phantom limb /ˈfan(t)əm’lim/ n. an often painful sensation of the presence of a limb that has been amputated. Welcome to Phantom Limbs, a recurring feature which will take a look at intended yet unproduced horror sequels and remakes – extensions to genre films we love, appendages to horror franchises that we adore – that were sadly
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After finally seeing a release on the Nintendo Switch last October, Running With Scissors has released Postal Redux on the PlayStation 4. As with the Switch and Steam releases, the game includes all of the previously-released DLC, as well as the Redux-exclusive Rampage mode. It’s quite the ride for Postal Redux to the PlayStation 4,
Nearly twenty years after starring in Troll 2, filmmaker Michael Paul Stephenson made a documentary about it, Best Worst Movie, that chronicled its cult fandom and key players involved with the film’s creation. His follow-up documentary, The American Scream, put a compassionate and joyful spotlight on the Halloween home haunt, told through three households in a Massachusetts town.
Published in 1984 and written by Stephen King and Peter Straub, fantasy epic The Talisman is one of the few notable King stories that to date has not yet been adapted for either the small screen or the big one. This despite Steven Spielberg owning the rights to the book since the ’80s, with various planned adaptations taking different forms over
While we wait for the Sinister and Doctor Strange director’s new horror movie The Black Phone, we’ve learned today from Variety that Scott Derrickson has set up his next project. Derrickson will be executive producing “Grace” for Paramount Television Studios under his Crooked Highway banner. The project comes courtesy of writer Joseph Sousa. Variety details,
The old saying goes that a story is only as good as its villain. And for the Resident Evil series, there’s plenty of villains to go around. Obviously, much like the entries in the series, some villains are more memorable than others for one reason or another, but they’ve all contributed in some way to
Bloody Disgusting has just scored a first look at CJ Entertainment’s horror-thriller remake Hide And Seek with news that Saban Films has taken North American, UK and Irish rights to the Joel David Moore (Hatchet, Youth in Oregon) directed redo of the 2013 hit (read our review). “Dracula’s” Jonathan Rhys Meyers leads cast alongside Jacinda Barrett (“Bloodline”), Joe Pantoliano (“The Sopranos”) and Mustafa
Adrian Garcia Bogliano is back with his next horror offering. The filmmaker behind Cold Sweat, Here Comes the Devil and the werewolf horror Late Phases directs Come Play With Me (Juega Conmigo), in which a demon is obsessed with children’s games. “The plot follows Sofía, an insecure young nanny who starts her new job taking care
Known to horror fans for her role in the creature feature Them!, we’ve learned the sad news today that actress and singer Joan Weldon has passed away at the age of 90 years old. Weldon’s family says she “passed away peacefully” at home in Florida on February 11. Joan Weldon, who began her career as
The action-horror manga Hellsing is headed to the big screen, Deadline has announced, with Amazon Studios developing an adaptation being penned by Derek Kolstad (John Wick)! The feature will bring Kouta Hirano‘s Japanese manga into the world of live-action. The manga was previously turned into anime series’ “Hellsing” and “Hellsing Ultimate.” “Ever since my brother
The gang from Zombieland is back in the upcoming video game Zombieland VR: Headshot Fever, announced by Sony Pictures Virtual Reality (SPVR) and XR Games this afternoon. Set in the Zombieland universe, the game will be releasing this Spring for Oculus Quest, Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Windows Mixed Reality headsets, and later for PlayStation®VR. The
Brandon Suttles is a father of two young children. A husband. A horror fan. And for the past two years, Brandon has risen to the challenge of becoming something else. A warrior. Diagnosed with Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), a form of bone cancer, in 2019, Brandon has been brutally honest about his battles and struggles on
Part of the next wave of their Welcome to the Blumhouse project, Blumhouse TV and Amazon Studios recently announced Bingo, being directed by Gigi Saul Guerrero (Culture Shock). The film will star Golden Globe and Academy Award nominee Adriana Barraza (Amores Perros, Babel, Drag Me to Hell), who recently starred in “Penny Dreadful: City of
“Solar Opposites” is ready to crash-land (again) on Hulu with a second season now set to stream on March 26, 2021. While a sci-fi series, at times, the animated show dabbles in horror and, on occasion, splatters an infinite amount of gore across the screen. There are also countless tributes to horror classics such as
If you’re a fan of “Sherlock” and “Dracula”, Hartswood Films, the British company behind both, is next waking up in the middle of “The Devil’s Hour”, which Amazon has already greenlit, reports Deadline. “From the mind of rising British writer Tom Moran, “The Devil’s Hour” is a UK original that tells the story of a
Raven Banner Entertainment shared with Bloody an absolutely bonkers red band trailer to The Sadness, which is literally soaked in blood and guts. You have got to see this! “In The Sadness, a young couple find themselves at the heart of an inexplicable wave of chaos and violence, as random citizens become driven to pursue
Filmmaker Renny Harlin has spent much of his career playing around in the horror genre, directing films including Prison, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, Deep Blue Sea, The Exorcist: The Beginning, and Devil’s Pass, and up next he’s making his return to horror with a brand new movie titled The Refuge.
The latest bizarre photo-manipulating tool to take the internet by storm is called “Deep Nostalgia,” and it uses A.I. technology to quite literally animate still photographs. The app was actually created by MyHeritage, an online genealogy platform, allowing people to imagine what their deceased ancestors may have looked like when they were alive and in
Hi 2 Four! Thanks for being here today! Thank you for having me! Is it harder to write or produce a song? I’ve done both and both are fairly difficult but songwriting is a beast. There is a reason most mainstream songs have multiple writers and some of your favorites don’t even write. I think
“The Walking Dead” will be ending with an expanded two-year eleventh season that will span 24 episodes, bringing the long-running AMC series to an end sometime in 2022. Season 11 kicks off this Summer, and Deadline is reporting tonight on some casting news for the new season. Michael James Shaw (“Constantine,” “Limitless”) has signed on.
A trilogy of horror movies set on the haunted ship The Queen Mary is being planned, with Gary Shore (Dracula Untold) on board to direct the first film in that planned trilogy. We’ve learned today that Alice Eve (Star Trek Into Darkness) is also on board the ship. “The first in a trilogy of highly
Formative Fears is a column that explores how horror scared us from an early age, or how the genre contextualizes youthful phobias and trauma. From memories of things that went bump in the night, to adolescent anxieties made real through the use of monsters and mayhem, this series expresses what it felt like to be a
Despite the troubles that Techland continues to have with Dying Light 2‘s development, they’re at least remaining committed to providing the original game more content. In fact, right now they’re celebrating the title’s 6th anniversary with new DLC that adds a new event and more items to the game. The event, called Zombie Hunt, has
We mentioned the Fallout 4 mod Whispering Hills a while back. You know, the mod by Mangaclub that essentially gives us Silent Hill in Fallout 4. Well, DSOGaming reports that Mangaclub has finally released the first episode. Along with the infamous fog, the mod includes the Midwitch Elementary School from the first Silent Hill game,
Ben Ripley, the writer of 2011’s Source Code, is back with a new science fiction movie titled Parallel, and THR reports tonight that Netflix has just picked up his spec script. Parallel is “described as a sci-fi heist story that takes place across parallel universes.” The Hollywood Reporter details, “It involves a man and woman
No Toy Fair, no problem. NECA has been slowly rolling out reveal after reveal of action figures we can expect later in 2021. While the majority have been fresh additions to their tubular Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles collections, we did learn of a brand new black and white Universal Monsters series that was introduced with
What better way to celebrate your birthday than at Willy’s Wonderland! This is a horror movie where you’ll see Nicolas Cage spend the night locked in for a dusk til dawn blood soaked showdown with some creepy animatronics possessed by sinister spirits! Appearing on episode 200 of Bloody Disgusting’s Boo Crew Podcast is Director Kevin
“We’ve got to stand up to monsters.” After two movies, the monsters vs. robots franchise Pacific Rim is getting its own animated series over at Netflix, the battle between the Kaiju and the Jaegers continuing next week. It’s titled “Pacific Rim: The Black,” and the streaming service has released the final trailer today, which damn sure suggests that
Who do you believe? Freeform‘s upcoming thriller series “Cruel Summer” was produced by Jessica Biel, with the interesting approach that it takes place across three distinct summers throughout the ’90s. The series “takes place over three summers in the ’90s when a beautiful and popular teen goes missing, and a seemingly unrelated girl transforms from
UK-based genre outfit Devilworks has picked up anthology feature 100 Candles for distribution in North America, via the company’s North American distribution arm, ScreenDaily reports out of the virtual EFM. In the film… “A sinister game traps a group of friends, that tell one another horror stories in front of a magical mirror.” “One candle, one nightmare,