Horror

It’s not unusual for eras or decades of the horror genre to be categorized by one overarching theme or style. The eighties have become synonymous for their boom in low-budget, often sleazy, slasher films inspired by the cornerstone slashers of the mid-to-late seventies. The horrors of the 50s reflected cultural fears of science creating new

Now available on PVOD, this year’s “final” franchise installment The Forever Purge is already headed to Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD, with the release scheduled for September 28. Additionally, all five films will be collected together in a Blu-ray set on the same day. “This year, all the rules are broken as a sect of

Revealed at this year’s E3, we’ll be getting Mortal Shell‘s “The Virtuous Cycle” DLC later this month! Developer Cold Symmetry have announced that the DLC will arrive August 18th, and will also be coinciding with Mortal Shell’s debut on Steam. The Virtuous Cycle “reinvents your journey through Fallgrim and beyond as adversaries cycle and shuffle

When writer-director Tom McLoughlin grabbed the wheel of the Friday the 13th franchise, he took it in a completely new direction. Five sequels in — and particularly following the polarizing reception to 1985’s Friday the 13th: A New Beginning — he knew the slasher series needed a fresh take. Something that could recalibrate the Jason

Before the Halloweenies head to Hollywood in August for Scream 3, they have some film courses to complete this summer at Windsor College. In June, they visited Mark Rosman’s 1982 American slasher The House on Sorority Row. For July, they’re conjuring Demons. More specifically, Lamberto Bava’s 1985 Italian meta blood bath. Fueled by a star-studded

It’s not unusual for eras or decades of the horror genre to be categorized by one overarching theme or style. The eighties have become synonymous for their boom in low-budget, often sleazy, slasher films inspired by the cornerstone slashers of the mid-to-late seventies. The horrors of the 50s reflected cultural fears of science creating new

Epic Games are catering to genre fans once again with the reveal that Asobo’s A Plague Tale: Innocence will be the next title available for free for a week as part of the store’s weekly giveaways. Innocence (which once again, we loved) will be available for free from August 5 to August 12, alongside Double

It’s not unusual for eras or decades of the horror genre to be categorized by one overarching theme or style. The eighties have become synonymous for their boom in low-budget, often sleazy, slasher films inspired by the cornerstone slashers of the mid-to-late seventies. The horrors of the 50s reflected cultural fears of science creating new

Originally announced last year, Neil Marshall (Dog Soldiers, The Descent) will be following up his brand new horror movie The Reckoning with The Lair, a fresh horror project that’ll bring Marshall back into the world of creatures. It was announced tonight that filming is currently underway in Hungary and that The Lair will star Jonathan Howard (Marvel’s Thor: The Dark World, Skylines, Warner Bros.’ Godzilla

Winchester Mystery House announced today All Hallows’ Eve, an all-new estate-wide Halloween event with both indoor and outdoor tours kicking off on Friday, September 10th. Tickets are on sale. All Hallows’ Eve features the “Lost in the House Tour”, a theatrical paranormal investigative adventure and the family-friendly Jack O’ Lantern Trail. The Winchester Mystery House

Epix has rounded out the series regular cast for “From”, its upcoming contemporary sci-fi horror series that unravels the mystery of a nightmarish town in Middle America that traps all those who enter. “As the unwilling residents fight to keep a sense of normalcy and search for a way out, they also must survive the

Now up for grabs while supplies last, Suntup Editions presents a signed limited edition of Jaws by Peter Benchley. “The edition features a new exclusive introduction by Wendy Benchley, six full color illustrations by John Anthony Di Giovanni, bonus content from the archives of Peter Benchley, and a reproduction & sketches of the iconic painting by

True to its name, a documentary documents a subject and provides an examination of it in the process. Horror documentaries usually offer insight, analysis, and context for various aspects of the genre, either on a broad or niche scale. Hail to the Deadites doesn’t seek to provide any new details or analysis of the Evil Dead franchise but instead

Mammoth news kicked off the week when it was reported that Universal Pictures and Peacock were purchasing the rights to produce a brand new The Exorcist trilogy alongside Morgan Creek and Blumhouse. The announcement included the first casting and story details, with Leslie Odom Jr. (Hamilton, Knives Out 2) reportedly playing the father of a possessed

The virtual edition of the San Diego Comic-Con has come to an end, which means it’s time to set our sights on Halloweentime! “The Simpsons” had its own panel where they revealed this fall’s episode of “Treehouse of Horror” will carry five stories instead of the typical three. In fact, they went as far as

The virtual edition of the San Diego Comic-Con has come to an end, which means it’s time to set our sights on Halloweentime! “The Simpsons” had its own panel where they revealed this fall’s episode of “Treehouse of Horror” will carry five stories instead of the typical three. In fact, they went as far as

Zack Snyder’s zombie movie Army of the Dead is getting two different follow-up projects, including a prequel anime series titled “Army of the Dead: Lost Vegas.” The other project is a live-action prequel movie titled Army of Thieves, which had its own panel at the ongoing virtual Comic-Con@Home tonight. The prequel movie will be coming to Netflix this Fall. “We

If season two of Creepshow anthology series left you clamoring for more, season three is already on the way! Horror streaming service Shudder has set September 23 for Creepshow’s third season premiere. The announcement was made during Amazon’s Comic-Con@Home panel today, which saw showrunner and executive producer Greg Nicotero, along with writer Mattie Do, director Rusty Cundieff, and guest cast members Michael

If season two of Creepshow anthology series left you clamoring for more, season three is already on the way! Horror streaming service Shudder has set September 23 for Creepshow’s third season premiere. The announcement was made during Amazon’s Comic-Con@Home panel today, which saw showrunner and executive producer Greg Nicotero, along with writer Mattie Do, director Rusty Cundieff, and guest cast members Michael

Timo Tjahjanto is soon to be a legend. It’s a little frustrating that this Indonesian-based filmmaker has yet to break in Hollywood, but it’s comforting to know that he’s set to get behind the camera for the remake of Train to Busan for James Wan’s Atomic Monster and New Line Cinema. He also revealed on

James Wan is producing a small screen version of “I Know What You Did Last Summer” that’s coming to Amazon, and today we’ve learned it’s hitting Prime in October 2021! The announcement was made during Amazon’s Comic-Con@Home panel today, where showrunner Sara Goodman provided some teases for what we can expect from the series. Goodman says the

James Wan is producing a small screen version of “I Know What You Did Last Summer” that’s coming to Amazon, and today we’ve learned it’s hitting Prime in October 2021! The announcement was made during Amazon’s Comic-Con@Home panel today, where showrunner Sara Goodman provided some teases for what we can expect from the series. Goodman says the

The marketing campaign for David Gordon Green‘s Halloween Kills is in full swing, with the hotly-anticipated sequel arriving in theaters in just three months, on October 15, 2021. Today brings a trio of new images from Total Film Magazine, spotlighting a Michael Myers kill scene and the return of the Strode family, who are united

Casting continues on HBO‘s “The Last of Us” television series, with Deadline reporting today that Anna Torv (“Fringe,” “Mindhunter”) is the latest actor to come on board. Deadline details, “Torv will recur as Tess, a smuggler and hardened survivor in a post-pandemic world. In the original video game Tess works with Joel to survive and smuggle weapons

Netflix is going all-in on the Army of the Dead Universe, which kicked off with this year’s mega-zombie actioneer and will continue with this fall’s prequel Army of Thieves. There’s also an animated prequel series in the works titled “Army of the Dead: Lost Vegas”. Zack Snyder will continue to build the epic Zombie Universe as

One of the most decorated horror movies ever made, Jonathan Demme‘s The Silence of the Lambs is next headed to 4K Ultra HD, Kino Lorber Studio Classics has announced today. The 30th anniversary release will be available on October 19. 4KUHD DISC 1: • HDR Dolby Vision• NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Tim Lucas•

John Milton’s 1667 epic poem Paradise Lost holds a legendary status in the literary world. It not only revisits the Biblical story of the Fall of Man, but provides an added focus to that of Satan – his descent into Hell and rebellion against God. For centuries, Paradise Lost has been a work studied and

A woman fearful she’ll lose all she holds near and dear. A man with a knife or an ax or a couple of lacerating words as his weapon. That’s usually how most horror flicks start. The woman runs for dear life only to not run fast enough. The killer catches her; cue the opening title

Documenting the trial of Michael Peterson, convicted of murdering his wife, “The Staircase” originally began as a French miniseries that was then expanded upon with a Netflix docuseries several years later – you can stream every single episode through Netflix – and it’s next getting a scripted adaptation for HBO Max. Deadline reports that Leigh Janiak,

For those who like the idea of taking justice into their own hands, S2 Games have announced Serial Hunter, a first-person perspective title that’s bound to raise a few hackles. Touted as “a brutal, uncompromising representation of the FPP genre”, according to the press release, Serial Hunter and other upcoming titles from the developer won’t