Coming Soon From the Sci Fi Channel: More of the Same!

The Sci Fi Channel has reached an agreement with RHI Entertainment, the company behind the "Maneater" series of killer animal films that have aired on the channel -- including Vipers, Grizzy Rage, Eye of the Beast, Blood Monkey and The Hive -- to premiere five upcoming horror/suspense films as part of Sci Fi's ongoing "Most Dangerous Night of Television" weekend theme:

• Hellhounds: In 500 B.C., a Greek warrior battles the demonic hellhounds of Hades in order to rescue his bride and bring her back to life. Directed by Rick "Don't Call Me Ricky" Schroder.
• Rise of the Gargoyle: A struggling author in Paris finds himself face to face with a real, living version of the stone gargoyles he's devoted his life to studying.
• Alien Western: Monstrous, buglike machines from another world attack an Old West town in the 1890s.
• Carney: Based on the Jersey Devil legend, a fiendish carnival sideshow attraction -- half-animal and half-devil -- escapes and terrorizes a Depression-era Mid-Atlantic town.
• Sand Serpents: American combat soldiers in the Afghan desert must battle both the Taliban and a horde of giant, carnivorous wormlike serpents awakened from beneath the earth's surface.

It's acceptable practice to make fun of these movies, but for what they are -- cheesy basic cable extensions of 1950s monster movies -- they're fairly enjoyable. I'll keep a not-so-diligent eye out for these in 2009.

Source: NBC Universal, Inc.