Oddity, the latest by writer/director Damian McCarthy, out now in theaters, offers a chill-inducing tale of supernatural revenge with one creepy mannequin at the center. One intense murder incites a feature-length trap of ghostly karma and justice. The film stars Carolyn Bracken (You Are Not My Mother) as twin sisters Dani and Darcy. When Dani is […]
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Writer/Director Daniel Kokotajlo adheres to classic folk horror convention with Starve Acre, based on the book by Andrew Michael Hurly. It’s not just the 1970s rural setting or spiritual locals that call to mind foundational films like The Wicker Man but the methodical unfurling of its folklore and escalating horror. It makes for a stunning throwback feature […]
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Body-snatching aliens attempt to navigate love in the modern world in genre-bending comedy The Becomers, and exclusive new images reveal just how goopy and gross the body hopping can be. Dark Star Pictures releases The Becomers in theaters on August 23, 2024. In The Becomers: “Dropped to Earth and escaping their dying planet, the two extraterrestrials (played […]
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The Popcorn Frights Film Festival is back this year, both in-person and virtually, from August 8-18. If the first wave wasn’t already an idicator, the fest is going big to celebrate its tenth anniversary, and the second wave of programming unleashes even more exciting events and premieres. From the press release: “To commemorate its awesome milestone, Popcorn Frights […]
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It’s not the man afflicted with lycanthropy who struggles to come to terms with his inner wolf in The Beast Within. Instead, it’s his family that’s forced to interrogate what it means to live with an occasional monster in the narrative debut of filmmaker Alexander J. Farrell. Farrell, who co-wrote the screenplay with Greg Ellison, wields […]
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If there’s one thing that horror teaches over and over again, it’s not to mess with the dead. The characters in writer/director Aviv Rubinstien’s Lizzie Lazarus, making its world premiere next month at Popcorn Frights, are poised to learn that the hard way. Watch the exclusive new trailer and poster reveal below. About Lizzie Lazarus: […]
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Conventional horror movies centered around werewolves often go heavy on special effects, showcasing the transformation from man to wolf and its subsequent uncontrollable slaughter. But the transformative aspect and dual nature of werewolves provide fertile ground for metaphor beyond their primal, animalistic urge to eviscerate everything in their path. Out this week is The Beast […]
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Hammer Films returns to life with a new owner and a new slate of movies, and up first is the Eddie Izzard-starring Doctor Jekyll. The studio has released a second Doctor Jekyll trailer this afternoon, giving a closer look at the horror-induced insanity ahead. Look for Doctor Jekyll in US theaters and VOD on August 2, 2024. Director Joe Stephenson, of acclaimed drama […]
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Hush and “The Fall of the House of Usher” star Kate Siegel is starring and executive producing the new Hellish dark comedy Damned If You Do, and production is underway, according to Deadline. The film follows “a group of teenage friends who sold their souls to the devil. Naturally, life grants them different paths: a […]
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Paramount+ with Showtime revealed first-look images this morning for the upcoming highly-anticipated prequel series “Dexter: Original Sin” that introduce the Morgan family and a young serial killer in training. The images below give a first look at Golden Globe® winner Christian Slater as Harry Morgan, Patrick Gibson as Dexter Morgan and Molly Brown as Debra Morgan. […]
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A serial killer obsession spirals into psychological horror in writer/director Pascal Plante’s Red Rooms, and a new trailer inmtroduces the critically acclaimed feature’s blend of true crime and horror thrills. Utopia releases Red Rooms on September 6 at the IFC Center in New York with Plante in attendance for opening weekend and a national rollout to follow. The psychological […]
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Paramount+ released new images this afternoon from the new psychological thriller Apartment 7A, giving a closer look at the Bramford and its residents in the brand new prequel to the Roman Polanski horror classic Rosemary’s Baby (1968). Apartment 7A debuts exclusively on Paramount+ on September 27, 2024. Directed by Relic filmmaker Natalie Erika James, the film stars Julia Garner (Ozark, Wolf […]
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An eerie, threadbare stuffed bunny induced scares for the way it signaled the presence of ghosts in writer/director Damian McCarthy’s feature debut, 2021’s Caveat. The filmmaker ramps up the tension and scares in his follow-up, Oddity, another chill-inducing tale of supernatural revenge with one creepy mannequin at the center. Oddity, releasing on July 19, stars […]
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The FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards are back this year and bigger than ever. Once again airing on AMC’s Shudder, the 2024 FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards has shifted the annual awards show’s shift to October; as such, the window of this year’s eligible horrors is an expanded one, encompassing all of 2023 and the first half of 2024. […]
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The Popcorn Frights Film Festival is back this year, both in-person and virtually, from August 8-18. They’ve unleashed the first wave of programming, indicating that the fest is going big for its tenth anniversary celebration with new premieres, virtual screenings, and exciting retro showings including the “Lost First Cut” of Brian Yuzna‘s Return of the Living […]
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