Director Jason Reitman called Ghostbusters: Afterlife his most personal film yet. That makes sense; he was seven when dad Ivan Reitman’s Ghostbusters was released in theaters and twelve when the sequel arrived. Ghostbusters no doubt made up a significant part of Reitman’s childhood and his family’s life. It results in a sentimental family film that examines the legacy and the film’s […]
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[Hands-On Preview] ‘Dying Light 2: Stay Human’ Shows Great Promise For Techland’s Zombie Epic
In building upon previous mechanics and providing a more personal story with impactful player choice, Dying Light 2 Stay Human offers a grim world with much to explore. In having the chance to spend several hours playing the game, I have found that developer Techland has not only significantly improved upon what was laid out […]
Stay Home, Watch Horror: 5 Black Magic Horror Movies to Stream This Week
Characters that encounter or choose to dabble in black magic find themselves on a fast track to horror. Over their heads and their very souls at risk. Whether it’s witchcraft, Hoodoo, voodoo, or a simple séance that went wrong, all will cause irreparable harm to the careless. This week’s horror picks feature characters empowered or […]
Six New Horror Movies Releasing This Week Plus a New Netflix Series from the Director of ‘Train to Busan’!
New horror releases tend to slow down a bit on the road to the holidays, and honestly that’s not a bad thing because it gives us a chance to catch up on all the stuff we missed earlier in the year. During this past Halloween Season alone, so many new movies were released that we […]
‘Halloween Kills’ – What Can We Expect from the Extended Cut? The Novelization May Answer That Question
Ahead of the January 11, 2022 release on DVD, Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD (plus a Best Buy Steelbook!), David Gordon Green’s Halloween Kills will be released Digitally on December 13, 2021, with an “Extended Cut” of the movie being previewed by Amazon. In all likelihood, this new extended version of the sequel to Halloween […]
How “Chucky” Turned Fiona Dourif into Brad Dourif’s Charles Lee Ray for Flashbacks to the 1980s
We had been promised that this week’s episode of “Chucky” would bring Curse of Chucky and Cult of Chucky character Nica Pierce back into the mix, the character of course played by Brad Dourif‘s real-life daughter Fiona Dourif in the previous two feature films. But what we didn’t realize is that Fiona would be pulling […]
[Review] “Chucky” Episode Five Marks Dramatic Shift in Series as Legacy Characters Arrive
So far, “Chucky” has toggled between Jake Wheeler’s life thrown in chaotic disarray, thanks to the murderous doll, and flashbacks that fill in the gaps of Charles Lee Ray’s ascension to serial killer. Episode five, “Little Little Lies,” pushes both elements forward in pivotal ways but finally brings the arrival of two legacy players. How […]
Stay Home, Watch Horror: 5 Noir Horror Movies to Stream This Week for Noirvember
For many cinephiles, November becomes Noirvember, a month dedicated to noir. Noir is often characterized by its fatalistic outlook, highly stylized imagery, down on their luck and morally ambiguous protagonists, urban settings, shadows, corruption, narration, and the femme fatale. All of which marries well with horror. Whether you want to dip your toes into noir […]
Three New Horror Movies Releasing This Week Plus the “Chucky” Series Brings Back the Original Characters!
For daily release updates delivered straight to your feed, follow @HorrorCalendar. As always, post-October tends to mean that the new horror releases slow down, but the good news is there’s rarely a week that goes by without some fresh new horrors to consume. Most notably this week, Don Mancini’s “Chucky” series for SYFY and USA will […]
Home Sweet Home: 10 Atypical Haunted House Movies
Haunted houses tend to adhere to a familiar formula. Characters get terrorized by paranormal activity within their home or current dwelling, and fleeing rarely is as easy as it sounds. The haunting is usually caused by an unspeakable tragedy that occurred years ago or an inciting event that disturbs the dead, prompting them to unleash […]
“Mockingbird Lane” – Looking Back on Bryan Fuller’s Edgy Reboot of ‘The Munsters’
When it comes to Gateway Horror, it’s hard to name a better example than The Munsters. Based on tropes and characters from the Universal Monster movies, this lovable family of misfits has been entertaining audiences for almost 60 years. That’s why it’s no surprise that they’ve also survived numerous attempts at reboots and remakes. While […]
[Review] ‘Shin Megami Tensei V’ is a Masterful Japanese RPG And One of the Best Games of the Year
It’s been a while since a new mainline Shin Megami Tensei game came out, and a 3D one at that. After Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne launched in 2003, the series transitioned to a more 2D style that fit the Nintendo 3DS handheld with Shin Megami Tensei IV and IV: Apocalypse in 2014 and 2016, […]
6 New Horror Movies Releasing This Week and Showtime’s “Dexter” is Back With a New Season!
For daily release updates delivered straight to your feed, follow @HorrorCalendar. Another Halloween may be over, but as we always like to say, it is *always* Halloween when you’re reading Bloody Disgusting and following us on the various social media platforms. What we mean by that is, well, there are *always* new horror movies being released […]
Stay Home, Watch Horror: 5 Lesser Seen Folk Horror Movies to Stream This Week
Folk horror has made a robust return to the spotlight in recent years in large part thanks to notable horror releases like Midsommar. Folk horror is also one of the more loosely categorized subgenres, save for a few common traits. The landscape is integral, especially aesthetically, and is usually set in rural or scenic countryside. Nature […]
Evil Kills Tonight: The Top 15 Kills in the ‘Halloween’ Franchise
Michael Myers’ adventures in murdering babysitters have certainly changed since his silent and disturbing introduction in 1978. While John Carpenter introduced us to a more subdued yet equally terrifying Shape in his first film, the series would soon transform the white-masked menace into something more. Myers went from a shadow, lurking amongst the town of […]