Author: Meagan Navarro

David Cronenberg’s ‘Shivers’ Gets New Exclusive Blu-ray Steelbook Release

Meagan Navarro David Cronenberg, Home Video, Shivers, Vestron Video

Lionsgate’s Vestron Video Collector’s Series is getting a Steelbook upgrade, at least when it comes to David Cronenberg‘s controversial feature debut, Shivers. Shivers becomes available on Steelbook® on March 5, 2024, exclusively at Walmart. In Shivers, “The residents of a suburban high-rise apartment building are being infected by a strain of parasites that turn them into mindless, sex-crazed […]

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10 Upcoming Horror Books We Can’t Wait to Read in 2024

Meagan Navarro Adam Cesare, Books, Editorials, Josh Malerman, Junji Ito, Nick Cutter, Paul Tremblay, Stephen Graham Jones

It’s shaping up to be one massive year for horror already. Beyond a plethora of horror movies already on the horizon, the literary world is teeming with spine-tingling short story collections, novels, and more to keep you busy through 2024.  So, here’s a starter guide for upcoming horror literature ready to deliver chills and thrills, […]

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“Stranger Things 5” – Production Has Officially Begun on Final Season of Netflix Hit Series

Meagan Navarro Netflix, Stranger Things, Stranger Things 5, TV

When we last reported on the final season of Netflix’s smash hit series “Stranger Things,” production was targeting a start date of January 8, 2024. They met their target date; Netflix announced this morning that “Stranger Things 5” has officially begun production. Netflix shared a behind the scenes image of the assembled cast accompanying the […]

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Stay Home, Watch Horror: Five Splatter Comedies to Stream This Week

Meagan Navarro Blood Diner, Editorials, Feast, featured, Movies, Re-Animator, Stay Home Watch Horror, Street Trash, topnews, Zombie Ass, Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead

Whereas splatter movies wield gore and carnage like a weapon to evoke a visceral response, splatter comedies push the onscreen violence and gore into outlandish territory for the sake of a hearty laugh. Peter Jackson and Sam Raimi, for example, began their filmmaking careers defining the modern splatter comedy with their early works, pushing the […]

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Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ Finds Its New Monster in Jacob Elordi

Meagan Navarro Frankenstein, Guillermo del Toro, Jacob Elordi, Movies

Guillermo del Toro is working on his own adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, and Deadline reports today that Jacob Elordi (Saltburn, The Mortuary Collection) will takeover the role of Frankenstein’s iconic monster for actor Andrew Garfield. Elordi joins previously announced cast members Mia Goth, Christoph Waltz, and Oscar Isaac, who will play Victor Frankenstein. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein follows […]

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‘Night Swim’ – Watch the Original Short That Inspired the High Concept Horror Movie

Meagan Navarro Bryce McGuire, Movies, Night Swim

The high concept supernatural thriller Night Swim is out in theaters now, plunging a family into an aquatic nightmare thanks to a haunted swimming pool. It also happens to be based on a 2014 short film of the same name by Rod Blackhurst and Bryce McGuire, and you can watch it right now. When speaking with McGuire […]

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FX’s “Alien” Television Series Adds to Growing Cast

Meagan Navarro Alien, FX, Noah Hawley, Ridley Scott, TV

The cast for FX’s “Alien” series continues to grow, with Deadline reporting that actor Moe Bar-El (The Peripheral) joins in recurring capacity. More interestingly, the announcement gives a bit more insight to the many of the characters in the series. The series is “set in a time period before Sigourney Weaver’s Ripley and is the […]

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‘Night Swim’ Review – High Concept Swimming Pool Horror Movie Struggles to Stay Afloat

Meagan Navarro Bryce McGuire, Kerry Condon, Night Swim, Reviews, Wyatt Russell

Expanding a horror short to feature length is tricky work, particularly when the short in question gets straight to the scares. Writer/Director Bryce McGuire’s 2014 short Night Swim, a collaboration with Rod Blackhurst, cut straight to the horror to exploit everyone’s worst fears about swimming pools. Almost a full decade later, McGuire’s feature expansion showcases more ways to […]

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‘Dario Argento Panico’ Trailer – Documentary on Italian Horror Master Gets Personal

Meagan Navarro Dario Argento, Dario Argento Panico, Movies, Shudder

Giallo Maestro Dario Argento will be featured in Dario Argento Panico, a documentary retrospective acquired by Shudder. A new trailer debuted today that teases the notable talking heads featured in the personal portrait of the acclaimed fimmaker. The documentary will arrive on Shudder on February 2, 2024, after making its world premiere at the 2023 Venice […]

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How ‘Night Swim’ Used Practical Effects to Create an Aquatic Nightmare Realm [Interview]

Meagan Navarro blumhouse, Bryce McGuire, Interviews, Night Swim, Ryan Turek

This week brings the arrival of Night Swim, a high concept horror feature from writer/director Bryce McGuire that centers around a haunted swimming pool with murky, supernatural depths. Night Swim arrives in theaters on January 5, 2024, and the film employed as many practical effects as possible to submerge viewers into its aquatic nightmare realm. Based on the acclaimed […]

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‘Destroy All Neighbors’ – New Character Posters Introduces Cast of Shudder’s Splatter-Comedy

Meagan Navarro Alex Winter, Destroy All Neighbors, Jonah Ray Rodrigues, Movies, Shudder

Shudder aims to get 2024 off to a prog-rockin’ new start with splatter-comedy Destroy All Neighbors, starring Alex Winter and Jonah Ray Rodrigues. Brand new character posters introduces the cast that’s sure to become bombarded with gory mayhem and zany rock hijinks. Look for Destroy All Neighbors next month, when it releases on Shudder on January 12, 2024. In the film, […]

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10 Noteworthy Genre Movies to Stream at Home in January 2024

Meagan Navarro Deliver Us, Destroy All Neighbors, featured, Foe, Horror in the High Desert 2: Minerva, Landscape with Invisible Hand, Movies, Screambox, Suitable Flesh, The Passenger, topnews, underground, Where the Devil Roams

Happy New Year! As expected, the new year brings a slew of notable new titles to the various ever-growing streaming libraries, giving you plenty to watch in January 2024. Whether you’re looking to catch up on 2023 releases or looking ahead to shiny new 2024 horror or sci-fi titles, January has it all. These ten […]

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‘Night Swim’ – Wyatt Russell and Kerry Condon Wade into Aquatic Nightmare Territory [Interview]

Meagan Navarro Bryce McGuire, Interviews, Kerry Condon, Night Swim, Wyatt Russell

Everything you fear is under the surface in writer/director Bryce McGuire’s Night Swim. At least, that’s the case for stars Wyatt Russell and Kerry Condon, as a couple who discover that their new swimming pool isn’t all that it appears. Ahead of the film’s theatrical release on January 5, 2024, Bloody Disgusting spoke with Russell and Condon about wading into […]

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‘Night Swim’ Director Bryce McGuire on Bringing His Haunted Swimming Pool to Life [Interview]

Meagan Navarro Bryce McGuire, Interviews, Night Swim

This week brings the arrival of Night Swim, a high concept horror feature from writer/director Bryce McGuire that follows a family who awakens a terrifying supernatural presence in the backyard swimming pool of their new home. Based on the acclaimed 2014 short film by Rod Blackhurst and Bryce McGuire, the film stars Wyatt Russell (Overlord, “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters”) as Ray Waller, a […]

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2024 Horror Preview: 50 Horror Movies We Can’t Wait to See This Year

Meagan Navarro 2024, Alien, Editorials, featured, Ghostbusters, Godzilla, Imaginary, Infested, Lisa Frankenstein, Love Lies Bleeding, Movies, Nosferatu, Stopmotion, The First Omen, topnews

Horror hits the ground running in 2024, and judging by the current release slate, the genre has no intention of slowing down anytime soon. 2024’s horror slate is densely packed already, and it doesn’t even touch on the yet-to-be-announced features and surprise festival gems. Welcome to Bloody Disgusting’s 2024 Horror Preview. How massive will 2024 […]

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