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When the After Dark Horrorfest popped up in November of 2006, I caught about half of the offered 8 Films to Die For, despite a transparently sensationalized campaign of just how horrendously extreme these titles must've been to get such a specialized release. My experiences ranged from not bad (The Abandoned and The Gravedancers) to pretty dreadful (Penny Dreadful), but between the ratio of enjoyment that year and the yanking of actually-possibly-horrific Frontier(s) the next, I just passed entirely in 2007.

One might assume that, in an effort to meet me halfway, the Horrorfest has skipped out on itself this year, but while this is technically true, it's merely shuffled away into the doldrums of this coming January 2-9 instead. Scott Weinberg had already pointed out that The Broken and The Butterfly Effect 3 were among this year's (next year's?) selected batch of titles, and now The Hollywood Reporter reports that From Within -- about a rash of suicides in a small town -- and three After Dark productions: the aforementioned Effect, Slaughter, and Perkins' 14.

That leaves three more titles in the running. Any guesses? Just remember now: they can't be too scary.

The first one was a theatrical release. The sequel was a direct-to-video affair. So for the third one, we get a little mixture of both. Yep, it's time for another trip to Butterfly Effect territory, and you can only find it through the third annual After Dark Horrorfest event. According to The Hollywood Reporter, production on Butterfly Effect 3 will begin on September 1. No director has been mentioned yet, but the screenplay comes from a newbie called Holly Brix. Here's the plot: "A young man with the power to time travel who attempts to solve the mystery of his high school girlfriend's death."

But I wouldn't necessarily expect BE3 to arrive for this November's AD festival ... seeing as how production is scheduled for early September. Good to see After Dark taking some initiative and co-producing their own flicks. Lord knows they've been a little inconsistent with their "indie acquisitions" -- although they did snatch up The Broken, which played last Sundance and earned a positive review from yours truly. And since I know the AD guys are big Cinematical readers, I'll offer up Dying Breed as a possible pick-up. It's an Aussie import that's got a basic plot but a very icky atmosphere.