Iconic sci-fi/horror filmmaker Bert I. Gordon (THE AMAZING COLOSSAL MAN, THE FOOD OF THE GODS, etc.) will be joining the Fango family this summer, reviving the long-dormant “The Pit and the Pen” column. The late writer/producer Alex Gordon (THE SHE CREATURE, Ed Wood’s JAIL BAIT) wrote the popular feature for FANGORIA magazine during the 1980s, presenting an ongoing diary of his wild and weird war stories from the front lines of the B-movie business during its heyday in the 1950s and ’60s.

Even before the first weekend of the NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET remake's release is over, its producers are already planning a follow-up. And—no surprise—it'll have an extra added dimension.

Writer/director Jeff Roenning gave Fango the details and some behind-the-scenes pics (see ’em after the jump) from MOTHER’S DAY MASSACRE, a domestic shocker shot under the title HOT BABY. Produced by John A. Gallagher (director of STREET JUSTICE and THE DELI) and Gregory Segal, HOT BABY follows Jim Cavanaugh (Adam Scarimbolo), a shy New Jersey teen, who lives with Tex, his jerk of a father (TOOLBOX MURDERS’ Greg Travis).

If you’re going to open an exorcism school, you’ve gotta staff it with some skilled veterans. And the cast of New Line’s THE RITE, which deals with a seminary student who joins just such a place, has added a trio of solid performers to its roster.