Horror

Before diving into this week’s episode, be sure to give last week’s chat on Immortality a listen! Just because we’re a week or two behind our typically scheduled Horror Bytes post doesn’t mean we don’t have a hell of a selection to chat about for September! This month’s edition of Horror Bytes, in which Neil

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

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

Box office juggernaut Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is DC’s Black Adam in the upcoming feature film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra (Orphan, The Shallows), and the official Trailer #2 has arrived this week. Black Adam will release in theaters on October 21, 2022. The hierarchy of power is set to change with Black Adam, and this new trailer makes it clear that this version of

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

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

Much has been made about George Romero‘s legendary Japanese commercial for Resident Evil 2 (or Biohazard 2, if you want to get technical), but at least that was filmed. George Romero’s Resident Evil film, however, is a different story. We talked about this ultimate “What if?” a few years ago, and now thanks to Jason

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

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

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

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

King Kong has the rare honor of being one of few Universal Monsters that weren’t adapted from any existing media, having been created exclusively to terrify filmgoers. While the original 1933 film wasn’t exactly a horror flick, presenting itself as an adventurous trek through dinosaur-infested jungles with some melodramatic romance thrown in for good measure,

Fresh off of the success of DarkStone Digital’s The Mortuary Assistant, publisher DreadXP has announced that they’re making the leap to film with an adaptation of the game, which is to be directed by Jeremiah Kipp (Sins, Slapface). Patrick Ewald will produce the films, while DarkStone Digital’s Brian Clarke and Ted Hentschke will executive produce,

Luca Guadagnino‘s (Suspiria) next is titled Bones and All, with Timothée Chalamet and Taylor Russell (Escape Room) in the two starring roles for this unique “horror love story”. Bones and All has been acquired for worldwide release by the Amazon-owned MGM, and we’ve learned that the film will be released in theaters on November 23, 2022. Check out a gruesome

In addition to Hulu’s Hellraiser, Odessa A’zion will also be seen in horror movie The Inhabitant this Halloween season, with Gravitas Ventures planning a theatrical release in October. Deadline reports today that Gravitas has acquired North American rights to The Inhabitant, “slating it for release in over 100 theaters on October 7, 2022.” Leslie Bibb (Mrs.

Coming along 13 years after the first movie, brand new prequel Orphan: First Kill arrived in limited theaters last weekend, releasing on Digital and streaming on Paramount+ at the very same time. The movie was released in just 498 theaters in its debut weekend, scaring up $1.7 million, and this past weekend it was expanded to 557

Art the Clown is back in Damien Leone‘s Terrifier 2, and ahead of Bloody Disgusting and Cinedigm releasing the hotly anticipated sequel in theaters nationwide on October 6 – tickets available soon, and you’ll find them right here! – first up Art slashed his way into UK’s FrightFest 2022 this afternoon for the WORLD PREMIERE of

Nightdive has been creeping ever closer to finally getting their System Shock remake out the door, and at Gamescom, they’re getting the hype going once again with a new trailer. This time, we get the extra special treat of having the new trailer for System Shock narrated by SHODAN herself! Yep, that’s Terri Brosius, the

A big budget Thai/Chinese co-production, this year’s brand new monster movie The Lake has now unleashed a brand new trailer, this one equipped with English subtitles. It’s also a much better trailer all around, giving us several clear shots of the incredible practical monster designed by artist Jordu Schell (Cloverfield, The Thing, Starship Troopers, The Mist, Feast, Avatar,

A big budget Thai/Chinese co-production, this year’s brand new monster movie The Lake has now unleashed a brand new trailer, this one equipped with English subtitles. It’s also a much better trailer all around, giving us several clear shots of the incredible practical monster designed by artist Jordu Schell (Cloverfield, The Thing, Starship Troopers, The Mist, Feast, Avatar,

After just one season that premiered this past July, Netflix has already made the decision to cancel their live action “Resident Evil” series, Deadline reports this afternoon. Deadline notes, “The news, which comes a month and a half after the series’ July 14 release, is not entirely surprising as the drama did not have a

Being billed as a Southern Gothic horror movie, Vincent Grashaw‘s film What Josiah Saw will stream exclusively on Shudder on Thursday, August 4, BD has learned this afternoon. The film will be available on Shudder U.S., Shudder CA, Shudder UKI, and Shudder ANZ. Watch the official trailer below! “After two decades, a damaged family reunites at their

In this edition of The Silver Lining, we’ll be covering Johannes Roberts’ videogame adaptation, Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City! The Resident Evil franchise is the undisputed king of the survival horror genre. Sure, the overarching plot of these games makes less sense the more you think about them, but in a series that has

A few years back, a Reddit user posted what was purported to be footage from id Software’s cancelled DOOM 4. Now video game documentary channel NoClip has released a new documentary featuring more footage from this effort to bring back DOOM before id settled on rebooting the series with 2016’s DOOM. The documentary talks about

Nacon and developer Rogue Factor showed off more of their upcoming action adventure game Hell is Us at Nacon Connect late last week with a brand-new developer diary video. Hosted by Rogue Factor’s Creative Director for Hell is Us, Jonathan Jacques-Belletête, the video revealed more details about the game’s themes. In this developer diary entry,