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, […]
Indie genre filmmaker Mickey Keating has begun production on his latest horror offering, Offseason, which he teased on social media as a “southern gothic feature.” There’s no information available, but the film does star Jocelin Donahue, pictured above in Ti West’s The House of the Devil, who also appeared in Dead Awake, I Trapped the Devil, […]
With multiple seasons, a spin-off cartoon, and endless merchandise tie-ins under its belt, anthology series Tales from the Crypt decided to parlay its success to the big screen in the mid-90s. Unlike the series, which was based on the 1950s EC Comics of the same name, the first film told an original story unrelated to […]
After nearly three years on the shelf, I don’t think 20th Century Fox was expecting much from the theatrical release of Underwater, which looks set for a major loss with its reported $60M-$80M budget. The aquatic horror took in an awful estimated $7M here in the States, setting the table for an extensive loss if […]
We’ve been hearing rumblings about a new Dario Argento film for the past year or so – it’d be his first since 2012’s Dracula 3D – with an interview out of FrightFest back in August of last year indicating that Argento’s next will be another Giallo film, titled Occhiali Neri (aka Black Glasses). This is a […]