Horror

And there’s nothing we love more than “very Sam Raimi.” When Scott Derrickson (Sinister, Doctor Strange) stepped away from the project due to creative differences, Sam Raimi stepped in to direct Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness for Marvel, a perfect fit given Raimi’s history with Marvel superhero movies and of course, horror movies.

phantom limb /ˈfan(t)əm’lim/ n. an often painful sensation of the presence of a limb that has been amputated. Welcome to Phantom Limbs, a recurring feature which will take a look at intended yet unproduced horror sequels and remakes – extensions to genre films we love, appendages to horror franchises that we adore – that were sadly

Dementia Part II, the latest Bloody Disgusting x Dark Star Pictures collaboration, was born from a dare out of Chicago’s Cinepocalype Film Festival. The gauntlet was thrown; producers JD Lifshitz and Raphael Margules were challenged to produce a feature-length midnight movie from concept to finished product in one month so that it could make its

The Japanese novel Room 203, penned by Kamon Nanami, has been turned into a feature film by director Ben Jagger (Corbin Nash), and Voltage Pictures has acquired worldwide rights. Voltage will introduce the film to buyers at the upcoming Marché du film, June 21-25, 2021. “Adapted from the novel published by Kobunsha and currently in

Writer and director Scott Walker (pictured: The Frozen Ground) is set to get behind the camera for the creature feature The Tank, bringing on board five-time Academy Award winning special effects supervisor and WETA creative director Richard Taylor (Blade Runner 2049, King Kong, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy) and his team to create the creature

The three-book series Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is still fondly remembered forty years after the publication of the first installment, giving nightmares to multiple generations of children with classic horror tales that were elevated by truly chilling illustrations. It was Alvin Schwartz who wrote the stories, and artist Stephen Gammell who brought them

Hear me out: Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead is a lowkey thriller. Okay, okay, it’s probably more like a black comedy in line with Heathers or its spiritual sequel series, Dead to Me ─ so let me explain. Following its summer ‘91 theatrical run, and once it hit TV syndication and VHS rental, my

If you were poking around Kickstarter a few years ago, you might have come across Bleak Faith: Forsaken, an open-world survival horror action RPG from Mišo Vukčević. Vukčević has finally announced that the game will finally see a release later this year for PC on Steam, with versions for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One at

Ahead of the show’s final season premiering this coming August, we’ve learned that “The Walking Dead: The Complete Tenth Season” is first getting its Blu-ray release this summer. The Whisperer war is upon us when Season Ten of “The Walking Dead” arrives on Blu-ray™ (plus Digital) and DVD July 20 from Lionsgate, a press release sent

Licensed games used to get a lot of flack for their shoddy production value and rushed development cycles, but that doesn’t mean they were all bad. Sometimes, passionate developers and the clever use of beloved IPs can be enough to overcome limited budgets and impossible deadlines, resulting in quite a few hidden gems even in

The summer movie season is officially here. Judging by the onslaught of new trailer drops for big releases that mark the return of the theatrical experience, it’s going to be a busy season and beyond for horror. Streaming services and VOD releases aren’t slowing down, either. This week’s streaming picks are dedicated to titles that

Predatory Pussy. May has been all over the place for Horror Queers. We began with super underrated DTV Mirror Mirror, stirred controversy with The Faculty (they’re all queer people – get over it), and revisited the legacy of Saw in time for Spiral‘s theatrical debut. Now we’re dipping our toe into modelling with Nicolas Winding Refn‘s The

Those of you who spent your college nights playing Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, the free-to-play team-based multiplayer spin-off from Return to Castle Wolfenstein, probably remember that the game was originally to include a single player campaign that unfortunately never saw the light of day. Lucky for us, Dark Matter Productions’ William Faure, author of the The

Paramount Pictures was hoping to make some noise at the box office, but this had to be entirely unexpected. After a year-long delay, A Quiet Place Part II (read our review) kicked off the summer movie season with a whopping $58 million opening over the 4-day holiday ($48.38M over the weekend), nearly matching the first

Although a perfectly valid criticism to make, it often seems like people hurl accusations of ‘’tonal inconsistency’’ at any piece of media that dares to experiment with more than one flavour. I cannot tally the number of reviews I’ve come across where a movie has been attacked for having a serious moment followed by a

Once again, fans are coming to the rescue for the Fallout series, as modding group The United West Team have revealed that they’re currently working on “Revelation Blue”, a remake of the cancelled Fallout 2 sequel, Van Buren. For those unaware, former Fallout series developer Black Isle Studios way back when was working on a

Who shit in the toilet? We began the month by checking our reflections in Marina Sargenti’s Mirror Mirror and continued with a return trip to high school in Robert Rodriguez’s The Faculty last week. This week, we’re celebrating the release of Spiral: From the Book of Saw with a discussion of James Wan‘s influential debut film Saw! In

A lot of horror fans assume that the “Slasher Flick” was killed off in the 90s, with the most likely culprit being Wes Craven’s loving satire, Scream. While it’s true that the many incarnations of Ghostface helped to expose the subgenre’s overused tropes and weaknesses, slasher movies never really died; they just became less mainstream

Although a perfectly valid criticism to make, it often seems like people hurl accusations of ‘’tonal inconsistency’’ at any piece of media that dares to experiment with more than one flavour. I cannot tally the number of reviews I’ve come across where a movie has been attacked for having a serious moment followed by a

Funko is finishing off the final day of “Funkoween” on a high note, taking to Twitter this afternoon to give us our first look at a brand new Trick ‘r Treat vinyl toy that’s on the way. This particular Sam toy is different than Funko’s other Trick ‘r Treat offerings because it depicts the lovable

Leatherface is no stranger to the Funko POP! family, with a couple different toys already out there, but his original look from 1974 is getting a brand new toy this coming August. Put up for grabs tonight as part of “Funkoween,” this latest Leatherface toy is based on Gunnar Hansen’s portrayal of the character in

Koji Igarashi churned out a delightful spiritual successor to Castlevania: Symphony of The Night with 2019’s Bloodstained: Ritual of The Night. And after a sequel to the pixel-based spin-off in Curse of The Moon 2 last year, it looks as though we’ll be getting a proper sequel to Bloodstained. In a Digital Bros. slideshow presentation

We lost Sid Haig just about two years ago, and he left behind an enduring legacy of characters that audiences will enjoy until the end of the time. One of the most notable roles, of course, is Captain Spaulding from Rob Zombie’s Firefly Trilogy, a character that has been immortalized by multiple different toys over

Funko has released a couple different toys of Bruce Campbell’s Ash Williams over the years, and up next they’re paying tribute to The Evil Dead, Sam Raimi’s original classic! Shown off tonight as part of the ongoing “Funkoween” celebration, two different Ash figures from the original movie are on the way, a standard version and

Almost twenty years prior to this month’s release of Army of the Dead, Zack Snyder made his debut on the horror scene with 2004’s remake of George A. Romero classic Dawn of the Dead, and what’s interesting about Army is that Snyder has been working on it since around the time Dawn was released. As

Warning: This essay contains spoilers for all Saw movies, including Spiral. Like most reviewing Saw when it was released in October 2004, critic David Edelstein found the film so disturbing that he questioned the morality of screenwriter Leigh Whannell and director James Wan. But unlike most, Edelstein, who would later coin the term “torture porn,”

Technically part of the Conjuring Universe, 2019’s folklore-based The Curse of La Llorona paved the way for director Michael Chaves to take the reigns from James Wan for The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, and now La Llorona is joining the Funko family. Announced tonight as part of Funko’s ongoing “Funkoween” celebration, two

Of all prolific author Stephen King’s works, Lisey’s Story ranks high among his favorites. It’s one that he’s longed to see adapted to television, so it likely comes as no surprise that King took the task upon himself, penning the teleplay and serving as executive producer for this limited eight-episode series from Apple+. That’s both a

Funko‘s “Funkoween” celebration rolls on today with brand spankin’ new Gremlins reveals, coming in the wake of yesterday’s first-looks at new Jaws and even upcoming Mandy toys. This new batch (pun very much intended) of Gremlins toys includes Gizmo with 3D glasses in both regular and flocked versions, with the flocked variant only available in

Another horror icon has been turned into a POP! vinyl toy by Funko, with the company revealing today for the ongoing “Funkoween” that a Vincent Price figure is on the way! The toy is available for pre-order now from Books-a-Million and Barnes & Noble. “He appeared in over 100 films and is most known for