First-person Yokai-heavy horror game Ikai certainly likes to keep you busy from the off, but is it too much busywork? It certainly distracted me from a strong setup. Set in feudal Japan, Ikai concerns a young priestess named Naoko. She’s heard whispers of ancient evil creeping through the forests where she lives, but has dismissed […]
Month: January 2022
10 of the Most Memorable Slasher Movies Released in the 25 Years Since ‘Scream’ Changed the Game
By 1996, slashers were out of style. The Golden Age of Slashers waned over a decade ago, and ’90s horror was still searching for its identity thanks largely to massive shifts in technology. Wes Craven‘s second attempt at meta-horror changed everything; Scream‘s quiet December release snowballed into an enormous hit and reinvigorated the subgenre, ushering a new […]
Peacock’s “Wolf Like Me” Lets Isla Fisher Unleash Her Inner Wolf For Love [Trailer]
Series Creator/Director Abe Forsythe‘s (Little Monsters) newest genre-bender has him reteaming with Josh Gad to tackle a romantic dramedy with a genre twist in Peacock’s “Wolf Like Me.” The new trailer finally lets us in on the secret: this rom-com features a werewolf. In the series, “Everyone brings their own set of baggage to a […]
Move Over ‘Scream’, ‘SCREAM: The Musical’ Stage Production and Documentary is Coming to Steal Your Heart
Scream fans have a lot to celebrate these days with a new installment now available in theaters, but here’s one more: SCREAM: The Musical. In true Scream meta fashion, SCREAM: The Musical is an upcoming documentary about putting on a stage production of a fan made Scream musical. Seeing Scream at a young age didn’t […]
Kevin Williamson Details His Original Plans for ‘Scream 5’ & ‘Scream 6’! [Interview]
In case you thought we had exhausted ourselves on all things Scream after spending four hours(!!!) discussing Scream 4 last week, think again! In a special Horror Queers bonus episode, Joe and I have Scream scribe Kevin Williamson on the line in celebration of the new film, which hits theaters today! The Scream franchise, while beloved, is not […]
‘The Cursed’: LD Entertainment Will Release Renamed ‘Eight for Silver’ in Theaters; Trailer in Front of ‘Scream’!
One of the craziest films to play last year’s Sundance Film Festival was Eight for Silver (review), a 19th-century period horror in which a werewolf terrorizes a small town in France. LD Entertainment (The Collector) was behind the film and after a year on the market, it appears that the company will be self-distributing the film […]
‘Scream’ – Melissa Barrera and Jack Quaid on the Secretive Early Stages of the Movie’s Production [Interview]
In the world of Scream, everyone’s a suspect. That simple setup sums up the entire premise of popular online game Among Us, which makes every player sus. Because the production was so wrapped in secrecy that no one knew who the actual killer was, franchise newcomers Melissa Barrera (In the Heights) and Jack Quaid (“The […]
‘The Munsters’ – Rob Zombie Shares Brand New Image of “The Gypsy Queen” from Upcoming Movie
We still don’t yet have a release date for Rob Zombie‘s new movie The Munsters, a brand new movie that’s based on the classic television series. But Zombie has taken to social media to share another image from the movie today, this one revealing some fresh new casting news. Catherine Schell (“Space: 1999,” The Return of the […]
Trailer for Korean Zombie Series “All of Us Are Dead” Looks Like Netflix’s Next Big Horror Event! [Video]
If “Squid Games” fell off your radar you might not want to be the last to catch Netflix‘s forthcoming Korean zombie series, “All of Us Are Dead”, which looks like it could be the next big horror event. In “All of Us Are Dead”… “A zombie virus breaks out fast inside a school. Endangered students […]
Coheed and Cambria Announce New Album ‘Vaxis II: A Window of the Waking Mind’ for May 27th!
At long last, Coheed and Cambria has finally announced details of their widely anticipated new album, Vaxis II: A Window of the Waking Mind, an ambitious thirteen-track epic produced by the band’s own Claudio Sanchez and Zakk Cervini that will be released worldwide on May 27th. “Vaxis II: A Window of the Waking Mind welcomes […]
Celebrating the Best of ’90s Stephen King [The Losers’ Club Podcast]
By closing the book on 1999’s Hearts in Atlantis, The Losers’ Club have finally reached the end of Stephen King‘s prolific run in the ’90s. That means it’s time to hand out some awards. Constant Listeners, you are cordially invited to another round of The Kingies – a night where the Losers celebrate the best […]
‘Scream’ Got the Bollywood Treatment in 2003 Remake ‘Sssshhh…’ [Horrors Elsewhere]
Horrors Elsewhere is a recurring column that spotlights a variety of movies from all around the globe, particularly those not from the United States. Fears may not be universal, but one thing is for sure — a scream is understood, always and everywhere. While remakes seem like a strictly Western idea, make no mistake — […]
[Trailer] ‘Shadow Man: Remastered’ Now Available on PlayStation, Xbox; Nintendo Switch Version Coming Next Week
Almost a year after its release on PC, Nightdive and Valiant Entertainment have announced that Shadow Man: Remastered is now available on last-gen and current-gen Xbox and PlayStation consoles, with the Nintendo Switch version coming on January 17th. To recap, Shadow Man is an adaptation of the Valiant Comics character, and was originally released back […]
James Wan-Produced Sony Project ‘Thread’ Being Described as “Back to the Future Meets Aliens”
Our attention. You have it. An intriguing new feature film project titled Thread is in the works from Sony, James Wan‘s Atomic Monster, and Jeremy Slater (“The Exorcist”), Deadline is reporting tonight. Slater will write and direct the film, which is in “early development.” Deadline notes, “The story is being kept secret, though we hear Thread is […]
Javier Bardem Comments on the Collapse of Universal’s “Dark Universe” and His Desire to Play Frankenstein
Remember the “Dark Universe“? It was only a handful of years back that Universal had decided to reboot their iconic monster properties with big budgets and big name actors including Tom Cruise, Johnny Depp, and Javier Bardem, but those plans of course came crashing down with the box office underperformance of the new universe’s starter […]