Yesterday, another casting announcement (actor Nico Tortorella) and character breakdowns were released for next spring’s return to Woodsboro. I thought with that relevant news I’d finally give a voice to the brainwaves that tell me, against my better judgment in a horror climate rampant with terrible studio output, I’m unabashedly excited for SCREAM 4.

A wide spectrum of famous names from the horror field offer their views on the genre in NIGHTMARES IN RED, WHITE AND BLUE, written and produced by Joseph Maddrey and based on his book of the same title. The documentary, directed and edited by Andrew Monument, now has set release dates in a variety of media.

Beginning this Thursday, the L.A. Film Festival (see our previous item on the genre flicks showing) will get underway and world premiering is the latest collaboration between Dark Sky and Larry Fessenden's Glass Eye Pix, the first horror outing from indie director Joe Maggio, BITTER FEAST. The debut trailer for the film has popped up in conjunction with the fest, so hit the jump and check it out below!

"Eat brains. Don't get shotgunned." In ZOMBIE DICE, you're flesh devouring ghoul. You want braaains. More brains than any of your zombie buddies. ZOMBIE DICE is fast and easy for any zombie fan (or the whole zombie family). The 13 custom dice are your victims. Push your luck to eat their brains, but stop rolling before the shotgun blasts end your turn! Two or more can play. Each game takes 10 to 20 minutes, and can be taught in a single round. Sound like morbid fun, hit the jump to find out how you can win!

Choosing the big-screen fate of the eight FANGORIA FrightFest movies begins next Monday, June 21, and one of the films yearning for your votes to win a theatrical release in the on-line sweepstakes (go here for more details) is the atmospheric Spanish spookfest THE HAUNTING, written and directed by award-winning filmmaker Elio Quiroga. See the exclusive trailer below the jump and in the homepage rotator.

FANGORIA recently caught up with metal supergroup HellYeah. Read on for the first part of our video interview with guitarist Tom "Kat" Maxwell and bassist Bob Zilla. 

Get a heapin’ helpin’ of zombie comedy when Osiris Entertainment releases writer/director Patrick Horvath’s DIE-NER (GET IT?) on DVD August 24. Fango got a first look at the cover art and content info for the disc.

Do you remember Peter Newbrook’s THE ASPHYX (1973)? Black & Blue Films is producing a remake written and directed by Matthew McGuchan and produced by Jonathan Sothcott (which we last covered here), and a new cast announcement, as well as some artwork, have hit the web.

In Bram Stoker’s iconic 1897 novel DRACULA, there is roughly a chapter and a half devoted to the mysterious events that took place on board the Russian ship the Demeter. Having sailed from Varna, Bulgaria to the shores of Whitby, England during a violent storm, the schooner is discovered with no crew in sight and the captain’s carcass tied to the ship’s helm.

The CRAZIES director is already attached to a pair of major remakes: ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK and FLASH GORDON. Yes, the director remains on board those two films. And yes, ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK appears to be his next gig. But after ESCAPE, Eisner reportedly intends to film an adaptation of a Mark Wheatley comic

In Paul W.S. Anderson’s RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE 3D, Alice (Milla Jovovich) continues on her journey to lead survivors to safety. However, her fight against the Umbrella Corporation reaches new heights. Fortunately, Alice gets some help from an old friend, and a new lead takes them to Los Angeles, which turns out to be a haven for thousands of the undead. AFTERLIFE opens September 10. Check out the new poster after the jump.