Horror

Reese Lightfoot’s The Demon in the Motherboard wins Best Short Film at the Astoria Film Festival. By day, Morrigan is a top-tier coder and cybersecurity expert, protecting one of the most powerful tech firms from digital threats. By night, she ventures into the shadows of the dark web, hunting for whispers of The Demon in

The most disturbing stories aren’t always fiction — some come straight from real life. In 2025, horror films based on true events have hit harder than ever. These aren’t just about cheap scares or haunted houses. They dig into real crimes, people who vanished without a trace, and moments that actually happened. Watching them late

In 2000, New England Filmmaker, Geno McGahee, made his first feature film and it was named “EVIL AWAKENING.” It would make it to DVD in 2008 and would find success on Netflix and the newly founded streaming service that Netflix started. A classic micro-budget film that found its way into the video stores and store

The longest-running horror franchise in cinema history unleashes its next chapter—and a new warlock rises. The cult is back. The bloodline continues. And Witchcraft 17 is about to conjure a whole new nightmare. Horror fans, brace yourselves: actor Andrew Pierson has officially been cast as the newest incarnation of William Spanner, the iconic warlock whose

Once upon a time, a princess just wanted to marry her prince and live happily ever after. But things didn’t go quite as planned. In 2025, Cinderella’s glass slippers are splattered with blood, the Big Bad Wolf runs a cult, and Bambi has an axe to grind. Literally. Fairy tales have officially gone rogue. What

What made you get into the film industry? I didn’t choose the film industry—it kind of chose me. The moment I stepped on set, I was hooked. From acting to producing to executive producing, I’ve been lucky to wear a lot of hats on over 160 IMDb projects and counting. I thrive on the grind,

Solid Pre-Sales Reveal Reader Enthusiasm for the Follow-up to the Indie Hit, Dreaded Invocations. From the visionary mind behind the sleeper hit Dreaded Invocations, Anthony M. Caro delivers an innovative new collection, Cogs in a Neon Globe: A Cyberpunk Noir Collection, hitting shelves June 7. Dive into the strobe-lit shadows of the NEON GLOBE, a

Spirit Springs is a new horror movie starring Avaryana Rose being released on Friday the 13th via Screamify. Midnight Misfits a band traveling on tour stays at a remote mansion on the Florida springs with deep dark secrets. Eden takes a dip and terror unfolds- an ancient spirit rises again to claim souls, who will

What made you want to get involved in the film industry? I honestly done remember I time when I didn’t want to be telling stories, telling stories on screen. I’ve just always been a lover of movies. I wanted to be in them. As I grew, I wanted to start telling some stories of my

Janel Spiegel 06/08/2025 News   https://youtu.be/WR2btzjmmuc?si=NFJUu_rI9E0aH4C7   Dangerous Animals, directed by Sean Byrne and starring Jai Courtney, Hassie Harrison and Josh Heuston, Dangerous Animals hits theaters on June 6th!   Yezerski’s musical works are highly evocative, original and diverse. From the symphonic grittiness of David Ayer’s The Tax Collector to Carlos Lopez

Janel Spiegel 06/08/2025 Books, News   DJ Slater, a Milwaukee native and the author of the horror novel Legend Has It. Set for release on Sept. 16, Legend Has It follows six college friends who find a fabled haunted house attraction in Mukwonago, Wisconsin. Once inside, they realize all the threats

  Film Review: The Book of the Witch (Panic Fest 2025)     Synopsis:   Driven by her fear of death, Victoria hunts a mythical Witch, determined to steal her book that grants eternal life-but at a sinister price.       Review: Written and directed by Joshua Sowden. There is NOTHING I love more

Indiegogo Campaign Launches June 6 to Complete Final Film from Late Producer Michael Mahal Los Angeles, CA — The Mahal Empire’s final chapter begins June 6 with the launch of a production finishing funds campaign on Indiegogo for The Apex Predators Club—a high-concept horror-thriller and the last film spearheaded by beloved indie producer Michael Mahal

Mike Flanagan is undoubtedly my favorite horror filmmaker working today. In the best ways, he reminds me a great deal of the late Wes Craven. While their styles might be different, the humanity innate in their work shares profound parallels. I’m a bit of a sap, so humanistic horror filmmaking is always going to win

Lakeshore Records is set to release The Life of Chuck—Official Soundtrack digitally today, June 6, with music by Andy Grush and Taylor Newton Stewart AKA The Newton Brothers (X-Men ’97). Also included on the album is the song “Joy” by Pocket Queen. The luminescent score provides an uplifting and atmospheric backdrop to the poignant story of the lead

If you happen to be between binges at the moment, we have a spot of excellent news for you. Netflix currently has a critically acclaimed horror-infused miniseries available to stream, what’s more, celebrated author Stephen King counts himself a fan! A couple of years back, the prolific scribe took to the social media platform previously

A Spanish crime thriller based on actual events currently sits as the #1 film on Netflix globally and claims the #2 chart position in the U.S. today! More specifically, we are talking about A Widow’s Game. The film landed on the Netflix platform at the tail end of last month (May 30) and has been

OUIJA: ORIGIN OF EVIL, director Mike Flanagan, on set, 2016. ph: Justin M. Lubin/© Universal Pictures /Courtesy Everett Collection Several years ago Mike Flanagan announced plans to adapt Stephen King’s The Dark Tower as a small-screen series. However, we haven’t learned much about the project in the years since, perhaps in part due to Flanagan’s

The wickedness is calling you–for free. When you sleep tonight, your thirst for sinister, sadistic, and supernatural will be quenched. Fawesome offers binge-worthy horror movies that hold no boundaries, from brutal slashers to chilling supernatural scares. These five most searched scary picks will knot your heart and soul together, whether you are a horror purist

Quentin Tarantino, on set, 2009. Ph: Francois Duhamel/©Weinstein Company/Courtesy Everett Collection A while back, auteur creator Quentin Tarantino put together a video naming his favorite films from when he started directing in 1992 all the way through 2009 (the year he made the video). There are some incredible selections on that list, but the pick

These days, most of us spend as much time searching for content to watch as we spend actually watching content. Well, we’ve got an acclaimed series recommendation from prolific author Stephen King that will cut down on your time expended scouring for new content. Fair warning, it may also scare the daylights out of you.

There’s a lot of talk around town about disturbing horror movies. I’m not talking cineplex scares, either, the kind you can snag a $10 ticket for and watch with a popcorn and cherry, vanilla Coke. I’m talking about the deep cuts, the movies whispered about online, the ones a friend of a friend saw that

Netflix puts out true-crime programming with a certain regularity, accordingly some of their content gets lost in the shuffle. Their latest docu-series, Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders, is experiencing no such fate, however. In fact, the program sits as the most-streamed show on the platform today. It’s possible that the exclusive nature of the series

To celebrate the release of A24’s truly terrifying new film Bring Her Back, we invited real-life exorcist and author Rachel Stavis to sit down with the film’s writer-directors, Danny and Michael Philippou (Talk to Me). What unfolds is part interview, part psychic reading, and a fascinating unveiling of the supernatural connections between Bring Her Back and

Coming soon from the man behind Bliss, VFW, and Christmas, Bloody Christmas is Jimmy and Stiggs, a neon-soaked extraterrestrial experience stuffed to the gills with gore and gnarly practical effects. Written and directed by Joe Begos, this labor of love was shot over four years and, according to the trailer, on over 50,000 feet of

Get ready for the 6th annual Sohome Horror Pride, part of the Soho Horror Film Festival! This year’s edition brings attendees a massive 10 feature films and 25 short films from around the world, showcasing the best in LGBTQ+ filmmaking. Starting appropriately on Friday, June 13, 2025, this year’s festival is all about “Queering the Slasher”.

It’s hard to make a zombie film feel fresh, especially after the massive zombie obsession of the 00s and 10s. But, writers and directors Brian Kazmarck and Kazy Tauginas want to prove it can be done with their new film, Mirror Life: Modern Zombies. In the new film: “A global pandemic is narrowly averted. Shortly after,

Tobe Hooper was one of the greats. If you haven’t read it yet, allow me to recommend Poltergeist by Jacob Trussell from DieDieBooks for some profound (and heartbreaking) insights into Hooper’s late career. Fans will know that after Poltergeist, Hooper’s career stagnated. Sure, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 was released a year later, but his

I love a good killer shark flick. I wish there were more of them, but I could probably rattle them all off in under a minute. Now, if I were rattling off just the good ones, I’d probably finish before I wrap writing this sentence. It’s a shame, too, since it’s one of my favorite

Writer and director Can Evrenol is known for pushing boundaries with his work. Shocking audiences with his feature film debut, Baskin, Evrenol is no stranger to confronting taboos and, in fact, relishes in the opportunity to channel audience expectations. And he does just that in his latest feature, Sayara, a heart-wrenching rape-revenge film about a