Horror

Writer/Director Coralie Fargeat set the bar high for herself in 2017, with her debut feature Revenge delivering a visceral, feminine twist to the rape-revenge thriller that climaxed in an epic bloodbath. So much that it seemed nearly impossible to top. Yet the filmmaker does just that with sophomore effort The Substance, transforming a familiar concept

The big new release for the week is of course Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, but that’s just one of six brand new genre movies now available in theaters and/or at home this week. Brandy (I Still Know What You Did Last Summer) returns to horror in the new A24 horror movie The Front Room, which was just released

The big new release for the week is of course Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, but that’s just one of six brand new genre movies now available in theaters and/or at home this week. Brandy (I Still Know What You Did Last Summer) returns to horror in the new A24 horror movie The Front Room, which was just released

David Gordon Green’s planned The Exorcist trilogy, which began with the poorly received The Exorcist: Believer, is no more, with Blumhouse pivoting down a bold new path instead. Mike Flanagan will be directing the next installment in the franchise for Blumhouse and Morgan Creek, and it’s already been dated for theatrical release on March 13,

David Gordon Green’s planned The Exorcist trilogy, which began with the poorly received The Exorcist: Believer, is no more, with Blumhouse pivoting down a bold new path instead. Mike Flanagan will be directing the next installment in the franchise for Blumhouse and Morgan Creek, and it’s already been dated for theatrical release on March 13,

AMC Networks has a hit property on its hands with the Anne Rice Immortal Universe, which thus far includes “Interview with the Vampire” and “Mayfair Witches.” Its third spinoff, currently titled “Anne Rice’s The Talamasca,” is on the way, and it’s found its lead in Nicholas Denton (Dangerous Liaisons, Glitch). The six-episode inaugural season will focus on

While we wait for Season 2 of Netflix’s “Wednesday,” Mattel has put for grabs not one, not two, but three brand new Monster High dolls paying tribute to the hit “Addams Family” series. Jenna Ortega’s Wednesday gets two different dolls, one in her Nevermore Academy outfit and the other based on Season 1’s iconic dance

If you thought Elvira looked good before, wait until you see her in UHD! Elvira: Mistress of the Dark will bust out on 4K Ultra HD on November 12 via Arrow Video. The 1988 horror-comedy has been newly restored in 4K with Dolby Vision and uncompressed stereo 2.0 audio. The limited edition first pressing comes

If you thought Elvira looked good before, wait until you see her in UHD! Elvira: Mistress of the Dark will bust out on 4K Ultra HD on November 12 via Arrow Video. The 1988 horror-comedy has been newly restored in 4K with Dolby Vision and uncompressed stereo 2.0 audio. The limited edition first pressing comes

Kill Krites. After kicking off August with discussions of Paul Morrissey’s Udo Kier-starring vehicle Blood for Dracula (listen) and Julia Ducournau’s confronting Raw follow-up Titane (listen), we’re dialing things back a bit with a comfort watch of Stephen Herek‘s 1986 cult classic (and franchise originator) Critters! Critters sees an fuzzy alien race known as the Krites flee a prison

“Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do.” In 1980, outlaw horror author Jack Ketchum published one of the most gruesome and disturbing horror novels of all time. Off Season follows a group of friends vacationing at a picturesque cottage in Maine targeted by a clan of feral cannibals living deep in the woods. Offspring picks up

Physical media fans are getting another wish taken care of, courtesy of Mob Entertainment and Maximum Entertainment, which have announced a collection of the first three chapters of the Poppy Playtime series for the PlayStation 5. The Poppy Playtime Triple Pack is currently available for pre-order now, and will be officially releasing on October 31.

Physical media fans are getting another wish taken care of, courtesy of Mob Entertainment and Maximum Entertainment, which have announced a collection of the first three chapters of the Poppy Playtime series for the PlayStation 5. The Poppy Playtime Triple Pack is currently available for pre-order now, and will be officially releasing on October 31.

In a time where CGI and other digital technology reign as the kings of cinema special effects, Full Moon Features has released a film with old school SFX and a production timeline nearly half a century-long, spanning from conceptualization to release, with The Primevals. And this timeline length is no exaggeration. The road to this

This week has already seen the theatrical re-release of Shaun of the Dead and the Digital debut of Mike Flanagan’s Hush, and that’s only the beginning of this week’s horror releases. Here’s all the new horror that released Friday, August 30, 2024! For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar. M. Night Shyamalan’s sixteenth

The director of horror-comedies WolfCop and Another WolfCop, as well as this year’s pro wrestling horror movie Dark Match, Lowell Dean is back this Halloween with Die Alone. Quiver Distribution will release Die Alone in theaters and VOD at home October 18, 2024. Watch the official trailer for Die Alone below. In the film, “Lost in a world reclaimed by nature and overrun by

Hollywood comes home when MaXXXine arrives on 4K UHD, Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital on October 8 from Lionsgate in association with A24. Writer-director Ti West brings his trilogy — which began with X and continued with Pearl — to a close with Mia Goth once again in the lead. Special features include: The Belly of

The horror films of the 1950s are often relegated to two categories: space invaders and giant bugs. There is some truth in that generalization, but the reality is far more subtle with deep ties to the past along with the political climate of the decade itself. Both these categories can trace their lineage, at least

While horror remakes are inevitable, its rare that international filmmakers are hired to helm American remakes of their originals. Even fewer filmmakers get to make not one, but TWO movies about sentient killer elevators (Killovators? Murdervators?). Lucky for us, Dick Maas laughs in the face of convention. His feature debut, The Lift, is a zany

Published in 2020, author Adam Cesare gave rise to a new slasher villain in the horror novel Clown in a Cornfield, and a horror movie adaptation is on the way. Eli Craig (Tucker & Dale vs. Evil) will direct the movie adaptation of the young adult slasher novel, which comes courtesy of Protagonist Pictures Limited and Sony Pictures.

Published in 2019, Stephen King‘s novel The Institute is getting a TV series adaptation from MGM+, with Deadline reporting on the latest casting news this afternoon. Simone Miller (Run The Burbs) and Jason Diaz (Vampire Academy) have joined a cast that includes Ben Barnes (Shadow and Bone) and Mary-Louise Parker (Weeds). Deadline details in today’s report, “Miller plays Kalisha, a sarcastic-but-friendly Institute

The 60-minute found footage horror short Milk & Serial is making huge waves here in the horror community, already approaching half a million views since being uploaded just two weeks ago by the channel That’s a Bad Idea, an up-and-coming comedy duo made up of film-school-pals-turned-collaborators Curry Barker and Cooper Tomlinson. The short film was made for just

The 60-minute found footage horror short Milk & Serial is making huge waves here in the horror community, already approaching half a million views since being uploaded just two weeks ago by the channel That’s a Bad Idea, an up-and-coming comedy duo made up of film-school-pals-turned-collaborators Curry Barker and Cooper Tomlinson. The short film was made for just

If the commercial and critical success of horror films from Jordan Peele, Zach Cregger, and David Gordon Green in recent years illustrates anything, it’s that folks in the comedy biz can often serve up major doses of effective white-knuckle chills. With the buzz following the recently released trailer for “Saturday Night Live” alum Kyle Mooney’s

Sure, we’ve had games about zombies overrunning a city time and time again, but what about a Medieval village? Developer Ocean Drive Studio aims to add a bit of spice to the open world zombie survival genre with God Save Birmingham, which will launch in Early Access on PC via Steam. No word on the

KILLER TALES directed by Frank Palangi and starring Aaron Lambert, Frank Palangi, Teresa Tuttle, Erin Englehart, and Lori Tucker is now streaming on Tubi from Cinema Epoch. This is Frank Palangi’s second film following the success of his debut feature, “The Lost Chronicles”. KILLER TALES SYNOPSIS:A three-part omnibus of tales surrounding ordinary people and the

Killer Collectibles highlights five of the most exciting new horror products announced each and every week, from toys and apparel to artwork, records, and much more. Here are the coolest horror collectibles unveiled this week! Us: The Complete Annotated Screenplay by Jordan Peele Us: The Complete Annotated Screenplay by Jordan Peele will be published on October

Necronomicon, Once Upon A Time in HOLLYWEIRD, BABA YAGA, and Adventures of Mickey Sherlock Mouse and Winnie the Pooh are four titles from DRagon Studios that are currently available on DVD at Movie Zyng Warehouse. From the mind of HP Lovecraft comes the story of The Necronomicon, known to many as the book of the

With QuakeCon 2024 now underway, Bethesda and id Software have once again given fans a treat. Only this time, instead of a another remaster of a Quake game, we’re going old school with newly enhanced versions of the original Doom and Doom II. Best of all, if you already own these classics, you get the

Dawgz Life from director Brett William Mauser and starring Michael Ochotorena, Stormy Lopez, Christopher Henry, Wilford Liu, and Ernest Martinez is now available on Tubi. A small-time gangster works his way up the ladder in a drug cartel to keep the people he loves safe but only winds up putting them in danger. Will Sloan