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Arielle Nissenblatt and Ned Donovan are launching a podcast and YouTube show, Arielle and Ned's Daily Tips That May Or May Not Help You. EarBuds Podcast Collective founder Arielle and actor Ned say their daily show will be an entertaining and informative daily escape, covering an eclectic range of tips that touch on various aspects of life - that may or may not help!

A camping trip takes a turn into unsettling territory in the new film Desolation, which comes out this week and is teased in a new batch of images in today's Horror Highlights. We also have a December contest from our friends at Comet TV, the trailer for the new horror film The Bone Box, and details on the star-studded cast of Surge of Power: The Stuff of Heroes.

New Stills from Desolation: IFC Midnight will release Desolation in select theaters and on VOD and digital platforms on December 15th, including special Q&A screenings:

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Special Advance Screening on Thursday, December 14, at 9pm at the IFC Center with Q&A with editor Alexander Frasse, producer Kim Patton, associate producer Ned Donovan, and composer Marcus Bagala. Tickets available here: http://www.ifccenter.com/films/desolation/

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Opening Night Q&A on Friday, December 15 (9:05pm show), with director Sam Patton,...

Earlier in November, the second season of The Hunted: Encore arrived online. Encore, a charming and lighthearted vampire musical, is an enjoyable program in its right, but it is also a part of something greater. It is the latest chapter in The Hunted, a web series franchise that has used a unique crowdsourced model to survive as one of, if not the longest-running web series on the internet.

The man behind The Hunted is Robert Chapin, a fight choreographer and FX artist who first devised his signature project for a class he taught in 2000. He created a simple structure -- vampires exist and are tracked down by groups called Slayers -- and the first episodes of The Hunted arrived on his website in April 2001. The show has existed, in various forms, ever since.

Over the years, Chapin has created many Hunted episodes of his own, but the secret to the...

At The Table A Play Reading Series has released its three February episodes. Episodes 4 and 5 are now available and feature the full-length play Troop 54 by Justin Colombo Kinky Boots National Tour, Rock of Ages National Tour. Episode 6 is an interview with the playwright, lead by co-hosts Rachel Flynn Heathers The Musical and Ned Donovan The Hunted Encore. The episodes are edited, and feature original scoring by Marcus Thorne Bagala This American Life.

How do you put a new twist on a show that claims the title of "Longest-running series online?" With music and lyrics, of course. That's the idea behind The Hunted: Encore, a musical web series that serves as a companion piece for Bob Chapin's long-running vampire series The Hunted.

The Hunted, which is set in a world of vampires and the "slayers" who battle them, has been around since the early 2000s. One of the ways Chapin has supported his show is through a number of "affiliate" projects that are led by other creators but set in the Hunted universe. Encore, directed by Ryan Gibeau and written by Ned Donovan with music by Marcus Bagala, is one of those affiliates. Its protagonists are three slayers, two of whom are butting heads with the third.

What makes Encore truly exciting is its soundtrack. The series is filled with fun, peppy...

In celebration of the 100th anniversary of famed author Roald Dahl’s birth, YouTube Kids has teamed up with Dahl’s grandson, Ned Donovan, to curate a special playlist featuring videos that complement his revolutionary work, including James And The Giant Peach, Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, and Matilda.

The playlist, fittingly titled Celebrating 100 Years Of Roald Dahl On YouTube Kids, is now live and features everything from step-by-step arts and crafts with TV presenter Claudia Winkleman to The Bfg story time with comedian David Walliams to drawing tutorials with cartoonist Quentin Blake to a reading of Matilda by the actress Kate Winslet.

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Stars: Maria Thayer, Michael Cassidy, Ray Wise, Chris Marquette, Julie Brister, Syd Wilder, Brian Sacca, Grant Garry, Ned Donovan | Written by Kyle Rankin, Andy Selsor | Directed by Kyle Rankin

There are some films that, upon viewing, you just can’t help but fall in love with (and Night of the Living Deb is not the only film at this years Frightfest to hit me in my horror-loving heart). Back in 2009, at my very first Frightfest as a reviewer – covering the festival for Bloody Disgusting – there was one such film… Infestation. A parody of nature run amok movies like The Swarm, Phase IV and Them!, Infestation was a near-perfect comedic take on the killer-insect genre (even though those original creature-features are funny enough as they are) with stellar performances from Chris Marquette and Ray Wise. Well that was 6 years ago. a long six years. Since then director Kyle Rankin has been...