Another Sundance Film Festival commences with a slew of new genre premieres awaiting discovery. 2022 marks the second consecutive year for the festival’s virtual edition, making it easier than ever to check out the selection. Especially with individual tickets available. Sundance is the premiere film festival in the United States and has previously shined a […]
Author: Meagan Navarro
10 Best Horror Movies With Creepy Toys To Watch With ‘The Jack in the Box: Awakening’
Toys are associated with childhood innocence, and corrupting that innocence makes great horror material. Horror exploits every possible fear, and transforming a harmless child’s plaything into homicidal weapons remains a stalwart favorite. The latest is The Jack in the Box: Awakening, a sequel to the 2019 film that let loose a demonic clown from his box. […]
Stay Home, Watch Horror: 5 Intense Horror Movies Under 90-Minutes to Stream This Week
There’s a lot to appreciate about a lean, mean horror movie that impresses in the way it sustains suspense or dread throughout without overstaying its welcome. This week’s streaming picks are dedicated to precisely that type of movie. The intense horror movie that gets your adrenaline pumping in a short window, then never eases up […]
‘Scream’ Legacy Actors Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, and David Arquette on Reprising Their Roles [Interview]
Scream‘s Sidney Prescott, Gale Weathers, and Dewey Riley have endured countless stabs and gunshot wounds between them, enduring and outlasting multiple Ghostface encounters across four movies spanning twenty-five years. Now they’re back once again to help a new generation fend off Ghostface. It’s safe to say that no one knows these characters or this franchise […]
Sonia Ammar and Mikey Madison Talk ‘Scream’ and Growing Up as Fans of the Franchise [Interview]
Scream marks Sonia Ammar‘s first major feature role and Mikey Madison‘s first horror credit, but both grew up adoring the franchise from a very young age. The actors play Liv and Amber, respectively, as part of the new generation of Woodsboro teens. Ahead of Scream‘s release in theaters on January 14, Bloody Disgusting chatted with […]
10 of the Most Memorable Slasher Movies Released in the 25 Years Since ‘Scream’ Changed the Game
By 1996, slashers were out of style. The Golden Age of Slashers waned over a decade ago, and ’90s horror was still searching for its identity thanks largely to massive shifts in technology. Wes Craven‘s second attempt at meta-horror changed everything; Scream‘s quiet December release snowballed into an enormous hit and reinvigorated the subgenre, ushering a new […]
Peacock’s “Wolf Like Me” Lets Isla Fisher Unleash Her Inner Wolf For Love [Trailer]
Series Creator/Director Abe Forsythe‘s (Little Monsters) newest genre-bender has him reteaming with Josh Gad to tackle a romantic dramedy with a genre twist in Peacock’s “Wolf Like Me.” The new trailer finally lets us in on the secret: this rom-com features a werewolf. In the series, “Everyone brings their own set of baggage to a […]
Move Over ‘Scream’, ‘SCREAM: The Musical’ Stage Production and Documentary is Coming to Steal Your Heart
Scream fans have a lot to celebrate these days with a new installment now available in theaters, but here’s one more: SCREAM: The Musical. In true Scream meta fashion, SCREAM: The Musical is an upcoming documentary about putting on a stage production of a fan made Scream musical. Seeing Scream at a young age didn’t […]
‘Scream’ – Melissa Barrera and Jack Quaid on the Secretive Early Stages of the Movie’s Production [Interview]
In the world of Scream, everyone’s a suspect. That simple setup sums up the entire premise of popular online game Among Us, which makes every player sus. Because the production was so wrapped in secrecy that no one knew who the actual killer was, franchise newcomers Melissa Barrera (In the Heights) and Jack Quaid (“The […]
‘Scream’ – Jasmin Savoy Brown and Mason Gooding Talk Carrying on the Meeks Family Legacy in the New Movie [Interview]
Yellowjackets star Jasmin Savoy Brown and Booksmart‘s Mason Gooding play siblings Mindy and Chad Meeks-Martin in the new Scream, releasing in theaters on January 14. That last name should sound familiar to Scream franchise fans; Mindy and Chad are related to Randy Meeks (Jamie Kennedy) from the original two Scream movies. Randy Meeks became a fan […]
‘Scream’: Marley Shelton on Returning to the Franchise and Judy Hicks Becoming a Mother and Sheriff [Interview]
Marley Shelton reprises her role as Scream 4 character Judy Hicks in the new Scream, but with some noticeable changes now over ten years later. She’s now the Sheriff of Woodsboro and also happens to be the mother of a teen son, Wes (Dylan Minnette). Ahead of the January 14 theatrical release of Scream, Shelton […]
IFC Midnight’s ‘Hatching’ Cracks Open Modern Monster Fairytale [Trailer]
The cracks in a picture perfect family begin to show, then grow in Hanna Bergholm’s Hatching, until it hatches into something grotesque and dangerous. The brand new trailer debuting ahead of the film’s Sundance virtual premiere next week gives a glimpse at what that might be. Check it out below, via Vulture. In Hatching, “12-year-old […]
Stabathon: Revisiting the Fictional 7-Movie ‘Stab’ Franchise Within ‘Scream’
The Scream franchise is built around a meta-awareness of horror, effectively weaving in social commentary on the genre while racking up a body count. The first sequel, Scream 2, took that to a new level with the introduction of Stab, the beginning of a long-running franchise within a franchise. Stab became irrevocably intertwined with Scream ever since, serving as plot devices, wry […]
Ti West’s A24 Movie ‘X’ Sets Release Date and Teases One F**ked Up Horror Picture! [Trailer]
Ti West makes a long-awaited return to horror with X, a brand new horror movie being distributed by the arthouse horror masters over at A24 (The Witch, Hereditary, Midsommar). Judging by the insane new trailer, below, we’re in for “one f**ked up horror picture!” Here’s the brand new plot synopsis: “In 1979, a group of young […]
[Review] ‘Scream’ Carves Up Killer and Heartfelt Commentary on Horror and Wes Craven’s Legacy
History tends to repeat itself. We’re meant to look to the past and learn from its mistakes. That holds true in life and in horror. Wes Craven‘s seminal 1996 slasher dissected the patterns of the genre with a self-referential wink while going for the jugular, but horror has evolved tremendously since. Some rules hold firm, […]