Horror

From Alfred Hitchcock’s infamous cameos to Stephen King literally writing himself into the Dark Tower series, it’s not uncommon for creators to insert themselves into their art. Of course, there’s a difference between simply appearing in your work and becoming the main attraction, and that’s why José Mojica Marins stands out as one of the

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the fitting room. Inanimate objects becoming killing machines is nothing new within the horror genre, but we can be pretty certain that Slaxx represents the first time a pair of jeans has been behind the bloodshed. From the producers of Turbo Kid, director Elza Kaphert‘s horror-comedy is coming to

Announced today, a brand new Junji Ito collection is being released via Viz Media this coming Halloween season, titled Deserter: Junji Ito Story Collection. Viz previews the release, “An ever-increasing malice. A mind-numbing terror. The seeds of horror are sown in this collection of the renowned mangaka’s early works.” Deserter: Junji Ito Story Collection will

It has been a while since there was an interesting horror-related release from one of the most famous comic brands in history. Actually, when you look through its vast catalog of titles, you’ll find that there aren’t many video games with horror elements in them at all. 2007’s Ghost Rider, a “God of War wannabe”

Survivors take all. Capitalizing on the forthcoming release of HBO Max’s “Snyder Cut” of Justice League, Netflix has dated Dawn of the Dead director Zack Snyder‘s Army of the Dead, his highly anticipated return to the zombie genre, for May 21, 2021. In the film… “Following a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, a group of

Originally shown off at Toy Fair back in 2019, we’ve learned that the Jaws 3D Movie Poster Statue from SD Toys is finally being released this summer, and up for pre-order now. Entertainment Earth is selling the statue for $59.99, now set for release in June. True to its promise, the statue turns the iconic

With the actual Toy Fair cancelled this year for obvious reasons, Mezco is holding their own “Toyz Fair” all weekend long, a virtual event loaded with upcoming figure reveals. Mezco will be showing off new toys today through Monday, February 22nd, and we’ll be updating this article with the company’s hottest horror reveals as they’re

Formerly titled The Color Rose, The Sinners wears its cinematic influences on its sleeves. Drawing heavily from teen girl movies like The Craft and Cruel Intentions while emulating Twin Peaks’ peculiar small-town vibe, Courtney Paige’s directorial feature debut attempts to blend a teen slasher with a crime thriller. Despite a solid concept, the result is a stylish yet disjointed film full of dangling

Welcome back to Nightmare Alley, the spooky sidestreet podcast in the Nightmare on Film Street feed! This week, your horror hosts Jon & Kim are joined by indie filmmaker Jordan Graham to chat about the making of his eerie, dread-injected slow burn Sator. As you’ll hear, Sator is an incredibly personal film that not only

It’s finally official. With an announce trailer today, Blizzard has confirmed that Diablo II: Resurrected is on the way, “the definitive remastering of Diablo II and its Lord of Destruction® expansion”! The classic game has been “remastered for a new generation,” the trailer hypes, set to be released on PC and consoles (Switch, PS4/5, XBox

A project that sounds a bit like Rear Window and Netflix‘s own The Woman in the Window, the streamer’s limited series “The Woman in the House” has landed its main cast. Deadline reports today that Tom Riley (“The Nevers”) will star alongside Kristen Bell (Frozen, Frozen II). Bell is also executive producing the upcoming series. In

The team behind slasher board game Mixtape Massacre will be launching their Kickstarter campaign for the new Director’s Cut version of the game on March 16th, and this week they’ve been awesome enough to supply Bloody Disgusting with *two* killer prize packs. Two prize packs. Two winners. Here’s what you’re playing for: Mixtape Massacre Base

Evil Dead’s Ash, with his chainsaw hand. Phantasm’s ice cream-dealing, four barrel shotgun-toting Reggie. They Live’s ass-kicking, bubblegum-lacking Nada, with his special, alien-revealing sunglasses. Vampire-hunting Van Helsing, zombie-killing Alice, werewolf-slaying gunslinger Selene. Last weekend, a new contender looked to join the pantheon of iconic horror heroes and win the hearts of fellow genre nerds the

Arrow Films shares the first trailer for Jill Gevargizian‘s indie horror festival darling The Stylist, starring Najarra Townsend (Contracted, Dementia Part II) as a hairstylist-turned-slasher, which will stream on ARROW in the U.S., Canada, and UK on March 1, 2021. In the feature take on Gevargizian’s short film, “Everyone dreams of being someone else… but for Claire (Townsend), that dream

It was rumored and now it’s been confirmed. J.J. Abrams is developing a new take on “Constantine,” with the planned series being set up at HBO Max, Deadline reports today. Guy Bolton is set to write the project, and the site notes that it’s a “darker reboot.” The series “will see John Constantine as a

Filmmaker Thomas Mendolia‘s short horror movie Mr. Thisforthat is getting a feature film adaptation courtesy of Stars Collective, Deadline reports, with Alexandre Aja producing. Michael Karr is writing the script, and Mendolia is returning to direct. “In the short, a girl from a broken home is visited in her closet by a mysterious creature, Mr.

A longtime staple here in the horror community, writer/editor Heather Wixson is back with Monsters, Makeup & Effects, with the first of four volumes now available for pre-order. The full title is Monsters, Makeup & Effects: Conversations with Cinema’s Greatest Artists, and the first volume features 20 in-depth conversations with some of the all-time greats. Volume

Warner Bros. will test your might this Thursday when they drop the first official trailer for Mortal Kombat, their R-rated adaptation of the ultra-violent video game that was produced by none other than James Wan (Saw, Dead Silence, Insidious, The Conjuring, Aquaman). The trailer will drop at 9 am PST / 12 pm EST. In

It’s been a while since we’ve heard a peep about Jordan Peele‘s (Get Out, Us) next movie, which Universal currently has set for release in theaters on July 22, 2022. But the silence is broken today, with Deadline reporting that Keke Palmer (“Scream: The TV Series”) will star! The movie is untitled at this time, with plot

The stars of “Stranger Things” often hype up the latest season of the series by proclaiming it the “darkest” and/or “scariest” to date in interviews with the press, and Finn Wolfhard is well aware that such things have become common and downright repetitive at this point. But that’s not stopping him from making sure you

Developer 4A Games and publisher Deep Silver have announced that PC gamers will be receiving their own Enhanced Edition of Metro Exodus later this Spring. Like the upcoming PS5 and Xbox Series version, users who already own Metro Exodus will receive the Enhanced Edition as a free upgrade. “This upgrade is so extensive, it will

We’ve all seen countless A Nightmare on Elm Street tribute videos that are loaded with all the usual clips, naturally focusing heavily on Freddy Krueger and Nancy Thompson, but this latest one from the filmmakers over at Hungry Creature Productions goes in the complete opposite direction. This Elm Street tribute video, well, it removes all

This world isn’t ready for their fight to begin. We’re now a month and a half away from the HBO Max (and theatrical) premiere of Godzilla vs. Kong, which brings together the two main “MonsterVerse” monsters on March 31. We’ve already gotten a couple different trailers and TV spots for the film, and yet another

Excited for HBO’s adaptation of The Last of Us? If the castings of Joel and Ellie aren’t enough to get you excited, then how about Sideshow Collectibles and Mamegyorai sweeten things with new figurines? Shipping between March and May 2021 and setting you back $350 USD, the figures are 1:9 scale, and stand 7.5″ and

During the recent Epic Games Store Spring Showcase, developer Oddworld Inhabitants debuted a new trailer for their upcoming return of Abe and company in Oddworld: Soulstorm. Apart from a return to the familiar gameplay of the original two Oddworld games (and looking pretty damn good in the process) and the dark storyline with a twist

Clarice Starling is back (on the small screen, this time) in new CBS series “Clarice” (read Meagan’s review), which is set one year after the young agent took down Buffalo Bill. The series looks to be somewhat of a fairly standard police procedural only with a Silence of the Lambs reskin this time, with Rebecca

One of this year’s most purely entertaining movies thus far is unquestionably Steven Kostanski‘s Psycho Goreman, a gory “my pet monster” sort of movie that blends Troma-style splatstick with low-budget Star Wars-style world-building and Power Rangers-style hijinks. It’s a damn good time, to say the very least, and it’s now coming to U.S. DVD and

The 2021 SXSW Film Festival was just announced this week and one title was preemptively acquired ahead of the event. Gravitas Ventures has North American rights to Alex Noyer’s slasher pic Sound of Violence, which is set to make its world premiere at this year’s SXSW Film Festival in March, Deadline reports. Gravitas has already

We already knew that Jaws figures of both Quint and the shark are on the way from NECA, and it looks like the killer shark known as Bruce is also getting a “Toony Terrors” toy! The cartoon-inspired line thus far includes everyone from Jason to Freddy, Ash to Victor Crowley, Trick ‘r Treat‘s Sam to

We’ve got a fresh double dose of good news on the Paranormal Activity front for ya tonight via THR, with the site reporting that Christopher Landon (Happy Death Day, Freaky) is officially on board to write the franchise’s next installment for Blumhouse. And the news gets even better, as William Eubank, fresh off last year’s