Existing somewhere at the crossroads of Jack Ketchum’s “The Box” and Rose Glass’s Saint Maud lies A Banquet. A strange affliction wreaks havoc on the lives of a family still on the mend from tragedy. Ruth Paxton’s feature debut favors a slow simmering atmosphere in a psychodrama that sees a family in psychological deterioration. One that can test the […]
Day: September 10, 2021
‘Escape Room: Tournament of Champions’ Comes Home This Month With a Longer “Alternate Cut”
Adam Robitel‘s Escape Room franchise delivered more PG-13 thrills, deadly traps, and cleverly designed rooms in Escape Room: Tournament of Champions, which Sony released in theaters on July 16. On the road to Halloween, the new sequel is now coming home. We’ve learned that Tournament of Champions will be released digitally on September 21, and Gizmodo […]
Adam Wingard’s ‘The Guest’ Gets a 4K Ultra HD Upgrade in October!
Now available for pre-order, UK company Second Fights Films is offering up Adam Wingard‘s The Guest on 4K Ultra HD for the very first time, in a limited edition package. The good news? 4K Ultra HD discs are inherently Region Free! Here’s the full breakdown for the release, arriving October 25… Special Features Limited Edition […]
1970s Horror Movie ‘The Reincarnation of Peter Proud’ Being Remade by David Goyer and Village Roadshow
Suppose you knew who you had been in a previous life… A new take on 1975’s psychological horror movie The Reincarnation of Peter Proud is on the menu, oddly enough, with David Goyer‘s Phantom Four Films behind the project. Deadline reports that Phantom Four has joined forces with Village Roadshow for a multi-year, first-look deal […]
[TIFF Review] ‘Mlungu Wam (Good Madam)’ Haunts With Murky, Eerie Reflection of the Past
South African psychological horror Mlungu Wam (Good Madam) uses an intimate character study nestled in a possibly haunted house as an allegory. It wields one stubborn and unreliable narrator as an entry point into a cultural examination and a haunted legacy. Yet, largely thanks to its obscure ambiguity and intimate storytelling, it never feels heavy-handed […]
This Year’s “Ghostober” Extravaganza Brings Spooky Content to Travel Channel, Discovery+ and More!
Zak Bagans and Eli Roth are headlining this year’s “Ghostober” lineup with new horror anthology series “The Haunted Museum” (watch the trailer here), a collaboration that sees Roth overseeing mini horror movies based on the haunted objects in Bagans’ museum. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to this year’s “Ghostober” […]
‘Furiosa’: George Miller’s ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ Prequel Starring Anya Taylor-Joy Will Release in 2024
George Miller has been developing a Mad Max: Fury Road spinoff movie centered on Charlize Theron‘s Imperator Furiosa character, with The Witch and The New Mutants star Anya Taylor-Joy taking over the role. It’s a prequel simply titled Furiosa at this time, and we’ve learned today that the planned release date of June 23, 2023 has been bumped back a bit. Furiosa will now […]
New Take on Stephen King’s ‘Salem’s Lot’ Set to Bite into Theaters Next Halloween Season!
James Wan is producing a new take on Stephen King‘s vampire story Salem’s Lot for Warner Bros. and New Line, with Gary Dauberman (It, The Nun, Annabelle Comes Home) attached to write the script and also direct the film. Casting is well underway, as we’ve been reporting in recent days, and we’ve learned today that a release date has been […]
Eli Roth and Zak Bagans Bringing New Horror Anthology Series “The Haunted Museum” to Discovery+ This Halloween
The discovery+ streaming service just announced its “Ghostober” lineup through Deadline this afternoon, packed with “more than 50 hours of shows from 14 series and specials.” One of the brand new original projects coming to discovery+ is a horror anthology series titled “The Haunted Museum,” a collaboration between Eli Roth and Zak Bagans. The series […]
M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Old’ Heads to 4K and Blu-ray Just in Time for Halloween
A new trip from M. Night Shyamalan, Universal’s thriller Old was released in theaters back in July, speeding up the horrors of aging and scaring up just under $90 million worldwide. In time for Halloween, Old is now headed home. The film will be released on DVD, Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD on October 19, […]
[TIFF Review] ‘Memoria’ Is a Contemplative Meditation on Memory and Experience
There’s a calculated aimlessness to Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Memoria, particularly in the way that the writer/director’s first film English and Spanish doesn’t employ a conventional narrative structure (there’s no rising action or climax, for example). Instead, as its title suggests, Memoria is intent on exploring memories and memorials and, in the process, (re)creating them as experiences […]
[Listen to This!] Get Fuzzy With New Tracks From Slow Crush, Shedfromthebody, Warm, and Gena
Writing about music is difficult because everyone has such vastly different tastes, but I do love to share some of my own personal discoveries in the event I can turn a handful of you onto a new band. There have been a few new releases over the past few weeks that are all in the […]
10 Great Horror Titles That You Can Stream on Tubi in September
For the horror fan, Tubi has quickly emerged as a popular platform for its impressive genre offerings. The completely free streaming service, meaning no subscriptions or hidden fees, offers an insane selection for viewers with currently over 35,000 titles available. That means a robust catalog of horror; Tubi covers just about every level of horror, […]
‘Bag of Bones’ Is Stephen King’s Horniest Book [The Losers’ Club Podcast]
Tough times for the Losers. Writer’s block is never easy and the Club has decided to nurse their creative woes with a quick cabin trip to Dark Score Lake. (Some locals have been known to call it “Sara Laughs.”) Rest assured, this will get ugly. Published in 1998 on the day after the author’s 51st […]
‘The Mutation’ Creates a Monstrous Rodent of Unusual Size This Halloween [Trailer]
Rodents of unusual size very much do exist in the world of upcoming movie The Mutation, a Halloween release that’s soon on the way from the folks over at Uncork’d Entertainment. Director Scott Jeffrey‘s monster movie comes to DVD and Digital on October 5. Check out the trailer below, which spotlights an awesome looking creature […]