MARCEL’S QUANTUM KITCHEN. PARANORMAL WITNESS. FACE OFF. Those are the trio of reality shows that will be joining the network’s unscripted programming such as the GHOST HUNTERS franchise and DESINATION TRUTH along with Syfy’s new Thursday reality block—MARY KNOWS BEST and FACT OR FAKED: PARANORMAL FILES—which premieres July 15.

The Frog Brothers are back in vampire-killing business in LOST BOYS: THE THIRST, the follow-up to the much-maligned 2008 sequel LOST BOYS: THE TRIBE. Corey Feldman is once again Edgar Frog, this time teaming up with his on-screen sibling Alan (Jamison Newlander, who appeared in the original LOST BOYS, and whose THE TRIBE scene was cut from the movie). The first trailer for the film is now online. 

Synthetic Cinema, the Connecticut-based team behind BANSHEE!!!, WEREWOLF: THE DEVIL’S HOUND and the upcoming ASSAULT OF THE SASQUATCH and OPPONENT, has announced its latest horror production, THE VINEYARD. A casting notice has been released, seeking both union and non-union actors for the film, and Fango got the early line on the creative talent involved.

While FANGORIA RADIO remains currently on hiatus, the folks at Sirius XM Radio have been running some of our best and bloodiest shows every Friday night (heard 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. EST, with a second broadcast right after), hosted by Debbie Rochon and Tony Timpone. Tonight’s show highlights:

Filmmaker Chris Columbus (pictured), who launched his career three decades ago with the script for GREMLINS, is getting back into the genre in a big way. His 1492 Pictures has pacted with Korea’s CJ Entertainment for a trio of fright features.

On the heels of the announcement that Emma Roberts has joined the cast of Wes Craven’s SCREAM 4 (see item here), confirmation has come down about another young actress joining the Dimension slasher sequel’s cast.

• Anchor Bay Entertainment just announced the DVD and Blu-ray releases of AFTER.LIFE. The debut feature by director/co-writer Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo stars Christina Ricci as a troubled young woman who wakes up on the slab of mortician Liam Neeson, and tries to determine whether she’s actually dead or his prisoner.

• Xenon Pictures provided Fango with the cover art and special features for its DVD of THE OUTBACK (pictured). The Australian shocker, originally titled PREY and starring Jesse Johnson (son of Don) and singer/actress Natalie Bassingthwaighte, streets July 13.

The young actress and niece of superstar Julia Roberts is making her first foray into horror! Read on for more...

The latest scoop concerning DEXTER’s fifth season has the 29-year-old actress in advanced talks to play a major role.

Daniel Griffith, the documentary/disc supplement producer/director whose credits include the terrific DARK SIDE OF EDEN for the STANLEY DVD, got in touch with details of his latest project: NO DIALOGUE NECESSARY: MAKING “THE BEAST OF YUCCA FLATS.” This 30-minute feature will appear in Shout! Factory’s upcoming MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 XVIII DVD boxed set.