“Oh, yeah, they like the gore at Sci Fi Channel,” he tells Fango, “which is surprising. Working on other shows, they’ll be like, ‘Less guts, less gore,’ but on these it’s, ‘OK, half-eaten bodies everywhere!’ ”

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TROGLODYTE, “which is a complete gorefest,” Nicholson laughs. “It’s about a water-born creature that hatches from almost like a frog egg, and people start dying in this town by the lake. People get eaten by the big trog, and then there are these baby ones as well. It’s very similar to LOCH NESS TERROR, in the sense that Nessie had these babies that wreaked havoc too. The baby trogs have these long tongues, so we were wrapping them around people’s necks and using hand puppets and doing all this gruesome stuff. That’s the great thing about Paul as a director; we’ll be in meetings, and people will say ‘CGI,’ and he’ll be like, ‘No, no, I want puppets’; he likes having them in action with the actors, and we can also work with the CGI in conjunction with that.”

Sounds like Humanoids from the Deep on steroids! Let’s hope it lives up to the hype.

Grendel
Beowulf’s legendary battle with the monster Grendel comes to life in this hard-hitting new adaptation. Chris Bruno (The Dead Zone) stars as Beowulf, Ben Cross (Chariots of Fire) plays the harried King Hrothgar, and Marina Sirtis (Deanna Troi on Star Trek: The Next Generation) co-stars as Queen Wealhtheow.
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Saturday, Jan. 13, at 9/8C

Gryphon
Two warring countries are united when faced with a common enemy, a mythical flying beast called the Gryphon. Amber Benson (Tara on Buffy the Vampire Slayer) stars with Sarah Douglas (Ursa in Superman II) and Jonathan LaPaglia (TV’s The District) in this action-packed fantasy-adventure.
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Saturday, Jan. 27, at 9/8C
Hey, that’s great they are ripping off part of the plot of Dragon Storm. Originally called Attack of the Gryphon, this directed by Andrew Prowse. Andrew is also directing a film called Tyrannosaurus Azteca, written by David Kemper (of Farscape fame) which lead me to this article:

David Kemper has multipic deal with Sci Fi Channel and new show in the wings.

David Kemper is back in a big way.

The creator of Sci Fi Channel’s Farscape–which ran four seasons on the network and was its highest-rated show at the time–has a deal with the network to create five new TV movies. Kemper also has a new series that is drawing interest from cable channels.

Kemper’s first two films from the deal are the horror films Heat Stroke and Tyrannosaurus Azteca. They will air sometime next year, most likely in the network’s Saturday Movie slot.

The new series in development by Kemper is being described as a postapocalyptic action series in the vein of Xena, The Warrior Princess. The series is based on a comic book.

Rigel Entertainment is coproducing the TV movies and producing the new series. Rigel president David Macaione says that three cable nets are interested in the new show, but he would not specify which three.

Sci Fi Channel has had even greater ratings success since Farscape, with Battlestar Galactica and Eureka each pulling in good numbers.

Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud
Feuding backwoods clans clash when a boy from one family falls for a girl from the other — and summons a vengeful demon to slay her kin. Lance Henriksen (Aliens, the original Pumpkinhhead film) makes a cameo in this action-packed tale of a tragic romance. Amy Manson and Bradley Taylor star.
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Saturday Feb. 10 at 9/8C
Sequel they filmed at the same time they made the earlier Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes, both having Lance Henriksenreprise his role from the original film.

Fire Serpent
A veteran firefighter tries to convince a young fireman and a government agent that the blaze they are fighting is really a fire creature spawned by the sun. Nicholas Brendon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Sandrine Holt (24) and Robert Beltran (Star Trek: Voyager) star.
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Saturday February 24 at 9/8C
This is the winner in my book. Originally called Alien Fire. Any movie about aliens from the SUN invading Earth has to be good!