Alan Ball

With a tagline of "If your holidays didn't suck, then your New Year will,", HBO is running an encore presentation of "True Blood" Season 4 starting Thursday, December 29th, through Saturday, December 31st. As you might have guessed, they put together a promo video for the event. Check it out!

A couple of weeks ago we reported that the always good Chris Meloni was in talks to join the hit HBO vampire series "True Blood", and lo and behold the official word has finally come. Hopefully his addition will be something more than just another character with another plotline to have to keep up with.

Ever since "Oz" went off the air, we've been missing seeing actor Chris Meloni. Sure, he was in "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" for years and years, but something was lacking ... nudity! No one does it better than Meloni! Which is why this latest news that he's being courted for a role in "True Blood" has us so excited.

And the "True Blood" werewolf pack has grown by another two members as both Kelly Overton (The Ring Two) and Louis Herthum (The Last Exorcism) have landed major recurring roles on HBO's popular series. Overton will appear in six episodes while Herthum is confirmed for five with both having series regular options for the next season.

We're still several months away from the summer, 2012 return of "True Blood" on HBO, and even though we're pretty sure we're not alone in thinking a major problem with the show lately has been its bloated cast, news of new guest stars/recurring characters for Season 5 has been coming in fast and furious. The latest? Italian Italian actress Valentina Cervi.

You may not know the name, but we're pretty you'll recognize the face. Dale Dickey, winner of the 2011 Independent Spirit Award - Best Supporting Female for Winter's Bone, has joined the cast of HBO's "True Blood" as the mother of dearly departed werewolf packmaster Marcus Bozeman (played by Dan Buran).

We already knew that Season 5 of HBO's "True Blood" is going to introduce us to Nora, Eric Northman’s (Alexander Skarsgard) centuries-old vampire "sister", and now we have word on who will be playing her. Read on for the details!

Interesting news coming in for all you fangbangers out there. Sounds as if they're really looking to keep it in the family next season on "True Blood" as a sibling will be popping up that's guaranteed to stir up all kinds of trouble.

After last Sunday night's season finale of "True Blood", we thought we'd have to wait a while before hearing about what's in store for fans of the show in Season 5; however, co-executive producer Raelle Tucker had a chat with EW.com and spilled some beans. Read on for the details, but beware of a few spoilers if you're not done with Season 4.

Another summer ends and with it goes yet another season of "True Blood." Word on the street is that this hasn't been the best season of the popular HBO series, but maybe the finale, entitled "And When I Die", will step up and deliver? Having just watched these clips, I'd say it doesn't appear so, but perhaps I'm wrong.

This is it, fangbangers! "And When I Die", the season finale of "True Blood", is happening this Sunday, September 11th; and then it's another loooong wait until Season 5, when hopefully the series will get back on track without those meddlesome witches casting spells and causing mayhem! But first, how about a quick recap and "Inside the Episode" look at "Soul of Fire" with writer Mark Hudis and director Michael Lehmann?

Yes, fangbangers, we're down to the final two episodes of this season of "True Blood", and what a bumpy road it has been. From the looks of the three clips from this week's episode and a sneak peek at the finale, we all better buckle our seat belts for the remainder of the ride!

Everybody caught up on "True Blood" after last night's episode and ready for the season's penultimate ep over Labor Day weekend entitled "Soul of Fire"? Before we check out a preview of "Soul of Fire", how about a quick recap and "Inside the Episode" look at "Burning Down the House" with showrunner Alan Ball and director Lesli Linka Glatter?

Just three episodes are left for HBO's "True Blood" to salvage what most of here at Dread Central feel has been a mixed bag of a season at best so here's hoping these three clips from the upcoming Episode 46, "Burning Down the House", show some improvement over what we've seen during the past couple of weeks.

Yeah, we're just not feeling this season of "True Blood". Too many characters. Too many useless plot lines. Too much soap opera crap. One has to wonder what creator Alan Ball has up his sleeve. Wonder no more.