Robert Picardo and Kavan Smith headline Syfy’s October fright movies

A couple of our favorite Stargate Atlantis actors are back on Syfy this month, appearing in two of the network’s new Saturday night creature features!

First up is Monsterwolf, in which Robert Picardo (“Richard Woolsey”) and co-star Jason London (Wildfire) battle a Native American animal spirit.  It airs this Saturday, October 9 starting at 9 p.m. (8 Central).  Here’s how Syfy describes the story:

An oil company defies a court injunction against drilling on tribal land. Their blasting releases the Kachinawaya, a Native American animal spirit meant to protect Indian lands from invaders.

Watch a (Picardo-less) preview scene at Syfy.com.

On October 30, turn out the lights and be on the lookout for Red: Werewolf Hunter, starring Kavan Smith (“Major Lorne”) alongside sci-fi’s favorite sister, Felicia Day (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dr. Horrible).  Day stars as Virginia Sullivan, a werewolf-hunting descendant of Little Red Riding Hood.

Red (Day) brings her fiancé home, where he meets the family and learns about their business — hunting werewolves.  He’s skeptical until bitten by a werewolf.  When her family insists he must be killed, Red tries saving him.

Smith’s character is named Nathan.  Stephen McHattie (Watchmen) also co-stars.  Check out the trailer:

It’s all part of Syfy’s annual “31 Days of Halloween” month, culminating in a live, 6-hour telecast of Ghost Hunters on Halloween night.