The cast of the Twilight franchise are in for a scary ride when filming starts on the vampire series' third outing Eclipse - horror moviemaker David Slade has been signed to the project.

Actor Josh Hartnett has been discharged from Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, five days after he was admitted suffering a gastrointestinal disorder.

It's October and what better than a little blood, screaming and slasher horror flicks to get you in the Halloween spirit. Here is a slideshow of some recent horror movies. Enjoy!

It will be one "dark knight" this October as Spike TV presents the third annual "SCREAM," a celebration of the best in horror, sci-fi, fantasy and comic genres.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - It's a year of superheroes in Hollywood, with the big-budget epics of Batman, Iron Man and the Hulk, but a big-budget production

Inspired by the epic Old English poem of the same name, director Robert Zemeckis's digitally rendered film "Beowulf" follows the Scandinavian hero Beowulf as he fights to protect the Danes from a ferocious beast named Grendel. Also on DVD: 30 Days of Night and The Darjeeling Limited.

Hollywood actor Josh Hartnett refuses to let a stuntman take over his dangerous feats on set - because he believes getting hurt is part of his job.

Gory movies such as ''30 Days of Night'' and ''Saw IV'' come and go without much of a fuss. Directors Martin Scorsese and Joel and Ethan Coen can throw buckets of fake blood across the screen. But when video-game companies indulge in graphic violence, watchdogs go ballistic.

Saw IV has carved out a place at the top of the box-office chart in its first weekend on release. The horror sequel took $32.1 million to debut at number one, toppling Josh Hartnett's vampire action movie 30 Days Of Night.

Josh Hartnett's romance with ex-girlfriend Scarlett Johansson almost put his role in movie 30 Days Of Night in jeopardy - because she gave him glandular fever.