Two months ago, we mentioned that Netflix was looking to dip their toes into video games. Now, according to Bloomberg, the streaming giant is one step closer with the hiring of Oculus content VP Mike Verdu as vice president of game development. According to someone familiar with the situation, Netflix plans on offering video games […]
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‘Fear Street Part 3: 1666’: The 300 Year Nightmare Comes to an End This Friday! [Trailer]
Directed by Leigh Janiak (Honeymoon), R.L. Stine‘s Fear Street books come to the screen with Netflix’s Fear Street Trilogy, and the FINAL chapter of the trilogy is on the way this week. This time around, we’re heading all the way back to 1666… In the Fear Street trilogy, “In 1994, a group of teenagers discovers that the terrifying events that have haunted their […]
‘Fear Street: 1978’ Was Filmed at the Same Camp Location as ‘Friday the 13th: Jason Lives’!
Now streaming on Netflix, Fear Street Part 2: 1978 (read Meagan’s review) is the middle piece in director Leigh Janiak‘s trilogy of films inspired by R.L. Stine’s teen horror novels, taking a (mostly) new group of characters to Camp Nightwing for a retro slasher inspired by “Golden Age” films like Friday the 13th and Sleepaway […]
[Review] ‘Gunpowder Milkshake’ Serves Up Stylish, Empty Calorie Action
Professional assassins remain the popular choice for protagonists in bone-crunching actioners, especially if the retired variety gets pulled back into the mix by force. The latest beat ‘em up features both former and active assassins, in the form of a mother and daughter team, fighting their way through the violent fallout of a botched job. Gunpowder […]
Animated Horror Movie ‘The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf’ Coming to Netflix in August [Trailer]
Face your demons. In addition to the upcoming second season of “The Witcher” and spinoff series “The Witcher: Blood Origin,” we’re also getting an animated film titled The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf. Nightmare of the Wolf premieres August 23, 2021 worldwide on Netflix. The movie “explores a powerful new threat facing the Continent.” The […]
[Review] Netflix’s ‘Blood Red Sky’ Soars with Intense, High-Altitude Vampire Tale
Blood Red Sky sets up expectations of an intense thriller with horror gimmickry thrown in for good measure between its title and the logline. Terrorists attempting to hijack a transatlantic overnight flight find resistance in the form of a vampire. It’s the type of plot that screams action-horror spectacle, yet this high-altitude thriller defies expectations from […]
“The Witcher” Season 2 Gets December Premiere Date, Along With New Images and Poster Art!
Announced during today’s #WitcherCon, we’ve learned that the second season of “The Witcher” is coming to Netflix in time for the holidays, the new episodes arriving December 17! While you wait, find two first-look images and a fresh piece of promo art below. Based on the best-selling fantasy series of books, “The Witcher” is an […]
[Trailer] Netflix Unleashes Bloodsucking Locusts in French Horror Movie ‘The Swarm’
It may sound like a SYFY Original concept but upcoming French horror movie The Swarm looks to have a far more serious execution, as teased in Netflix‘s official trailer this morning. The Swarm takes a bite out of Netflix on August 6. Preview director Just Philippot‘s film below. In The Swarm, “Virginie lives on a farm […]
“The Haunting of Hill House” Coming to Halloween Horror Nights!
After being called off last year for obvious reasons, Halloween Horror Nights will be returning to Universal Studios this coming Halloween season, with Halloween Horror Nights 30 running on select nights in September and October. One of the confirmed houses? Announced today, Netflix and Mike Flanagan’s “The Haunting of Hill House” will be represented at Halloween Horror […]
Netflix Buys World Rights to Horror Movie ‘CURS>R’ Starring Asa Butterfield and Robert Englund
Robert Englund is coming to Netflix in the upcoming fourth season of “Stranger Things,” and this morning we’ve learned that it won’t be the only Englund project hitting Netflix soon. Deadline reports that Netflix has acquired world rights to the horror movie CURS>R, paying “high seven figures” for the movie starring Englund and Asa Butterfield […]
“Kingdom: Ashin of the North”: Trailer Previews 92-Minute Special Episode of the Netflix Zombie Series
“This summer, a 92 minute thirst for blood begins.” There are thus far two seasons of the South Korean zombie series “Kingdom” streaming on Netflix, but before a third season we’re getting a spinoff episode this summer. Described as a “special episode,” it’s titled “Kingdom: Ashin of the North,” and it tells the story of “Ashin,” the heiress […]