Writer/director Joe Berlinger has given the world such award winning documentaries as the eye-opening CRUDE and the unforgettable METALLICA: SOME KIND OF MONSTER. But he is perhaps best known for the troika of searing investigative films (with his creative partner Bruce Sinofsky) surrounding the case of the West Memphis Three—Damien Echols, Jesse Misskelley Jr. and Jason Baldwin—who were charged, tried and sentenced to life in prison (in Damien’s case, death) for a vile, unspeakable crime that they did not commit

After two and a half seasons, is THE WALKING DEAD in its best place? Is that best place good enough?

Opening today nationwide, THE COLLECTION is Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton’s bigger-budget sequel to THE COLLECTOR, in which original hero Arkin joins a group of mercenaries attempting to rescue a kidnapped girl from the mysterious killer’s lair. At the recent Screamfest LA, where the film had its premiere on opening night, Fango spoke to the COLLECTION collective, including its stars and creators—and got a few hints about a third film in the series.

If there isn’t actually a new AJ Bowen movie coming out every month or so, it certainly seems that way. Ever since first attracting attention in 2007’s THE SIGNAL, the actor has been all over the fright genre, and this week sees the DVD release of his horror/crime-thriller hybrid RITES OF SPRING, which he discusses in this exclusive interview.

“For anyone who’s spent a winter in Ottawa, Canada, there’s no hype needed. It’s f**king cold!” director Doug Aarniokoski tells FANGORIA, attempting to put some context around exactly how arduous the process was getting his new postapocalyptic siege thriller THE DAY in the can.

Well-known for his association with Stuart Gordon on RE-ANIMATOR, FROM BEYOND and DAGON, eclectic filmmaker Brian Yuzna began his directing career with 1989’s mindbending social allegory SOCIETY. Beloved for its orgiastic, flesh-bending “shunting” sequence (highlighted by Screaming Mad George’s incredible FX), SOCIETY will be presented at Chicago’s Terror in the Aisles 13 (see full details below) this Friday, November 30. In preparation for his guest appearance at the event, Yuzna talked to FANGORIA about SOCIETY’s evolution.

THE COLLECTION, creators Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton will be the first to tell you, is a different film. Whereas the first introduced us to the masked madman— an almost human spider trapping his prey— in a shroud of visual black, THE COLLECTION is an often lush, gleefully twisted affair. The Collector, in all manner of surreal color, is on display for those who dare enter to see.