Velvet Revolver has just leaked their performance of “Slither” from their upcoming DVD, Live In Houston, which hits stores on November 16th. Filmed in 2005, the concert captures the band touring in support of their award winning debut album, Contraband. The full length tracks are intercut with brief interviews with the band members talking about how Velvet Revolver came to be. The setlist focuses on Contraband, but also includes cover versions of tracks by Guns ‘n’ Roses and Stone Temple Pilots highlighting the history of the group members. Live in Houston features the original Velvet Revolver line-up of vocalist Scott Weiland, lead guitarist Slash, bassist/vocalist Duff McKagan, drummer Matt Sorum,…

MTV sent us this promo for the series “Home is Where The Horror Is” featuring “The Hills Have Eyes” airing tonight. MTV will be airing a different horror movie each Saturday night at 10pm, check out the schedule and synopsis below. SATURDAY HORROR MOVIES: 6-Mar THE HILLS HAVE EYES Synopsis: On the way to California, a family has the misfortune to have their car break down in an area closed to the public, and inhabited by violent savages ready to attack. 13-Mar SLITHER Synopsis: A small town is taken over by an alien plague, turning residents into zombies and all forms of mutant monsters. 20-Mar DEEP BLUE SEA Synopsis: Searching…

MTV sent us this really cool promo trailer for their series “Home is Where The Horror Is”. MTV will be airing a different horror movie each Saturday night at 10pm, check out the schedule and synopsis below. SATURDAY HORROR MOVIES: 27-Feb LAND OF THE DEAD Synopsis: The living dead have taken over the world, and the last humans live in a walled city to protect themselves as they come to grips with the situation. 6-Mar THE HILLS HAVE EYES Synopsis: On the way to California, a family has the misfortune to have their car break down in an area closed to the public, and inhabited by violent savages ready to…

According to a report by Variety, Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page and Liv Tyler have all been announced to star in the superhero genre-spoof comedy “Super”. James Gunn (“Slither”) wrote the script, and will also be directing the project. Wilson plays an average guy with no special abilities or powers at all, who takes on the heroic wrench-wielding alter ego of the Crimson Bolt after watching his wife succumb to the charms of a local neighborhood drug dealer. Filming on “Super” will be starting in December 2009. Stay tuned for more news on “Super”, right here at Shockya.com. By Costa Koutsoutis (Source: Variety)

For you gorehounds looking for a scare this holiday season, here are a few horror flicks that are coming to DVD just in time for you to slash off the paper: December 9th – Resident Evil 1-3 Synopses: A special military unit fights a powerful, out-of-control supercomputer and hundreds of scientists who have mutated into flesh-eating creatures after a laboratory accident. – Slither [Blu-ray] Synposis: A small town is taken over by an alien plague, turning residents into zombies and all forms of mutant monsters. December 16th – Silent Night, Gory Night [Christmas Season Massacre, Satan Claus, Psycho Santa] – A Nightmare on Elm Street [Blu-ray] Synopsis: In the dreams…

Latino Review snatched up filmmaker Marc Abraham, who funded such flicks as the Dawn of the Dead remake, Air Force One, The Hurricane and Slither, who talked about the foreseeable remake of John Carpenter’s 1982 masterpiece, The Thing. In the interview, Abraham says the remake will be a prequel to Carpenter’s film. “It’s going to be taking place in the same time frame,” he states. Translation? The new installment is going to end where Carpenter’s picks up, which could actually give better insight and understanding to the cult hit horror fans know and love. Carpenter’s The Thing, a remake of 1951′s The Thing from Another World, centers around a team…