$200,000 in cash. That is what the Ripcord Halloween Film Festival is putting in front of ten genre shorts this October, and $100,000 of it goes to a single filmmaker. Submissions close October 1. Ripcord is calling it the largest prize pool dedicated exclusively to independent genre short films, and we went looking for a
In B.K. Borison’s Grim Tidings, a grim reaper walks into a bar (I promise this isn’t the start of a bad joke) and finds herself going toe-to-toe with the skeptical guardian angel barkeep who refuses to believe she’s changed her soul-stealing ways. Darcy is sick and tired of being the harbinger of death. Frankly, it’s
Hayley Williams has shown her support for the artists who dropped out of Ed Sheeran‘s tour by including them in her pre-show playlist. Sheeran’s upcoming ‘Loop’ shows are currently lacking any opening acts after Macklemore was dropped from the tour over his impassioned “free Palestine” speech made while opening for Sheeran at New Jersey’s Gillette Stadium. The speech prompted calls for Macklemore’s
A German WW1 submarine known as SM UC-30 was returning home in April 1917 when it hit a British mine and sank. Twenty-seven men were lost in the wreck, along with the 18 mines and six torpedoes the submarine was loaded with. For decades, nobody knew where the boat ended up. Then, in 2016, Danish
Heart Machine, an indie developer known for games like Hyper Light Drifter and Solar Ash, has laid off most of its staff, according to studio head Alx Preston. Preston took to LinkedIn to share the news that the studio was working on a game that was funded by an unnamed publisher, but after that publisher
Well, here we are again. Another week and another bucket load of brilliant movies and television shows to catch up on, which promises to be a great bit of binging. Sure, you can go out and see Resident Evil, or maybe spend some time slicing and dicing bad guys as Wolverine, but sometimes, time must
After a record $4.67B summer, last weekend’s Practical Magic 2 from Warner Bros/Alcon didn’t exactly light the fall on fire. But this weekend’s revival of Resident Evil from Zach Cregger could very well do the trick with a $40M-$50M domestic start and another $31M overseas for a global around $80M on the high end. While
Clark Duke (The Office) is returning to the wild and wonderful world of genre cinema with Stranglehold, a darkly comedic thriller. Stranglehold is Clark’s second feature as a filmmaker, following the Vince Vaughn, Liam Hemsworth vehicle Arkansas. Watch the official trailer below: The official synopsis reads, “Obsessed with the glamorous influencers she follows on social
This article has been updated with a new statement from Robert Kraft. Last week, Macklemore said that he had been ousted as an opener on the U.S. leg of Ed Sheeran’s Loop tour after calling for a free Palestine onstage. Now, the rapper has pledged to donate $1 million of his net earnings from the
Since raising more than $1 billion in a Series F funding round, Iceye has moved rapidly to address growing demand for sovereign space capabilities. In quick succession, the Finnish synthetic aperture radar satellite manufacturer and constellation operator established Iceye Germany, Iceye Portugal, Iceye India, an Iceye technology hub in the Netherlands, a strategic partnership with
Image: Sony Pictures Reviews for Zach Cregger’s new Resident Evil movie have started pouring in, and it’s looking like this latest adaptation is a resounding success – critically, at least. Sitting at a whopping 97% on Rotten Tomatoes, Resident Evil is currently the highest-rated video game movie of all time. It’s not even close either,
Minor spoilers ahead for The Weight. Some of Ethan Hawke’s best movies have memorable action sequences, and he’s at it once again with Padraic McKinley’s The Weight. In the new historical drama his character Samuel Murphy goes through a number of life and death situations while carrying bars of gold across the wilderness. He recently
Briarcliff Entertainment has released the teaser trailer for Christmas at the Kringles, and the holiday horror comedy opens wide in theaters on October 30. That is the day before Halloween, and roughly eight weeks before the holiday the film is named after. Briarcliff is not confused. Krampus and Violent Night both opened in December and
The Great Escape has announced the ‘First Fifty’ – a series of launch shows for the 2027 edition that will see performances from Bathing Suits, Xanadu, Chest., Jordan Joy and more. The new run of launch shows come ahead of the hit UK festival set to return to Brighton next May – running between May
When we look at the night sky, darkness seems to fill the spaces between the stars. But what if some of the most powerful objects in nearby galaxies are hiding inside that darkness – not because they are distant or faint, but because they shine in light we can barely detect? Astronomers have now found
Nintendo has confirmed via the official listing for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake that the Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive will support VRR when played in docked mode on an HDMI 2.1 compatible TV. This is the second game that will support variable refresh rate as the first is Welcome Tour. Hopefully more
The 1994 JRPG The Legend of Heroes 3: The White Witch, which you might know by another name (more on that below), is being revived by Neowiz, the publisher behind the acclaimed Soulslike Lies of P. If you haven’t heard of The Legend of Heroes 3 until now, that might be because you’re not a
Spoilers ahead for Neagley season 1. This article contains mentions of sexual abuse and trauma. Neagley‘s strong aversion to touch, called Haphephobia, in the Reacher franchise was first introduced in Lee Child’s books. In the books, her aversion to touch is introduced as one of her many unique traits, but there is no concrete explanation
Sony Pictures and Constantin Film look like they bet on the right filmmaker. Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil opens tomorrow, with Deadline projecting a $40–50 million domestic debut, roughly $31 million overseas, and a worldwide opening around $80 million. That would put it on course for the biggest domestic opening in franchise history. Personally? I think
Awards season is upon us, and all week long, the National Book Award judges will be releasing their 2026 longlists across five categories. These are among the most prestigious honors bestowed upon books in a given year. The National Book Award began in 1936 by the American Booksellers Association, took a break during World War
Dana Margolin, ex-frontperson of the Brighton rock outfit Porridge Radio, has shared their first single as a solo artist. “Big Beautiful Sound” is a spare acoustic ballad; according to press materials, Margolin set themselves a challenge that all of the song’s elements had to fit on an 8-track record. Mike Mills and Joe Nankin directed
In the darkest depths of Earth’s oceans, surprises are expected. For humans, it’s one of the most inhospitable environments our planet has to offer, and we’ve seen very little of what’s down there, and how life survives. What we don’t always expect is for those surprises to be startlingly familiar – but on a series
Fortnite has hosted numerous crossovers with seemingly ill-fitting IPs, so it’s hard to be surprised by any collaboration anymore. That is, until they decided to give Sora from Kingdom Hearts a gun. Fortnite’s latest crossover sees the world of Kingdom Hearts invade the battle royale this week. On Thursday, September 17, four Kingdom Hearts skins
It finally happened: Sony’s highest-grossing movie ever, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, is now the top-grossing movie ever at the domestic box office, defeating Star Wars: The Force Awakens ,which held the record for the past 10 years with a cume of $936.66M. As of Tuesday, Spider-Man: Brand New Day counts a running domestic cume of
Stand-up comedy and occult history sound like an odd pairing until you sit with them for a minute. One happens in dark rooms where a crowd waits for the next laugh. The other lives in old books and rituals built around people trying to reach something that may never answer. For Cassie Workman the two
Ash have shared a “long lost” song, ‘Bittersweet Blue’, which they say was “30 years in the making”. Listen below. The track was originally written before the Northern Irish trio recorded their seminal 1996 debut album, ‘1977’, which is being reissued to mark its 30th anniversary. They subsequently performed it live while supporting Therapy? in
Under the ocean, things aren’t quite so bright. Much of the Sun’s rays bounce right off the ocean’s surface, and the ones that do penetrate the water are absorbed and scattered over much shorter distances than they are in air. That’s why, the deeper you get, the darker it is. As such, 32 feet (10
Image: Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games Game developer Masahiro Sakurai has announced that The Game Designer award for the Japan Game Awards has been discontinued, as he has been unable to find a successor to carry it on into the future. As reported by IGN, Sakurai made the announcement at this year’s ceremony. He originally
Kirby and Super Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai announced that his Game Designers Award will be discontinued due to his inability to find a successor. Since 2010, Sakurai has presented the award at the Japan Game Awards, and at 2026’s event – where Pokemon Pokopia took home the grand prize (its version of game of
Remember when the Blade movie was announced? When we learned about it at San Diego Comic-Con back in 2019, there was a palpable excitement around Mahershala Ali playing the vampire hunter. But it’s been over seven years since then, and Blade is no longer expected among upcoming Marvel movies. As if I wasn’t bummed already,
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