Horror

Oh, She Looks Terrible. Happy July 4th everybody! After a very busy Pride month filled with a great range of films like Creature from the Black Lagoon, Bones, and Excision, we are beyond ready to celebrate the start of July. To mark the occasion, we’re throwing a giant rager. At the top of the invite list

While Hammer Studios has been in business since 1934, it was between 1955 and 1979 that it towered as one of the premier sources of edgy, gothic horror. On top of ushering the famous monsters of Universal’s horror heyday back into the public eye, resurrecting the likes of Frankenstein, Dracula and the Mummy in vivid

Author Grady Hendrix‘s slasher book The Final Girl Support Group is set for release on July 13, and today we’ve learned some exciting news about the tale’s audiobook version. Revealed by Hendrix this afternoon, Friday the 13th‘s original final girl Adrienne King will be narrating the audiobook version of The Final Girl Support Group. How

Arrow Video FrightFest is returning to the Cineworld Leicester Square from August 26 to August 30, 2021, for five days of the very best of global genre cinema.  FrightFest is bringing twenty-five films to the London-based fest, which includes four world premieres and eight International / European premieres. Here’s a breakdown of the first wave announcement

The Scream franchise will return to theaters on January 14, 2022, and we know Scream fans the world over are hungry for any and all updates on the project. This latest one comes courtesy of directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett (Ready or Not, V/H/S, Southbound), letting us know on their socials that the next entry is 100% finished! “Scream (2022) is complete. So

As we learned last month, the ’90s-set thriller “Cruel Summer” has been renewed for a second season by Freeform, but today brings an interesting update on that particular story. Via The Hollywood Reporter, “Cruel Summer” creator Bert V. Royal is no longer involved with the series, and what’s particularly interesting here is that Royal actually

In what seems to be an unfortunate recurrence for games using the Vampire: The Masquerade license, Nacon and developer Big Bad Wolf Studio have announced a delay for the upcoming Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong. Originally scheduled for release later this year on consoles and PC, the game is now aiming for February 2022. It’s

A new deal has been inked between Universal Filmed Entertainment Group and NBCUniversal’s streaming service Peacock, The Hollywood Reporter explains this afternoon. The basic gist? Starting in 2022, Universal’s theatrical releases will be heading to the Peacock streaming service “no later than four months” after they arrive on the big screen. THR further explains, “However, Universal

As we learned last month, the ’90s-set thriller “Cruel Summer” has been renewed for a second season by Freeform, but today brings an interesting update on that particular story. Via The Hollywood Reporter, “Cruel Summer” creator Bert V. Royal is no longer involved with the series, and what’s particularly interesting here is that Royal actually

We’ve learned the sad news today that legendary filmmaker Richard Donner, who directed horror classic The Omen back in 1976, has passed away this week at the age of 91. Of course, The Omen is hardly the only classic film Richard Donner is known for, as he also directed a string of other classics including

Chet Faliszek has worked on some of the most beloved franchises in video game history. But that comes with the territory if you spend much time at all working at Valve. Faliszek worked at the Seattle-based hit factory through much of its golden age, writing on Half-Life 2: Episode 1 and Episode 2, Portal, Portal

There’s no running from conspiracy theories. In some ways, our species is defined by our habit of attempting to explain strange or incomprehensible incidents with interlocking narratives of our own design. In fact, our desire to connect the dots of the universe is likely responsible for cultural phenomena like science, philosophy and even spirituality, and

Earlier last week, news broke that Bloober Team and Konami were teaming up for a strategic partnership, which of course has tongues wagging over a potential Silent Hill revival. Things have gotten even more interesting now that Twitter user Bobvids brought to light three Bloober Team projects that have received grants from the European Union’s

Earlier last week, news broke that Bloober Team and Konami were teaming up for a strategic partnership, which of course has tongues wagging over a potential Silent Hill revival. Things have gotten even more interesting now that Twitter user Bobvids brought to light three Bloober Team projects that have received grants from the European Union’s

For those who wanted it, Bethesda and id Software are bringing Horde Mode to DOOM Eternal. Executive Producer of DOOM Eternal Marty Stratton took to Twitter to announce the addition. The addition of Horde Mode comes at a price, however: the free Invasion Mode update will no longer be coming. “As many are aware, we

Three releases for September 2021 were announced by Severin Films today, including Giallo movie The Fourth Victim (1971) and Christian slasher A Day of Judgment (1981). In addition, John Russo‘s Midnight will be released on the same day, September 28. Severin explains, “A decade after co-writing Night of the Living Dead, writer/director John Russo gathered

Film criticism is meant to help audiences navigate the ever-growing sea of new releases, but there’s an undeniable divide between many professional critics and the general public. The horror genre has an especially troubled history with conflicting opinions, with certain films only being considered “classics” decades after loyal fans insisted that negative reviews were mistaken.

Hammer’s Dracula (1958) comes to your collectibles shelf with two brand new Premium Format statues from Sideshow Collectibles, depicting the film’s two icons of the horror genre. We’re of course talking about Christopher Lee‘s Dracula and Peter Cushing‘s Van Helsing, and both Premium Format statues measure approximately 22-inches tall! Sideshow details via press release today…

The End Is Only The Beginning. The Final Battle is here. The battle for Eternia continues on Netflix this July 23 with the premiere of Kevin Smith and Mattel Television’s “Masters of the Universe: Revelation,” a brand new animated series that will serve as a direct continuation to the animated series from the 1980s. Check out the brand new story trailer

The End Is Only The Beginning. The Final Battle is here. The battle for Eternia continues on Netflix this July 23 with the premiere of Kevin Smith and Mattel Television’s “Masters of the Universe: Revelation,” a brand new animated series that will serve as a direct continuation to the animated series from the 1980s. Check out the brand new story trailer

Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho was a knife slash to cinematic history. It became the point of demarcation that changed how movies were made, exhibited, and viewed. From then on, movies were designated as before Psycho and after Psycho. So naturally, any attempts to make sequels to such a profoundly influential film would be met with trepidation

Welcome to Revenge of the Remakes, where columnist Matt Donato takes us on a journey through the world of horror remakes. We all complain about Hollywood’s lack of originality whenever studios announce new remakes, reboots, and reimaginings, but the reality? Far more positive examples of refurbished classics and updated legacies exist than you’re willing to remember

Actor, writer, and director Josh Ruben has had one hell of a first two years as a filmmaker here on the horror scene, kicking things off with last year’s Scare Me and now enjoying similarly rave reviews for his new video game adaptation Werewolves Within. It was Scare Me that introduced Ruben to horror fans,

Winning was just the beginning. Adam Robitel‘s Escape Room has nicely positioned itself as a sort of Saw-lite franchise, delivering PG-13 thrills with deadly traps in cleverly designed rooms. Robitel is back for this year’s Escape Room: Tournament of Champions, which Sony is releasing in theaters July 16. Fandango has debuted the first official clip from the sequel today, which

Casting continues on HBO‘s “The Last of Us” television series, with Deadline reporting today that Nico Parker (Dumbo, pictured above) is the latest actor to join the project. Parker will be playing Joel’s daughter Sarah Miller, who we briefly met early on in the original Last of Us video game. Sarah, who we start the game playing

Resident Evil fans may be spoiled for choice when it comes to content this year. Between another successful entry in the popular video game franchise, a live-action reboot on the way, and not one, but two, new series heading to Netflix, all bases get covered. The first of the planned Netflix series to arrive is Resident Evil:

This article contains no spoilers. You’re safe. We promise. Everardo Gout‘s The Forever Purge, out in theaters this Friday, was advertised as being the fifth and *final* installment in the film franchise that legalizes all crime one day each year, but it seems that may no longer be the case. Speaking with our friends over

Could it truly be that Polish developer Bloober Team’s The Medium was an audition for making a Silent Hill game for Konami after all? The chances of it being the case have certainly increased with the news that the developer and publisher have entered a cooperative agreement to make something together and learn from each

Up next from Rubber, Keep an Eye Out and Deerskin director Quentin Dupieux is the bizarro comedy Mandibles, which Magnolia Pictures is getting set to release this summer. Mandibles will be available everywhere on July 23, we’ve learned today. You can also check out a new trailer below, which includes more footage than the previous first-look. Used for comedic purposes rather than scary

VHS Lives Forever thanks to Josh Schafer’s Lunchmeat Magazine, which has been celebrating horror on VHS for the last several years now. Each magazine is packed to the gills with reviews, spotlights, and VHS history, and Issue #10 was just launched by the team! We’ve been promised “64 pages of unadulterated VHS-obsessed content”! Here’s a