Fresh off the film’s premiere at Fantastic Fest, Slumber Party Massacre, a remake of director Amy Holden Jones’s 1982 slasher, is now headed to SYFY, we’ve learned tonight. The film premieres on October 16, 2021! Danishka Esterhazy (The Banana Splits Movie) directed the film, with the script written by Suzanne Keilly (“Ash vs. Evil Dead”). Watch the very […]
Day: September 28, 2021
[Review] “Creepshow” Season 3: ‘Skeletons in the Closet’ References Horror Classics and ‘Familiar’ Catches a Demon
While the premiere was especially uneven, with its second story making up the shortfall, the immediate follow-up in Creepshow’s third season is more well-rounded. As usual, the episode divides itself right down the middle in regards to tone; one half is serious while the other is not. The format tends to work for the show […]
Horror Movie Museum “The Long Island Monster Gallery” is Now Open in Mineola, New York!
Located in my own neck of the woods here on Long Island, New York, The Long Island Monster Gallery is now open to horror fans for the Halloween season in Mineola, New York. Dedicated to all things horror, Halloween, and monsters, The Long Island Monster Gallery features two floors of life-size monster replicas, with over […]
“Bob’s Burgers”: Check Out Images From This Year’s Halloween-Themed Episode, “The Pumpkinening”!
While “The Simpsons” Halloween-themed “Treehouse of Horror” episodes reign supreme, FOX’s “Bob’s Burgers” celebrates the holiday with the best of them. The Belcher family is back with yet another Halloween episode, this time with “The Pumpkinening”, set to air Sunday, Oct. 10 (9:00-9:30 PM ET/PT) on FOX. In the episode, “When a mysterious note is sent to […]
“A Glorious Return for the Franchise”: First ‘V/H/S/94’ Reviews From the Fantastic Fest World Premiere!
It’s been an incredibly tough film to make, but we finally finished V/H/S/94 and were so excited to World Premiere it over the weekend at the ongoing Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas. Since we don’t review our own films here on Bloody Disgusting (that would be weird), I compiled a bunch of reviews out of […]
Severin Films Announces “Nasty Habits: The Nunsploitation Collection” With Four Blu-ray Premieres
In the wake of their folk horror box set All The Haunts Be Ours, Severin Films has today announced a brand new upcoming box set, Nasty Habits: The Nunsploitation Collection. The press release explains, “Throughout the ‘70s, Italian filmmakers aimed a canon of blasphemy at the church to launch what remains the most controversial genre […]
AMC FearFest Begins This Friday, October 1st; Here’s the Full Schedule of Movies and Marathons!
30 Days. 100s of Thrills and Chills. An annual staple of every Halloween season is AMC’s FearFest programming block, and the good news is that this year’s celebration will again be super-sized to a full month long. AMC FearFest 2021 begins this Friday, running October 1 through October 31! Celebrating its 25th Anniversary this year, “FearFest” will […]
“Stranger Things” Spinoffs Reportedly Being Considered By Netflix
Netflix‘s hit series “Stranger Things” is finally returning sometime in 2022 (watch the new teaser here!), but could the series be heading into spinoff territory down the road? Speaking at a conference this week, Netflix’s Ted Sarandos indicated that “Stranger Things” is a “franchise being born,” suggesting that we’ve only seen the tip of the iceberg. […]
[Fantastic Fest Review] ‘Slumber Party Massacre’ Updates a Feminist Classic for the Modern Era
Amy Holden Jones’ 1982 film The Slumber Party Massacre was a bit of a rarity in the ’80s slasher boom: it was written by a feminist writer (Rita Mae Brown) and told from a female perspective (Jones’). While they were beholden to certain non-feminist genre tropes (half-naked pillow fights and fully naked breasts, just to name a […]
[Fantastic Fest Review] Tommy Wirkola’s Zany ‘The Trip’ Puts Its Protagonists Through Intensive Couples Therapy
Tommy Wirkola is no stranger to dark humor. The Norwegian filmmaker has already carved a place in the black hearts of horror fans everywhere with the dementedly wonderful humor in both Dead Snow films and Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, the latter of which has seen a steadily growing cult following over the years. His […]
[Listen] Converge Collaborates With Chelsea Wolfe on ‘Bloodmoon: 1’; Release Sprawling Single & Video for “Blood Moon”!
If the Emma Ruth Rundle x Thou collaboration May Our Chambers Be Full wasn’t badass enough, Converge has collaborated with the great Chelsea Wolfe on a brand new full-length album, Bloodmoon: 1, out digitally November 19th and on CD/Digital & on vinyl June 24th. “We wanted to do something grander than the typical four-piece Converge […]
‘Witch Hunt’ Clip: A Little Girl Is Trapped in the Walls [Exclusive]
Up next from Head Count director Elle Callahan comes the new horror movie Witch Hunt, coming to theaters, Digital and On Demand October 1 via Momentum Pictures. In the film, “In a modern America where magic is real and witches are persecuted by US authorities, teenager Claire and her family are part of an intricate network that helps these women escape across […]
Brand New ‘The Evil Dead Groovy Collection’ Includes the First Two Films in 4K Plus “Ash vs. Evil Dead”!
The Evil Dead franchise has had no shortage of physical media releases over the years, and yet another brand new box set is on the way with “The Evil Dead Groovy Collection“! This new collection brings The Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2, and all three seasons of “Ash vs. Evil Dead” to 4K Ultra HD […]
Freddy! Chucky! Michael! Jason! Leatherface! Peacock Becomes the Home of All Your Favorite Horror Icons This October
Peacock is absolutely loading up on horror on the road to Halloween, with over 20 classic monster movies recently being added ahead of the arrival of Halloween Kills on October 15. And that’s just the beginning of the spooky fun, as Peacock has announced this week that TONS of fan favorite horror movies and franchises […]
[Review] ‘In Sound Mind’ Takes You On a Surreal Trip Through Tortured Memories
While In Sound Mind trades in some familiar horror beats, it manages to find its own groove. Developer We Create Stuff previously sharpened its horror teeth on the popular Half-Life 2 mod Nightmare House 2, and there’s some obvious heritage from that title bleeding through to In Sound Mind, but here it feels a lot […]