Horror

Following in the footsteps of many video games such as Resident Evil and Bloodborne, Red Hook Studios’ punishing RPG Darkest Dungeon is getting the board game treatment. Board game publisher Mythic Games announced that they are Kickstarting a new game based on Darkest Dungeon, with a target launch date of Fall 2020. The brief announcement

The Epic Games Store has chosen another gem for horror fans next week with the announcement that Tripwire Interactive’s Killing Floor 2 will be available to grab for free for a week. Already on Steam (with a handy 67% discount until July 9th), PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, Killing Floor 2 will be free from

Of all the many streaming services offered, the best ones tend to focus on curated content. Services like Shudder, created specifically for and by the horror fan, and the Criterion Channel. While the latter offers an eclectic mix of classic and contemporary films, there’s still plenty of genre offerings available. Even better is that Criterion

More choice is best, it seems. Obviously, everyone is looking forward to Cyberpunk 2077, but that doesn’t mean other cyberpunk games like get left in the dust. Take Phigames’ Recompile, which will now launch for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X in addition to being released on PC. No release date has been announced for

This year marks a big anniversary for not just one, but two beginnings in the Friday the 13th series: one much beloved and another widely despised. Both have had a lasting effect on the series, for better or for worse, as well as having a great deal in common. Both pushed the envelope for gore

After having its World Premiere at the 2017 SXSW Film Festival (read our review), Game of Death is finally headed home thanks to Cleopatra Entertainment, we’ve learned this week. Directed by Sebastien Landry and Laurence Morais-Lagace, the film will hit VOD on July 14. Here’s the plot rundown: “Kill or be killed is the golden rule

Capcom’s Resident Evil 3 multiplayer side dish, Resident Evil Resistance, is getting a fresh update on July 10th. The latest additions to the asymmetrical multiplayer survival horror don’t bring anything new in terms of maps (though a remixed map is coming next month), but there’s a fair bit of dress-up for the survivors, their weaponry,

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

The horror-comedy DeadTectives has been streaming on Shudder for a while now, and we’ve learned today that RLJE Films is next bringing it to DVD later this month. DeadTectives will release on DVD July 21st. Meredith Borders praised the film in her Telluride review back in 2018, writing: “There’s not a single beat that doesn’t

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

Shot entirely during the ongoing pandemic, principal photography is completed on Untitled Horror Movie, a found-footage-styled horror-comedy directed and co-written by Nick Simon, best known for the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival pick, The Girl in the Photographs, and Fox’s The Pyramid. The project is said to be a tongue-in-cheek satirical take on acting, celebrity,

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

Earlier this year, ABC ordered up a pilot for “The Brides” from “Riverdale” and “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, centered on the Brides of Dracula. Gina Torres (“Hannibal”) was set to star in the potential series as one of the brides, with Goran Višnjić (“Timeless”) playing Dracula. ABC, however, is not moving forward with the project. Deadline reports today

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

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

Kanye West and Kid Cudi joined forces back in 2018 as collaborative duo Kids See Ghosts, and their same titled debut EP has paved the way for an animated series that’s on the way. Directed by Takashi Murakami, “Kids See Ghosts” sees West voicing Kanye Bear and Cudi voicing Kid Fox, and the series looks

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

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

Dustin, you may recall, attended Camp Know Where prior to the events of the third season of “Stranger Things,” and a new comic book miniseries will take us there this Halloween! Dark Horse Comics is launching the 4-issue Stranger Things: Science Camp on September 30, from creative team Jody Houser, Edgar Salazar, Keith Champagne, and Marissa Louise. Here’s the

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

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 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

Indie developer Junkfish’s nautical horror game Monstrum was a hit for many fans, and now Junkfish is hoping that lightning will strike twice with the newly-announced sequel, Monstrum 2. Slated for launch in the last quarter of 2020, Monstrum 2 is now available for Closed Beta testing, as well as pre-purchase at the game’s official

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