Synopsis: Sarah (Julia Sarah Stone), a teenage runaway plagued with terrifying nightmares, signs up for a university sleep study to avoid living on the streets. There, she finds an unexpected friend and confidant in Jeremy (Landon Liboiron), the scientist overseeing the study. But there’s something strange about the proceedings, and being under observation seems to …Read More
Synopsis: On a secluded farm, a man is slowly dying. Bedridden and fighting through his final breaths, his wife is slowly succumbing to overwhelming grief. To help their mother and say goodbye to their father, siblings Louise (Marin Ireland) and Michael (Michael Abbott Jr.) return to their family farm. It doesn’t take long for them …Read More
Blumhouse is continuing its reign of terror, releasing eight brand new genre movies on Amazon Prime Video—the first four of which will arrive in time for Halloween! On October 6th, we’ll get writer-director Veena Sud’s The Lie, which sees two parents desperately trying to cover up a horrific crime after their teenage daughter confesses to …Read More
This month’s Venice Film Festival seeks to dodge the brunt of the Covid-19 crisis but it’s the first time an international festival has decided to go ahead since the pandemic shuttered competitions all around the world. Given these circumstances, so many films that would surely have gone down a treat with festival crowds have missed …Read More
Following the immense success of Host, the quarantine-filmed-and-set horror film about a Zoom seance gone wrong, filmmaking duo Rob Savage and Jed Shepherd are teaming up with Studiocanal to create a claustrophobic new horror movie set in a prison. According to Savage, the film will follow a group of women inmates who stage an unsuccessful …Read More
Netflix has unveiled the official trailer for The Babysitter: Killer Queen, the sequel to its 2017 horror-comedy The Babysitter. The film is set two years after the events of the first movie, which saw Cole (Judah Lewis) defeating a satanic cult led by his babysitter Bee (Samara Weaving). Cole is trying to forget his past …Read More
A new gameplay trailer is here for Little Nightmares II, a horror adventure game from developer Tarsier Studios and publisher Bandai Namco Entertainment. According to the official synopsis: “You play as Mono, a young boy trapped in a world that has been distorted by the humming transmission of a distant tower. With Six, the girl …Read More
Blumhouse has been developing a new Paranormal Activity sequel, and while the plan was initially to release the film next spring, it will now hit theatres on March 4th, 2022. This will be the seventh instalment in the Paranormal Activity franchise, which has been quiet since 2015’s The Ghost Dimension. Christopher Landon, who wrote four …Read More
Halloween isn’t going to look the same this year—which is all the more reason to stay home and watch horror! To help people get in the spirit early, Shudder is launching a bumper 61-day Halloween celebration, with numerous new Shudder Originals and Exclusives, along with old favourites, hitting the streaming platform between September 1st and …Read More
A gameplay trailer has arrived for Fast Travel Games’ Wraith: The Oblivion – Afterlife, a first-person VR horror exploration game. Set in the World of Darkness universe, which is also the setting of games like Werewolf: The Apocalypse and Vampire: The Masquerade, Wraith: The Oblivion – Afterlife sees you becoming a Wraith—one of the restless …Read More
As you may be aware, Fede Alvarez (2013’s Evil Dead) is producing a reboot of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre for Legendary. But the film is already off to a rocky start: just one week into production in Bulgaria, directors Ryan and Andy Tohill (The Dig) have left the project, reportedly due to creative differences, and …Read More
The official poster art is here for Mike Flanagan’s The Haunting of Bly Manor, which will hit Netflix sometime this autumn. Following on from The Haunting of Hill House, which was loosely based on Shirley Jackson’s novel of the same name, The Haunting of Bly Manor will adapt a number of Henry James’ ghost stories. …Read More
Morgan Creek Entertainment is working on a small screen adaptation of David Cronenberg’s 1988 cult horror film Dead Ringers—and Rachel Weisz (Constantine, The Mummy) has signed on to star. The series, which was recently given a straight-to-series order by Amazon, was written by Alice Birch (Succession) and will explore themes like women’s health and the …Read More
Filming has begun on Midnight Mass, Netflix’s latest horror series from director Mike Flanagan (The Haunting of Hill House, Doctor Sleep). Flanagan, who is directing every episode of the seven-episode series, announced the news on Twitter, writing “Day 1… here we go.” The series follows an isolated island community experiencing miraculous events and frightening omens …Read More
The cast for Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett’s upcoming Scream movie is starting to fill out. Jenna Ortega (Insidious: Chapter 2, The Babysitter: Killer Queen) and Melissa Barrera (In the Heights) have signed on to star. On the returning cast member side, Courtney Cox and David Arquette, who play Gale Weathers and Dewey Riley respectively, …Read More
While we wait breathlessly for Spiral: From the Book of Saw, director Darren Lynn Bousman has a brand new horror movie coming our way—Death of Me. The film follows Christine and Neil, a couple vacationing on an island off the coast of Thailand. After waking up hungover with no memory of the previous night, they …Read More
Dark Star Pictures has debuted a striking trailer for The Antenna—and it’s oozing with sinister intent. Written and directed by Orçun Behram, making his feature debut, the film is set in a dystopian version of Turkey, where the government installs new networks throughout the country to monitor information. But when the installation goes wrong in …Read More
Early this year, it was announced that Screen Gems was developing a reboot of the 1998 horror film Urban Legend—and casting is officially underway. Colin Minihan (Grave Encounters) is writing and directing the new film, which will reportedly introduce an iconic new slasher for the digital age in a world where internet urban legends are …Read More
The long-awaited Antebellum is finally releasing on-demand in the U.S. on September 18th, and a newly released clip from the film (below) gives us a taste of the strange happenings in store. Actor and musician Janelle Monáe stars as Veronica Henley, a successful author who finds herself trapped in a horrifying reality and must uncover …Read More
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Synopsis: After responding to a help wanted sign outside the local mortician’s office, a young woman (Caitlin Custer) asks funeral director Montgomery Dark (Clancy Brown) to tell her scary stories about how some of the corpses he’s attended to died. Dark is more than happy to oblige… A Fantasia International Film Festival 2020 Review The …Read More
With a title like Random Acts of Violence, you’d be right in thinking that director Jay Baruchel’s sophomore feature is incredibly violent. Following comic book creator Todd (Jesse Williams) as he embarks on a road trip to promote the final issue of his popular Slasherman comic series, the film—which hit Shudder in the US, UK, …Read More
Synopsis: Barry is a drug-addled, abusive bastard who—after yet another bender—is abducted by aliens. Barry takes a backseat as an alien visitor assumes control of his body and takes it for a joyride through Cape Town. What follows is an onslaught of drugs, sex, and violence as our alien tourist enters the weird and wonderful …Read More
Synopsis: Two sisters vie for the affections of a man who may or may not be a vampire. A Fantasia International Film Festival 2020 Review Climate of the Hunter feels like a much older movie, and not just because of its retro wardrobe. The lush visual style, copious lens flares, and frequently arch line delivery …Read More
After just one season, Showtime has cancelled Penny Dreadful spin-off series City of Angels. Set in Los Angeles in 1938, the series explored a grisly murder that shocked the city, embroiling Detective Tiago Vega (Daniel Zovatto) and his partner Lewis Michener (Nathan Lane) in an epic story reflecting LA’s troubled history. The cast also included …Read More
Zombie hit Train to Busan got an animated prequel, Seoul Station—and now its sequel may get the same treatment! Director Yeon Sang-ho has revealed that talks about making an animated prequel to Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula have already begun. Peninsula is set four years after the total decimation of South Korea that we witnessed …Read More
The sequel to 2017’s Outbreak, Drop Dead Studios’ Outbreak: The New Nightmare is coming to the PlayStation 4 on August 27th. According to the synopsis on Steam: “The horrors of Arzt Memorial Hospital were just the beginning of the outbreak. As the infection spread across the city, local law enforcement fell quickly. You now find …Read More
Synopsis: Once upon a frenzied time, woman meets man. Woman dances with man. Man kisses woman. Man grips woman. Woman escapes man. Man chases woman. Nothing new—or is there? A Fantasia International Film Festival 2020 Review The early scenes of Hunted detail an experience that’s all too familiar to many women. Fed up with her …Read More
From publisher Daedalic Entertainment and developer ONE-O-ONE Games, first-person horror mystery game The Suicide of Rachel Foster is coming to consoles later this month. The game, which launched on Steam back in February, follows a strong-willed woman named Nicole who comes back to the family hotel ten years after leaving with her mother as a …Read More
Synopsis: After being flooded with anonymous death threats and hateful messages on social media, columnist and author Femke Boot (Katja Herbers) finally snaps—taking bloody her revenge on her online critics. A Fantasia International Film Festival 2020 Review Online vitriol is nothing new, but it certainly feels like its reached critical mass in recent years, fueled …Read More
