Horror

Prime Video’s God of War series may have found its new Kratos in the wake of an on-set injury that caused a major setback on production, necessitating a recast. Actor Ryan Hurst, who had been cast to play Kratos in the series, suffered a torn bicep that requires a minimum of six months to heal.

Oft-cited film professor Carol J. Clover posited that horror films, and slashers in particular, tap into society’s repressed fears of gender in her 1992 book Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film. More acutely, Clover theorized how slashers use sexuality to explore those fears, and how they depict violence as a

Hello boys and ghouls! For August, the Halloweenies are celebrating the legacy of Tales from the Crypt, now streaming on Shudder and Tubi, with several themed episodes. What better way to kick it off than with the Cryptkeeper himself: John Kassir! At last month’s Creep I.E. Con Aftermath, the iconic voice behind the bone-tingling host

John Carpenter makes his graphic novel debut with brand new original horror story Cathedral, and we’re excited to let you know that it’s available NOW from Storm King Comics. In addition to the graphic novel, there will be an accompanying soundtrack album from John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter and Daniel Davies, releasing this Friday from Sacred

Remakes are a touchy subject within the horror community. While we’re all aware that some of the greatest scary movies of all time are based on existing films, with hits like The Thing and The Blob almost completely overshadowing their predecessors, there’s still an inevitable backlash whenever a new remake is announced. Of course, the

Jane Schoenbrun’s(I Saw the TV Glow) new movie Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma is headed to theaters on August 7, and a killer lineup of merch is now available. Distributor MUBI has joined forces with Mutant for the Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma collection, which includes retro trading cards and even

We had learned earlier this year that horror classic The Cabinet of Dr. Caligariis getting a contemporary reimagining titledDoctor Caligari’s Cabinet of Wonders, with Michael Shannon set to star and John Erick Dowdle(As Above, So Below, Devil) directing from a script he wrote with his brother and creative partnerDrew Dowdle. Variety reports this week that

The horror genre is returning to the extreme sports arena with the upcoming supernatural body horror movie Bloody Tennis, which Variety reports has been acquired by Shudder for the US. Bloody Tennis marks the English-language debut of Greek-German filmmakerNikias Chryssos(Der Bunker). In the film, “After being admitted to an elite tennis academy hidden deep in

The Medium and Shutter filmmaker Banjong Pisanthanakun is bringing his demonic psychological horror movie Inherit to the Toronto International Film Festival next month, and Screen Daily has unveiled the first trailer. Davika Hoorne (A Useful Ghost) stars as a grandma possessed by a demon in what TIFF calls “her most magnetic role yet.“ Hoorne plays

While Frictional Games is busy with their upcoming sci-fi thriller ONTOS, it seems that they’re also in the process of remastering their 2010 survival horror hit Amnesia: The Dark Descent. No official announcement has been made as of yet, but according to Frictional Games’ 2025 annual report, the developer is in the process of gearing

Godzilla scholar Graham Skipper has previously documented how everyone’s favourite irradiated lizard (as well as the rest of his fellow kaiju over at the Toho stable) has been able to seamlessly adapt to different art forms over the years. In his book The Official Guide to the King of the Monsters, he argues that the

Adam Cesare’s slasher novel Clown in a Cornfield made its way onto the big screen just last year, with the film scaring up $13 million at the worldwide box office. Cesare’s novel Clown in a Cornfield 4 will be releasing this month, but will the movie be getting a sequel of its own? Fangoria reports

Bleecker Street’s Victorian Psycho is shifting out of a very crowded September for more suitable holiday slaygrounds; get ready to feast on Winifred Notty’s carnage just in time for Thanksgiving. Victorian Psycho is now set to release in theaters on lucky Friday, November 13, moving from its initial September 25 date. It’s a much more

The idea behind handheld consoles is -allegedly- to allow you to continue your gaming on the go. However, that was never really my experience. As someone who owned every single iteration of the Game Boy and preached about the PSP as if it were a religious movement, most of my time with portable consoles was

Let’s be clear about something right up front: Riley Sager is a damn good thriller writer. His books, and I’ve enjoyed many of them,are twisted puzzle boxes full of juicy secrets, incredible pacing, and plotting wound tight as a drum. He knows exactly what he’s doing, and most of the time he delivers. Which is

If you remember a year ago, DreadXP and developer Final Girl Games ran afoul of Steam with their narrative horror title VILE: Exhumed, which was banned from the platform and eventually released for free. Now, the game will have another chance to be received and celebrated for its own merits, thanks to a new limited

Ryan Murphy has practically become a genre in and of himself that’s become synonymous with camp-driven maximalism with a particular penchant for murder and remixing history to be even more twisted than it already is. Murphy has tackled witches, aliens, plastic surgeons with God complexes, age-defying pharmaceuticals, the literal apocalypse, and every serial killer imaginable.

From LAIKA (Coraline,ParaNorman), the stop-motion fantasy adventureWildwood opens in theaters this October viaFathom Entertainment, and the new poster has arrived. “From the hands that made Coraline,” the poster proudly notes, standing defiantly in opposition to the rise of generative AI in the arts. We love to see it. Check out the new art below. The

With tickets now up for grabs, the final trailer for Insidious: Out of the Further just released this morning, and now the horror movie’s official popcorn bucket has been revealed. Available at select Regal and AMC Theatres locations beginning on August 19, The Lipstick-Face Demon Collectible Popcorn Container comes with a Large Popcorn. Played by

Night terrors spill over into the waking world to terrorize in our exclusive trailer debut of supernatural chiller Parasomnia. The upcoming horror movie written and directed by James Ross II makes its debut on Shudder on September 4. Parasomnia follows “Riley, a young woman tormented by night terrors and a past of unresolved tragedy. When

Fans of developer Buckshot Software and Retrovibe’s Project Warlock who are itching for more are in luck with the upcoming Project Warlock: Lost Chapters. Best of all, you won’t have to wait long to get a taste of the retro FPS action, as the Steam playtest will kick off in the next few weeks, where

We are now less than one month away from the release of Insidious: Out of the Further, and tickets are on sale NOW. To celebrate, you can watch the new Final Trailer below. Insidious: Out of the Furtheropens in theatersAugust 21, 2026. The Final Trailer for the franchise’s sixth installment teases an almost Avengers-like approach

Revealed earlier this summer, single-player beat-’em-up The Walking Dead: Streets of Survival will be heading to PC via Steam, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 next month on September 18. Pre-orders are now open, which include the Standard Edition and the Deluxe Edition, the latter of which includes the base game

Filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun (I Saw the TV Glow) shows off their playful side with Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, a meta slasher that celebrates sexual self-discovery, releasing in theaters on August 7. It stars Hannah Einbinder as Kris, a young queer filmmaker tasked with rebooting the Camp Miasma franchise. When Kris seeks out

Ahead of the theatrical release of films including Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma and Eli Roth’s Ice Cream Man, five new horror movies have already released at home this week. Here’s all the new horror that released onTuesday, August 4, 2026! A robbery descends into a comical battle for survival when the thieves

After three weeks of dedicated genre programming, including 125 features and 200+ shorts, the 30th edition of Fantasia has wrapped, but not without one final dispatch. This year’s fest delivered no shortage of surprises either, from intense new spins on vampirism with No Rest for the Wicked to inventive DIY horror comedies like The Peril

Creator and director Chris Carter’s intended vision finally makes it to the screen in The X-Files: I Want to Believe – Vrach Frankenshteyn, a brand new Director’s Cut version of the 2008 feature film that’s said to be both scarier and Rated R. The X-Files: I Want to Believe – Vrach Frankenshteynbegins streaming onHulu &

It’s shaping up to be a full reunion in the upcoming fourth installment inThe Mummy franchise. Not only will Brendan Fraser,Rachel Weisz, andJohn Hannah reprise their iconic roles as Rick O’Connell, Evelyn O’Connell, and Jonathan Carnahan in the upcoming movie, but Deadline reports that franchise veterans Kevin J. O’Connor andOded Fehr are back as Beni

It’s naturally unnerving whenever something that’s supposed to be innocent and vulnerable becomes a furious force of nature. It’s why there is no shortage of “kidpocalypse” horror movies where killer kids are the central threat. Between Children of the Corn, Village of the Damned, Them, and most recently, Weapons, there’s a great deal of variety

DirectorPaul Feigis back to directThe Housemaid’s Secret, the sequel to last year’s smash hit thrillerThe Housemaid, and it’s found its Marybeth. Brittany Snow has been cast to play the part, joining previously announced starsSydney Sweeney, Kirsten Dunst, and Paul Anthony Kelly. Michele Morronewill also return to star as Enzo, reprising his role from the first