Horror

When The New Yorker first published Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” in June of 1948, the short story was met with confusion and disgust. To this day, apparently the magazine still hasn’t received that much mail over a work of fiction. Regardless of those early negative reviews, though, this shock tale has since gone on to

After decades of witnessing cinematic homicide, it’s easy to get desensitized to murder on the big screen – and I’m not just talking about the horror genre. From heroic secret agents who don’t mind getting their hands dirty to hitmen with hearts of gold, we’ve come to accept that main characters will usually come out

Twice a month Joe Lipsett will dissect a new Amityville Horror film to explore how the “franchise” has evolved in increasingly ludicrous directions. This is “The Amityville IP.” Two entries ago, we discussed Thomas J. Churchill’s vampire-themed, title card only “franchise” entry, The Amityville Harvest. I knew that the writer/director had a sequel film, so

After surviving a full dark night with no stars in sight, the Losers make their way to Lisbon Falls, Maine to try out one of Al Templeton’s world renown Cat Burgers. To their surprise, though, there’s no one in the diner. Just a sulfuric smell that leads them straight to the pantry, where not only

So, we all know that Left 4 Dead is one of the greatest games ever, and the sequel only improved upon that greatness. You might also remember the backlash Valve faced for moving on to the sequel so soon after Left 4 Dead’s release. Well, in a new interview with Chet Faliszek, who was the

Syndicate Collectibles is a new company on the horror scene, but the company’s owner is anything but new to the business. Jerry Macaluso, formerly of SOTA Toys and Pop Culture Shock Collectibles, is the man behind Syndicate Collectibles, and he’s acquired all kinds of licenses including Ghoulies, Killer Klowns from Outer Space, The Howling, and

It’s been a tumultuous week for the Scream franchise, to say the very least, with franchise co-stars Melissa Barrera and Jenna Ortega no longer involved in the upcoming Scream 7. Barrera was fired from the production by Spyglass while it was announced earlier today that Ortega is no longer attached to reprise her own role

Focus Entertainment and developer Saber Interactive have announced that they will be revealing the release date for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II early next month (presumably during The Game Awards). However, they’ve also announced that Space Marine II will take a little longer than expected to arrive. In Focus Entertainment’s letter to update investors on

In 1991, director Martin Scorsese remade 1962’s Cape Fear, based on the 1957 novel The Executioners by John D. MacDonald, for Steven Spielberg‘s Amblin Entertainment. It appears they’re returning to the IP: Deadline reports that Scorsese and Spielberg have teamed with “Channel Zero” creator Nick Antosca for a new series that’ll take an unconventional approach. “Cape Fear” marks the

Scream and Scream VI star Melissa Barrera will reportedly not be returning for the upcoming Scream 7, it was first reported in this week’s digital issue of Variety magazine. THR adds, “Filming had not begun, and development had been slow amid the actors and writers strikes. Now, Spyglass is expected to recalibrate plans following Barrera.”

SCREAMBOX and Midnight Pulp are excited to unleash Visitors (The Complete Edition), Kenichi Ugana‘s Japanese anthology movie that opens with one of the goriest shorts we’ve ever seen. In the 60-minute splatterfest… “A rock ‘n’ roll band drop in unannounced on a friend and find themselves plummeting into a wackadoo reverie of monsters and mayhem.”

After scaring up $18 million in theaters earlier this year, horror-comedy The Blackening is getting a sequel from Lionsgate, Variety has exclusively announced this afternoon. Variety notes, “producer MRC and domestic distributor Lionsgate have entered into talks with Dewayne Perkins, Tracy Oliver and producer E. Brian Dobbins to develop a follow-up film.” The Blackening, which

After releasing earlier this summer for PlayStation, Xbox, and the Epic Games Store, Telltale Games and Deck Nine’s The Expanse: A Telltale Series has finally arrived on Steam, alongside a bonus episode as separate DLC. Set before the events of the critically acclaimed and award-winning Amazon Prime Video television series, The Expanse: A Telltale Series

It’s been a big year for RoboCop, with the new documentary RoboDoc now streaming on SCREAMBOX and the video game RoboCop: Rogue City now available on consoles and PC. Originally revealed at San Diego Comic Con over the summer, a new RoboCop action figure is even on the way from NECA, though this one is

Just in time for Thanksgiving (in case you’ve been avoiding leaks), NetherRealm has released a brand-new Seasonal Fatalities pack for Mortal Kombat 1 that includes the previously-released Halloween Fatality, along with the new Thanksgiving and upcoming Christmas Fatalities. You can buy it now from the in-game store, and if you previously purchased the standalone Halloween

It turns out that rumour last month of a remaster of The Last of Us Part II was real after all. Naughty Dog and Sony have announced via PlayStation Blog that the remaster of the acclaimed 2020 title will be released on January 19, 2024 for PlayStation 5. Users who already own the PlayStation 4

It turns out that rumour last month of a remaster of The Last of Us Part II was real after all. Naughty Dog and Sony have announced via PlayStation Blog that the remaster of the acclaimed 2020 title will be released on January 19, 2024 for PlayStation 5. Users who already own the PlayStation 4

Look, we know: You’re Next is not a Thanksgiving movie. But goddamn does it feel like one. Directed by Adam Wingard and written by Simon Barrett, the 2011/2013 slasher sees indie darlings (Amy Seimetz, Ti West, Joe Swanberg) and Hollywood heroes (Barbara Crampton, Rob Moran, Larry Fessenden) gathering around the table for a family reunion.

In honor of Thanksgiving now playing in theaters, I decided to take a look at the filmography of Eli Roth. After spending a few days watching films like Cabin Fever, Hostel and The Green Inferno, I cried in the shower for about twenty minutes and am vegan now! In no particular order, here are the most gnarly moments of

In honor of Thanksgiving now playing in theaters, I decided to take a look at the filmography of Eli Roth. After spending a few days watching films like Cabin Fever, Hostel and The Green Inferno, I cried in the shower for about twenty minutes and am vegan now! In no particular order, here are the most gnarly moments of

Over the course of its 50-year existence, Troma has helped launch the careers of filmmakers like Trey Parker & Matt Stone (South Park), James Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy), and Eli Roth (Hostel), along with countless actors who went on to long careers, but their biggest export by any internal metric — financial success, brand

Netflix expands upon the “Stranger Things Universe” with the brand new “Stranger Things: The First Shadow,” a live stage play that’s headed to London for the holidays. “Stranger Things: The First Shadow” is said to be a “new story live on stage,” and it’s set in Hawkins, 1959. “The First Shadow” takes place “before the world turned

The monstrous Goosebumps handle has dripped and oozed its green-tinged ichor for the past three decades, seeping into the imaginations of the countless kids who dared traverse the pages of R.L. Stine’s paperback terrors. In time the words on the page leapt onto the screen and eventually into theaters, transforming playfully frightful prose into equally

At a time when nuclear anxiety was both real and common, Thom Eberhardt went against the grain and made a quirky genre movie about the end of the world. Of course, the catastrophic event shown in Night of the Comet wasn’t the result of unleashed weapons of mass destruction. No, this story’s obliteration of (most)

It’s not Godzilla or King Kong that serves as the connective tissue in Legendary Pictures’ MonsterVerse, but the secret government agency tasked with studying them: Monarch. “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters,” the second MonsterVerse series (after the animated “Skull Island”), seeks to dig further into the mysterious organization’s origins, dating back much further than the MonsterVerse’s beginnings

Those who enjoyed the In Search of Darkness documentaries will no doubt be familiar with CreatorVC. They dipped their toes into the video game realm earlier this year with FPS: First Person Shooter, and have now decided to delve deeper into the horror side of things with TerrorBytes: The Evolution of Horror Gaming doc! TerrorBytes

Back in March of this year the landmark 1943 film Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (dir. Roy William Neill) made its debut. In honor of the film’s 80th birthday, let’s have some fun celebrating the first big screen monster bash. The Universal Monsters, particularly the trifecta of Dracula, Frankenstein, and The Wolf Man, are some

November 1st is a tough day for horror hounds. The decorations are still up, the air remains crisp, but the spirit has seemingly moved on, perhaps vanquished by the sun. Alamo Drafthouse says to hell with all of that and has announced two month’s worth of genre joy that’ll take you from Dia de los

From the mid to late aughts, October horror was dominated by one word: Saw. In an impressive streak, the grisly franchise celebrated seven straight years with a new entry just in time for Halloween. Though sequels have been sporadic since the 2010 film Saw: The Final Chapter, this autumn brought another tale from Jigsaw’s world

Fresh out of theaters, Bloody Disgusting’s Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls is now available on all VOD platforms and streaming exclusively on SCREAMBOX! Based on Andrew Bowser’s viral character of the same name, Onyx tells the story of an amateur occultist who learns that sometimes when you raise HELL…you get a little burned.   In Onyx