Iron Sky was a crowdsourcing phenomenon and is a Basement favourite. So it's very good news that producer Mark Overett has a new flick headed in our direction, with The Vampire Diaries and Hemlock Grove star Penelope Mitchell (pictured) among the cast. Pandala Films Pty announced today that production is ready to begin on The Fear of Darkness, a supernatural thriller directed by Chris Fitchett. The film will shoot for four weeks in March on Australia 's Gold Coast .

The man behind Cabin Fever and Hostel, Eli Roth, isn't one to sit still. He's got a lead role in the upcoming earthquake thriller Aftershock AND he's executive producer on the first original series for Netflix, Hemlock Grove. In a nutshell, the 13-episode series takes place in the small town of Hemlock Grove, where a girl is murdered. With the cops fresh out of clues, two young men, one a gypsy drifter and one an heir to a family fortune, decide to find the killer themselves. Kinda looks like Twin Peaks meets True Blood. But with Roth on board -- he directs the pilot episode by the way -- this could be a decent horror outing for the small screen. And one can't knock the presence of the lovely Famke Janssen (pictured above) either.  Take a peep at the trailer, and ready your Netflix subscription, Hemlock Grove begins Friday, April 19. Kudos to YouTube and Netflix for the news.