Pretty blonde up-and-comer Sharon Hinnendael goes nude as the lead in Anchor Bay Entertainment’s remake of the 1994 cult classic Embrace of the Vampire, an erotic supernatural thriller about a college virgin’s sexual awakening at the hands of handsome vampire.

In an interview with Mr. Skin, she says:

I think in any movie, any dramatic movie, or even any comedy, nudity should be in it. I mean come on, we get naked day to day. You get naked, I get naked. We shower every morning then we walk around naked and we have sex with people.

That’s kind of just being a human. So I don’t know why getting naked is a big deal when it’s essential. That’s part of your day-to-day life. People want to buy a character; they’re going to naked.

I, for one, plan to be naked when I watch this thing.

Hinnendael nudefully plays Charlotte Wells, the chaste young woman seduced in dreams by a vampire promising her a life of emotional and sexual fulfillment.

Hinnendael, no stranger to nudity, is best known for her role as teen party girl Hannah on the short-lived Showtime series “Look.” The Wisconsin-born starlet also stars in the horror-indies Machine Head and Rites of Passage, the fun must-see directorial debut from Point Break writer Peter Iliff.

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Rob Zombie’s inaugural haunt and concert event, The Great American Nightmare, came to a record-breaking close last week with two Halloween shows headlined by Rob Zombie. Held at the Pomona Fairplex in Los Angeles, the concerts featured a mix of Zombie’s greatest hits, new jams, and covers.

I, along with my cousin Adi Muertos, joined the scum of the earth for the Nov. 1 show. The auditorium was pack in tight with all kinds of devil’s rejects and living dead girls. The lights went out and all that could be seen was a flicker of rainbow lights coming from guitarist John 5’s mouthpiece.

Bassist Piggy D crept on stage as drummer Ginger Fish got to work on the skins. “Meet the Creeper” opened the show. Rob Zombie rushed the mic, belting out what would be the first song of an awesome two-hour set. Mosh pits erupted as the one-two, cranium-rattling punch of ‘I, Zombie” and “Super-Charger Heaven” followed.

As Zombie danced and spun across the stage like a Manson Family hippie at a bonfire, jumbotron screens flashed a montage of titillating grind-house movie clips, Hentai images, and eye-popping retro-erotica starring busty and topless babes of yore.

Zombie thanked the audience for making The Great American Nightmare a success, and apologized for the lack of pyrotechnics on stage, noting that fire marshals had put the kibosh on the effects after receiving complaints from a concerned, elderly attendee (dammit, Mom!).

Up until then, I had not noticed the absence of fire. The show was explosive as is. The band was tight and fun to watch, and Zombie once again the consummate frontman. Songs performed included the booty-shaking anthem “Living Dead Girl,” “More Human Than Human,” “Superbeast,” “Dragula,” a hypnotic “Lords of Salem,” the grin-inducing “Pussy Liquor, new anthem “Dead City Radio,” “Thunder Kiss 65,” and covers of Grand Funk Railroad’s “We’re an American Band,” and Alice Cooper’s “School’s Out.”

Oblivion star and former Bond Girl Olga Kurylenko is set to star in the sleep paralysis thriller Mara. Directed by documentary filmmaker Rodney Ascher (Room 237) for Solution Entertainment Group and Room 101. Shooting begins in May 2014.

Up until Oblivion with Tom Cruise, Kurylenko was best known for her portrayal of revenge-seeking Bond girl Camille Montes in the James Bond film Quantum of Solace. The Ukrainian stunner can also be seen in Neil Marshall’s Centurion and the big-screen video game adaptations Hitman and Max Payne.

Kurylenko will next be seen in Reliance Entertainment and IM Global’s Vampire Academy, a an adaptation of Richelle Mead’s bestselling young-adult book series from Mean Girls director Mark Waters and Heathers scribe Daniel Waters.

MGM and Sony Pictures have released a new two-minute-plus trailer for Jose Padilha’s remake of Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 sci-fi classic Robocop, about a veteran police officer murdered by criminals and brought back to life as a cyborg crime fighter by the OmniCorp corporation.

The reboot stars Joel Kinnaman as Robocop Alex Murphy, Abbie Cornish as his busty wife, Gary Oldman as his creator, Sam Jackson as a media mogul and Michael Keaton as OmniCorp’s CEO. The film opens Feb. 7.

Gotta say, the new trailer is far more interesting than the first. I love watching the ED-209 patrolling internationally. And, while I’m still bummed that Murphy doesn’t meet his end at the hands of brutal street thugs, I’m digging the training.

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Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare has come to a record-breaking end. The inaugural Halloween haunt and concert event drew the largest single night attendance for a stand-alone haunted house event in the United States.

From the press release:

Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare closed out its 15-day run November 2 at the FEARPlex in Pomona, California with a record-breaking night for a stand-alone haunted house event in the United States.

On Saturday night, over 8,500 people traversed the haunted house attractions at this ultimate Halloween music and horror event. The evening culminated with a headlining performance by Rob Zombie.

Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare included mazes based on three of Zombie’s horror films: Lords Of Salem Total Black Out, The Haunted World Of El Superbeasto 3D and Haunt Of 1,000 Corpses. Clatto’s review of the event can be read here.

Producer Steve Kopelman said the final weekend of Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare had pulled the largest crowds he has ever witnessed in his 32-year career. “We are extremely proud of the event we built and the partnership with Rob Zombie,” he said, “and look forward to 2014.”

Syfy has released a full length trailer for producer Ronald D. Moore’s (“Battlestar Galactica”) new series “Helix.” Set to premiere Jan. 10, the show stars Billy Campbell (“The Killing”), Kyra Zagorsky (ABC’s of Death), Hiroyuki Sanada (The Wolverine), and Jordan Hayes (House at the End of the Street).

A team of scientists from the Centers for Disease Control travel to a high-tech research facility in the Arctic to investigate a possible disease outbreak, only to find themselves pulled into a terrifying life-and-death struggle that may hold the key to mankind’s salvation or total annihilation.

However, the lethal threat is just the tip of the iceberg, and as the virus evolves, the chilling truth begins to unravel.

If the “chilling truth” proves to be some kind of Sharktopus or Megapython, I’m gonna be pretty damn pissed.

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A sales trailer has gone online for Image Entertainment’s All Cheerleaders Die, a remake of the 2001 Lucky McKee (The Woman) slasher, written and directed by McKee and Chris Sivertson (I Know Who Killed Me). The horror-comedy is slated for release in spring 2014.

All Cheerleaders Die stars Caitlin Stasey (I, Frankenstein) as a rebellious teen who joins her high school cheerleading squad after experiencing a tragic event. Her decision pisses off the popular cheerleaders and her loner, black magic practicing ex-girlfriend, played by Sianoa Smit-McPhee (”Hung”).

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Assuming enough truckloads of cash show up at her doorstep, Kate Beckinsale is set to star in the ghost thriller The Disappointment Room. The film is directed by D.J. Caruso (Disturbia) from a script by “Prison Break” star turned screenwriter Wentworth Miller (Stoker).

The Disappointment Room stars Beckinsale as a mother who moves with her husband and child into a country manor in an old Eastern seaboard town. In the attic, she meets the ghost of little girl who beckons her to open a locked room. Cameras roll Feb. 3 in Greensboro, N.C.

Beckinsale is coming off last year’s Total Recall remake and the sequel Underworld: Awakening. She will next be seen as the lead in Eliza Graves, a psychological thriller based on the 1945 Edgar Allan Poe story “The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether.”

Model and actress Roxanne McConnell stars in Safehouse Pictures UK and Straight To Video Productions’ new slasher Banjo. McConnell plays the adulterous wife of Peltzer Arbuckle (James Hamer-Morton), a pushover who conjures up an imaginary childhood friend to fight back against the bullies in his life.

We’re not familiar with McConnell’s previous work, but her ball-crusher charm is not lost on us. Written and directed by indie filmmaker Liam Regan, Banjo needs funding to happen. Folks can help by chipping in on its Kickstarter page. Below is a teaser trailer to get motivated.

Photo: James Alexander

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Lionsgate’s new psycho-sexual slasher Nurse 3D arrives on VOD and in limited theatrical release on Feb. 7. Paz de la Huerta (“Boardwalk Empire”) toplines the film as Abby Russell, a beautiful, but bat-shit crazy, day nurse who seduces and murders men she deems wicked by night.

The official synopsis:

By day Abby Russell is a dedicated nurse, someone you wouldn’t hesitate to trust your life with. But by night, her real work begins… using her smoldering sexuality she lures cheating men to their brutal deaths and exposes them for who they really are.

When a younger nurse starts to suspect Abby’s actions and compromises her master plan, Abby must find a way to outsmart her long enough to bring the cheater you’d least expect to justice.

Katrina Bowden (“30 Rock”) plays the pretty younger nurse. Rounding out the cast are Judd Nelson (Breakfast Club), Corbin Bleu (High School Musical), Boris Kodjoe (Resident Evil: Afterlife), Adam Herschman (Bucky Larson), Niecy Nash (“Reno 911”), and Melanie Scrofano (SAW VI).

Nurse 3D is directed by Doug Aarniokoski (The Day, “Criminal Minds”) and written by David Loughery (Lakeview Terrace, Dreamscape).