'V/H/S/2' trailer hits

If you liked last year's found-footage anthology V/H/S then you will be excited to check out this whole new batch of tapes collected in V/H/S/2.

In the sequel, available on-demand June 6 and in theaters July 12, things appear to be heading further down the path of the bizarre.

According to the synopsis, "While searching for a missing student, two private investigators break into his house and find a collection of VHS tapes. Viewing the horrific contents of each cassette, they realize there may be dark motives behind the student's disappearance."

The stories include: "Clinical Trials": A man has his eye replaced with a robotic eye that enables him to see ghosts; "A Ride in the Park": Filming via a GoPro helmet, a biker’s ride in the park is overturned after a zombie breakout occurs in the area; "Safe Haven": A film crew is allowed entrance to a mysterious cult, but everything soon takes a turn for the worst; "Slumber Party Alien Abduction": A sleepover is overrun by an alien invasion.

Check out the trailer below.

-Andrew Peters

Scream! Factory offers Vincent Price boxset

Scream! Factory, why don’t we just go ahead and give you our credit card? Seriously, is there anything they do that isn’t awesome?

According to their Facebook page last week, they will be releasing a Blu-ray collection box set before Halloween that showcases some of Vincent Price's greatest films, including Fall of the House of Usher, The Haunted Palace, The Masque of the Red Death, The Pit and the Pendulum, Witchfinder General (and its alternate U.S. version The Conqueror Worm) and The Abominable Dr. Phibes.

More details (artwork, exact street date, pricing, extras, etc.) will be revealed in June or July, so stay tuned.

-Andrew Peters

Does 'Under the Dome' trailer get under your skin?

We have to wait until June 24 to get trapped Under the Dome but we can at least get a sneak peek of the new science-fiction horror mini series event from
CBS. Based on the Stephen King novel of the same name, Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment bring this chilling adaptation surrounding the unfortunate small town of Chester’s Mill, Maine.

This extended new trailer sets up the series quite nicely. In what the town’s folks think is just prep for a parade, their lives are changed forever when a mysterious dome covers 20,000 feet of their area and traps 1,976 people. Is it an act of terror? An act of God? All they know is, no one gets in or out. Will they learn what and who is responsible?

Check out the trailer here and let us know if you’re willing to venture under the dome.

The series premieres on June 24 at 10 p.m. ET on CBS.

-Larissa Mrykalo

'Warehouse 13' canceled, final shortened season on way

'Warehouse 13' is packing it up...

Syfy will be brining Warehouse 13 for a shortened fifth season of six episodes in 2014, but it will be the show's last.

In a statement released by the network this morning, Syfy's president of original content Mark Stern said, "Warehouse 13 has been an incredible signature series for us."

"We are grateful to the loyal and passionate fan base and know that Jack Kenny, his gifted creative team, and outstanding ensemble cast will give them an amazing finale season."

The sci-fi and paranormal show about a government warehouse containing amazing artifacts (think the last scene of Raiders of the Lost Ark) stars Eddie McClintock, Joanne Kelly, Allison Scagliotti, Steve Jinks, Aaron Ashmore and Saul Rubinek as the "top men" and women behind the mysterious location.

Warehouse has been airing Mondays at 10 p.m. ET after the renewed Defiance and will wrap up its fourth season on June 24. Production on the final six episodes will begin this summer in Toronto.

-Larissa Mrykalo

'World War Z' game app to infect smartphones

So many zombie apps keep popping up, we’re starting to think society is leaning towards Team Zombie! According to IGN, a new mobile game that ties in with the film World War Z will be released on May 30 for Android and iPhone users.

Thanks to the teaming of Paramount Digital Entertainment and Phosphor Games Studio players will be able to delve completely into the chaos that this zombie apocalypse brings.

The game promises not only an “action-packed first person experience” but it also features “28 visceral levels, intense combat, engaging puzzles, upgrade-able weapons and armor, an unlimited challenge mode, and a global scale...”

The brief trailer not only shows how cool the game’s graphics are but also just how unsettling the first-person experience during "Crisis Zero" could be.

World War Z  hits theaters on June 21.

ABC series 'Resurrection' an undead treat?

ABC released the trailer for its new drama series Resurrection and it dares us to believe the impossible. Produced by ABC Studios and written and produced by Aaron Zelman (Damages, The Killing), the show presents the question, “What would you do if you had a second chance with a deceased loved one?”

After trying to save his aunt from drowning and losing his own life 32 years ago, eight-year-old Jacob (Landon Gimenez) awakens in a rice paddy in rural China, wearing the same "Mansfield Panthers" red sweatshirt that he died in. The only identification he has is his name written on this sweatshirt.

'Zombieland' Amazon series canceled

Zombieland was initially meant to be a TV show , then it gained life as a movie franchise, but hope for a sequel died and then the TV show was reanimated as an Amazon series ... and now that, too, is undead.

Co-creator Rhett Reese tweeted last night that "Our Zombieland  series will not be moving forward on Amazon. Sad for everyone involved."

Reese and Paul Wernick co-wrote the 2009 movie and the Amazon series pilot which became available online for free viewing less than a month ago. The idea of the Amazon pilot was that fan support would lead to a series pick-up. And to be fair, the series averaged 3 1/2 out of five stars from more than five thousand reviews.

'World War Z' warns public with 'Crisis Zero' PSA

We find it fitting that a movie about a zombie apocalypse release a video Public Service Announcement warning citizens that we are heading from crisis to zero. World War Z will finally hit theaters after numerous production delays, but until then, we can enjoy the various types of publicity that will lead up to its release.

The video that features "Michael Kim," Former Director of the Global Health Agency (GHA), is simple yet chilling in that we can only imagine if this sort of horror were really unfolding. It is also especially interesting since the CDC ran the Zombie Preparedness Guide, and WWZ author Max Brooks toured the facility.

So keep calm and RUN!!

WWZ premieres June 21.

Silas Weir Mitchell: The big nice wolf of 'Grimm'

Mitchell, courtesy NBC

BY AARON SAGERS

The big bad wolf lives in Portland, except he’s not all that bad since he discovered Pilates and an appreciation for wine. He does occasionally wolf out still, but now it is for the purpose of fighting monsters on the side of good or for his were-fox girlfriend.

Such is the life of Monroe, the fan-favorite character on Grimm, NBC’s fairy tale/cop procedural show which was recently renewed for a third season. And the man behind the wolfman is Silas Weir Mitchell, a character actor whose career has been transformed by Monroe – and not just in the ways of CGI or the prosthetic makeup he wears when things get hairy.

Since Grimm debuted in Fall 2011, Mitchell-as-Monroe has become as well known as the reformed “blutbad,” a type of “wesen” or creature we regular humans thought were relegated to folklore. Instead of chasing down girls wearing red riding hoods, or just generally wreaking havoc and terrifying people, Monroe is a Stumptown clockmaker who opts for the quiet life. He drives around in a yellow Volkswagen, cooks, plays the cello and hangs out in flannel shirts and comfy sweaters.

That is, until he pairs up with Nick Burkhardt (played by David Giuntoli), a homicide detective and wesen-hunting “grimm.” The show, which was moved from its Friday night timeslot to Tuesday nights at 10 p.m., and wraps its second season May 21, often finds Monroe and Nick, along with Nick’s partner Hank (Russell Hornsby), fiancee Juliette (Bitsie Tulloch), his shady police captain Renard (Sasha Roiz) and Monroe’s wesen girlfriend Rosalee (Bree Turner) at the center of a city overrun with magic and myths.

But through it all, Monroe has remained the friendly monster of the bunch who has saved the day a few times, and has generated a lot of Grimmster fan love.

“I’m descended of a species of rapacious wolf-people, but I’m a nice guy, trying to help this other dude who would normally want to kill me, and I would normally want to kill him,” Mitchell said in a recent phone interview when asked to describe Monroe.

Read the rest of our interview with Mitchell at MTV Geek...

'Grimm' recap: 'The Waking Dead'

Rosalee is a Foxy Lady, courtesy NBC

BY MELISSA HARKNESS

Opening Quote: "Papa Ghede is a handsome fellow in his hat and coat of black. Papa Ghede is going to the palace! He'll eat and drink when he gets back!"

Last week Juliette finally came to her senses, we met a little blue fairy and Nick almost got some obsessive lovin'. This week, Juliette gets Woged, Portland gets zombies and we meet a human-sized puffer fish. Looks like Mardi Gras is in Portland this year.

In Vienna, Adalind continues to work her wily ways on the Evil Prince Eric while plotting to sell her baby. Oh well, the Queen of the Gypsies shows up and slaps a contract down. It looks like little Adalind can get her powers back, but she refuses to reveal the terms of the contract. Adalind, being an evil lawyer, refuses to sign until she knows what it says. At this, the woman slams Adalind's hand down on the paper and after some screaming a bloody hand print is left on the contract and the woman departs. I'm not sure Adalind really thought this plan through all the way.

'True Blood' contest connects fans with Bill & Pam

 To correspond with the fifth season DVD release of True Blood, HBO is running an interactive contest to allow fans a chance to win a DVD virtual signing with stars Stephen Moyer (Bill Compton) and Kristin Bauer van Straten (Pam De Beaufort).

The contest, hosted by the official True Blood Twitter feed @TrueBloodHBO, began on May 13 and will run through May 17. The "Psalms of Lilith" contest asks fans to fill in the missing words from a Psalm of Lilith (#fillintheblood). The top 10 submissions for each Psalm will win an autographed copy of the release. The winners will be announced the day after their tweet on the official contest site www.FillInTheBlood.com.

Specific details taken from the press release state that, at 12 noon PST/3 pm EST on Tuesday May 21 (the DVD's street date) Moyer and Bauer van Straten will participate in a virtual signing live from Bill Compton's mansion on the True Blood set. During the time, they will read the winning tweets, sign DVD copies and answer submitted questions from fans. The signing will stream live on a True Blood Ustream channel.

Added the press release, "Winners will also receive a copy of their winning tweet on an old-world styled parchment as a keepsake, along with other prizes." Yup, that's one fancy tweet.

Will you be participating?

-Larissa Mrykalo

'Sleepy Hollow' series already has a trailer

Washington Irving’s dark tale of the Headless Horseman is being brought back to life in a new series from Fox. Sleepy Hollow is the modernization of the classic in which Ichabod Crane along with the Headless Horseman are brought back to life 250 years later.

Even though the ordering of the series was just announced last week, there is already a trailer available to check out. This isn't totally surprising since the Fox upfronts (where they unveil programming peeks to advertisers and press) were just last night in New York City.

The series has kind of a National Treasure meets Supernatural meets Life on Mars vibe, and ties together American history, time travel and the occult. It also looks kind of cheesy, but fun. It stars Tom Mison, Orlando Jones, Nicole Beharie, Katia Winter -- and geek faves John Cho and Clancy Brown, at least for a little while -- and will air Mondays this fall.

-Larissa Mrykalo

'The Vampire Diaries' finale and the ghosts of graduation

This Thursday, May 16, CW’s The Vampire Diaries will end its fourth season. The official site offers a clip as well as some insight on its epic finale, titled “Graduation.”

Vengeful ghosts are overrunning Mystic Falls on graduation day. The synopsis teases:

“Damon's (Ian Somerhalder) life is in danger after a ghostly encounter, while Matt (Zach Roerig) and Rebekah (Claire Holt) join forces to battle a ghost determined to find the cure. As everyone gathers for the graduation ceremony and the ghosts converge, help comes from an unlikely hero.”

Check out the clip here.

-Larissa Mrykalo

'Doctor Who' DVD flub releases 'The Name of the Doctor' early?

If there were ever a time that Whovians wanted the Silence to fall, it is now. Less than a week before the huge Season 7 finale, the official BBC Doctor Who Twitter accounts (@DoctorWho_BBCA, @BBCAMERICA, @bbcdoctorwho) released a very important statement on May 12:

"Some of the US DVDs of this series have gone out early. The #DoctorWho team would be hugely grateful if fans helped keep spoilers off the net."

For 50 years he has simply been known as the Doctor and, after many teases, we will finally know his given Gallifreyan name on May 18 in the episode "The Name of the Doctor." This is a big deal in the "Whoniverse," so imagine the desperation felt by the BBC and Doctor Who crew to keep this secret quiet -- despite the DVD flub and spoiler-happy trolls -- until the episode officially airs.

Steven Moffat himself stated that if fans help to keep the finale a secret that a video featuring Matt Smith and David Tennant will be released after the episode airs! But maybe Moffat's tease isn't necessary. After all, when new Companion Jenna-Louise Coleman turned up unexpectedly in last September's Season 7 premiere, the secret remained relatively safe despite numerous large-scale screenings. So maybe Who fans know how to keep a good mystery under wraps.

So, fellow Whovians, if you were lucky enough to receive the early/accidentally released DVDs, please keep the secrets to yourselves and if you must share? Everyone say it together in their best River Song voice..."hush now, spoilers."

-Nowal Massari

'Defiance' recap: 'The Serpent's Egg'

Courtesy Syfy

BY MELISSA HARKNESS

Last week gave us hookers in danger, lies about Catholic saints and alien arts and crafts. This week Defiance delivers unto thee snakes, polygamy and lying politicians. How about lying politicians are polygamous snakes? Hey, that works too!

Aww, Alak Tarr is a DJ. He abandons his headphones though because the Overland Transport has arrived. This “coach” is the only means of contact with the outside world. It's a good 'ol time in Defiance town tonight! The good news is that Nolan and Amanda are getting on the coach for a little business trip with a side of prisoner transport.

First look at 'Once Upon a Time in Wonderland'

Back in March we reported that the ABC series Once Upon a Time would be a getting spin-off and now we can get a sneak peek.

Once Upon a Time in Wonderland will officially be a series next season according to Entertainment Weekly, and promises to offer a new take on the Lewis Carroll classic, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.

The series will star Sophie Lowe as “Alice” and set in Victorian England. The characters featured will include, according to ABC, “An invisible cat, a hookah smoking caterpillar and playing cards that talk are just some of the fantastic things she’s seen during this impossible adventure."

"Surely this troubled girl must be insane and her doctors aim to cure her with a treatment that will make her forget everything," the description goes on

The series will also star John Lithgow as the "White Rabbit," Michael Socha as the “Knave of Hearts” and playing Alice’s lost love, a genie named Cyrus, will be Peter Gadiot.

-Larissa Mrykalo

Oreo targets supernatural demographic

Ever meet someone who doesn’t like Oreos? Probably not. Have you ever wondered if giving one of these cream-filled chocolate cookies to the Big Bad Wolf, a Vampire, a Great White shark or giant pink squid would change them for the better? Hopefully not, but the newest commercial ponders these serious questions.

Sung by Owl City, this new ad is cute and maybe even a little annoyingly catchy and strange. Vampires drink blood but may transform into a milk drinker. The Big Bad Wolf may re-consider killing the three little pigs and, what’s that in the end? A blue zombie esque hand? A robot hand? Robots don’t eat ... ANYTHING! But hey, these are Oreos that are filled with wonder, right?

So grab a glass of milk, watch the ad (which is likely to earn further installments), and try and comprehend what we’re talking about.

Disclaimer: we’re not responsible for this either sticking in your brain or making you run out for a pack of Oreos that will ruin your diet.

-Larissa Mrykalo

NBC's 'Dracula' gets a trailer

Expect Fridays this fall to be a draining experience ... but in a good way? The network's latest series, simply Dracula, will be set in Victorian London and stars Jonathan Rhys Meyers (The Tudors) as the sexy American entrepreneur/vampire Alexander Grayson.
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The characters will stay the same as in Bram Stoker’s original telling and include: Mina Murray (Jessica De Guow, Jonathan Harker (Oliver Jackson-Cohen), Lucy (Katie McGrath) and a pretty coolheaded -- as opposed to bug eating -- Renfield (Nonso Anozie). Set in the 19th century, Dracula is hell-bent on not only getting revenge on those who have wronged him, but also obsessing about his dead wife.

By the looks of the new trailer (embedded below) the series is dripping with not only blood, but sex, intrigue, and that period-piece feel that people seem to be clamoring for these days (thanks to the producers of Downton Abbey being involved). But can the network show even approach the sex and violence of premium cable fare like True Blood? We shall see.

 Dracula will air Fridays at 10 p.m. ET starting this fall.

-Larissa Mrykalo

'Game of Thrones' recap: 'The Bear and the Maiden Fair'

Some days you get the bear, some days ... Courtesy HBO

BY LARISSA MRYKALO

Lots of swooning, cringing, sexy time and giant beasts attacking fair maidens and men in guy-liner, best sums up this episode of Game of Thrones and we loved it harder than Robb loves his wife’s butt. Let’s grab our wooden swords and attack-attack...

Ygritte Doesn’t Love Orell?
As an eagle watches above, Jon Snow and the wildlings are marching south of the great Wall they braved in last week’s episode. They’re heading to Castle Black and it’s clearly a long journey on which they must occupy themselves. Jon and Ygritte continue their banter and are falling in love. She continues to make fun of his more civilized ways and keeps reminding him that he “knows nothing.”

'Resident Evil' creator turns towards 'The Evil Within'

If you're ready to reside within a new evil, you might be ready for The Evil Within.

It’s no secret the Resident Evil game series lost its touch long ago. Somewhere down the road, it focused more on action rather than survival horror. In the beginning, you found yourself running from enemies, low on ammo. Now you are running up to them and unloading buckets of ammo or slashing at them with your knife to humiliate them.

It was unfortunate that Resident Evil 6 failed to deliver to its fans, but some good has come out of it.

'Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon' DLC gets retro

Anyone who has played Far Cry 3 will tell you just how amazing the game is. Now, the game’s developer, Ubisoft has decided to take it a step further and give it a nostalgic spin in DLC form.

"Blood Dragon" (trailer embedded after the jump) is being described by Ubisoft as "an 80’s VHS vision of the future," and from the trailer, it certainly shows. As the neon lasers, mutants, dinosaurs, cyborg-infused characters, 80’s electro-synth soundtrack and bright florescent colors absorb into every one of your five senses, dreams from your childhood will flash before your eyes.

'Saturday Night Live' gets hauntingly funny

One of the funnier skits on Saturday’s new Saturday Night Live proved that a terrifying ghost can be pretty hilarious. It was great to see Kristin Wiig back on the set and even cooler to see her play a Korean water ghost ... a Mul-Gwishin!

We’d love to see the Disney Channel actually have a show called "Aw Nuts! Mom’s a Ghost" but for now, we’ll just have this clip to keep our spirits up. When Hayley and Max’s mom (Wiig) heads to South Korea for a business trip, she has an affair with a business man. He fears she may reveal the affair so he drowns her and she comes back as a ghost reminiscent of The Ring and The Grudge.

Obviously, hilarity ensues and you can check it out here.

-Larissa Mrykalo

Mobile zombie game 'Into the Dead' reaches 10 million downloads

Gamers and zombie enthusiasts rejoice! The mobile game/app masters at PikPok have again struck video game gold. Their Into the Dead, a continual play game (meaning it goes on forever!), set in the zombie apocalypse has already reached over 10 million downloads (not a first for PikPok; Flick Kick Football is up to 20 million downloads) less than five months after its release.

The bleak, post-apocalyptic graphics and eerie sounds in this first-person perspective game make you feel as if you're actually trying to shoot and run your way through a mass of hungry, undead fiends.

Into the Dead offers a variety of unlockable weapons and missions, as well as an option to compete against your friends. There are also constant upgrades, and soon-to-be-released companions -- just like on your favorite Zompoc games available for your home gaming systems.

The free app is available on iOS and Android devices, but there is an option to upgrade to an ad-free version for $2. As game site Joystiq points out, if only 10 percent of players purchased the ad-free game, that's $2,000,000 for PikPok. That's pretty lively for an undead game.

-Nowal Massari

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. teaser trailer and details hit

Been wondering what the new Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. show is going to look like, which spins off movie and sort of has a super hero X-Files?
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Yeah, us too. What we know is that Joss Whedon is involved and Agent Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg) is back (#CoulsonLives). And what else do we know? Well, it got a series order for the 2013-14 slate.

Here is a teaser video, along with a description from ABC:

Clark Gregg reprises his role of Agent Phil Coulson from Marvel’s feature films as he assembles a small, highly select group of Agents from the worldwide law-enforcement organization known as S.H.I.E.L.D. Together they investigate the new, the strange, and the unknown across the globe, protecting the ordinary from the extraordinary. Coulson’s team consists of Agent Grant Ward (Brett Dalton), highly trained in combat and espionage, Agent Melinda May (Ming-Na Wen) expert pilot and martial artist, Agent Leo Fitz (Iain De Caestecker); brilliant engineer and Agent Jemma Simmons (Elizabeth Henstridge) genius bio-chemist. Joining them on their journey into mystery is new recruit and computer hacker Skye (Chloe Bennet). From Executive Producers Joss Whedon (“Marvel’s The Avengers,” ”Buffy the Vampire Slayer”); Jed Whedon & Maurissa Tancharoen, “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” pilot co-writers (“Dollhouse,” “Dr.Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog”); Jeffrey Bell (“Angel,” “Alias”); and Jeph Loeb (“Smallville”) comes Marvel’s first TV series. “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” is produced by ABC Studios and Marvel Television.