Scares can come from anywhere. And the most unforgettable fear-inducing moments of cinema often happen outside the realm of the genre entirely, when you least expect it. Horror movies set the anticipation for scares, but that’s not the primary emotional response expected in comedies, dramas, and beyond. We’ve celebrated numerous scenes from non-horror movies that
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While we still don’t have a definitive release date for LKA’s psychological horror title Martha is Dead, we do have a new trailer that was unveiled as part of Gamesradar’s Future Games Show Spring Showcase. Dubbed “Fresh Flies”, the trailer doesn’t waste any time getting into your head with the creepy imagery and unsettling music, touching
Before he took a trip to the Overlook Hotel to adapt Doctor Sleep, Mike Flanagan first dipped his toes into Stephen King‘s library with Gerald’s Game, a novel previously thought to be unfilmable. Carla Gugino and Bruce Greenwood star as a couple trying to spice up their marriage in a remote lake house. After the
Alongside grotesque bioweapons, spurious conspiracies, and demented interior design, puzzles are an inextricable part of Resident Evil’s DNA. In fact, they’re so tightly woven into the very fabric of the series, that it feels wrong whenever they’re sidelined. It’s just not an authentic RE experience if you don’t get hopelessly stuck, trying to figure out
As studios continue to rework their distribution plans in the wake of the ongoing pandemic, Paramount Pictures announced that Blumhouse’s upcoming new installment in the Paranormal Activity franchise would be going straight to Paramount+. At the time, a March 4, 2022 date had been slotted, although it was unclear if there would be a theatrical component to
They’re dying to save the world. Just five short years after the release of David Ayer’s Suicide Squad, WB/DC is kinda-sorta hitting the reboot button with James Gunn‘s sequel The Suicide Squad, and the official Red Band trailer has arrived this afternoon. True to Gunn’s on-brand vision, this first look at the movie is loaded with personality, humor
Well, that didn’t take long. After announcing last week that their 2021 edition of the demo disc would be released “later this month”, Haunted PS1 has delivered the goods. You can grab the demo disc for free from their itch.io site. Here’s the complete list of demos available in the disc: As Haunted PS1 has
Shudder acquired North American rights to the vampire comedy Boys from County Hell last year, and they’ve unleashed the trailer for the Irish horror-comedy this afternoon. Additionally, we’ve learned the film will take a bite out of Shudder on April 22. In this one, “Strange events unfold in Six Mile Hill – a sleepy Irish
“Everything seems to just keep us here.” Ben Wheatley (Kill List, Sightseers, A Field in England, High-Rise, Rebecca, The Meg 2) shot a micro-budget horror movie during quarantine last year, titled In the Earth. NEON will be bringing Wheatley’s latest to theaters on April 23, and the official trailer has debuted today. Meagan Navarro wrote in her Sundance review for BD,
One of this year’s most entertaining horror movies so far is Willy’s Wonderland, which centers on Nicolas Cage battling evil animatronics in a Chuck E. Cheese like environment. The film delivers on the promise of its wacky premise, and it’s currently available on VOD. On April 13, we’ve learned today, Willy’s Wonderland next heads to
The Darren Bousman-directed Spiral: From the Book of Saw had been set to open in theaters on May 21, but today we’ve learned that it’ll now be releasing sooner than expected. Lionsgate and Twisted Pictures have moved up the release date of the highly anticipated Spiral: From the Book of Saw, starring Chris Rock and Samuel L. Jackson,
After holding its World Premiere at FrightFest, Black Fawn Distribution is set to release Francesco Giannini‘s excellent indie Hall, a high-tension thriller about a scary virus outbreak within a hotel, on Canadian VOD April 6, 2021. A physical release of the film will follow. In the film, scattered victims are thrust into the fight of their
Announced by AMC as a tie-in with the current season of “Fear the Walking Dead,” the network’s zombie franchise is headed into treacherous waters with “Dead in the Water.” The digital series will be produced by The Content Room’s AMCN Digital Originals. “Dead in the Water” is described as “a scripted series tying into Season
Some huge news from Entertainment Weekly tonight, with the site reporting that Fiona Dourif will be reprising the role of Nica Pierce in USA/Syfy’s “Chucky” series from Don Mancini! Fiona Dourif, the daughter of Child’s Play icon Brad Dourif (yes, he’s also back for the series), first played Nica Pierce in Curse of Chucky, reprising
Shudder has acquired the South African sci-fi horror Fried Barry, from music video director Ryan Kruger, and will release it on their platform this coming May 6th, Bloody Disgusting learned this morning. “Fried Barry follows the story of a drug-addled degenerate (Gary Green) who, after yet another bender, gets abducted by aliens. Barry takes a
Up next from director Jim Cummings (Thunder Road, The Wolf of Snow Hollow) is The Beta Test, and Variety reports tonight that IFC Films has acquired the movie for U.S. release. Cummings wrote and directed the film, and he also stars. “An engaged Hollywood agent receives a mysterious letter for an anonymous sexual encounter and
Horror stalwart Barbara Crampton‘s appearance in You’re Next marked the start of a prolific genre renaissance that includes producing as well as acting. All of that experience culminates in a monster-as-metaphor feature that attempts to retool the vampire mythos to allow its leading lady to sink her fangs into a meaty lead role. She’s acting opposite indie horror darling Larry
In addition to the Open Beta announcement for Resident Evil RE:Verse and Resident Evil Village coming to Google Stadia, Capcom revealed a third announcement during the Resident Evil 25th anniversary celebrations with a second Resident Evil Showcase coming next month! No exact date has been announced for the showcase, though Capcom is playing it coy. “We
Capcom has kicked off their 25th anniversary celebrations of the Resident Evil franchise by announcing that the pack-in with Resident Evil Village, the PvP multiplayer game Resident Evil RE:Verse, will have an open beta across consoles and PC in April. Announced via Capcom’s official Biohazard Twitter, the beta will run from April 8 at 2am
Since 1993’s Cronos, filmmaker Guillermo del Toro quickly became synonymous with horror hailing from Mexico. More recent releases like Issa Lopez‘s Tigers Are Not Afraid, Emilio Portes‘s Belzebuth, and even Gigi Saul Guerrero‘s Culture Shock indicate an emerging new class of talented genre contemporaries. While that’s exciting for horror’s future, there’s already a vast, rich history of Mexican
Atlus and Sega have announced that the upcoming Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne HD Remaster will finally arrive in the West on May 25. Pre-orders are now available, including a new Digital Deluxe Edition that allows players to get early access to the game. Available on the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PC via Steam,
It would seem that we’ve been going about the Resident Evil film reboot all wrong. At least, in terms of the film’s title. According to director Johannes Roberts, and reported on by IGN during an interview at SXSW’s online event, the official title for the upcoming Resident Evil movie is Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon
Godzilla fever is sweeping the nation on the road to Godzilla vs. Kong‘s release, and today we’ve got a sneak peek at an upcoming King of the Monsters collectible from Mondo. Being put up for pre-order next week, Mondo’s officially licensed “Godzilla 89” Premium Scale Statue measures a towering 18″ tall, with pre-orders kicking off
Another day, another new trailer for Adam Wingard‘s Godzilla vs. Kong. This one comes courtesy of IGN, and it features some bits of new footage including an underwater battle, a trip to the Hollow Earth, and a whole lot of destruction. At the very end of the trailer, a monstrous new threat is introduced, one
Be sure to follow @BDisgusting on Twitter for daily horror news and more! As promised, Ryan Murphy has officially announced the Season 10 theme for FX’s “American Horror Story” tonight, and it’s “American Horror Story: Double Feature“! That’s right, we’re getting TWO stories in ONE season this year. “One by the sea… and one by
Scott Derrickson (Dr. Strange, Sinister) is headed back to the horror genre to direct The Black Phone for Blumhouse and Universal, and the film was already a Sinister reunion with Ethan Hawke recently joining the cast. On top of that, THR reports tonight, Hawke’s Sinister co-star James Ransone (It: Chapter Two) has also signed on to reunite with Derrickson.
It was back in October that Asmodee Digital and developer Luckyhammers would be bringing their adaptation of the Arkham Horror board game franchise to video games. Well, Arkham Horror: Mother’s Embrace now has a release date of March 23rd for consoles and PC. In fact, if you’ve been sitting on snagging Mother’s Embrace, but haven’t done
The early ‘80s marked a handful of notable ultra-violent, hand-rotoscoped animation features aimed toward adults. Gerald Potterton’s Heavy Metal, based on the magazine, and Ralph Bakshi’s Fire and Ice– a collaboration with artist Frank Frazetta- are chief among the notable standouts of the era. The Spine of Night is a love letter to the classic animation style and draws
Fresh off last year’s Relic, my personal pick for the best horror movie of 2020, director Natalie Erika James will continue playing around in the genre space, THR reports tonight. The film is titled Apartment 7A, and Natalie Erika James will be co-writing and directing for Paramount and Platinum Dunes. John Krasinski (A Quiet Place)
Right on schedule, Techland has provided an update to Dying Light 2‘s development. In a new video posted to YouTube, Techland explains the delays with a “huge and complex project” in Dying Light 2 as necessary to deliver a game that will “live up to our vision”. Tymon Smektala, the lead designer for Dying Light