Showtime has renewed its acclaimed horror series “Penny Dreadful” for a second season. The show weaves together the origin stories of classic literary monsters and figures such as Dorian Grey, Dr. Frankenstein and his creature, and Van Helsing into one new drama.

Clatto found the premiere episode dreadfully boring, but things have apparently gotten a lot more interesting.

In an episode titled “Seance,” star Eva Green is fucked by an invisible entity. While its not as sexy as Rhona Mitra getting banged by Hollow Man, the scene is a much needed eye-opener and a guaranteed thrill for fans of Green.

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Syfy has released a new trailer for “Dominion,” its new day-of-reckoning series based on Screen Gems 2010 Paul Bettany vehicle Legion. Set to premiere June 19, the show picks up 25-years after the battle between man and angels began.

“Dominion” stars Christopher Egan (Resident Evil: Extinction), Tom Wisdom (300), Anthony Stewart Head (”Buffy the Vampire Slayer”), Luke Allen-Gale (Captain America), and stunners Roxanne McKee (“Game of Thrones”) and Rosalind Halstead (pictured above).

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A new trailer has gone online for Paramount Pictures and MGM’s re-imagining of the Hercules story, starring Dwayne Johnson as the mythical hero. The teaser is awesome and terrible at the same time, possibly too much CG. Still, your hard-earned money won’t go to waste thanks to co-star Irina Shayk.

The gorgeous Russian Sports Illustrated model-turned-actress makes her movie debut as Hercules’ main squeeze Megara, reportedly stripping nude for the role. What? Still want a plot synopsis? All right. Herc completes his 12 labors and must soon after overthrow an evil warlord.

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Image Entertainment has released a trailer for the Peter Engert-directed zombie thriller Aftermath. The film stars Monica Keena (Night of the Demons), Andre Royo (”The Wire”), C.J. Thomason (Husk), and the Eric Roberts of his generation Edward Fulong (Terminator 2: Judgement Day).

Aftermath follows nine apocalypse survivors forced to live in a farmhouse cellar to see what happens when people stop being polite and start getting eaten. Look for it in selected theaters and VOD on July 18 and on home video in August.

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FX has released an extended trailer for “The Strain,” a 13-episode outbreak series from producers Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth) and Carlton Cuse (“LOST”). The show premieres July 13.

“The Strain” stars Corey Stoll (Bourne Legacy), Sean Astin (Lord of the Rings), Kevin Durand (“LOST”), Natalie Brown (SAW V), and stunner Mia Maestro (pictured above).

The synopsis reads:

The Strain is a high concept thriller that tells the story of Dr. Ephraim Goodweather (Stoll), the head of the Center for Disease Control Canary Team in New York City.

He and his team are called upon to investigate a mysterious viral outbreak with hallmarks of an ancient and evil strain of vampirism. As the strain spreads, Eph, his team, and an assembly of everyday New Yorkers, wage war for the fate of humanity itself.

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Hannibal Classics has released a new two-minute-plus trailer for Final Girl, the revenge thriller from controversial photographer and Birkin bag hater Tyler Shields. Abigail Breslin plays a high school assassin-in-training out to kill a gang of homicidal hipster kids responsible for hunting and killing girls in the woods.

Breslin made her movie debut at the age of five in M. Night Shyamalan’s Signs. An Oscar-nominated performance in Little Miss Sunshine followed in 2006. Her genre creds include Zombieland, Ender’s Game, Haunter and The Call. She’ll next be seen alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger in the zombie drama Maggie.

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Open Road has released a new and creepy trailer for Eli Roth’s The Green Inferno. Written by Roth and his Aftershock collaborator Guillermo Amoedo, the gory cannibal thriller marks Roth’s return to directing since 2007’s Hostel 2.

Shot in the rainforests of Peru, the film follows student activists from New York caught and cooked in the Amazon by an endangered tribe of cannibals they had set out to rescue (doh!). The film stars Aftershock starlets Lorenza Izzo and Ariel Levy , pop singer Sky Ferreria and Kirby Bliss Blanton (Project X).

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Posted above is the Sin City: A Dame to Kill For poster the MPAA doesn’t want you to see. The group ruled the one-sheet showed too much of Eva Green’s breast to be appropriate, noting specifically her areola and booby under curve. Green is playing femme fatal Ava Lord in the film.

Now, of course, the image is everywhere… just like The Weinstein Company planned… and, unlike most entertainment news sites and blogs who feel insulted by the stunt, we are grateful for the pr stunt and happy to play along.

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For is Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller’s long-awaited Sin City sequel, based on the Miller’s comic of the same name, published in 1993 by Dark Horse Comics. The film arrives in theaters Aug. 22.

There’s an overwhelming sense of panic that washes over people when they lose their iPhones. Mostly because they’ve got countless of embarrassing dick pics and duck-selfies saved on them. For this reason, many rely on the Find My iPhone app to track down their smart phone when it was drunkenly left behind.

But, what if some evil mofo used that technology to lure beautiful young women to a hellish trap? Therein lies the premise to Continental Media’s Recovery.

Said director Darrell Wheat:

With our increased addiction to technology, especially our smart phones, I wanted to explore the lengths people would go to retrieve something stolen… especially something with personal information on it, even when you know you’re in over your head.

Recovery stars Project X and Green Inferno star Kirby Bliss Blanton (pictured) as a girl who loses her iPhone on the night of her high school graduation. Using the Find My iPhone app, she tracks it down to a house of psychos determined to make her one of the family.

The film is written by Kyle Arrington and Wheat, making his feature directorial debut. Co-stars include Samuel Larsen (“Glee”), Alex Shaffer (Win Win), and James Landry Hébert (Looper). Cameras roll this summer.

Ashley C. Williams, the Jan Brady of Tom Six’s The Human Centipede, stars in writer and director Matthew Brown’s rape-revenge thriller Julia. Williams plays Julia Shames, a woman trying to cope with the trauma of being brutally gang-banged against her will by chopping off her assailants’ balls… something like that.

Williams made her acting debut at the age of four in the Ron Howard fantasy Willow. Her first adult role was as the centerpiece in 2009’s The Human Centipede: First Sequence. She most recently starred opposite Nicky Whelan (7500) and TV personality Maria Menounos in the horror-comedy Paranormal Movie.

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