Casting continues for They Listen, an upcoming horror moving from Sony, Blumhouse and Depth of Field. THR reports today that actress Riki Lindhome has joined the cast. Lindhome joins previously announced stars John Cho (Searching) and Katherine Waterston (Alien: Covenant), as well as Lukita Maxwell (“Shrinking”), announced yesterday in a “top-billed role.” Chris Weitz (American Pie) directs the film, set […]
Writer/Director Christopher Landon (Happy Death Day, Freaky) evokes the family-friendly Amblin movies of yesterday for his latest, Netflix’s We Have a Ghost. Wearing its formative gateway horror influences on its sleeves, We Have a Ghost blends nostalgic family adventure-induced charm with Landon’s distinct ability to render authentic characters to an affecting degree. While it threatens to overstay its […]
Up next from SCREAMBOX is festival hit Living With Chucky, a full-blown Child’s Play documentary that celebrates the entire franchise. Today’s brand new trailer unveiled at Collider highlights what sets this documentary apart; the franchise is family for director Kyra Elise Gardner. Storming into pop culture in the late 1980s, the three-foot menace known as Chucky proved that Child’s Play was […]
Aptly named for the acidic smell of deteriorating film, Vinegar Syndrome made an auspicious debut in 2013 with its inaugural release, The Lost Films of Herschell Gordon Lewis. In the decade since, they have unearthed, restored, and distributed hundreds of cult, exploitation, horror, action, and adult films. Popping in a new Vinegar Syndrome disc is […]
While the Megami Tensei series has been eclipsed in popularity by its spinoff Persona series, there’s little doubt that both series have benefited from Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne. The third game in the SMT series not only successfully gained the series a foothold outside of Japan, but it also introduced gameplay elements that carried […]
Originally reported by Discussing Film a few days back, Millennium Media is developing a new live-action Hellboy film, and that scoop has been confirmed by Deadline today. Brian Taylor (Crank, Gamer, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, Mom and Dad) has been chosen to direct the movie for Millennium, currently titled Hellboy: The Crooked Man. As the title suggests, […]
Cinedigm and Bloody Disgusting have slashed up a deal with Reason8 Films for North American rights to the throwback slasher Pensive out of the ongoing EFM in Berlin. The bloody slasher inspired by Friday the 13th with be a SCREAMBOX Original. The Lithuanian teen horror was directed by Jonas Trukanas and stars Gabija Bargailaite (Pilgrims). Inspired […]
I never understood why Jurassic Park was the only dinosaur-related franchise to outlive the dino hysteria of the 90s. Don’t get me wrong, Spielberg’s classic is clearly the best movie to come out of that trend, but that doesn’t change the fact that dinosaurs as a concept are in the public domain and should have […]
Up next from Jennifer Reeder (V/H/S/94, Night’s End, Knives and Skin) is the horror movie Perpetrator, which follows Jonny (Kiah McKirnan), an impulsive teenage girl living in a town where young women continue to go missing and revolves around the power she’s forced to unlock to survive. Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thrillers, and the […]
No film of the Hays Code era revels in its own perversity quite like Mad Love (1935). Mad science, body horror, insanity, obsession, executions, gaslighting, sadomasochism—it’s all here and presented with unparalleled excellence of craft. Though it may seem tame compared to pre-Code fare like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931), Freaks, and Island of […]