Horror

The original Faces of Death, released in 1978, is one of the most infamous films of all time, allegedly showcasing real footage of real death. In actuality, much of the footage seen in Faces of Death is staged, with gory special effects often being paired up with real footage to create the illusion of gruesome

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 always be universal, but one thing is for sure — a scream is understood, always and everywhere. Neither leprechauns nor banshees can be found in Paddy Breathnach’s Irish slasher Shrooms. Cinematic

As we learned last year, Orphan star Isabelle Fuhrman will be reprising the role of Esther in a prequel to Jaume Collet-Serra’s 2009 film that’s currently titled Orphan: First Kill, and filming recently wrapped up on the project. William Brent Bell (The Boy, Separation) directed First Kill, and he teases the upcoming film in a new chat with BD’s Boo Crew

Paramount and Blumhouse’s upcoming new installment in the Paranormal Activity franchise will be going straight to Paramount+, with Christopher Landon (Happy Death Day, Freaky) on board to write and William Eubank (Underwater) directing. The movie had been dated for release on March 4, 2022, but it was subsequently pushed off the calendar. What does that mean? Well, according to

Writer Eric Red had teased over the weekend that 1986 classic The Hitcher was finally getting a Blu-ray release, and the release has been confirmed today by Second Sight Films. Second Sight, the company behind the recent 4K Ultra HD release of George Romero’s Dawn of the Dead, has unfortunately also revealed, however, that a

The official account for Netflix‘s “Stranger Things” over on YouTube is teasing a special little *something* for tomorrow, uploading a mysterious video with a cryptic caption. The video’s description reads, “Due to technical difficulties, Hawkins National Laboratory will be closed until further notice. We will be back in service tomorrow at 9:00AM ET.” As for

Netflix is turning the Dark Horse Comics series Lady Killer into a feature film, and Deadline reports tonight that Diablo Cody (Jennifer’s Body) will be writing the adaptation! Additionally, Blake Lively (The Shallows) is on board to star in the movie. “The plan is for Lively to play Josie Schuller. By all appearances, she is

We’re now just one more week away from the theatrical release of Spiral: From the Book of Saw, which will begin a whole new game of twisted horrors on May 14, 2021. Today, the film’s IMAX poster art has debuted. Check it out below! Spiral, directed by Darren Lynn Bousman (Saw II-IV), stars Chris Rock & Samuel L. Jackson and follows a

Announced today, Damian Mc Carthy’s feature debut Caveat has been acquired by Shudder, with the horror movie set to arrive on the horror streaming service on June 3, 2021. Ben Caplan (Band of Brothers, Call the Midwife), Jonathan French (A Soldier’s Voice) and Leila Sykes (Missing Something) star in a movie written and directed by Mc

While it may very well be Ed Boon up to his typical teases, what seems like a harmless tweet could be the precursor to something more for the studio behind Mortal Kombat and the Injustice series. With James Gunn announcing the release date of Guardians of The Galaxy Vol. 3, Ed Boon had this little

Two brand new thrillers are on the way from M. Night Shyamalan and Universal, and the first one coming soon is titled Old. The film’s current theatrical date is July 23, 2021. USA Today shares a brand new image today as part of their Summer Movie Preview, giving us a look at Thomasin McKenzie and Alex Wolff in Shyamalan’s

Resident Evil 7: Biohazard was a game-changer for the beloved horror franchise in so many ways. Resident Evil, the famed game series that placed different protagonists against the government and corporate corruption responsible for infecting millions with a virus that turned them into horribly mutated zombies and monsters, felt as though it had run the

While Kevin Smith aims to release his horror film Killroy Was Here as an NFT (non-fungible token), writer-director Norith Soth‘s religious-horror Nicodemus is allegedly not only the first horror film NFT, but also the first ever motion picture NFT. So exclaims the film’s press release. In the vein of The Rapture with a Don’t Look

French filmmaker Julia Ducournau made her solo feature debut a few years back with the critically acclaimed cannibal film Raw, and her next is titled Titane. At this time, plot details are so under wraps that we can’t even be sure whether or not the film is a horror movie, but this first-look image courtesy of Indiewire

First launched for PC via Steam and on Game Jolt back in 2018, Clickteam has now released the Five Nights at Freddy’s mashup game Ultimate Custom Night for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and the Nintendo Switch. In what’s described by Clickteam as “the ultimate Five Nights at Freddy’s mashup”, players are once again be trapped alone

A few months back, we told you about developers Austin Schaeffer, Cyrus Byrd and Pete Goodfellow and their upcoming Dino Crisis-inspired Survival Horror game Compound Fracture. The team recently dropped a new update in the form of a new gameplay video. The five-minute video in question not only shows off that retro PS1-style we all

Just in case you haven’t been paying attention, Resident Evil Village is coming out May 7th. And just in case you still haven’t been paying attention, Capcom is having a “Resident Evil Village Launch Special” live stream on YouTube on May 7 at 7am ET. Per Gematsu, the event will be presented by Village game

One of the standout new additions in Season 2 before being promoted to a series regular for Season 3, Priah Ferguson’s “Stranger Things” character Erica Sinclair is getting her own comic book tale from Dark Horse Comics, we’ve learned via Syfy Wire this afternoon. The young adult graphic novel is titled Stranger Things: Erica the

Fabrice du Welz, director of excellent genre fare including Calvaire, Vinyan and Alléluia, is back with an atmospheric new thriller, Adoration, which is now available for pre-order over at Vinegar Syndrome. The film was acquired by Altered Innocence for a U.S. release this summer. Young lovers are on the run in the final film of

The shark remains the reigning champ of aquatic horror, dominating the subgenre more than any other oceanic creature. Alligators, crocodiles, and mutated fish make up another large percentage of an already shallow pool. Then there’s cryptids and sea creatures, of which horror always has room for more. That includes the folkloric creature made benign and

The standout highlight of the new Mortal Kombat movie is the long-running feud between Sub-Zero (Joe Taslim) and Scorpion (Hiroyuki Sanada) which book-ends the film with two fight scenes that take place hundreds of years apart. Sub-Zero and Scorpion are of course mortal enemies, and it’s Scorpion who ultimately ends up defeating his adversary. What’s

Originally pushed back to March 2021 in the early days of the pandemic, we’ve learned today that Sony has once again set a new date for the Jared Leto-starring Morbius. Morbius will now be taking a bite out of the big screen on January 28, 2022, one week later than the most recently scheduled release date of January 21,

Announced by Arrow Video today, Dario Argento‘s 1971 Giallo thriller The Cat o’ Nine Tails is coming to 4K Ultra HD, known as the second film in Argento’s “Animal Trilogy.” The Limited Edition 4K UHD/Blu-ray set is available in the US, UK and Canada (all 4K discs, we must remind, are inherently Region Free), with

“Kill everything you see.” As we recently learned, the upcoming fourth season of Netflix‘s “Castlevania” will actually be the show’s *final* season, and today the official trailer spills blood across the internet. The 10-episode Final Season arrives on May 13. Preview the gory bloodshed below! In Season 4, “Dracula’s influence looms large as Belmont and Sypha

The last we heard about Sony’s live-action Masters of the Universe feature film was that it had been delayed back in January of last year, and a new date was never provided. Not surprisingly, it looks like the project is no longer even moving forward as originally planned, with attached star Noah Centineo reportedly no

Fresh off winning two Academy Awards for Nomadland (Best Motion Picture of the Year & Best Achievement in Directing), Chloé Zhao is soon headed into the world of horror with a new take on Bram Stoker’s Dracula for Universal Pictures, which has been described as a “futuristic sci-fi western.” As Bela Lugosi once eloquently stated,

A24 and director David Lowery‘s (A Ghost Story) The Green Knight is finally being released in theaters on July 30, 2021, and we’ve got a trio of new images for you today. “From visionary filmmaker David Lowery comes a fresh and bold spin on a classic tale from the knights of the round table,” A24 explained The Green Knight last year. “An epic fantasy adventure

A family moves into a new home with a gruesome past, which still lingers in many ways. That simple setup could apply to any number of horror movies set within a haunted house. Things Heard & Seen opts for a slightly altered approach that adds true crime and drama to the fold, with mixed results. Netflix’s latest

Paramount and Skydance’s sci-fi movie The Tomorrow War is headed to Amazon Prime Video on July 2, and today brings the first-look teaser trailer for the Chris Pratt-starring film. Check it out below, along with a brand new synopsis. Chris McKay (The Lego Batman Movie) directed The Tomorrow War. The world is stunned when a group of time

Fresh off the box office success of Godzilla vs. Kong, THR is reporting that Adam Wingard (V/H/S, You’re Next, The Guest, Blair Witch) is re-teaming with Warner Bros. and Legendary for their next MonsterVerse movie, which is big news because we had previously been unsure if the MonsterVerse would even be continuing beyond this year’s