Dread Central recently reported that Tom Savini is making his way back to the director’s chair for a film called ‘Voracious’. The cast is said to include Debbie Rochon and Tiffany Shepis, with Michael Berryman in talks for a role as well. Read on for the film’s synopsis.

Post 9/11′

One of America’s greatest national tragedies. A time where the countries governmental securities took advantage of their countrymen’s fears and suspicions, The newly formed US Department of Homeland Security and its allies discover a terrible plot brewing in the mountains of Afghanistan. A formidable new breed of vampire bat is being genetically created to attack the American shores. Yet … something they didn’t count on occurs!

During the interrogation, a vile killer silently emerges. Genetics Vampirillius Ixodida. A common tick. But there is nothing common about this creature, but rather a nightmarish aberration. This mutated insect’s blood is genetically altered, infecting its host. Once infection takes control of the host blood stream and tissue, a deadly metamorphosis occurs, sending the infected on a gruesome killing spree … The insane craving of blood!

This discovery doesn’t go unnoticed by interested parties.

Walsh Industries, a leader in research and development for many top secret arsenals and urban expansion, see the grim potential for this lethal strain. What they are incapable of realizing, this killer has begun its devastation.

Unbeknownst to a group of campers, their plans for a fun-filled weekend change drastically into new levels of terror. Encountering a hellish foe … Vampires! The very existence of the human race is at stake … but it becomes very clear what lies in the horizon … oblivion!”