Horror

Ken Russell’s film version of Paddy Chayefsky’s only novel, Altered States, is one of the most visionary pieces of early 1980’s cinema. It is a bold exploration into consciousness, religious experience, evolution, and the very meaning of humanity itself. It was also plagued with a number of production woes centering around the strong personalities of

Holiday horror is all about twisting the familiar traditions, iconography, themes, and décor of the holidays into nightmare fuel. It’s plain fun for the horror fan watching classic fixtures of Christmas – like Santa, snowmen, or Christmas trees – transform into homicidal maniacs, or for decked halls in snowy December to become ground zero for

Well this is an interesting one. David Cronenberg’s 2007 movie Eastern Promises, which starred Viggo Mortensen, is getting a follow-up film with the upcoming Small Dark Look. Mortensen, it would seem, is not returning to star, and the movie isn’t exactly a sequel either. Rather, THR notes, it’s set in the same world, with Jason

The most recent release date we were provided with for the new Mortal Kombat movie from Warner Bros/New Line was January 15, 2021, but as you probably figured by now, that’s no longer the plan thanks to the ongoing pandemic upending the film industry. The movie currently has no release date, but WB is reportedly still planning

Along with Joe Bob Briggs, the cast and crew of Tobe Hooper’s horror classic The Texas Chain Saw Massacre are taking part in a virtual reunion event this weekend, we’ve learned. The press release explains, “Exurbia Films presents The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2020 Family Reunion Virtual Event, on Friday December 4th and Saturday December 5th.

Troma is finally going big time with their reboot of The Toxic Avenger being produced by Legendary Pictures, the company behind Godzilla, Jurassic Park, Crimson Peak, Krampus, Trick ‘r Treat, the forthcoming Texas Chainsaw Massacre sequel, among many others. Big breaking news ahead of the holiday season as Deadline reports that Peter Dinklage (“Game of

Pictured above in The Cloverfield Paradox, actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw has been set to star in a series titled “Surface” for Apple TV+, Deadline is reporting this afternoon. The eight-part series, described as a psychological thriller, was created/written by Veronica West (“High Fidelity”). At this time, no plot details have been provided. From Hello Sunshine and Apple Studios,

If God of War has you itching to take on more of the gods, publisher Deep Silver and developer Clever Beans look to have you covered with the Celtic mythology of Gods Will Fall. The game will launch for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC via Steam, GOG, and the Epic Games Store on

Time to dive into more Japanese Surivial Horror with publisher Chorus Worldwide and developer Tricore. The teams have announced their new game, Yuoni, for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC via Steam. The title is expected to hit Spring 2021. In case some of you are wondering, Yuoni is the sequel

Who wouldn’t love some sci-fi horror about now? Well, to be fair, kuklam studios’ CryoSpace won’t be coming until 2022, but hey, it’s something to look forward to. The title, which you can currently wishlist on Steam, is inspired by Alien (of course) and Philip K. Dick, and puts you in the usual situation of

When I was in junior high and high school and involved in things like scouts and youth groups, we would play a slightly sadistic game. We would dare each other to watch the most inappropriate movies we could think of before heading out on big trips—just to psych each other out. Before a big camping

Hello, true believers, and welcome to You Aughta Know, a column dedicated to the decade that is now two full decades behind us. That’s right, it’s time to take a look back at one of the most overlooked decades of horror. Follow along as I do my best to explore the horror titles that made up

In an interview with Slate Magazine, developer Kitty Horrorshow talked through her approach to producing low-budget horror titles that are uniquely disquieting, and how she manages to accomplish this without leaning on any in-your-face gore or sudden jolt tactics. According to the Itch.io sensation, jump-scares are inherently unsatisfying, akin to somebody raising their ‘’fist up

Formative Fears is a column that explores how horror scared us from an early age, or how the genre contextualizes youthful phobias and trauma. From memories of things that went bump in the night, to adolescent anxieties made real through the use of monsters and mayhem, this series expresses what it felt like to be

It’s a downer that we never did get Halloween Kills this Halloween. However, Final Flame Productions are back to the rescue with another of their Grand Theft Auto 5 Machinima videos, with this entry loosely based on the 2018 Halloween film. Sadly, we don’t have a Jamie Lee Curtis model in this one, but you

Just a week ago it was announced that Warner Bros. will give Wonder Woman 1984 a Christmas release on both premium VOD and in limited theaters, assuming they’re even open. In some monstrous news to kick off a long holiday weekend, THR says Netflix made a $200 million bid to bring Godzilla vs. Kong directly

Written by Dwayne Alexander Smith and published back in 2014, the novel Forty Acres is being turned into a feature film over at Netflix, we’ve learned via Deadline this week. Cheo Hodari Coker (“Luke Cage”) will be scripting the adaptation. “Forty Acres follows a civil rights attorney who must fight for survival when he’s invited to

It’s Black Friday week once again, and as ever, there’s plenty of horror gaming deals to be found. Many of them can be done without even having to leave the house or wait for the mail too, which is that bit more essential this year. New consoles are out, but you’d currently be lucky to

The new movie from Searching director Aneesh Chaganty, Lionsgate’s thriller Run debuted exclusively on Hulu last week, and its been a smash hit success for the streamer thus far. According to a Deadline report today, “The Sarah Paulson thriller Run has become Hulu’s most watched feature title ever during its opening weekend, and has ranked as the most talked about Hulu

Next year’s animated series “Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai” will mark the return of the beloved franchise after 30 years, but what about the return of the *film* franchise? We’ve been hearing rumblings about a live-action Gremlins 3 for many, many years now, with the original film’s scribe Chris Columbus revealing a while back that

“The Walking Dead” will end with an expanded two-year eleventh season that will span 24 episodes. But first up, six extra episodes technically part of Season 10 are on the way. Those additional episodes, we learned last week, will premiere Sunday, February 28. New guest stars featured in these episodes include Robert Patrick (Terminator 2: Judgment Day)

If you’ve been keeping track of Nightdive Studios, a few years back, the studio had filed a trademark for Powerslave aka Exhumed, a first-person shooter developed by Lobotomy Software back in the mid 90s that sadly got lost in the Duke Nukem 3D and Quake craze. Well, not only now has the original game been

Those excited for the upcoming arrival of the Brotherhood of Steel to Fallout 76 in the new Steel Dawn expansion are probably wondering just how that group of zealots made their way into the game in the first place. After all, the BoS are based in California, not West Virginia. So what gives? Lucky for

The plot details are being kept under wraps at the moment but THR reports this week that Paramount Players is behind an upcoming sci-fi movie titled One Night in Compton. Kenya Barris (“Black-ish”) is producing the “sci-fi action” movie, with Rohan Blair-Mangat (Quibi’s “Centerpiece With Maurice Harris”) on board to make his feature debut. Stanley

As we’ve reported a few times over the years, Blumhouse and Five Nights at Freddy’s creator Scott Cawthon have been developing a film adaptation of the games, with various updates coming along every so often. The most recent update came this past summer, with producer Jason Blum noting that the project was moving “rapidly forward”

Known for writing the 30 Days of Night comic series, horror creator Steve Niles is continuing his work in the genre by launching Monster Forge Productions, THR reports tonight. Niles has partnered with Shannon Eric Denton to launch the company, which has its sights set on “a spectrum of horror properties, ranging from light monster

It’s been a while since we’ve heard a peep about the future of the Deadpool film franchise, with the first sequel arriving in theaters well over two years ago, but that silence has been broken with a scoop from Deadline this afternoon. According to Deadline’s Justin Kroll, Marvel Studios has hired sisters Wendy Molyneux and

Horror movies put their characters through the wringer. Protagonists face their greatest fears and tend to come out alive but profoundly transformed by the trauma they endured. That’s not always the case, though. If there’s any genre that serves as a stark reminder of life’s fragility, it’s horror. The good guys don’t always win, let

AMC announced today that “The Walking Dead’s” extended 10th season of six new episodes will premiere Sunday, February 28 at 9pm ET/8c. New guest stars featured in these episodes include Robert Patrick (Terminator 2: Judgment Day) as “Mays” and Hilarie Burton Morgan as “Lucille,” along with new co-star Okea Eme-Akwari (“Cobra Kai”) as “Elijah,” among