September 2022 – Page 26

‘The Menu’ TIFF Review – This Culinary Horror-Comedy Serves up Sophisticated, Stylish, but Unsatiating Satire

September 11, 2022 Meagan Navarro Anya Taylor Joy, Mark Mylod, Movies, Nicholas Hoult, Ralph Fiennes, Reviews, The Menu, TIFF, TIFF 2022

Director Mark Mylod and writers Seth Reiss and Will Tracy carefully construct a multi-course fine dining tasting menu of satirical delights and frights in The Menu. While the sophisticated and dry horror-comedy tantalizes with a feast for the senses and a compelling ensemble cast, The Menu’s satire lacks bite. Obsessed foodie Tyler (Nicholas Hoult) finally secured a coveted spot at the exclusive Hawthorne Island […]

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Disney’s ‘Werewolf by Night’ Trailer Teases Gateway Horror in Black and White!

September 10, 2022 Brad Miska Movies, Werewolf by Night

Disney+ is howling at the moon as they continue to get into the Halloween spirit. In addition to the hotly-anticipated Hocus Pocus sequel, the streamer is set to release its werewolf series Werewolf by Night! At today’s big Disney event, the trailer was dropped revealing a classic black and white horror story that director Michael Giacchino said […]

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‘Sisu’ Review – ‘Rare Exports’ Director’s Gonzo Journey Delivers Gory Fist-Pumping Fun

September 10, 2022April 28, 2023 Meagan Navarro Jalmari Helander, Movies, Reviews, Sisu, TIFF, TIFF 2022

Writer/Director Jalmari Helander delivered a delightfully wicked twist to Santa Claus in 2010’s genre-bender Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale. Helander’s latest, Sisu, sees the filmmaker reteaming with some familiar Rare Exports faces for another crowd-pleasing genre-bender, this time an R-rated journey through Lapland near the end of World War II. The period action adventure goes hard on hyper-violence and […]

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New ‘Hocus Pocus 2’ Trailer Reveals the Origin of the Sanderson Sisters and Brings Billy Back to Life!

September 9, 2022 John Squires Hocus Pocus, Hocus Pocus 2, Movies, Videos

The popularity of Hocus Pocus has grown with each passing year, paving the way for the long-awaited sequel Hocus Pocus 2 to debut on Disney+ on September 30, 2022. Fresh out of D23 tonight, watch the brand new Hocus Pocus 2 trailer below! The film is being billed as “the spooky sequel to the 1993 Halloween classic,” with Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy all […]

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Prime Video Has Cancelled “Paper Girls” After Just One Season

September 9, 2022 John Squires Paper Girls, Prime Video, TV

An adaptation of Brian K. Vaughan (Saga, Ex Machina) and Cliff Chiang‘s (Wonder Woman, Human Target) best-selling, Eisner-winning comic series, which ran from 2015 to 2019, Prime Video’s “Paper Girls” just debuted this summer, and it has already been cancelled. Deadline reports, “The decision comes a little over a month after all eight episodes from Season 1 […]

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‘Renfield’ – Nicolas Cage Previews His Dracula Voice for Upcoming Universal Monsters Movie [Video]

September 9, 2022 John Squires Dracula, Movies, Nicolas Cage, Renfield

One of the most hotly anticipated horror movies on the horizon is the Universal Monsters movie Renfield, and that’s largely because Nicolas Cage is co-starring as Dracula himself. Renfield comes to theaters on April 14, 2023, and Cage has shared with Variety this week a tasty little preview of the voice he’ll be employing for his own unique take on […]

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“The Show Must Go On” – Peacock’s Murder-Mystery Series Uses ‘Phantom of the Opera’ in a Unique Way

September 9, 2022 John Squires Peacock, The Phantom of the Opera, The Show Must Go On, TV

Announced by Deadline this afternoon, Peacock is developing a murder-mystery series from Austin Winsberg (“Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist”) titled “The Show Must Go On,” described in their report as “an hourlong murder mystery anthology, which would mark the first time Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera musical is used as part of a TV series.” What […]

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“Pinfall” – Benjamin T. Rubin Details the ‘Creepshow 2’ Segment That Almost Was [Phantom Limbs]

September 9, 2022 Jason Jenkins Benjamin T. Rubin, Creepshow, Creepshow 2, news, Phantom Limbs

For the newest installment of Phantom Limbs, we’ll be cracking open the pages of Creepshow 2 and poring over “Pinfall”, an unproduced segment of that 1987 horror anthology. Adapted from an unpublished Stephen King story by George A. Romero, “Pinfall” was originally slated as the second story to unfold in the sequel before it was […]

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‘Orphan: First Kill’ – Join Isabelle Fuhrman for a Live Tweet This Saturday Night

September 9, 2022 John Squires Isabelle Fuhrman, Movies, Orphan: First Kill

Last month, brand new prequel Orphan: First Kill was released in theaters as well as put up for streaming on Paramount+ the very same day, the film thus far scaring up $11.6 million worldwide at the box office in limited release. Countless more horror fans have been enjoying the movie at home, and star Isabelle […]

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“The Peripheral” Teaser Trailer – “Westworld” Creators Bring Chloë Grace Moretz into a New World

September 9, 2022 John Squires Chloe Grace Moretz, Prime Video, The Peripheral, TV, Videos

Based on William Gibson’s dazzling, hallucinatory glimpse into the fate of mankind — and what lies beyond, Prime Video’s “The Peripheral” has unleashed a teaser trailer. Chloë Grace Moretz (Carrie) stars in a new vision from the creators of “Westworld,” Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy. The series premieres October 21, exclusively on Prime Video. Watch […]

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Korean Ghost Story ‘Arang’ Puts a Supernatural Twist on the Police Procedural [Horrors Elsewhere]

September 9, 2022 Paul Lê Ahn Sang-hoon, Arang, Editorials, Horrors Elsewhere, Movies

The success of The Ring inspired Japan’s nearest neighbors to tell their own ghost stories, and South Korea certainly didn’t waste the opportunity in the mid-2000s. During this heyday of “K-Horror,” there was a burst of spectral yarns centered around cursed objects, haunted technology, and most of all, revenge. Homemade folklore often played a role […]

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Sadako Returns with Creepy Viral Marketing Video for New Movie ‘Sadako DX’

September 9, 2022 John Squires Movies, Sadako, Sadako DX, Videos

As we recently told you, a brand new film in The Ring franchise is headed our way this year, with Sadako DX once again bringing iconic horror villain Sadako out of her creepy well. The Japanese film is headed to theaters in Japan on October 28, and the film’s official Twitter account has shared a […]

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‘Sick’ – Intense First Clip from New Slasher Co-Written by Kevin Williamson Begins a Home Invasion

September 9, 2022 John Squires Kevin Williamson, Movies, Sick, Videos

Premiering as part of the Midnight Madness slate at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), Sick brings Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer writer Kevin Williamson back into the slasher arena. John Hyams (Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning, “Black Summer”) directed Sick from a story by Williamson, and it’s being described as a “lean, mean, and wickedly timely slasher.” How […]

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“I’m Strong Enough to Not Do This”: In Defense of Polarizing Slasher ‘They/Them’

September 9, 2022 Bee Scott blumhouse, Editorials, Kevin Bacon, Movies, Peacock, They/Them

I grew up in a predominantly Christian community in rural West Virginia. Not a day went by that I wasn’t told I was going to burn in hell for all of eternity. I devoured the preacher’s sermon on Sunday morning, attentively completed sailor’s logs for the Patch the Pirate Club, and spent my weeks obsessed […]

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Cinespia’s October Screening Series Includes ‘The Thing’, ‘Carrie’, and ‘Dracula’

September 9, 2022 Brad Miska Cinespia, Movies

Cinespia today announced their screening lineup for the month of October including John Carpenter’s The Thing (10/15), Carrie (10/22), and Bram Stoker’s Dracula (10/29) at Los Angeles Theatre to close out their 2022 season. “As our summer season comes to a close, we’re looking forward to celebrating the month of October and the Halloween holiday […]

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