Horror

After having its World Premiere at the 2017 SXSW Film Festival (read our review), Game of Death is finally headed home thanks to Cleopatra Entertainment, we’ve learned this week. Directed by Sebastien Landry and Laurence Morais-Lagace, the film will hit VOD on July 14. Here’s the plot rundown: “Kill or be killed is the golden rule

Swallow Provocative Thriller Makes Blu-ray and DVD Debut August 4, 2020 A provocative and squirm-inducing psychological thriller, Swallow follows one woman’s unraveling as she struggles to reclaim independence in the face of an oppressive system by whatever means possible. Written and directed by Carlo Mirabella-Davis (The Swell Season), this critically acclaimed film makes its Blu-ray

Nothing about Netflix’s latest series hints at the depth of intrigue, heady themes, and the high entertainment value it contains. Both its title and premise suggest something schlocky, like a B-movie religious twist to Buffy the Vampire Slayer made strictly for teens. While Warrior Nun does borrow heavily from Buffy, and the Hero’s journey for that matter, it uses

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: 8 y.o. Maisie went missing in 1982 and a memorial is held a year later. That evening, strange lights, sounds etc. are observed in the woods outside. Aliens. REVIEW: A posse of sorts sets out in this film to find the missing young girl. On their trek, we see light tricks

Ah, the 1980s. The decade that saw the release of Silent Night, Deadly Night, a Christmas horror film that spawned parental outrage for its depiction of a killer dressed as Santa Claus. New York Times best-seller Andrew Shaffer is taking us back to the ’80s for his upcoming novel Secret Santa, though it’s not a

Hugo Award-winning editor/publisher John Joseph Adams is pleased to announce the return of Fantasy Magazine. The first new issue of Fantasy will publish in November 2020 and will join sister-magazines Lightspeed and Nightmare under the same publishing umbrella. Adams has named Arley Sorg and Christie Yant as co-editors-in-chief and will continue in his role as

Remakes are officially cool again. At least if we go off of the recent successes of games like Resident Evil 2 and 3, and the Crash Bandicoot Trilogy, remakes seem to be experiencing a new renaissance in the past decade entering into 2020. With the evolving status of mainstream video games offering newer and more polished

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Earlier this month we reported that Danny Hicks had been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer, and today we’ve learned the sad news that Hicks lost his battle this week at age 68. Full Empire Productions, Danny’s convention management team, posted on Facebook today: “Danny passed away at his home in CA. We love you Danny,

For years now horror has not just been associated with Halloween, but has been celebrated throughout the entire year. The horror genre contains some of the most iconic films in cinema history. From Alien to The Haunting, many horror movie scenes have become permanent and memorable parts of the public consciousness. The genre has also

The ‘90s often get a bad rap with horror fans. After the numerous successful slashers and creature effects films of the ’80s, the ‘90s offered a different variety of horror fare. Though there were plenty of hits, hidden gems, and misunderstood classics, the ‘90s usually don’t get the kind of love that other decades get when

‘Me and the Devil’ arrives under the ‘HNN presents” banner of Bayview Entertainment on Sept 1st ME AND THE DEVIL will be released on September 1st, 2020 under the ‘HNN Presents” banner of Bayview Entertainment. Italian filmmaker Dario Almerighi spins a tale of gothic horror about the downward spiral of Mario (Antonio De Nitto) after

The disappointment in having to wait a little longer for the next instalment in The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope is understandable. Supermassive is trying to make up for it with a new video showing nearly eight minutes of gameplay for Little Hope, which will now ship in the Fall for PlayStation 4, Xbox One

Rate This Movie           SYNOPSIS: An acting troupe trying their hardest to pull together and mount a controversial musical finds themselves outwitted when a serial killer escapes from a local mental hospital and inspires a change in the musical’s narrative to horrific effect. REVIEW: Michele Soavi’s Stage Fright (1987) is one of the most entertaining

Two months ago, Techland announced that their then-cancelled Hellraid game would be incorporated into Dying Light as part of a new DLC. Well, Techland has made your summer a little more interesting now, as the Hellraid DLC will hit PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC via Steam on July 23. The new DLC sees the

We’re halfway through what’s been the strangest year in recent memory. What was once a promising slate of upcoming 2020 horror releases instead became an empty void thanks to pandemic-induced theatrical closures. In an alternate universe, we would’ve seen A Quiet Place Part II, Saint Maud, Antlers, Antebellum, Spiral, and Candyman and had our sights set on the enticing genre

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The accolades for Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us Part II continue to roll in. Announced on PlayStation Blog, the game has now sold more than four million copies since its launch on June 19th. This makes it the fastest-selling PlayStation 4-exclusive title ever. “We are so immensely grateful to the millions of fans around

There’s something about blizzards and wintry conditions that lend so well to genre film. It’s incredibly isolating, for one, but hazardous, icy weather tends to provide a moody Gothic backdrop to whatever thrills and chills are in store. The Oak Room takes a raging Canadian snowstorm and builds an entire mystery around it, scaling back the

New poster for Realm Of Shadows starring Tony Todd, Mel Novak, Michael Berryman, Vida Ghaffari & Jimmy Drain Horror anthology Realm Of Shadows starring horror icons Tony Todd (Candyman franchise), Mel Novak (Bruce Lee’s Game Of Death), Michael Berryman (Wes Craven’s The Hills Have Eyes), Tamara Glynn (Halloween 5), & rising stars Jimmy Drain (The

“It was written in the stars.” Screen Gems has acquired the Nicholas Adams Alloy Entertainment novel Horrorscope, and has set Anna Halberg and Spenser Cohen to adapt, writes Deadline. In the novel, “After attending a horoscope party, people begin dying in ways connected to their zodiac signs. Four friends must work together to solve the

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Following the murder of her family at the hands of her father in the wake of World War I, a young woman goes to live in a convent. However, the demons that plagued her father follow, reawakening the nightmares of her past. REVIEW: “The Dawn” (2020) is a drama, horror, thriller

Cosmic horror is one of the oldest and sturdiest sub-genres there is. Unfathomable monsters, uncaring universes, and descents into insanity make for captivating tales, and the tropes of the genre allow for so many variations on a theme that the core concepts remain fresh decade after decade. Video games are better equipped than perhaps any

SYNOPSIS: In the eleventh hour, one man’s last attempt to preserve humanity may be what separates a desperate group of survivors from becoming the very monsters they are trying to escape. A story of survival that questions the price of a group’s humanity, where the hauntingly beautiful landscape is as dangerous as the roaming corpses

The 1996 action-adventure blockbuster Twister is next up on the remake chopping block, with Variety reporting tonight that Universal Pictures is developing a new take on the classic. Joseph Kosinski (Top Gun: Maverick) is currently in talks to direct the feature film, Variety notes, “and the studio is currently meeting with writers to pen the

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: After a pair of amateur criminals break into a suburban home, they stumble upon a dark secret that two sadistic homeowners will do anything to keep from getting out. REVIEW: Villains is an offbeat horror comedy that I surprisingly enjoyed. Normally I veer away from the horror/com genre. I like my

Vanishing Angle, the production company behind Sundance winner Thunder Road, has re-teamed with writer-director Jim Cummings for thriller The Beta Test, reports Variety. The film is about a married Hollywood agent who deals with the fallout after receiving a mysterious letter from an anonymous sexual encounter. “It’s our new movie about the Agency fight with the

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In a move out of left field, Inti Creates has announced a follow-up to the prequel to Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night in Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon. Curse of The Moon 2 will be headed to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and Steam. The original Curse of The Moon was a throwback to

SYNOPSIS: Marc and Fred went to war when they were refused a double bed at a remote Christian guest house. They won in court and now they’re back to claim their conjugal rights. Triumph turns to terror when another guest arrives, who they think might have something sinister in mind. Their weekend of fun turns