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If you know me even a little bit, you’ll know I love a big, goofy monster movie. I probably rented Patricia Harrington’s Razortooth a dozen times growing up. I recently snagged Godzilla vs. Biollante during the Criterion sale. Wanna guess how many films in the ongoing dino-something versus mega-something series I’ve seen? Almost all of them. If it’s a creature feature, I’m there, whether that’s classics of the genre (check out my ode to Piranha) or the newer, bigger takes.

It’s a shame the horror genre broadly seems to be shifting away from the simple sensibilities of a giant monster mowing down folk who stumble into its domain. Those movies used to be everywhere, though in recent years, as budgets have tightened and high-concept horror reigns supreme, we’ve seen fewer and fewer big-budget schlock fests. Luckily, a classic of the subgenre is currently streaming on Netflix,...

Exclusive: Deadline has your first look at Six Days to Die, the second film in a sci-fi western trilogy series by Matt Campagna, which he wrote, directed, shot and edited.

The film brought to life through virtual environments, comprised of elaborate 360-degree digital matte paintings, centers on a desperate gambler wrongfully accused of murder who flees through a post-apocalyptic frontier, with a vengeful Marshal doggedly hunting him down, on a bloody quest to bring order to the chaos.

The Umbrella Academy’s Colm Feore stars alongside Darryl Hinds, Melissa D’Agostino, Ari Millen and Kyra Harper. Breann Smordin and Elizabeth Frase produced the pic, which is eyeing a festival premiere next year, and is being sold worldwide by Forward Motion Entertainment. The third film in the trilogy series, Six Guns For Hire, is currently in post-production.

Check out the first still from Campagna’s latest, along with several character portraits, below.

Gravitas Ventures has nabbed the worldwide distribution rights (excluding Germany) to Santa Girl, the romantic comedy starring Wizards Of Waverly Place alum Jennifer Stone. Directed by Blayne Weaver, The Capital Arts Entertainment film will get a day-and-date release in theaters and on demand August 30. Stone plays Santa Claus’ only daughter, Cassie Claus, who wants to experience the “real world” before she must marry the son of Jack Frost, a boy she has never met, and take over the family business. Along with her trusty elf, she sets off to college while trying to keep her magic powers and famous father a secret. At school Cassie is pursued by two boys: Sam, sweetly awkward and J.R., handsome and wealthy. As her impending arranged marriage looms, Cassie struggles with her feelings for Sam and her obligation to her father and Christmas. Devon Werkheiser (Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide) and Barry Bostwick (Spin City) co-star.

This is just a friendly reminder that killer eel horror movie Razortooth, directed by Patricia Harrington (Producer of The Devil's Rejects), will hit store shelves on June 2nd, 2009. Deep in the Florida Everglades, something is alive that should have died a long time ago. Something is feeding when it should be full. Something is moving in ways that seem all but impossible. It's moving in the dark, under the surface of the waters, with an appetite that makes no distinction between man and beast. Now it's up to an unlikely band of locals, an animal control officer, a small town sheriff and a scientist's team of college youth to stop the threat - before it's too late...

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• After long being announced as a theatrical title from the Yari Film Group, whose distribution arm recently filed for bankruptcy, the Sarah Michelle Gellar-starring supernatural film Possession is going straight to disc instead. Fox Home Entertainment will release May 12, and art and specs have recently appeared.

The movie will be presented on DVD and Blu-ray in anamorphic 2.40:1 widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1 sound, accompanied by:

• Making-of featurette • Four deleted and alternate scenes • Alternate ending • Theatrical trailer

Retail price is $22.98 for the DVD, $29.99 for the Blu-ray. In the film, a remake of the Korean Jungdok (Addicted) directed by Joel Bergvall and Simon Sandquist from a script by Queen Of The Damned’S Michael Petroni, Gellar plays a woman whose husband Ryan and ne’er-do-well brother-in-law Roman are involved in a horrible car crash. When Roman awakens, he seems to be possessed by Ryan’s spirit. Pushing Daisies’ Lee Pace, Michael Landes,...

Goddamn it, we need more movies about giant killer eels! Eel's have long been neglected by cinema as the savage man-eating beasts that they are. Thankfully Lionsgate is releasing the nature-run-amok, Razortooth to set the record straight.

The DVD for Patricia Harrington's (Producer of The Devil's Rejects) film will hit store shelves on June 2nd, 2009, and supplemental material will include behind-the-scenes featurette and a music video.

Official Synopsis:

"Deep in the Florida Everglades, something is alive that should have died a long time ago. Something is feeding when it should be full. Something is moving in ways that seem all but impossible. It's moving in the dark, under the surface of the waters, with an appetite that makes no distinction between man and beast. Now it's up to an unlikely band of locals, an animal control officer, a small town sheriff and a scientist's team of college youth to...

On June 2nd, Lionsgate will present the DVD debut of Razortooth . Yes... Razortooth ! Not to be confused with 2005's Razorteeth ! Touting that it's coming to us "from the producer of The Devil's Rejects " (in this case Mike Elliot), this creature feature was directed by Patricia Harrington. Here's the plot crunch: Deep in the Florida Everglades, something is alive that should have died a long time ago. Something is feeding when it should be full. Something is moving in ways that seem all but impossible. It's moving in the dark, under the surface of the waters, with an appetite that makes no distinction between man and beast. Now it's up to an unlikely band of locals, an animal control officer, a small town sheriff and a scientist's team of college youth to stop...