, Christine Willes and series creators Tara Butters and Michele Fazekas.

The reunion special will air on Tuesday, May 28th at 9 p.m. Et.

“I’m so happy that FEARnet is doing this,” said Ray Wise, who played the Devil on Reaper. “It really warms my heart having us all back together again.

Summer used to be the time that we’d see Warehouse 13, Haven, and – sigh – Eureka return with new seasons, but that’s all changed. Warehouse 13 returns for the second half of its giant 20-episode season on Monday, Haven is now a fall series, and Eureka… well, you know.

But chin up! We have Season 2 of Continuum and standalone seasons of Sinbad and Primeval: New World coming our way, along with the return of Face Off, Ghost Hunters, and many other competition and nonscripted series, not to mention a Twilight Zone marathon, a Roger Corman marathon, and more Original Movies with excellent titles. Check em all out below; series broadcast info will be updated on the SciFiMafia.com Spring and Summer Primetime TV Schedule.

Syfy Launches A Summer Of Imagination And Adventure Premieres Of Reality Series Joe Rogan Questions Everything, Cosworld, Notorious Hauntings And Exit All-new Episodes Of Face Off,...

★☆☆☆☆ Over seven decades since he first began making his name with the kind of fun, Z-grade schlock this film falls way short in replicating, executive producer Roger Corman unleashes yet another atrocious monster mash-up for the SyFy channel, Piranhaconda (2011) which makes its debut over here on DVD. Michael Madsen is intrepid, bandana-sporting scientist Professor Lovegrove, trekking through the wilds of Hawaii in pursuit of a mythical creature known as the 'River Devil'. Discovering a nest of eggs belonging to said creature, his team is wiped out by the 60ft snake/fish hybrid, which also sets its hungry sights on the crew of a horror film shooting nearby.

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The meanest gargantuan creature-feature yet is set to arrive on DVD from Chelsea Films on 7th January 2013 – I am of course talking about the Roger Corman-produced Piranhaconda. To celebrate this occasion we have an extra special *Monstrous* prize package to give-away which consists of the following monster delights:

Sand Sharks - A shark that swims in sand?! No, honestly! Sunbathing on a beach has never been the same since this came out earlier this year and I’m not sure whether that’s something to do with the sharks or Brooke Hogan’s (daughter of the mighty Hulk Hogan) acting… Sand Sharks Review

Dragon Wasps - The ultimate cross breed between timely jungle thrillers like “Predator” and “Anaconda” and giant critter delights such as “Eight Legged Freaks” and “Lake Placid”. Let’s put it this way, “Dragon Wasps” does for bees what “Arachnophobia” did for spiders! Dragon Wasps Review

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News Ryan Lambie Dec 20, 2012

The master of low-budget cinema, Roger Corman, is returning to the works of Poe, with new adaptations on the way...

A Bucket Of Blood or The Little Shop Of Horrors aside, our favourite Roger Corman movies are undoubtedly his extraordinary adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe. Beginning with House Of Usher in 1960, these movies often played fast-and loose with their source stories, and were often shot rapidly, but they also saw Corman at the height of his creative powers. Their saturated colours influenced horror for years afterwards, and usually featured some great, glowering performances from Vincent Price.

Although Corman has focused his energies on a rather different cycle of mutant monster pictures (Sharktopus, Piranhaconda and the like), The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that he's returning his attention back to the master of the macabre, with a new series of movies based on the works of Poe.

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Piranhaconda

Stars: Michael Madsen, Rachel Hunter, Shandi Finnessey, Terri Ivens, Rib Hillis, Angie Savage, Chris De Christopher, Kurt Yaeger, Noah Blake | Written by J. Brad Wilke, Mike MacLean | Directed by Jim Wynorski

When a rogue scientist discovers an immense egg in the dark recesses of a rainforest he thinks he’s stumbled across his fame and fortune. But little does he know that it belongs to a terrifying hybrid monster, known only as the Piranhaconda (a moniker only mentioned once in the Entire film and dismissed as a stupid name!). Soon the beast is on the loose, hunting for its unborn child, rampaging through the country and destroying everything in its path in a mass of CGI-enhanced gory-glory.

A killer-creature B-movie from the Roger Corman staple, Piranhaconda is yet another made for Syfy TV movie – suprisingly this one comes from director Jim Wynorski, who is well-known in the horror community...

“Chillingly atmospheric, Mara’s icy grip will send shivers down your spine from first frame to last.”

Jim Wynorski, legendary independent filmmaker (“Chopping Mall,” “The Return of Swamp Thing,” “Piranhaconda”), after watching “Mara”

Filmkoncept Scandinavia is proud to announce that the Swedish horror-thriller “Mara” will premiere on DVD and VOD in the U.S. and Canada during spring 2013. “Mara” is to be distributed by Mvd Entertainment Group, a prominent distributor of independent films, documentaries, … Continue reading →...

Piranha not got enough twists and turns for you? Anaconda lacking the requisite bite? Well, why not have the best of both worlds? From Mike MacLean, the writer of Sharktopus (Jaws not tentacley enough... etc.), and with Hollywood exploitation legend Roger Corman behind it, comes Piranhaconda. Somehow the movie passed us by when it aired on Syfy in June, but all 82 glorious minutes are coming to DVD on January 7, 2013. The film is directed by Jim Wynorski (Chopping Mall, Camel Spiders) and stars Quentin Tarantino's Mr Blonde, Michael Madsen, fresh from Celebrity Big Brother. Joining Madsen is Rachel Hunter (The Benchwarmers) and MacLean's Sharktopus veteran Shandi Finnessey. Rounding out the cast is Rib Hillis, who you might have seen on Two and a Half Men and CSI Miami. The plot (more)...

Unfortunately our own Stephanie Ogrodnik was unable to attend the Sdcc panel on Corman's latest production due to the egregious lines at the Hollywood-run convention, so instead, we've got you the poster! Corman's first ever 3d film is a quasi-remake of the horrendous 1958 film, and a quasi-remake-remake of the 1993 remake which starred Darryl Hannah. While I'm sure this will be as equally terrible, it's Kevin O'Neill's first feature, and he's done special effects on lots of big films, including the Pulse Franchise. It's also written by Mike MacLean, the man who penned Dinocroc vs Supergator, Sharktopus, and Piranhaconda. And, it's Corman .. we gotta support The Man. You can watch the incredibly sad trailer for the 1958 version below. [Continued ...]...

Provincetown, Mass. – Trashmeister John Waters and King of the B's Roger Corman were a match made in cult-movie heaven at the 14th annual Provincetown International Film Festival, which wrapped Sunday. Prior to presenting Corman with the festival’s Filmmaker on the Edge Award, Waters conducted an entertaining onstage Q&A with the pioneering independent producer-director-distributor, gleefully throwing in a plug for Piranhaconda. That latest Corman-produced monster opus premiered over the weekend on SyFy. Video: Roger Corman on New Doc 'Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel' Also accepting an honorary award at Provincetown was Parker Posey, who

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Weekend Birthdays! (Note: Birthday shoutouts are for out entertainers, allies, or for any celeb that seems to have a following on Ae). Out pop star Joe McElderry (above) is 21, Helen Hunt is 49, Courteney Cox is 48, Greg Vaughan is 39, Joan Van Ark is 69, Eddie Cibrian is 39, Jason Patric is 46, and Barry Manilow is 69. What are your Barry faves? Here are mine: 5. "It's A Miracle," 4. "Weekend in New England," 3. "Ready To Take A Chance Again," 2. "Some Kind Of Friend," 1. "Read 'Em And Weep." 26 Hot Gay Dads.13 Painfully Awkward Dads.Well, who didn't see this coming. Remember the gay but happily-heterosexually-married Mormon that...

Hot on the tail of Piranhaconda (pictured, premiering on Syfy this Saturday, June 16 at 9 p.m. and 1 a.m.), director Jim Wynorski is finishing up Gila!, another reptile-run-amok monsterpiece. A remake of Ray Kellogg’s 1959 B-favorite The Giant Gila Monster (and no relation to the Gila! novel written by Kathryn Ptacek under the pseudonym Les Simons), the movie is near and dear to Wynorski’s heart.

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Hot on the tail of Piranhaconda (pictured, premiering on Syfy this Saturday, June 16 at 9 p.m. and 1 a.m.), director Jim Wynorski is finishing up Gila!, another reptile-run-amok monsterpiece. A remake of Ray Kellogg’s 1959 B-favorite The Giant Gila Monster (and no relation to the Gila! novel written by Kathryn Ptacek under the pseudonym Les Simons), the movie is near and dear to Wynorski’s heart.

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There are few greater things in life than a Jim Wynorski movie. When a person chooses to completely disengage his or her brain from the stresses of reality, the wonky cinematic endeavors from one of the most prolific filmmakers on the planet make for nifty companions. If approached with your disbelief suspended, bound, gagged, and tucked in the toilet, Wynorski’s movies are endlessly enjoyable. His upcoming SyFy original creature feature “Piranhaconda” looks to be one of his more enjoyable efforts, and should fit in nicely with the network’s endless supply of low-budget monster movies. This official synopsis should help set the stage: Part fish! Part snake! All killer! In B-movie icon Roger Corman’s latest, a hybrid creature – half piranha and half anaconda — attacks a movie crew on location near her nest when her egg is stolen. Now they must outrun and kill the deadly piranhaconda as well...

Syfy and producer Roger Corman have been developing the upcoming "Piranhaconda," starring Michael Madsen and Rachel Hunter, for over a year. And today we have the official trailer. Check it out below. The story revolves around a low-budget horror movie crew, inept kidnappers and a reptile expert who battle a monstrous anaconda/piranha hybrid in the Amazon jungle. The tagline is: "Part Snake! Part Fish! All Killer!" The new movie is set to air on the Syfy channel on June 16th at 9/8 Central. Trailer:...

Ever once in a while a movie comes along that takes the industry by surprise and creates a trend that tends to captive audience for years to come - unfortunately Piranhaconda will never be one of those movies. In the Syfy chesse-flick Michael Madsen (Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2) and Rachel Hunter (Swamp Volcano) star in this creature feature CGI-fest about a low-budget horror movie crew, inept kidnappers, and a reptile expert all on the smorgasbord…...

Between The Cabin in the Woods and Piranha 3Dd, man-eating aquatic creatures have been getting a lot of love lately. The second trailer for Piranhaconda just got caught in our nets, and we have the beast hung up and on display.

Michael Madsen (Sin City) and Rachel Hunter (Swamp Volcano) star in this Syfy creature feature about a low-budget horror movie crew, inept kidnappers, and a reptile expert all on the smorgasbord for a ravenous anaconda/piranha hybrid slithering loose in Hawaii.

Distributor American World Pictures has unveiled the second trailer for Piranhaconda Check it out in all of its CGI-laden glory below. Thanks to DC reader Avery G for the heads-up. Dig it!

Piranhaconda premieres on Syfy June 16th at 9/8 Central.

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Syfy brings us great stars like Paul Sorvino and Tony Sirico and blends these goodfellas with the likes of Danny Bonaduce and Vinny G from jersey Shore in their awesome summer of blood films coming in June. The network's creature features include killer sharks, albino spiders, piranhacondas and Bigfoot this June in four Saturday Original Movies . Jersey Shore Shark Attack, Piranhaconda, Arachnoquake and Bigfoot. Slated in these films are Tony Sirico, Paul Sorvino, William Atherton, Jack Scalia, Barry Williams, Danny Bonaduce, Sherilynn Fenn, Howard Hesseman, Michael Madsen and Tracey Gold. The Saturday movie extravaganza begins June 9 with Jersey Shore Shark Attack, which co-stars Jersey Shore.s Vinny Guadagnino, who joins a cast o' Guidos battling preppies and...

The seemingly endless wait for the Syfy summer schedule is finally over! There is good news and bad, and one thing that is both good and bad. Let’s start with that: the Eureka Season Finale. We love Eureka, so every episode is good news; the fact that it’s a series finale, not so much. Mark your calendars – and have plenty of Kleenex in stock – for July 16 at 9/8c. Right after Comic-Con, which is early this year. We’ll see if that means a panel or not.

The good news: Warehouse 13 and Alphas return on July 23. The hmmm news is that Lost Girl will move to Fridays at 10 on July 20. Hey That’S Haven’S Spot. So Where The Heck Is Haven? Admittedly we had a head’s up that Haven would be pushed to fall when we learned that the DVDs for Season 2 weren’t being released until September but Argh.

The legendary Roger Corman continues to produce and churn out more and more low-budget hybrid creature flicks as his career appears to be going full circle. A new trailer for the American World Pictures' project 'Piranhaconda' which revolves around a piranha/anaconda killing machine has emerged whereby Corman serves as exec producer. The Jim Wynorski directed flick will air on SyFy on 16 June in the Us and the Hawaii set horror stars Michael Madsen ('Reservoir Dogs'), former model Rachel Hunter, ex-American beauty queen Shandi Finnessey (below), Diana Terranova and Terri Ivens. Check out the new trailer below....

Sharktopus. Dinoshark. Dinocroc. All pale in comparison to Syfy’s upcoming “2 Creatures for the Price of 1” extravaganza, Piranhaconda. Roger Corman’s latest killer hybrid is scheduled to air on the network in October. In somewhat inevitable news, it stars the awesome Michael Madsen along with Rachel Hunter and is directed by Jim Wynorski.

Who is responsible for unleashing the half-piranha/half-anaconda on the unsuspecting masses? That would be writer Mike MacLean, who also penned Sharktopus and Dinocroc vs. Supergator for Syfy.

MacLean talked to Shock about writing creature features, working with Roger Corman, the differences between cable and theatrical movies, why comedy is a vital component of Syfy features, and more.

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Welcome to issue 6 of Trailer Trash our [more often than] weekly series showcasing the latest trailer releases – this issue once again features our all-new “excitement-o-meter” where we rate (in exclamation marks on a scale of 1 to 5) each and every trailer by how excited we are to see the film after watching it. This issue of Trailer Trash includes new trailers for Killer Joe, Dark Horse, Argo, Dragon Wasps, The Incident and Piranhaconda!

Killer Joe

When 22-year-old Chris (Emile Hirsch) finds himself in debt to a drug lord, he hires a hit man to dispatch his mother, whose $50,000 life insurance policy benefits his sister Dottie (Juno Temple). Chris finds Joe Cooper (Matthew McConaughey), a creepy, crazy Dallas cop who moonlights as a contract killer. When Chris can’t pay Joe upfront, Joe sets his sight on Dottie as collateral for the job. The contract killer and his hostage develop an unusual bond. Like from a modern-day,...

I love Jim Wynorski. The guy cranks out movies the way I crank out bowel movements: one, maybe two per hour. On a good day. I would love to see what he could do with $100 million and a studio willing to let him produce whatever he wanted, but I doubt that’s going to happen anytime this century. Until then, I’ll make due with stuff like “Piranhaconda”, a film that delivers everything Wynorski’s fans have come to expect from the guy: curvy women, low-budget effects, and a feeling of reckless abandon that few filmmakers bring to their work. His movies are brain-rotting junk food, nothing more, and that’s exactly why I watch them. Here’s the synopsis for the flick: Who cares? It’s called “Piranhaconda”, for crying out loud. I think you can figure this one out on your own. The trailer in all its glory(?) resides below.

Piranhaconda... Legendary producer Roger Corman, b-movie impresario Jim Wynorski, and Syfy have birthed a half-anaconda/half-piranha monstrosity. Will it be the heir apparent to Sharktopus? See for yourself.

Michael Madsen (Sin City) and Rachel Hunter (Swamp Volcano) star in this Syfy creature feature about a low-budget horror movie crew, inept kidnappers, and a reptile expert all on the smorgasbord for a ravenous anaconda/piranha hybrid slithering loose in Hawaii.

Distributor American World Pictures has unveiled the trailer for Piranhaconda today. If there’s an aspect about it I find disappointing from watching the trailer, it’s that the Piranhaconda just looks to be a funky looking giant snake that slithers around chomping people and doesn’t appear to make much use of its aquatic or crushing abilities the same way Sharktopus capitalized on the notice of a predatory shark with octopus tentacles. Regardless, it looks like it could be goofy fun.

Is it a fish? Is it a snake? Who cares! It's got great big teeth and a taste for flesh! It's Jim Wynorski's Piranhaconda!Producers American World Pictures haven't even released a synopsis for this one because, really, who needs one? It's got a bitey snake-fish thing and Michael Madsen. Ah, poor Michael Madsen ... how did your career come to this? Check the trailer below....