Patrick Bateman is poised to sink an axe into the small screen! Speaking with Deadline, Kevin Beggs, Lionsgate Television’s chairman, revealed that “American Psycho is in development.” And a Saw series could be coming our way in future as well! “We’re always exploring what we can do in television with something like the Saw franchise, …Read More
HBO’s The Last of Us series has added a few more directors! In addition to Kantemir Balagov (Beanpole), who’ll be directing the pilot, Jasmila Žbanić (Quo vadis, Aida?) and Ali Abbasi (Shelley) have joined the project. Adapting the first game in The Last of Us franchise, the series takes place 20 years after modern civilisation …Read More
A remake of director Stephan Rick’s German thriller Unter Nachbarn, The Good Neighbor has cast Jonathan Rhys Meyers (Dracula). The film will follow David and Robert, new neighbours who find themselves bonded by a hit-and-run accident. When the dead girl’s sister shows up to investigate, David, overcome with guilt, wonders if he can find redemption. …Read More
No escape. No memory. 90 minutes to live. After a few earlier teasers, Netflix has shared the breathless full trailer for Oxygen, a new sci-fi thriller from French filmmaker Alexandre Aja (Haute Tension, Piranha 3D, Crawl). In the film, which was written by Christie LeBlanc, a young woman wakes up in a cryogenic pod with …Read More
DC Comics is launching a new imprint called DC Horror—and the label will be kicking off with a limited series set in The Conjuring universe! Called The Conjuring: The Lover, the five-issue series is said to be a prelude to the upcoming third film instalment in the franchise, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do …Read More
Director Josh Ruber (Scare Me) is back with Werewolves Within, a horror-comedy whodunnit—or should that be whatdunnit?—based on the Ubisoft game of the same name. Written by Mishna Wolff, the film sees a snowstorm trapping the residents of the small town of Beaverfield inside the local inn. It’s up to new forest ranger Finn and …Read More
Alejandro Brugués (Juan of the Dead, Into the Dark: Pooka Lives!) is directing a new horror movie called The Last Will and Testament of Charles Abernathy for Netflix. The film will follow the titular Charles Abernathy, an ageing billionaire. On the eve of his 75th birthday, Abernathy invites his four estranged children home out of …Read More
From writer and director Taylor Chien, The Resort has dropped a freaky trailer that will make you glad you’re stuck at home. The film follows Lex, a writer obsessed with the paranormal. For her birthday, her three closest friends decide to take her on a surprise trip to an abandoned Hawaiian resort—the supposed haunt of …Read More
Described as the biggest and darkest film in the franchise so far, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It has dropped a chilling trailer that’s crammed with great scares. Directed by Michael Chaves (The Curse of La Llorona), the third instalment in the core Conjuring franchise takes place in 1981 and explores “a chilling …Read More
Extreme horror may not be a highly popular genre, but it is a highly searched one. It seems that, while many viewers would opt to avoid films that dabble (and douse) in such depravity as necrophilia, dermatophagia, sadism, faeces, and other extremities, there is a high hit rate on searches for “most extreme films.” It …Read More
Following our interview with Amelia Moses, director of the female-driven werewolf shocker Bloodthirsty, we also got a chance to pick the brains of two of the film’s leads. Conceived and written by mother-daughter duo Wendy Hill-Tout and singer-songwriter Lowell, and featuring the original music of Lowell, Bloodthirsty provides a sharp and authentic riff on lycanthrope …Read More
Wasteland Passages, from OlyMoon Productions, is available to read online now! The stories take place in the universe of The Brooding Muse and has its own horror fantasy style while intertwining with the events of OlyMoon’s flagship series. Taking inspiration from Tales of the Crypt, The Savage Sword of Conan, and classic black-and-white horror magazines, …Read More
Online games are so varied these days that they have the power to do everything from frighten the pants off people to putting them at the controls of a fighter jet. Here we focus on the former, by taking a closer look at some of the scariest online games that exist today, which all horror …Read More
Werewolves have come in all shapes and sizes over the years, whether it be American backpackers, a squad of soldiers in the Scottish Highlands or a high-school student dead set on playing on the basketball team. But one profession we don’t recall ever having been combined with werewolf tropes is that of a singer/songwriter. That’s …Read More
Gabriel Luna (Terminator: Dark Fate) has been cast in HBO’s upcoming series adaptation of hit zombie game The Last of Us, which is being developed by Craig Mazin (Chernobyl). Set 20 years after modern civilisation has been destroyed, The Last of Us will follow Joel, a hardened survivor, who is hired to smuggle to smuggle …Read More
Rumours about a Resident Evil 4 remake have been flying, but while we wait for confirmation about those, here’s some concrete news: a VR version of the game is coming to the Oculus Quest 2! A collaboration between Capcom, Oculus Studios, and Armature Studios, Resident Evil 4 VR will involve first-person gameplay, allowing players to …Read More
Starz has given an eight-episode series order to the new horror-comedy series Shining Vale, starring Courtney Cox (Scream). From Jeff Astrof and Sharon Horgan, Shining Vale follows a dysfunctional family that moves from the city to a small town. Their new house was the site of terrible atrocities, but no one seems to notice except …Read More
John Ajvide Lindqvist’s 2004 novel Let the Right One In has already had two film adaptations, but it may soon come to the small screen as well. Showtime recently ordered a pilot episode, and the first casting news is starting to trickle out of the project. Demián Bichir (The Nun) is attached to star, and …Read More
Cody Calahan’s latest feature, The Oak Room sees the Black Fawn Films director exploring completely new terrain. This, his latest collaboration with writer Peter Genoway, adapting the latter’s stage play of the same name, earned rave reviews on the international festival circuit last year and is all set to release in the UK. Far removed …Read More
At Capcom’s recent Resident Evil Showcase, we got more details about the upcoming Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness—including a new teaser trailer (below) and a rough release date. The animated film, which is set few years after Resident Evil 4, will release worldwide on Netflix sometime this July. Capcom’s Hiroyuki Kobayashi produced and supervised Resident Evil: …Read More
If you’ve been craving a new shark attack movie lately, you’re in luck. Australian horror-thriller Great White has been acquired by RLJE Films and Shudder! Directed by Martin Wilson and written by Michael Boughen, the film centres around a blissful tourist trip that turns into a nightmare when five passengers on a seaplane become stranded …Read More
Mike Flanagan has certainly been busy lately! The Doctor Sleep and The Haunting of Hill House director’s next project will be a feature adaptation of Christopher Pike’s 1993 science-fiction horror novel The Season of the Passage. In addition to directing the film, Flanagan will co-write the screenplay with his brother, James Flanagan. Plot details are …Read More
Jacob Tremblay (Doctor Sleep, Before I Wake) has been cast in Legendary Entertainment’s upcoming remake of the 1984 Troma movie The Toxic Avenger. Macon Blair (who starred in 2015’s Green Room) is set to write and direct the film, which Deadline notes will be a “contemporary reimagining” of the Troma classic. Peter Dinklage (Game of …Read More
A remake of the 1982 slasher movie Slumber Party Massacre is in the works over at Syfy and Shout! Studios—and Danishka Esterhazy (The Banana Splits Movie) will direct! The original Slumber Party Massacre, directed by Amy Holden Jones, saw the titular gathering turning into a bloodbath when a power drill-wielding maniac crashes the party. Plot …Read More
Simon Barrett, writer of modern horror classics like The Guest and You’re Next, makes his directorial debut with Seance—and the trailer teases terror at a boarding school! In the film, Camille Meadows is the new girl at the prestigious Edelvine Academy for Girls. Soon after her arrival, six girls invite her to join them in …Read More
Following a successful whistle-stop tour of the international festival circuit, including screenings at Sitges, FrightFest and Fantasia, the eye-grazing splatter rollercoaster thriller, FOR THE SAKE OF VICIOUS will release this Friday, April 16. Written and directed by Gabriel Carrer (The Demolisher) and Reese Eveneshen (Defective), the film takes place on Halloween with overworked nurse Romina …Read More
Bloober Team is taking the virtual reality version of its horror game Layers of Fear to PlayStation VR later this month. Players can expect the same puzzles and psychological horrors that appeared in the original version, though Incuvo redesigned the game for PlayStation VR with “greater interactivity and immersion” in mind. If you’re not familiar …Read More
The world-famous tag line, “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas,” just took on a whole new meaning with the release of Zack Snyder’s (300, Zack Snyder’s Justice League) upcoming zombie heist mash-up, Army of the Dead. And if it bears any similarities to the filmmaker’s directorial debut, 2004’s Dawn of the Dead, May 21st …Read More
After a few years of genre hopping, Neil Marshall is making a return to his horror roots, reuniting with his debut feature film (Dog Soldiers) star Sean Pertwee, for the harrowing period piece, The Reckoning. Penned by Marshall, Charlotte Kirk (Ocean’s Eight, Vice, How To Be Single), and Edward Evers-Swindell (Dark Signal) and brimming with …Read More
Blue Box Game Studios has announced a new first-person horror survival shooter called Abandoned, which is set to release for the PlayStation 5 in Q4 2021. In the game, players will step into the shoes of Jason Longfield, who wakes up in a strange forest with no memory of how he got there. But soon …Read More
