Twenty seven awards and counting. That's how much acclaim scream queen Jessica Cameron 's directorial debut Truth or Dare has earned thus far. Twenty seven. Wow. We've been pimping the flick for a while now, and Jessica talked about her movie on our show earlier this season. Yet Truth or Dare isn't anywhere near done making the festival rounds and the marketing push continues.

I believe we've said this before, but scream queen Jessica Cameron is one busy lady. Her directorial debut , Truth or Dare, is still making the festival rounds, her follow-up effort Utero is in post production , and here she is already on board another project as star and producer. Talented, beautiful and driven. The girl has it going on. And she's got good taste in podcasts.

It's no secret  James Wan won't be back to direct the third film in the Insidious franchise. Let's face it, the man is balls deep in the new Fast and Furious movie . He's a bit preoccupied. Yet, given the financial success of the Insidious flicks, a third film was inevitable. In fact, it comes out next April.

After a year of anticipation, and several stories telling you all about it, we finally get a look at our bro John Fallon's feature directorial debut The Shelter . That's right, it's teaser trailer time! Know what else is cool about this teaser trailer? The music is by The Basement's very own Shawn ! And he's scoring the whole movie to boot! How kick ass is that? Very kick ass!

What's the only thing better than one horror hottie? How about two! Which is why The Basement's Horror Hottie Month continues with a 30-minute conversation with award-winning, Canadian-born scream queen Jessica Cameron . Jessica starred in dozens of projects before doing double duty on the horror flick Truth or Dare, which is currently earning rave reviews on the festival circuit. When Jessica wasn't being menaced in front of the camera on this dark tale, she was calling the shots behind the scenes in her directorial debut . This scream queen is one candid chick, and the interview she had with Jason is one Basementites won't soon forget. As Jason and Shawn like to say, stick with us! And stick around for reviews of the post-apocalyptic action/comedy Bounty Killer and the Canadian action flick I Declare War. Well, it's as actiony as a movie about 11 year olds can get. How do these two flicks stack up? Tune in tomorrow morning when the podcast goes live! ...

As regular readers and listeners know, our partner in cinema and crime -- and all-around good friend -- John Fallon makes his feature film directorial debut with The Shelter, which he also wrote. The flick stars veteran actor and genre fave Michael Paré and is scheduled to shoot in January.  Yours truly sat down with John to discuss the film. Below is a transcript of what he had to say. Tell me a bit about where the idea for The Shelter came from.   It was winter and I was walking back from a hockey game during a snow storm . I saw a homeless man sitting on the ground begging for change , he was obviously freezing. I felt bad for the guy, so I gave him a couple of bucks and kept walking. As I walked on, I started wondering how the man got to where he was now. Then I started inventing scenarios in my head about him trying to find shelter from the storm and what would happen if he did. Once I arrived home, I had a found an initial premise for a script and jo...