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SCREAM ’09: Julie Benz, Jennifer Carpenter on ‘Dexter’, More!
One of my favorite shows on TV is Showtime’s “Dexter”, which is just getting into its fourth murderous season. While on the red carpet for the 2009 pike Scream Awards (airing Tuesday, October 27 at 10:00PM ET/PT) we caught up with stars Jennifer Carpenter and Julie Benz who reveal some interesting bits on what’s to come. In addition, Benz shares nothing but love for director Troy Duffy (who you might know as the infamous man behind Boondock Saints and the cruel subject of the documentary Overnight), and Jennifer Carpenter talks Quarantine 2 and The Factory. Loads of conversation awaits you!We were lucky enough to catch “Dexter” star Julie Benz on the red carpet for a quick chat about everyone’s favorite serial killer.
“Four years, are you sick of talking “Dexter”?”
“Are you are sick of talking about Dexter?” Benz jokes.
“No! I Love it!”
“Me too!”
“So, did you get to work with Jonathan Lithgow?
“I never actually get to work with him, I get to sit next to him at table reads though. He’s a great guy, so sweet,” adding that Rita’s life still takes a turn for the worse. “At the beginning of the season we see Rita really having everything she wants in her life and it slowly gets chipped away.” She also confirms a fifth season will in fact happen, “We definitely have one more after this season.”
Switching subjects, while we won’t be seeing Julie in Lionsgate’s SAW VI next week, she did exclaim, “I would love to return, in a flash back for SAW. Tell the producers!”
While she doesn’t have any horror coming up, she tells us that she’ll be starring in the forthcoming release of BOONDOCK SAINTS II.
“I have BOONDOCK SAINTS 2: ALL SAINTA DAY coming out October 31.”
“Were you aware of the Troy Duffy controversy?” (referring to the film OVERNIGHT)
“I actually had no clue,” she says genuinely.
“But you know it now?”
“I know it now…”
“How was it working with him? He’s a great filmmaker…”
“He’s really great, I’m gonna say this about him, everybody that was in the first one signed on to do the second one without ANY question, including crew. That just shows you that what you saw in the documentary (OVERNIGHT) is edited to make him look bad,” she explains in a serious tone. “He has a larger than life personality, he does direct – you have to get over the ‘just go out and fucking do it, go out there and fucking do it!’ (laughs). He’s a true visionary and knows exactly what he wants. He has the entire movie done in his head already. It’s very cool the visuals he creates, and he gives you great direction.”
Once Benz exited, we grabbed Jennifer Carpenter, who plays Dexter’s sister in the Showtime series.
“We just wrapped, four seasons in and to be this excited every Sunday night, it’s great!’ she screams with enthusiasm adding that she was so dedicated she woke up just to see them film the finale. “They shot the finale, the last scene, at 1:30am on Tuesday. I got out of bed and went there to watch it because no one knew what was happening because they kept the pages. ”
“Did you get to work with Lithgow?” I ask.
“In a round about away, I’m being as vague as possible, it’s too good to ruin,” she teases. “He’s amazing, he’s a conceited monster and then a millisecond later he’s a little boy you want to pick up and comfort. It’s really effective.”
As most of you know, I’ve seen REC 2 (major spoiler warning) and a surprise is that Angela survives and is a huge part of the sequel. I asked Jennifer about this and if she’d return if QUARANTINE 2 was a direct remake of REC 2.
“I would read it, I read everything, but I dunno. I liked that with the movie you feel that everybody dies, that was one of the things I liked about it, it never happens,” adding, “They don’t need to do a sequel.”
Before she was whisked away for the evening, she gave me a small plot point of TH FACTORY, the Dark Castle/Warner Bros. horror thriller she stars in. “ I play Emma and I’m hunting a serial killer with John Cusak. There’s a wild, twisted, unzip of everything, it’s crazy.”
The film is slated for release on January 28, 2011. “Dexter” can be seen every Sunday on Showtime.
This week’s big new horror release is of course Evil Dead Burn in theaters later in the week, but you don’t have to wait until this weekend to inject fresh nightmares into your eyeballs.
Five brand new horror movies have already released at home this week.
Here’s all the new horror that released on Tuesday, July 7, 2026!
Director André Øvredal’s (The Autopsy of Jane Doe, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, The Last Voyage of the Demeter) new movie Passenger is now available on Digital at home.
Here’s the synopsis for Passenger: “A few weeks into their van life adventure, a young couple witnesses a horrific accident that leaves the driver dead. Soon they’re being pursued by a demonic stalker who’s impossible to outrun and follows them wherever they go.”
André Øvredal told Bloody Disgusting in an exclusive chat, “It’s a road movie, which is what I really fell in love with. It’s totally unique for me as a horror movie. Bridging the road movie with a haunting, essentially, on the road. I think it’s the scariest movie I’ve made.”
The cast includes Jacob Scipio, Lou Llobell, Melissa Leo, Tony Doupe, Bonni Dichone, Devielle Johnson, Jessica Cruz, Miles Fowler, and Alan Trong.
The screenplay is written by Zachary Donohue (The Den) and T.W. Burgess (Mister Howl). Former Warner Bros production executive Walter Hamada, who steered the Conjuring and It franchises, is producing via his 18hz as part of his first-look deal with Paramount. It screenwriter Gary Dauberman is also producing via Coin Operated.
Supernatural horror, psychological suspense, and an eye-catching creature take center stage in The Leaching, now available on Digital from Dark Star Pictures and Uncork’d Entertainment.
“After waking up in a grave on her father’s isolated forest property with no idea of who she is or how she got there, Vivian must use her limited memory to piece together the nightmarish truth, all the while being tormented by the undead, a giant leech monster, and her ‘father.’
“Over the next few days, she will uncover the framework of a truly nefarious supernatural scheme, but will it be too late?”
The Leaching is written and directed by Evan Showalter (Ante Mortem, Bad Music Terry).
“The Leaching is an exploration of faith, the loss of self, and the monsters (literally) that emerge when people surrender themselves to something greater than they can understand,” says Showalter. “It’s an isolating horror film that plays with a very uncomfortable question.”
A film student finds herself trapped in a giallo nightmare in lo-fi horror movie City Wide Fever, which is now streaming exclusively on the Midnight Pulp streaming service.
The meta horror movie is from debut writer/director Josh Heaps.
In City Wide Fever, “Sam, a young film student, discovers a USB detailing the life and career of forgotten Italian horror director Saturnino Barresi.
“As she begins to investigate his mysterious disappearance, Sam finds herself pulled into a violent conspiracy eerily similar to those of the films she adores.”
Diletta Guglielmi, Angelica Kim, and Nancy Kimball star with Onur Tukel (Summer of Blood), Larry Fessenden (You’re Next), Carolyn Farina, and comedian Ian Fidance.
Paul Lê wrote in his review for Bloody Disgusting, “This isn’t just a case of throwback filmmaking that’s been achieved with contemporary technology; the director used era-authentic equipment to help create this striking and nostalgic piece of modern horror. The end result is a movie… teeming with enough verve and style to make it feel fresh.”
A Gen Z slasher that pays homage to ’90s teen slasher movies, You’re Dead to Me is now available on Digital outlets at home courtesy of distributor Dark Star Pictures.
In the slasher film, “Three high school seniors skip prom for a secluded weekend party free from parents, school, and responsibility, but their escape turns terrifying when they learn one of their classmates has been brutally murdered.”
Denise Richards (Valentine) stars alongside Siena Agudong (Sidelined: The QB and Me, Sidelined 2: Intercepted), Jessica Belkin (“Baywatch” ), Ella Anderson (“Henry Danger,” Song Sung Blue), and Conor Husting (“Boo, Bitch”, Hollywood Stargirl).
The film was directed by Juan Pablo Arias Munoz.
You’re Dead to Me was co-written by Sarah Howard and Terry Castle, the daughter of the legendary producer and filmmaker William Castle (House on Haunted Hill, The Tingler).
Steven Quale (Into the Storm, Final Destination 5) directed the supernatural thriller Black Box, which has now taken flight on Digital outlets courtesy of Aura Entertainment.
The film is based on the short film The Vessel, and an original screenplay from horror writer Stephen Susco (The Grudge, The Grudge 2, Texas Chainsaw 3D, Hell Fest).
Black Box (Flight 298) follows the supernatural events surrounding Vero Airlines 298 from New Orleans to Seattle.
Tom Brittney, Holly Leena White, Betsy Blue English, Dane Whyte O’Hara, Kaja Chan, Asa Ali, Boadicea Ricketts, Ceallach Spellman, Georgina Leonidas, Molly Belle Wright, Hanneke Talbot, Danny Mack, and Weronika Rosati star in Black Box.
Hammerstone Studios’ Alex Lebovici (Barbarian, Boy Kills World) and Jon Oakes (Drive, The Guilty) will produce alongside Capstone’s Christian Mercuri and David Haring (Bill & Ted Face the Music), Warren Zide (The Final Destination, American Pie), and Susco. Ruzanna Kegeyan and Roman Viaris of Capstone, and Clark Baker (Vessel) will executive produce.
What happened to Flight 298? Find out on Digital outlets now.
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