“The power of cinema is in the strange and inexplicable.” – Nobuhiko Obayashi Steven Spielberg’s Jaws created a defining moment in cinematic history on a worldwide scale. It brought the advent of the summer blockbuster, and its massive success inspired countries all over the globe to chase similar success. That included Japan, where audiences had previously […]
Faults and The Art of Self Defense director Riley Stearns is next directing a sci-fi thriller titled Dual, and he’s put together quite the impressive cast. Via The Wrap, Karen Gillan, Aaron Paul and Jesse Eisenberg will star in the film, alongside Beulah Koale and Martha Kelly. “Production is set to begin later this summer,” […]
As a surprise treat tonight, Shudder just released Jeff Barnaby‘s zombie horror film Blood Quantum on their platform in the US, UK and Ireland. In Blood Quantum, the dead are coming back to life outside the isolated Mi’gmaq reserve of Red Crow, except for its indigenous inhabitants who are immune to the zombie plague. Amid the […]
Warner Bros. reacquired the rights to William Golding’s classic novel Lord of the Flies a couple years back, and we learned last year that Luca Guadagnino (Call Me By Your Name, Suspiria) is on board to direct a brand new adaptation. This week, THR reports that Patrick Ness (Chaos Walking, A Monster Calls) will be scripting Guadagnino’s adaptation. […]
Sam Raimi‘s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness was originally set for release in May 2021 before being bumped to November 2021, and now it’s already been bumped again. Raimi’s return to the world of Marvel will now release on March 25, 2022. Benedict Cumberbatch will return as Doctor Strange in the sequel, with Benedict Wong, Chiwetel […]
Most recently set for release on December 30, 2020, we’ve learned tonight that Sony’s Columbia Pictures will now be releasing Adam Robitel‘s Escape Room 2 on January 1, 2021. Escape Room stars Logan Miller and Taylor Russell will be returning for the sequel. Isabelle Fuhrman (Orphan), Holland Roden (“Channel Zero: Butcher’s Block”), Indya Moore (“Pose”), Thomas Cocquerel (“The 100”) and Carlito Olivero (“East Los High”) also star. The franchise […]
Paramount and Entertainment One are teaming up to tell another round of Scary Stories. Last year’s Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark made over $100 million worldwide, and we’ve learned tonight that director André Øvredal will be behind the camera for a sequel. THR reports that Dan Hageman and Kevin Hageman are also returning […]
The American Genre Film Archive, or AGFA, is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of genre films and their legacy. Essentially, they collect and distribute films that might’ve otherwise disappeared forever. Centipede Horror, for example, never received a home release in the U.S. and could only be found through rare bootlegs. AGFA found the […]
Reeling from the deaths of Walt Disney in 1966 and Roy Disney in 1971, Walt Disney Productions struggled to find its audience. Much of their commercial releases in the ‘70s and early ‘80s flopped, causing the company to experiment, seeking out a young adult audience with darker offerings. The period is known as their Dark […]
Horror anthologies have been a mainstay of the genre pretty much since the advent of cinema. A collection of bite-sized stories strung together by a framing device, or wraparound, anthology horror tends to offer a variety of scares for every taste. What’s more, they provide a grab bag of unpredictability; it’s hard to guess what […]