Horror

Horror fans can scream “original horror” all they want but the truth is that risks are only taken when there’s proof of success. Studios and distributors are reactionary and when horror fans vote with their dollars it tells them to take more risks. 2022 has been an excellent year for both the genre and risks.

It’s been a long time since writer/director Henry Selick has graced audiences with a spooky, stop-motion animated feature. More precisely, it’s been almost thirty years since he helmed the beloved classic The Nightmare Before Christmas. It’s been thirteen years since his last effort, Coraline, a gateway horror movie for many. Selick finally makes his long-awaited return with Wendell & Wild,

The rollarcoaster of Firaxis’ Marvel’s Midnight Suns continues. After another announced delay last month, Firaxis and publisher 2K Games have announced at the D23Expo that the game will arrive December 2 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store, while the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch versions

An adaptation of Brian K. Vaughan (Saga, Ex Machina) and Cliff Chiang‘s (Wonder Woman, Human Target) best-selling, Eisner-winning comic series, which ran from 2015 to 2019, Prime Video’s “Paper Girls” just debuted this summer, and it has already been cancelled. Deadline reports, “The decision comes a little over a month after all eight episodes from Season 1

One of the most hotly anticipated horror movies on the horizon is the Universal Monsters movie Renfield, and that’s largely because Nicolas Cage is co-starring as Dracula himself. Renfield comes to theaters on April 14, 2023, and Cage has shared with Variety this week a tasty little preview of the voice he’ll be employing for his own unique take on

Writer/Director Jalmari Helander delivered a delightfully wicked twist to Santa Claus in 2010’s genre-bender Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale. Helander’s latest, Sisu, sees the filmmaker reteaming with some familiar Rare Exports faces for another crowd-pleasing genre-bender, this time an R-rated journey through Lapland near the end of World War II. The period action adventure goes hard on hyper-violence and

Writer/Director Jalmari Helander delivered a delightfully wicked twist to Santa Claus in 2010’s genre-bender Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale. Helander’s latest, Sisu, sees the filmmaker reteaming with some familiar Rare Exports faces for another crowd-pleasing genre-bender, this time an R-rated journey through Lapland near the end of World War II. The period action adventure goes hard on hyper-violence and

The popularity of Hocus Pocus has grown with each passing year, paving the way for the long-awaited sequel Hocus Pocus 2 to debut on Disney+ on September 30, 2022. Fresh out of D23 tonight, watch the brand new Hocus Pocus 2 trailer below! The film is being billed as “the spooky sequel to the 1993 Halloween classic,” with Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy all

An adaptation of Brian K. Vaughan (Saga, Ex Machina) and Cliff Chiang‘s (Wonder Woman, Human Target) best-selling, Eisner-winning comic series, which ran from 2015 to 2019, Prime Video’s “Paper Girls” just debuted this summer, and it has already been cancelled. Deadline reports, “The decision comes a little over a month after all eight episodes from Season 1

Revealed back in June at the Puppet Combo Direct, Jordan King’s first-person Survival Horror experience Night At the Gates of Hell will finally arrive September 15 on Steam after a delay from its original August release. From the sick, depraved, itch, tasty, and rotten mind who brought you Bloodwash (read our review here) comes Night

Brad Anderson (Session 9, The Machinist) is back with psychological horror movie Blood, and Deadline reports today that Vertical Entertainment has scooped up North American rights. Deadline notes in their report, “While the feature will be released to both theaters and digital platforms, a release date has not yet been disclosed.” Michelle Monaghan (“True Detective”) stars

Writer/Director Zach Cregger’s Barbarian goes full-throttle on unpredictable, edge-of-your-seat horror (read my review here). Releasing in theaters on September 9, Barbarian stars Georgina Campbell as Tess and Justin Long (Drag Me to Hell, Tusk) as AJ. Both characters get caught up in a rental nightmare beyond imagination. Ahead of the release, Bloody Disgusting spoke with the actors about joining the cast of one visceral,

Bigger isn’t always better when it comes to the horror genre. Sure, a larger and more elaborate follow-up to a horror property can sometimes result in a masterpiece, like in the case of Aliens or Evil Dead II, but added complexity can often sabotage an over-ambitious sequel. This also applies to videogames, with developers sometimes

It’s wild that the demonic nun known as Valak has become such a horror icon, starring in her own movie back in 2018 with a sequel on the way, because the character almost didn’t even make it into The Conjuring 2. As James Wan has noted in the past, Valak was actually a final hour replacement for

HBO Max is planning to do some more slashing with “Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin” Season 2, a new season of the horror-heavy reboot show that just wrapped its debut season. “We are beyond excited to continue telling stories with our amazing group of little liars—exploring their friendships, their romances, their secrets, and their status

Fancy a throwback Survival Horror title set in 1980’s Australia? That’s what you’ll be getting with Affordable Cat’s Loggerhead. Described as a “classic Survival Horror Experience featuring a retro stylistic aesthetic”, Loggerhead is currently aiming for a 2023 release on Steam. As one would expect for a game touting classic Survival Horror mechanics, Loggerhead features

There’s no better way to kick off Halloween season than with Universal Orlando’s always epic Halloween Horror Nights, which opened this past Thursday jam-packed with several new houses and scare zones infested with bugs, cursed by witches, and hunted down by chupacabras. While I am a huge fan of local haunts, Halloween Horror Nights is

We’ve learned the terribly sad news from frequent collaborator Stephen King this afternoon that American novelist and poet Peter Straub has passed away at the age of 79. Stephen King tweets this afternoon, “It’s a sad day because my good friend and amazingly talented colleague and collaborator, Peter Straub, has passed away. “Working with him

After bumping the release of Gloomwood once already, developers Dillon Rogers & David Szymanski and publisher New Blood Interactive decided to do it again. Only this time, they’ve bumped the Early Access release to today! Yep, ahead of its announced September 6 launch, Gloomwood was released today on Steam as a Labour Day treat. In

After bumping the release of Gloomwood once already, developers Dillon Rogers & David Szymanski and publisher New Blood Interactive decided to do it again. Only this time, they’ve bumped the Early Access release to today! Yep, ahead of its announced September 6 launch, Gloomwood was released today on Steam as a Labour Day treat. In

Mark Rosman‘s The House on Sorority Row (1982) and Stewart Hendler‘s Sorority Row (2009) feel shoved aside in their respective horror classes. Titles like Pieces, Black Christmas, and The Dorm That Dripped Blood get more frequent mentions when discussing pre-90s sorority or dormitory slashers. Remake debates rarely include Sorority Row in their reassessments of unfairly

Rock and Shock served as New England’s premier horror convention for 16 wonderful years before its reign came to an unexpected end in 2019. While several other events admirably attempted to occupy the void left in the local horror community, none were quite able to fill Rock and Shock’s sizeable shoes. If its debut is

Supermassive Games is diving once again into horror with its upcoming project, which will no doubt please fans of their recent efforts in The Quarry, and in the ongoing The Dark Pictures Anthology. Speaking with Video Games Chronicle, Supermassive Games studio director Will Byles stated that the team’s next horror project will be about the

Supermassive Games is diving once again into horror with its upcoming project, which will no doubt please fans of their recent efforts in The Quarry, and in the ongoing The Dark Pictures Anthology. Speaking with Video Games Chronicle, Supermassive Games studio director Will Byles stated that the team’s next horror project will be about the

Along with a sneak peek at the film’s score this afternoon, today also brings us our first look at the iconic Lament Configuration puzzle box from Hulu‘s upcoming Hellraiser movie. Gaze upon the glory of the brand new Hellraiser puzzle box above! And if you missed it, find your first look at Jamie Clayton‘s Pinhead

Rock and Shock served as New England’s premier horror convention for 16 wonderful years before its reign came to an unexpected end in 2019. While several other events admirably attempted to occupy the void left in the local horror community, none were quite able to fill Rock and Shock’s sizeable shoes. If its debut is

Along with a sneak peek at the film’s score this afternoon, today also brings us our first look at the iconic Lament Configuration puzzle box from Hulu‘s upcoming Hellraiser movie. Gaze upon the glory of the brand new Hellraiser puzzle box above! And if you missed it, find your first look at Jamie Clayton‘s Pinhead

Along with a sneak peek at the film’s score this afternoon, today also brings us our first look at the iconic Lament Configuration puzzle box from Hulu‘s upcoming Hellraiser movie. Gaze upon the glory of the brand new Hellraiser puzzle box above! And if you missed it, find your first look at Jamie Clayton‘s Pinhead

Along with a sneak peek at the film’s score this afternoon, today also brings us our first look at the iconic Lament Configuration puzzle box from Hulu‘s upcoming Hellraiser movie. Gaze upon the glory of the brand new Hellraiser puzzle box above! And if you missed it, find your first look at Jamie Clayton‘s Pinhead

Netflix is currently hard at work on “Black Mirror” Season 6, with production reportedly underway, and Deadline reports that Rob Delaney (Catastrophe) has joined the cast. The site notes in their report this morning, “Netflix is keeping quiet on casting and details about Delaney’s role in the dystopian anthology are scarce.” Previously announced, Rory Kulkin, Zazie Beetz,