Last December, the producers of RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE granted FANGORIA exclusive access to the Toronto set of the fourth chapter in their action/horror franchise, derived from the best-selling Capcom video games. Over the next 10 weeks, right up to AFTERLIFE’s September 10 release from Screen Gems, Fangoria.com will be presenting a series of one-on-one interviews with the movie’s cast and crew.

Much like his character in the movie, Dev Patel hit the jackpot when Danny Boyle cast him as the lead of SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE. And the 20-year-old actor is hoping his second feature film, M. Night Shyamalan’s THE LAST AIRBENDER, gives him as much good fortune.

The votes have been compiled and counted, and the readers have spoken: It’s time to announce the winners in our poll of the best horror films and filmmakers of 2009, as well as how the runners-up placed. Elaborating on our report in FANGORIA #295 (on sale now), here’s a complete rundown of how all of the nominees ranked, in descending order, with write-ins also acknowledged:

Among die-hard horror aficionados, there are certain films that have been lost to the masses, yet are championed by the fanatics—obscure works of cinema that stand as secret passwords within those closed circles of terror purists. Name-drop 1971’s LET’S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH to any die-hard, and consider yourself a member of the club.

To TWILIGHT fans, he’s Jasper Hale. To LAST AIRBENDER viewers, though, he’s Sokka, the Water Tribe member who goes on a journey with his sister Katara (Nicola Peltz) to help the titular avatar.

In our third set-visit interview with a cast member from THE LAST AIRBENDER, we spoke with Shaun Toub, the veteran actor who you might remember as the trusted friend and scientist Yinsen, who saves Tony Stark’s (Robert Downey Jr.) life in IRON MAN. In M. Night Shyamalan’s film (now in theaters), Toub plays Prince Zuko’s (Dev Patel) Uncle Iroh.

Premiering this Saturday, July 3 at the New York Asian Film Festival is a double dose of Japanese cinematic extremity, in the form of the first two installments from Nikkatsu Studios’ freshly minted Sushi Typhoon label: ALIEN VS. NINJA (pictured left) and MUTANT GIRLS SQUAD. In preparation for the screenings and the launch of Sushi Typhoon, Fango tossed a few questions to the films’ directors.