The Japanese novel Room 203, penned by Kamon Nanami, has been turned into a feature film by director Ben Jagger (Corbin Nash), and Voltage Pictures has acquired worldwide rights. Voltage will introduce the film to buyers at the upcoming Marché du film, June 21-25, 2021. “Adapted from the novel published by Kobunsha and currently in
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Hear me out: Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead is a lowkey thriller. Okay, okay, it’s probably more like a black comedy in line with Heathers or its spiritual sequel series, Dead to Me ─ so let me explain. Following its summer ‘91 theatrical run, and once it hit TV syndication and VHS rental, my
The three-book series Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is still fondly remembered forty years after the publication of the first installment, giving nightmares to multiple generations of children with classic horror tales that were elevated by truly chilling illustrations. It was Alvin Schwartz who wrote the stories, and artist Stephen Gammell who brought them
Hear me out: Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead is a lowkey thriller. Okay, okay, it’s probably more like a black comedy in line with Heathers or its spiritual sequel series, Dead to Me ─ so let me explain. Following its summer ‘91 theatrical run, and once it hit TV syndication and VHS rental, my
For fans of a certain age-old age, the video store is a haven of a bygone era. For fans with even more gray hairs, they remember video stores littered with shot-on-video movies. These movies weren’t produced by major studios and were usually shot on whatever qualifies as less than a shoestring budget. Before YouTube was
Ahead of the show’s final season premiering this coming August, we’ve learned that “The Walking Dead: The Complete Tenth Season” is first getting its Blu-ray release this summer. The Whisperer war is upon us when Season Ten of “The Walking Dead” arrives on Blu-ray™ (plus Digital) and DVD July 20 from Lionsgate, a press release sent
Licensed games used to get a lot of flack for their shoddy production value and rushed development cycles, but that doesn’t mean they were all bad. Sometimes, passionate developers and the clever use of beloved IPs can be enough to overcome limited budgets and impossible deadlines, resulting in quite a few hidden gems even in
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (read Meagan’s review) is coming to theaters and HBO Max on June 4, 2021, and the final trailer today previews the return of Ed and Lorraine. This time around, they’re heading into the 1980s for one hell of a wild true story… “The Devil Made Me Do It reveals
Predatory Pussy. May has been all over the place for Horror Queers. We began with super underrated DTV Mirror Mirror, stirred controversy with The Faculty (they’re all queer people – get over it), and revisited the legacy of Saw in time for Spiral‘s theatrical debut. Now we’re dipping our toe into modelling with Nicolas Winding Refn‘s The
Those of you who spent your college nights playing Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, the free-to-play team-based multiplayer spin-off from Return to Castle Wolfenstein, probably remember that the game was originally to include a single player campaign that unfortunately never saw the light of day. Lucky for us, Dark Matter Productions’ William Faure, author of the The
Most readers of Bloody Disgusting already know about Val Lewton, the producer whose low-budget films for RKO practically invented the cinematic language of atmospheric horror. Working with directors Jacques Tournier, Mark Robson, and Robert Wise, Lewton created movies that used shadows and suggestions to tell tense stories of psychological despair and sexual repression. An earlier
Although a perfectly valid criticism to make, it often seems like people hurl accusations of ‘’tonal inconsistency’’ at any piece of media that dares to experiment with more than one flavour. I cannot tally the number of reviews I’ve come across where a movie has been attacked for having a serious moment followed by a
Once again, fans are coming to the rescue for the Fallout series, as modding group The United West Team have revealed that they’re currently working on “Revelation Blue”, a remake of the cancelled Fallout 2 sequel, Van Buren. For those unaware, former Fallout series developer Black Isle Studios way back when was working on a
Paramount Pictures was hoping to make some noise at the box office, but this had to be entirely unexpected. After a year-long delay, A Quiet Place Part II (read our review) kicked off the summer movie season with a whopping $58 million opening over the 4-day holiday ($48.38M over the weekend), nearly matching the first
Koji Igarashi churned out a delightful spiritual successor to Castlevania: Symphony of The Night with 2019’s Bloodstained: Ritual of The Night. And after a sequel to the pixel-based spin-off in Curse of The Moon 2 last year, it looks as though we’ll be getting a proper sequel to Bloodstained. In a Digital Bros. slideshow presentation
A lot of horror fans assume that the “Slasher Flick” was killed off in the 90s, with the most likely culprit being Wes Craven’s loving satire, Scream. While it’s true that the many incarnations of Ghostface helped to expose the subgenre’s overused tropes and weaknesses, slasher movies never really died; they just became less mainstream
Although a perfectly valid criticism to make, it often seems like people hurl accusations of ‘’tonal inconsistency’’ at any piece of media that dares to experiment with more than one flavour. I cannot tally the number of reviews I’ve come across where a movie has been attacked for having a serious moment followed by a
Funko is finishing off the final day of “Funkoween” on a high note, taking to Twitter this afternoon to give us our first look at a brand new Trick ‘r Treat vinyl toy that’s on the way. This particular Sam toy is different than Funko’s other Trick ‘r Treat offerings because it depicts the lovable
Leatherface is no stranger to the Funko POP! family, with a couple different toys already out there, but his original look from 1974 is getting a brand new toy this coming August. Put up for grabs tonight as part of “Funkoween,” this latest Leatherface toy is based on Gunnar Hansen’s portrayal of the character in
This year’s Spiral: From the Book of Saw marked a return to the Saw franchise not only for director Darren Bousman but also writers Josh Stolberg and Pete Goldfinger, who previously wrote 2017 sequel Jigsaw. This time around, they worked alongside Chris Rock to rejuvenate the franchise with a Jigsaw-less sequel, which went through several
Funko has released a couple different toys of Bruce Campbell’s Ash Williams over the years, and up next they’re paying tribute to The Evil Dead, Sam Raimi’s original classic! Shown off tonight as part of the ongoing “Funkoween” celebration, two different Ash figures from the original movie are on the way, a standard version and
We lost Sid Haig just about two years ago, and he left behind an enduring legacy of characters that audiences will enjoy until the end of the time. One of the most notable roles, of course, is Captain Spaulding from Rob Zombie’s Firefly Trilogy, a character that has been immortalized by multiple different toys over
What will you discover in paradise? Two brand new thrillers are on the way from M. Night Shyamalan and Universal, and the first one coming soon is titled Old. The film’s current theatrical date is July 23, 2021. The full trailer this morning heads once again into the Shyamalan Mystery Box, with Old taking a family to a remote
Technically part of the Conjuring Universe, 2019’s folklore-based The Curse of La Llorona paved the way for director Michael Chaves to take the reigns from James Wan for The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, and now La Llorona is joining the Funko family. Announced tonight as part of Funko’s ongoing “Funkoween” celebration, two
Warning: This essay contains spoilers for all Saw movies, including Spiral. Like most reviewing Saw when it was released in October 2004, critic David Edelstein found the film so disturbing that he questioned the morality of screenwriter Leigh Whannell and director James Wan. But unlike most, Edelstein, who would later coin the term “torture porn,”
Deep Silver and developer inXile Entertainment are preparing you to re-enter the frozen wastes of post-apocalyptic Colorado with the upcoming expansion to Wasteland 3 entitled “The Battle of Steeltown”. The DLC is expected next month, and has a new trailer welcoming you to the eponymous town. The story goes that Steeltown is a factory complex
Another horror icon has been turned into a POP! vinyl toy by Funko, with the company revealing today for the ongoing “Funkoween” that a Vincent Price figure is on the way! The toy is available for pre-order now from Books-a-Million and Barnes & Noble. “He appeared in over 100 films and is most known for
Funko‘s “Funkoween” celebration rolls on today with brand spankin’ new Gremlins reveals, coming in the wake of yesterday’s first-looks at new Jaws and even upcoming Mandy toys. This new batch (pun very much intended) of Gremlins toys includes Gizmo with 3D glasses in both regular and flocked versions, with the flocked variant only available in
Filming is now underway on Blumhouse’s new take on Stephen King‘s Firestarter, which this time around is being directed by Keith Thomas, the director of this year’s The Vigil. Blumhouse has celebrated the start of production today with a blazing hot behind the scenes video, a short little preview of some of the fiery carnage
Funko celebrated “FunkoWeen” this afternoon with a new batch of horror-themed reveals, giving us our first look at brand new Michael Myers, Elvira, and even Mandy toys! The Mistress of the Dark herself made a special appearance in the fun reveal video, which you can check out below. Elvira’s new 40th anniversary toy puts her