Horror

Iconic character Velma Dinkley is getting her own “adult animated series” over at HBO Max, and today we’ve learned that the series will premiere on January 12, 2023. Watch the teaser trailer below, which pays homage to Wes Craven’s Scream! “Velma” is an adult animated comedy series telling the origin story of Velma Dinkley, the unsung

The 1996 action-adventure blockbuster Twister is getting a big screen sequel from Universal Pictures all these years later, and Lee Isaac Chung (Minari) is on board to direct the movie. Today we’ve learned that Twisters (Yes, Twisters) is coming to theaters on July 19, 2024. Deadline reports, “Following an extensive search that had a number of top directors chasing

Kinetic Games recently unleashed another portion of their major overhaul of Phasmophobia with the new Tempest Update. Version 0.8.0.0 of Phasmophobia brings with it a revamped weather system, adjustments to ghosts and the reward system, gameplay tweaks and more. The biggest change in the update comes with the “Weather 2.0”, which reintroduces fog into Phasmophobia

Published in 2015 and praised by Stephen King and Clive Barker, Nick Cutter‘s underwater horror novel “The Deep” is getting a series adaptation at Amazon, Deadline reports. C. Henry Chaisson (Antlers, “Servant”) is writing the series for Amazon Studios. Clive Barker called the novel “utterly terrifying,” while Stephen King similarly raved that The Deep “scared

Published in 2015 and praised by Stephen King and Clive Barker, Nick Cutter‘s underwater horror novel “The Deep” is getting a series adaptation at Amazon, Deadline reports. C. Henry Chaisson (Antlers, “Servant”) is writing the series for Amazon Studios. Clive Barker called the novel “utterly terrifying,” while Stephen King similarly raved that The Deep “scared

Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities — a marvelous compendium of streaming deadtime stories — emphasizes everything that lures me to horror anthologies. It feels like a reinvention of Showtime’s Masters of Horror, highlighting everything I appreciate about the format. One might balk at calling Cabinet of Curiosities an outright horror anthology, more a miniseries?

2023 isn’t too far away, and for Ripout fans, that means the game is that much closer to release. As a holiday treat, developer Pet Project Games and 3D Realms have unveiled a new gameplay trailer for Ripout, showing off the improvements the studio has been implementing ahead of the game’s launch on PC via

Identical White Boys After bouncing all over the place in November with episodes on Knives and Skin, Starship Troopers, Perfect Blue and Addams Family Values, we’re settling into a few weeks of themed ‘Winter Horror’ discussions. Last week was Joel Schumacher’s deliciously queer camp Batman & Robin and this week, we’re back in Rural Horror territory

2023 isn’t too far away, and for Ripout fans, that means the game is that much closer to release. As a holiday treat, developer Pet Project Games and 3D Realms have unveiled a new gameplay trailer for Ripout, showing off the improvements the studio has been implementing ahead of the game’s launch on PC via

There was a time when conspiracy theories were entertaining. No, seriously, I swear it’s true! In fact, tons of films took inspiration from them, including Prometheus, Transformers 3, and even the very first Captain America, just to name a few. This year marks the 10th anniversary of Christopher MacBride‘s paranoid thriller The Conspiracy, a found-footage indie

Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities — a marvelous compendium of streaming deadtime stories — emphasizes everything that lures me to horror anthologies. It feels like a reinvention of Showtime’s Masters of Horror, highlighting everything I appreciate about the format. One might balk at calling Cabinet of Curiosities an outright horror anthology, more a miniseries?

Now available for pre-order is the very first small scale original art statuette from House of Gog, a collaboration with horror artist Skinner that looks like an explosion of colorful insanity. Titled “Relic of a Jupiter Tomb,” the Skinner-designed statuette is limited to just 300 units worldwide, each one hand crafted & hand-painted by master

There was a time when conspiracy theories were entertaining. No, seriously, I swear it’s true! In fact, tons of films took inspiration from them, including Prometheus, Transformers 3, and even the very first Captain America, just to name a few. This year marks the 10th anniversary of Christopher MacBride‘s paranoid thriller The Conspiracy, a found-footage indie

There was a time when conspiracy theories were entertaining. No, seriously, I swear it’s true! In fact, tons of films took inspiration from them, including Prometheus, Transformers 3, and even the very first Captain America, just to name a few. This year marks the 10th anniversary of Christopher MacBride‘s paranoid thriller The Conspiracy, a found-footage indie

Published in 1981, F. Paul Wilson‘s The Keep was turned into a feature film just two years later by Michael Mann, and the author reveals this week that a new movie is coming soon. F. Paul Wilson announced on Twitter just last night, “2 days ago, after a year and a half of lawyering between

In the wake of last year’s ambitious trilogy directed by Leigh Janiak, Netflix is headed back to R.L. Stine‘s Fear Street with a brand new movie, Above the Line is reporting tonight. Additionally, Jeff Sneider reports that Chloe Okuno (V/H/S 99‘s “Storm Drain” segment and this year’s Watcher) will be directing that fourth Fear Street

Welcome back to DEAD Time! I hope you left a light on because this month things got really weird when I chatted with the co-hosts of the What’s Up Weirdo podcast, John E.L. Tenney and Jessica Knapik. John and Jessica are best friends who decided to record their real-life phone conversations where they discuss everything

It’s that time of year once again. And as Luiz pointed out last year, just because it’s the festive season, doesn’t mean that we need to give up on our horror gaming. With that in mind, and despite what you might think, there’s actually more than just a handful of holiday horror games (and winter-themed

In 1996, Japanese gaming company Capcom set the gaming industry on fire with the release of Resident Evil and in turn gave birth to the survival horror genre in gaming. In 2002 they released a highly regarded remake, and in 2005 they rewrote the survival horror genre they invented with the action focused Resident Evil

Spend enough time charting the corners of any subgenre and you’ll quickly discover that not all entries are created equal. Due to the sexually charged nature of Erotic Thrillers, a common mistake that Hollywood suits make is believing that so long as there’s an adequate amount of sex and skin, the mechanics of the plot

A little over a year ago, it was revealed that October Games was working with Full Moon Features to create a video game based on the Puppet Master series. Well, a year on, and the first developer log for Puppet Master: The Game has revealed several goodies, including contributor to BD Nat Brehmer (who wrote

“What’s your favorite scary movie?” If your answer is Scream, then we’ve got great news for you: Collider has officially confirmed that the franchise’s sixth entry is titled Scream VI. But wait, there’s more! Tomorrow, December 14, Paramount is unleashing the first teaser trailer for Scream VI. For those hoping to get a glimpse of

Just one month after the second season of “Warrior Nun” debuted on Netflix, the streaming service opted not to renew the series for a third, per Deadline. Season 2 spent just three weeks in Netflix’s Weekly Top 10 for English-language series after premiering on November 10, 2022. It peaked at #5, despite having a devout

Gazing down from a rickety platform, about 7 or 8 stories high, our field of vision is restricted by a thick fog embankment. All that we can really make out in these obfuscating weather conditions is the surrounding treeline and a few nearby sheds that offer very little in the way of protection. To make

Gazing down from a rickety platform, about 7 or 8 stories high, our field of vision is restricted by a thick fog embankment. All that we can really make out in these obfuscating weather conditions is the surrounding treeline and a few nearby sheds that offer very little in the way of protection. To make

A legendary, Emmy-nominated composer known for his work with David Lynch, we’ve learned the sad news this afternoon that Angelo Badalamenti has passed away at the age of 85. Born on March 22, 1937 in New York City, Angelo Badalamenti earned three Primetime Emmy Awards nominations for the musical composition and main title theme music

Godzilla was once a monster well suited for Cold War symbolism, but times changed. And as written in the book Japan’s Favorite Mon-star, author and film historian Steve Ryfle suggested “the breakup of the Soviet Union and the fading of the global nuclear threat” may have played a part in Toho’s drastic decision to kill

Before diving into the first of our end-of-the-year coverage, listen to last month’s edition of The Inventory, Safe Room’s monthly review round-up. Between finalizing holiday plans, purchasing gifts, and compiling those dreaded (or delightful) end-of-the-year lists, we are officially in our mad dash to the end of the year! This year Neil and I started

Godzilla was once a monster well suited for Cold War symbolism, but times changed. And as written in the book Japan’s Favorite Mon-star, author and film historian Steve Ryfle suggested “the breakup of the Soviet Union and the fading of the global nuclear threat” may have played a part in Toho’s drastic decision to kill

Much like Doom 2 was to Doom, how do you follow up the mega success that was Quake? The obvious answer was Quake II, but there’s a little more to it than that. Long-time id Software member John Romero had departed the company, along with many of the staff who had worked on the first