Paul W.S. Anderson‘s Resident Evil saga, which featured Milla Jovovich as the ass-kicking Alice, is getting a massive box set from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Sony announced today the Resident Evil 4K Ultra HD Collection, which brings all six films together in a limited-edition gift set, will now release on November 17th, 2020, much closer
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Two years ago, Mike Flanagan reworked Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House to deliver a compelling 10-episode Netflix series of chills, trauma, and heartbreak for the Crain family. It set a new standard for literary adaptations and horror television, wowing critics and audiences alike. For its follow up, Flanagan goes further back to explore one of
Monolith’s Condemned series is one of those many “What happened to ‘X’?” moments in gaming. The series definitely started off strong with Condemned: Criminal Origins, with serious survival horror vibes, coupled with some unique clue-gathering and investigative elements. But sadly, with 2008’s Condemned 2: Bloodshot, the game simply didn’t sell enough to warrant a third
In the wake of “Ratched,” we’ve learned this weekend via Deadline that Ryan Murphy has set up his next project at Netflix, a limited series about serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. From Murphy and co-creator Ian Brennan comes “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story,” which has just been given a green light by the streaming service. “Monster
Milla Jovovich will battle massive 60-foot tall monsters in Paul W.S. Anderson‘s upcoming video game adaptation Monster Hunter, which now has a teaser trailer. The first footage shows Jovovich’s Lt. Artemis busting out the big guns against a big ass creature. With that, there’s even “bigger” news. Originally scheduled for September 4, 2020, and then bumped
October 1, 2020 10:14 am By Nadia Vella The moon is giving stargazers a treat on Halloween night with a Blue Moon that will be visible across all times zones. Our lunar neighbor will not shine blue, but the name is given because it is the second full moon to appear in the same month
Welcome to Nightmare Alley; the detour podcast from Nightmare on Film Street. This secret back alley is where horror hosts Kim & Jon talk with notable horror filmmakers and creators about their exciting and terrifying work in the genre space! This week, we sit down with fellow Canuck Brandon Cronenberg to discuss his just-released mindf*ck
Adam Salky (I Smile Back) is on board to direct a home invasion thriller titled Intrusion for Netflix, THR is reporting tonight. Chris Sparling (Buried) wrote the film’s script. Logan Marshall-Green (Upgrade) and Freida Pinto (“The Path”) will star. The film centers on “a husband and wife (Marshall-Green and Pinto) who move to a small
October 1, 2020 10:18 am By Nadia Vella Do you like scary movies? Scream 5 will start filming later this month. The fifth instalment in the slasher satire series is due to hit cinemas in 2022, with Ready or Not directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, from the filmmaking group Radio Silence, steering the ship.
The latest from writer/director Brandon Cronenberg (Antiviral) brings the gore. So much so that Neon’s releasing it as “uncut,” with all the blood-soaked violence left intact. More than just gory, Possessor is an arresting, cerebral sci-fi thriller featuring riveting performances by an impressive cast. It follows corporate assassin Tasya Vos (Andrea Riseborough), who controls other people’s bodies through brain-implant
The funeral is about to begin… Our friends over at Cavity Colors have announced that they’re launching a Phantasm collection this Halloween, paying tribute to Don Coscarelli’s horror classic with shirts and more. “For the first time ever, we’re celebrating Don Coscarelli’s iconic horror classic with officially licensed t-shirts, cozy zip-up hoodies, jogger sweatpants, and
It was back in March – that feels like a lifetime ago, doesn’t it? – that Netflix was forced to suspend production on the fourth season of “Stranger Things” due to the ongoing pandemic, and though we’re certainly not out of the woodwork yet, we’ve learned today via a Netflix tweet that production has officially
October 1, 2020 10:26 am By Nadia Vella Netflix users spent a staggering 1.6 billion minutes watching fantasy drama Lucifer in the space of just one week. The first part of season five landed August 21, and quickly proved wildly popular, catapulting the show to the Number one spot in Nielsen’s streaming top 10 rankings.
While the re-releases of Metal Gear Solid and Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance on PC wasn’t quite what fans had in mind when the initial rumour appeared, it’s still great that Konami worked out a deal to bring them back. Of course, the next question is: Where’s Silent Hill? Apparently, according to a rating entry
One of the most exciting projects premiering at the brand new Nightstream Film Festival this month (October 8-11) is Frank & Zed, a DIY passion project from Portland-based filmmaker and puppeteer Jesse Blanchard. The all-puppet horror movie was made over a period of seven years, “filled to the bloody brim with long-forgotten ancient secrets, a towering cursed
Universal Pictures has enlisted the help of Idris Elba to tame a wild Beast, with Deadline reporting that Elba will star in the survival thriller that pits man against hungry lion. Baltasar Kormákur (Everest, Adrift) will direct the film. Deadline notes, “Plot details are vague other then it being in the vein of The Shallows
We had been hearing rumblings about a “Nightbreed” television series for the last several years, and Clive Barker himself has revealed tonight in a chat with Coming Soon that Michael Dougherty (Trick ‘r Treat, Godzilla: King of the Monsters) is on board to direct! “It’s exciting, after 30 years, to go back to these characters
Ahead of six brand new episodes of “Unsolved Mysteries” coming to Netflix on October 19, we’ve learned today that hosts Patrick Hinds and Gillian Pensavalle and their true crime podcast True Crime Obsessed are taking on the renowned “Unsolved Mysteries” franchise with a new, weekly spinoff podcast beginning this October. The new 12-episode series, part of True Crime Obsessed, will launch
Before he directs the new Evil Dead movie Evil Dead Rise, Lee Cronin (The Hole in the Ground) has first directed an episode of the Sam Raimi-produced “50 States of Fright,” which just premiered its second season over on Quibi. Cronin’s episode, titled “13 Steps to Hell” and inspired by a Washington-based urban legend, premieres
Filmmaker Keith Thomas (The Vigil) is directing a new take on Stephen King‘s Firestarter for Universal Pictures, Blumhouse Productions and Weed Road Productions, and we’ve learned today that Zac Efron (Extremely Wicked) has signed on to star in the film. As previously announced, Thomas (The Vigil) will direct the film that is being adapted by
After opening only in theaters (and performing incredibly well considering), Solstice Studios will get Unhinged on home video this November. Russell Crowe goes near-slasher in the “brutal thriller”, targeting a woman (Caren Pistorius) after a confrontation with her at an intersection. Unhinged arrives on Blu-ray Combo Pack (plus DVD and Digital) and DVD, from Lionsgate, as well
We’ve got all kinds of treats planned for this season and one will keep you entertained all October long. CREEPY, the ultra-popular horror narration podcast downloaded more than a million times each month, will launch its “31 Days of Horror” series beginning October 1, 2020. The series will air a new chilling tale each day
Carvel announced today, “You’ll be spellbound by the Hocus Pocus Shake, conjured up just for Freeform’s 31 Nights of Halloween and available only at Carvel for a limited time.” “Try it at your local shoppe or summon one straight to your door using your favorite delivery app (no black flame candle needed).” The Hocus Pocus
Younger versions of the beloved characters from the Madagascar franchise take center stage in Hulu‘s new series “Madagascar: A Little Wild,” which is getting its own Halloween special. Madagascar: A Little Wild – A Fang-tastic Halloween premieres October 21! Hulu debuted the trailer this afternoon. Check it out below. And yes, Hulu is also bringing
Let’s cut straight to the chase: The Boy Behind the Door is a genuinely dark thriller. Harrowingly dark. More than just putting its child protagonists in constant peril, it broaches pedophiliac subject matter that might be too upsetting and off-putting for some. Consider this a trigger warning. First-time feature filmmakers David Charbonier and Justin Powell plunge straight
Blumhouse, Red Wagon, Sony and director Zoe Lister-Jones have conjured up a fresh new take on ’90s classic The Craft, and it looks like it’s coming *home* this October. The Craft will reportedly be released straight to VOD on October 27. A surprise treat for the Halloween season, as we had assumed the film would
Systemic Reaction have dropped another gameplay video for their upcoming dino shooter Second Extinction, showing from start to finish a “research and rescue” mission. On top of that, the devs have revealed their plans for Early Access, which kicks off on October 13th. The roadmap (which you can see below) isn’t exactly forthcoming as to
Within the last five or so years, director/producer Jill Gevargizian has been hard at work, releasing an impressive number of short films. Of them all, it was her 2016 short “The Stylist,” that garnered the most acclaim and attention by horror-loving hearts on the festival circuit, though. In just fifteen minutes, the short relayed the
Filming is now underway on the first of two new thrillers that M. Night Shyamalan is directing for Universal, and the filmmaker has revealed today that the movie is titled Old. “Feels like a miracle that I am standing here shooting the first shot of my new film. It’s called Old,” Shyamalan tweeted today, along
When Ginger Snaps came out in 2000, it was unlike any other werewolf horror flick. Director John Fawcett and screenwriter Karen Walton turned the masculine subgenre on its head, focusing on an unexpected plot: a teenage girl’s period. In the film, Ginger, a 16-year-old outcast, is bitten by a lycanthrope right when she gets her