Welcome to The Extras! A daily dose of all the smaller movie related news, clips and just plain cool stuff that you might have missed! Last Updated: November 5, 2012

There’s no way that director and producer Guillermo Del Toro can be classified as a normal human. The man seems to have unlimited supplies of energy, as evidenced by his current, heavy workload, and he’s adding even more Strain (Haw!) to it, with an upcoming gig on a new vampire show for TV. Last Updated: September 21, 2012

Actually, the following new cinema releases have been out since yesterday to capitalise on the Women’s Day public holiday in South Africa. And unsurprisingly, given the focus of yesterday’s holiday, most of the new movies are headlined by women and lean towards traditionally female concerns. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter: If you’re not in the mood for tough minded heroines and …

Up until the point that the lights dimmed and the opening credits began to roll on the screen, there was a part of me that still suspected that Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter was just the world’s most elaborate practical joke being played on me by my colleagues. The 16th American President battling nosferatu with axe in hand? Only Darryn could come …

In an ocean of upcoming Dracula films, The last voyage of the Demeter happens to be one of the more exciting prospects emerging. Taking place in that undocumented period where Dracula sailed from Transylvania to England, killing most of the crew in the process, the film happens to have one thing going for it, namely, originality. And now, Viggo “Strider” …

Back at the beginning of the year we profiled the 25 most interesting and eagerly anticipated movie releases from the first 6 months of 2012. Now it’s time to consider the treats in store for cinemagoers in the second half of the year. The Dictator: The latest no holds barred, politically incorrect comedy from Borat and Ali G star Sacha …

Despite the fact that even just typing out the title Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter still makes me pause in incredulity that this film is actually a real-life, proper existing thing, and not just some elaborate Hollywood practical joke (as if they had the imagination for it), I have to admit that I’m starting to soften my previous dismissive stance towards it. …

Dark Shadows is rising from the grave soon, ready to delight cinema audiences, and somehow making me want to watch two components of film that I don’t particularly care for, vampires and Tim Burton. Of course, the hype machine is beginning to push out material in order to promote the project, and after that delightful trailer, I’m eager to see …