Horror

Talkabout fllying under the radar. Netflix today has released the first episode of their adaptation of Red Candle Game’s Detention. The series, based on Red Candle Games’ 2017 horror adventure game, is the first first Mandarin series collaboration by Netflix, which teamed up with the Taiwanese broadcaster Public Television Service to bring it to life.

When Sonya Blade made her return as a playable fighter in Mortal Kombat 3, the character was played by newcomer Kerri Hoskins, who brought the franchise mainstay to new levels of popularity. She later reprised the role in Mortal Kombat 4 and even played Sonya live on stage in the traveling show Mortal Kombat: Live

While we continue waiting for The Batman, we’ve learned tonight via THR that director Matt Reeves is on board to produce a new horror movie titled Switchboard. (Not to be confused with 1986 horror movie Witchboard!) THR details, “Devon Graye’s spec is set in the late 1940s and centers on a young female switchboard operator

This may be the most twisted gift of the 2020 holiday season. A24 has been known to come up with some pretty wild merchandise over the years, and one of their latest offerings is a mini puzzle that pays tribute to the most gruesome and shocking moment from Ari Aster’s Hereditary. We’re of course talking

Devolver Digital is at it again with Fall Guys and another crossover. Fans had the opportunity to stomp around as Godzilla last month, and now it appears that they’ll be able to rip and tear as Doom Guy! Of course, they aren’t outright saying that it’s Doom Guy, but if you’re looking at the shape,

Ken Russell’s film version of Paddy Chayefsky’s only novel, Altered States, is one of the most visionary pieces of early 1980’s cinema. It is a bold exploration into consciousness, religious experience, evolution, and the very meaning of humanity itself. It was also plagued with a number of production woes centering around the strong personalities of

The Prop Store has another wild auction that ended with some lucky collectors scoring memorabilia that some of us would consider priceless. One of the coolest items was an authentic H.R. Giger-designed special effects mechanical Xenomorph head from the production of Ridley Scott’s sci-fi horror masterpiece Alien. The creature stalked the crew of the Nostromo,

Holiday horror is all about twisting the familiar traditions, iconography, themes, and décor of the holidays into nightmare fuel. It’s plain fun for the horror fan watching classic fixtures of Christmas – like Santa, snowmen, or Christmas trees – transform into homicidal maniacs, or for decked halls in snowy December to become ground zero for

Well this is an interesting one. David Cronenberg’s 2007 movie Eastern Promises, which starred Viggo Mortensen, is getting a follow-up film with the upcoming Small Dark Look. Mortensen, it would seem, is not returning to star, and the movie isn’t exactly a sequel either. Rather, THR notes, it’s set in the same world, with Jason

We got a sneak peek at the first wave of Funko and Crunchyroll’s Junji Ito Collection of upcoming POP! vinyl toys earlier this week, and today the lineup has been officially unveiled. As we already knew, the wave includes Souichi Tsujii, Tomie Kawakami, Fuchi and Slug Girl, and it turns out there’s also a Books-a-Million

Along with Joe Bob Briggs, the cast and crew of Tobe Hooper’s horror classic The Texas Chain Saw Massacre are taking part in a virtual reunion event this weekend, we’ve learned. The press release explains, “Exurbia Films presents The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2020 Family Reunion Virtual Event, on Friday December 4th and Saturday December 5th.

The most recent release date we were provided with for the new Mortal Kombat movie from Warner Bros/New Line was January 15, 2021, but as you probably figured by now, that’s no longer the plan thanks to the ongoing pandemic upending the film industry. The movie currently has no release date, but WB is reportedly still planning

Jeffrey A. Brown‘s festival hit The Beach House is headed to VOD, Digital HD, DVD and Blu-ray on December 15, 2020, via RLJE Films and Shudder. Our own Daniel Kurland raved about Brown’s indie horror film in his 4-star review last year, writing that his directorial debut is “a powerful, emotional throwback to ‘50s sci-fi that presents a stunning

Pictured above in The Cloverfield Paradox, actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw has been set to star in a series titled “Surface” for Apple TV+, Deadline is reporting this afternoon. The eight-part series, described as a psychological thriller, was created/written by Veronica West (“High Fidelity”). At this time, no plot details have been provided. From Hello Sunshine and Apple Studios,

Troma is finally going big time with their reboot of The Toxic Avenger being produced by Legendary Pictures, the company behind Godzilla, Jurassic Park, Crimson Peak, Krampus, Trick ‘r Treat, the forthcoming Texas Chainsaw Massacre sequel, among many others. Big breaking news ahead of the holiday season as Deadline reports that Peter Dinklage (“Game of

If Jordan Peele’s “The Twilight Zone” wasn’t enough to get you to pull the trigger on CBS All Access, you can now binge the entire first five seasons of Nickelodeon’s “Are You Afraid of the Dark?” series. “This spooky anthology series for kids recounts ghost stories told by the young members of the Midnight Society as

If God of War has you itching to take on more of the gods, publisher Deep Silver and developer Clever Beans look to have you covered with the Celtic mythology of Gods Will Fall. The game will launch for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC via Steam, GOG, and the Epic Games Store on

Time to dive into more Japanese Surivial Horror with publisher Chorus Worldwide and developer Tricore. The teams have announced their new game, Yuoni, for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC via Steam. The title is expected to hit Spring 2021. In case some of you are wondering, Yuoni is the sequel

For those looking for some surreal VR horror, Polish developers VR Bros have quite the premise with their upcoming title, A Wake Inn. And yes, the wordplay is intentional. So, what is the premise, you ask? You assume the role of a wheelchair-bound mannequin that’s trapped in an art deco hotel filled with an army

Halloween may be over but Spirit Halloween has one more trick up their sleeve… We’re excited today to exclusively unveil the “Hanging Lord Dakhanavar Vampire Animatronic,” Spirit Halloween’s first ever post-Halloween season animatronic release! The animatronic measures 4.8-feet tall, and it hangs from the ceiling and will send chills down your spine with its red

Who wouldn’t love some sci-fi horror about now? Well, to be fair, kuklam studios’ CryoSpace won’t be coming until 2022, but hey, it’s something to look forward to. The title, which you can currently wishlist on Steam, is inspired by Alien (of course) and Philip K. Dick, and puts you in the usual situation of

When I was in junior high and high school and involved in things like scouts and youth groups, we would play a slightly sadistic game. We would dare each other to watch the most inappropriate movies we could think of before heading out on big trips—just to psych each other out. Before a big camping

Hello, true believers, and welcome to You Aughta Know, a column dedicated to the decade that is now two full decades behind us. That’s right, it’s time to take a look back at one of the most overlooked decades of horror. Follow along as I do my best to explore the horror titles that made up

In an interview with Slate Magazine, developer Kitty Horrorshow talked through her approach to producing low-budget horror titles that are uniquely disquieting, and how she manages to accomplish this without leaning on any in-your-face gore or sudden jolt tactics. According to the Itch.io sensation, jump-scares are inherently unsatisfying, akin to somebody raising their ‘’fist up

Given how the year’s played out, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that Studio MDHR has had to delay Cuphead‘s “The Delicious Last Course” DLC from its previously planned 2020 release window to 2021. This would be the second time the DLC has experienced a delay, but with you-know-what throwing a wrench into everything, it’s

It’s a downer that we never did get Halloween Kills this Halloween. However, Final Flame Productions are back to the rescue with another of their Grand Theft Auto 5 Machinima videos, with this entry loosely based on the 2018 Halloween film. Sadly, we don’t have a Jamie Lee Curtis model in this one, but you

Formative Fears is a column that explores how horror scared us from an early age, or how the genre contextualizes youthful phobias and trauma. From memories of things that went bump in the night, to adolescent anxieties made real through the use of monsters and mayhem, this series expresses what it felt like to be

Deep Silver and developer 4A Games have announced that Metro Exodus is the latest title to be getting the free next-gen upgrade, with the title coming to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series in 2021. The companies made the announcement during the Metro 10th Anniversary studio update. The PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series versions of Metro

Just a week ago it was announced that Warner Bros. will give Wonder Woman 1984 a Christmas release on both premium VOD and in limited theaters, assuming they’re even open. In some monstrous news to kick off a long holiday weekend, THR says Netflix made a $200 million bid to bring Godzilla vs. Kong directly