Horror movie star Michael Villella has died at the age of 84, according to TMZ. Villella is best known for playing Russ Thorn in 1982 cult favorite The Slumber Party Massacre, starring alongside Michelle Michaels and Robin Stille. Produced by Amy Jones and written by Rita Mae Brown, the plot follows a high school senior's slumber party in Los Angeles …
Actor Melissa Barrera is reteaming with filmmaker duo Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett for a monster movie from Hollywood studio Universal. Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett, part of the filmmaking group Radio Silence, will direct from a script by Stephen Shields, with revisions by Guy Busick, reported entertainment news outlet Deadline. Touted to be in the same vein of Universal's recent films …