On one of the last few nights of MIRRORS 2’s shoot, Fango arrives on the sequel’s Baton Rouge, Louisiana set just in time to listen to actor Jon Michael Davis scream his head off. In agony. For hours.

Writer/director Angel Mario Huerta’s SERES: GENESIS, opening this Halloween in the States after premiering in its native Mexico last week, marks the first installment in a trilogy of apocalyptic alien invasion flicks (with SERES: EVOLUTION and SERES: EXTINCTION to follow) based on Huerta’s popular Spanish-language graphic novel. GENESIS promises to dish out a Latin-flavored sci-fi thriller experience, while delivering a fresh take on those tired conspiracy theories of 2012’s dreaded doomsday prophesies. See exclusive pics and comments from SERES: GENESIS below the jump, as well as the film’s trailer.

Word raced across the web this week that one of our favorite horror thrillers of recent years, 2005’s WOLF CREEK, would be getting the sequel treatment (see item here). Original writer/director Greg McLean, who also made 2007’s killer crocodile film ROGUE and executive produced the new revenge thriller RED HILL (starring TRUE BLOOD’s Ryan Kwanten; due November 5 from Sony) will continue the bloody adventures of psychopathic bushman Mick Tayler (played to lunatic perfection by John Jarratt) in the follow-up. The talented Aussie filmmaker gives Fango the early scoop on WOLF CREEK 2 below the jump.

As the fifth season of Showtime’s hit pseudo-serial-killer-thriller-drama DEXTER begins to spill its DNA all over the airwaves, it’s important to analyze what makes the show tick. Of course, it’s chief asset is a dynamic, layered central performance from actor Michael C. Hall as everyone’s favorite bloodthirsty, half-mad vigilante murderer, a serial killer who only targets other killers. The supporting cast (led by Jennifer Carpenter, who plays his butch but still fragile sister) who—like everyone else in the show—are oblivious to the darkness in Dexter’s heart. And, of course, the music by composer Daniel Licht. What’s that? You've never stopped to think about how vital Licht’s experimental, organic sounds are to manipulating your emotions and eliciting a visceral response every week? Well, then…you just don’t know DEXTER well enough, do you?

In part one (see here) of our exclusive interview with Mexican filmmaker and author Guillermo del Toro, the HELLBOY director previewed his latest novel, THE FALL, co-written by Chuck Hogan and available now from William Morrow. THE FALL arrives as Book II in the authors’ epic STRAIN Trilogy, the apocalyptic story of the death of mankind and the rise of a race of malignant vampires. Del Toro continues his discussion below, giving insight into his creative process, details his obsession with bloodsuckers, dishes on upcoming works and reveals just how he manages to juggle so many projects at once.

In Part One of this story, director Christian Alvart noted the advantages of having veteran actors like Renée Zellweger and Ian McShane toplining CASE 39 (opening this Friday, October 1 from Paramount Vantage). But serving as the true catalyst for the film’s story, in which a social worker rescues a young girl from an apparently abusive home and discovers that she’s not as innocent as she seemed, is Jodelle Ferland as the child in question.

Continuing our chat with Josh Bridge, Blue Castle Games senior producer and developer of DEAD RISING 2, Capcom’s sequel to its zombie-bashing video-game hit that debuted this week (see Part One here):