The last time I wrote – or thought – about SCREAMERS 2 was in December ’07 – which is to say, when we were given the heads-up about the trailer today my initial reaction was “There’s a SCREAMERS 2?! Ohhh yeeeeaahhh…” Indeed, we’ve got our first look at SCREAMERS: THE HUNTING, and while it doesn’t look great (how could it?), it looks like perfectly fun late-night watchin’. Which is my favorite kind of watchin’ – the kind I don’t get in trouble for anyway…
So what’s this cyberpunk about? A group of humans arrive on Sirius 6-B to investigate an SOS signal sent out from the planet, which has been supposedly deserted since the destruction of the man-made weapons known as “screamers.” Once the squad arrives, they find a group of human survivors eking out an existence in an old military outpost, but more important, they discover that the threat of the screamers has become even more insidious, now that they’re able to morph into human form.
SCREAMERS: THE HUNTING stars Lance Henriksen (why doesn’t this guy have a better career?), Greg Bryk, Tim Rozen, and Gina Holden (pictured below). No details on when it’s coming out, other than it’ll be sometime in ’09.
Thanks to Chris from Quiet Earth for the tip!