Sounding a bit like the classic Goosebumps story The Haunted Mask, THR announces tonight that Disney+ is developing a live-action supernatural comedy titled Spooked. THR details the Halloween-set comedy: “The storyline involves a Halloween night gone awry as trick or treaters are transformed into whatever costume they are wearing.” Peter Foott has been set to
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Today was dubbed “Monster Mix” day by Super7, with the company previewing a whole bunch of upcoming toys, shirts and collectibles that fall under the “monster” umbrella. The reveals include a 3-pack of The Haunted Mansion “ReAction Figures” that depict the iconic “Hitchhiking Ghosts,” packaged together in a Victorian framed display box. Other new reveals,
We were pretty sure it was still gonna be a while before we got any new Friday the 13th figures from NECA, what with the franchise’s ongoing legal issues and all, but the company has surprised us tonight by unleashing our first look at a brand new Jason figure! The “Ultimate” figure is based on
“The Boys” are back in town this September, with Amazon recently announcing that the second season of their ultra-violent superhero series is headed to Prime on September 4th. The first three episodes will be available September 4, followed by new episodes weekly. As part of the show’s “Comic Con at Home” panel today, a *crazy* new clip
We had been pretty sure that Don Mancini wouldn’t be making his Child’s Play TV series without franchise mainstay Brad Dourif in the title role, and TV Line brings confirmation this week that Dourif will indeed be voicing “Chucky” for USA and Syfy’s upcoming series! Dourif of course voiced Chucky in every single Child’s Play
Become the Monster. Carrion is crawling ever closer to its release date (tomorrow, actually!), and so Devolver Digital and Phobia Game Studio have released a new animated launch trailer that captures the pending horror for the unlucky humans caught in the underground facility where you’re being experimented upon. Carrion will be available for PC via
It’s an obvious thing to say, but after years of waiting, we’ll finally have another Ghostbusters film back in theatres soon. Heck, we have the original film playing in drive-ins, and that once again topped the box office! How it all plays out with Ghostbusters: Afterlife remains to be seen, but in the meantime, at
A new anthology is on the way this Halloween season with A Night of Horror: Nightmare Radio, being released by Uncork’d Entertainment to DVD/On Demand September 1. The film promises ” 8 terrifying tales from 10 of horror’s hottest rising filmmakers.” A Night of Horror is a new anthology from brothers Luciano Onetti and Nicolas
One of this week’s most notable new horror movie releases is Magnet Releasing’s Amulet, which is headed to theaters and On Demand services this coming Friday, July 24th. Romola Garai directed the film, which Meagan Navarro reviewed for us at Sundance. Following an accident that leaves him homeless in London, former soldier Tomaz is brought
Post-The Invisible Man, Elisabeth Moss has a handful of interesting genre projects on the way, including the film Run Rabbit Run and the limited television series “Candy.” Additionally, THR reports today, Moss has just launched production company Love & Squalor Pictures and “signed a joint first-look TV deal with Hulu and Fox 21 Television Studios.”
One of the genre films we can’t wait to check out this summer is the Russian creature feature Sputnik, being released on VOD in North America on August 14 via IFC Midnight. In Egor Abramenko‘s sci-fi monster movie: “The lone survivor of an enigmatic spaceship incident hasn’t returned back home alone—hiding inside his body is a
Announced earlier this year, R.L. Stine is joining forces with the Garbage Pail Kids for a brand new line of books, the first of which is coming soon and titled Welcome to Smellville. Welcome to Smellville will kick off a three-book deal Stine has inked with Abrams’ Children’s Books, the first in a middle-grade series based
It’s been five years since the stateside release of [REC] 4: Apocalypse, the closing entry to a standout franchise in modern horror. Starting with 2007’s [REC], this unique quadrilogy shook up the zombie formula and proved just how effective found footage could be at delivering visceral terror; at least at the start. As with most franchises, each
A few years ago, we mentioned Hidden Fields and their hand-drawn horror adventure game, Mundaun. Well, after partnering up with publisher MWM Interactive, the game will finally see a release on Steam in Spring 2021. In Mundaun, you assume the role of an unnamed protagonist. After learning of your grandfather’s mysterious death in a fire,
July 16, 2020 6:21 pm By Nadia Vella THE Bermuda Triangle mystery may have been solved after a “startling discovery” revealed a 30-foot creature lurking in the sea – and experts have argued that it could “explain some of the ships that were mysteriously lost,” a documentary revealed. [embedded content] The Bermuda Triangle, also known
July 16, 2020 6:29 pm By Nadia Vella Meet 3-year old albino miniature pinscher/chihuahua Tucker. Tucker was born with MPS VI, a “mucopolysaccharide disease that causes deformities and various medical issues.” In this case, his eyes are cloudy so he has to wear goggles outside, and he can’t walk on his front paws so he
July 21, 2020 2:17 pm By Nadia Vella The remains of what may be a 6000-year-old city immersed in deep waters off the west coast of Cuba was discovered by a team of Canadian and Cuban researchers. Offshore engineer Paulina Zelitsky and her husband, Paul Weinzweig and her son Ernesto Tapanes used sophisticated sonar and
July 21, 2020 2:24 pm By Nadia Vella Bored of your hairdresser? A trip to Madrid may be what you need. Blowtorches and ninja swords are part of the unique methods Alberto Olmedo uses for his clients who are searching for a new look. At the ‘Alberto Olmedo’ salon in Campamento, south Madrid, Olmedo uses