Long Live the New Flesh: David Cronenberg’s History of Boundary Pushing Sci-fi/Horror

Filmmaker David Cronenberg established a signature style of body horror very early in his career, thanks to a pair of films that changed the face of genre cinema. Cronenberg continued to carve out new terrain in horror, grotesquely morphing and mutilating the physical human body to examine human nature and society with a calculating intellect. When the […]

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‘Identity’ – Heading Back to the Motel to Revisit a Near-Perfect Thriller Nearly 20 Years Later

Goodfellas was, justifiably, the first word in nearly every headline that ran upon Ray Liotta‘s passing last week; any actor who can hold their own opposite Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci in a Martin Scorsese classic deserves the recognition. But, in addition to excelling at the tough guy persona, he also had a vulnerable […]

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‘The Black Phone’ Featurette – Ethan Hawke Calls the Film a “Sibling Movie to Sinister”

Scott Derrickson (Sinister, Doctor Strange) is back with The Black Phone this summer, and Blumhouse has debuted a new featurette video this afternoon on the road to release. The adaptation of Joe Hill‘s short story comes to theaters on June 24. Watch the featurette video below, wherein star Ethan Hawke compares the film to Derrickson’s Sinister. “It’s like […]

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“Stranger Things 4” Smashes Netflix Record and Proves the Series Is Still as Popular as Ever

Coming along three full years after the third season, and following in the wake of pandemic-fueled delays, many had been wondering if “Stranger Things 4” would prove to be as popular with Netflix subscribers as previous seasons. Would the long wait cause fans to lose interest or would they only become more ravenous to consume […]

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The 10 Best Part 4s in Horror [Halloweenies Podcast]

It took nearly three years, but Stranger Things 4 has finally arrived on Netflix. (Well, the first volume of episodes anyways.) By now, everyone’s already talking about the season’s Elm Street vibes, praising Kate Bush for giving fans the best needle drop of the series, and debating whether or not Steve Harrington is going to […]

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‘The Northman’ Comes Home to Digital, 4K and Blu-ray With Deleted Scenes and More

The latest from The Witch and The Lighthouse director Robert Eggers, The Northman is headed to Digital, 4K and Blu-ray in the first full week of June, we’ve learned this afternoon. The film will be available to own for the first time with exclusive bonus content on Digital June 6, 2022 and on 4K Ultra […]

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‘District 9’ Sequel? Neill Blomkamp Says It’s Coming in the “Near Future”

It was just over one year ago, in February 2021, that director Neill Blomkamp had teased he was making progress on a District 9 sequel, which is currently titled District 10. Blomkamp had revealed in a tweet at the time that District 10 was currently being co-written by District 9 screenwriter Terri Tatchell along with star Sharlto […]

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NECA’s Universal Monsters x TMNT Toy Line Adds Splinter as Van Helsing!

NECA has been mashing together the Universal Monsters and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for a new toy line, and thus far they’ve revealed Raphael as Frankenstein, Leonardo as Ygor, Michelangelo as The Mummy, and April O’Neil as the Bride of Frankenstein. The next addition to the line, revealed this afternoon, is Splinter as Abraham Van Helsing! […]

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“Stranger Things” Special Makeup Effects Designer Barrie Gower on Bringing Villain Vecna to Life [Interview]

Spoiler Warning: This article contains spoilers for “Stranger Things” Season 4’s villain. The Duffer Brothers sought to create their own Freddy Krueger for season four of “Stranger Things.” Enter Vecna, the most sophisticated and dangerous foe from the Upside Down yet. The humanoid latches onto teens harboring repressed trauma and pain, feeding on it and […]

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‘Abyzou’ – Decal Haunted by a Demon from Jewish Folklore [Image]

A first-look image has been shared from Millennium Media’s horror-thriller Abyzou, which Decal acquired U.S. rights to out of the Cannes Market, with plans to release it in theaters later this year, reports Deadline. Set in the Hasidic world, a family struggling with unresolved trauma finds themselves at the mercy of an ancient demon determined […]

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‘Tremors: Shrieker Island’ Star Joins the ‘History of Evil’

“Orange Is the New Black” and Tremors: Shrieker Island star Jackie Cruz, pictured center, has replaced Stephanie Beatriz as co-lead in horror-thriller movie History of Evil, which has just wrapped, Deadline reports. In History of Evil, a family on the run from a corrupt state takes refuge in a safe house with an evil past […]

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Survival Thriller ‘Cold Meat’ Battles a Blizzard and a Beast [Image]

ScreenDaily shares the first image and details on the Colorado Rockies-set survival thriller Cold Meat, featuring Downton Abbey star Allen Leech in the lead role. “Leech stars as a man traveling through the Colorado Rockies who saves a young waitress from her violent ex-husband when he stops off at a diner. “He sets off again in a […]

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Horror-Thriller ‘Stay Safe’ Stationed in the Middle of a Pandemic Hotzone

“Shameless” star Kate Miner, pictured, and “The Rookie’s” Jason Canela are set to topline Stay Safe, a horror-thriller about a Pandemic Hotzone, Deadline says. In the film… “Stationed on the front lines of a Pandemic Hotzone, the pic follows Army Surgeon Eva’s (Miner) attempt to uncover the truth behind a subliminal message she received from […]

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A (Mostly) Spoiler-Free Reader’s Guide to Stephen King and Richard Chizmar’s ‘Gwendy’s Final Task’

If you have even a passing knowledge of the interconnectivity of the Stephen King universe, you’ll likely know that something’s up with the paperback cover of Gwendy’s Final Task — the conclusion of a trilogy of novels co-written with Richard Chizmar. The bowler hat, the field of roses, the monolithic structure looming in the background […]

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‘Scorn’ Gameplay Footage Appears, Along With Development Updates [Video]

Updates on the Giger-inspired first-person adventure game Scorn have been slow since developer Ebb Software announced the game’s new release date last December. That was until YouTuber Cycu1 posted a new gameplay video for Scorn, which immediately hits home for fans of Alien. The devs have also posted another development update to the game’s Kickstarter […]

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