“Vampire Diaries” recurring Michaela McManus may have gotten away from the supernatural creatures of Mystic Falls, but she’s not out of the woods yet. The pretty Rhode Island-born starlet will face-off against a killer grizzly bear in director David Hackl’s (Saw 5) Red Machine.

The film centers on two estranged brothers and their girlfriends as they attempt to escape from the bloodthirsty grizzly stalking them throughout the Alaskan wilderness. Production begins this month in Vancouver.

Red Machine stars James Marsden (Straw Dogs) and Thomas Jane (Punisher) as the estranged brothers, Piper Perabo (“Covert Affairs”) as Jane’s deaf girlfriend, and Billy Bob Thornton (Armageddon) as an expert bear hunter. Rounding out the cast are Scott Glenn (Sucker Punch), Adam Beach (Cowboys & Aliens) and Kelly Curran (Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas).

No word on what role McManus plays in the film (Marsden’s girlfriend?) but, should she get mauled early on, she can always be seen on the small-screen as part of NBC’s trippy parallel-lives drama “Awake,” premiering in March.