The multiplayer horror game Dead By Daylight is fast becoming the home of almost every significant fictional murderer in history. Already we’ve had the likes of Leatherface, Micheal Myers, Pyramid Head, and the lesser version of one Freddy Krueger. Not to mention a host of characters and locales from franchises such as Resident Evil, Saw, […]
Day: December 15, 2021
Ben Schwartz Will Also Star in the Universal Monsters ‘Renfield’ Movie Featuring Nicolas Cage as Dracula
Originally announced a couple years back, Universal Pictures has been developing a solo movie for Dracula’s henchman Renfield, based on an original pitch from “The Walking Dead” creator Robert Kirkman. Chris McKay (The Tomorrow War) is set to direct the movie, with Nicholas Hoult (Warm Bodies, Mad Max: Fury Road) on board to star as Renfield. Nicolas Cage is playing Dracula in […]
“Baba Yaga” VR Experience Being Turned into a Disney+ Anthology Series Titled “The Witchverse”
In the works for Disney+, Disney Television Animation is developing an animated anthology series titled “The Witchverse,” with Deadline reporting today that the project is “based on Baobab’s Emmy-winning VR experience and animated short film Baba Yaga.” Deadline further details, “The Witchverse is described as a global celebration of the international cultural phenomena of witches, their […]
‘Hellraiser: Bloodline’ – Writer Peter Atkins Talks Production Nightmares and the Original Screenplay You Can Now Read [Interview]
Widely known as a deeply maligned production, 1996’s Hellraiser: Bloodline was the last theatrical feature in the Clive Barker-originated franchise, and the last to boast its creator’s input, before the ensuing sequels went the direct-to-video route with a number of low budget follow-ups which often suffered from diminishing returns. For years, fans have wished for […]
‘Nightmare Alley’: Guillermo del Toro’s Approach to Noir and “Eye Protein” Production Design [Interview]
Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley marks the filmmaker’s first foray into noir. The movie adapts the novel by William Lindsay Gresham and arrives in theaters on December 17. Bradley Cooper stars as an ambitious young carny, Stan Carlisle, with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words. Here, we see him hooking up with a female psychiatrist […]
Noomi Rapace Embarks on Skin-Crawling Journey in Witch Movie ‘You Won’t Be Alone’ This April [Trailer]
Actress Noomi Rapace‘s next genre role will see her exploring humanity as a skin-crawling witch in Focus Features’ You Won’t Be Alone, set to premiere next month at the Sundance Film Festival. Ahead of its premiere, a new trailer and poster teases just how skin-crawling the witch’s journey might get. The film is: “Set in an […]
‘My Heart Can’t Beat Unless You Tell It To’: Anatomy of Addiction – A Personal Essay
This editorial contains major spoilers. A child of an alcoholic, I grew up conditioned to expect my mother would be totally blitzed anytime I walked through the front door. An uncontrollable need to drink, often before breakfast and always those 40-ounce tall boys, turned a caring, attentive mother into a mangled and malnourished shell of […]
Ted Geoghegan’s Supernatural Thriller ‘Brooklyn 45’ Heading to Shudder in 2022
Production is underway for Brooklyn 45, the latest by filmmaker Ted Geoghegan (Mohawk, We Are Still Here). Deadline reports that the supernatural thriller was commissioned by Shudder and will head to the streaming service in 2022. The film “is set on a freezing evening in December 1945, as five military veterans gather together in the […]
New Image from ‘Jurassic World: Dominion’ Takes the Franchise into a Winter Wonderland [Image]
Jurassic World: Dominion will open wide in theaters on June 10, 2022, which means we’re just about six months away from the franchise’s anticipated return to the big screen. Plot details are still under wraps, but Fallen Kingdom promised a sequel wherein the dinosaurs are now on the mainland… and humans are falling to the bottom of the food […]
‘Better Watch Out’: Unwrapping a Complicated Christmas Horror Movie [Young Blood]
Horror contemplates in great detail how young people handle inordinate situations and all of life’s unexpected challenges. While the genre forces characters of every age to face their fears, it is especially interested in how youths might fare in life-or-death scenarios. The column Young Blood is dedicated to horror stories for and about teenagers, as […]
Terror Vision Records Bringing the Soundtrack to 1989 Christmas Horror Movie ‘Elves’ to Vinyl for First Time!
If you’re looking for an under-seen holiday horror gem you need look no further than 1989’s Elves, which sees “Grizzly Addams” star Dan Haggerty squaring off against Nazi elves. Unfortunately, the film hasn’t ever made its way off of VHS and onto Blu-ray or even DVD, but while we wait for that eventual release, you […]
SYFY Original ‘Bring It On: Cheer or Die’ Gives the Franchise Its Own Halloween Horror Movie!
Originally titled Bring It On: Halloween when it was announced earlier this year, SYFY has announced today that their horror spin on the franchise is now titled Bring It On: Cheer or Die. This will be the franchise’s seventh installment, and its first non-comedy movie! Bring It On: Cheer or Die is produced by Universal […]
Korean Zombie Series “All of Us Are Dead” Taking a Bite Out of Netflix in January
Another original horror series is on the way from Netflix, with the Korean zombie series “All of Us Are Dead” originally announced a while back and now finally on the way. We don’t yet have a premiere date for the series but it was included in Netflix’s January 2022 lineup, sent out today, and the […]
Uma Thurman Finds Herself at the Center of a Mysterious Abduction in Apple TV+ Thriller “Suspicion” [Image]
Announced with a first-look this morning, Apple TV+ is getting set to unleash a brand new original thriller series, this one titled “Suspicion” and starring Uma Thurman. Billed as a “high-octane original thriller,” the series will premiere globally Friday, February 4, 2022 on Apple TV+. “The eight-episode, heart-pounding drama starring Academy Award-nominated actress Uma Thurman […]
‘Spiral’ Writer Josh Stolberg Says the Next ‘Saw’ Movie Will “Make John Kramer Fans Very Happy”
Darren Bousman’s reboot Spiral: From the Book of Saw pulled in $40 million worldwide earlier this year, not quite reaching the previous highs of the franchise, but it looks like it was enough to warrant the spend on another Saw movie. With the budgets kept in check, Saw can continue to be a profitable franchise […]