Warner Bros. have released the first images from director Chris Peckover’s timely and sure-to-be controversial thriller Undocumented. Written by Peckover and Joe Peterson, the film follows a group of young filmmakers forced to document the torture and murder of the captured immigrants by a group of vigilante “patriots” in New Mexico.

The film stars Alona Tal (Night of the Living Dead: Origins 3-D), Scott Mechlowicz (Mean Creek), Kevin Weisman (”Alias”), Greg Serano (”Scoundrels”), Yancey Arias (Legion), Noah Segan (Chain Letter), and Nicholas Tucci (Choose).

I was fortunate enough to have crashed a screening of Undocumented back in December. While the film has the potential to make Arizona governor Jan Brewer and her supporters wet, most moviegoers will be horrified by the film’s premise, enthralled by its execution, and thrilled by the performances.

To read my spoiler-free review, click here.

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“Dexter” star Michael C. Hall was photographed this week while filming what appears to be a sleight-of-hand scene for the critically acclaimed Showtime series. The action takes place at a beach side hotel in Miami and finds Dexter attempting to distract a fed’s attention from a black luggage bag.

Unfortunately, the actor playing the fed does not have a vagina and, therefore, makes it difficult for me to feel motivated enough to put in the research time to identify him. But, hey, he looks like fine thespian.

“Dexter” returns this fall for season 5 with plenty of new faces including Julia Stiles (The Omen), Peter Weller (RoboCop), April Lee Hernandez (”ER”), Maria Doyle Kennedy (”The Tudors”), Johnny Lee Miller (Mindhunters), and Shawn Hatosy (Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call – New Orleans).

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The world premiere of Fox Searchlight Pictures’ supernatural thriller Black Swan was held yesterday at the Sala Grande Palazzo Del Cinema during the opening ceremony of the 67th Venice Film Festival. Director Darren Aronofsky was joined on the red carpet by headliner Natalie Portman and costars Vincent Cassel and Ksenia Solo.

Mila Kunis, Winona Ryder, Sebastian Stan, and Kristina Anapau apparently did not make the shindig.

Those who were on hand to kick off the festivities were festival jury member Quentin Tarantino and Italian actresses Margareth Made, Violante Placido, Jo Champa, Matilde Brandi, Isabella Ragonese, and drop-dead gorgeous Manuela Arcuri (see gallery).

Zimbio has a large gallery, but I discarded the ugly people for your viewing pleasure:

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Spike TV has announced its nominees for the 5th annual Scream Awards, to be held on Oct. 16 at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles. The ceremony celebrates the best in horror, sci-fi, and fantasy released between July 16, 2009 and July 16, 2010. Along with conventional categories such as Best Horror Film and Best Villain, the show also honors the year’s Most Memorable Mutilation, Best Fight, and Holy Shit! Scene.

Films nominated this year include Inception, Avatar, Predators, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Paranormal Activity, District 9, The Crazies, Kick Ass, and Zombieland. TV noms went to “LOST,” “True Blood,” “Dexter,” “Dr. Who,” and “V.”

Best Horror Actress noms went to Julie Benz for “Dexter,” Emily Blunt for The Wolfman, Emma Stone for Zombieland, Milla Jovovich for The Fourth Kind, Charlotte Gainsbourg  for Antichrist, and Anna Paquin for “True Blood.”

The Best Villain category holds some of the year’s most memorable performances. The nominees include Oscar-winning actor Jackie Earle Haley as Freddy Kruger, Emmy-winner John Lithgow as the Trinity Killer on “Dexter,” Mickey Rourke as Whiplash in Iron Man 2, Stephen Lang as Col. Miles Quaritch in Avatar, Emmy-winner Terry O’Quinn as John Locke/Smoke Monster on “LOST,” and Dieter Laser as Dr. Joseph Heiter in the year’s most outrageous film The Human Centipede.

The nominees were chosen by an advisory board that included such noted genre figures as Wes Craven, Ridley Scott, John Carpenter, Tim Burton, Quentin Tarantino, Damon Lindelof, Joss Whedon, and Eli Roth.

Fans can vote on all 30 categories by visiting SpikeTV.com. Voting will be open up until Oct. 15.

Spike TV will air The 5th Annual Scream Awards on October 19 (9:00–11:00 PM, ET/PT).

It was a pleasant surprise for my penis to see former “Angel” and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” star Charisma Carpenter pop up in an episode of “Legend of the Seeker” last year and again this summer in Sly Stallone’s must-see shoot’em up The Expendables. But, it was an absolute shock for it to discover that the pretty Las Vegas native turned 40 in July.

Carpenter—who still rocks a 23-year-old’s body—appears to be on the comeback trail. The doe-eyed starlet is set to headline director Jason Bourque’s survival-frightener Crash Site. Principle photography is already underway in Vancouver.

Crash Site stars Carpenter and Ty Olsson (Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem) as a vacationing couple stranded deep in the woods after an automobile accident. The duo must survive the elements to make it back to civilization.

Carpenter can also be seen in the upcoming straight-to-DVD British horror film Psychosis. The film is said to feature Carpenter in violent sex scenes (I will investigate this immediately).

Actress Julianne Moore (Hannibal) has never been shy about showing off her body, but the 50-year-old cougar really appears to be stepping up her T&A game lately. Aside from her recent nude lesbian romp with Amanda Seyfried in the psychological-thriller Chloe, Moore is now raising temperatures in Venice, Italy with a sexy marketing campaign for jewelery and fashion giant Bulgari.

The ads, featuring Moore’s nude body tactfully covered by a handbag and lion cubs, were set to be displayed on billboards in the city’s famous St. Mark’s Square, but have now  been banned by Venice mayor Giorgio Orsoni.

Said Orsoni:

I take account of the fact that Venice is part of the real word…but we cannot accept these Hollywood-style images. There are intelligent sponsors, and we need to come up with advertising that suits Venice, not Times Square.

Bulgari will now put up billboards featuring Moore in more conservative poses (not pictured here).

Ever wonder why so many actresses start to go nude more frequently as they get older? The answer is simple: Like wine, low self esteem only gets better with age.

When a Hollywood starlet is in her 20’s, she can get away with rocking a bikini or employing body doubles for a role. But after 30, competition for the media spotlight gets fierce. Despite box office success and/or critical accolades, an actress’s insecurity can get the better of her, leading to more stroke-worthy career decisions.

Like Lucy Lawless, Monica Belluci, and Marisa Tomei, Moore continues to use her sex appeal to compliment her acting chops and show-up her younger peers. You gotta love that!

Talulah Riley’s role in Chris Nolan’s subconscious-mind-control thriller Inception may have been small, but the blonde 24-year-old Brit has been extracting nighttime emissions from my Level 3 wet dreams since I caught the flick.  Needless-to-say, I’m thrilled to learn that Riley has signed on to star in Gold Film’s 3-D alien invasion frightener Transmission.

Described as Pitch Black meets 28 Days Later, Transmission follows an extraterrestrial invasion of earth set during a solar eclipse. Willem Dafoe (Antichrist) is reportedly in talks to star opposite Riley. Bob Hoskins (Doomsday)and Jason Flemying (Clash of the Titans) are already onboard.

Director Roger Christian, best known for the critically-panned, commercial flop Battlefield Earth (John Travolta’s love letter to L. Ron Hubbard), is in negotiations to helm the project.

What could be more frightening than giant crocodiles? Having Yancy Butler’s career. The once smoking-hot up-and-comer was poised for stardom in 2001 when, after cutting her teeth on the action hits Hard Target and Drop Zone, scored the titular role in TNT’s “Witchblade” series.

But, alas, it was not meant to be.

Now, Butler—still sexy at 40—is playing a “feisty female hunting guide” out to land a giant croc in Sony Pictures Lake Dead 3, available Oct. 26 on DVD and Blu-ray disc.

Peep the unrated trailer (via Beyond Hollywood):

Sony has released an official synopsis for the film, but the only thing you need to know about this release is that:

Lake Placid 3 has a running time of 93 minutes and is unrated. The film contains graphic violence and full frontal nudity.

Man, it is great to see filmmakers embrace full-frontal nudity as a metaphor for vulnerability and/or spiritual openness. Without shots of young, tight vaginas, the graphic violence in Lake Placid 3 would just be frivolous.

Lake Placid 3 is directed by Griff Furst (Swamp Shark) and costars Colin Ferguson (”Eureka”), Kacey Barnfield (Resident Evil: Afterlife), Kirsty Mitchell and Michael Ironside (Terminator: Salvation).

The original 1999 Lake Placid film was written by Emmy-winner David E. Kelly (”Ally McBeal,” “The Practice”) and was actually a really good horror flick. It starred Bridget Fonda, Bill Pullman, Oliver Platt, and Betty White.

Director David R. Ellis (The Final Destination 3-D) has reeled in former “American Idol” contestant Katharine McPhee and Last House on the Left rape victim Sara Paxton for his upcoming creature-feature Shark Night 3-D. McPhee and Paxton join a cast that includes Chris Carmack (The Butterfly Effect 3), Alyssa Diaz (Red Dawn), Joel David Moore (Avatar), Dustin Milligan (The Messengers) and Sinqua Walls (Savage County).

Shark Night 3-D follows a group of college friends as they encounter man-eating sharks while vacationing at a lake house (I’m guessing bull sharks). Cameras are set to roll on the project later this month in Shreveport, LA.

I’m curious to see if the film will go for genuine scares or play up the kitschy factor ala Piranha 3-D. Either way, adding a porn star to the project couldn’t hurt.

Sara Paxton makes a strong pro-3D argument.

Paxton, who has a string of family-friendly features, broke out of her good girl image by taking the lead in 2009’s brutally violent—and so-much-better-than-the-original—remake of Wes Craven’s The Last House on the Left. She can next be seen in director Ti West’s upcoming haunted-hotel thriller The Innkeepers.

McPhee is best known for placing second on Fox TV’s “American Idol” competition. Her only stroke-worthy turn on film has been opposite Anna Faris in the must-see comedy The House Bunny.

McPhee and Paxton aren’t the only babes starring in a shark flick. Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry and newcomer Lorraine Nicholson (Jack’s daughter) will face off against maneaters of their own in their respective films Dark Tide and Soul Surfer.

Megan Fox sat down to shoot the shit this week on Oscar-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody’s new online interview show “Red Band Trailer.” The 24-year-old starlet talks about the industry, her bitchy image, and working with those “socially awkward” Olsen Twins early in her career.

Take a look:

Fox and Cody worked together on last year’s criminally underrated frightener Jennifer’s Body. Fox’s  portrayal of the film’s man-eating babe Jennifer Check made Clatto’s list of The 11 Sexiest Maneater Babes in Horror & Sci-fi.