This article contains spoilers. If you’ve been seeing a lot of your friends talk about the new Netflix horror series “Marianne,” it’s for good reason. It’s a dark tale about a young writer, Emma Larsimon (Victoire Du Bois), who has become a famous horror author, writing several books in a series called Lizzie Larck. The
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Celebrating 60 years of “The Twilight Zone,“ Fathom Events has announced today that they’re bringing six classic episodes to theaters along with a brand new documentary! Taking place on November 14, the one-night-only event “The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration” will combine digitally restored versions of six quintessential episodes with an all-new documentary short titled “Remembering
When most people hear the name Annabelle; they think of the Annabelle movie series. The movies are based on the real-life haunted doll, Annabelle. The real Annabelle is an antique Raggedy Ann doll. An inhuman demonic spirit is said to be attached to the doll. Ed and Lorraine Warren, whose work has inspired The Conjuring
James Wan kicked off principal photography today on his tenth feature, a Giallo film that has been officially titled Malignant! Plot details, at this time, are still under wraps. The cast includes Maddie Hasson, Annabelle Wallis, Jake Abel, George Young, Michole Briana White and Jacqueline McKenzie. Italian Giallo films pre-date the American slasher, often centered on
Cadabra Records has given new life to Fabio Frizzi‘s iconic score for The Beyond with a brand new vinyl release, dubbed the “Composer’s Cut” and now available for purchase! Originally released in 1981, The Beyond is a psychedelic, supernatural nightmare directed by the granddaddy of Italian splatter Lucio Fulci. The second film in Fulci’s “Gates
Just in time for Halloween, Annabelle Comes Home is scheduled for release on Blu-ray and DVD on October 8, 2019. This film marks the third installment in the Annabelle series. The Annabelle movies are based on a real-life haunted doll that resides in Ed and Lorraine Warren’s Occult Museum. Moviegoers got their first glimpse of
Not only does M. Night Shyamalan have two new original thrillers on the way, but he’s also got a TV series titled “Servant” that’s headed to the upcoming Apple TV+ service. “Servant” follows a Philadelphia couple in mourning after an unspeakable tragedy creates a rift in their marriage and opens the door for a mysterious
Julius Avery (Overlord) has been set to direct Samaritan for MGM, and Deadline reports today that Sylvester Stallone has signed on to star in the upcoming thriller! “Based on an original idea, the thriller centers on a young boy who is out to discover if a mythic superhero, who vanished 20 years earlier following a
October is the best time for us horror freaks. You would think Netflix would roll out tons of horror movies for the Halloween season. No. Netflix is only releasing nine new horror films this October. There are a couple of good ones in the bunch. I am kind of interested in Season 2 of Haunted.
The wait is finally over for those Xbox One owners waiting for Crytek’s co-op multiplayer title Hunt: Showdown to come out of Early Access. Hunt: Shodown is not only out of Early Access, but you can also grab the latest DLC, Legends of the Bayou, for both Steam and PC. Legends of the Bayou gives
Sony has confirmed that their next State of Play will happen on September 24th. So, why is that important? Well, as was mentioned two weeks ago, Naughty Dog’s highly-anticipated The Last of Us Part 2 will be having a media event the same day. But even before all of that, however, it seems that we
It’s Halloween season which means fall is here. Pumpkin spice lattes, the leaves are changing, and it’s time for a whole bunch of new horror movie releases. Need to know what horror movies are coming out in October 2019? Don’t worry we have you covered. While 2019 has primarily been a lackluster year for the
Late November of 2014, a YouTube video titled “Wrinkles the Clown Caught on CCTV” by user HvUseen Wrinkles went viral, and put South Florida parents on high alert. The video, grainy home security footage, showed a sleeping girl oblivious to the creepy clown emerging from underneath her bed. The clown tucked her in before ominously
Butcher Block is a weekly series celebrating horror’s most extreme films and the minds behind them. Dedicated to graphic gore and splatter, each week will explore the dark, the disturbed, and the depraved in horror, and the blood and guts involved. For the films that use special effects of gore as an art form, and the fans
WARNING: The following review contains spoilers. After such a long wait, I was super excited to finally be able to screen 3 From Hell as part of a Fathom Events three-night only theatrical release. The movie was long overdue. Rob Zombie created quite a name for himself when he made his directorial debut of House
The documentary Scream, Queen! My Nightmare On Elm Street will be premiering at Fantastic Fest this weekend, telling the story of Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge star Mark Patton. The doc invites fans “not only to delight in the batshit uniqueness of NOES2, but also asks them to reckon with what it means
Saber Interactive and Focus Home Interactive’s World War Z keeps on trucking with the announcement of its Season 2 Content Roadmap. As with the previous season, players will have a lot of free content to feast upon, as well as new paid DLC. In update 4, World War Z will add new PvE missions in
Many of you may have noticed that over the past few months, Horror Freak News has been on a small hiatus. That is all about to change. If you have previously been enjoying the content on Horror Freak News, you can rest assured that we are going to continue to provide you with the best
“It was one of the most creatively satisfying experiences of my life.” Five years ago, Kevin Smith ventured into the body-horror genre with Tusk, a wacky (and kinda wonderful) film wherein the late Michael Parks turns Justin Long into…well, a walrus. Love it or hate it, Tusk was the film that reignited Smith’s passion for
After a 3-night run in theaters, Rob Zombie’s diabolical trio returns to home video when 3 From Hell arrives on 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack (plus Blu-ray and Digital), Blu-ray Combo Pack (plus DVD and Digital), DVD, Digital, and On Demand October 15 from Lionsgate. Take home 3 From Hell and immerse yourself in its blood-soaked world with
Man’s best friend…until the end. A very Good Boy becomes a Good Guy doll in this week’s most adorable viral video, brought to our attention tonight by the Twitter account @FavoriteHorror. Yes, there really does exist a Chucky costume that’s made for dogs – more on that in a second – and the short but
While Ari Aster‘s extended Director’s Cut of Midsommar was recently released in select theaters, the bummer is that it’s not actually scheduled to receive a psychical release here in the States. Aster’s follow-up to Hereditary is arriving on Digital and On Demand on September 24, and on Blu-ray Combo Pack (plus DVD and Digital) and
This year marks the 15th anniversary of Fantastic Fest, the largest genre film festival in the United States. Founded in 2005 by Tim League, Paul Alvarado-Dykstra, Tim McCanlies and Harry Knowles (the latter of whom is no longer associated with the festival), Fantastic Fest focuses on genre films such as horror, science fiction, fantasy, action,
Show of hands – who believes Silence of the Lambs is a horror film? Okay, keep ‘em up if you think the same about Seven. Alright then, how about George Sluizer’s The Vanishing (either version)? Think that’s a horror film? Sure, all three films are decidedly thrillers. But given the nature of their villains and
If there’s one thing we’ve all learned about horror movie villains it’s that they can never truly die, but there was still something about the finale to Rob Zombie‘s The Devil’s Rejects that felt quite different from the norm. Just a couple years after he created a trio of iconic characters with Otis, Baby and
Now in its 23rd consecutive year, AMC’s annual horror marathon FearFest is bringing the frights in the lead up to Halloween with 19 days of genre programming this year. This year’s event features 104 films, including classic horror franchises like Alien, Halloween, Friday the 13th, Final Destination, The Omen, Leprechaun and more. FearFest 2019 begins on Sunday, October 13 at 10:00am ET. AMC noted
So, remember that fan remake of Dino Crisis? The one that showed off a couple of the environments, but no dinos? Team Arklay have finally released gameplay footage of their efforts that remedies that. The results are admittedly a little rough, and the T-Rex roar is shamelessly lifted from Jurassic Park (hey, why not?), but
The next movie being directed by Guillermo del Toro will be Nightmare Alley, an adaptation of the novel by William Lindsay Gresham. Published in 1946, the novel spawned its first feature film just one year later starring Tyrone Power and Joan Blondell, and this new take on the material for Fox Searchlight has been written by del Toro
With horror industry heavy hitters already in place from the 1970s, the 1980s built upon that with the rise of brilliant minds in makeup and effects artists, as well as advances in technology. Artists like Rick Baker, Rob Bottin, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., Tom Savini, Stan Winston, and countless others delivered groundbreaking, mind-blowing practical
The dark side of Disney will be explored once more in Maleficent: Mistress of Evil on October 18, and today the IMAX and RealD 3D posters for the film have been unleashed. They’re both quite beautiful, and you can check them out below. Angelina Jolie is back as the sinister Maleficent, with Elle Fanning returning as Aurora. Michelle