James Wan is producing a new take on Stephen King‘s vampire story Salem’s Lot for New Line, with Gary Dauberman (It, The Nun, Annabelle Comes Home) attached to write the script and also direct the film. Tonight brings some more casting news. Lewis Pullman (The Strangers: Prey at Night) had signed on to star last week, and Deadline reports today […]
Day: August 30, 2021
“Batwoman”: Bridget Regan Will Play the Next Live Action Poison Ivy for The CW Series
Created by Robert Kanigher and Sheldon Moldoff, the fan favorite DC Comics character Poison Ivy is headed back into the world of live action thanks to “Batwoman,” we’ve learned. Bridget Regan (John Wick, “Paradise Lost”) will be playing Poison Ivy in the upcoming third season of The CW’s series. The role is said to be […]
Fede Alvarez-Produced ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Slices Its Way to a New Home at Netflix!
With a serious lack of promotion up to this point, it’s been easy to forget that a new take The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is on the way, with the Fede Alvarez-produced Texas Chainsaw Massacre set to be a sequel to Tobe Hooper’s original classic. We’ve been promised “Old Man Leatherface” and the return of Sally Hardesty, two teases that […]
Freeform’s Teen Horror Series “Dead of Summer” Deserved Better
Crystal Lake. Arawak. Stonewater. Summer camps are places to avoid in horror movies. And Camp Stillwater from the TV series Dead of Summer is no different from its cinematic parallels. The camp’s employees are too preoccupied with themselves to ever suspect trouble is afoot, and by the time they are aware of the goings-on at […]
‘Stranger Things 3: The Game’ Leaving Steam, GOG Tomorrow
It would seem that Netflix is wanting to consolidate the Stranger Things license to its upcoming expansion into video games. Not only is the Stranger Things DLC leaving Dead by Daylight in November, but now BonusXP has announced that Stranger Things 3: The Game will be leaving Steam on August 31. Steam isn’t the only […]
‘Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City’ Director Teases the “Wonderfully Freaky” Creatures We’ll See in the Movie
This morning kicked off with our very first look at Sony’s live action movie Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, which is currently headed to theaters on November 24. The first-look photos came courtesy of IGN, and the website also published an extensive chat with director Johannes Roberts (47 Meters Down, The Strangers: Prey at […]
Cast for Peacock’s “Vampire Academy” Series Includes ‘Mortal Kombat’ Actor Sisi Stringer and More
Seven years after being turned into a feature film, Richelle Mead‘s line of “Vampire Academy” books are now being turned into a TV series, and the cast has been announced today. The six-book young adult vampire series was originally published between 2007 and 2010, with the first book adapted into the Vampire Academy feature film back in 2014. […]
[Watch] The PS5 Launch Trailer For ‘The Medium’ Brings The Scares And The Score
Ahead of the release of The Medium for PlayStation 5, Bloober Team has released a brand-new trailer that originally premiered during Gamescom 2021 last week. The trailer also gives us a clip of the score, ““Across The Shore”, provided by Arkadiusz Reikowski and Silent Hill alumni Akira Yamaoka and Mary Elisabeth McGlynn. As for the […]
Exploring the True Villain of the Original ‘Candyman’ [Horror Queers Podcast]
Chunky Peanut Butter Poo. Another month come and gone and it’s been a wild one on the pod! We covered our first 40s film with the very queer Rope, chuckled our way through 80s slasher parody Student Bodies and then dug into the AIDS allegory at the heart of The Fly. Now it’s time to put August to […]
‘The Evil Dead’: NECA Previews Upcoming 40th Anniversary Action Figure of a Young Bruce Campbell!
Originally teased back in February, NECA will soon be releasing an Ash Williams action figure that pays tribute to Sam Raimi’s original The Evil Dead, which is notable considering previous Ash figures were always based on the sequels and, more recently, the TV series. Yes, we’re finally getting a 1981 Ash from NECA, and NECA […]
Stay Home, Watch Horror: 5 Urban Legend Horror Movies to Stream This Week
With Candyman now out in theaters, the titular boogeyman is back in the horror spotlight. While the Candyman legend was born of tragedy (and a Clive Barker tale), it shares commonality with another widely popular urban legend, Bloody Mary. With either, staring into a mirror while chanting their name summons them to you, bringing your doom along […]
“Slasher: Flesh & Blood” – NSFW Clip Compilation Highlights the Gory Deaths So Far! [Exclusive]
Slasher series creator Aaron Martin and showrunner Ian Carpenter understand one of the most essential elements to a slasher; the kills. And “Slasher: Flesh & Blood,” available exclusively on Shudder, has delivered massively so far. The exclusive clip below highlights the carnage from the first four of eight episodes, and the amount of bloodletting, violence, and organ-spilling within means […]
Scream Factory Details 4K Ultra HD Releases of the ‘Halloween’ Movies Including New Scenes for ‘Halloween 5’!
Officially announced by Scream Factory earlier this summer, the Halloween franchise comes to 4K Ultra HD with individual releases of the first five films in the original series later this year. Yes, John Carpenter’s Halloween, as well as Halloween II, Halloween III: Season of the Witch, Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, and Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael […]
Scream Factory Bringing Michael Dougherty’s ‘Krampus’ to 4K Ultra HD With a Never-Before-Seen Cut!
Michael Dougherty‘s Krampus returns to terrorize the holiday season this year, with Scream Factory announcing today that a 4K Ultra HD release is on the way on the road to Christmas. Krampus: The Naughty Cut comes to 4K Ultra HD on November 16! Yes, this is a brand new, never-before-seen version of the 2015 holiday […]
Scream Factory Bringing ‘Dracula: Dead and Loving It’ to Blu-ray for the First Time in November
Leslie Nielsen is a real pain in the neck as Dracula in the 1995 comedy-horror spoof Dracula: Dead and Loving It, which is sinking its teeth into Blu-ray for the very first time. Scream Factory brings the Mel Brooks film to Blu-ray on November 23. “Dapper Count Dracula (Leslie Nielsen) relocates from his Transylvanian castle […]