This Fall, Scooby-Doo and the gang take part in their first Halloween movie mystery in Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo!, a brand new animated feature that’s headed to home video. Ahead of the Digital/DVD release this Fall, Syfy Wire has shared the trailer today. This looks like a real Halloween treat, featuring Elvira, monstrous pumpkins and even […]
This year marks a big anniversary for not just one, but two beginnings in the Friday the 13th series: one much beloved and another widely despised. Both have had a lasting effect on the series, for better or for worse, as well as having a great deal in common. Both pushed the envelope for gore […]
Of all the many streaming services offered, the best ones tend to focus on curated content. Services like Shudder, created specifically for and by the horror fan, and the Criterion Channel. While the latter offers an eclectic mix of classic and contemporary films, there’s still plenty of genre offerings available. Even better is that Criterion […]
After having its World Premiere at the 2017 SXSW Film Festival (read our review), Game of Death is finally headed home thanks to Cleopatra Entertainment, we’ve learned this week. Directed by Sebastien Landry and Laurence Morais-Lagace, the film will hit VOD on July 14. Here’s the plot rundown: “Kill or be killed is the golden rule […]
Despite their popularity, exorcism movies are extremely difficult to pull off. Not only are there religious issues that have to be carefully dealt with in order to avoid offending any particular faith, but the end product will also inevitably be compared to William Friedkin’s The Exorcist. Naturally, it’s hard to follow up on one of […]
Welcome to Revenge of the Remakes, where columnist Matt Donato takes us on a journey through the world of horror remakes. We all complain about Hollywood’s lack of originality whenever studios announce new remakes, reboots, and reimaginings, but the reality? Far more positive examples of refurbished classics and updated legacies exist than you’re willing to remember […]
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 […]
A new female-fronted take on the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise is in the works, with THR reporting today that the film is set to re-team the writer and star of DC’s Birds of Prey. Margot Robbie is attached to star in a Pirates film penned by Christina Hodson. THR explains, “While plot details are […]
We’re halfway through what’s been the strangest year in recent memory. What was once a promising slate of upcoming 2020 horror releases instead became an empty void thanks to pandemic-induced theatrical closures. In an alternate universe, we would’ve seen A Quiet Place Part II, Saint Maud, Antlers, Antebellum, Spiral, and Candyman and had our sights set on the enticing genre […]
There’s something about blizzards and wintry conditions that lend so well to genre film. It’s incredibly isolating, for one, but hazardous, icy weather tends to provide a moody Gothic backdrop to whatever thrills and chills are in store. The Oak Room takes a raging Canadian snowstorm and builds an entire mystery around it, scaling back the […]