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Lensed at the Mark Twain House and Museum in Hartford, Connecticut, Ghost Tour is co-written and directed by Erik Bloomquist, a Connecticut-based actor and filmmaker whose short, The Cobblestone Corridor, we reviewed back in June; and stars William Bloomfield, William Youmans, Natalie Brown, Cliff Miller, Greg Nutcher, Brandon White and Danielle Bonanno.

Set on November 30th 1973, after the final ghost tour at a museum with a legendary dark past, veteran docent Richard Sawyer experiences his first real encounter with the paranormal… Ghost Tour will receive an exclusive online premiere in mid-October to coincide with the peak of the Halloween season, but for now check out the trailer:...

A new teaser poster has been revealed by Shock Till You Drop for the new Colin Theys ('Banshee!!!') directed TV movie 'Remains'. The zombie movie, based on the graphic novel of the same name by Steve Niles ('30 Days of Night'), will arrive this December and revolves around a typical bunch of apocalyptic survivors who take shelter in an empty casino. The new teaser features some of the undead including a zombiefied hand holding a hand of cards. 'Remains' will air on Us cable channel Chiller and stars Miko Hughes ('Pet Sematary'), Lance Reddick ('Fringe'), Grant Bowler ('True Blood'), Tawny Cypress, Bobby Rice, Evalena Marie, Greg Nutcher, Anthony Marks, Cristina Santiago, Jessica Alexandra Green, Terence Schappert and Kevin Shea. Check out the new teaser below....

Kevin Shea, Shawn C. Phillips, Greg Nutcher, Sarah Ahearn, Cristina Santiago, Jason Criscoulo, Andrea Saenz, Alex Exum and Cuyle Carvin star in Sasquatch Assault aka Assault of the Sasquatch. Directed by Andrew Gernhard, the film deals with a merciless bear poacher being caught and arrested deep in the woods of a state park, he and his truck are taken to a neglected precinct in the heart of a dying city. Unbeknownst to the authorities, the impounded truck holds a deadly cargo in the form of the legendary Sasquatch. Now, stuck in an unfamiliar world, the creature will let nothing and no one stop it from coming face-to-face with the unscrupulous man who ruthlessly ripped it from its environment. Here is what Andrew Gernhard had to say about this film.

So who is Andrew Gernhard and what are you all about?

I'm a producer at Synthetic Cinema International (Sci) and I...

This week sees a ton of genre movies coming out on DVD and Blu- Ray. The biggest being Predators, followed up by the remake of the cult classic Night of the Demons, a sequel to Mirrors, and Anniversary editions for Rocky Horror Picture Show and Psycho. Add to that a slew of indie and classic horror and there is a lot to choose from.

Predators

Directed by Nimród Antal

Robert Rodriguez presents Predators, a bold new chapter in the Predator universe. Adrien Brody stars as Royce, a mercenary who reluctantly leads a group of elite warriors mysteriously brought together on a jungle planet. But when these cold-blooded human “predators” find themselves in all-out war against a new breed of alien Predators, it’s the ultimate showdown between hunter and prey. Predators also star Laurence Fishburne, Topher Grace, Alice Braga, Walton Goggins, Danny Trejo, Mahershalalhashbaz Ali, Oleg Taktarov, and Louis Ozawa Changchien.

The number of home video releases on October 19th is not as abundant as in recent weeks, and fewer re-released titles means those that are available are much more special. In this batch one Adrien Brody flick competes with another, and at least two independent horror titles are making a splash. Two beloved classic films return in Blu-ray where one is supplemented by a documentary treatment of it.

Also, don't forget to strum & drum out with some tunes from Rob Zombie on Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. Finally, foreign horror gives us an over-the-top Japanese gorefest, a British zombie flick where the $70 budget was spent on tea and biscuits for the zombies, and Norwegian black metal.

Predators

Directed by Nimród Antal

Robert Rodriguez presents Predators (review), a bold new chapter in the Predator universe. Adrien Brody stars as Royce, a mercenary who reluctantly leads a group of elite warriors mysteriously brought together on a jungle planet.

Synthetic Cinema International and Mvd Visual report that the DVD release of "Assault of the Sasquatch" will be available in North America, October 19, 2010.

"...When a merciless bear poacher is caught and arrested deep in the woods of a state park, he and his truck are taken to a neglected precinct in the heart of a dying city. Unbeknownst to the authorities, the impounded truck holds a deadly cargo in the form of the legendary 'Sasquatch'. Now, stuck in an unfamiliar world, the creature will let nothing and no one stop it from coming face-to-face with the unscrupulous man who ruthlessly ripped it from its environment..."

Main cast includes Kevin Shea, Greg Nutcher, Sarah Ahearn, Cristina Santiago, Jason Criscoulo, Andrea Saenz, Alex Exum, Cuyle Carvin and "Don & Murph".

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Synthetic Cinema International and Mvd Visual report that the DVD release of Assault of the Sasquatch will be available in North America, October 19, 2010. "...When a merciless bear poacher is caught and arrested deep in the woods of a state park, he and his truck are taken to a neglected precinct in the heart of a dying city. Unbeknownst to the authorities, the impounded truck holds a deadly cargo in the form of the legendary 'Sasquatch'. Now, stuck in an unfamiliar world, the creature will let nothing and no one stop it from coming face-to-face with the unscrupulous man who ruthlessly ripped it from its environment..." Main cast includes Kevin Shea, Greg Nutcher, Sarah Ahearn, Cristina Santiago, Jason Criscoulo, Andrea Saenz, Alex Exum, Cuyle Carvin and "Don & Murph".

John Doolan, the screenwriter of Synthetic Cinema International’s fifth feature Sasquatch Assault, got in touch to give us the skinny on the movie, currently shooting in Norwalk, Connecticut. Co-produced by Vijaya Cine Enterprises, the film is being produced and directed by Andrew Gernhard (who previously served as producer on Synthetic’s genre outings Banshee!!!, Blood Descendents and Werewolf: The Devil’s Hound, among others, and dropped us some FX-test and early set photos—see below).

“I took a lot of inspiration from some of John Carpenter's films, like The Fog, The Thing, Prince Of Darkness and Assault On Precinct 13,” Doolan tells Fango. “I have to admit that I also watched a lot of the not-so-successful Sasquatch films to avoid making any similar mistakes.” Starring Synthetic alumni Greg Nutcher, Hank Torrance, Cristina Santiago, Michael Wrann and Kevin Shea, along with newcomers Alex Exum, Cuyle Carvin, Sarah J. Ahearn and Andrea Sáenz,...