Day: March 13, 2023

‘Brooklyn 45’ SXSW Review – Paranoid Chamber Piece Explores Morality Through Haunted Pasts

Meagan Navarro Brooklyn 45, Movies, Reviews, SXSW, SXSW 2023, Ted Geoghegan

Despite the spooky séance setup in Brooklyn 45, writer/director Ted Geoghegan (We Are Still Here, Mohawk) is less interested in exploring a literal interpretation of ghosts. Instead, the filmmaker connects the ghosts of our past as a metaphor for present-day national turmoil and paranoia. The period set chamber piece gives precedence to fraught tension among friends over […]

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‘Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’ – Meet Villainess Sofina the Necromancer [SXSW Interview]

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A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic in the upcoming feature film Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, releasing in theaters on March 31, 2023. You can read my SXSW review here. The misfit group’s quest sees them taking on a variety of monsters […]

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“Helltown” – Oscar Isaac in Talks to Star in Serial Killer Thriller

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Fresh off an Oscar win for All Quiet on the Western Front, director Ed Berger is on board to direct and executive produce a limited serial killer series titled “Helltown,” Deadline reports. Additionally, Oscar Isaac (“Moon Knight”) is attached to star in the series, as well as executive produce. “Helltown” is based on the same-titled […]

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Sam Raimi Says There’s “Room for All Sorts of Evil Dead Movies” Going Forward

John Squires Evil Dead, Evil Dead Rise, Movies, Sam Raimi

The Evil Dead franchise has taken a bit of a nothing’s-off-the-table approach in recent years, with Fede Alvarez’s remake in 2013 being followed by the return of the original franchise in the Starz series “Ash vs. Evil Dead.” There was a time when we felt the remake probably meant no more Ash Williams in the […]

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Blood-Soaked ‘Ninja vs. Shark’ Trailer Would Be Right at Home in ‘Grindhouse’

John Squires Movies, Ninja vs. Shark, Videos

Here on Bloody Disgusting we’ve covered several movies featuring ninjas and countless movies centered on sharks, but today brings something else entirely: NINJA VS. SHARK! Directed by Koichi Sakamoto, Ninja vs. Shark is a real movie, and the trailer suggests it’s going to make good on the promise of its title. There’s a ninja. And […]

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Catch a Monster You Can’t See in Co-op Social Deduction Horror Game ‘Do You See Sparky?’ [Trailer]

Mike Wilson Clapperheads, Do You See Sparky? PC, Heart Core LTD, Hello Neighbor, Phasmophobia, steam, Video Games, Videos

If Phasmophobia isn’t doing it for you these days, developer Clapperheads and publisher Heart Core LTD have a solution. From the team behind Hello Neighbor comes Do You See Sparky?, a first-person co-op horror game with social deduction elements that sees you and three of your friends collecting clues, solving puzzles, and even cheating to […]

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’65’ Debuted With $12 Million at the U.S. Box Office

John Squires 65, Movies

Adam Driver battles prehistoric terrors in the Sam Raimi-produced 65, which just debuted in theaters over the weekend. Yes, Sony’s high-concept/mid-budget action-horror movie arrived in theaters on the very same day as Scream VI, the latter film topping the domestic box office charts with a $44.5 million weekend. In third place on the charts, you’ll […]

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From ‘Rampage’ to ‘Monster Hunter’ – The Evolution of Kaiju Video Games

Luiz H. C. Editorials, Godzilla, kaiju, King Kong, Longform, Primal, Rampage, Video Games, Videogames

Whether it’s because of the hours we’ve lost in traffic or an unconscious desire to rebel against the unnatural rat race of modern life, there’s an undeniable catharsis in watching gigantic monsters obliterate a metropolitan area on the big screen. Don’t get me wrong, a real life Kaiju incident would probably be regarded with the […]

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Rewriting the Rules and (Re)Inventing the Requel With ‘Scream’ 2022 [Horror Queers Podcast]

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For Wes After spending our birthday month talking about ‘Weird Sex’ films like Videodrome, 1981’s Possession, Tusk and Wolf, last week Trace and I jumped back to the 60s to tackle an iconic UK spooky flick with The Haunting. With the release of Scream 6 this past week, it only made sense to open the Patreon vault […]

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“The Island” – SCREAMBOX Series Is Your Next Post-Apocalyptic Binge

Alex DiVincenzo Christian Alvart, Editorials, Screambox, The Island, TV

If you’re already experiencing The Last of Us withdrawals after the finale, let SCREAMBOX fill the post-apocalyptic void in your life with The Island. Known internationally as Sløborn, the series combines elements of disaster thriller, coming-of-age drama, dystopian sci-fi, and survival horror. The German-Danish co-production was created by filmmaker Christian Alvart, who directed the genre […]

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“Wednesday” – Jenna Ortega Teases More Focus on Horror in Season 2

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The Jenna Ortega-starring “Wednesday” has been a massive, record-breaking hit for Netflix, so it’s no surprise that “Wednesday” will soon be returning for Season 2. But what can we expect from the next season? According to Ortega, for starters, a bit more horror! “We just started getting a writers room together,” Ortega told Jimmy Fallon during a “Tonight Show” […]

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Watch Jamie Lee Curtis Thank Horror Fans in Her Academy Awards Acceptance Speech! [Video]

John Squires Academy Awards, Everything Everywhere All At Once, Jamie Lee Curtis, Movies, Oscars, Videos

Jamie Lee Curtis is one Hollywood star who has never forgotten her horror roots, most recently reprising her iconic role as Halloween final girl Laurie Strode in a series of legacy sequels. The very same year that the final film in the trilogy was released, Jamie Lee Curtis also starred in Everything Everywhere All At […]

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‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ – Freddie Prinze Jr. Updates on His Involvement in New Sequel

John Squires Freddie Prinze Jr., I Know What You Did Last Summer, Movies

Announced back in February of this year, Jennifer Kaytin Robinson (Do Revenge) will be directing a brand new I Know What You Did Last Summer sequel for Sony Pictures, with Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. both said to be in talks to reprise their roles from the original two slasher movies. But let’s hold that thought for […]

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‘Public Access’ Brings Analog Terror to the World of Tabletop RPGs [Review]

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When The Gauntlet published Brindlewood Bay, author Jason Cordova realized that he had a framework that could be applied to other tabletop roleplaying game settings aside from mystery-solving grannies that run afoul of fiendish cults. After the success of the Kickstarter campaign last year, Cordova returned to an idea he was kicking around in 2014 […]

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DreadXP Heads to PAX East 2023 With Demos for ‘Sucker for Love: Date to Die For’, ‘My Friendly Neighborhood’ and ‘Amanda the Adventurer’

Mike Wilson Amanda the Adventurer, DreadXP, John Szymanski and Evan Szymanski, Joseph “Akabaka” Hunter, MANGLEDmaw Games, my friendly neighborhood, PAX East 2023, PC, steam, Sucker For Love: Date to Die For, Video Games, Videos

DreadXP is headed once again to PAX East in Boston, bringing along with them demos for their upcoming titles. Included in the bunch this time are hands-on demos for Joseph “Akabaka” Hunter’s Sucker for Love: Date to Die For, John Szymanski and Evan Szymanski ‘s My Friendly Neighborhood, and MANGLEDmaw Games’ Amanda the Adventurer. Taking […]

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