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The Hollywood Reporter says that Terry Moore's comic book "Rachel Rising" is being groomed for the small screen.  Alcon Television Group snatched up the rights to the property for development.  Moore is best known for his on-going series "Strangers in Paradise."

According to the outlet, "Rachel Rising" is "centers on a woman named Rachel who wakes up dead in a shallow grave.  She begins to unravel the mystery of her death while crossing paths with not only friends but also a mysterious blonde woman who is tracking her and a horrific little girl named Zoe, out on a killing spree. Also figuring into the mix is the history of the local town, magic and witchcraft."

Amazon has revealed a trailer and the pilot episode of Zombieland, the outlet's proposed series based on the hit film from 2009.

You can watch the first episode VIA THIS LINK. (Update: The link works, but you won't be able to view the episode until tomorrow - Thursday, April 18th.)

As we reported a bit ago, Amazon is going to weight its decision on whether or not it will be taken to series based on what the audience reaction is to the pilot.  Obviously, if it's favorable, Zombieland will continue on.

The Zombieland pilot comes from the feature film's original creative team, writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, and producer Gavin Polone. Eli Craig (Tucker and Dale vs. Evil) directed the pilot. The part of Tallahassee will be played by Kirk Ward, Maiara Walsh is cast as Wichita, Tyler Ross will play Columbus, and Izabela Vidovic has the role of Little Rock. 

Hannibal showrunner Bryan Fuller drops in on The BloodCast for a lengthy, honest and insightful interview with host Ryan Turek.

The man behind Pushing Daisies, Dead Like Me and last year’s “Halloween event” Mockingbird Lane (aka The Munsters reboot), discusses the origins of NBC’s Hannibal and what's to come on the series.  The chat then leans into all things horror as Fuller and Turek look at Friday the 13th, remakes and reflect on Fuller's early days in the genre which includes writing the 2002 made-for-TV Carrie adaptation.

Give the interview a listen inside!

To download this episode of the podcast, visit The BloodCast's home, Geek Nation, via this link.

Here's one more preview for Hemlock Grove (review), the new series hitting Netflix with a 13-episode first season run this Friday.  This latest look is a "red band" trailer, so expect some grisly imagery.

Executive produced by Eli Roth, the series goes like this:  When 17-year-old Brooke Bluebell is brutally murdered, any of Hemlock’s peculiar inhabitants – or killer creatures – could be suspects. Through the investigation, the town’s seamier side is exposed, revealing nothing is what it seems.  Roth also helmed episode one.

Last night, Norma learned Norman got laid.  Norma's no longer in jail.  Dylan killed a dude.  And Emma and Norman have rescued a sex slave.  Now what?  Well, we've got a sneak peek at the next episode of Bates Motel - "The Truth" - waiting for you after the jump.

Bates Motel concerns the early days of Norman's life.  Following the tragic death of her husband, Norma Bates buys a motel on the outskirts of the idyllic coastal town of White Pine Bay, seeking a fresh start.  As Norma and Norman get ensconced in their new home, they discover this town isn't quite what it seems, and the locals aren’t so quick to let them in on their secrets. But the Bates’ are done being pushed around and will do whatever it takes to survive – and will do whatever it takes to protect their own secrets.

One more Hemlock Grove clip was squeezed out of Netflix in anticipation of this Friday's release.  All 13 episodes of the series hit Netflix Instant.  Check out the  preview inside!  And if you haven't read our review yet, click here.

Chiller teamed with six filmmakers to make five shorts for its first anthology film - Chilling Visions: 5 Senses of Fear - about the human senses and we've got the trailer for this endeavor waiting for you after the jump.

The directors include Jesse Holland and Andy Mitton with Hearing, Emily Hagins with Touch, Eric England with Taste, Nick Everhart with Smell, and Miko Hughes with Sight.  

Andrew Gernhard, Zach O'Brien, and Colin Theys produced for Synthetic Cinema.

Another new clip from Hemlock Grove has been revealed, this one showcasing an attack on a young woman while she sits in her car by the railroad tracks.  This is actually from the opening moments of the series, which kicks off April 19th on Netflix.

When 17-year-old Brooke Bluebell is brutally murdered, any of Hemlock’s peculiar inhabitants – or killer creatures – could be suspects. Through the investigation, the town’s seamier side is exposed, revealing nothing is what it seems.

For all things Hemlock Grove, click here.

Entertainment Weekly reports actress Yvonne Strahovski will return for Dexter season eight.  She'll appear in a multi-episode arc.  The new seasons begins on Showtime June 30th.

The BloodCast - hosted by yours truly - welcomes Jennings Roth Cornet of IGN to discuss Hannibal, the new series from Pushing Daisies’ creator Bryan Fuller and NBC.  

Cornet and yours truly examine Hannibal Lecter’s legacy in film and his cannibalistic antics on the small screen.  Naturally, it would not be a BloodCast without the discussion going off on various other tangents and, here, we most certainly do, talking about other television “psychos.”

To download this podcast directly, visit the home of The BloodCast, GeekNation.

After the jump, you'll find a promo clip for next week's episode of Bates Motel on A&E.  

In the fifth installment, called "Ocean View," Norma receives some much-needed help, while Norman desperately awaits his mother's return home; Emma and Norman follow more clues, leading to a big discovery.

Bates Motel was picked up for a second season, in case you haven't heard.  Read more about that here.

Taking a page from American Horror Story's style of promotion, Hemlock Grove has yielded a 12-second spot, this one offering very little in the way of answers or major revelations.  Instead, it's simple and mysterious.  Head inside for a look.

A&E Network has picked up a second season of the acclaimed drama series, "Bates Motel" starring Vera Farmiga and Freddie Highmore from executive producers Carlton Cuse and Kerry Ehrin, it was announced today by Bob DeBitetto, President and General Manager of A&E Network and BIO Channel.

The premiere of "Bates Motel" garnered 4.5 million total viewers and 2.5 million adults 25-54 and 18-49, based on Live+7 viewership, making it the most-watched original drama debut in the key demos in the network's history.

A new promo (the third so far) for CBS's 13-part adaptation of Under the Dome hit the web and this one features new footage, including a look at the "dome" itself.  You can check out the previous two promos - one a text-heavy "emergency call" version, the other being a behind-the-scenes look - right here.

Written by Brian K. Vaughan, this adaptation of the Stephen King novel stars Chad Vogel, Rachelle Lefevre, Dean Norris, Jolene Purdy, Nicholas Strong, Britt Robertson, Aisha Hinds, Alex Koch, Natalie Martinez and Colin Ford.

Episode one debuts June 24th.

A new clip from Hemlock Grove has made its debut; this one introduces Shelley, a teenager "with a giant heart."  She's just one of the many oddball characters featured in the Netflix original series debuting on April 19th.  You'll be able to catch all 13 episodes then.

Synopsis: When 17-year-old Brooke Bluebell is brutally murdered, any of Hemlock’s peculiar inhabitants – or killer creatures – could be suspects. Through the investigation, the town’s seamier side is exposed, revealing nothing is what it seems.

Read our interview with executive producer Eli Roth here.

Last night, NBC premiered the first episode of Hannibal and, now, we have a promo featuring clips from next week's episode and the season to come.

Next week, Will Graham (Hugh Dancy), now an official special investigator with the FBI, helps Jack Crawford (Laurence Fishburne) and the BAU unit search for a murderer who buries his victims alive to grow mushrooms. In their therapy sessions, Hannibal (Mads Mikkelsen) begins to gain Will's trust as they bond over responsibility for Abigail (guest star Kacey Rohl), and helps Will open up about his true feelings about killing Hobbs. Meanwhile, Freddie Lounds (guest star Lara Jean Chorostecki) snoops around the BAU's investigation.

In addition to the promo, you can now watch last night's episode here!  Check out both videos within...

In a case of "this is kind of obvious," reports are coming in that Chad L. Coleman and Sonequa Martin-Green have been elevated to series regulars as Tyreese and Sasha in the fourth season of The Walking Dead.  

The two entered season three rather late in the game, but now that they're on Rick's side, yes, we're going to be seeing a lot more of them.  Oh, and one other character, too.

Warning: Spoilers for the Season 3 finale of The Walking Dead...

The Walking Dead closed out its third season this past Sunday and fans are already wondering how it's going to play out in the fourth season, which begins this fall.

IGN spoke with The Walking Dead co-creator Robert Kirkman about what we can expect in the upcoming sixteen episode season. Here are some excerpts from the interview:

"Rick has had a success. The people at the prison have survived this conflict with the Governor, he brought people from Woodbury into the prison, and he’s kind of had this big win. He’s had this moment where he’s brought people together and he’s doing good things. But he’s had this tremendous loss in that Carl has lost this piece of his humanity. This has been Rick’s main mission throughout the show, to protect his family. We’ve seen two very big failures on that front this season."

The Walking Dead’s third season has come to an end, not with a bang but a whimper.  Well, that’s what BloodCast host and ShockTillYouDrop.com manager Ryan Turek and special guests Devin Faraci (BadAssDigest.com) and Brad Miska (Bloody-Disgusting.com) think.

Listen in as they talk about AMC’s hit series (we swear, this is the last you’ll hear of The BloodCast rambling about The Walking Dead for a bit), it's flaws and what could be fixed.

They also squeeze in some time to talk about Mad Men and go off on other random tangents.  Head inside to give it a listen or swing by Geek Nation, the home of the BloodCast, to download the podcast directly!

After the jump, you'll find promos for the fourth episode of Bates Motel.  The next installment, which airs on A&E Monday, April 8th is called "Trust Me."

Norma's suspicions about people in town are raised, but other distractions continue to surface.

Bates Motel concerns the early days of Norman's life.  Following the tragic death of her husband, Norma Bates buys a motel on the outskirts of the idyllic coastal town of White Pine Bay, seeking a fresh start.  As Norma and Norman get ensconced in their new home, they discover this town isn't quite what it seems, and the locals aren’t so quick to let them in on their secrets. But the Bates’ are done being pushed around and will do whatever it takes to survive – and will do whatever it takes to protect their own secrets.

Last Friday, everyone was buzzing about the big werewolf transformation of Hemlock Grove, Netflix's adaptation of the Brian McGreevy novel.

ShockTillYouDrop.com spoke with executive producer Eli Roth (who directed the first episode as well) briefly about this transformation which appears in an episode directed by Deran Serafian.

Serafian is where our conversation with Roth began because, in case the name doesn't jump out at you, Serafian spent the early days of his career on the Italian horror scene before going on to produce shows like House M.D.

Inside, Roth talks about the werewolf transformation, why gore has gone mainstream on television and offers an update on his cannibal film The Green Inferno.  All 13 episodes of Hemlock Grove season one will be available exclusively on Netflix beginning April 19th.

If you head to iTunes now, you can download the Bates Motel sketchbook that has become a plot point in the series which focuses on the younger days of Norman Bates.  It's a fetishistic bit 'o work filled with bound women.  Download it here if you want to feel more connected to the series' story.

For those that are still catching up on the series, in A&E’s "Bates Motel" airing Mondays @ 10/9c, Norman Bates discovers a sketchbook hidden underneath the carpeting in one of the rooms at the Bates Motel. 

Last night, AMC's season three finale of The Walking Dead premiered at 9 pm, delivering its largest audience ever with 12.4 million viewers and 8.1 million adults 18-49, making the series the number one program for the night and the week for total viewers and in the demo. 

The series' season average is also number one for the broadcast season for adults 18-49 for all of television outdelivering everything including "The Big Bang Theory," "The Voice," "Game of Thrones," "Modern Family," and almost doubling "The Bible." With Live plus 3, "The Walking Dead" typically adds at least an additional 3 million viewers.

Warning: Spoilers for the Season 3 finale of The Walking Dead...

One of the more surprising elements of last night's finale for The Walking Dead was that David Morrissey's The Governor ended up surviving the ordeal. Hopping in a truck with his buddies, he drove away to fight another day, and The Hollywood Reporter says that Morrissey will indeed be back in the fourth season of the show as a series regular.

"He could die in the next episode," said The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman. "This is The Walking Dead; you never know."

Stephen King drives a new featurette for Under the Dome, the CBS series arriving this June.  Head inside for the new one-minute preview which contains the first footage for the adaptation which will be told over 13-episodes.

Chad Vogel, Rachelle Lefevre, Dean Norris, Jolene Purdy, Nicholas Strong, Britt Robertson, Aisha Hinds, Alex Koch, Natalie Martinez and Colin Ford star.  Here is CBS' description of the video:  This summer nobody can get in. Nobody can get out. The town of Chester's Mill is trapped. Stephen King takes us behind the scenes for a first look of 'Under the Dome'. The television event begins this June.

Inside, you'll find the text-heavy second teaser for Under the Dome, the upcoming CBS mini-series based on the novel by Stephen King.

This 13-part adaptatioon stars Chad Vogel, Rachelle Lefevre, Dean Norris, Jolene Purdy, Nicholas Strong, Britt Robertson, Aisha Hinds, Alex Koch, Natalie Martinez and Colin Ford and concerns an invisible force field that descends upon the small town of Chester's Mill.

The first episode airs on June 24th.

Amazon Studios has debuted, via The Huffington Post, a teaser poster for the upcoming Zombieland pilot. Check it out inside!

The "Zombieland" pilot comes from the feature film's original creative team, writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick (G.I. Joe: Retaliation, "The Joe Schmo Show"), and producer Gavin Polone ("Gilmore Girls," "Curb Your Enthusiasm"). Eli Craig (Tucker and Dale vs. Evil) is directing the pilot. The part of Tallahassee will be played by Kirk Ward (The Island), Maiara Walsh ("Desperate Housewives," "Switched at Birth") is cast as Wichita, Tyler Ross (Milkshake) will play Columbus, and Izabela Vidovic has the role of Little Rock. 

Who's ready for the season finale of The Walking Dead this Sunday?  The episode, entitled "Welcome to the Tombs," find Rick and the group having to seriously consider if the prison is worth defending as the Governor's impending attack looms over their heads.  We've got ten photos from the finale waiting for you inside.  Check 'em out!  

What do you think will happen?  Certainly not the major battle we're expecting, as I said in this episode of The BloodCast.  Your thoughts?  Weigh in on our comment boards...

Work is underway on American Horror Story: Coven, the third season of the FX series from Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk.  Frances Conroy, Taissa Farmiga, Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates, Lily Rabe, Sarah Paulson and Evan Peters are set to star (in addition to plenty of newcomers, I'm sure) and, today, FX announced when we can expect to see the season kick off.

The third part of our Choice Cuts "discussion" with guests Todd Gilchrist (film critic), Evan Dickson (Bloody-Disgusting) and Brea Grant (Heroes, Dexter) is live and, this time, we're focusing on horror on the small screen.

From True Blood and The Following to American Horror Story and newcomers like Hannibal and Bates Motel - what are our guests tuning into?  What's getting them excited, furthermore, what is working and why?

Our panel, hosted by yours truly, digs into it all via the video player inside.  Enjoy!  And, for more episodes in this discussion series, head to our Choice Cuts hub.

We're less than a week away from the debut of NBC's new series Hannibal and five more images have been revealed - these are in addition to this nasty bit o' business we showed you earlier.  The pics are images from episodes one and two.  Check 'em out inside and read our review right here.

The series looks at the early days of FBI agent Will Graham's career and the time when he worked alongside Hannibal Lecter - naturally, before Graham realized Lecter was a cannibal. It appears the series is taking a few creative liberties, picking up with Graham being drawn back into the FBI game, which is where we saw him in Red Dragon/Manhunter, but in that book/film, Lecter had already been capture and Will was mentally exhausted/scarred by his time in the field.

In this latest edition of The BloodCast, host Ryan Turek calls in IGN’s Eric Goldman to sound off on the latest chapter in A&E’s Bates Motel.

They also discuss Amazon’s plans for Zombieland the series and, in keeping in the undead theme, they cast a critical eye on AMC’s The Walking Dead season three.  What went right?  What went wrong?  And, more importantly, how do they think the season will end?

Head inside and give the podcast a listen!

To download The BloodCast directly, head to this spot at Geek Nation!

Netflix will bring Georgeville Television's Sense8, a global tale of minds linked and souls hunted, exclusively to its members to watch instantly in late 2014.

The 10 episode season one of Sense8 marks the first foray into television by the Wachowskis who most recently gave us Cloud Atlas in addition to Bound, The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, V for Vendetta and Speed Racer, and is the latest project from veteran show runner J. Michael Straczynski, creator of the Hugo Award-winning Babylon 5 TV series and whose film credits include Changeling, Thor and Underworld Awakening,

Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, writers of Zombieland and the upcoming G.I. Joe: Retaliation, confirmed to ComingSoon.net that Zombieland 2 is officially on hold, as if there were any doubts about that.  The duo, however, have an active part in the upcoming Amazon series.  Inside, they talk about the project - which apparently will hit sometime next month (!) - and their involvement.

Eli Craig (Tucker and Dale Versus Evil) directed the pilot.  It was revealed yesterday that Amazon will monitor viewer feedback to determine whether the pilot will go to series.

We're hooked on Bates Motel and, this morning, we have a teaser for the third episode, "What's wrong with Norman?"  You can check out the promo inside.

In the next episode, airing Monday on A&E.  Dylan learns there is more to his new job than he originally thought; Emma and Norman make a shocking discovery.

Also, if you missed last night's episode, you can watch it right here.

And don't forget, you can get my thoughts on Bates Motel in the weekly podcast known as The BloodCast.

Over the course of her 30-year career, producer Gale Anne Hurd has been involved with many fan favorite genre properties from Terminator to Marvel's Hulk and The Punisher, but few could have seen that only her second foray into television as executive producer of an AMC TV show - based on Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard's zombie comic The Walking Dead - would overshadow some of her previous achievements as a producer.

This coming Sunday, March 31st, season three of the show will come to a close.  This season brought in popular comic characters like Michonne and The Governor while creating a season-long conflict between the inhabitants of the prison and those of Woodbury.

ShockTillYouDrop.com used this opportunity to get on the phone with Hurd for a quick interview, mostly to talk about things that have happened over the past two seasons since we last spoke.

The last episode of season 3 of The Walking Dead will air next week and we'll have to wait a few months to see what happens next.

Season 3 has been quite the rollar coaster, upping the ante from the previous seasons and adding even more zombie carnage than ever.

The final episode is titled "Welcome to the Tombs" and is described as: Rick and the group have to seriously consider if the prison is worth defending as the Governor's impending attack looms over their heads."

The Walking Dead airs Sundays at 9/8c. Season 4 is set to begin production at the beginning of May.

Amazon issued an official press release today - a, sort of, official announcement that the Zombieland series was being produced.  Yet, here is a detail we did not know until now.  Zombieland's future depends on you, the customer.

The pilot will be made available to customers at some point and Amazon will be monitoring feedback to determine whether to take Zombieland to series.  Read on...

Amazon Studios, the original movie and series production arm of Amazon.com, today announced it will add cult classic Zombieland to the line-up of pilots already in production for Prime Instant Video. Zombieland, which is the seventh comedy pilot added to Amazon’s pilot line-up, will be made available (along with the other six comedy pilots and six children’s pilots) for free on Amazon Instant Video and LOVEFiLM UK. Customers are invited to view the pilots and then review them on the site; customer feedback will help determine which of the 13 pilots Amazon Studios will make into full-season productions, to air on Prime Instant Video.

NBC released a new featurette that takes you deep into the world - and making of - Hannibal, the series kicking off on April 4th.  In addition to this, we discovered a nasty lil' photo from the show that demonstrates just how grisly it can get.  Head inside for a better look at the pic...

The series looks at the early days of FBI agent Will Graham's career and the time when he worked alongside Hannibal Lecter - naturally, before Graham realized Lecter was a cannibal. It appears the series is taking a few creative liberties, picking up with Graham being drawn back into the FBI game, which is where we saw him in Red Dragon/Manhunter, but in that book/film, Lecter had already been capture and Will was mentally exhausted/scarred by his time in the field.

Netflix released four new preview spots for Hemlock Grove, it's supernatural series debuting April 19th.  The previously-released trailers focused a lot of Famke Janssen's character; within you'll meet the other characters that populate the story.

Executive produced by Eli Roth (who also directed a few episodes) and based on the novel by Brian McGreevy, the series stars Lili Taylor, Landon Liboiron, Janssen, Bill Skarsgard, Dougray Scott, Freya Tingley, Aaron Douglas and Penelope Mitchell.  The show revolves around the murder of a young girl found close to the former Godfrey steel mill. The suspects in her killing include Peter (Liboiron), a 17-year-old Gypsy kid from the wrong side of the tracks, and Roman (Skarsgard), the arrogant Godfrey Scion, whose sister Shelley is disturbingly deformed and whose mother, Olivia (Janssen), is the beautiful and controlling grand dame of Hemlock Grove.

MTV announced today the hit drama series Teen Wolf will be invading WonderCon on Saturday, March 30, in Anaheim, Calif. with a panel featuring series stars Tyler Posey and Dylan O’Brien, plus Executive Producer Jeff Davis.

Jim Halterman, West Coast Editor for TVFanatic, will be on hand to guide the hour-long Teen Wolf panel presentation as Tyler Posey, Dylan O’Brien and Jeff Davis dish about what fans can expect from the upcoming supersized third season and discuss the past two seasons.  Additionally, fans will be treated to exclusive, never-before-seen Teen Wolf content.

Teen Wolf is set to debut the first half of its supersized 24 episode third season on Monday, June 3 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. 

Only two episodes remain in The Walking Dead season 3 and AMC has presented us with seven new photos from episode 15, entitled "This Sorrowful Life," the episode is described as follows:

"Rick and the group are faced with a serious problem. If they want a truce with the Governor, they will have to make a huge sacrifice."

The Walking Dead airs Sundays at 9/8c.  Head inside for the pics!

Bates Motel made its debut this week and A&E saw it rake in "record" numbers.  An estimated 4.6 million viewers tuned in to witness the start of the Norman Bates legacy and now - if you missed it - you can watch the first episode via the player inside.

The series concerns the early days of Norman's life.  Following the tragic death of her husband, Norma Bates buys a motel on the outskirts of the idyllic coastal town of White Pine Bay, seeking a fresh start.  As Norma and Norman get ensconced in their new home, they discover this town isn't quite what it seems, and the locals aren’t so quick to let them in on their secrets. But the Bates’ are done being pushed around and will do whatever it takes to survive – and will do whatever it takes to protect their own secrets.

Actor Dean Norris (Breaking Bad) took to Twitter to post his Vine video (how social networking savvy he is!) from the set of Under the Dome, the Stephen King adaptation.  While, sure, there are images of split cows (when the dome comes down, no animal is spared) in the video, but the news here is that there's a shot of Jeff Fahey!

Yes, it looks like the actor - who appeared in The Lawnmower Man, Lost and Psycho III - is back in King territory.  Judging by the costume, it looks like he's a cop in this tale.  Chad Vogel, Jolene Purdy, Nicholas Strong, Britt Robertson, Aisha Hinds, Alex Koch, Natalie Martinez and Colin Ford also star.

Norris plays Big Jim Renny, the troublemaker of the novel.  Under the Dome, a 13-part series, kicks off on June 24th on CBS.  The video is inside.  You'll find cows, burning plane wreckage, Vogel and more.

The latest trailer for Hemlock Grove - the new Netflix original series hitting April 19th - has hit the web and, well, I didn't expect this.  Then again, I never read the source material it is based upon (a novel by Brian McGreevy).  There's a werewolf or some sort of monster in this mix of melodrama, but you won't see it here.  Regardless of the trailer, I'll be binge-watching this the weekend of its release.

Executive produced by Eli Roth (who directed the first episode) and based on the novel by Brian McGreevy, the series stars Lili Taylor, Landon Liboiron, Famke Janssen, Bill Skarsgard, Dougray Scott, Freya Tingley, Aaron Douglas and Penelope Mitchell.  The show revolves around the murder of a young girl found close to the former Godfrey steel mill. The suspects in her killing include Peter (Liboiron), a 17-year-old Gypsy kid from the wrong side of the tracks, and Roman (Skarsgard), the arrogant Godfrey Scion, whose sister Shelley is disturbingly deformed and whose mother, Olivia (Janssen), is the beautiful and controlling grand dame of Hemlock Grove.

NBC has released a new two and a half minute trailer for their upcoming Hannibal, based on the literary world created author Thomas Harris. Check it out in the player inside!

The series looks at the early days of FBI agent Will Graham's career and the time when he worked alongside Hannibal Lecter - naturally, before Graham realized Lecter was a cannibal. It appears the series is taking a few creative liberties, picking up with Graham being drawn back into the FBI game, which is where we saw him in Red Dragon/Manhunter, but in that book/film, Lecter had already been capture and Will was mentally exhausted/scarred by his time in the field.

David Slade directs the first episode which premieres April 4th.

Bates Motel doesn't begin until March 18th, but if you can check it out now if you're an A&E subscriber and have Xfinity on Demand through Comcast.  Check out more details here and see how you can watch the full first episode.

With a fancy suit, pipe and some wild white hair (what's with the Phil Spector influence?), actor Rutger Hauer was spotted sauntering onto the set of True Blood.  We've got the first pics of Hauer waiting for you inside!

The HBO series is entering its sixth season this summer and welcoming Hauer as a character named "Macklyn."

The actor signed up for the series last October and it has been said that his character has "close" ties to Sookie and Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten is also featured in one of the pics inside).  Hauer has had his fair share of vampire experience playing Lothos in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Barlow in 'Salem's Lot, Dracula in Dracula III: Legacy and Van Helsing in Dario Argento's forthcoming Dracula.

Podcasting is a tricky thing and up until 2011 or so I made a concentrated effort to dig into the medium as an extension of the work I do here.  A podcast called "Shock Waves" - a joint effort between myself and Lawrence Raffel at FEARnet - was born of that and it had a good run.  But as things are wont to do in entertainment, changes occurred.  

The folks at GeekNation (longtime friends of ours) were reaching out to some really good folks in horror (Fangoria, FEARnet, Icons of Fright) to assist in horror-themed podcasts.  Their longest running, weekly podcast, appropriately called "The BloodCast," was seeing its host - C.J. Arabia - step down and she needed someone to take over.  So, yours truly stepped in.  The BloodCast's 29th episode is a "passing of the torch" entry and you can now listen to it inside.  We explain what the podcast will focus on (mostly "horror on TV") and more.  Give it a listen and we hope you dig it...

A&E, poised to debut Bates Motel next week, is casting up for another slice of small screen genre fare called Occult.  This is the project that was spearheaded by Michael Bay.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Josh Lucas and Lynn Collins will star.  Lucas has appeared in films like American Psycho and Hulk; Collins, meanwhile, starred in last year's sci-fi spectacle John Carter.