Horror

Casting continues this week on Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice 2, and THR reports today that Willem Dafoe (The Lighthouse) is the latest big name actor to join the impressive ensemble. THR reports, “While plot details are being kept six feet under, it is understood that Dafoe is playing a law enforcement officer in the afterlife.” Warner Bros.

Episode seven of “Yellowjackets” Season 2, “Burial,” offers a temporary calm after episode six’s tempestuous storm. As the season faces its final few episodes, “Burial” dials back the turbulent intensity just enough to develop individual character arcs further as the Yellowjackets finally reunite. Episode seven explores the fallout of “Qui,” forcing its characters to confront truths, grapple with

The cast for Radio Silence‘s (V/H/S, Southbound, Scream, Scream VI) mysterious “Untitled Monster Thriller” for Universal is shaping up to be monstrous in size and talent. Hot on the heels of announcing Dan Stevens among the lineup, Deadline reports that Kevin Durand (Tragedy Girls, “The Strain”) has joined the cast. While details of course remain under

We could always use more output from Akira Yamaoka, and we don’t have to wait for Slitterhead or the upcoming Silent Hill 2 remake to get it. Developer Atelier QDB’s upcoming psychological horror title Decarnation, which features music from Yamaoka, will be arriving on the Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam on May 31. Alongside

Before becoming one of the most divisive filmmakers in horror with the likes of Halloween and The Munsters, Rob Zombie was just a musician trying his hand at the film industry. House of 1000 Corpses came together fairly quickly following a failed attempt to reboot The Crow, but the rock star’s Hollywood career almost never

Glenn Danzig (Verotika) brought his Vampire Spaghetti-Western Death Rider in the House of Vampires to select theaters back in 2021, you may recall, but it’s been quite a while since we’ve heard a peep about the project. Screen Daily breaks the silence this week, revealing that Death Rider in the House of Vampires is coming to

Ed Boon is at it again with teasing the next Mortal Kombat entry. Much like the tease at the end of the video celebrating 30 years of the Mortal Kombat franchise, this new teaser has to do with time. Over on the official YouTube page for Mortal Kombat, a new 16 second video entitled “It

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (“Game of Thrones,” Mama) and an almost unrecognizable Maika Monroe (It Follows, Watcher) take on a bloodthirsty, Satanic cult in God is a Bullet, a revenge thriller based on the best-selling novel by Boston Teran. The film follows “detective Bob Hightower (Coster-Waldau), who finds his ex-wife murdered and his daughter kidnapped by an insidious cult. With the help of

The Lighthouse International Film Festival has announced their second edition of Darkhouse this afternoon, a genre-centric screening category focused on the best in boundary-pushing horror, science fiction, and fantasy cinema. The festival’s Darkhouse program, which will take place June 7-11 on Long Beach Island, NJ, will showcase five new features, one special spotlight screening, and

Horror stalwart Devon Sawa (“Chucky,” Final Destination, Idle Hands) delivered a memorable turn in 2020’s survival horror Hunter Hunter. He’s set to return to the wilderness once more with Consumed, the latest horror movie by The Butcher Brothers (The Hamiltons, The Violent Kind). THR reports that Sawa will play a “wild madman” the central married couple will encounter on a camping trip. Of

Horror stalwart Devon Sawa (“Chucky,” Final Destination, Idle Hands) delivered a memorable turn in 2020’s survival horror Hunter Hunter. He’s set to return to the wilderness once more with Consumed, the latest horror movie by The Butcher Brothers (The Hamiltons, The Violent Kind). THR reports that Sawa will play a “wild madman” the central married couple will encounter on a camping trip. Of

The latest taut horror-thriller from M. Night Shyamalan, Knock at the Cabin has arrived on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD. While there’s no audio commentary, the home video releases include four making-of featurettes: “Choosing Wisely: Behind the Scenes of Knock at the Cabin,” “Tools of the Apocalypse,” “Drawing a Picture,” and “Kristen Cui Shines

Shark attack sequel Meg 2: The Trench will be swimming into theaters on August 4, 2023, and the mega-sized official trailer has taken a big bite out of the internet tonight. The trailer runs 3-minutes long and is absolutely brimming with deep sea action-horror insanity, beginning with The Meg devouring a T-Rex and then piling more and

Bloody Disgusting has learned this week that special effects artist Bill Basso, whose work can be seen in a handful of genre favorites, passed on May 4, 2023 at the age of 60 years old. “William Anthony Basso Jr. was a sculptor, painter, and special effects makeup artist. He was born on December 8, 1962,

Filming kicked off this month on the HBO Max series “Welcome to Derry,” an official prequel to the two Stephen King-based IT movies from Andy Muschietti. Taking to Instagram over the weekend, Muschietti shared a first-look behind the scenes photo from the set. The photo, which you’ll find below, shows us the office door of Derry’s Chief of Police

We’ve already had a horror-themed take on Winnie The Pooh with Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey. Now get ready for a horror-themed take in video game form with Rob C. Davis, Gregg Rahuba and Jared R. Bair’s Hundred Acre Wood, a Lovecraftian FPS that’s coming soon to Steam. Just like with Blood and Honey,

“The Walking Dead” takes a bite out of the Big Apple in spinoff series “The Walking Dead: Dead City,” and a brand new official teaser trailer was debuted by AMC this week. AMC has revealed that “Dead City” will premiere on June 18 at 10 pm ET on AMC and AMC+. Subsequent episodes of the latest spinoff

We’ve already had a horror-themed take on Winnie The Pooh with Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey. Now get ready for a horror-themed take in video game form with Rob C. Davis, Gregg Rahuba and Jared R. Bair’s Hundred Acre Wood, a Lovecraftian FPS that’s coming soon to Steam. Just like with Blood and Honey,

Cannibalism has emerged as the genre du jour in horror. With the success of last year’s Fresh and Bones and All as well as the second season of Yellowjackets finally digging into the human flesh, everyone seems to be exploring this taboo topic. From nightmare survival scenarios to narcissistic serial killers, these films follow humans

Just one week after it was announced that “True Detective” creator Nic Pizzolatto had been brought on board to work on the script, THR reports tonight that Marvel has shut down pre-production on next year’s Blade movie due to the ongoing WGA strike. THR reports, “The feature project, which has already been paused once before, becomes

Cannibalism has emerged as the genre du jour in horror. With the success of last year’s Fresh and Bones and All as well as the second season of Yellowjackets finally digging into the human flesh, everyone seems to be exploring this taboo topic. From nightmare survival scenarios to narcissistic serial killers, these films follow humans

Episode six of “Yellowjackets” Season 2, “Qui,” makes for one of the most significant “do not miss” episodes of television this year. Now firmly into the back half of the second season, “Qui” takes massive strides in converging plotlines in the present while wreaking utter emotional devastation in the past. More impressive is the way this episode serves

Bruce Campbell has taken to Twitter this afternoon to thank Evil Dead fans for making Evil Dead Rise a smash hit in theaters, the film officially passing $100 million worldwide! Evil Dead Rise is now officially the highest grossing film in the entire Evil Dead franchise, with Evil Dead 2013’s box office total ending at

Frictional Games’ Amnesia: The Bunker is set to arrive in a matter of weeks, and to give fans a closer look at the game, Frictional has released a new video showing off 10 minutes of gameplay. The gameplay footage in question sees protagonist Henri Clement navigating the eponymous bunker, all the while something in the

A sequel to the Mortal Kombat movie from 2021 is on the way, and The Wrap reports tonight that Karl Urban (“The Boys”) is in final talks to join the cast as Johnny Cage. The Wrap reminds, “Johnny Cage was introduced in the first Mortal Kombat arcade game in 1992. Johnny Cage is depicted as

A sequel to the Mortal Kombat movie from 2021 is on the way, and The Wrap reports tonight that Karl Urban (“The Boys”) is in final talks to join the cast as Johnny Cage. The Wrap reminds, “Johnny Cage was introduced in the first Mortal Kombat arcade game in 1992. Johnny Cage is depicted as

Upcoming SCREAMBOX slasher We Might Hurt Each Other is among the densely packed first full wave of programming for the upcoming Chattanooga Film Festival! The Chattanooga Film Festival 2023 returns in person and virtually for its tenth year, taking place June 23 through 29! The beloved festival will return to an in person event for the first time since

Writer/Director Lee Cronin’s Evil Dead Rise presented several buzzworthy Evil Dead moments and set pieces, including the title card that arrives just as a Deadite rises from the lake. All of it, of course, by meticulous design as evidenced by the film’s stunning concept art. Cronin took to Twitter today to share some of the concept art

Writer/Director Lee Cronin’s Evil Dead Rise presented several buzzworthy Evil Dead moments and set pieces, including the title card that arrives just as a Deadite rises from the lake. All of it, of course, by meticulous design as evidenced by the film’s stunning concept art. Cronin took to Twitter today to share some of the concept art

Long live the fighters. The hotly anticipated sequel Dune: Part Two will arrive in theaters on November 3, 2023, and the official trailer has arrived this afternoon. Ride a sandworm and taste the spice by watching the Dune: Part Two trailer below. Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya and Josh Brolin will return for Dune: Part Two, which is once again directed by Denis Villeneuve (Dune).