Horror

The Last Video Store, set to premiere this Friday at Fantastic Fest, pays tribute to the format wars and the video stores of yesteryear through a cursed VHS tape that unleashes terror. Bloody Disgusting has been provided with a clip that demonstrates a horrific fate far worse than late fees for store employees and patrons.

Based on the tales of Edgar Allan Poe, Mike Flanagan‘s final series for Netflix is “The Fall of the House of Usher,” and a 2-minute sneak preview clip has arrived today. The limited series from Intrepid Pictures is “based on multiple works from Poe,” and Netflix recently announced that “Usher” will premiere on October 12, 2023.

Just over one year after the Deadite-slaying began, the developers of Evil Dead: The Game have made the unfortunate announcement that no new content will be created for the game. The team at Saber writes in an official statement, “Today, we have made the decision not to pursue the development of new content for Evil

After making an appearance during Feardemic’s Fear Fest earlier this month, Blowfish Studios and developer Indiesruption are set to hit the October edition of Steam Next Fest with their 2D pixel-art horror adventure title Vlad Circus: Descend into Madness. If you’re a fan of old-school adventure games like Sanitarium, then Vlad Circus might just scratch

The directorial debut of Fast & Furious actor Sung Kang, Bloody Disgusting’s SCREAMBOX and Fathom Events are bringing Shaky Shivers to theaters this coming Thursday, September 21! Frightening and funny, Shaky Shivers puts the camp back in summer camp when it opens in theaters NATIONWIDE for one night only on September 21 from Fathom Events and Bloody Disgusting’s SCREAMBOX. It’ll be a night of zombies,

Those who have been enjoying Frictional Games’ Amnesia: The Bunker can expect a new Shell Shocked mode in the near future, according to Frictional Games’ Fredrik Olsson. Initially spotted by Rock Paper Shotgun, Olsson has been dropping hints on X/Twitter over the last little while for the new mode, which is expected just in time

The premise of writer/director Jason Yu’s feature debut Sleep is great. Soo-jin (Jung Yu-mi) and Hyun-su (Lee Sun-kyun) are expecting parents living in an apartment with paper thin walls and contending with a lot of stress. Their downstairs neighbour complains about the barking of their dog Pepper, Soo-jin is still working in an office despite

What do you do when you’re on break from opening for Metallica’s world tour? In the case of Ice Nine Kills, you gather a couple thousand of your biggest fans for an unforgettable rock show. For the second consecutive year, the Massachusetts-based band headlined a concert as part of Silver Scream Con, a horror convention

In May, The George A. Romero Foundation announced it was looking for writers. After several months of deliberation, the foundation and Bloody Disgusting are excited to announce their selection. Five selected writers will create their own standalone four-episode mini-seasons set within the universe of The Dead.  Joining the production team for the first season are:

The next spinoff show from the world of “The Walking Dead” is AMC’s “The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon,” which premiered earlier this week on AMC & AMC+. If you don’t have either, there’s good news: the premiere episode is available to watch online right now. “The upcoming spinoff series tracks Daryl Dixon’s (Norman Reedus) journey

nDreams and Sony Pictures Virtual Reality’s Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord finally has a release date this Halloween. Initially announced last June, it was announced during the Sony State of Play that the game will arrive October 26 for PlayStation VR2. It will also be coming to the Meta Quest 2, Meta Quest Pro,

When I booted up Mortal Kombat 1, I had no idea what was in store for me. In the months leading up to release, developer Netherrealm Studios had been positioning the game as a massive reinvention of the Mortal Kombat franchise with the introduction of the game’s new timeline reset and the “Kameo” system that

Based on David Grann’s best-selling book Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI, Martin Scorsese’s new movie Killers of the Flower Moon is now getting a wide theatrical release on October 20, and the final trailer has arrived. You can watch the brand new final trailer for Killers

While you wait for The Exorcist: Believer, in theaters on October 6, Fathom Events wants you to relive the terror of the original horror classic on the biggest screen you can find. This year marks the 50th anniversary of The Exorcist and Fathom Events is bringing it back to theaters nationwide as part of Fathom’s annual Fright Fest lineup.

September 11, 2023 3:00 pm By Nadia Vella Jason William Karpf grew up with storytelling. The son of a screenwriter, he was a child actor in the early 1970s, appearing on classic TV shows such as The Bold Ones, The Courtship of Eddie’s Father, and Bonanza. Screenwriting became his calling from his teens to early

Slasher riffs and parodies date back nearly as long as slashers themselves, dissecting the enduring tropes and familiar formulas. In Hell of a Summer, first-time directors/writers Finn Wolfhard (“Stranger Things”) and Billy Bryk (Ghostbusters: Afterlife) frame their slasher riff as a buddy comedy from the perspective of teens, aimed solely at teens. The directors’ acting backgrounds translate to an ensemble

A Survival Horror title in the vein of Resident Evil, but with influences of Clive Barker and John Carpenter? Sounds like an awesome idea. Solo developer Retrofiction Games certainly thinks so with their upcoming 2D action-adventure title, Dead of Darkness. Currently still in development on Steam, Retrofiction has dropped a new gameplay trailer for the

Vengeance and action go hand in hand, with revenge frequently serving as the central motivator for a single action hero to punch and slice their way through hordes of enemies. Such is the case with Boy Kills World, the feature debut from director Moritz Mohr. While its revenge plot may not offer any genuine narrative surprises, the

Director and star Kenneth Branagh’s Hercule Poirot gets reeled into another whodunnit in A Haunting in Venice. Unlike predecessors Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile, the latest Agatha Christie adaptation trades in larger-scaled extravagance for a more intimate location that fully embraces the Baroque moodiness of its Halloween setting. While A Haunting in Venice might offer Poirot’s

James Wan has created a handful of fan favorite villains in the past 20 years, with characters such as Jigsaw and Annabelle becoming modern day horror icons. And then there’s Valak, a demonic nun that was first introduced in The Conjuring 2. Played by Bonnie Aarons, the character proved to be so memorable that she

As horror fans, and especially gaming fans, we long for the days of the past. The days of Resident Evil and Silent Hill on the PlayStation One. The days of survival horror as a new exciting genre where anything was possible and the sky was the limit, only held back by hardware of the time.

The slasher-comedy Totally Killer is on the way from Blumhouse and Amazon Studios, and today we’ve been provided with a first look at the film’s new slasher villain. Their name is “The Sweet Sixteen Killer,” described in a press release as “the frightening, fresh new face joining iconic villains from Blumhouse’s horror canon.” That lineup to

Mark Paul-Denham started his career as an actor at the age of thirteen when he began performing in various theatre productions, such as Oliver Twist. Born in East London during the 1980s he grew up in rough times in a rough area, which gives him great insight into playing the grittier roles, such as criminals.

One of the most criminally underappreciated and infrequently mentioned horror films in recent years is Conor McMahon‘s ultra-gory slasher Stitches, featuring world-renowned British standup comedian Ross Noble as a murderous kids’ birthday party clown. In this deliriously twisted slasher comedy, vile and foul-mouthed hired clown Stitches meets an untimely end thanks to a party prank

In addition to a remake of his own movie The Killer, action auteur John Woo will also return with the upcoming Silent Night, which has received its official MPA rating this week. Director John Woo’s Silent Night has been rated “R” for… “Strong bloody violence, drug use and some language.” From Capstone Studios and Thunder

Based on the tales of Edgar Allan Poe, Mike Flanagan‘s final series for Netflix is “The Fall of the House of Usher,” and it’s headed our way this Halloween season. The limited series from Intrepid Pictures is “based on multiple works from Poe,” and Netflix recently announced that “Usher” will premiere on October 12, 2023.

Andrew Saullo‘s Resident Evil fan film The Keeper’s Diary: A Biohazard Story is a go. The Indiegogo campaign that launched last month reached the targeted $40,000 USD and ended the campaign with $55,277, guaranteeing the project’s funding. Inspired by the original Resident Evil and its 2002 remake, The Keeper’s Diary is an adaptation of the

This month’s installment of Deep Cuts Rising features a variety of horror movies, with some selections reflecting a specific day or event in September, and others chosen at random. Regardless of how they came to be here, or what they’re about, these past movies can generally be considered overlooked, forgotten or unknown. This month’s offerings feature

If you’ve already mastered Devil’s Crush and the more recent Demon’s Tilt, and are looking for your next challenge with a horror-based pinball video game, Zen Studios are ready to capitalize on that with their newly-announced title, Pinball M. Revealed at the recent MIX Next Online Showcase, the game is currently in development for the

The “metroidvania” genre is a classification I’ve grown less fond of over the years, usually used to classify 2D action games that have a focus on exploration and backtracking. In more recent years many indie games have gone back to this template to deliver old school experiences with modern gaming sensibilities. One of these games