Horror

With roots in real-life murders, “The Hook” urban legend goes hand-in-hand — or should I say hand-in-hook? — with the slasher genre. After being referenced in ’80s slashers He Knows You’re Alone and Final Exam, it went on to at least partially inspire five slashers from the ’90s: Candyman, I Know What You Did Last

Get in line, because Cocaine Bear has made its way to Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital following a successful theatrical run. The “Maximum Rampage Edition” features several featurettes, including a fun audio commentary by director/producer Elizabeth Banks and producer (and Banks’ husband) Max Handelman. Here are eight things I learned from the Cocaine Bear commentary… 1.

The Japanese remake of Vincenzo Natali‘s sci-fi cult classic Cube, directed by Yasuhiko Shimizu (“Pension: Love Is Pink”), is now streaming on the Bloody Disgusting-powered SCREAMBOX. The brutal sci-fi horror classic by Vincenzo Natali was so successful that it spawned Cube²: Hypercube (2002) and Cube Zero (2004). Natali (Splice, In the Tall Grass, NBC’s “Hannibal”) stayed on as a creative advisor for the Japanese

If you fancy horror anthology video games like the Dread X Collection, Boomfire Games and publisher Jandusoft have a treat for you later this week with The Creepy Syndrome. Arriving on the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, the Xbox One and the Xbox Series on April 27th (the Steam version is currently listed as

For most horror franchises, a decent fifth film seems to be harder to find than a Necronomicon and usually about as dumb as the guy who’d read it out loud. According to those who have seen Evil Dead Rise (now playing in theaters!), however, it looks like the franchise is now home to the rare fifth

The Japanese remake of Vincenzo Natali‘s sci-fi cult classic Cube, directed by Yasuhiko Shimizu (“Pension: Love Is Pink”), is now streaming on the Bloody Disgusting-powered SCREAMBOX. The brutal sci-fi horror classic by Vincenzo Natali was so successful that it spawned Cube²: Hypercube (2002) and Cube Zero (2004). Natali (Splice, In the Tall Grass, NBC’s “Hannibal”) stayed on as a creative advisor for the Japanese

The Japanese remake of Vincenzo Natali‘s sci-fi cult classic Cube, directed by Yasuhiko Shimizu (“Pension: Love Is Pink”), is now streaming on the Bloody Disgusting-powered SCREAMBOX. The brutal sci-fi horror classic by Vincenzo Natali was so successful that it spawned Cube²: Hypercube (2002) and Cube Zero (2004). Natali (Splice, In the Tall Grass, NBC’s “Hannibal”) stayed on as a creative advisor for the Japanese

Released on back in 2021 to Steam, ESDigital Games and Ludus Future’s hack’n’slash action RPG Demon Skin finally arrives on consoles this summer. The title will make its way into PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Xbox One and the Nintendo Switch on May 5th for $9.99. It will also debut on the Epic Games

Episode five of “Yellowjackets” Season 2, “Two Truths and a Lie,” presents a dramatic transition. To what, exactly? The destination remains obscured, but this episode makes it abundantly clear that whatever is coming, it’s terrible news for the Yellowjackets. “Two Truths and a Lie” thrillingly marks the slow beginning of converging plotlines, setting up the potential for

The Japanese remake of Vincenzo Natali‘s sci-fi cult classic Cube, directed by Yasuhiko Shimizu (“Pension: Love Is Pink”), is now streaming on the Bloody Disgusting-powered SCREAMBOX. The brutal sci-fi horror classic by Vincenzo Natali was so successful that it spawned Cube²: Hypercube (2002) and Cube Zero (2004). Natali (Splice, In the Tall Grass, NBC’s “Hannibal”) stayed on as a creative advisor for the Japanese

Bloody Disgusting’s Evil Dead Rise review is spoiler-free. A lakeside cabin opening sequence in Evil Dead Rise, written and directed by Lee Cronin (The Hole in the Ground), operates as a declaration that the latest installment of this franchise will fit snugly within the world of Evil Dead while branching out into new terrain and ideas. That means a

On the way from Dark Sky Films, The Third Saturday in October is a highly unique experiment ripped straight out of the 1980s, and we’re getting TWO movies on the same day. First up, The Third Saturday in October Part V kicks off this throwback double feature, and it’s followed by The Third Saturday in

Two years ago, Safe Room Podcast began with a discussion about the Resident Evil series for its 25th anniversary. So for the milestone of 100 episodes, it felt fitting to return to the Resi well once more. Yeah, we’ve returned a few times in 100 episodes, but it’s a deep and lucrative well! We’ve talked

There’s no franchise like the Evil Dead franchise. Four quality entries (plus a TV series, which we’re not covering in this particular article) that each, in their own way, have managed to push the boundaries of originality, black comedy, fear and fun. Not to mention buckets, troths and otherwise gnarly amounts of blood and gore. That’s the

From Black actor Anna Camp joins the cast of Peacock’s straight-to-series coming-of-age thriller Hysteria!, a drama series that explores America’s dark history of mass hysteria through the shocking story of the teenage Satanic Panic. Deadline reports that Camp, who joins previously announced actor Julie Bowen, will be a series regular. About the series: “When a beloved

Now playing in theaters, Universal’s Renfield uses the original Universal Monsters classic Dracula (1931) as the jumping off point for a brand new adventure, dissecting the not-quite-healthy relationship between Dracula and his loyal servant, R.M. Renfield. If you’ve seen it, you might’ve been curious by the images of Nicholas Hoult‘s Renfield dancing in the streets over the end credits. For

Illfonic are back at it with another free DLC pack for Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed. Arriving April 20, the new DLC includes the new Courthouse map, a new Ghost type, and for fans of the Extreme Ghostbusters, new cosmetics inspired by the series. The Courthouse is described as being home to “decades of dark practices and

Dubbed “the scariest exercise video ever made,” Linnea Quigley’s Horror Workout was originally released on video in 1990, and the cult gem is now making its Blu-ray debut. From Terror Vision, you can pre-order Linnea Quigley’s Horror Workout on Blu-ray now! The Blu-rays are expected to begin shipping out to customers on May 1, 2023.

We love a good micro do-it-yourself indie and we think horror fans are going to be blown away by Adrian Konstant‘s survival horror film Shifted, which has shades of George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead with a modern twist. The festival favorite, now streaming on the Bloody Disgusting-powered SCREAMBOX, takes us into a world

With the tweaks made after the recent Open Beta tests, Blizzard has announced that Diablo IV has gone gold, meaning that development has completed, and the game is ready for mass production. The game will launch as scheduled on June 6 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC via Battle.net. “Going

It ends where it all began. Sony Pictures is heading back into The Further with Insidious: The Red Door this summer, and the official trailer will be unleashed later this week. Come on back here to watch the official trailer on Wednesday morning, April 19, 2023! Insidious: The Red Door will release in theaters everywhere on July 7, 2023.

Season one of MGM+s’ propulsive horror series “From” wasted no time going straight for the jugular and maintaining intensity throughout. It culminated in a ruthless shattering of hope for its wayward characters just as a bus of new characters arrived. “From” Season Two hits the ground running, picking up where the inaugural season left off to

Indie publisher Assemble Entertainment and solo developer Tainted Pact bring us a terrifying descent into survival horror madness with Suffer the Night, a new horror game that Bloody Disgusting is excited to announce is AVAILABLE NOW on Steam, GOG, and itch.io! Alone in a secluded cabin during a violent storm, horror illustrator Stacey Liden will discover

Arkane and Bethesda have released their third character trailer for Redfall, this time focusing on Remi De La Rosa. Described as “a brilliant combat engineer who has spent her life on the frontlines,” Remi is a member of the Coast Guard, who were in the process of rescuing survivors caught in the vampire disaster in

Those of you old-school shooter fans itching to get your hands on Apogee Entertainment’s upcoming Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition will be happy to know that the team of Apogee, Nightdive Studios and New Blood Interactive will have a demo available for you to try this June. The remaster of the 1994 cult classic

Known to horror fans for playing Marge Guttman in 1982’s beloved sequel Halloween III: Season of the Witch, actress Garn Stephens has passed away this week at the age of 87. The wife of Halloween III star Tom Atkins at the time, Garn Stephens played a memorable role in the unique franchise installment, her character

Two years after its initial launch, Cold Iron Studios and Focus Entertainment have announced that they’ll be bringing Aliens: Fireteam Elite to the Nintendo Switch. And seeing as Alien Day isn’t too far away, it makes sense that the Switch version comes out on April 26th. The Switch version of Fireteam Elite will be cloud

When I was in high school, one of my first jobs was working at a big chain video store. While it was fun to be around movies and movie fans all day, it did have all the pitfalls of any public facing customer service job. Weird customers, understaffing, and repetitive work were all par for

“How can fandom be toxic?!” Richie Kirsch (Jack Quaid) scowls after his motive explanation and reveal as one-half of the Ghostface team in last year’s Scream. “It’s about love! You don’t fucking understand– these movies are important to people!”  “Toxic fandom” may only feel like a relatively recent term, used in reference to crazed, niche

When I was in high school, one of my first jobs was working at a big chain video store. While it was fun to be around movies and movie fans all day, it did have all the pitfalls of any public facing customer service job. Weird customers, understaffing, and repetitive work were all par for