Universal’s prequel to John Carpenter’s THE THING is now lensing, and another name has been added to a cast that includes BLACK CHRISTMAS’ Mary Elizabeth Winstead, ACOLYTES’ Joel Edgerton and REEKER’s Eric Christian Olsen.

Underground filmmaking doesn’t get much more underground than this. We’re in a basement in Queens that’s serving as a location for the independent fright feature THE SUPER, and a better setting for ghastly violence would be hard to find. The walls are crumbling, paint peels off them, pipes are exposed. Down a back passageway lies a cramped space full of junk that one would be loath to explore alone.

Indiana-based filmmaker Zack Parker, whose previous movies include the revenge/horror opus INEXCHANGE and the dramatic thriller QUENCH, got in touch with some comments and info on the latest project for his Along the Tracks Productions, SCALENE. Set to roll later this month in and around Richmond, IN, it’s a rape-and-revenge thriller with a RASHOMON twist.

Fango got the scoop on what you can expect from the DVD releases of a couple of ambitious independent horror features. James Felix McKenney informed us of the extras and a street date for BURNING INSIDE, from his new Channel Midnight company, while Cinema Epoch sent along the full skinny on SEA OF DUST (pictured), featuring Tom Savini.