Horror

Gothic castles and faraway cabins are classic genre fare, but there’s something to be said for scary movies that tell stories about claustrophobic urban environments and the horrors of being isolated despite being surrounded by densely packed neighbors. Not only are these stories more relatable for big-city folks like myself, but they’re also uniquely positioned
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He may have been preceded by characters like Lord Ruthven and Carmilla, but Dracula is still the quintessential vampire, with Bram Stoker’s iconic novel boasting over two hundred cinematic adaptations and inspiring most modern vampire media. That being said, vampire movies have long worked their way out from beneath the shadow of Stoker’s gothic opus,
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Vanessa Hudgens is taking a trip to Salem, Massachusetts with Dead Hot, an unscripted feature film that’s coming exclusively to free service Tubi on Friday, April 14, 2023. The documentary film has been described as “The Craft meets The Simple Life.” Guided by a roster of well-respected local experts in witchcraft, Vanessa Hudgens and friend GG Magree’s quest for
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Max (formerly HBO Max) has provided us with a first-look teaser trailer for “The Penguin,” a spinoff of the hit movie The Batman that will star Colin Farrell as the DC villain. Watch the official in-production teaser for “Penguin” below. Cristin Milioti (Palm Springs) will be playing female lead Sofia Falcone, the daughter of Carmine Falcone. John Turturro
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Rob Zombie’s House of 1000 Corpses celebrates its 20th anniversary this week with a brand new Blu-ray release, marking Zombie’s 20th anniversary as a filmmaker. A well-established musician by the time his debut feature was released, Zombie followed House of 1000 Corpses with films including sequels The Devil’s Rejects and 3 from Hell, remakes Halloween,
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Cam filmmakers Isa Mazzei and Daniel Goldhaber are writing and directing a brand new Faces of Death remake, and we’ve learned that filming has kicked off this week. While you wait for more, here’s everything we know about the upcoming film… Legendary Entertainment is behind the Faces of Death relaunch, which has Dacre Montgomery (“Stranger Things”), Barbie Ferreira (“Euphoria”) and Josie Totah
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“Nightmare comedy” is the perfect phrase to describe Ari Aster’s Beau is Afraid, a darkly funny Kafkaesque odyssey that defies easy categorization. The writer and director of Hereditary and Midsommar is back with yet another emotionally complex saga, this one his most ambitious yet. The visionary combs his literary and cinematic influences, infusing them into a surreal, emotionally tumultuous journey that’ll
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With Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened arriving later this week, Frogwares has released the game’s launch trailer, which as you might expect, contains plenty of Lovecraft vibes to get Cthulhu fans excited. Touted as a “full remake and substantial rewrite” of their 2006 title, Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened pits the titular Holmes and his faithful sidekick
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Video games may be filled with mutant enemies and extraterrestrial terrors, but there’s something to be said about games that rely on existing creatures to scare unwitting players. While real world animals might seem tame compared to the imagined beasts of fiction, an evening watching Animal Planet will likely convince you that there’s nothing scarier
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Writer/Director Peter Hengl’s feature debut, Family Dinner, mines the discomfort and cringe of awkward family dynamics at the dinner table to deliver memorable holiday horror. In this instance, the holiday is Easter, a rarity in the genre space.  Just in time for Easter, SCREAMBOX Exclusive Family Dinner will be served on April 7. The Austrian horror film follows an overweight teen
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While we wait for Universal Pictures’ horror-comedy Renfield to sink its fangs into the big screen on April 14 – tickets are on sale now –  Bloody Disgusting has learned that Aptos Labs, Forward Studio, and Signal and Cipher are bringing blockchain to the movies with the launch of Free Renfield, an interactive web-based game that could
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The very premise and violent nature of the Elizabeth Banks-directed horror-comedy Cocaine Bear screams “maximum.” But it’s about to get much more unbearably over-the-top with a new Cocaine Bear Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital “Maximum Rampage Edition” home release. The “Maximum Rampage Edition” comes loaded with behind-the-scenes extras, including an alternate ending, deleted scenes, and gag reel, and will
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Jason Eisener Is Back! The filmmaker behind cult classics “Treevenge” and Hobo with a Shotgun, not to mention Vice TV’s hit “Dark Side of the Ring”, has turned his V/H/S/2 segment into the full-blown traditional feature Kids vs. Aliens, on DVD and Blu-ray on April 18, 2023. We have (3) copies of the Blu-ray for some lucky readers to enter and
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