Arachnophobia, an intense fear of spiders, ranks high among the most common phobias. There’s something about the eight-legged arthropods that sends a large percentage of the population into a panic. It probably doesn’t help that some are incredibly venomous, or that there’s upwards of tens of thousands of different species. Yet, whether it’s because arachnophobia […]
This article contains spoilers. When my father died from complications of Alzheimer’s in 2011, movies dealing with dementia became bitter pills to swallow. The pain of having to watch a loved one slowly deteriorate into a shell of the person you used to know is unlike any other pain I’ve experienced so far in life. […]
Among the many things keeping us sane these days, besides movies, of course, are games. Video games, board games, virtual escape rooms, and even jigsaw puzzles have become tools of comfort and stress release the longer we remain indoors. As with any other conceivable topic, horror has found a way to exploit games too. We’re […]
Announced by Ghost Gang today, principal photography has wrapped on the upcoming horror film Isolation, a feature-length anthology that’s said to weave together “nine standalone yet interconnected tales of terror from all corners of the world as people confront their darkest fears in an attempt to survive an increasingly deadly pandemic.” The official press release explains, […]
The ‘90s often get a bad rap with horror fans. After the numerous successful slashers and creature effects films of the ’80s, the ‘90s offered a different variety of horror fare. Though there were plenty of hits, hidden gems, and misunderstood classics, the ‘90s usually don’t get the kind of love that other decades get when […]
Ivanna Sakhno (The Spy Who Dumped Me, Pacific Rim: Uprising) stars in Arclight Films’ Let It Snow, a winter-set survival-slasher being released on home video this coming fall. Let It Snow arrives on DVD, Digital and On Demand September 22 from Lionsgate. You can check out the trailer below, which reminds a bit of Norwegian slasher Cold […]
One of the stories featured in Stephen King‘s new collection If It Bleeds is titled Mr. Harrigan’s Phone, and THR reports tonight that a feature film adaptation is in the works for Netflix. The project is being developed by “American Story Creator” Ryan Murphy and Blumhouse. THR details, “The story follows a young boy who […]
This Is the End actor Jay Baruchel produced, directed, and starred in Random Acts of Violence, which will release this summer after having its World Premiere at last year’s Fantastic Fest where Trace Thurman called it “a brutal and merciless slasher.” In the film, “Comic book creator Todd Walkley (Jesse Williams), his wife Kathy (Jordana Brewster), assistant […]
This article contains heavy spoilers. “When you see someone change, in front of you, and you know there’s no going back. Scares me to death.” There’s a scene in the first act of The Beach House, now streaming through Shudder, where the film’s two couples, Emily (Liana Liberato) & Randall (Noah Le Gros) and Mitch […]
Amazon is headed into the world of the supernatural with the planned series “Tether,” Deadline reports this week. The project is written by Kevin Hamedani and Travis Betz. Deadline describes, “The genre-bending Tether follows the terrifying journey of Madelyn Woods, a woman driven to find her kidnapped husband and son and extract revenge on those […]