Paranormal Activity is an inescapable horror franchise that helped usher in a second age of found footage filmmaking. It’s a franchise that completely changed the rules for how ghost stories are told and has inspired countless copycats. The films havegrossed nearly one billion dollars and it remains one of the most defining horror franchises of
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Train to Busan filmmakerYeonSang-ho is back this week with Colony, the next evolution in his zombie oeuvre arriving in theaters on August 28. The South Korean horror movie follows Professor Se-jeong as she is thrust into a terrifying hellscape when a mutating virus is unleashed during a biotech conference, forcing authorities to seal the facility
Valor Mortis made an appearance during Gamescom Opening Night Live with a new story trailer, marking the first appearance of the Shrike, the rebel leader fighting Napoleon’s Empire in occupied Eastern Europe. In addition, the trailer for the first-person Soulslike also delivers new looks at the rest of the cast in this supernatural retelling of
BarbariandirectorZach Creggeris sendingAustin Abrams on a nonstop survival horror journey in Resident Evil, and its new MPA rating indicates it’ll be as gory as expected. Resident Evil has officially received its expected ‘R’ rating for “strong bloody violence, gore and language throughout.” The film is being billed as “a thrilling — and terrifying — reinvention
Horror fans are spoiled for choice when it comes to themed beverages this Halloween season. And for Fanta lovers, Halloween is going to be a Scream. For the first time ever, Ghost Face® is teaming with Fanta for a Halloween collaboration: Ghost Face® Punch – a brand-new limited-edition Dark Berry Punch flavor. The slasher icon
Darksiders Genesis fans have something to look forward to in DUST: Origins. Developed by Airship Syndicate, which is made up of devs behind the aforementioned 2019 top-down hack and slash, DUST: Origins had its debut trailer launch during Gamescom Opening Night, and has a Kickstarter underway ahead of its 2027 release on Steam. DUST: Origins
Panache Digital Games’ 1666: Amsterdam made as big of an splash as one could hope for launching into Early Access today by debuting its launch trailer during the opening night of Gamescom. The launch trailer offers a new look at the gameplay, world, characters, and mystical forces players will encounter in Amsterdam. Panache Digital Games
Ahead of its release later this week, Focus Entertainment and Asobo Studio have dropped the launch trailer for Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy, premiering in grand fashion during Gamescom 2026 Opening Night Live. Set to a fitting cover of Depeche Mode‘s “Enjoy the Silence”, this final glimpse into Resonance explores themes of loss, betrayal and
Silent Hill: Townfall made an appearance at Gamescom’s opening night with the reveal of the English voice cast for the upcoming Screen Burn Interactive title. The cast includes Jovan Adepo (IT: Welcome to Derry, The Odyssey) as Simon, the game’s protagonist, Kezia Burrows (Observation) as Zoe, and Terry O’Quinn (The Stepfather, Millennium, The Walking Dead:
Onslaught is the perfect title for Adam Wingard‘s latest movie. For the past decade, Wingard’s been working with other people’s franchises, playing in the realms of Blair Witch, Death Note, and, of course, Legendary’s MonsterVerse. With his latest film, an action-horror assault set in the same world as You’re Next and The Guest, Wingard re-teamed
Venture into the endless abyss of Cap’n Clark’s Ottoman Empire next month when directorKane Parsons’Backrooms makes its streaming debut. The liminal horror movie will debut exclusively on HBO Max in the U.S. onSeptember 25. The film will debut on HBO linear on September 26 at8:00 p.m. ET. Chiwetel Ejioforstars inBackroomsas the owner of Cap’n Clark’s
There’s a moment in every long-running franchise when real life begins to interfere with production. Be it cast members aging out of their roles or maybe the filmmakers themselves running out of ideas to turn into stories, there are plenty of signs that indicate it’s time to let go of a beloved intellectual property. This
It was back in the early days of 2024 that a massive horror merger was inked, with Jason Blum’s Blumhouse and James Wan’s Atomic Monster forming a horror superpower. The joint company, Blumhouse Atomic Monster, has been dominating the horror space ever since. Described as a “mega house of chills and thrills,” Blumhouse and Atomic
R.L. Stine, the mad genius behind the Goosebumps and Fear Street books, and the narrator of our childhood nightmares, is back this week with the brand new book project Craniacs! Written by R.L. Stine with illustrations by Joe Simko, the Craniacs line has launched with the first two books: Escape from Chrome Dome and Revenge
Despite having ended content updates over a year ago, there’s still life in the old chainsaw for The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. And while we wait for Gun Interactive’s next crack at asymmetrical multiplayer horror, current TCM owners will be pleased to know that the recent string of double XP events has now been made
Adam Wingard’sOnslaught hits theaters on September 4th, but we’ve got the early ticket! Starting this Thursday, August 27th, Bloody Disgusting and A24 invite fans to check out the new action slasher starring Adria Arjona — and in multiple formats! Check out the dates, locations, and formats below. Start times differ per market, but range between
Previously released this past May onto Steam, Krufs Productions will bring its unforgiving survival horror title Heavy Metal Death Can to the PlayStation 5 this fall. Those who prefer to stick with the PC version can pick up the game on Steam with a 20% discount from now until August 30. You can also check
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the cult classic film, Donnie Darko is getting a sequel from filmmaker Richard Kelly with the upcoming Donnie Darko: The Philosophy of Time Travel. Written by Richard Kelly himself, the sequel novel releases in Late 2026! Variety details in their exclusive report, “the approximately 800-page book will take place
The first film in ten years from visionary director Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive, The Neon Demon, Only God Forgives) is now available to watch at home. Her Private Hell will arrive on digital platforms to rent or own beginning today, August 25, followed by a 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo on November 24, 2026. In the
This year is the year of alcohol collaborations for big time horror icons, with Ghostface joining forces with Angry Orchard and Michael Myers teaming up with Voodoo Ranger. What about Jason Voorhees? After last year’s collab with Angry Orchard, Jason is now slaying with Pabst Blue Ribbon. Food Beast has revealed this afternoon that Pabst
Some wrong turns last forever. Gen Z horror hangout movieIt Ends is now playing in select theaters before expanding nationwide on August 28, and NEON has unveiled a final trailer that packs in the accolades. It Endsmarks the feature debut by writer-directorAlexander Ullom. A group of recent grads heads out on a late-night drive for
Pop culture icon “RoboCop” is coming back online with a new series based on the classic dystopian sci-fi action film, and Deadline reports that Dan Stevens (Abigail) will star. Dan Stevens will play Alex Murphy/RoboCop in the upcoming Prime Video series. In the eight-episodeRoboCop television series in the works at Prime Video, a giant tech
Funko has released a handful of vinyl toys based on the Terrifier franchise in recent years, a few of them pushing the boundaries for the company and their typically adorable collectibles based on iconic pop culture characters. And their latest Terrifier 3 toy pushes those boundaries even further… As you probably recall, Art the Clown
Load up your Smart Gun, as Cold Iron Studio’s Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 is out today on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC viaSteam and the Epic Games Store. As mentioned previously, the game will also be coming to the Nintendo Switch 2 later this fall. Once again, up to four players inAliens: Fireteam Elite
Ziggurat Interactive (the same folks who brought us the “ReVamped” editions of the BloodRayne series) is reaching back again to bring us Sanitarium Enhanced, a modernized and improved version of the 1998 cult horror adventure game from DreamForge Intertainment. The game will launch later this year for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, the Nintendo
Welcome to the brutality of the wasteland, where it’s kill or be killed.Oscar Brady’sRoninis a new take on the post-apocalyptic ’80s exploitation/punksploitation pulp, mixed with the fem-action ofCoffy, the playful sexuality ofSupervixens, and the cargo-hauling, coast-to-coast adventure ofSmokey and the Bandit. And it’s now available in Hardcover, Paperback, and Kindle. Ronin is the first book
You’re driving somewhere with no real destination, windows down, radio on shuffle, and this song comes on. That’s the setting “Burning Love” by Leo Sawikin seems built for, not a critical notebook, but a car, a porch, a late afternoon with nothing urgent happening. INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/leosawikin/?hl=en There’s a looseness to how Sawikin moves through this
It’s no secret that Marvel has struggledimmensely to launch a new Blade movie, but recent comments from Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige and Blade actor Mahershala Ali indicate they’ve thrown in the towel on this reboot for good. Ali was attached to Blade from the start, when it was initially announced in 2019. Mia Goth’s
Eli Roth(Cabin Fever, Hostel, Thanksgiving) returns this summer withIce Cream Man, which chills theaters this August 7 from Roth’s own label The Horror Section. To celebrate, Bloody Disgusting invites its Los Angeles readers to some frozen festivities this weekend at The Horror Boodega and The Mystic Museum. This Saturday, August 1st, fans of all ages
This week brings the next installment in the M3GAN Universe, plus a critically acclaimed queer horror movie, two new shark attack movies, and even a Lifetime Original clown thriller. Here are the new horror movies that released July 27 – August 2, 2026! Fresh out of theaters, queer supernatural horror film Leviticus is now available