Lovecraft gamers will have some joy next month, as Kwalee and developer PowerSnake have announced that Voidwrought, their cosmic horror Metroidvania, will be releasing on PC via Steam and Epic Games Store and the Nintendo Switch on October 24. Additionally, a demo is available now on Steam, with the Nintendo eShop receiving the demo “soon”. […]
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Adult Swim’s highly anticipated Junji Ito adaptation is animated cosmic and body horror of the highest degree that’s guaranteed to disturb seasoned genre fans. “Become one with me and the spiral.” Junji Ito has become one of the manga industry’s most prolific body horror storytellers and Uzumaki: Spiral Into Horror is definitely regarded as one […]
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With Steam Next Fest right around the corner, Retrofiction Games is aiming to get more eyes on their upcoming Resident Evil-inspired action-adventure title Dead of Darkness with a brand new story trailer. Currently, there’s a “gameplay-focused” demo available on Steam, which has been tweaked with some new fixes in time for Steam Next Fest, which […]
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“From the dusty mesa, her looming shadow grows.” 10 years ago, these ominous lyrics (courtesy of the alternative country duo The Handsome Family) introduced us to a horrific world of crime, conspiracy and multi-layered madness in the infamous intro to HBO’s hit show, True Detective. From that very first episode, we all knew this was […]
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Fresh off of releasing The Voidness earlier this year, developer Steelkrill Studio is at it again with a new cosmic horror title called Rotten Flesh. Releasing on Steam, the game sees you on the search for Roy, your lost dog, which takes you deep into the sewers where Roy was lost. However, something else can […]
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As Lovecraft once put it, “the oldest and strongest kind of fear is the fear of the unknown,” which I think perfectly summarizes why cosmic horror stories are so effective. Commonly defined as a subgenre of fiction that derives scares from existential and/or incomprehensible threats, cosmic horror presents us with situations where knowledge isn’t necessarily […]
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Cosmic horror and VR screams untapped potential. Which is probably why developer Games by Stitch are looking to capitalize on it with Broken Spectre, which was announced to be heading to the Meta Quest on June 21. The announcement was accompanied by a new trailer that debuted at the UploadVR Summer Showcase. From the mind […]
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Developer Bonsai Collective has released a new trailer for their in-development Cosmic Horror shooter Luna Abyss. Debuting just ahead of its GDC appearance later this week, the new Luna Abyss trailer provides a better look at the game’s environments, demonstrating many of the game’s locations in full detail for the first time. Described as a […]
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We here at Bloody Disgusting are huge fans of Zachary Donohue‘s The Den, which is undoubtedly one of the scariest movies to come out of the 2010s. So it brings us great pleasure to announce that the trailer for Donohue’s next project has been released and it’s for a horror web series called The Unknowable, […]
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King Kong has the rare honor of being one of few Universal Monsters that weren’t adapted from any existing media, having been created exclusively to terrify filmgoers. While the original 1933 film wasn’t exactly a horror flick, presenting itself as an adventurous trek through dinosaur-infested jungles with some melodramatic romance thrown in for good measure, […]
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While we often take it for granted during the rushed blur of our daily lives, a single glance up at the sky should make it pretty obvious why primitive cultures once worshipped the sun. That’s why it’s no surprise that our nearest star has been a prominent figure in storytelling all the way from Egyptian […]
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Remember last year during Summer Games Fest when Brass Token announced their third-person action horror game The Chant? Don’t worry, it’s been a while. Well, developer Brass Token have not only dropped a new teaser trailer for the game courtesy of Gamespot, but have also announced a release date of October 2022 for PlayStation 5, […]
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Cryptozoology is woefully underexplored in popular culture. Sure, we have a handful of entertaining bigfoot flicks and even Zak Penn and Werner Herzog’s experimental Incident at Loch Ness, but where’s our big budget Jersey Devil thrillers? Or how about some Chupacabra-related mysteries? Having grown up on a steady diet of late-night Discovery Channel and questionable […]
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I’d imagine the world of dating has become more terrifying than ever before thanks to the events of the past two years. All that time cut off from the wider physical world contorts the social experience into a kind of lucky dip where you’re less likely to find a diamond, and far far more likely […]