For most horror franchises, a decent fifth film seems to be harder to find than a Necronomicon and usually about as dumb as the guy who’d read it out loud. According to those who have seen Evil Dead Rise (now playing in theaters!), however, it looks like the franchise is now home to the rare fifth […]
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Director Sam Curtain ensures that a title like Beaten to Death delivers on what it promises with unrelenting violence and nihilism. Curtain’s bleak feature, co-written with Benjamin Jung-Clarke, puts its central character and the audience, by extension, through a gauntlet of torture, insanity, and desperation designed for maximum discomfort. Beaten to Death more than succeeds in its aim, making for an intense […]
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Tom Hardy will be back as Venom in Sony’s upcoming Venom 3, and Variety reports this week that Juno Temple (“Ted Lasso”) is in talks to join Hardy in the Marvel sequel. No word yet on Temple’s role in the film. Stay tuned for more as we learn it. Venom and Venom 2 writer Kelly Marcel will be directing the third movie. […]
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Netflix Game Studio developer Night School will finally be bringing OXENFREE II: Lost Signals to fans this summer. After announcing a delay last September, the follow-up to the 2017 adventure thriller will arrive July 12 on PC via Steam, PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4, the Nintendo Switch, and on Netflix’s games service. Pre-orders are now […]
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Evil Dead Rise is here! After much deliberation, the Halloweenies finally scale the high rise that is Lee Cronin‘s much-anticipated reimagining. Together, they discuss the ways it leans on the past, looks to the future, and measures up to the rest of the franchise. They also digress on the gore, the family dynamics, and whether […]
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Hulu is bringing another original horror movie to the table this year with Jagged Mind, which is first premiering at the American Black Film Festival this coming June. Variety reports that the film will then premiere on Hulu on June 15, 2023. Maisie Richardson-Sellers (“Legends of Tomorrow”) and Shannon Woodward (“Westworld”) star in Jagged Mind. […]
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For this month’s installment of “TV Terrors” we revisit the ambitious small screen project “Roger Corman Presents,” which aired from 1995 through 1999 on Showtime. Not many remember this, but back in the nineties, the cable network Showtime was extremely centered on science fiction and horror genre fare. They were the original launch pads for “Stargate […]
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On the way from Dark Sky Films, The Third Saturday in October is a highly unique experiment ripped straight out of the 1980s, and we’re getting TWO movies on the same day. First up, The Third Saturday in October Part V kicks off this throwback double feature, and it’s followed by The Third Saturday in […]
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After teasing fans back in 2021, Team17 Digital and The Game Kitchen have finally pulled back the curtain and shown Blasphemous 2. The follow-up to the 2019 Soulslike will be headed to the Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series later this year. Blasphemous 2 sees players once again in the boots of The […]
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Considering how long I’ve been writing this editorial series, it’s wild that this is the first entry tackling Brian De Palma. While there’s a history of contentious reactions to his works (primarily from feminists in the 70s and 80s who accused him of misogyny for his often brutal treatment of female characters), aside from Adrian […]
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Multi-hyphenate writer, director, and star Franklin Ritch introduces a science fiction chamber piece in The Artifice Girl, a heady thriller centered around advanced tech. The inciting mystery initially presents as a high-concept thriller but soon gives way to a deceptively complex and affecting sci-fi parable. It’s in the measured layering of complicated character work and ethical […]
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Disney’s new live action Haunted Mansion movie will be releasing in theaters on July 28, 2023, and we’ve got a fresh new look at the cast today courtesy of the Summer 2023 cover of official magazine Disney Twenty-Three. Meet the cast by checking it out below. Justin Simien (Dear White People, Bad Hair) is directing the new live action […]
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In the wake of last Halloween’s smash hit box office success of Terrifier 2, Dread has announced today that they’re bringing the original Terrifier to theaters this summer. Damien Leone’s cult slasher slices into 700 theaters nationwide on July 19, 2023. As THR notes, this is “the widest release the horror feature has ever received.” […]
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From Executive Producers The Duffer Brothers (“Stranger Things”), Netflix today announced a series order for “The Boroughs,” an upcoming supernatural mystery series. “The Boroughs” is created by Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews (The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance), and the duo will also serve as Showrunners. Here’s the logline for the upcoming sci-fi series, which […]
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Ahead of the film’s premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, Variety reports today that Shudder has acquired Stewart Thorndike’s horror movie Bad Things for 2023 release. Bad Things premieres on Shudder on August 25, 2023. Bad Things (first look above) tells the story of a group of friends whose trip to a snowy resort for […]
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