Horror

Adam Robitel‘s Escape Room franchise delivered more PG-13 thrills, deadly traps, and cleverly designed rooms in Escape Room: Tournament of Champions, which Sony released in theaters on July 16. On the road to Halloween, the new sequel is now coming home. We’ve learned that Tournament of Champions will be released digitally on September 21, and Gizmodo

A new trip from M. Night Shyamalan, Universal’s thriller Old was released in theaters back in July, speeding up the horrors of aging and scaring up just under $90 million worldwide. In time for Halloween, Old is now headed home. The film will be released on DVD, Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD on October 19,

From the bonkers opening scene, James Wan establishes his return to horror will easily become his most polarizing yet. Channeling the spectacle of late ’90s Dark Castle, the opening sequence sets up an outlandish plot that feels lifted from the ’90s both in tone and bloodletting, signaling a wild ride ahead where you’re on its

Visually impaired actor Skyler Davenport stars as a blind house sitter in the upcoming See for Me from director Randall Okita, which has now been acquired by IFC Midnight. Deadline reports that IFC Midnight will release the film in 2022. Here’s the plot synopsis provided to Deadline… “Davenport plays blind former skier Sophie who accepts

Announced this afternoon, Scott Derrickson‘s (Sinister, Doctor Strange) new horror movie The Black Phone will World Premiere at Fantastic Fest, running from September 23rd – 30th. The Black Phone will release in theaters on January 28, 2022, and today’s press release for the Fantastic Fest lineup provides us with the first image from the Universal/Blumhouse movie. It

James Wan is producing a new take on Stephen King‘s vampire story Salem’s Lot for New Line, with Gary Dauberman (It, The Nun, Annabelle Comes Home) attached to write the script and also direct the film. While the film’s pretty much cast up, William Sadler took to Twitter to reveal he’s also joined the fresh take on King’s material. Just started filming

The very first public screening of David Gordon Green’s Halloween Kills took place today at the Venice Film Festival, and reactions/reviews have begun to make their way online. We’ve been promised a full-blown, high-body-count slasher movie from Halloween Kills, and indeed it sounds like the sequel unleashes Michael Myers at his angriest to date. Many

Dreams really do come true. After being bumped all around the release calendar due to the pandemic, Edgar Wright‘s (Shaun of the Dead, Baby Driver) new psychological horror movie Last Night in Soho is finally on the way soon, being released in theaters by Focus Features on October 29. The brand new official trailer has arrived this morning, giving

Today is the day. It’s September 3, 2021, and Halloween Horror Nights has officially begun at Universal Studios Orlando! This year’s event runs on select nights straight through Halloween, with Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood beginning next week, on September 9. If you’re not able to attend, you can at least pick up some awesome Halloween

Michael Dougherty‘s Krampus returns to terrorize the holiday season this year, with Scream Factory announcing last week that a 4K release is on the way on the road to Christmas. Krampus: The Naughty Cut was originally coming to 4K Ultra HD on November 16, but Scream Factory has updated today with the news that it’s been bumped back a

We loved David Bruckner‘s arthouse horror The Night House, which has shades of Hellraiser, an interesting parallel considering the filmmaker is currently behind the camera on the next Hellraiser as I write this. In fact, The Night House was directly inspired by the Clive Barker-created franchise that has Hulu resurrecting Pinhead and the other Cenobites

September 7, 2021 2:05 pm By Nadia Vella News of the escape of Annabelle, the so-called haunted doll that’s the inspiration of The Conjuring horror franchise, has been put to rest. Tony Spera, the son-in-law of famous paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, took to the family’s YouTube channel and confirmed Annabelle was still in

Shockingly sad news today, as we’ve learned that Primetime Emmy-nominated actor Michael K. Williams has passed away at just 54 years old, reported by Variety tonight. “The New York Police Department confirmed to Variety that the actor was found dead on Monday at 2 p.m. inside of his Brooklyn residence,” the site reports this evening.

Coming to SYFY and USA on October 12, IGN premieres the official art for Don Mancini‘s “Chucky” series that teases some killer soul-swapping and takes a stab at telling a classic coming-of-age rage story. Brad Dourif is back as Chucky and Jennifer Tilly is back as Tiffany in “Chucky,” which will continue the storylines from the *original* movies and their recent

Japanese action star Rina Takeda (Attack on Titan, Posessed), pictured above center, Korean actress and model Go Joon-hee, Hong Kong actress Wiyona Yeung, and Singaporean actors Desmond Tan and Rebecca Lim are in discussions to join Hong Kong zombie movie Chungking Mansions, Deadline reports. Chungking Mansions tells the story of a disparate group of people

Ever since the film’s release way back in 2007, Rob Zombie‘s polarizing Halloween remake has reigned supreme over the Labor Day Weekend box office, pulling in $30,591,759 domestically back in 2007. Zombie’s Halloween went on to make $58 million domestically and $80 million worldwide, making it a massive hit that helped kick-start the franchise back to life.

Any game that draws inspiration from Quake, Duke Nukem and Doom has to be great, right? That’s what publisher Apogee Entertainment and developer Trigger Happy Interactive are aiming for with the official announcement of Turbo Overkill (which we touched on earlier this year). Set for release in 2022 for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation

Today is the day. It’s September 3, 2021, and Halloween Horror Nights has officially begun at Universal Studios Orlando! This year’s event runs on select nights straight through Halloween, with Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood beginning next week, on September 9. If you’re not able to attend, you can at least pick up some awesome Halloween

Switch fans will finally be getting Kazuki Shiroma’s horror adventure game Shadow Corridor this October, with NIS America bringing it to the Nintendo eShop on October 26. Currently, the game is available for the Switch and the PlayStation 4 in Japan, as well as on Steam. No word on if NIS America will be bringing the

Director Scott Cooper‘s Antlers, produced by Guillermo del Toro, had been set for release in April 2020 via Disney’s Searchlight, but that date was of course bumped back indefinitely due to the ongoing pandemic. A new date of February 2021 was subsequently announced but then also ditched, with the most recent announcement shifting the date to October 29, 2021.

Vampires have been lurking in the shadows of our scary stories for thousands of years, finding their way into several different cultures and eventually turning into movie stars. With so many variations of these legends, it’s only natural that some of the specifics behind this classic monster often seem silly when judged by modern standards.

Originally released on Blu-ray back in 2015, the 1982 horror movie Trick or Treats is being repressed to Blu-ray for this year’s Halloween season, via Code Red and Kino Lorber. The Blu-ray will be re-released on October 5, 2021. Special Features include: Audio Commentary with Actors Jackie Giroux, Peter Jason, Chris Graver and Cameraman R.

My personal favorite horror movie of 2021 so far is Prano Bailey-Bond‘s Censor (now available on VOD), a haunting feature debut that takes you on a nightmarish descent through the lens of the “Video Nasty” panic of the 1980s. Censor is coming to DVD from Magnolia Pictures on September 14, and today we’ve learned that a

The Bloody Disgusting family is now 20 years strong and one of our very first festival scene writers was Mike Pereira, who attended the Toronto International Film Festival before any other online-only entertainment outlet. Today we have the very first teaser for Pereira’s indie feature The Chamber of Terror, which hits the festival scene soon. “The

A highly skilled assassin punching and slicing their way through an endless horde of opponents out of revenge reads like several contemporary action-thrillers, especially in the wake of John Wick’s popularity. Kate marks the latest, borrowing from a few prominent action-thrillers to create an easily digestible blend of violence, action, and humor by way of a silly plot that

Staten Island’s most entertaining undead are back with more horror hilarity and supernatural slapstick. The past year has pushed the world out of their comfort zones in unexpected ways and triggered a level of unparalleled introspection. The public has been sequestered and forced to confront themselves at their rawest and most vulnerable states, which has

John Carpenter‘s graphic novel series is back this Halloween season with Tales For a HalloweeNight Vol. 7, featuring more twisted tales masterfully crafted for your terror. The latest issue from Storm King Comics will be on shelves September 22, 2021! John Carpenter himself wrote one of the stories featured in the new volume, which is titled “Aliens

Paul Solet made his debut on the horror scene with the impressive Grace back in 2009, following that film with Dark Summer and Bullet Head. Up next from Solet is a crime thriller titled Clean, and we’ve got a first look today along with some distribution news. Adrien Brody stars in Clean, which has been

While we wait for his new horror movie Nope, coming July 2022, Jordan Peele has just inked a brand new television deal with Universal Studio Group, Deadline reports today. Peele and Win Rosenfeld’s Monkeypaw Productions has entered a “new multi-year television overall deal” with Universal, coming off a previous TV pact with Amazon. Deadline notes,

With summer coming to an end and the Halloween season about to begin, Spirit Halloween stores have begun popping up around the country, and fans of Killer Klowns from Outer Space will be delighted to discover that the store has an entire section dedicated to the movie this year. It includes a 5-foot tall “Shorty”