Lionsgate has released a trailer for Jessabelle, a terrifying new frightener from director Kevin Greuter (SAW VI, VII) and Blumhouse Productions (Paranormal Activity, Sinister). Arriving in theaters Aug. 29, the film stars Sara Snook (Sleeping Beauty), Joelle Carter (”Justified”), and Amber Stevens (Amazing Spider-man).
Snook toplines the film as Jessie, a wheelchair-bound widow forced to live with her father in his decrepit Louisiana manor while she heals. In the house, she discovers video tapes made long ago by her deceased mother (Carter), warning her of an evil out to consume her.
TNT has set a June 22 premiere date for its Michael Bay-produced sci-fi action series The Last Ship. Based on William Brinkley’s post apocalyptic novel of the same name, The Last Ship finds the crew of a U.S. Navy destroyer coming home to a world that has been wiped out by a viral outbreak.
Rhona Mitra (“The Practice”) plays humanity’s last hope Dr. Rachel Scott, a sexy virologist looking to create a vaccine to help mankind bounce back. Co-stars include Eric Dane (“Grey’s Anatomy”) as the ship’s captain and Adam Baldwin (Serenity) as his executive officer.
Mitra has starred in a string of notable frighteners, including Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, Doomsday, The Number 23, and Skinwalkers. Her most memorable role remains her horror debut in Paul Verhoeven’s Hollow Man, in which she’s raped by an invisible man.
Midnight Releasing has set a July 1 release date for its new psycho-sexual thriller Scavenger Killers. Playboy model and actress Rachael Robbins toplines the film as a lascivious and cunning attorney caught up in a deadly and perverse game with a degenerate judge, played by Robert Bogue (“Guiding Light”).
Scavenger Killers is directed by Dylan Bank and co-stars Robert Loggia (Scarface), Eric Roberts (Expendables), Suzi Lorraine (Pinup Dolls On Ice), Angela Little (American Pie Presents Band Camp), and Kim Allen (“Army Wives”).
Robbins has starred in a string of fright flicks and sexy horror-comedies, including Vampire Lesbian Kickboxers, Methodic, Screaming Dead, Bikini Bloodbath Christmas, and Bikini Bloodbath Car Wash. OK-OK… her Playboy issues are: “Natural Beauties” “Sexy Girls Next Door” and “Barefoot Beauties.”
Monica Keena (“Dawson’s Creek”) stars in Image Entertainment’s Aftermath. Playing selected theaters and on VOD July 18, the Peter Engert-directed zombie thriller follows nine apocalypse survivors forced to live in a farmhouse cellar to see what happens when people stop being polite and start getting eaten.
Written by a guy named Christian McDonald, Aftermath co-stars Andre Royo (“The Wire”), C.J. Thomason (Husk), and the Eric Roberts of his generation Edward Fulong (Terminator 2: Judgement Day).
Fright fans will recognize Keena from her roles in 2009’s Night of the Demon’s remake, Freddy Vs. Jason, Remnants, and Snow White: A Tale of Terror, her horror movie debut. She also stars as Charles Manson groupie Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme in the upcoming biopic Manson Girls.
Open Road has released a trailer for Eli Roth’s new cannibal frightener The Green Inferno. The film, written by Roth and his Aftershockcollaborator Guillermo Amoedo, marks Roth’s return to directing since 2007’s Hostel 2.
Shot on location in the rainforests of Peru, The Green Inferno stars Chilean hottie Lorenza Izzo (Aftershock), Ariel Levy (Aftershock), Daryl Sabara (Spy Kids), Magda Apanowicz (Snowmaggedon), pop singer Sky Ferreria and stunner Kirby Bliss Blanton (Project X).
The story follows a group of student activists from New York taken in the Amazon by the endangered tribe of cannibals they had set out to rescue (stupid hippies!). The GreenInferno arrives in theaters on Sept. 15.
Briana Evigan (Sorority Row) stars in stuntman-turned-director Marty Murray’s feature film debut Paranormal Island. She is part of a cast that includes horror icon Lance Henriksen (Aliens), and stunners Sarah Karges (The Artist) and Ashley Lobo (Dilemma).
Written by Murray, Paranormal Island follows three college kids as they discover that the 100-year-old island resort they’ve taken bartending gigs at is haunted by the spirit of its original caretaker. No word what role Evigan plays, but here’s hoping it’s bikini-clad.
Evigan is coming off Darren Lynn Bousman’s horror musical The Devil’s Carnival and his remake of the 1980 Troma Entertainment’s rape/revenge thriller Mother’s Day. She can also be seen in screenwriter W. Peter Iliff’s (Point Break, Patriot Games) directorial debut Rites of Passage.
NBC has released a full-length trailer for “Rosemary’s Baby,” a four-hour event miniseries based on the 1967 Ira Levin horror novel about a young expectant mother who suspects her husband and new apartment neighbors are plotting to abduct and sacrifice her baby to Satan.
Agnieszka Holland (The Secret Garden) directs the series from a script by Scott Abbott (Queen of the Damned) and genre hero James Wong (Final Destination). Zoe Saldana (Star Trek) toplines the show as Rosemary Woodhouse.
Jonathan Glazer’s Under the Skinis now in theaters. The sci-fi drama isan adaptation of Michel Faber’s debut novel of the same name about an alien disguised as a big-breasted woman out to seduce and trap the men of earth as food for her species.
Scarlett Johansson goes totally nude as the voracious and busty alien. Is that enough to get you in the seats? You bet! But, don’t feel bad. The film is an arthouse darling, which means you can feel smart despite any accidents you may have in your pants.
Posted above for your viewing pleasure is a nude photo of “True Detective” star Alexandra Daddario featured in the May issue of Vanity Fair. Daddario nudefully played Detective Marty Hart’s (Woody Harrelson) mistress on the HBO serial killer drama.
The shot finds the gorgeous brunette wearing nothing but heels in a swimming pool because Vanity Fair is doing the good Lord’s work.
Daddario made her horror debut in Mary Lambert’s (Pet Sematary)haunted house thriller The Attic, and won fright fans over with her intense performance in Stevan Mena’s gruesome indie-slasherBereavement and Lionsgate’s Texas Chainsaw.
Up until her stroke-worthy memorable nude scene on “True Detective,” Daddario was best known for starring in the Percy Jackson films. She’ll next be seen in the natural disaster flick San Andreas.
Nina Dobrev (“Vampire Diaries”) is set join Malin Akerman (Watchmen) and Taissa Farmiga (“American Horror Story”) in Groundswell Productions’ The Final Girls. Set in Louisiana, the horror-comedy is directed by Todd Strauss-Schulson (A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas) and distributed by Sony Pictures.
The Final Girls centers on the daughter (Farmiga) of a recently deceased 80’s scream queen (Akerman) who gets trapped in her mom’s most famous film and must help her fight its killer. Dobrev plays the daughter’s ex-best friend.
In addition to her ongoing role on The CW’s “The Vampire Diaries,” Dobrev has starred in a string of notable frighteners, including the horror-musical Repo! The Genetic Opera, the lesbian-thriller Chloe, sword-and-sandal actioner Arena, and the psycho-bitch thrillerThe Roommate.
