Horror

Aliens are headed to the arctic in the upcoming sci-fi invasion film Slash/Back, which opens in limited theaters, Digital HD, and VOD platforms on October 21, 2022, via RLJE Films and Shudder. In Slash/Back, “Set in Pangnirtung, Nunavut, a sleepy hamlet nestled in the majestic mountains of Baffin Island in the Arctic Ocean, Slash/Back opens as the

Eat my c**t. After looking at two very different types of queer-coded bromances in Robert Eggers’ The Lighthouse and Ron Underwood’s Tremors, we took a trip to Poland to analyze the trans allegory in the mermaid horror musical The Lure before heading back into the twisted mind of Clive Barker to discuss his infamous directorial debut,

Netflix continues to build up its Netflix Games service with the addition of Night School Studio’s narrative-driven supernatural horror adventure game OXENFREE to the service. The studio’s award-winning debut title is available for free to download on iOS and Android devices ad free. In case you need reminding, players in OXENFREE take on the role of

Netflix continues to build up its Netflix Games service with the addition of Night School Studio’s narrative-driven supernatural horror adventure game OXENFREE to the service. The studio’s award-winning debut title is available for free to download on iOS and Android devices ad free. In case you need reminding, players in OXENFREE take on the role of

Netflix made some announcements regarding the future of their “The Witcher” franchise during Tudum 2022 this afternoon, including news on the upcoming Season 3. For starters, spinoff series “The Witcher: Blood Origin” is coming to Netflix in December 2022, we learned during Tudum, which is set to be a prequel to the main series. “The

The Final Destination franchise is being retooled with a brand new movie, with Jon Watts (Clown, Cop Car, Spider-Man: No Way Home) on board as producer. Watts is producing the sixth installment of the franchise for HBO Max, with Lori Evans Taylor (“Wicked Wicked Games”) and Guy Busick (Scream 2021) writing Final Destination 6. As an update today, THR reports that Zach Lipovsky and

20th Century Studios has an original horror hit on their hands with Barbarian, which opened to $10 million here in the United States in its opening weekend. Positive word of mouth is largely responsible for the film’s opening weekend success, with Bloody Disgusting’s Meagan Navarro raving in her review that Barbarian is one of 2022’s biggest crowd-pleasers. Barbarian has

“Just don’t look.” Those three words mean many things to horror fans when put together in a short but sweet sentence. We utter the phrase when watching our favorite movies with someone squeamish. It’s sometimes what we tell ourselves when something gruesome is happening on screen as we play peek-a-boo from behind our fingers. And

Two of the greatest and most successful horror films made in the wave that followed the successes of Dracula, Frankenstein, and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in 1931 were virtually lost for much of the ninety years since their release. It is true that the black and white versions of Doctor X (1932) and Mystery

September 19, 2022 12:31 pm By Nadia Vella The remains of a “female vampire” have been uncovered by archaeologists at a 17th-century graveyard in Pień, Poland. Professor Dariusz Poliński and a team of researchers from Nicolaus Copernicus University were conducting the dig when they discovered the skeletal remains of the woman, who had been pinned

Writer and poet Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) is known for his short stories and poetry dealing with mysteries and the macabre. In the U.S., he is regarded as a dominant figure of Romanticism and is considered to be the inventor of the detective fiction genre, as well as a major contributor to science fiction. Poe’s

September 20, 2022 9:55 am By Nadia Vella Britain could very soon reclaim a world record lost to Spain in 2012. The ‘Largest Gathering of People Dressed as Witches’ attempt will see thousands don black hats and arm themselves with brooms as they march on Pendle Hill, Lancashire. Britain proudly held the world record of

Christopher Young‘s brilliant Hellraiser score is nearly as synonymous with the film as Pinhead — but if writer-director Clive Baker had his way, the soundtrack would have been composed by British industrial music pioneers Coil. Barker first became aware of Coil through Forbidden Planet, the UK’s enduring genre bookshop where band member Stephen Thrower worked.

September 19, 2022 12:56 pm By Nadia Vella If there’s one thing that it’s easy to say about betting sites these days, it’s that there are more options than most of us know what to do with. Irish bookmakers have launched a huge amount of new platforms, as seen by the number of sites at

Written and illustrated by Tatsuki Fujimoto, the Chainsaw Man manga series is getting an anime adaptation from MAPPA, and it’s coming to Crunchyroll on October 11, 2022 Crunchyroll is revving up the excitement for the October 11 launch of Chainsaw Man on its streaming service by unveiling the English dub cast for the highly anticipated anime series.

3D Realms, New Blood Interactive and Feardemic unveiled a treasure trove of goodies during the Realms Deep showcase. Not only did DreadXP’s SPOOKWARE get a second episode, but the masters of remasters at Nightdive have unveiled the Ludicrous Edition of the 3D FPS classic Rise of The Triad! Kicking things off is Episode 2 of

Fans have been asking for it and now it’s officially happening. Deadline reports tonight that Warner Bros. is developing a brand new sequel to the 2005 Constantine movie! Keanu Reeves is back as Constantine, with Francis Lawrence back to direct Constantine 2! Deadline also reports, “Akiva Goldsman will write the screenplay and produce the project

Sony has made a handful of release date changes and announcements tonight, one of which is for a mysterious horror movie that doesn’t yet have an official title announced. “Untitled True Haunting Movie” will release from Sony’s Screen Gems on January 6, 2023, presumably a supernatural horror movie that’s based on true events. Additionally, Sony’s

Sony has made a handful of release date changes and announcements tonight, one of which is for a mysterious horror movie that doesn’t yet have an official title announced. “Untitled True Haunting Movie” will release from Sony’s Screen Gems on January 6, 2023, presumably a supernatural horror movie that’s based on true events. Additionally, Sony’s

September 16, 2022 11:13 am By Nadia Vella During the recent episode on their Travel Channel show hit The Osbournes Want To Believe, Ozzy Osbourne claimed his Hollywood home is filled with evil as a mystery figure haunts him in bed. “This house I am living in now I get some peculiar feelings in this

In case you missed it the first time, Puppet Combo’s latest game Night At the Gates of Hell is out now on Steam. We even get a new trailer to get more of that zombie goodness mixed in with our PS1-era graphics. Developed by Black Eyed Priest & Henry Hoare (the duo behind Puppet Combo’s

September 15, 2022 9:59 am By Nadia Vella Photos of a set of coffin office chairs from Chinese site Xiaohongshu have been circulated on overseas social media and people are amazed by their looks. Are you someone who absolutely despises your dead-end corporate job, well then, we may have found the chair for you! Shaped

Fresh off yesterday’s poster reveal (below), we’ve learned that Tommy Wirkola‘s (Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, Dead Snow) new holiday horror movie Violent Night will be shown to the public at New York Comic-Con next month, two months before its release. Violent Night stars David Harbour (“Stranger Things”) as an ass-kicking Santa Claus, and the Exclusive

Ruby Baker’s carefree days of staying out past curfew, carousing with her besties, and simply being a teenager are all over. The nightmare of The Glass House begins with the protagonist (Leelee Sobieski) learning her parents, David and Grace (Michael O’Keefe, Rita Wilson), have both died in a car accident. Ruby and her younger brother

Axes, machetes and chainsaws – oh my! certain objects will forever be associated with the horror genre despite having completely normal uses in real life. This makes sense, as years of genre cinema have conditioned us to expect bloody carnage whenever a kitchen knife shows up in a scary movie. However, some filmmakers like to

September 13, 2022 11:35 am By Nadia Vella Astrologer Nostradamus apparently made many correct predictions, despite his vagueness, and some suggest that he has now predicted the demise of the Royal Family with King Charles III at the helm. Legendary astrologer Nostradamus once made an ominous prediction about the future of the Royal family after

As Bloody Disgusting recently told you, The Strangers franchise is coming back to life with a brand new trilogy of movies, and the official press release just went out this afternoon. Lionsgate announced today it has begun production on The Strangers remake, set to be a trilogy of films being produced in Bratislava, Slovakia. Based on

Before diving into this week’s episode, be sure to give last week’s chat on Immortality a listen! Just because we’re a week or two behind our typically scheduled Horror Bytes post doesn’t mean we don’t have a hell of a selection to chat about for September! This month’s edition of Horror Bytes, in which Neil

September 12, 2022 10:18 am By Nadia Vella As soon as Buckingham Palace announced the passing of 96-years-old Queen Elizabeth II, Twitter users widely shared an old tweet from June 2022 successfully predicting the date on which the Queen of England would die. Last January, the account under Logan Smith’s name had predicted that Queen

It’s been a long time since writer/director Henry Selick has graced audiences with a spooky, stop-motion animated feature. More precisely, it’s been almost thirty years since he helmed the beloved classic The Nightmare Before Christmas. It’s been thirteen years since his last effort, Coraline, a gateway horror movie for many. Selick finally makes his long-awaited return with Wendell & Wild,