Much in the same way that body horror can unnerve for its ability to turn your body against you, psychological horror preys upon your mind. The inability to distinguish reality from fantasy, or worse, is inherently terrifying. Censor (our review) sees a psychological unraveling for its lead character, a video censor during the Video Nasty craze that […]
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[Review] ‘Halloween Kills’ Carves Up a Gruesome Old School Slasher… for Better and Worse
Halloween Kills picks up where 2018’s Halloween ends, with three generations of Strode women leaving a hard-fought battle, battered and exhausted. Of course, the fight isn’t over; firefighters unwittingly let loose the boogeyman in their attempts to put out the blazing fire at the Strode household. Michael Myers resumes his rampage across Haddonfield, now angrier than ever before. Halloween […]
Bloody ‘Scream’ Trailer Kills the Past to Carve a New Future [Video]
The trailer for Scream is finally here and with it comes the first tease of an actual plot: this time around, Ghostface is killing people related to the legacy characters. As we know by now, the fifth Scream is fully canonized with Neve Campbell returning as Sidney Prescott, David Arquette & Courteney Cox as Dewey Riley and […]
13 New Horror Movies and Shows Releasing This Week Including Five Horror Franchise Returns!
For daily release updates delivered straight to your feed, follow @HorrorCalendar. The second full week of October is upon us, and once again there’s no shortage of brand new horror being brought to the table on the road to the best day of the year: Halloween, of course! In fact, this week is loaded with big […]
‘You’re Next’ at 10: A Bloody Disgusting Oral History With Adam Wingard, Sharni Vinson and More
In a post-Scream world, it seems slasher fans expect and deserve more from their favorite style of horror. The sub-genre remains reliant on buckets of blood and gratuitous violence, of course, but an expectation of the unexpected has become the new tradition. Story structure and character has changed, shifting away from the virginal Final Girl […]
Screaming Live on Snapchat: 6 of the Most Unique Found Footage Movies!
I’ve always admired how Found Footage gives indie filmmakers the opportunity to craft legitimately scary movies without breaking the bank. Not only does this underappreciated sub-genre allow for experimentation and intimate thrills, but it also stands out by constantly reinventing itself as modern media continues to evolve. Mockumentaries and simulated home movies can still be […]
How Rob Zombie’s ‘Halloween II’ Paved the Way for a New Kind of Horror
Filmmakers have been using horror as a tool to explore serious issues since the very dawn of cinema. Unfortunately, while we’ve been treated to award-winning hits like The Exorcist and The Silence of the Lambs, many of the more experimental horror flicks of the past were doomed to become critical and box-office flops, only being […]
18 New Horror Movies and Shows Releasing This Week, Including ‘V/H/S/94’!
It’s the first full week of October, and nearly TWENTY brand new horror movies and shows are on the way. Perhaps we’re a little biased here, as it is after all a Bloody Disgusting project, but we’re absolutely thrilled to unleash the wild V/H/S/94 this week, for starters, which currently has a fresh 100% score […]
Stay Home, Watch Horror: 5 Horror Movies to Stream This Week That Spotlight Trick or Treaters
It’s October! That means no one can deny that it’s officially Halloween. It also means the first week of many that will offer streaming picks themed around the best holiday of the year. This week belongs to the trick or treater; the costumed denizens roaming the streets on Halloween night are a holiday fixture. These […]
12 New Horror Movies and Shows Releasing in the First Weekend of October!
One thing that has remained true throughout the entirety of the pandemic is that there’s been no shortage of new horror content being brought to the table, with the various streaming services and On Demand platforms making up for the fact that not a whole lot has been releasing in theaters the past year and […]
‘Friday the 13th’ Screenwriter Victor Miller Wins Copyright Termination Appeal to Reclaim Domestic Rights
We’ve been waiting two years now for an update on the next step in the Friday the 13th legal battle that has been raging on for several years now, and we finally have one today. But first, since it’s been a minute, a brief little recap of the situation… Ever since a judge ruled back […]
[Review] ‘Venom: Let There Be Carnage’ is a Battle That’s Violent, Sloppy, and Entertaining
The honeymoon phase is over. Now that the meet-cute between disgraced journalist Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) and disgraced alien Venom have gotten behind them, cohabitation proves trickier than either one expected. Toss in an illegitimate love child, and Venom: Let There Be Carnage winds up serving as a violent, sloppy, yet entertaining battle through couples counseling for […]
The Deeply Personal Horror of “Midnight Mass” – Guest Essay by Filmmaker Mike Flanagan
Midnight Mass has been part of me for so long, it’s difficult to remember when exactly it started. There has probably never been a project more personal to me. Its journey to the screen was very long, I’ve changed enormously since I began working on it (as has the world in general) and as of […]
Stay Home, Watch Horror: 5 Horror Movies to Stream This Week That Bring the Autumn Vibes
It’s officially Fall, and October is mere days away. Ahead of peak Halloween season, this week’s streaming picks celebrate autumn. The cooler weather, the turning leaves, the fall flavors, and have I mentioned the cooler weather? The perfect time to cozy up and watch more horror, and these horror movies embrace the best time of […]
“Stranger Things” Season 4 Teaser Invites You into the House of Robert Englund’s Victor Creel! [Video]
The fourth season of Netflix‘s “Stranger Things” is finally on the way soon, and out of the streaming service’s “Tudum” event today we’ve got a brand new teaser trailer for you. We’ve been promised that “Stranger Things 4” is coming in 2022, and this latest teaser invites you into the Creel House, the newest locale […]