Horror

Sinister and Doctor Strange duo Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill return to horror with their brand new Blumhouse horror movie The Black Phone, an adaptation of Joe Hill‘s short story. But we’ll have to wait just a smidge longer before we’ll be able to answer their call. The Black Phone was set to release in theaters on January 28, 2022, but it’s

James Wan is producing a new take on Stephen King‘s vampire story Salem’s Lot for Warner Bros. and New Line, with Gary Dauberman (It, The Nun, Annabelle Comes Home) attached to write the script and also direct the film. THR brings us some new casting news tonight, with Jordan Preston Carter, Nicholas Crovetti and Cade Woodward all signing on. THR reports, “Carter

The 40th anniversary celebration of Elvira continues with a brand new action figure from NECA, shown off tonight on the first night of NECA’s month-long “Monster Madness” event. NECA writes, “The devilishly delightful Cassandra Peterson has played the part of Elvira for 40 years with grace, humor and more than a little camp. NECA is

David Gordon Green’s Halloween Kills is slashing its way into theaters and onto Peacock on October 15, and a new featurette video today hypes the film’s big reunion aspect. Several characters and cast members from John Carpenter’s original classic are back in Halloween Kills, including Charles Cyphers returning as Sheriff Leigh Brackett, Kyle Richards as

Another fresh update from Rob Zombie today gives us a sneak peek at his team’s recreation of the iconic Mockingbird Lane house from The Munsters, which is now nearly complete! “1313 is looking good! Lots of work left to do, but it is getting there! Takes a lot of work to build an entire neighborhood,”

Diablo II Resurrected offers up almost exactly the same game of 21 years ago to a fault. An unapologetic, brutal action RPG that feels incredibly jarring when compared to its modern successors. It’s intimidating, frustrating, and oddly refreshing at times. Resurrected brings a significant visual overhaul (with the option to switch back to the original

In A24‘s latest, a couple’s lives get upended by the bizarre arrival of a lamb-human hybrid. Director Valdimar Jóhannsson, working from a script he co-wrote with Sjón, makes his feature debut with a strange yet earnest Icelandic folktale that tugs at your heartstrings. Especially thanks to its precious little lamb child, Ada. Jóhannsson shared how

Lionsgate is doing something very cool with the Blair Witch brand this October, partnering with fiction creator platform Dorian to help *you* get directly involved with the franchise! The press release explains, “Dorian, the first ever no-code platform that allows independent writers to easily transform their stories into playable immersive games, has partnered with global

Lionsgate is doing something very cool with the Blair Witch brand this October, partnering with fiction creator platform Dorian to help *you* get directly involved with the franchise! The press release explains, “Dorian, the first ever no-code platform that allows independent writers to easily transform their stories into playable immersive games, has partnered with global

Set to premiere at Beyond Fest in Los Angeles on October 5, the horror-comedy The Seed has been acquired by Shudder this week, with a planned streaming debut next year. The Shudder Original Film, written and directed by Sam Walker (Duck Children), will release in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand in

Amy Holden Jones’ 1982 film The Slumber Party Massacre was a bit of a rarity in the ’80s slasher boom: it was written by a feminist writer (Rita Mae Brown) and told from a female perspective (Jones’). While they were beholden to certain non-feminist genre tropes (half-naked pillow fights and fully naked breasts, just to name a

In the wake of their folk horror box set All The Haunts Be Ours, Severin Films has today announced a brand new upcoming box set, Nasty Habits: The Nunsploitation Collection. The press release explains, “Throughout the ‘70s, Italian filmmakers aimed a canon of blasphemy at the church to launch what remains the most controversial genre

In 2004, Charlize Theron won an Oscar for playing Aileen Wuornos, America’s most notorious female serial killer, in Monster. Now, “Cobra Kai” actress Peyton List is taking over the role for Aileen Wuornos: American Boogeywoman, a brand new true crime feature. Based on Aileen Wuornos’s early life in 1976, the film follows America’s most notorious female serial killer in Florida

In 2013, director Alejandro Hidalgo gave the haunted house a sci-fi twist in his feature debut, The House at the End of Time. His long-awaited follow-up, The Exorcism of God, attempts to shake up the overly familiar exorcism horror subgenre. Hidalgo pays tribute to the granddaddy of them all, The Exorcist, then works to retool the formula through the past

We’ve found even more tapes and will be bringing them all to Shudder in V/H/S/94, the fourth installment of the Bloody Disgusting-produced horror anthology franchise from Studio71. Fresh off the film’s World Premiere at Fantastic Fest this past weekend, V/H/S/94 will be coming to Shudder for the Halloween season, arriving October 6, 2021! While you wait, check out a gallery of images previewing new

Tentatively set for release in February 2022, Boss Team Games and Saber Interactive’s Evil Dead: The Game will feature single-player and co-op gameplay, promising to be the ultimate Evil Dead experience in the world of video games. Several characters from the movies and TV series have already been confirmed, and today brings the latest update. We’ve been informed

The opening title card’s preceding text reads “Dario Argento presents” fits in a certain sense; She Will operates within the realm of dreams. It’s a story relayed through potent and mesmerizing imagery over a traditional narrative structure, and women drive it. The connections cease there. She Will offers an intoxicating visual feast, casting a beguiling spell of a slow

It’s ironic that we’ve only now gotten around to diving deep into the original Castlevania after delving into retrospectives for its two sequels. At 35, the series has seen its up and downs. The current trend seems to be to lament over “the good old days” of when Konami first bestowed greatness on Nintendo’s Famicom

If there was ever a day of the year that deserved the horror movie treatment, Black Friday is the one. We’ve all seen the news footage of angry, zombie-like shoppers storming retail stores, desperate to get their hands on the latest deals with absolutely no regard for the overworked staffers. While this has been less

A 10-episode live-action “Cowboy Bebop” series from writer and executive producer Christopher Yost (Thor: The Dark World, Thor: Ragnarok) is on the way to Netflix, with John Cho (Searching) set to lead the cast as Spike Spiegel. “Cowboy Bebop” will be premiering on November 19, 2021, and the title sequence for the series was debuted today. Let’s jam. Check out your first look

If there was ever a day of the year that deserved the horror movie treatment, Black Friday is the one. We’ve all seen the news footage of angry, zombie-like shoppers storming retail stores, desperate to get their hands on the latest deals with absolutely no regard for the overworked staffers. While this has been less

For all the questions surrounding the potential remake of Capcom’s Resident Evil remake, a fan finally decided to do something about it, and threw in something special, to boot. PerroAutonomo has released a beta version of his Resident Evil remake in the Unity Engine, which features a first-person camera perspective. Keep in mind that this isn’t

James Wan is producing a new take on Stephen King‘s vampire story Salem’s Lot for Warner Bros. and New Line, with Gary Dauberman (It, The Nun, Annabelle Comes Home) attached to write the script and also direct the film. THR reports tonight that Pilou Asbæk (Overlord, “Game of Thrones”) has come on board, set to play the pivotal character Richard Straker. THR

Free streaming service Tubi will be celebrating the spooky season all October long with their “Terror on Tubi” lineup, which includes original shows, movies, and specials. Here’s everything you need to know about the month-long event. Tubi, FOX Entertainment’s free streaming service, announced today “Terror on Tubi,” it’s scary good streaming Halloween celebration, which kicks off this

Bayonetta fans finally got the reassurance they were looking for at Nintendo’s Nintendo Direct last night. PlatinumGames announced that the Bayonetta 3 will launch for the Switch next year. Accompanying the announcement was a new gameplay trailer. In a message to fans, Bayonetta 3 director Yusuke Miyata and executive director Hideki Kamiya thanked fans for

John Carpenter‘s graphic novel series is back this Halloween season with Tales For a HalloweeNight Vol. 7, featuring more twisted tales masterfully crafted for your terror. The latest issue from Storm King Comics will be on shelves September 22, 2021! John Carpenter himself wrote one of the stories featured in the new volume, which is titled “Aliens

More info is trickling in for the still-unannounced Castlevania Advance Collection. Over the weekend, it was revealed that the collection would be coming to PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC, and now thanks once again to Gematsu, the titles have been confirmed, as per the Korean Ratings Board entry, and now the ESRB. As

It’s been a few months since we last heard about Thunderful Publishing & developer Carry Castle’s dark action roguelike RPG, Source of Madness. Well, the game is out now on Steam Early Access, and it’s every bit of a trip as you might expect. The story puts you in the role of an Acolyte as they

Looney Tunes. After back-to-back weeks of visually sumptuous horror films with Germany’s Der Samurai and Detroit‘s It Follows, Trace and I are tackling a franchise entry with the 30th anniversary of Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991). Joining us is Mark O. Estes, host of the Midnight Social Distortion podcast, who has strong nostalgic feelings for the

Series of Frights is a recurring column that mainly focuses on horror in television. Specifically, it takes a closer look at five episodes or stories — each one adhering to an overall theme — from different anthology series or the occasional movie made for TV. With anthologies becoming popular again, especially on television, now is