Image Entertainment has released a trailer for its new sci-fi actioner Scavengers, available on DVD and VOD Sept. 3. The film follows a deep space crew as they fight off asshole mercenaries to protect an alien artifact that could alter the entire universe.

The film’s DVD cover gives top billing to actors Sean Patrick Flanery (SAW: The Final Chapter), Roark Critchlow (“V”) and Jeremy London (“Party of Five”), but we’re more excited about Scottish starlet Louise Linton’s (pictured above) involvement.

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Along the Tracks Productions has released a trailer for Proxy, a psychological thriller from writer and director Zack Parker, starring Alexia Rasmussen (Our Idiot Brother) as Esther, a lonely and young pregnant woman brutally attacked by a hooded hooligan during her third trimester.

Esther is distraught after the assault and seeks out a support group where she befriends a woman (Alexa Havins) to whom she confesses that she never wanted to be a mother, but reveled in the affection and attention it got her from people who would otherwise never give her a second thought.

While that’s pretty fucked up, the story only gets a whole lot darker. Proxy will have its world premiere at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival.

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eOne Entertainment has released a trailer for writer and director Jim Mickles’ (Stake Land) We Are What We Are, a remake of the Mexican cannibal drama Somos Lo Que Hay. The film opens in selected theaters on Sept. 20.

Ambyr Childers (The Master) and Julia Garner (Last Exorcism Part II) play sisters forced to partake in a cannibalistic ritual by their father. Co-stars include Michael Parks (Red State), Nick Damici (Stake Land), Wyatt Russell (Cowboys & Aliens), Jack Gore (Every Secret Thing) and Kelly McGillis (Top Gun).

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Image Entertainment has set an Oct. 8 DVD and VOD release date for director Julian Richards’ Shiver, a serial killer drama based on Brian Harper’s grisly 1992 novel. The film stars scream queen Danielle Harris (Rob Zombie’s Halloween), Casper Van Dien (Starship Troopers) and John Jarratt (Wolf Creek).

Shiver tells the story of Wendy Alden (Harris), a meek young woman abducted by the head-collecting serial killer (Jarratt) she once escaped and who has now returned with the intent of torturing her slowly before chopping off her noggin while she’s still alive.

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Phase 4 Films has released a trailer for Duane Graves and Justin Meeks’ Butcher Boys (previously titled Boneboys), a cannibalistic thriller written by original Texas Chainsaw Massacre scribe Kim Henkel, starring Twilight Saga alumna Ali Faulkner.

Butcher Boys finds a group of friends getting mixed up with a clan of cannibals during a night on the town. Judging by the trailer, the flick looks pretty fucked up with the Butcher Boys giving the Sawyer family a run for its money. It plays selected theaters on Sept. 6.

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Know what you’re going as this Halloween? How about a rock star? How about a rock star performing in front of thousands at Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare, a haunted Halloween attraction and live concert event taking place Oct. 10-Nov. 2 at the Fairplex in Pomona, CA.? Sound good?

You’re gonna need to know how to play. If you do, then head on over to the SlideBar’s website for a chance to compete in Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare Battle of the Bands. The competition will take place over four days with the winner earning a spot on the Monster Energy stage at the big show.

From the press release:

The live music showcase nights for Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare Battle Of The Bands will begin with preliminaries at Slidebar on September 9, 16, 23, and 25, and will culminate with the four finalists competing on October 6.

One winner will earn the honor of performing on the Monster En ergy Main Stage at Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare. The performance date for the winning band will be announced at the final battle at Slidebar on October 6.

To enter, bands should email slidebarvenuebooking@yahoo.com by September 13, 2013. Each entry should include: Band Name, Genre, Facebook Page, Twitter, Contact Name, and Contact Email. Bands will be chosen from these entries to perform at the weekly battles, each featuring five bands.

Performing at the haunt will be artists representing a variety of musical genres: hard rock/heavy metal, alternative-rock, electronic dance and Latin. Zombie will headline the event’s closing night with special guests Eagles of Death Metal and Powerman 5000. See complete band listing here.

Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare will feature bloodcurdling 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. The haunt will also include outdoor screenings of classic horror films, food and booze, DJ and Monster Midway.

For more information and to purchase tickets, visit GreatAmericanNightmare.com.

RADiUS-TWC, the digital division of The Weinstein Company, has released a trailer for All the Boys Love Mandy Lane, a coming-of-age slasher from director Jonathan Levine (Warm Bodies), starring Amber Heard (Machete Kills) and Whitney Able (Monsters).

Heard plays a high school plain-Jane who grows into her looks over the summer and becomes the “object of everyone’s affections.” Things go crazy when she attends a weekend party at a secluded ranch and discovers that someone is out to kill the student body.

All the Boys Love Mandy Lane arrives on VOD on Sept. 6 and in selected theaters on Oct. 11.

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“My Name Is Earl” stunner Jamie Pressly is set to star in IM Global and Open Road’s A Haunted House 2, a sequel to this year’s hit horror-comedy from Marlon Waynes and director Mike Tiddes. The film went into production on Saturday.

A Haunted House 2 finds Waynes reprising his role as Malcolm, a man whose ex-girlfriend was possessed by demons and who is now starting his life over with a new woman and her two kids. Unfortunately, things once again take a scary turn when they move into their dream home.

No word on what role Pressly plays in the film, but those of us who saw her all kinds of naked in Poison Ivy: The New Seduction would watch her pick her nose for 90-minutes… so long as it were picked in slow-mo and from various angles.

For those who care, there will be other people in this flick including Ashley Rickards (Gamer), comedian Gabriel Iglesias and original players Essence Atkins (Are We There Yet), Affion Crockett (Never Back Down) and Dave Sheridan (Devil’s Rejects).

When a film studio releases an official image from an upcoming project, it usually ends up being a shot of some actor’s big head emoting. Thankfully, the folks behind Machete Kills know better and have released a photo to EW guaranteed to get your hard earned pesos on Oct. 11.

Machete Kills finds ex-federale Machete (Danny Trejo) recruited by the U.S. government to take down a billionaire arms dealer (Mel  Gibson) looking to trigger a world war.

Machete Kills co-stars Sofia Vergara, Amber Heard, Zoe Saldana, Lady Gaga, Vanessa Hudgens, Alexa Vega, Antonio Banderas, Demián Bichir, Cuba Gooding Jr; returning players Michelle Rodriguez andJessica Alba and Charlie Sheen as the President of the United States.

Christina Hendricks (“Mad Men”) has joined the cast of French director Gilles Paquet-Brenner’s English-language debut Dark Places, an adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s best selling 2009 novel. Co-stars include Chloe Grace Moretz, Nicholas Hoult, Andrea Roth and Charlize Theron, who also produces.

Dark Places tells the story of Libby Day, who at the age of seven testified against her brother in the brutal massacre of her family. Fast forward 25-years and Libby has grown up to become a mess. Looking to turn a profit from her tragedy, she agrees to help a group called The Kill Club re-investigate the case.

Empire reports that Hendricks will play Krissi Cates, a sloppy, downtrodden stripper with enormous creamy white breasts who knows a thing or two about the Day murders. The film is slated for release in September 2014.

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