Horror

In 2013, director Alejandro Hidalgo gave the haunted house a sci-fi twist in his feature debut, The House at the End of Time. His long-awaited follow-up, The Exorcism of God, attempts to shake up the overly familiar exorcism horror subgenre. Hidalgo pays tribute to the granddaddy of them all, The Exorcist, then works to retool the formula through the past

We’ve found even more tapes and will be bringing them all to Shudder in V/H/S/94, the fourth installment of the Bloody Disgusting-produced horror anthology franchise from Studio71. Fresh off the film’s World Premiere at Fantastic Fest this past weekend, V/H/S/94 will be coming to Shudder for the Halloween season, arriving October 6, 2021! While you wait, check out a gallery of images previewing new

Tentatively set for release in February 2022, Boss Team Games and Saber Interactive’s Evil Dead: The Game will feature single-player and co-op gameplay, promising to be the ultimate Evil Dead experience in the world of video games. Several characters from the movies and TV series have already been confirmed, and today brings the latest update. We’ve been informed

The opening title card’s preceding text reads “Dario Argento presents” fits in a certain sense; She Will operates within the realm of dreams. It’s a story relayed through potent and mesmerizing imagery over a traditional narrative structure, and women drive it. The connections cease there. She Will offers an intoxicating visual feast, casting a beguiling spell of a slow

It’s ironic that we’ve only now gotten around to diving deep into the original Castlevania after delving into retrospectives for its two sequels. At 35, the series has seen its up and downs. The current trend seems to be to lament over “the good old days” of when Konami first bestowed greatness on Nintendo’s Famicom

If there was ever a day of the year that deserved the horror movie treatment, Black Friday is the one. We’ve all seen the news footage of angry, zombie-like shoppers storming retail stores, desperate to get their hands on the latest deals with absolutely no regard for the overworked staffers. While this has been less

A 10-episode live-action “Cowboy Bebop” series from writer and executive producer Christopher Yost (Thor: The Dark World, Thor: Ragnarok) is on the way to Netflix, with John Cho (Searching) set to lead the cast as Spike Spiegel. “Cowboy Bebop” will be premiering on November 19, 2021, and the title sequence for the series was debuted today. Let’s jam. Check out your first look

If there was ever a day of the year that deserved the horror movie treatment, Black Friday is the one. We’ve all seen the news footage of angry, zombie-like shoppers storming retail stores, desperate to get their hands on the latest deals with absolutely no regard for the overworked staffers. While this has been less

For all the questions surrounding the potential remake of Capcom’s Resident Evil remake, a fan finally decided to do something about it, and threw in something special, to boot. PerroAutonomo has released a beta version of his Resident Evil remake in the Unity Engine, which features a first-person camera perspective. Keep in mind that this isn’t

James Wan is producing a new take on Stephen King‘s vampire story Salem’s Lot for Warner Bros. and New Line, with Gary Dauberman (It, The Nun, Annabelle Comes Home) attached to write the script and also direct the film. THR reports tonight that Pilou Asbæk (Overlord, “Game of Thrones”) has come on board, set to play the pivotal character Richard Straker. THR

Free streaming service Tubi will be celebrating the spooky season all October long with their “Terror on Tubi” lineup, which includes original shows, movies, and specials. Here’s everything you need to know about the month-long event. Tubi, FOX Entertainment’s free streaming service, announced today “Terror on Tubi,” it’s scary good streaming Halloween celebration, which kicks off this

MGM is bringing back The Addams Family for an upcoming sequel to 2019’s animated film, which is scheduled to be released in theaters and *at home* on October 1, 2021. Check out the first clip, courtesy of Collider, which takes the family on a ghoulish road trip across America. Think the Griswolds… only just a little bit more

John Carpenter‘s graphic novel series is back this Halloween season with Tales For a HalloweeNight Vol. 7, featuring more twisted tales masterfully crafted for your terror. The latest issue from Storm King Comics will be on shelves September 22, 2021! John Carpenter himself wrote one of the stories featured in the new volume, which is titled “Aliens

More info is trickling in for the still-unannounced Castlevania Advance Collection. Over the weekend, it was revealed that the collection would be coming to PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC, and now thanks once again to Gematsu, the titles have been confirmed, as per the Korean Ratings Board entry, and now the ESRB. As

It wants to consume us all. Set to be unleashed on Digital, on Demand and DVD on November 9, Lionsgate’s The Spore looks to be a timely infection horror movie, carrying shades of Eli Roth’s Cabin Fever. In the film, “Fleeing from civilization as a horrific plague ravages mankind, Meadow gets a lift from a

Nostalgia is a curious thing, especially when it comes to film. Multi-media empires have been built on filmmakers revamping the entertainment of their youth for new audiences, but it’s extremely difficult for modern productions to capture the spirit of older movies without turning into exaggerated parodies. Of course, there are exceptions to every rule, and

Looney Tunes. After back-to-back weeks of visually sumptuous horror films with Germany’s Der Samurai and Detroit‘s It Follows, Trace and I are tackling a franchise entry with the 30th anniversary of Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991). Joining us is Mark O. Estes, host of the Midnight Social Distortion podcast, who has strong nostalgic feelings for the

Ahead of the film’s World Premiere at Fantastic Fest, Casey Tebo‘s Black Friday, a horror-comedy starring Bruce Campbell and Devon Sawa, has been picked up by Screen Media. Variety reports that Black Friday will be released day-and-date in November 2021! In the film, “On the busiest shopping night of the year, a group of disgruntled toy store employees must defend

For two and a half decades, Aborted have been a constant force of death metal ferocity. With their 11th studio album ManiaCult having released last week, the band once again delivers a visceral presentation of bloodthirsty riffs, skull annihilating blast beats, and soul-splitting shrieks. Among their contemporaries, Aborted not only stands as one of the

The Temptations brand is back at it this Halloween season with a set of commercials promoting their new cat treat flavor called “Tasty Human.” Yes. Tasty. Human.  The commercials aim to remind you that, based on a study conducted in 2014 by researchers at the University of Edinburgh, your cat probably wants to eat you.

We touched on 1C Entertainment and developer Jeff Winner’s story-driven psychological horror title Horror Story: Hallowseed earlier this year. The title recently just had a big Early Access update. And by “big”, we mean a complete overhaul, complete with a new trailer. Released back in July on Steam, the latest Early Access version of Hallowseed

Ghostbusters: Afterlife will begin haunting theaters on November 19, 2021, and the first wave of rave reviews from movie critics suggest we’re all in for a treat later this year. Critic Scott Menzel tweeted, “Ghostbusters: Afterlife is the Ghostbusters sequel that I’ve been waiting all my life to see. It is nostalgia done right. A perfect blend of classic Ghostbusters

It’s already been an insanely packed year for genre offerings, and the Halloween season is about to compound that tenfold with some major anticipated releases still on the horizon. It’s a continuing trend from last year, in which a steady stream of horror content made it tricky to keep up with all of the titles.

In a move so nice that they’re doing it twice, THQ Nordic has announced during their 10th Anniversary Showcase (after Sony had done it last week) Destroy All Humans! 2: Reprobed for PlayStation 5, as well as the Xbox Series and the PC via Steam. No release date was announced, but we do get two

The plot has thickened, as they say, for the Castlevania Advance Collection, which was first reported back in June. As reported by Gematsu, the Taiwan Digital Game Rating Committee has rated the Castlevania Advance Collection for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC. The page for the rating has now been taken down, but

In a move so nice that they’re doing it twice, THQ Nordic has announced during their 10th Anniversary Showcase (after Sony had done it last week) Destroy All Humans! 2: Reprobed for PlayStation 5, as well as the Xbox Series and the PC via Steam. No release date was announced, but we do get two

In 1986, Stephen King was over horror. By then, he had given us killer teens, killer cars, killer cats, and killer vamps. No, despite the demand and the stack of receipts to prove it, The Master of Horror was hankering to close the door on the genre he conquered — only he didn’t see it

Last year, we had All in Games! and developer Ovid Works grace us with their Kafka-inspired Metamorphosis, where you played as an insect. Now, we have an indie take on the man-bug concept with Erupting Avocado’s narrative horror title, The Repairing Mantis. Releasing today on Steam and itch.io with a 10% discount, players experience the violent nightmare of being

Paramount and Blumhouse’s upcoming new installment in the Paranormal Activity franchise will be going straight to Paramount+, with Christopher Landon (Happy Death Day, Freaky) writing the script and William Eubank (Underwater) directing. It’s titled Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin, and we’ve learned today that it’s coming to Paramount+ on October 29! “From Paramount Players, the new film will bring fans an unexpected

Fans of Serenity Forge and developer White Rabbit’s Death’s Gambit will be getting a revamped version of the game later this month for the PC and Nintendo Switch. Death’s Gambit: Afterlife will launch for the Switch via Nintendo eShop and PC via Steam on September 30 for $19.99. A PlayStation 4 version will follow later this year. The