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The latest edition of the Indie Spotlight contains all of the recent independent horror news sent our way. In this feature, we have a look at a Behind the Mask Leslie Vernon action figure, details on an upcoming screening of Teller’s Play Dead, multiple trailers, and more:

Behind the Mask’s Leslie Vernon Action Figure: “This Rhode Island based toy company has their first line of licensed product out that will surely be a surprise to quite a few horror fans out there. Based on the character from the 2006 movie “Behind the Mask, The Rise of Leslie Vernon”. They have just released their 7” action figure and limited edition reproductions of the mask & scythe props from the movie.

It’s one of the best horror movies in the last 10 years and we’re very excited to have this as our first license says president Neal DeConte who started the company...

With a mask somewhat reminiscent of Rorschach from Watchmen or Kroenen from Hellboy, the mysterious Dr Savior has been unveiled in upcoming horror film Donors.

Behind the mask of the "diabolical" doctor (above) is genre actor/producer DJ Perry. Earlier this year, we brought you the first teaser poster and some cast pictures featuring Perry alongside co-stars French/Philippine beauty Anne Gauthier and former Bond girl Lana Wood (famous for her role as Plenty O'Toole in 1971's Diamonds Are Forever starring Sean Connery), who is playing a character called Norma.

Paisaen Productions in association with Collective Development Inc has today announced that the Charles Pisaeno-directed horror thriller has moved into post-production sound and scoring.

The film, also written by Pisaeno, is about a troubled young woman (Niki Saletta, pictured below) abducted by a mysterious man known as Doctor Savior (DJ Perry).

In desperation the woman seeks to get help...

Would you kill for millions? Could sex turn you into a murderer? Who can you trust? Some of these questions have their answers in the plot of Deadly Renovations.

The horror thriller was shot largely at the historic Hotel Del Sol, in Yuma, Arizona, which comes with its own secrets and ghosts and was also used as the location for the 1994 film The Getaway starring Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger.

Directed by Robert Gwinn, Deadly Renovations will get a domestic (Us) release on August 7, 2012, it has been announced. A new motion poster has been unveiled and can be viewed below.

The story follows a group of property developers who turn into greed-driven killers when they discover their hotel project may contain a hidden stash of millions of dollars.

The cast is led by DJ Perry who plays the leader of a group of renovators. Co-stars are Lana Wood, Terence Knox...

As dark thriller Deadly Renovations gears up for Filmart - the Hong Kong International Film & TV Market from March 19 to 22 - a new international trailer described as "less tease and more content" has been released.

Acort International - which has the trailer on its website - is handling the overseas distribution of the gory whodunnit, with a limited theatrical release planned by Nocturnal Features later this year followed by a domestic (North America) release with Midnight Releasing.

The indie horror film centres on a group of property developers who turn into greed-driven killers when they discover their hotel project may contain a hidden stash of millions of dollars.

Director Robert H. Gwinn is now developing a "classic slasher" called Virtue, centring on teens at a lake who find themselves facing an unseen killer, while writer/producer Charles Pisaeno has just seen his thriller Donors enter post-production.

DJ Perry, who stars in Deadly Renovations,...

Nicole Cherie Saletta plays the damsel in distress and DJ Perry is the diabolical Doctor Savior in the Charles Pisaeno directed dark thriller "Donors". The film is now shooting in Yuma, Az with some B-unit work also being done in Michigan. It was just announced that a true Hollywood legend of the film industry Ms. Lana Wood, sister of the late Natalie Wood, has joined the intense thriller. Lana has an incredible body of work including the James Bond film "Diamonds Are Forever" with Sean Connery. She has worked with the producers of "Donors" in their previous thriller "Deadly Renovations" (www.deadlyrenovations.com ) due out this year with Midnight Releasing/Acort International. It will make a 1st appearance at the Hong Kong film market (Filmart) this March. Also joining the...

The First teaser poster has been released for upcoming thriller Donors, whose cast includes former Bond girl Lana Wood and Darkest Night star Anne Gauthier.

The poster is included below. Several official pictures of the cast are also featured here. Lana Wood is playing a character called Norma and Anne Gauthier (above) a woman called Sandra.

Wood (pictured below with Donors co-star DJ Perry) is perhaps best known for her role as Bond girl Plenty O'Toole in 1971's Diamonds Are Forever starring Sean Connery.

The sister of the late actress Natalie Wood, she was a regular in soap Peyton Place and in 1979 appeared in Captain America II: Death Too Soon, starring Reb Brown as the star-spangled supersoldier in a second TV pilot for a series that never went into production.

Lana worked with the producers of Donors on their previous film, Deadly Renovations, due out this year with with Midnight Releasing/Acort International.

Nicole Cherie Saletta is now on board to play the lead role of Ashley Honors in the dark thriller "Donors". Filming will start in February in Yuma, Az and the film is expected to be ready for a fall 2012 release. Nicole is best known as playing "Deena" the on-and-off again girlfriend of "Simon Camden" for 5 seasons on the Warner Bros. hit show, "7th Heaven", produced by Aaron Spelling. She also starred recently in the action/drama "Benjamin" with actor/filmmaker DJ Perry who has signed on to help produce and play the antagonist in "Donors". "The film was going to succeed or fail on the power of the actress cast and that is why we needed Nicole." - DJ Perry The film is being produced by Paisaen Productions in association with Collective Development Inc. (www.cdiproductions.com)....