John P. Ryan, character actor, appeared in over 69 productions for film and television, mostly playing villians and tough guys. However, in 1974, and again in 1978, Ryan went against his tough guy type to portray Frank Davies/Davis, the father of the monster baby in It's Alive and It Lives Again.

SIN-JIN SMYTH lands back in the US after having a successful presence at the Berlin Film Festival just in time to arrive in a hail of gunfire as another

Today I was looking around on the internet and I found this.

I get a lot of crap from The Show about not having cable.  It appears we're getting closer to me not needing it.

I was checking iTunes, and today they posted the pilot of Blade: The Series from Spike TV.  We missed the airing last night b/c we were taping the podcast, and I was ready to put down my $1.99 to check out the new show.  But, guess what?  The pilot is free.  In the proud tradition of Crack Dealers/Krispy Kream you can get the pilot for NOTHING.

New Channel looks to be not a all night and day thing...more of another pay per view type channel.from the really scary blog

With the big screen sequel underway, The Butterfly Effect is taking on series form at SCI FI Channel, reports Variety.

The cable channel has teamed with feature executive producers Anthony Rhulen, AJ Dix, Chris Bender and JC Spink on a series pilot based on the 2004 Ashton Kutcher starrer. NBC Universal TV Studio will produce.

The Butterfly Effect revolves around a man who discovers he has the ability to go back and forth in time to change the future of himself and others -- for better or worse.

Showtime Networks has joined with IDT Entertainment's New Arc Entertainment, Industry Entertainment and Nice Guy Productions to present a shockingly entertaining new anthology series entitled Masters of Horror. For the first time, the most prominent directors of the horror film genre have joined forces to produce a series of new original horror films that promises to shock, terrify and captivate even the most discriminating horror film fans.

Tru Calling will make its second season premiere with a special two-hour broadcast Thursday, March 31 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. The series will then air Thursdays (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT).

Variety reports that the Starz!

Despite what you may have read elsewhere, Mick Garris' ABC telemovie version of Stephen King’s DESPERATION won’t be airing during this May’s sweeps period. "We don’t deliver until June, and ABC has used up their promotional budget for the season, so it ain’t going to be pushed for May," Garris tells Fangoria. "It’s possibly going to be November. Or the following February…or May 2006."