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We’re back with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes news on the latest episode of Ghost Trek, an announcement for William Pattison’s new novel, Psychotic State, DVD release details for The Colony, a clip from Hitchhiker Massacre, and much more:

Details on Psychotic State: “The plot of Psychotic State tells the story of David Coleman, a bipolar twenty-six year old man who is one of those people that the world likes to pick on. David is bullied and abused by everyone around him, including his adopted father. When David gets fired from his job after a run in with a couple bullies he loses his medical and stops taking his medication. This causes David to go into a psychotic state and in a twisted idea of justice he decides that it is time for him...

There are few things in this world that fascinate us more than the things that go bump in the night, and if you're of the same ilk, you may wanna pay attention to this next story. Are you ready to join "The Ghost Club"?

From the Press Release

With Halloween approaching, ghost hunters and ghost story fans will have an innovative new web destination called “The Ghost Club,” where they can document and share their own destinations or learn about how to start their own Ghost Club.

The innovative site is powered by Theatrics.com, LLC, the interactive media company behind recent projects like "Psych The S#cial Sector" (USA Network); "Welcome to Sanditon," the sequel to the hit web series "The Lizzie Bennet Diaries" (Pemberley Digital), and "Aurelia: Edge of Darkness" (from independent Lisa Walker England). Theatrics also powers Wikia’s Virtual Cosplay Contest, held in conjunction with Comic Con New York.

Watch Halo 4 Forward Unto Dawn. Stewart Hendler‘s Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn (2012) Part 1-5 stars Tom Green, Iain Belcher, Jenna Berman, Enisha Brewster, and Max Carver. Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn‘s plot synopsis: “In 2525, as mankind has begun to colonize space, a group of cadets are training to fight against human [...]

Continue reading: Halo: Forward Unto Dawn (2012): Part 1-5: Stewart Hendler, Tom Green...

The final chapter of Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn is here bringing the incredibly cool web-series to an end! I loved watching this series, and I hope that someday we get that live-action feature film version of this epic videogame franchise that we've all been waiting for.

Forward Unto Dawn is set before the events of the first Halo game, but the plot will ultimately tie into Halo 4, which is being released on November 6th.

After a terrifying night of combat and loss, Lasky makes a life-or-death decision to help the Master Chief... but will it be enough to save them all from the Covenant?

To watch the first episode click here, for the second episode click here, and for the third and fourth episodes click here! What did you think of the web-series?! Thanks to Microsoft and 343 Industries and Machinima Prime for bringing this to us!

Enjoy the last episode!

Microsoft and 343 Industries have released the third and fourth episodes of their awesome Halo web-series, Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn. In part four Master Chief joins the fight!

There's only one more episode left in the five series run, all made to lead up to the worldwide launch of Halo 4 on November 6th. This has been an awesome web-series, and I'm looking forward to seeing how it all turns out!

To watch the first episode click here and for the second episode click here. Have you been enjoying the web series?

Part 3:

Just as Hastati Squad is confronted by a video of secret Oni super-soldiers, their war and their whole universe are changed forever by a much more deadly surprise.

Part 4:

While Corbulo Academy is being destroyed by the Covenant invasion, the surviving cadets fight bravely alongside their only hope: The Master Chief.

Directed by Stewart Hendler (“H...

Microsoft and 343 Industries have released the second episode in the Halo web-series on Machinima Prime, Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn.

Cadet Michael "Sully" Sullivan continues to decode the hidden Oni combat video as Lasky's struggle with his place in the Unsc ignites with fellow cadet Walter Vickers. After a classroom confrontation with Captain Mehaffey and a challenge from Chyler, Lasky pulls Hastati Squad back from the brink...at a terrible physical cost to himself.

The story will unfold weekly through a series of five episodes, and will lead up to the worldwide launch of Halo 4 on November 6th. So far this web-series has been quite impressive, and I can't wait for the next episode! Master Chief is also expected to make an appearance in the series at some point.

To watch the first episode click here. What do you think of this web-series so far?

Here's some previously released information...

Microsoft and 343 Industries have officially launched their awesome new live-action digital web-series Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn. This is only the first of five episodes of the series, and it mostly sets up the characters in the story and gives us the base for which the rest of the story will follow. It also starts off with a little bit of action.

Here's the description the came along with the first episode:

Hastati Squad, the newest batch of freshman cadets at the Unsc's Corbulo Academy of Military Science, pays the price for cadet Thomas Lasky's tactics.

Thomas Lasky came to Corbulo Academy of Military Science with his mother and brother's impressive military careers hanging over his head. Haunted by ghosts from his past, he has serious doubts about the war he's expected to fight. As fellow cadet Chyler Silva tries to help him find his place at the academy, tensions...

There's a new big budget Halo web-series being developed that I'm looking forward to checking out called Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn. We previously brought you an incredible 3-minute trailer which I've also included in case you missed it. Today we bring you a clip from the series that features two new recruits at Corbulo Academy talk about their upcoming cryo-training.

The series will premiere and be shown on Machinima's new channel Machinima Prime, as well as on Halo Waypoint, on Oct. 5, 2012. The story will be told through a series of five episodes, setting the stage for the launch of Halo 4 on November 6th.

Check out the clip and the trailer below!

Here's some more detailed information on the series:

Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn tells an exciting story of heroism and sacrifice on a scale never before seen in the "Halo" universe, taking fans back to the beginning of...

We told you back in May about Machinima Prime and Microsoft‘s live action web series entitled Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn, five 15-minute shorts leading up to the release of the blockbuster sci-fi shooter Halo 4 on November 6. At Comic-Con, where seemingly everything that we love is born, the first official full-length trailer was released. Of course, we have it here for you, right now:

Trailer: Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn – First Official Full-Length

Click here to view the embedded video.

Microsoft has also released a great deal of much-more-detailed information about the series, as well as a Special Edition of the series to be released with the Limited Edition of Halo 4, in this press release:

‘Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn’ Trailer Premieres at Comic-Con Official trailer for the groundbreaking live-action digital series debuts, igniting anticipation for its worldwide premiere on Oct. 5.

San Diego — July 12, 2012 — Today at San Diego Comic-Con International,...

343 Industries and Microsoft have released the official trailer for their live-action digital series Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn, and hot damn it's awesome! The series will premiere and be shown on Machinima's new channel Machinima Prime, as well as on Halo Waypoint, on Oct. 5, 2012. The story will be told through a series of five episodes, setting the stage for the launch of Halo 4 on November 6th. Watch the trailer now, and tell us if you think it looks good!

Here's some more detailed information on the series:

Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn tells an exciting story of heroism and sacrifice on a scale never before seen in the "Halo" universe, taking fans back to the beginning of the human and Covenant war and leading into the events of Halo 4. Set against the backdrop of a United Nations Space Command (Unsc) military academy, a group of highborn cadets are training to...

Well... one of the listed stars is a black actress - Enisha Brewster (that's her in the still from the series above) who had a supporting role in the recent Footloose remake. She's also done some TV work in Vampire Diaries, One Tree Hill and Meet The Browns.  And yes, she actually does appear in the below trailer a few times. Yippee! :) But first, the key points from the press release that follows:  - Many fans have been hoping for a Halo movie, but I guess this is the next best thing: Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn is a live-action web series based on the best-selling Xbox franchise game. - The series, which will unfold through a series of...

Halo and action-sci-fi-adventure genre fans rejoice! The cast of the much-hyped (and possibly paradigm shifting) live action web series, Halo: Forward Unto Dawn has been announced. And the individuals set to play characters in the five 15-minute installments of the famed video game's online video have some high quality pedigrees. From Smallville to Mission Impossible, these actors appeared constantly on traditional entertainment mediums. The lead roles belong to Tom Green (who will play Thomas Lasky) and Daniel Cudmore (who will embody Master Chief). Although Green isn't yet a household name (at least not in the Us), Cudmore is well known for his roles in X-Men and three of the Twilight installments. Aside from the leads, you'll probably recognize Anna Popplewell (as Chyler Silva), who played Susan Pevensie in the Chronicles of Narnia, Ayelet Zurer (who will play Mehaffey) for her roles in Angels and Demons, Vantage Point and the upcoming...

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