Henry James is a literary great who’d developed a reputation for penning atmospheric and emotionally gripping ghost stories. Though he’d written many, his most famous by far is his 1898 novella The Turn of the Screw. James preferred style was unconventional, supernatural hauntings that were extensions of reality. The haunting at Bly Manor was steeped in […]
This Saturday, January 25th, young filmmaker Brandon Cronenberg (Antiviral) makes his return to the festival scene with his sci-fi indie, Possessor, which will hold its World Premiere at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Brandon, son of legendary Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg, is forging his own path in the horror world. With […]
Announced by Deadline tonight, Tigers Are Not Afraid director Issa López has set up her next project: Book of Souls for Searchlight, an adaptation of a Matthew Baker short story. In addition to directing, Lopez is also writing the script. “The film is set in a world in which some babies are born without souls. A […]
They’re gonna need a bigger board. Wild Eye Releasing, the distributor of last year’s Velocipastor, is back at it again this year with the new film Ouija Shark, a low, low, low budget horror film swimming our way soon. In Scott Patrick’s Ouija Shark, “A group of teenage girls summon an ancient man-eating shark after […]
Butcher Block is a weekly series celebrating horror’s most extreme films and the minds behind them. Dedicated to graphic gore and splatter, each week will explore the dark, the disturbed, and the depraved in horror, and the blood and guts involved. For the films that use special effects of gore as an art form, and the fans […]
In addition to the upcoming James Wan-produced live-action film in 2021, we’ve learned via THR today that a Mortal Kombat animated movie is on the way early this year! Warner Bros. Animation’s Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge, the site reports, will arrive sometime in “the first half of 2020.” The voice cast includes: Joel McHale […]
Low budget creature feature Ghoulies is many things to many people: a crass and brazen rip-off of Gremlins, a second-tier franchise from prolific schlock producer/director Charles Band, and a mid-80s guilty pleasure that brings to mind popular children’s toy Boglins. Revisiting the film for its 35th anniversary, Ghoulies is all of this and so much […]
Color Out of Space, an adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s popular story, marks the first feature film in decades helmed by Richard Stanley. After a well-received debut with Hardware, he used his newfound clout to make a more personal film; his sophomore effort Dust Devil, his last full feature released since 1992. Like Color Out of Space, Dust Devil was […]
It Came From the ‘80s is a series that pays homage to the monstrous, deadly, and often slimy creatures that made the ‘80s such a fantastic decade in horror. George A. Romero may have set a terrifying new standard for modern zombie movies, but it was Dan O’Bannon (Alien, Lifeforce, Total Recall) who proved just how funny zombies […]
The South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference and Festivals announced the features, episodics and Opening Night Film for the 27th edition of the SXSW Film Festival, running March 13 – 22, 2020, in Austin, Texas. Every year, this acclaimed program draws thousands of fans, filmmakers, press, and industry leaders to immerse themselves in the most innovative, […]