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Up and coming Scream Queen Michele Morrow, clad as a cat ("I'm a bad kitty!" - see below), has just recounted her short but impressive horror film career in Basement Jack, Bled and Silo.

Ironically, the busy and charming performer went through a horrific real-life experience on Basement Jack.

Pat Jankiewicz/Fangoria:You broke your neck making Basement Jack?

Michele Morrow: I was in a stunt accident right after filming it. We were doing a behind-the scenes day and I made a choice to come in and be part of it. They had a trampoline type device on set that uses hydraulics for car explosions in movies.

Pat Jankiewicz: An Air Ram?

Michele Morrow: Right! I stepped on it to fling myself up. It threw me up about 20 feet in the air, but then I lost my balance in the...

Another Brink production will release on DVD November 17th known as Basement Jack. A film that blends the slasher films of the 80s with a psychopathic twist Basement Jack is a horrifying film in more ways than one. Serious in tone and execution Eric Peter-Kaiser spent a lot of time in isolation to prepare for his role as Jack Riley (Basement Jack). So, if very bloody is how you like your horror then pre-order yourself a copy. For now, take a look at the full, official synopsis for the film below.

An official synopsis for Basement Jack here:

"Karen Cook was your average high school student...until the night evil invaded her life. She would become the lone survivor of a seven-day killing spree perpetrated by a seventeen year old boy that world would come to call "Basement Jack." For the next eleven years, Karen Cook lived in fear that...

The second of three films "Basement Jack" wrapped up shooting in 2007 and now has a DVD release date. Available to fans October 20 "Basement Jack" shows that revenge is best served cold when Karen Cook looks for vengeance after her family is lost to a brutal killer. The middle chapter in Black Gate Entertainments Necropolitan horror trilogy fans can also check out "Evilution" this fall, as well, until the final chapter details are announced. Have a look at the primary anti-hero in this movie still close-up and check out the full cast and crew, plus a location for the films official trailer inside.

A synopsis for "Basement Jack" here:

"Eleven years ago Jack Riley Killed fifteen people including his own mother before he was finally brought down by a policeman’s bullet. He was just seventeen at the time. For eleven years Jack Riley, or Basement Jack as christened by the media,...

A throwback to "80s slasher films" "Basement Jack," will deliver thrills and chills through BrinkDVD this fall. A film with a back story and made for an independent budget of 500K "Basement Jack," is sure to entertain those in search of deranged serial killers. The first one-sheet poster and trailer look devilishly delicious and must be picked up by horror film fans as some of the early reviews have described the film as "'A New Dimension in Horror Filmmaking.'"

A synopsis for "Basement Jack," here...

"Eleven years ago Jack Riley Killed fifteen people including his own mother before he was finally brought down by a policeman’s bullet. He was just seventeen at the time. For eleven years Jack Riley, or Basement Jack as christened by the media, lived quietly in a state asylum until now. Jack Riley has been released but his madness remains. Haunted by his past...

Filmmaker and Fango scribe Brian O’Toole gave us a first look at the new poster for his movie Evilution; check it out below the cut. It’s the first of three features in the so-called “Necropolitan Trilogy” that O’Toole produced with Eric Peter-Kaiser (under the Black Gate Entertainment banner) and scripted; the second, Basement Jack, is completed, and O’Toole also sent along an early poster for the third, The Necropolitan.

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“Evilution and Basement Jack have both sold territories overseas and will be released there on DVD soon,” O’Toole tells us. “We are still seeking domestic distribution.”

Evilution, directed by Chris Conlee (whose previous credits as an editor include Boo and Abominable), is about a military scientist who steals an...