Rueben Martell’s Don’t Say Its Name opens with a hit and run. Kharis (Sheena Kaine), a young Indigenous woman, is walking on a back road when she’s struck and killed. Her assailant isn’t seen, but her death has immediate ramifications that extend far beyond her grieving mother Mary Lynne (Carla Fox); it winds up affecting […]
Day: August 18, 2021
‘Broadcast Signal Intrusion’ Promises to Get Under Your Skin [Trailer]
Follow the tapes. The latest by director Jacob Gentry (The Signal) draws inspiration from actual broadcast interruptions in Chicago in the late 1980s and remains unsolved to this day. It results in an eerie neo-noir technological nightmare, starring Harry Shum Jr. (Glee, Crazy Rich Asians), and the new trailer, below, promises it’ll get under your skin. “While […]
NECA Unwraps The Mummy from Their New “Universal Monsters” Line of Action Figures! [Images]
NECA is working on a new line of Universal Monsters action figures based on the original classics, with Frankenstein’s monster, The Wolfman, The Mummy and Dracula confirmed. Tonight, NECA has fully unwrapped the upcoming figure of The Mummy! The company details, “In anticipation of the 90th anniversary of the extraordinary silver-screen classic, NECA announces The Mummy will be joining […]
‘The Last Thing Mary Saw’: Stefanie Scott and Isabelle Fuhrman Preview Shudder’s “Fresh Take on the Period Horror Genre” [Interview]
Set in 1843 in an isolated farmhouse in the Puritan-founded town of Southold, New York, the upcoming horror film The Last Thing Mary Saw concerns the titular character (Insidious: Chapter 3’s Stefanie Scott) and her illicit affair with housemaid Eleanor (Orphan’s Isabelle Fuhrman). The discovery of their relationship brings condemnation and torturous punishment from Mary’s […]
‘The Wolf of Snow Hollow’ Director’s New Movie ‘The Beta Test’ Coming in November
Up next from director Jim Cummings (Thunder Road, The Wolf of Snow Hollow) is The Beta Test, which IFC Films had recently acquired for U.S. release. They’ll be bringing the film to Select Theaters, Digital Platforms and VOD on November 5, we’ve learned today. Cummings wrote and directed the film, and he also stars. “A marriage Hollywood agent receives […]
IFC Midnight Prepares for ‘The Feast’ in November
After premiering at the SXSW Film Festival to a variety of positive reviews, IFC Midnight picked up North American rights to the Welsh-language supernatural revenge horror The Feast, directed by BAFTA-winning television director Lee Haven Jones in his feature debut. Today we’ve learned via IFC Midnight that they’re preparing to deliver The Feast in November. The film […]
Werewolf Graphic Novel ‘Squad’ Getting a Series Adaptation from Lionsgate Television
Anyone would kill to belong. It hasn’t even been released yet but the graphic novel Squad from Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Lisa Sterle is already getting a series adaptation, The Hollywood Reporter just announced. The planned series comes from Picturestart and Lionsgate Television. THR notes, “With tones of Promising Young Woman and Jennifer’s Body, the book explores the boundaries […]
Emily Hagins Directing Horror-Comedy ‘Sorry About the Demon’ for Shudder Release in 2022
Emily Hagins (Pathogen, My Sucky Teen Romance, Scare Package) has been making horror movies since she was just 12 years old, and next year she’s back with a brand new one. Deadline reports that Hagins has wrapped production on a horror-comedy titled Sorry About the Demon, which is going to be headed to Shudder sometime […]
“Welcome to the Blumhouse”: Images Preview Amazon’s Four New Original Horror Movies
The partnership between Blumhouse and Amazon Prime continues when “Welcome to the Blumhouse” returns with four brand new horror movies, kicking off on October 1st. Produced by Blumhouse Television and Amazon Studios, Bingo Hell, Black as Night, Madres and The Manor premiere worldwide this October, exclusively on Amazon Prime Video. The “Welcome to the Blumhouse” slate […]
James Wan Says ‘Aquaman 2’ is “Heavily Inspired” by the Horror Movie ‘Planet of the Vampires’
The planned spinoff horror movie The Trench may no longer be happening, but that doesn’t mean James Wan is leaving horror behind when it comes to the Aquaman movie franchise. Wan is returning to direct Aquaman 2 for Warner Bros. and DC, and he reveals in a new chat with Total Film that the upcoming […]
Pinhead Coming to ‘Dead by Daylight’ Next Month
With the Lament Configuration opened, Pinhead arrives in Behaviour Interactive’s Dead by Daylight next month. The developer made the announcement earlier with a press release, confirming that Pinhead will arrive in September to torment some souls. “Hellraiser’s Pinhead is one of the most stunning and memorable characters among all the iconic killers of the horror […]
‘Bad Candy’: Halloween Anthology Starring Zach Galligan and Slipknot’s Corey Taylor Releasing in September [Trailer]
We’ve learned this week that the Halloween-set horror anthology Bad Candy is coming to Select Theaters September 10, On Demand September 14, and Blu-ray September 28! From Digital Thunderdome, Bad Candy was written and directed by Scott B. Hansen & Desiree Connell, and Zach Galligan (Gremlins) stars alongside Slipknot’s Corey Taylor. “On Halloween night in New Salem, Radio DJs Chilly Billy (Corey […]
‘American Psycho’ Returns to 4K Ultra HD With Beautiful Steelbook Release in October
On the way from Lionsgate on the road to Halloween, we’ve learned this morning that Mary Harron‘s American Psycho is getting a Best Buy Exclusive Steelbook 4K Ultra HD release. From acclaimed director Mary Harron and staring Christian Bale in his career-making performance as Patrick Bateman, comes the exciting re-release of the unhinged cult-classic. American […]
First-Look at ‘Bingo Hell’; Director Gigi Saul Guerrero Talks Drenching Seniors in Blood and Kicking Ass! [Exclusive]
Amazon Prime Video’s “Welcome to the Blumhouse” returns this fall with four all-new unique, unsettling thrillers developed with an eye towards original, diverse storytelling. Once again showcasing both well-established and breakout actors collaborating with emerging, predominantly female, directors, Bloody Disgusting is highlighting Bingo Hell, helmed by Gigi Saul Guerrero (“Into the Dark” episode Culture Shock, […]
Bloody First Clip from ‘Candyman’ Messes Around With Mirrors and Finds Out [Video]
Tickets are now on sale for Nia DaCosta‘s Candyman, which is headed to theaters in just over one week on August 27, 2021. While you wait, the first full clip from the new movie has been unleashed today, and it reminds us of the basic rules of the Candyman mythos. Speak his name five times […]