Hello, true believers, and welcome to You Aughta Know, a column dedicated to the decade that is now two full decades behind us. That’s right, it’s time to take a look back at one of the most overlooked decades of horror. Follow along as I do my best to explore the horror titles that made up […]
Kenny Caperton’s “On Set Cinema” is an ongoing film series that presents movie screenings of cult favorites and horror classics at their actual filming locations, and one of this year’s events will bring horror fans onto the Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood set! Caperton tells us, “For the first time ever fans will […]
As the world becomes increasingly desensitized to extreme media, it’s easy to imagine unsimulated death as the disturbing final frontier of both horror and pornography. While there has never been a confirmed case of murder-on-tape being intentionally distributed for commercial purposes, the idea of snuff films has captured the imagination of writers and filmmakers for […]
As the world becomes increasingly desensitized to extreme media, it’s easy to imagine unsimulated death as the disturbing final frontier of both horror and pornography. While there has never been a confirmed case of murder-on-tape being intentionally distributed for commercial purposes, the idea of snuff films has captured the imagination of writers and filmmakers for […]
Universal will be releasing Old in theaters on July 23, 2021, a brand new original thriller from M. Night Shyamalan that looks to speed up the horrors of aging. You can preview the film with the below image gallery today, which includes stills and behind the scenes shots. Here’s the official plot synopsis… “This summer, Shyamalan unveils a […]
While Hammer Studios has been in business since 1934, it was between 1955 and 1979 that it towered as one of the premier sources of edgy, gothic horror. On top of ushering the famous monsters of Universal’s horror heyday back into the public eye, resurrecting the likes of Frankenstein, Dracula and the Mummy in vivid […]
Guillermo del Toro wrapped production on his new movie Nightmare Alley during the pandemic, and Searchlight Pictures is planning a release in theaters on December 3, 2021. While you wait, you’ll be happy to hear that del Toro’s latest has been rated “R”! Nightmare Alley is rated “R” for… “Strong/bloody violence, some sexual content, nudity and language.” Bradley Cooper, […]
Officially announced by Scream Factory today, the Halloween franchise comes to 4K Ultra HD with individual releases of the first five films in the original series later this year! Yes, John Carpenter’s Halloween, as well as Halloween II, Halloween III: Season of the Witch, Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, and Halloween 5: The […]
Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho was a knife slash to cinematic history. It became the point of demarcation that changed how movies were made, exhibited, and viewed. From then on, movies were designated as before Psycho and after Psycho. So naturally, any attempts to make sequels to such a profoundly influential film would be met with trepidation […]
Three releases for September 2021 were announced by Severin Films today, including Giallo movie The Fourth Victim (1971) and Christian slasher A Day of Judgment (1981). In addition, John Russo‘s Midnight will be released on the same day, September 28. Severin explains, “A decade after co-writing Night of the Living Dead, writer/director John Russo gathered […]