Horror

The second day of Nightmares Film Festival 2024 kicked off at Ohio’s Gateway Film Center with one of the annual “Recurring Nightmares” block of shorts. These particular blocks are curated strictly from a pool of shorts from fest alumni, and they never fail to blow me away. Absolutely killer work across the board, with A
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Day Three of Nightmares Film Festival 2024 kicked off at Gateway Film Center with a screening of the wild comedy The Invisible Raptor. I sidestepped that screening in favor of attending the live recording of the Fright Club podcast, the annual panel on the ever-shifting world of film distribution, and a writing workshop with Bram
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From Blumhouse and visionary writer-director Leigh Whannell, the creators of the chilling modern monster tale The Invisible Man, comes a terrifying new lupine nightmare: Wolf Man. Read the full synopsis: Golden Globe nominee Christopher Abbott (Poor Things, It Comes at Night) stars as Blake, a San Francisco husband and father, who inherits his remote childhood home in rural
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Filmmaker Parker Finn returns to deliver a fun, mean, and maddeningly inventive sequel to his surprise 2022 genre hit Smile. This time, the action feels like an intravenous drip of nonstop anxiety from concentrate … but thankfully, all the macabre mayhem is grounded by a healthy dose of pitch-black humor, something the previous chapter could
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The world has Terrifier fever right now. In light of that, there’s perhaps no better time for Stream, the new film from Terrifier 3 producer Michael Leavy, to land on VOD.  Leavy co-wrote, co-produced, and directed Stream. And he brought more members of the Terrifier team with him. Terrifier series creator Damien Leone produced Stream and worked on the makeup effects. Additionally, David Howard Thornton has a
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In the mood for a delicate tale of a man’s self-exploration in search of absolute love and happiness amongst the decay in a western urban CA city? Yes? Check out the Hallmark Channel then, because American Trash will suffocate you with anguish and despair. Army veteran Milles (the brilliant Robert LaSardo, who also writes and
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Coming to digital on October 15, 2024, from 20th Century Studios is Fede Alvarez’s latest in blood-soaked terror, Alien: Romulus. Packed with practical effects and zero-gravity xenomorph battles, the newest entry in the iconic horror franchise is ready to terrify you this Halloween season. In honor of the release, we’ve partnered with 20th Century Studios
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Popcorn Frights Film Festival announced its juried and audience awards that were selected from a packed lineup of 131 films — a program encompassing 48 features and 83 shorts hailing from 20 different countries, spanning nine distinct categories, that reached 12,700 fans. From the press release: “This year, the jury panel, comprised of national media figures
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Terror Tuesday: Extreme combines the experience of call-in radio shows with Thailand’s unique brand of modern horror. This new, eight-episode anthology series is inspired by the popular EFM radio program, Terror Tuesday, where listeners share their own frightening (and supposedly true) tales. Viewers will be lured in by the “based on real events” angle, but
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Universal Pictures has announced that they’ve recruited Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes director Wes Ball to helm an adaptation of Reikon Games’ brutal cyberpunk shooter, RUINER. In addition to Ball directing, Turistas writer Michael Arlen Ross has joined the project to write the screenplay. As reported by The Hollywood Reporter, on top of
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His House and “Lovecraft Country” star Wunmi Mosaku investigates a disappearance in upcoming crime mystery series “Passenger” that’s heading to BritBox this October. The streaming service unveiled a new “Passenger” trailer today, emphasizing the atmospheric strangeness of the setting. “Passenger” will premiere October 17 on BritBox with an advanced special screening and panel at New York Comic Con. The six-episode mystery will roll
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Legendary Entertainment is looking to dip back into the prequel well after giving Dune a prequel series with Max’s Dune: Prophecy. Deadline reports that an origin story for Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim is in the works at the indie studio from Eric Heisserer (Shadow and Bone, Bird Box).  The prequel is part of a first-look deal with
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