Katie Holmes on the set of Don't Be Afraid of the Dark in Melbourne (7/27)

Katie Holmes was almost car-b-qued last weekend on the Australian set of new film Don't Be Afraid of the Dark. Mmmm... Toasty! From RadarOnline:

Actress Katie Holmes narrowly escaped injury on the set of her upcoming movie, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, in Victoria, Australia over the weekend. Holmes was shooting a scene inside a car when the vehicle's battery exploded -- sparking smoke and fumes -- before the car then caught fire. The exploding battery was not a part of the film.

In the Miramax film, [Holmes] plays a woman stalked by evil gnomes.

Talk about art imitating life. The fact that Katie's new film is about a "woman stalked by evil gnomes" is almost as fitting as Jennifer Aniston starring in The Break Up or Ashton Kutcher starring in the made-for-TV classic Talentless Douche: Seriously, Please Go Away. If Katie really wants to end her relationship with Tom Cruise, she doesn't need to fake her own death -- she just needs to make him uninterested. My first suggestion: lingerie, lots and lots of sexy lingerie, preferably, crotchless.

[Flynet]