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We might have only had one season, plus a couple of specials, of David Tennant and Catherine Tate’s amazing chemistry as the Tenth Doctor and Donna Noble on screen, but thankfully the two Doctor Who icons have been giving us new adventures for the duo over the past few years, since they started making audio dramas for Big Finish Productions.

Following a couple of boxsets of The Tenth Doctor Adventures, the latest release featuring the pair is Donna Noble: Kidnapped, a spinoff series focusing on Tate’s companion. Set following 2008’s “Forest of the Dead,” when Donna is taking a break from her time travels, Tate’s co-lead in this collection of four stories is her former The Catherine Tate Show co-star Niki Wardley. However, Tennant will pop up for a brief cameo in the final adventure.

Here’s the synopsis for the set, as per Big Finish’s...

Imagine if high school student Scott Howard from Teen Wolf grew up, traded his letter jacket for a police uniform, and became a barely functioning alcoholic. Sound interesting? Then you'll likely dig Lowell Dean’s WolfCop, a creature feature with a wicked sense of humor that's packed with blood-soaked practical effects. Today, Image Entertainment unleashed WolfCop on Blu-ray and DVD, and to celebrate the release, they've provided us with two prize packs to give away to a couple of lucky Daily Dead readers. The grand prize contains a Blu-ray copy of the film, a flask (to go with the bottoms up spirit of Lou Garou), a signed poster featuring WolfCop sprawled out on his own human skin, and more.

"Officer Lou Garou isn’t the best cop in small-town Woodhaven – in fact, he’s probably the worst. He mostly just looks to avoid anything that could possibly interfere with his goal of getting wasted.

Reviewed by Robert J. Thompson II

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WolfCop (2014)

Written and directed by Lowell Dean (13 Eerie) and starring Leo Fafard (Corner Gas: The Movie), Amy Matysio (Lawrence & Holloman), Jonathan Cherry (Final Destination 2), Aidan Devine (Outlander) and Sarah Lind (Severed).

This weekend has been dubbed “Werewolf Weekend”, as I have not one, but two movies to review, that just both happen to be werewolves. I wasn't sure what to expect, when I was asked if I wanted to review WolfCop. Any werewolf movie immediately has my attention, but this just had 'cheesy schlock film' written all over it. It just raised a whole lot of questions in my mind, and I wasn't certain I'd be able to give it a good review, let alone finish the thing.

However, WolfCop is a perfect example of why you shouldn't judge too harshly, before giving something a chance. Was it cheesy? Absolutely. Was it schlocky?...

I missed last week’s column, as you no doubt guessed. I’m proud to say that I have the most brutal of excuses; I had my teeth pulled. Two back molars, to be precise. I contend that there are few things as metal as a dental extraction. Unless you’re a big baby and you opt to get put under (more on that later), you’re totally aware for the whole thing. Needles jabbed into your gums? Check. Bone-deep hammer-blows ringing straight through your jaw and into your skull? Check? Uncontrolled loss of blood of the hot and fresh variety? Check. And the most unrelentingly intense part? Watching as they sew shut the gaping wound in your mouth. Nothing quite as surreal as watching that needle and thread go in your mouth, then out through your raw flesh, then in again a few more times. It’s like ‘Enter The Void...

Scott Snyder has been on my interview bucket list for what feels like ages, even if it’s only been a year or so. This writer has taken the comics world by storm in twelve months by sheer virtue of his awesome storytelling, which often takes a horrific turn. He’s tortured Batman with owl assassins, terrified us with a sharp-toothed salesman, turned American History red with bloodsuckers, and given Alec Holland something rotten to scream about. In the short time I had to speak with him, he proved to be gracious, enthusiastic, and very appreciative of his sudden fame, now that people recognize him everywhere he goes.

Famous Monsters. I’d first like to talk about your writing style in general. What I’ve noticed in some comic books is that the prose is forgotten as a sort of afterthought, like it’s only there to drive the action.

2012 will be the first year that GeekTrant will invade WonderCon, mostly due to the fact that it was moved down to Anaheim, CA this year which is right in our backyard. We're all pretty excited about attending this year, as we've heard it's a much smaller more intimate version of San Diego Comic Con.

WonderCon is set to open on Friday, March 16th and run through Sunday, March 18th at the Anaheim Convention Center. If you plan on attending let us know, and maybe we can meet up and hang out for a bit!

I've put stars next to the panels we are interested in attending. Check out the schedule, and let us know what you are looking forward to seeing most!

Friday March 16th

12:30-1:30 Idw Presents: The Idw Panel!— Chief creative officer Chris Ryall and sergeant of marketing Dirk Wood, give out prizes, make announcements, and evade questions!

The following is a list of all comic books, graphic novels and special items that will be available this week and shipped to comic book stores who have placed orders for them.

215 Ink

Fall Gn, $7.99

AC Comics

Crypt Of Horror Volume 13 Tp, $29.95

Adventure House

Lone Ranger Magazine July 1937 Replica Edition, $14.95

Phantom Detective June 1938 Replica Edition, $14.95

Alterna Comics

Fubar II Empire Of The Rising Dead Tp, $14.95

Antarctic Press

Gold Digger Platinum Volume 3 Tp, $14.95

Arcana Studio

Wingman Gn, $14.95

Archaia Entertainment

Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal Volume 1 Creation Myths Hc, $19.95

Spera Volume 1 Hc, $19.95

Archie Comics

Archie Double Digest #225, $3.99

Mega Man #9 (Patrick Spaziante Regular Cover), $2.99

Mega Man #9 (Patrick Spaziante Sketch Variant Cover), Ar

Bandai Entertainment

Kannagi Volume 3 Gn (Of 6), $11.99

Big If Comics

Fantastic Life Gn (not verified by Diamond), $9.95

Black Library

Deliverance Lost Mmpb (The Horus Heresy)(Warhammer 40K), $8.99

Word Bearers Omnibus Sc (Warhammer 40K), $15.00

Age Of Legend Mmpb (Warhammer), $8.99

Bluewater Productions

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A little while back I wrote an article about the poster release for the upcoming film Repeaters, which is premiering at Tiff 2010. Well tonight, Hitflix has premiered the trailer for this darker version of Groundhog Day.

The trailer, embedded below, is fascinating and much more fast paced than I thought it would be. I’m actually excited now because the brief synopsis I posted in the other article didn’t really do much in terms of enticement but after watching the trailer everything has changed.

The trailer doesn’t exactly give us a lot in terms of where the characters are or why they are there, but it does give us some insight in terms of some of the struggles they encounter, what they do with themselves, and how the repetition of the same day is affecting them personally.

The best thing to do is to read the synopsis first,...

Repeaters, a film premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival, has just released its first poster in anticipation for its worldwide debut.

The film, which is directed by Canadian Carl Bessai (Severed), has been described as a dark Groundhog day except instead of it being Groundhog day it is actually just one of the most miserable days of your life.

The Tiff film description:

Veteran director Carl Bessai returns with a tense thriller that follows three young addicts in a rehabilitation centre. Each day they live the same events over and over – a situation each responds to in radically different ways.

The film stars Dustin Milligan (Gunless), Amanda Crew (Charlie St. Cloud), and Richard de Klerk (Bang Bang You’re Dead).

While the poster doesn’t really tell you too much I still think its color use is pretty cool, specifically the blood red. Other than that I think it...

Only one genre related Blu-ray hits stores this week -- Escape from L.A. -- but a decent crop of DVDs accompanies it, including the documentary to end all documentaries, Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy.

In addition we get a couple of two-packs, Pulse/Sick Nurses and Midnight Movie/Killer Movie. I find the latter pairing interesting -- and helpful -- as I've never quite been able to remember which movie is which when it comes to those two flicks. There's also an odd three-pack: Severed: Forest of the Dead/Shallow Ground/The Rage.

Now that Paul Wesley is on everyone's radar thanks to "The Vampire Diaries", his previous brief outing as an angel in TV's "Fallen" has of course hit DVD. The pilot for another failed TV show, "Virtuality", also comes out on disc this week.

Lionsgate is finally releasing Cold Storage, UK "shocker" Dark Nature is a welcome visitor to our shores,...

After the Academy’s attempt at honoring genre during the live show, we saw a real tribute to horror by someone who is truly one of our own. Bob Murawski thanked Sam Raimi for giving him his “first cutting job” in Army of Darkness. His Best Editing award for Hurt Locker was shared by his partner Chris Innis, whom he met on the Raimi produced TV show “American Gothic.”

I gotta say, never since Peter Jackson’s (who was nominated this year for District 9) thank you to the crew of Meet the Feebles has there been such an excellent genre shout out.

On top of working with Raimi for over a decade, Murawski also runs Grindhouse Releasing, which distributes and restores cult and horror films with a focus on extreme Italian cinema. Pieces, The Beyond, Cannibal Holocaust, and I Drink Your Blood are just a few names you’ll find in Grindhouse Releasing's catalogue.