Keiichiro Toyama, the former PlayStation developer behind Siren and the iconic Silent Hill, revealed to IGN Japan recently that his next project will be a horror action-adventure game that will include battles and story elements and appeal to fans of his previous work! “If anything, this will be more of a horror-oriented game,” Toyama told …Read More
Originally slated for release last September, Movie Games Lunarium’s Lust from Beyond will now launch on Steam this February! The sequel to 2018’s Lust for Darkness, Lust from Beyond is described as a “psychological horror with occult and erotic themes” and will see players taking on the role of Victor Holloway, an antiquarian tormented by …Read More
Walkabout Games’ Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Heart of the Forest is coming to the Nintendo Switch this month! The savage werewolf RPG launched last year and is currently available on Steam and GOG. Described as “a beautifully written, deep, and balanced adventure game inspired by the experience of the legendary tabletop roleplaying game Werewolf: The …Read More
We’re saddened to hear that Barbara Shelley has passed away at the age of 88. Shelley was known as “The First Leading Lady of British Horror,” and for good reason. After dipping her toes into the world of horror with 1957’s Cat Girl, the actress went on to star in the likes of Blood of …Read More
After creating some of the most talked-about small screen horror in years in the form of The Haunting of Hill House and The Haunting of Bly Manor, it’s no surprise that Mike Flanagan is already fielding questions about whether another season is in the cards. Alas, it doesn’t look likely, at least right now. “At …Read More
We’re saddened to hear that Gary Howard Klar has passed away at the age of 73. The actor was best known to horror fans for playing Steel in George A. Romero’s 1985 zombie classic Day of the Dead. “Gary needs no introduction to Romero fans,” the George A. Romero Foundation wrote on Facebook, “having so …Read More
Filming has wrapped on Constantin Film’s upcoming film reboot of Resident Evil, as announced in a tweet from Sony Pictures. Johannes Roberts (47 Meters Down, The Strangers: Prey at Night) wrote and directed the new film, which is an origin story adaptation set in Racoon City in 1998. In a previous statement shared by Deadline, …Read More
The first Wishmaster film was released way back in 1997, but you’ll soon be able to revisit it with fresh eyes—because a brand new novelisation is in the works! Encyclopocalypse Publications has partnered with the film’s writer Peter Atkins to turn the classic fantasy-horror film into a book. Christian Francis penned the novelisation, which is …Read More
The sequel to Endnight Games’ popular survival horror title The Forest, Sons of the Forest has revealed a new trailer that teases some of the gameplay in store. While details are still light on the ground, the trailer does reveal that the game is slated for a 2021 release. According to a YouTube Q&A from …Read More
Dark Sky Films has released a fraught trailer for Reunion, a new horror-thriller from writer and director Jake Mahaffy. In the film, a pregnant woman returns to her recently-deceased grandparents’ family home to spend time with her estranged mother. But what begins as a reunion soon turns terrifying… Julia Ormond (The Walking Dead: World Beyond) …Read More
The sequel to the 2018 film Venom, Venom: Let There Be Carnage is slated for release in June of 2021—but comic book fans won’t have to wait that long to get a bite of Cletus Kasady, aka Carnage! The super-villain is returning to print for a brand new miniseries in the form of Carnage: Black, …Read More
In the indie horror world, few names crop up as often as Larry Fessenden. From writing and directing films like Habit and Wendigo to appearing in cult favourites like Session 9, Fessenden wears a lot of hats and has an IMDb page long enough to make many A-listers jealous. Through his production company Glass Eye …Read More
Netflix and Zack Snyder’s upcoming zombie movie Army of the Dead is getting both a prequel anime series in the form of Army of the Dead: Lost Vegas and an “international prequel” feature film—the latter of which has now wrapped filming! “That’s a wrap on Army of the Dead: The Prequel,” Snyder shared on Twitter …Read More
Publisher The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild has released a trailer for Saturnalia, an upcoming survival horror game from Italian indie developer Santa Ragione. Inspired by the Saturnalia holiday, an ancient Roman festival celebrated in mid-December, the game takes place in Gravoi, an isolated village on the island of Sardinia that is steeped in ancient ritual. Playing …Read More
From director Mike P. Nelson (The Domestics), the Wrong Turn reboot is slated for a one-night-only theatrical release on January 26th, 2021—and the German poster art introduces a new masked villain! Franchise creator Alan McElroy wrote the film, which will follow a group of friends hiking the Appalachian Trail. After straying off the beaten path, …Read More
As you may have heard, Morgan Creek is developing a reboot of The Exorcist, and some intriguing news from the project emerged this week… According to Observer, David Gordon Green (Halloween, Halloween Kills) is in talks to direct the reboot, which may actually be a sequel! Blumhouse also seems to have boarded the project, with …Read More
Madmind Studio, the developer behind Agony and Succubus, has announced a new horror game in the form of Tormentor. In Tormentor, players will take on the role of a merciless torturer who manages an abandoned prison full of victims sentenced to death. Earn money from video transmissions of your torments, fight against a developing illness …Read More
Synopsis: A bereaved couple attempts to perform a “reverse exorcism” to bring their dead grandson back. In the process, they end up summoning much more than they bargained for… One demographic that often gets the short end of the stick in horror is the elderly. If they’re not passing along quick, foreboding messages to campers, …Read More
If someone told you the film you were about to watch followed a couple of Satanists preying on a pregnant woman, you probably wouldn’t picture the cast of Anything for Jackson—or the surprisingly tender dynamic that plays out between them. Following Audrey (Sheila McCarthy) and Henry (Julian Richings), an older couple mourning the tragic loss …Read More
Ahead of its international premiere at the upcoming Sundance Film Festival, Canadian horror-thriller Violation has been acquired by Shudder. The film, which world premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, was co-written and co-directed by Dusty Mancinelli and Madeleine Sims-Fewer, the latter of whom also stars. Described as a “turbulent feminist revenge fable that explores …Read More
Lionsgate has dropped an official teaser trailer for Fear of Rain, an upcoming horror-thriller written and directed by Castille Landon. In the film, a teenage girl living with schizophrenia struggles with vivid and terrifying hallucinations as she begins to suspect her neighbour has kidnapped a child. As her parents try desperately to help her live …Read More
A24 has set a new release date for its upcoming R-rated fantasy horror film The Green Knight. The film will now (hopefully) hit theatres on July 30th, 2021. Written and directed by David Lowery (A Ghost Story), The Green Knight is based on the Arthurian legend and tells the story of Sir Gawain, King Arthur’s …Read More
Crispin Glover (Willard, Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter) has been cast as a series regular in HBO Max’s upcoming series Red Bird Lane. Directed by David Slade (Hannibal, 30 Days of Night) and written by Sara Gran (Southland), Red Bird Lane is being described as a psychological thriller and will follow eight strangers who …Read More
The second season of Locke & Key hasn’t even premiered yet, but Netflix has already ordered a third helping of the fantasy horror show. Based on the comic book series of the same name written by Joe Hill and illustrated by Gabriel Rodríguez, Locke & Key centres around the three Locke siblings and their mother. …Read More
The cast is filling out for Brand New Cherry Flavor, Netflix’s upcoming adaptation of Todd Grimson’s 1996 horror novel of the same name. Rosa Salazar (Alita: Battle Angel) will star in the show alongside Catherine Keener (Get Out), Eric Lange (Antebellum), Jeff Ward (Chanel Zero: No-End House), and Manny Jacinto (The Good Place). New additions …Read More
From director Kimo Stamboel (Macabre, Headshot) and writer Joko Anwar (Impetigore, Satan’s Slaves), The Queen of Black Magic hits Shudder on January 28th—and the new trailer is filled with every nightmare you’ve ever had! In the Shudder Original, a middle-class family travels to rural Indonesia to visit the terminally ill director of the orphanage where …Read More
The horror genre was once consigned to the cinema and videotapes, gaining popularity not via the mainstream as such, but a cult following who appreciated the art for what it was. As the audience tastes changed, horror became a blockbuster hit and it was only natural that as platforms and technology evolved, the thirst for …Read More
Mike Flanagan (The Haunting of Hill House) is bringing an all-new horror series to Netflix in the form of Midnight Mass—and filming has officially wrapped. “It has been an extraordinary, unprecedented production, and I cannot be prouder of this amazing cast and crew,” Flanagan wrote in a recent thread on Twitter. “In fact—and I do …Read More
To celebrate its Digital HD and VOD release, Scare Me has shared some new character posters designed by artist Alex Vincent that introduce our storytellers! In the film, which was written and directed by Josh Ruben, making his directorial debut, aspiring writer Fred (Ruben) heads to a remote cabin to work on his novel. There, …Read More
Described by star Nicolas Cage (Mandy) as possibly the wildest movie he’s ever made, director Sion Sono’s action-horror Prisoners of the Ghostland has shared a batch of images that have us intrigued! In the film, a notorious criminal, Hero (Cage), must break an evil curse in order to rescue an abducted girl who has disappeared …Read More
