It's Saturday morning; time to shake off that hangover, grab your favourite blend, and tune in to the latest podcast... From The Basement! For those who didn't listen last night on the mighty Radio NL 610 AM Kamloops, and for the those who want to hear it again, we've got a slew of reviews for your ear holes this week. What's up first? The supernatural thriller Agramon's Gate from director Harley Wallen, and starring genre vets Lauren Landon and Yan Birch. Do qualified horror actors make for a good horror movie? Stick with us! Don't touch that dial; there's more! A lot more! Jason and Shawn take in -- and take down -- new genre releases VFW starring Stephen Lang, Fred Williamson and William Sadler, and the Joe Dante produced Camp Cold Brook. One's a loving ode to early John Carpenter, the other a nod to reality paranormal television. Are they worthy of the chopping block? Plus Mike S returns for another review, The Basement Boys provide the weeke...

God damn, I loved this movie! I'd come off yet another lousy screener (you'll hear all about it on Friday's show) and just wanted to watch a low-budget horror movie that knew what it wanted to deliver, and followed through with gusto. Which is when I bet my hard-earned rental dollar on Joe Begos' VFW. I really liked Begos' first flick, Almost Human. He had no money, early John Carpenter sensibilities, and made it work. Now he's got more money, a name cast, and he's still embracing early Carpenter... right down to the score and concept. See, a desperate teen with a bag full of drugs runs into the local VFW with a street gang hot on her tail. Fortunately for her, this VFW is frequented by the likes of Stephen Lang, Fred Williamson, William Sadler and Martin Cover. Let's just say the street gang doesn't stand a chance. Think Assault on Precinct 13 meets Class of 1984 -- with a little bit of Escape from New York and The Wild Bunch thrown in for...

We've heard nothing about the upcoming action/thriller In the Blood until today, when The Basement learned MMA star and hottie Gina Carano would be joined by a couple of bad asses like Machete and the bad guy from Avatar. Carano stars as a wife who's husband disappears while the couple are vacationing in the Caribbean. Believing he's been kidnapped, she passionately pursues the men responsible. Stpehen Lang plays Carano's hard-nosed father, who raised her with a particular set of skills, skills that make her a nightmare for bad people everywhere. Danny Trejo will play one of said bad people. John Stockwell directs the film, which begins shooting in November with a release some time in 2013. This sounds like a direct-to-DVD feature, but Carano's presence has me interested. She was the best part of Haywire, and has all the chops she needs to be the next big action heroine. Lang and Trejo are sufficiently bad ass, but our eyes are on Carano.