If ever there was a horror movie that exemplified then used the current pandemic lockdown situation to its full advantage, it’s this one. Early on in the lockdown stage, director Rob Savage went viral with a two-minute video on Twitter that featured a Zoom meeting interrupted by a scare straight out of [REC]. It caught the
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Well, it was too good to be true. The suggestion of Junji Ito actually working with Hideo Kojima on his rumoured horror game turned out to be a case of Ito overstating what Kojima had said. After the frenzy generated over the weekend by Ito saying that Kojima was working on a horror game, and
Well Go USA had been set to release Sang-ho Yeon‘s Train to Busan follow-up Peninsula in theaters here in the U.S. and Canada beginning on August 7, but we’ve learned today that the release has been bumped slightly back to later in the month. The new date? August 21, 2020. Peninsula will still release in Canada, however, on
July 28, 2020 2:50 pm By Nadia Vella Palm reading is a type of ancient art that goes back hundreds of generations. It originated in India and spread throughout Asia, Europe, and North America. Palm reading gives one an insight into the personality of the person they are reading. Although it is considered a pseudoscience,
Before the arrival of Jurassic World: Dominion, Netflix is unleashing the brand new CG-animated series Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous, dated this week for premiere on September 18. In the 8-episode (22-minutes each) series: “Set against the timeline of the blockbuster film Jurassic World, Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous follows a group of six teenagers trapped at
Ahead of the recently announced third season that’s coming our way next year, Joe Bob Briggs first returns to Shudder next month with “The Last Drive-In: Summer Sleepover Special”! Also headed our way in August are the brand new originals/exclusives La Llorona, Random Acts of Violence and The Shed. Here’s the full Shudder schedule for
July 27, 2020 11:05 am By Nadia Vella If your follow cats on social media, here’s some new blood. Meet Monkey, a feline with fangs who has stolen Instagram’s heart. The 6-year-old cat has over 24,000 followers on the photo-sharing site, and a single picture of him can receive anywhere between 1,000 and 13,000 likes.
Throw up some devil horns, this week’s streaming picks are dedicated to one of the genre’s most prominent villains: the Devil. There are endless horror movies that feature the evils of Satan, from possession horror to cult horror, ranging all tones and styles. Many of which make up seminal genre classics, like Rosemary’s Baby and The Exorcist.
Last month, it was revealed that developer Different Tales were in production of a game set in the Werewolf: The Apocalypse universe entitled Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Heart of the Forest. Not much information was revealed about the game until recently, when Different Tales took to Twitter to reveal more meat. The devs not only
Following in the wake of Red State and Tusk, Kevin Smith returns to horror with Killroy Was Here, which originally began as a Krampus film before being re-written. The horror-comedy creature anthology was inspired by the “KilRoy Was Here” graffiti that was prominent during World War II, and Smith shared the bloody official trailer out
SOMA might be the current king of nautical horror video games for many, but Globiss Interactive is looking to change that with their upcoming game known simply as Under. Currently set for a Q3 2020 on Steam, Under combines the suffocating horror of being trapped on a sinking boat with some paranormal activity thrown in
Airing this Halloween season, “The Simpsons” are back for another round of animated terror in “Treehouse of Horror XXXI,” previewed during today’s San Diego Comic-Con@Home panel. The episode was previewed with two clips, one of which is from the “Into the Homerverse” segment. The other segment previewed is titled “What Happens to the Halloween Candy?”
It is with a heavy heart that we must tell you that we’ve lost yet another horror legend in John Saxon, who passed away Saturday at the age of 83. Saxon died of pneumonia in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, his wife, Gloria, told The Hollywood Reporter. While known for other roles such as starring alongside Bruce Lee
In addition to releasing a whole bunch of new Trick ‘r Treat goodies this Halloween, Spirit Halloween will also be celebrating Michael Dougherty’s Christmas horror movie Krampus with a new line of collectibles that includes a massive, 7.5-foot tall animatronic Krampus! Based on Legendary Pictures’ Krampus, the animatronic is exclusive to Spirit Halloween, and we’re
We’ve learned via Deadline tonight that Netflix has made a seven-figure deal to acquire the short horror story My Wife and I Bought a Ranch, which was originally posted on Reddit. Matt Query wrote the story, and Harrison Query is writing the film adaptation. Deadline details, “[The story] involves a couple, Harry and Sasha, who
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
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