Horror Highlights: SILVER Volume 4 Kickstarter Campaign, SPEAK OF THE DEVIL VR Experience, GHOST SOURCE ZERO Digital Release Details

Stephan Franck (The Iron Giant), who has worked on everything from animated films to graphic novels, has launched a Kickstarter campaign for Volume 4 of Silver, a graphic novel series featuring action, adventure, Dracula, Van Helsing, and so much more, and it headlines today's Horror Highlights. We also have details on a virtual reality experience for Speak of the Devil and Ghost Source Zero digital release details.

Silver Volume 4 Kickstarter Details: Press Release: "May 29, 2018) Stephan Franck has worked on some of the most beloved animated films of all time, including The Iron Giant, How to Train Your Dragon, and Despicable Me —and his passion for storytelling extends from the silver screen to comic books and graphic novels. Over the course of the last four years, Franck has been writing, illustrate self-publishing SILVER, a globe-trotting graphic novel series that mashes up the world of Bram Stoker’s classic novel Dracula with action, adventure, humor, pulp storytelling and modern sensibilities. Told over the course of 4 volumes (and a stand-alone novella), Franck has created an unforgettable cast and a compelling caper that picks up 30 years after Professor Abraham Van Helsing visited Dracula’s castle. Now Van Helsing’s descendant, the mysterious vampire hunter Rosalyn, is teaming up with a ragtag group of con men for a high stakes heist to rob Europe’s richest vampires. Will they succeed, and live off their take on this one last job? All will be revealed in the fourth and final volume of SILVER, which Franck and his company Dark Planet Comics are funding via a Kickstarter campaign.

In SILVER, a group of criminals discover the late Jonathan Harker's secret ledger, which discloses the existence of an exotic treasure of silver hidden in Dracula's castle. Finnigan, the group’s leader, knows a retirement plan when he sees it, so he’s willing to do whatever it takes to pull off the biggest heist of the last ten centuries—even if that means allying himself with the mysterious, sword-wielding vampire hunter Sledge, aka Rosalind Van Helsing.

This year, Dark Planet Comics released a Free Comic Book Day Edition of the first issue of SILVER. “My hope is that fans who love old-fashioned storytelling that’s chock full of action and adventure, mystery and humor, discover SILVER in time to be a part of the epic finale.” The series has already attracted the notice of comic book creators including Tim Sale, Bill Sienkiewicz, and Jim Lee, and has been widely praised with coverage from an array of outlets including NPR, THE NERDIST, HORROR NEWS NETWORK, NEWSARAMA, and COMICON.

Fans who back the new Kickstarter can get digital editions, all four trade paperbacks individually, a signed slipcase featuring forall four trade paperbacks, the acclaimed novella ROSALYND, an audiobook of ROSALYND and limited edition prints by or done in collaboration with three incredible artists: Marvel comics and Kickstarter sensation Takeshi Miyazawa (Ms.Marvel, Spiderman, Code Monkey Saves World), animator and bandes dessinées artist Rodolphe Guenoden (Kung Fu Panda, Ma Reverence), and superstar illustrator Mel Milton.

When he’s not writing and drawing comics, Franck is an Executive Producer and the Head of Story for the PLAYMOBIL Movie for Lionsgate. Previously, he worked as a supervising animator on the cult classic film THE IRON GIANT and as a key story contributor to DESPICABLE ME. Franck also co-created the award-winning animated TV Series CORNEIL & BERNIE (Nicktoons, Hub Network), and received an Annie Award nomination for Best Director in a TV Program, for the special SMURFS: THE LEGEND OF SMURFY HOLLOW.

If funded through Kickstarter, pledges will be delivered to backers this fall. The SILVER Volume 4 Kickstarter campaign (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/darkplanetcomics/345093214?ref=492299&token=9308655b) is live as of May 22nd and runs for 30 days.

For updates, follow Dark Planet Comics on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram."

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Speak of the Devil VR Experience: "Light Sail VR's original IP, the interactive VR narrative horror experience,“Speak of the Devil” is now available for Oculus Rift headsets. Speak of the Devil was created by Light Sail VR and launched earlier this year for mobile VR headsets including Google Daydream and Samsung Gear VR. Now, with an Oculus Rift headset, viewers will experience the interactive VR piece in the highest quality available, with additional features that will allow them to seamlessly navigate the 13 different narrative paths. View the trailer HERE.

You can download Speak of the Devil on Oculus HERE for $4.99.

“Speak of the Devil” takes viewers on a terrifying camping trip they will never forget--if they survive. With 12 fatal paths and only one way out, viewers are in control of the narrative as they explore the camping grounds and come across different paths that lead them to their bloodcurdling fate. With live-action cinematic visuals and game engine-powered interactivity, it brings a dark and sinister twist to the choose-your-own-adventure tale in VR."

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Ghost Source Zero Digital Release Details: Press Release: "CULVER CITY, Calif. (May 29, 2018) – An original cyberpunk sci-fi film by comic book artist Larry Hama (Marvel Comics, IDW Comics, GI Joe) and first time feature film director Mark Cheng, GHOST SOURCE ZERO hits digital August 7, distributed by Archstone Distribution via Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Joe Barbagallo (“Red Rash”) and Jean Goto (Blue Night) star in the story of an elite anti-cyber crimes unit chronicling their mission to stave off a brewing android revolution that could threaten mankind's existence. GHOST SOURCE ZERO also stars Kage Yami (Crazed), Natalie Jean (Cross Bearer), Graham Powell (Walking with the Enemy) and Jae Greene (Cut Shoot Kill).

Synopsis: The artificial intelligence revolution is happening, and America is watching it. Homeland Security's Cyber Crime Division is the only thing trying to stop the 'bots and 'borgs from taking over!
 Captain John Warnock has been hunting down the Oon Tong, the world’s largest crime syndicate whose investment in illegal android innovation has taken a twisted and deadly turn. When an informant makes himself known, Warnock must decide whose side he is on. The path to justice is mired in the conspiracy.

Directed by Mark Cheng and written by Mark Cheng and Larry Hanna, GHOST SOURCE ZERO is produced by Joe Barbagallo and Khiow Hui Lim and executive produced by Larry Hanna, Mark Cheng, Tim Finn, and Jonathan Hsu.

GHOST SOURCE ZERO has a run time of approximately 95 minutes and is not rated."