Horror

Things got interesting for the Alien and Predator franchises when Disney acquired 20th Century Fox (now known as 20th Century Studios), leaving us to wonder what the future of the two franchises is going to look like. Well, on the comics front, we’ve learned that Marvel Comics has acquired both Alien and Predator – Marvel,

Despite their popularity, exorcism movies are extremely difficult to pull off. Not only are there religious issues that have to be carefully dealt with in order to avoid offending any particular faith, but the end product will also inevitably be compared to William Friedkin’s The Exorcist. Naturally, it’s hard to follow up on one of

Ah, the 1980s. The decade that saw the release of Silent Night, Deadly Night, a Christmas horror film that spawned parental outrage for its depiction of a killer dressed as Santa Claus. New York Times best-seller Andrew Shaffer is taking us back to the ’80s for his upcoming novel Secret Santa, though it’s not a

Co-written by the late George A. Romero, who passed away before completing the novel, and finished by Daniel Kraus, this year’s The Living Dead presents a brand new 656-page zombie epic that brings the long-running “living dead” saga off the screen and into the world of print. It’s releasing August 4, and we’ve learned that

Way back at the start of June, we mentioned a new Game Boy horror game you can play for free called Deadeus. Leave it to the crowd over at itch.io to have another one in the works with Teebowah Games’ The Third Shift. While not exactly a Game Boy game (more “a Game Boy styled

Remakes are officially cool again. At least if we go off of the recent successes of games like Resident Evil 2 and 3, and the Crash Bandicoot Trilogy, remakes seem to be experiencing a new renaissance in the past decade entering into 2020. With the evolving status of mainstream video games offering newer and more polished

Robert Kirkman’s comic series “The Walking Dead” came to a surprise end with Issue #193 last July, and just about one year later the series is gearing up for a one-shot return this week. Kirkman and Charlie Adlard’s brand new “Walking Dead” comic Negan Lives will be released Wednesday, July 1st, a 36-page special issue

Of all the subgenres of horror, body horror tends to bring the most repulsive, cringe-worthy offerings. There’s something inherently terrifying about your own body turning against you, transforming it against your will into something grotesque and inhuman. Even when not afflicted by supernatural diseases and bizarre horrors, the human body is capable of doing some

The ‘90s often get a bad rap with horror fans. After the numerous successful slashers and creature effects films of the ’80s, the ‘90s offered a different variety of horror fare. Though there were plenty of hits, hidden gems, and misunderstood classics, the ‘90s usually don’t get the kind of love that other decades get when

“Candyman ain’t a he. Candyman is the whole damn hive.” Nia DaCosta‘s new take on Clive Barker’s Candyman is still set to arrive in theaters on September 25, 2020, and a new teaser clip was unleashed onto Twitter over the weekend. DaCosta recently tweeted, “Candyman, at the intersection of white violence and black pain, is

Two months ago, Techland announced that their then-cancelled Hellraid game would be incorporated into Dying Light as part of a new DLC. Well, Techland has made your summer a little more interesting now, as the Hellraid DLC will hit PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC via Steam on July 23. The new DLC sees the

The disappointment in having to wait a little longer for the next instalment in The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope is understandable. Supermassive is trying to make up for it with a new video showing nearly eight minutes of gameplay for Little Hope, which will now ship in the Fall for PlayStation 4, Xbox One

Not even a week after the surprise announcement, developer Inti Creates has not only released a second trailer for Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2, but has revealed the game’s release date! The follow up to Ritual of The Night‘s prequel will launch for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC via Steam on July

With all three seasons now streaming on Netflix, Bryan Fuller‘s “Hannibal” has been a hot topic of conversation in recent weeks, with many wondering if the potential success of the series on the streaming service could lead Netflix to bring it back for a fourth season. We have no updates on that possibility at this

We’re halfway through what’s been the strangest year in recent memory. What was once a promising slate of upcoming 2020 horror releases instead became an empty void thanks to pandemic-induced theatrical closures. In an alternate universe, we would’ve seen A Quiet Place Part II, Saint Maud, Antlers, Antebellum, Spiral, and Candyman and had our sights set on the enticing genre

The accolades for Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us Part II continue to roll in. Announced on PlayStation Blog, the game has now sold more than four million copies since its launch on June 19th. This makes it the fastest-selling PlayStation 4-exclusive title ever. “We are so immensely grateful to the millions of fans around

There’s something about blizzards and wintry conditions that lend so well to genre film. It’s incredibly isolating, for one, but hazardous, icy weather tends to provide a moody Gothic backdrop to whatever thrills and chills are in store. The Oak Room takes a raging Canadian snowstorm and builds an entire mystery around it, scaling back the

A new female-fronted take on the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise is in the works, with THR reporting today that the film is set to re-team the writer and star of DC’s Birds of Prey. Margot Robbie is attached to star in a Pirates film penned by Christina Hodson. THR explains, “While plot details are

One of the most notorious locales in horror is the cabin in the woods. The remote location makes for fertile ground to all sorts of evil while effectively isolating unwitting victims from safety. It’s so synonymous that the second you see a cabin attached to a genre film, the horror mind can’t help but speculate

Cosmic horror is one of the oldest and sturdiest sub-genres there is. Unfathomable monsters, uncaring universes, and descents into insanity make for captivating tales, and the tropes of the genre allow for so many variations on a theme that the core concepts remain fresh decade after decade. Video games are better equipped than perhaps any

Wes Craven once famously said that horror films don’t create fear, they release it. And he’s right. We sit in a theater with people we don’t know and go through a proverbial haunted house for about two hours. We scream, we laugh, we sometimes cry. In fact, some of us scream, toss popcorn into the

Among the many film premieres displaced by SXSW’s pandemic-forced cancellation was Yummy, a gory European horror-comedy. The precise type that seemed ideal to watch with a crowd, perfect for its midnight movie slot. Luckily streaming platform Shudder has been on a roll lately rescuing festival selections from pandemic limbo and making them easily accessible for

The 1996 action-adventure blockbuster Twister is next up on the remake chopping block, with Variety reporting tonight that Universal Pictures is developing a new take on the classic. Joseph Kosinski (Top Gun: Maverick) is currently in talks to direct the feature film, Variety notes, “and the studio is currently meeting with writers to pen the

It’s been a long time coming, but the Switch port of Atlus’ Catherine: Full Body is a mere few weeks away. And to keep the game in everyone’s mind, Atlus has released a new trailer, focusing on the game’s puzzles. Catherine: Full Body is set to release on the Switch on July 7. The game

Horror never seems very far away from Kevin Bacon… in a good way. The actor has over four decades of experience in film and television – co-starring in classic films like Animal House, Footloose, Apollo 13 and A Few Good Men – but he keeps coming back to scary movies. One of his earliest performances

In a move out of left field, Inti Creates has announced a follow-up to the prequel to Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night in Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon. Curse of The Moon 2 will be headed to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and Steam. The original Curse of The Moon was a throwback to

We had learned a few months back that a sequel to last year’s The VelociPastor – a horror movie about, yes, a priest who turns into a dinosaur – was in the works, and writer/director Brendan Steere has now revealed in a chat with THR that the follow-up is more of a “spiritual sequel” than

Lights Out, Annabelle: Creation, and Shazam! director David F. Sandberg has set up his next horror project, a movie titled The Culling that he’s going to be directing for Lionsgate. Sandberg will be directing the movie after he’s finished with Shazam 2, we gather. Deadline reports that Stephen Herman wrote the spec script. Sandberg tweeted

Yellow Veil Pictures announced today they have acquired world sales rights on Jordan Graham’s Sator and English-speaking territories for The Bloodhound from director Patrick Picard, and will introduce the projects to buyers this week at Marche Du Film Online as part of their slate. Patrick Picard’s feature directorial debut The Bloodhound is a modern-set horror/thriller

What happens when the scariest parts of Disney stories sneak into and become a part of contemporary kids’ real lives? The dreams that you fear will come true… Disney Publishing is bringing a little terror into the magical world of Disney with the upcoming middle grade horror book series Disney Chills, which is set to debut