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Bloody Disgusting has learned the sad news tonight that prolific horror filmmaker Jeff Burr, who notably directed Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III, has passed away.

Jeff Burr was just 60 years old.

Prior to making his mark on the Chainsaw franchise with the fan favorite third installment, Jeff Burr directed 1987’s Vincent Price-starring From a Whisper to a Scream and 1989’s Stepfather II: Make Room for Daddy. He later directed 1993 sequel Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings.

Jeff Burr’s directorial credits also include 1990s horror movies Puppet Master 4, Puppet Master 5, and Night of the Scarecrow, as well as The Werewolf Reborn!, Phantom Town, The Boy With the X-Ray Eyes, Straight into Darkness, Devil’s Den, Resurrection, Gun of the Black Sun, Tornado Warning, and in more recent years, Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre.

Friend/writer Shane Bitterling writes on Twitter tonight, “Just got an awful phone call. One I’ve had far too many of recently.

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Poundland has been selling Blu-rays! And we've been buying and watching them! Tornado Warning, anyone?

I’ve covered the DVD section of Poundland before. I love it, even if I do only ever get around to watching about half of the discs I buy.

Unfortunately, hunting for DVDs in Poundland has become a bit of a dead sport. It’s partly because streaming services like Netflix have given us even easier access to weird films that might turn out to be rubbish. It’s also because Poundland have taken to stocking used DVDs, meaning they have a lot of big Hollywood films that are the same thing you could buy anywhere. That’s not what I go to Poundland for. I’m shopping for strangeness! Not only that, this Den of Geek writer has some very mild issues with germs and can’t really cope with touching second-hand DVDs.

If you’ve been paying attention to the news over the past two weeks, then you’ve heard all about the massive tornado outbreaks that have been ravaging several states. On the bright side, at least they weren't alien tornadoes. But an Alien Tornado will be touching down on Syfy tonight.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3 director Jeff Burr is behind the camera for Syfy’s Alien Tornado, starring the venerable Jeff Fahey and the fetching Kari Wuhrer. Let the press release tell you more.

Alien Tornado, premiering Saturday, April 21 at 9Pm (Et/Pt), stars Jeff Fahey (Machete) and Kari Wuhrer (Sliders). In the movie aliens attack Earth, using deadly electrical tornadoes as weapons. A farmer, his brilliant high school daughter, and a tornado blogger race against the clock to find a way to thwart the horrific invasion. Alien Tornado is a production of Active Entertainment.

A tornado blogger? Somehow that...

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"Aubrie, no! I said blow out the candles!""

Thanks to John for this week's winning caption! And a special shoutout to Ferkel for his "How the hell are we supposed to put a caption to that picture and keep it PG-13?!" lament.

Weekend Birthdays! (Note: Birthday shoutouts are for out entertainers, allies, or for any celeb that seems to have a following on Ae). James McAvoy (above) is 33, George Takei is 75, Jessica Lange is 63, Andy Serkis is 48, Shemar Moore is 42, Joey Lawrence is 36, Patti Lupone is 63, John Cameron Mitchell is 49, Eric Mabius is 41, Robbie Amell is 24, Charlotte Rae is 86, Jack Nicholson is 75, and Luther Vandross would have been 61. What are your fave Luther songs? Here are mine: 5. "Dance With My Father." 4. "Any Love," 3. "Til My Baby Comes Home,...

Syfy must really be hoping that viewers have 2012 disaster fever because by the end of May a good 75% of their original movies for the year will have been disaster flicks, and that will continue with three space age disasters premiering over the next six weeks: Seattle Superstorm, Alien Tornado, and Space Twister.

Syfy sent out the following press release officially announcing the April premieres of Alien Tornado and Space Twister:

Alien Tornado, premiering Saturday, April 14 at 9Pm (Et/Pt), stars Jeff Fahey (Machete) and Kari Wuhrer (Sliders). In the movie aliens attack Earth, using deadly electrical tornadoes as weapons. A farmer, his brilliant high school daughter, and a tornado blogger race against the clock to find a way to thwart the horrific invasion. Alien Tornado is a production of Active Entertainment.

Erica Cerra, star of Syfy’s hit series "Eureka", plays the mother of a teenage genius in Space Twister,...

Production company Active Entertainment has been busy creating an upcoming science fiction adventure titled Alien Tornado. This film is expected to release in 2012 and Alien Tornado stars Jason London, Stacy Keach, Wes Brown and many others. In the film, aliens cover up their doomsday device with smoke, fog and tornadoes! More a tale of revenge, fans of sci-fi can preview the film's first poster here, along with a synopsis below.

The synopsis for Alien Tornado:

"An unusual green-tinted tornado barrels through a farm town, leaving 15 year-old Jack Lynch homeless and fatherless. Thirty years later the same tornadoes return, only this time in numbers! Now a certified weather fanatic, Jack enlists the help of local meteorologist Gale Morgan and together they discover that the tornadoes are really a cover for an alien invasion! Jack and Gale must then dodge shadowy government forces to alert the public and stop the invasion" (Active Entertainment).

Director: Jeff Burr.