Horror

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

We mentioned Cyanide Studios and Leikir Studios’ upcoming roguelike Rogue Lords back in February, and we now have our first look at the game, courtesy of a new trailer from the PC Gaming Show, as well as now being able to wishlist the game from its Steam page. Due out next year for PlayStation 4,

We can always use another retro-inspired shooter, and that’s exactly what indie developers Savage Studios are doing with its visceral over-the-top shooter, S.C.A.R., or Simulating Carnage And Rockets. Launching on Steam on July 16th with its first episode, the “nostalgic nod to the epic shooters of yesteryear” harkens back to the days of Quake III

After initially launching for PlayStation 4 and PC via the Epic Games Store last May, Devolver Digital and developer No Code have announced that their sci-fi thriller Observation (read our take on the game) will arrive on the Xbox One on June 25. The game will be available via the Microsoft Store. Observation details the

Gearing up for release this coming Halloween season is My Dead Ones, a Brazilian horror-mystery from director Diego Freitas, which will be released by TMA Releasing. Behind the looks of a shy film student, David (Nicolas Prattes) hides an obscure past that is about to be revealed. “David, a shy film student, loves filming people around

Bloody Disgusting has your first look at Mandy standout Andrea Riseborough, who also starred in the latest The Grudge, in Here Before, a Belfast-set psychological thriller from Stacey Gregg, who made her directorial debut on the film. Riseborough plays a bereaved mother who, after new neighbors move in, events unfold and she starts to question her reality. “When

Larian Studios debuted over an hour of new gameplay of their upcoming Baldur’s Gate III at D&D Live 2020 yesterday afternoon. The gameplay shows off the improvements and additions made to the game based on community feedback since its previous showing at PAX East 2020 in March. While some changes shown are minor (such as

When rebooting its iconic fighting game franchise back in 2011, NetherRealm Studios laid down many new precedents in the pointedly titled Mortal Kombat. New X-Ray moves gave us gorier insights into already brutal maneuvers. A greater focus on the story offered clarity to a series timeline that had increasingly spun out of control. But one

Almost a full year after making waves at the box office, Alexandre Aja’s Crawl is now available to stream on Hulu and Prime Video. It’s just in time for Father’s Day. Considering the plot centers around a father and daughter trying to survive both a Category 5 hurricane and territorial alligators that have trapped them in a

Angela Bettis (Carrie, May, The Woman) returns to horror in writer/director Brea Grant‘s (After Midnight) new film 12 Hour Shift (read our review), which was set to World Premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival prior to its cancelation. News today ahead of Cannes is that Magnet Releasing has acquired worldwide rights to the horror-comedy that follows a group

Waiting on the return of Stranger Things? While we don’t know the release date for the fourth season, the Epic Games Store and BonusXP have a treat for you next week: The Stranger Things 3: The Game will be absolutely free to own! Part of the Epic Games Store weekly freebies, Stranger Things 3: The

Shaun of the Dead and Baby Driver‘s Edgar Wright is getting back behind the camera for The Chain, a bonkers sounding kidnapping thriller for Universal Pictures, reports Deadline. Clearly inspired by the 1970 short story “Button, Button” by Richard Matheson, which was adapted into an episode of “The Twilight Zone” and the feature film The

Another day, another trailer for THQ Nordic and developer Black Forest Games’ upcoming Destroy All Humans! remake. Dubbed “Cryptosporidium-137 Presents: Fun with Alien Guns”, the trailer shows just what you’d expect: The various guns you’ll be wielding, and the effects of said guns on humans. It’s certainly enough to get you wanting to pop in

The current pandemic hasn’t slowed down Lightbulb Crew, thankfully. They’ve announced that their upcoming Gothic tactical RPG Othercide will launch for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC via Steam on July 28. A Switch is also in development, with a release date to follow. They’ve also released a new trailer for the game’s release date

Promoting new releases isn’t always Netflix’s strong suit. Take the recent Get In, for example. Without any fanfare at all, the streaming giant quietly released the violent thriller at the beginning of May. Though Netflix is quickly being overshadowed by streaming services like Shudder, Tubi, and Prime Video in terms of the sheer volume of titles,

The Duke Nukem franchise might be on ice for the time being, but Gearbox is still keeping up Duke’s appearances. The latest version of the classic Duke Nukem 3D, which is already out on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC, is finally coming to the Nintendo Switch. Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour will

Skydance Interactive have announced that their VR game The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners will be receiving its first major update next month. Called “The Meatgrinder Update”, the update adds a new game mode, a new weapon skin, and new difficulty modes. The new game mode, ‘The Trial’, is essentially a Horde Mode, where players

Hailing out of the UK, Bloody Disgusting scored the first image from Martyrs Lane, a brand new ghost story from Ruth Platt. In the film, “Leah (Kiera Thompson) lives in a large vicarage, full of lost souls and the needy, with her parents, busy with their ministry and her older sister. “In the day, the