Author: Meagan Navarro

‘Sisu: Road to Revenge’ Review – Bigger, Bloodier Splatstick Sequel Brings Crowd-Pleasing Fun [Fantastic Fest]

Meagan Navarro Fantastic Fest 2025, Jalmari Helander, Jorma Tommila, Reviews, Richard Brake, Sisu, Sisu: Road to Revenge, Stephen Lang

The stakes are personal in explosive action sequel Sisu: Road to Revenge. Writer/Director Jalmari Helander (Rare Exports) is back at the helm alongside returning star Jorma Tommila as the silent antihero with a special talent for slaughtering baddies, but this time the adrenaline-pumping “more is more” energy gets offset by an unrestrained sense of humor and […]

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‘Beast of War’ Review – Practical Effects Impress in Slick Shark War Thriller [Fantastic Fest]

Meagan Navarro Beast of War, Fantastic Fest 2025, Kiah Roache-Turner, Mark Coles Smith, Reviews

Steven Spielberg’s seminal shark horror classic Jaws turns 50 this year, and Beast of War, the latest by filmmaker Kiah Roache-Turner (Sting, Wyrmwood: Apocalypse), draws inspiration from the historical account that directly inspired Quint’s unforgettable monologue in Spielberg’s film. Roache-Turner, who writes and directs, gives his own spin with his 1942 Australian war movie, featuring […]

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‘Dream Eater’ Review – Conventional Found Footage Brings Lovecraftian Frights

Meagan Navarro Dream Eater, Reviews, The Horror Section

A conventional found footage horror movie gets a creepy Lovecraftian twist in Dream Eater. Co-written and co-directed by Jay Drakulic, Mallory Drumm, and Alex Lee Williams and starring Williams and Drumm, the familiar Paranormal Activity-like setup takes a while to find its footing, but ultimately brings enough chills just in time for Halloween. Dream Eater follows […]

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‘Primate’ Review – Killer Chimp Horror Delivers White Knuckle Thrills [Fantastic Fest]

Meagan Navarro Fantastic Fest 2025, Johannes Roberts, Millenium FX, Primate, Reviews

In Stephen King’s Cujo, a family’s beloved pet St. Bernard turns homicidal and traps a family in their car after catching rabies. In director Johannes Roberts’ Primate, it’s a pet chimpanzee who succumbs to the ruthless disease, and the car gets traded for the family’s swimming pool. Yet Roberts’ old school techniques, complete with stunning […]

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Loungefly Debuts All New Ouija Board Collection [Exclusive]

Meagan Navarro Exclusives, Loungefly, Ouija, The Further

Loungefly is once again getting into the Halloween spirit, this time with an all-new collection inspired by the Ouija board. Now available to purchase, the collection includes a  glow-in-the-dark crossbody and tote bag designed in the shape of the Ouija board and planchette. Just beware how you commune with spirits while toting this stylish collection. […]

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‘The Strangers: Chapter 2’ Gets New Poster Ahead of Fantastic Fest Premiere

Meagan Navarro Exclusives, Fantastic Fest 2025, Movies, The Strangers, The Strangers: Chapter 2

The Strangers: Chapter 2 makes its debut tomorrow at Fantastic Fest, and we’ve got an exclusive new poster that puts its heroine in the center of danger. The second chapter in the trilogy premieres tomorrow, September 20, at 5:10pm CT. Just over one year after The Strangers: Chapter 1 kickstarted a new trilogy of terror tales, Lionsgate is […]

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‘Heavier Trip’ Trailer – Impaled Rektum Plays Louder, Faster, Harder in Metal Comedy Sequel Featuring Babymetal

Meagan Navarro Babymetal, Heavier Trip, Heavy Trip, Movies

The world’s most ferocious death metal band, Impaled Rektum, is back and ready to unleash hell in sequel Heavier Trip. The official trailer highlights some of the raucous heavy metal mayhem, and it also features….Babymetal?! Bloody Disgusting and Doppelgänger Releasing joined forces back in 2018 to release Heavy Trip, a Finnish black metal comedy about a […]

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“Gothictown” TV Series Adaptation of Southern Gothic Novel in Early Development at AMC

Meagan Navarro Abby Ajayi, AMC, Gothictown, TV

AMC is in early development on the new horror series “Gothictown”,  a series adaptation of an upcoming horror novel from author Emily Carpenter. Per Deadline, Abby Ajayi will serve as showrunner, writer, and executive producer. Carpenter’s novel is described as an “eerie, grounded family horror story” and is set to be published on March 25, 2025. The […]

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Justin Long and Kate Bosworth to Star in Survival Thriller ‘Coyote’ from Colin Minihan

Meagan Navarro Colin Minihan, Coyote, Justin Long, Kate Bosworth, Movies

Barbarian actor Justin Long and Kate Bosworth are set to battle a pack of ravenous coyotes during a firestorm in survival thriller Coyote,  announced today by Capstone Studios’ CEO Christian Mercuri. Colin Minihan (What Keeps You Alive, Grave Encounters) will direct from a story by Daniel Meersand & Nick Simon (The Pyramid, The Girl in the Photographs) and Tad Daggerhart […]

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‘Devils Stay’ Trailer – A Dead Heart Resurrects in Korean Exorcism Horror from ‘Exhuma’ Producer

Meagan Navarro Devils Stay, Movies, Well Go USA

Hyun Moon-Seop’s Devils Stay aims to break all exorcism horror rules. The official trailer and poster get creepy with a look at what happens after an exorcism has gone wrong, and Catholicism won’t save anyone.  Well Go USA releases Devils Stay in theaters on December 6, 2024. As the poster’s tagline explains, “Three days after […]

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Kevin Feige Updates On ‘Blade’ Reboot; Remains Committed to the Character

Meagan Navarro Blade, Kevin Feige, Marvel, Movies

Marvel announced five years ago, at San Diego Comic-Con 2019, they were inviting Blade into the Marvel Cinematic Universe with a new reboot. Five years later, well, Marvel’s planned Blade MCU movie has still yet to even find its way in front of the cameras. It’s no secret that the brand new Blade movie has been bumped all over […]

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Neil Marshall Gives Disappointing Update on ‘Dog Soldiers’ Sequel

Meagan Navarro Dog Soldiers, Dog Soldiers 2, Movies, Neil Marshall

We recently celebrated the 22-year anniversary of Neil Marshall’s Dog Soldiers here on Bloody Disgusting, a fan-favorite werewolf movie that’s still without a sequel. While a promising update on the anticipated sequel would soon follow, the filmmaker took to Instagram this afternoon with disappointing news. Dog Soldiers pit soldiers up against werewolves in the Scotland wilderness, and a trilogy […]

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Listen to Debut Single “The Crying Room” by ‘The Conjuring’ Star Vera Farmiga’s New Rock Band The Yagas

Meagan Navarro Music, The Conjuring, The Yagas, Vera Farmiga

Vera Farmiga, the Oscar and Emmy-nominated actor most known in horror for her recurring performance as Lorraine Warren in The Conjuring franchise, also happens to be an avid metal fan. More than just a fan, the actor/musician is the lead vocalist for the new rock band The Yagas, and they’ve debuted their first single, “The […]

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Melissa Barrera Starring Horror Rom Com ‘Your Monster’ Arrives on PVOD Tomorrow

Meagan Navarro Melissa Barrera, Movies, Your Monster

Melissa Barrera (Scream VI, Abigail) is back in Vertical’s new horror-comedy Your Monster, and the coming-of-rage horror romcom is making its way to PVOD platforms tomorrow. You can preorder Your Monster on PVOD platforms now. The romantic monster movie looks to be a new spin on the classic tale of Beauty and the Beast. In the film, “After […]

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Ryan Kruger Calls ‘Street Trash’ a Standalone Sequel and Gory Love Letter to ’80s Cinema

Meagan Navarro Interviews, Movies, Ryan Kruger, Screambox, Street Trash

Fried Barry director Ryan Kruger gives a new spin on the 1987 cult classic Street Trash, relocating the melt madness to Cape Town, South Africa, where the growing divide between rich and poor has changed the world as we know it. But Kruger will be the first to eschew the “remake” label, referring to his new film as […]

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