In Yorgos Lanthimos‘ comedic and fantastical Poor Things, an adaptation of Alisdair Gray’s novel, the mad scientist does what Dr. Frankenstein never dared to do: he lets his creation free out into the world instead of seeking to kill it. It’s not fear that drives this decision but love, and it sets the tone for a dazzling, bizarre, […]
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Director William Brent Bell (Orphan: First Kill) is back this week with brand new horror movie Lord of Misrule, a folk horror movie starring Tuppence Middleton and Ralph Ineson (The Witch, Green Knight). Magnet Releasing will release Lord of Misrule in theaters and on VOD on December 8, 2023. Tom de Ville’s (The Quiet Ones) script has been said to echo The Wicker Man and Midsommar. Like The Wicker […]
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Filmmaker William Brent Bell‘s latest, Lord of Misrule, bears all the familiar earmarks of folk horror. A peculiar town with Pagan roots, bonfires, masked denizens reveling in harvest rituals, and a pious Christian at the center, scrambling to make sense of it all. It’s that well-trodden but visually lush path that serves as refreshing misdirection in a new […]
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One of the genre films announced this afternoon for the upcoming Sundance Film Festival is Handling the Undead, based on the novel from writer John Ajvide Lindqvist (Let The Right One In). Neon unveiled a new trailer ahead of the fest, giving a closer look at families grappling with the sudden awakening of the dead. […]
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Talk to the dead; pay the price. “The Witcher” star Freya Allen learns that the hard way in the new trailer for supernatural horror movie Baghead. Studiocanal will release the film internationally in theaters in January 2024, exact date TBA. Watch the new trailer below. In the film: “After the death of her estranged father, […]
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Shudder, AMC Networks’ popular streaming service for horror, just nabbed rights for Sundance Film Festival 2024 Midnighter In a Violent Nature, Variety reports today. The news arrives hot on the hells of Sundance’s lineup announcement this morning. Look for the film sometime in 2024, release date to be announced. Shudder’s upcoming slasher follows “the enigmatic […]
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It’s that time of the year again when the Sundance Film Festival shares all of its horror discoveries that’ll help define the upcoming year for the genre. Today they announced the comprehensive slate of independent films selected from the fest that will take place January 18–28, 2024, in person in Park City, Salt Lake City, and […]
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Today, the HBO and Max brands announced a multiyear deal with A24 that brings the award-winning entertainment company’s theatrical film slate exclusively to Warner Bros. Discovery’s HBO, Max and Cinemax. Among the films to be available under the new deal are Dream Scenario and the upcoming horror film Love Lies Bleeding from Saint Maud director […]
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There’s a familiar face leading the folk horror in Orphan: First Kill director William Brent Bell‘s Lord of Misrule. Ralph Ineson (The Witch, Green Knight) takes a villainous turn in Bell’s latest, playing a character initially written as a woman. Magnet Releasing will release Lord of Misrule in theaters and on VOD on December 8, 2023. The film follows “Rebecca Holland (Tuppence Middleton), who has […]
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After appearing in Ti West’s slasher movie X last year, Scott Mescudi (aka Kid Cudi) will next be starring in new animated feature Slime, Deadline reports today. Slime is described as “a classic monster movie decked out in fashion-forward video game skins that are wickedly satirical, scary as hell and trippy AF.” The film marks the feature directorial debut […]
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December 22 is shaping up to be a massive day for epic-sized genre releases on Netflix. In addition to Part 1 of Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon, December 22 also marks the release date for Part 1 of K-drama thriller series “Gyeongseong Creature”. The period set series will be split into two parts. Part 1 debuts […]
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Bleecker Street has acquired U.S. rights to Sasquatch Sunset, the mysterious new feature from renowned filmmakers David and Nathan Zellner (Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter), Deadline reports today. Riley Keough (The Lodge), Jesse Eisenberg (Zombieland: Double Tap, Vivarium), Nathan Zellner (Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter), and Christophe Zajac-Denek (“Twin Peaks: The Return”) star in the film. As for plot, details remain scarce […]
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Director/Producer Jenn Wexler’s sophomore feature, The Sacrifice Game, arrives on Shudder on December 8, just in time to spread holiday fear for the season. With co-writer Sean Redlitz, Wexler’s latest infuses Yuletide horror with a maniacal Satanic cult set at a boarding school in the ’70s. Mena Massoud, Olivia Scott Welch, Olympian Gus Kenworthy, Chloë Levine, Madison Baines, Derek Johns, […]
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Barbarian‘s Georgina Campbell (Bird Box: Barcelona) returns to horror once more, this time in ’90s style sci-fi thriller T.I.M. (Technologically Integrated Manservant). The official trailer teases a creepy stalker scenario involving A.I. gone awry. Brainstorm Media is set to release T.I.M. in theaters and On Demand on January 12, 2024. Eamon Farren (“The Witcher,” “Twin […]
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“The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula” has quickly become a Halloween season staple on horror streaming service Shudder. Thanks to its most recent season becoming a runaway hit for the streaming service, the groundbreaking reality series has officially received a sixth season renewal. The renewal comes ahead of the remaining four episodes of season five currently streaming […]
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