Our next vintage title on Saturday B Movie Reel will be the Joe Dante directed and Roger Corman produced 1978 title Piranha.

The tag line for this film was…

Lost River Lake was a thriving resort until they discovered…Piranha!

This camp classic was an homage to Jaws and came out around the same time as several other well known killer creature movies as Grizzly, Tintorera, Tentacles, Orca, Monster Shark and Great White.

You can support our podcast by purchasing Piranha on DVD here.

Video trailer/preview below…

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You’ve heard Wendy and I gush about it, and now the US gets the chance to see what we’re talking about.  The Fades, that spooky and quirky UK drama is headed to BBC America on January 14th.  We’ll be discussing each episode, so you might want to record this one on the DVR or check it out live.

Finally, the rest of North America will get to experience the refreshing and sexy Canadian treasure that is Lost Girl.  Syfy will be premiering the series in the US this coming January.  Follow the link to see a trailer.

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Courtesy of director David Hogan's website (link below)

Don’t make any New Year’s plans just yet because according to the next Syfy original movie we might not make it that far! Up next on December 17th is Earth’s Final Hours.

Here’s the description…

After dense matter from an imploded white hole hits Earth, the planet’s rotation is devastated. A group of government agents must locate a lost satellite network that is the world’s only hope for survival. Our heroes, an ex-spook, a determined scientist and a talented hacker, must combine their efforts to save humanity. This is all connected by a thread of an estranged father and son who must get past their differences and learn to trust each other.

The photo montage and movie description are courtesy of director David Hogan‘s website.

Video trailer/preview link below.

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So, you’ve seen the UK Being Human or you’ve heard about it, and you want to see what the US version has to offer?  Or maybe you checked out the first season of the US Being Human, and you’re interested in what’s coming this season?  Well, Syfy has some teasers to whet your appetite.   Read on for a couple of cool promo videos.

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Image courtesy of Syfy.

It’s about time we got a snowstorm based disaster movie! On December 10th Syfy gives us Snowmageddon.

Here’s the description…

When the Miller family discovers a mysterious gift outside their home on Christmas eve, they could never imagine it would contain the power to doom their idyllic mountain community. The gift contains a snow globe with a perfect reflection of their own town inside. When they shake it, snow even begins to fall – whatever happens inside the snow globe, happens to their town for real. But when buttons on the snow globe unleash a series of terrible disasters on the town, the family must band together and find a way to destroy it – before it’s too late.

From CineTelFilms.

Video trailer/preview link below…

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Image courtesy of Active Entertainment.

It’s time for a man made disaster movie on November 26th on Syfy when we get Storm War (aka Weather Wars).

Here’s the description…

A series of freak weather occurrences around Washington D.C. reunites two estranged brothers who are the sons of a once prestigious climate scientist.

One of the brothers suspects their father is behind the weather disturbances and upon further investigation, they discover that all of their father’s enemies are dead – victims of freak weather accidents.

As the brothers race to form a plan that can defeat their father, he lets loose a variety of diabolical weather weapons on the Smithsonian, Jefferson and Lincoln Memorials, and National Mall!

Cast includes Jason London, Wes Brown, Erin Cahill, Stacy Keach, Stanton Barrett, Jesse De Luna, Miles Doleac and Gary Grubbs.

Video trailer/preview link below courtesy of Active Entertainment…

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