Interviews – All Things Ick

‘Project Songbird’ Developer Teases Atmospheric Appalachian Horror Inspired by Robert Eggers and David Lynch

February 19, 2026 Harrison Abbott Conner Rush, FYRE Games, Interviews, PC, PlayStation 5, Project Songbird, steam, Valerie Rose Lohman, Video Games, xbox

“I think we have developed something here that feels super authentic to ourselves. It’s a risk-taking game. It doesn’t play anything safe, and I think that’s going to hit with some people. We’re getting a little experimental at points.” That’s how Conner Rush, creator of FYRE Games studio and developer behind the upcoming Project Songbird, […]

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‘Project Songbird’ Developer Teases Atmospheric Appalachian Horror Inspired by Robert Eggers and David Lynch

February 19, 2026 Harrison Abbott Conner Rush, FYRE Games, Interviews, PC, PlayStation 5, Project Songbird, steam, Valerie Rose Lohman, Video Games, xbox

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‘Project Songbird’ Developer Teases Atmospheric Appalachian Horror Inspired by Robert Eggers and David Lynch

February 19, 2026 Harrison Abbott Conner Rush, FYRE Games, Interviews, PC, PlayStation 5, Project Songbird, steam, Valerie Rose Lohman, Video Games, xbox

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‘Project Songbird’ Developer Teases Atmospheric Appalachian Horror Inspired by Robert Eggers and David Lynch

February 19, 2026 Harrison Abbott Conner Rush, FYRE Games, Interviews, PC, PlayStation 5, Project Songbird, steam, Valerie Rose Lohman, Video Games, xbox

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Tapeworms, Beauty & Body Horror: The Makeup and Prosthetics of ‘The Ugly Stepsister’ [Interview]

February 2, 2026 Daniel Kurland Academy Awards, Anne Catherine Sauerberg, body horror, Cinderella, Emilie Blichfeldt, Exclusives, Interviews, makeup & hairstyling, Movies, Oscar, Shudder, The Ugly Stepsister

The modern Cinderella story has been told for over three centuries, and yet its subject matter remains both entertaining and enlightening. There are plenty of films — especially in the horror genre — that push the Cinderella narrative to dark, harrowing places. That being said, 2025’s The Ugly Stepsister, the debut feature film of Norwegian […]

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Corin Hardy Talks Iron Maiden and the Gory Kills of Cursed Horror Movie ‘Whistle’

February 2, 2026 Meagan Navarro Aztec Death Whistle, Corin Hardy, Dafne Keen, Interviews, Movies, Owen Egerton, Shudder, Whistle

The Hallow and The Nun director Corin Hardy is back this week with Whistle, a cursed object horror movie from screenwriter Owen Egerton (Blood Fest) centered around a lethal Aztec Death Whistle. When an unlikely group of teens blows the whistle, Death comes for them all in personal, nightmarish ways. Independent Film Company and Shudder […]

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‘Hellraiser: Revival’ Developers Aim to Deliver Authentic Clive Barker Experience Beyond Limits [Exclusive Interview]

January 30, 2026 Harrison Abbott Clive Barker, Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival, Exclusives, featured, Hellraiser, Hellraiser: Revival, Interviews, Mad Head Games, PC, PlayStation 5, saber interactive, steam, topnews, Video Games, Xbox Series

“On rare occasions, we had team members request to be switched to a different project because they found it unpleasant to work on something [this] explicit.” So confesses Emil Esov, Game Director for Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival, in a recent Q&A with Bloody Disgusting. The fact that these transfer requests were submitted presumably didn’t come […]

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“It Was Like ‘A Clockwork Orange,’ But With STEM” – Producer Tim Walsh Opens Up About Cancelled ‘Upgrade’ TV Series

January 30, 2026 Daniel Kurland blumhouse, Exclusives, Interviews, Leigh Whannell, Tim Walsh, TV, Upgrade

Blumhouse has been responsible for some of the biggest horror films of the past 15 years. There’s been no slowing down in this regard, which has led to a natural temptation to transform compelling ideas into enduring franchises. This has proven to be incredibly successful for franchises like Paranormal Activity, The Purge, and Insidious, while […]

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‘The Hillside Strangler’s’ Tim Walsh on Bringing A Scripted Horror Aesthetic To True Crime Docu-Series

January 29, 2026 Daniel Kurland Chicago PD, docu-series, Interviews, Kenneth Bianchi, MGM, The Hillside Strangler, Tim Walsh, true crime, TV

Executive producer Tim Walsh opens up about MGM+’s new Hillside Strangler docu-series and how it breathes fresh life into the infamous serial killer’s story. True-crime docu-series have reached a deafening fever pitch in which the world’s worst offenders have their sordid stories reexamined and dissected. There’s a steady wave of true-crime content that continues to […]

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The Puppetry and Violence of Casper Kelly’s Killer Mascot ‘Buddy’ [Sundance Interview]

January 23, 2026 Meagan Navarro Barney, Buddy, Casper Kelly, Interviews, Keegan-Michael Key, Movies, Sundance 2026

The filmmaker behind twisted sitcom parody “Too Many Cooks” is back with another dark voyage into the absurd underbelly of familiar television fare: Buddy. Writer/Director Casper Kelly takes aim at kids’ shows, blending Barney with Pee-Wee, with a dash of Howdy Doody and Dora the Explorer, in a horror-comedy with a cuddly but murderous mascot. […]

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The Adams Family Talk Witchy ‘Mother of Flies’ and Finding Beauty in Life and Death [Interview]

January 22, 2026 Michelle Swope Interviews, John Adams, Mother of Flies, Shudder, the adams family, Toby Poser

The Adams Family, Toby Poser and John Adams and their daughters Zelda and Lulu, have been making movies together as a family for over a decade under their production company Wonder Wheel Productions. They made their first horror movie, The Hatred, in 2018 and have since been embraced by genre fans for their unique style of […]

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Jeremy Irvine on Joining ‘Return to Silent Hill’ As a Fan and Updating the Game’s Protagonist

January 21, 2026 Meagan Navarro Christophe Gans, Exclusives, Interviews, Jeremy Irvine, Return to Silent Hill, Silent Hill, Silent Hill 2

Pyramid Head is back on the big screen in Return to Silent Hill, Christophe Gans‘ adaptation of Konami’s revered Silent Hill 2. Return to Silent Hill releases in theaters January 23, introducing protagonist James Sunderland, who finds his reality and sanity tested when he received a letter from lost love in the town of Silent Hill. Actor Jeremy […]

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‘Primate’ Director Johannes Roberts Rewrote a Character For Oscar Winner Troy Kotsur

January 8, 2026 Meagan Navarro animal attack, Interviews, Johannes Roberts, Johnny Sequoyah, Movies, Primate, Troy Kotsur

One of the most suspenseful scenes in director Johannes Roberts‘ Primate sees a deaf father arrive home, unaware of the vicious animal attack waging in the recesses of his house. The character, Adam, as Roberts initially wrote with collaborator Ernest Riera, wasn’t deaf at all. Nor was Adam a character who’s as warm and present […]

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’28 Years Later: The Bone Temple’ Director Nia DaCosta Dials Up the Horror with the Jimmies [Interview]

January 7, 2026 Meagan Navarro 28 Years Later, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, Erin Kellyman, Interviews, Movies, Nia DaCosta

There’s a stark contrast between good and evil in the sequel, 28 Years: The Bone Temple. At the opposite end of empathetic Dr. Kelson (Ralph Fiennes) and his poignant monument to death is psychopathic Jimmy Crystal (Jack O’Connell) and his Satanist clan, “The Jimmies.” The bad news for poor Spike (Alfie Williams) is that the […]

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How Bryan Fuller’s ‘Dust Bunny’ Evolved From An ‘Amazing Stories’ Episode [Interview]

December 11, 2025 Meagan Navarro Bryan Fuller, Dust Bunny, Interviews, Mads Mikkelsen, Sophie Sloan

It’s not the ravenous monster under the bed that steals Bryan Fuller’s Dust Bunny, but young lead Sophie Sloan as the adorably precocious 10-year-old Aurora. In Dust Bunny, releasing in theaters on December 12, Aurora enlists her mysterious neighbor (Mads Mikkelsen) to dispatch the creature that she asserts ate her parents. That her neighbor happens to […]

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