my super psycho sweet 16

It's time for Horror Bites -- your (semi) daily round-up of blood, guts, and torturous mayhem from around the web:

After meeting and falling for each other on True Blood, Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer are taking their horror romance to the big screen with a thriller called Open House, to be directed by her brothers Andrew Paquin. [via Bloody Disgusting]

Moviehole reports that Ian Somerhalder is adding to his horror repertoire by supplementing his Vampire Diaries stint with a gothic fairytale called Cradlewood, which has him heir to a fortune that's got creepy history.

John Landis' Burke and Hare has gotten one sweet casting announcement. Arrow in the Head reports that David Tennant -- aka the recently replaced Doctor Who -- has joined Simon Pegg in the sadistic blood fest.

How will slasher fare play on MTV? You can get a hint over at ShockTilYouDrop, where they've thrown up a clip of MTV's My Super Psycho Sweet 16.

It's not yet May, but it is time for an official website for Darren Bousman's Mother's Day, as Dread Central reports.

And finally, if you need Milla Jovovich horror to get you through the week, head to Bloody Disgusting for a few TV spots for The Fourth Kind.

I wouldn't blame you for rolling your eyes skyward at the mention of the phrase "MTV Slasher Movie," but since My Super Psycho Sweet 16 comes from Jake Gentry, I'm feeling just a little bit better about the project. Why? Because Jake is one of the three directors who delivered The Signal, plus I've had some serious horror geek discussions with this guy, and he's the real deal. Like, you could mention Blood Beach, Hell Night, and The Gate in the same sentence, and he'll raise you a Funhouse or something.

So hopefully my optimism is well-founded, and I suppose we'll able to find out on October 23, which is when My Super Pyscho Sweet 16 debuts on MTV. Me, I'll hold out for the DVD release, because commercial breaks make me cranky and irritable. According to the IMDb, MSPS16 focuses on a party held at a roller derby that once got closed down for ... basic '80s slasher flick reasons. Oh, and since I spent a full paragraph saying nice things about the director, I should be fair and also mention that the two guys who wrote Super Psycho? They also created that Paris Hilton BFF series. Yikes.

Check out the Super Psycho promo right after the jump. Thanks to Shock for the heads-up.