Horror

Friday the 13th kicked open the door and several other major franchises have been in flux thanks to an opening that allows the film’s original screenwriters to exploit copyright law’s termination provision. The latest to enter the fray is that of the original Predator, with The Hollywood Reporter writing, “Jim and John Thomas, the brothers

Black Death and Creep director Christopher Smith is delivering haunted house chills with The Banishing, now streaming on Shudder. In the film, “A young reverend and his wife and daughter move into a manor with a horrifying secret. When a vengeful spirit haunts the little girl and threatens to tear the family apart, the reverend and his

Vermintide 2 fans won’t have to wait very long for the next DLC, as Fatshark has dropped a few new hints on the upcoming free DLC in “Chaos Wastes” that lands April 20th on Steam. The new update will add a “rogue-lite inspired” game mode, which will no doubt please those players looking for more

While we wait for Mike Flanagan and Leah Fong’s Netflix series “The Midnight Club,” an adaptation of Christopher Pike‘s novel, we’ve learned tonight that Flanagan has set up another adaptation of Pike’s work. Flanagan’s next movie, Deadline reports, will be The Season of Passage, a feature adaptation of Pike’s sci-fi/horror novel published in 1993! Mike

A few years before directing The Mothman Prophecies, Mark Pellington made the conspiracy thriller Arlington Road, which starred Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins and Joan Cusack. We’ve learned today that the 1999 movie is now being turned into a television series for Paramount+, with Deadline reporting that Pellington himself is on board to produce and direct.

It started with a list of six themes which was cut down to four and then two. And now Ryan Murphy’s “American Horror Story” poll is in its final stage with, well, a recount! Once again, we still don’t entirely understand the purpose of these polls, but it seems Murphy and the “AHS” team are

The world can be a scary place. Sure, that’s a cliched and obvious observation, especially for a horror site, but it still bears repeating every now and then. Every generation redefines what’s scary about their time on this spinning blue ball. What frightened our parents may not do a thing for us, and our kids

Co-Publishers 505 Games & All In! Games with developers One More Level, 3D Realms, and Slipgate Ironworks have announced today that their cyberpunk slasher Ghostrunner will be receiving free game modes today, alongside a paid DLC in the form of the Metal Ox Pack. The free update includes a new Kill Run Mode, where the

Dolls make for one of horror’s creepiest subgenres. The more human they look, the more it triggers feelings of revulsion; this relational concept is known as the uncanny valley. Horror takes it a step further by exploiting our worst fears that the tiny playthings aren’t so inanimate after all. In the genre space, dolls seek

From creator Jeff Baena and executive producers the Duplass Brothers, Showtime has ordered up a new anthology series titled “Cinema Toast,” Variety reports tonight. This one sounds quite interesting, with “Cinema Toast” set to put a new spin on classic public domain movies including the late George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead. “The

“What you call dust is sand and soil but mostly it’s human skin.” Netflix is cleaning up a serial killer’s mess in Fatma, a new thriller set to premiere globally on April 27th. “This is your story Fatma (Burcu Biricik), one that starts with a simple search for Zafer but ends up with a lot

For old-school fans, you might remember a little game from Free Radical Design from 2004 called Second Sight. It was also ported to the PC, but ended up being taken off of Steam back in 2012. Well, lucky for you (and thanks to THQ Nordic for snagging the rights), it’s back! Created by the same

It’s the end of an era for Yahoo! Answers. The internet’s demented version of “20 Questions” will be getting the axe later this year. But before that happens, a group of intrepid modders decided to do the “right thing”, and port over the best of Yahoo! Answers to Sega’s The Typing of The Dead: Overkill.

The movie has been out for a couple weeks now so it’s probably safe to mention that MechaGodzilla does indeed make an appearance in Adam Wingard’s Godzilla vs. Kong, which was never all that much of a secret anyway. Various toy reveals had spilled the beans months ago, to the point that the trailers even

“People get a bit funny in the woods sometimes.” This benign line uttered in the trailer for Ben Wheatley’s latest doesn’t come remotely close to hinting at the madness that unfolds for its lead characters. Neither do the brief images of the hallucinatory journey that unfolds. In the Earth takes place in the pandemic afflicted present, yet shares

Author Grady Hendrix released his second novel My Best Friend’s Exorcism back in 2016, which he describes as “Beaches meets The Exorcist.” Set in the late ’80s during the so-called Satanic Panic, it’s a touching story of high school friendship and, well, demonic possession. THR reports today that a movie adaptation is now in the works

The adage “be careful what you wish for” takes on a sinister threat in the realm of horror. Wishes granted never bring happiness, and they come with a steep price tag. The wish granted often comes in the form of a supernatural entity; an evil genie or djinn. With The Djinn, cursed wish-fulfillment befalls a young

“This is it. Your last chance!” It started with a list of six themes which was then cut down to four, and now just two final competitors remain in the “American Horror Story” poll Ryan Murphy launched last week. We still don’t know exactly *why* Murphy started this poll, we must remind, but it seems

Announced this afternoon, John Logan (“Penny Dreadful”) will be making his directorial debut with Whistler Camp, a new horror film in the works over at Blumhouse Productions. “Whistler Camp is a queer empowerment story set at a gay conversion camp.” Casting is currently underway. Stay tuned for more. The press release notes, “Logan received the

Time to dive into the itch.io pool again, as developer Acorn Bringer has announced their new horror adventure game Of Love & Eternity. The dev also unveiled a demo for the game. Featuring a graphical style reminiscent of the grainy compressed FMV cutscenes you’d see in early PC games, in Of Love & Eternity, it turns

Two of the Mega Powers on the horror scene, FANGORIA and Shudder are joining forces this month for FANGORIA’s 2021 Chainsaw Awards, streaming exclusively on Shudder! The ceremony premieres April 18th at 8pm ET / 5pm PT! Shudder and FANGORIA announced today presenters at the 2021 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards. The ceremony, which recognizes outstanding achievement

We got our first look at the “Mini-Pufts” we’ll be meeting in Jason Reitman’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife just yesterday via a new clip from the film, adorable mini-sized versions of the franchise’s iconic Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. The mischievous marshmallow men are sure to become the “Baby Yoda” of the GB universe, and of course, toys

“It’s your job to help us survive the night.” Jed Shepherd, the writer of last year’s highly effective low-budget horror movie Host, is back with Ghosts, a brand new experience being billed as a real-time, live-action horror game. Announced today, Ghosts is a tribute to live-action video games from the 1990s, and the cast of Host

Streaming exclusively on Bloody Disgusting TV, Bloody Bites features some of the goriest, scariest, and wackiest horror films you’ll find anywhere. Our first season continues with new episodes premiering weekly through June! Tune in Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 7:30 PM PST for Bloody Bites, and find encore presentations throughout the week. Miss an episode? Catch

Announced last month, Blumhouse has joined forces with EPIX to “develop and produce eight elevated, standalone horror/genre-thriller movies exclusively for the network,” the first of which is set to be A House on the Bayou, from writer/director Alex McAulay (Don’t Tell A Soul). The film will begin production in late spring, with a planned EPIX premiere in December.

Ahead of the film’s release in Australia, we’ve learned today that Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired Ascendant (aka Rising Wolf) for worldwide release, and we’ve got a trailer for you. This one begins with a contained and claustrophobic premise, trapping a young woman inside an elevator, but looks to introduce a sci-fi element that takes

Originally billed as “a macabre love letter to the L.A. alt comedy scene,” Gravitas Ventures has acquired the rights to Too Late, a horror-comedy they’ll be releasing this coming June. Deadline reports, Too Late comes to theaters and Digital VOD on June 25, 2021. Alyssa Limperis (Aunty Donna’s Big Ol’ House of Fun), Ron Lynch

Spawning one of the most successful horror franchises in history, Bloody Disgusting has first details on the 4K Ultra HD release of SAW, the Giallo-esque slasher that spawned several sequels and the careers of both James Wan (Dead Silence, Insidious, The Conjuring, Aquaman) and Leigh Whannell (Upgrade, The Invisible Man). Wan’s directorial debut returns to terrify

2013’s Evil Dead has aged incredibly well and has since become revered by many horror fans, including yours truly. As the years go by, it becomes one of my favorite horror films of all time. Last April, director Fede Alvarez shared unreleased looks behind the scenes of his Evil Dead, offering up a peek at some never-before-seen photos from

Jeffrey Dean Morgan’s Negan first smashed his way onto screens during “The Walking Dead’s” season 6 finale. The infamous episode introduced the iconic comic-book villain alongside a highly-controversial cliffhanger in its final moments. When the season 7 premiere finally came along, Morgan’s Negan had his moment in the spotlight with arguably the show’s most disturbing