Horror

Norman Partridge’s Dark Harvest is one of my favorite horror novels of all time. The book is dripping with personality, a matter-of-fact subversion of slasher and coming-of-age tropes, all centered around a dying town and its dying traditions. What principally elevates the novel is Partridge’s voice, so when it was announced that Dark Harvest would

One of the scariest, grimmest Stephen King adaptations of all time is now streaming free. Frank Darabont’s (Mike Flanagan for millennials, trust me) The Mist is now streaming free on Hulu just in time for Halloween. A King acolyte perennial, Darabont’s adaptation of Stephen King’s novella of the same name has arguably the most depressing

In addition to creating some of the most visually striking films of our time, Guillermo del Toro is also an avid supporter of the creative output of his filmmaking peers. Over the years, the Pan’s Labyrinth director has championed many standout efforts via social media. I know I have discovered plenty of hidden gems by

Image courtesy of ‘The Today Show’ NBC Few people are more qualified to judge the cinematic adaptations of Stephen King’s work than Stephen King himself. So, when the author points to a particular performance in a screen rendering of his literary output as noteworthy, we put plenty of stock in his assessment. Though many would

You know what’s more exciting than Art the Clown returning to theaters for Terrifier 3? Terrifier 3 earning over $55 million globally at the box office, making it the highest-grossing unrated film of all time! As noted by Bloody Disgusting, the previous film that held the title was Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé, which earned

Writer and director Quinn Armstrong accomplished a massive feat: he and distributor Cranked-Up Entertainment put out three feature horror films in three weeks as part of the Fresh Hell trilogy. Armstrong worked with a small team on small budgets to craft three very different and very bloody horror films: The Exorcism Of Saint Patrick, Wolves

Netflix releases a lot of slop. I don’t strictly mean that as an indictment of the streaming service, largely because the slop is mostly a byproduct of quantity. In order to compete in an ever-expanding streaming ecosystem, Netflix, like its digital peers, often inundates viewers with new titles (or *shudder* content), every week. Most of

The Predator franchise is truly a mixed bag. There are standout entries that put the property on the map. But for each noteworthy effort in the series, there’s a sequel, crossover, or spinoff that falls completely flat. After a barrage of follow-up efforts of varying quality, a new series installment bowed on Hulu in 2022

Quentin Tarantino, 2007. ©Weinstein Company LLC/Courtesy Everett Collection Rob Zombie’s work often requires more than one appraisal. Case in point: I didn’t connect with The Lords of Salem the first time I saw it. In fact, I wrote the film off until a fellow Dread Central writer told me to give it a second chance.

The art of the movie tagline is a slippery business. The right phrase can make the perfect tantalizing teaser, but the wrong words can undersell or even spoil the picture. Very few films have been so eloquently encapsulated as Brian De Palma’s Body Double, advertised with just six simple words: “You can’t believe everything you

Jordan Peele is a master of modern horror. The Oscar-winning filmmaker continues to surprise and delight with each subsequent venture. So, I’m always keen to hear where the Get Out director gets his ideas from. And I have some info on exactly that to share with you today. The L.A. Times ran a piece on

Quentin Tarantino, 2023. © Courtesy Everett Collection Quentin Tarantino is nothing if not an outspoken cinephile with opinions on almost everything. Tarantino is quick to heap praise on the features and filmmakers he loves. But he is equally eager to speak to his disdain for those he doesn’t. This time around, the director isn’t discussing

Before Paramount+, there was CBS All Access. Cue sad trombone music. If you haven’t heard of CBS All Access, you’re definitely not alone. The mucky mucks at Viacom eventually realized that branding their streaming arm CBS All Access was a bad marketing move and renamed the service Paramount+. I think branding the streaming service CBS

I’d never have guessed it, but it looks as if Bloober Team’s remake of Konami’s Silent Hill 2 is actually good. As arguably the bedrock for modern survival horror, I was reasonably skeptical about the idea of updating James, Mary, Pyramid Head, and the bulk of the titular town with modern gameplay mechanics. I was

2020 was a tough year for everyone, Quentin Tarantino included. The decorated director was not particularly impressed with the cinematic offerings that bowed during the height of the Covid pandemic. However, the output of that year wasn’t a total bust for him. When the Kill Bill helmer sat down with The Big Picture to discuss

Stephen King in 1999. ©ABC/Courtesy Everett Collection One of my favorite (former) Portland DJs Tara Dublin recently captured the attention of celebrated author Stephen King with one of her helpful tweets. Tara previously worked as an on-air personality at Portland’s 94.7 KNRK. Not to mention, she is also a massive Doctor Sleep fan. Via a

All hail the Terrifier. Damien Leone’s Terrifier 3, the massive, dense, yuletide slasher sequel to both the original Terrifier and 2022’s box office sensation Terrifier 2, has replicated the second film’s success. Against all odds, Terrifier 3 topped the weekend box office, snagging an estimated $21.5 million over the four-day weekend of its release. The

There were a lot of really fantastic horror movies released in 2020 that were easily missed. With the COVID-19 pandemic shuttering most theaters, studios and distributors had slates full of movies they needed to do something with. Some, like David Prior’s The Empty Man, were unceremoniously (and contractually) dumped in theaters, while others like Natalie

The weather isn’t the only thing that’s “frightful” this holiday season, now that the Universal Monsters “Monster in My Stocking” Blind Box ReAction Figures are here! The figures feature one of four unique Universal Monsters designs all in festive red and green colorways, secreted in blind box packaging ready for you to discover which variant

Stephen King and Mike Flanagan / photos by Josh Korngut Carrie is one of Stephen King’s most adapted stories to date. We have De Palma’s Carrie, The Rage: Carrie 2, the made for TV adaptation from 2002, and the 2013 remake starring Chloë Grace Moretz. So, I was a little surprised to learn (via Deadline)

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

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

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

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

In its final season, What We Do in the Shadows can’t stop looking back at the past. In the three episodes available for review, the FX vampire comedy series fixates itself on old fights, old projects, old wishes, and long-forgotten old friends. At one point, it even finds its characters caught in a supernatural loop

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

Noomi Rapace is truly one of this generation’s untapped talents. After captivating the world with her turn as Lisbeth Salander in the Swedish adaptations of the late Stieg Larsson’s Millennium series, she’s popped up in dozens of different properties. She’s often the best thing about them. Her Elizabeth Shaw in Prometheus is no Ellen Ripley,

OUIJA: ORIGIN OF EVIL, director Mike Flanagan, on set, 2016. ph: Justin M. Lubin/© Universal Pictures /Courtesy Everett Collection It’s Halloween season, and we just realized we are not seeing The Life Of Chuck until next year. This is obviously a huge blow to people who want to see Mike Flanagan’s latest Stephen King adaptation.