Horror

Tits and Tongues &The Screw-Up Showcase We’re nearly ready to wrap up December – and 2021! It’s been another silly month on the podcast, including episodes on the bizarre queer antichrist/oatmeal zombie film Fear No Evil (1981), David Fincher’s feel bad holiday film The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2011) and the queerest superhero film of all

Monsters rank near the very top of reasons why we love horror so much, and luckily 2021 horror gave us plenty. Archetypical vampires, ghosts, werewolves, and serial killers dominated, and franchise icons made their return. In such a packed year for horror releases, especially on the indie front, a monster needs to stand out through

We’re not aliens, we’re discontent. For the final installment of this season’s Randy’s Recs, which finds the Halloweenies dissecting a film that inspired the Scream franchise, the gang heads to Ohio. No, not Springwood, but the small town of Herrington, where young Midwestern teens are having close encounters with the third kind. The only way

As they did back in the summer, the Epic Games Store has made Remedy Entertainment’s award-winning action thriller Control available for free as part of the free-game-a-day holiday celebration. As with the previous games, you’ve got until 11:59am ET tomorrow to grab it. Unfortunately, this is not the Ultimate Edition of the game, but that

While the rumour that we were hoping for regarding a Prey sequel didn’t pan out, Epic is making it up to fans with making Prey the next free game available on the Epic Games Store.Epic Games Store. As with the other titles available this year, Prey is free for the next 24 hours. And yes,

As you may recall, NECA had several years back turned H.R. Giger‘s original translucent Xenomorph concept for Alien into an action figure, and now Mezco is doing the very same. The original prototype suit for the “Big Chap” Alien was cast in a translucent flesh-tone but repeated difficulties with the material forced the change to

Year two of an ongoing pandemic made for another fascinating year in horror. Last year’s delayed theatrical titles finally saw release in 2021, many of which experimented with day-and-date release strategies. Streaming services and VOD markets continued to bring an insane selection, and more film festivals joined the virtual space. All of which felt like

The Silent Night, Deadly Night franchise is one of horror’s strangest and boldest. It is wildly uneven in tone and quality, whiplashing between deadly serious and high camp, dizzying heights and the lowest depths often within the same movie. But from its notorious original to its bonkers direct-to-video finale, the series is without a doubt

The Silent Night, Deadly Night franchise is one of horror’s strangest and boldest. It is wildly uneven in tone and quality, whiplashing between deadly serious and high camp, dizzying heights and the lowest depths often within the same movie. But from its notorious original to its bonkers direct-to-video finale, the series is without a doubt

Horrors Elsewhere is a recurring column that spotlights a variety of movies from all around the globe, particularly those not from the United States. Fears may not be universal, but one thing is for sure — a scream is understood, always and everywhere. Something wicked has come to Bailey Downs this winter. Contrasting the annual,

Where movie trailers can capture an audience’s attention with a montage of scenes, a poster must do it with a single image. It needs to grab you immediately. When done well, a movie poster not only piques curiosity but there’s an excellent chance we’ll want it on our walls, too. Whether the image matches the

Widely known as a deeply maligned production, 1996’s Hellraiser: Bloodline was the last theatrical feature in the Clive Barker-originated franchise, and the last to boast its creator’s input, before the ensuing sequels went the direct-to-video route with a number of low budget follow-ups which often suffered from diminishing returns. For years, fans have wished for

While games like Deathground and Instinction probably won’t arrive until next year at the earliest, if you’re looking to get in on blowing away dinosaurs, Systemic Reaction’s Second Extinction is the latest free game available on the Epic Game Store for the next 24 hours. The game is still in Early Access on the EGS

Unfortunately, 2021 was still largely haunted by the ghost of 2020, and as such, escapism remained a vital component of day-to-day life. Luckily, there was plenty of it on offer. 2021 marked a huge year for perhaps the biggest name in horror games, Resident Evil. Not only did the series celebrate its 25th anniversary, but

Unfortunately, 2021 was still largely haunted by the ghost of 2020, and as such, escapism remained a vital component of day-to-day life. Luckily, there was plenty of it on offer. 2021 marked a huge year for perhaps the biggest name in horror games, Resident Evil. Not only did the series celebrate its 25th anniversary, but

When Wes Craven’s Scream was released wide in theaters on December 20, 1996, small opening weekend numbers pointed to a slasher movie audiences weren’t interested in, especially not at Christmas. Then a rare thing happened; its numbers only got more substantial with each passing week. Twenty-five years and a full-blown franchise later, it’s hard to imagine Scream as

IGN has managed to wring a bit more information from Bokeh Game Studio’s Keiichiro Toyama in regards to the upcoming Slitterhead. That being said, Toyama admittedly didn’t want to go into a lot of details “yet” regarding his return to Survival Horror. But at least we know more about just what the hell was going

Announced during The Game Awards last week, Gun Interactive (Friday the 13th: The Game) is working with Sumo Nottingham on an asymmetrical multiplayer video game based on the original The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, soon headed to PC and current-gen consoles. In addition to being able to play as the original Leatherface (Kane Hodder is playing the horror icon

Look fear in the eye. Inspired by the viral fan fiction, “Two Sentence Horror Stories” is back with a third season next year, with the new episodes premiering on The CW on Sunday, January 16, 2022. Exclusively check out the key art for Season 3 below! “Two Sentence Horror Stories” is a critically-acclaimed psychological horror anthology

Humanity creates A.I., relies heavily on A.I. in every aspect of daily living, and becomes horrified when a triggering event causes A.I. to turn on its creators. An apocalyptic war between humans and machines ensues. That basic premise applies to numerous dystopian sci-fi movies over the decades, and Mother/Android emerges as the latest. Despite its familiarity, writer/director Mattson

Adam Scott, Patricia Arquette, Christopher Walken, and John Turturro star in the new Apple TV+ thriller series “Severance,” directed by Ben Stiller and arriving early next year. This one has a very interesting premise, with the memories of office workers being altered to the point that they literally cannot bring their work home – or

Guillermo del Toro‘s new movie Nightmare Alley is now available in theaters, offering up a dark Christmas noir just in time for the holidays (our review). If del Toro’s vibrant, colorful take on William Lindsay Gresham’s novel isn’t noir enough for you, a new version is on the way. Searchlight Pictures will give a limited theatrical

Sinister and Doctor Strange duo Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill return to horror with their brand new Blumhouse horror movie The Black Phone, an adaptation of Joe Hill‘s short story. The Black Phone features Ethan Hawke as a killer who wears a mask designed by Tom Savini and his team, but you’ll unfortunately have to wait a bit longer to see it. Originally set for theatrical release

The multiplayer horror game Dead By Daylight is fast becoming the home of almost every significant fictional murderer in history. Already we’ve had the likes of Leatherface, Micheal Myers, Pyramid Head, and the lesser version of one Freddy Krueger. Not to mention a host of characters and locales from franchises such as Resident Evil, Saw,

This editorial contains major spoilers. A child of an alcoholic, I grew up conditioned to expect my mother would be totally blitzed anytime I walked through the front door. An uncontrollable need to drink, often before breakfast and always those 40-ounce tall boys, turned a caring, attentive mother into a mangled and malnourished shell of

Ghostface wants to play a game. We’re just one month away from the return of the Scream franchise, with next year’s franchise relaunch/legacy sequel coming exclusively to movie theaters on January 14, 2022. Today kicks off the “12 Screams for the Holidays” social media campaign, which promises “new exclusive Scream surprises every single day” on Scream‘s

Terminator fans were treated to a return of the film franchise to video games earlier this year with Teyon’s Terminator: Resistance. And in 2022, they’ll be getting more, thanks to Slitherine. As part of their Home of Wargamers Live+ winter showcase, Slitherine not only dropped more details on their upcoming RTS game based on Starship

The “Fannibal” community is mourning the loss of producer Martha De Laurentiis this weekend, who played a pivotal role in the evolution of the “Hannibal” franchise from big screen movies to Bryan Fuller’s more recent “Hannibal” television series for NBC. De Laurentiis passed away at age 67 after a battle with cancer. Martha De Laurentiis

Almost every horror anthology, be it a movie or a TV series, has a gimmick. Some are attached to certain authors for their source material (Roald Dahl’s Tales of the Unexpected, The Ray Bradbury Theater) while others are holiday-themed (Trick ‘r Treat, Into the Dark). The motifs are numerous. An anthology concept that stands out to

Tubi dominates when it comes to selection, especially for the horror fan. The completely free streaming service, meaning no subscriptions or hidden fees, offers an insane selection for viewers with over 35,000 titles available. It’s a robust catalog of horror, and Tubi covers just about every level of the genre — from the famous, mainstream