Horror

In 2019, indie horror filmmaker Larry Fessenden reimagined Frankenstein with a contemporary lens in Depraved. His follow-up, Blackout, takes his exploration of classic movie monsters further with a unique take on the Wolf Man. Alcoholism and lycanthropy afflict an artist in Blackout, the title’s dual meaning apparent, but Fessenden takes it a step further by exploring the volatile nature of a community

This week has been a big one for The Exorcist, with Universal launching a series of three posters for new sequel The Exorcist: Believer just yesterday. And that was the appetizer for the main course, with the official trailer for The Exorcist: Believer now playing in theaters. The trailer for The Exorcist: Believer, like many

NECA has been honoring the classic Universal Monsters with incredible action figures in recent years, and they’re giving even more love to classic horror with two new upcoming toys. Previewed at San Diego Comic-Con this week, NECA will soon be releasing action figures based on the 1922 classic Nosferatu and the lost 1927 film London

It’s officially Barbenheimer week, so expect the online discourse to be dominated by Greta Gerwig’s Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, two of this year’s most hotly anticipated movies. They’re both releasing in theaters this week, and the packed theatrical slate for the week also includes one of this summer’s brand new big screen horror movies.

Picking up right where the previous episode of “The Walking Dead: Dead City” left off, Maggie and co. dig deeper through the Methane-filled sewers of New York City while Negan and Marshall Perlie Armstrong (Gaius Charles) venture off on their own journey through the city. Ginny (Mahina Napoleon) is now also along for the ride

Body-snatching aliens attempt to navigate love in the modern world in The Becomers, a genre-bending comedy set to make its premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival. A new trailer and poster reveal below gives a glimpse at the weird, funny, grotesque blend of genres in the latestby writer/director Zach Clark (Little Sister). The Becomers

July 18, 2023 4:00 pm By Nadia Vella Once upon a time, in the small town of Ravenwood, there lived a vampire named Lucius. Unlike the fictional vampires portrayed in books and movies, Lucius was a real vampire. He had lived for centuries, hiding his true nature from the world around him. Lucius was not

The Criterion Collection is celebrating Halloween with a brand new lineup of horror releases this October, and we’ve got the full scoop straight from Criterion’s website. Coming this October, “three Pre-code chillers from a master of the morbid; a gothic supernatural tale; & a haunting modern-day fable of cultural dislocation in NYC.” Those films are

Welcome to the Ghostface Glossary, a guide to every horror reference and nod throughout all six films in the Scream franchise thus far. Click the link to see previous articles. After a lot of pausing, rewinding, and zooming in, as well as researching, we’re catching all of the many horror-specific references Williamson, Craven, and Co. included

My to-be-read pile is shamefully big, but that never stops me from adding more. I cherish getting lost in a good book, but a novel is more of a commitment than chipping away at movies on my to-watch list. The conspicuously titled 101 Horror Books to Read Before You’re Murdered may make that stack of

Seeing as it’s the 30th anniversary of Steven Spielberg‘s iconic Jurassic Park this year, Limited Run Games has once again dipped into the nostalgia pool in a collaboration with Universal Games and Digital Platforms for the new Jurassic Park Classic Games Collection. The collection packages together the NES, Game Boy and SNES versions of Ocean

2018 honestly feels like a whole lifetime ago. The world was certainly in a much different place. Horror fans were eager to witness the next chapter in the beloved Halloween saga, spearheaded by the Pineapple Express folks. We’d finally gotten a sequel to The Strangers, though horror had been cycling through its latest in a

2018 honestly feels like a whole lifetime ago. The world was certainly in a much different place. Horror fans were eager to witness the next chapter in the beloved Halloween saga, spearheaded by the Pineapple Express folks. We’d finally gotten a sequel to The Strangers, though horror had been cycling through its latest in a

While you continue waiting for “Stranger Things 5,” set to be the final season of the series, Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights brings Season 4 of Netflix’s original series “Stranger Things” to life in a terrifying all-new haunted house, beginning Friday, September 1 at Universal Orlando Resort and Thursday, September 7 at Universal Studios Hollywood! This year’s petrifying haunted house

Bloody Disgusting is excited to give YOU an early chance to see A24’s highly anticipated new horror film, Talk to Me, in select cities across the country on July 19, 2023. That’s over a week before the film is officially released in theaters nationwide! This is one of the hottest tickets of the year in

A bored executioner teams up with an immortal severed head and her combat maid to solve mysteries and fight monsters. “You’re one of the monsters.” Undead Murder Farce takes everything you know about gothic horror and murder mystery detective fiction and then stretches it almost cartoonishly out of proportion like it’s being watched through a

Launched last year, R.L. Stine’s adult horror comic book series Stuff of Nightmares is back this year with Stuff of Nightmares: Red Murder, announced by Fangoria this week. From BOOM! Studios, Stuff of Nightmares: Red Murder will be unleashed in September. In the new terror tale, “Comic creator Alex Oxaca has been out of the

July 11, 2023 9:17 am By Nadia Vella When a desperate headbanger resorts to hypnotizing his overbearing mother,  he unwittingly makes her susceptible to the chilling suggestions of Heavy Metal! This is a campaign to fund a life-long passion project called Headbanger!, a live-action, rockin’ and ridiculous, horror-comedy feature film! Written by Audie Harrison & Aaron

When Friday the 13th: The Game was released back in 2017, I was immediately gripped by its unique take on asymmetrical multiplayer. Despite it only having a single match type at launch, and a paltry handful of maps, I still managed to sink dozens upon dozens of hours into what little content was there. And

Prime Video’s cannibal dramedy series  “The Horror of Dolores Roach,” based on the hit Gimlet podcast, is available to stream now. To celebrate, they’ve released Cyndi Lauper‘s new single “Oh Dolores” for the series, for your listening pleasure. The pop queen behind “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” didn’t just create a brand new track inspired

Diablo IV fans will get their first taste of post-launch content with the arrival of the very first season in “Season of the Malignant”. Coming July 20, the first season includes a brand-new questline with new faces and new enemies, new powers, the first Season Journey, and the first Battle Pass. Following the tradition of

All the talk of BillyTime!Games‘ ROM hack of Ghostbusters on the Sega Genesis got us thinking of other horror-themed ROM hacks that you may not be aware of. Obviously, the topics of ROM hacking and video game emulation are reserved for a different website, but that shouldn’t stop us from touching on them for this

Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Smoczyńska‘s feature debut, the horror mermaid musical The Lure, dazzled upon release in 2017. While her English-language debut Silent Twins starring Letitia Wright is set to debut this Fall, the filmmaker’s current project, Hot Spot, has our attention. The filmmaker spoke with Variety today about her work, teasing Hot Spot‘s premise “about a disillusioned

All the talk of BillyTime!Games‘ ROM hack of Ghostbusters on the Sega Genesis got us thinking of other horror-themed ROM hacks that you may not be aware of. Obviously, the topics of ROM hacking and video game emulation are reserved for a different website, but that shouldn’t stop us from touching on them for this

Bokeh Game Studio took a bit of a break from working on Slitterhead to release a new developer diary video for the still-in-development horror title. This time around, the video takes a look at recent user tests (or playtests, if you prefer) for Slitterhead, which also includes new in-game footage. The video kicks off with

It’s a new month, and we’re officially in the back half of 2023. That also means that it’s a new month for streaming. Netflix’s horror offerings might be light when it comes to new releases, the most notable of which is Bird Box Barcelona, set to debut on the streaming service on July 14. Whether you’re looking for

Welcome back to DEAD Time. Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction and sometimes things really do go bump in the night. The paranormal is often portrayed in horror movies for maximum dramatic effect, which doesn’t quite reflect the reality of what it’s like to have a paranormal experience. We watch horror movies about ghosts

Fairy man. We spent June discussing a cisgender male demon trapped in a female body, genderfluid dinosaurs and evil weaves, so we’re kicking off July with a film that’s a bit more grounded: Robert Harmon‘s classic cautionary tale The Hitcher! In The Hitcher, Jim (C. Thomas Howell) picks up a hitchhiker named John Ryder (Rutger Hauer) while

In true fashion, the inspiration for the Japanese horror film Bldg. N is an urban legend. In the early 2000s, there was a media storm about the “poltergeist apartments” in Tomika, Gifu. This new complex lured many tenants with its cheap rent, but they gradually cleared out once the paranormal activity began and the news coverage became