As Lovecraft once put it, “the oldest and strongest kind of fear is the fear of the unknown,” which I think perfectly summarizes why cosmic horror stories are so effective. Commonly defined as a subgenre of fiction that derives scares from existential and/or incomprehensible threats, cosmic horror presents us with situations where knowledge isn’t necessarily […]
After helping to pioneer Italy’s budding giallo genre throughout the 1970s with influential titles like The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, The Cat o’ Nine Tails, Four Flies on Grey Velvet, and Deep Red, Dario Argento took a brief sabbatical from the lurid thrillers to explore supernatural elements in Suspiria and Inferno. When the latter […]
Growing up I was mostly a console kid. Presently, I play a lot on PC, but when I was younger I used to prefer the out of the box ease of the console. There was, however, one game that finally got me to invest in a graphics card and figure out the whole computer business, […]
Welcome to the Hammer Factory. This month we dissect The Reptile (1966). While Hammer Studios has been in business since 1934, it was between 1955 and 1979 that it towered as one of the premier sources of edgy, gothic horror. On top of ushering the famous monsters of Universal’s horror heyday back into the public eye, resurrecting […]
Jigsaw and Xbox have teamed up with Lionsgate and Twisted Pictures to allow fans to be the heroes of their own Saw X experience, Bloody Disgusting has learned this week. While we wait for Saw X, Jigsaw invites the world to “play a game” in the form of an interactive livestream that gives viewers everywhere […]
Few fears are more universal than claustrophobia. Many of us have probably experienced that twinge of anxiety when elevator doors close behind us, but few of us have likely ever been down in the depths of a coal mine, where the elements at play have a potentially fatal outcome. This fear is what writer/director Mathieu […]
The Outlast Trials: The Murkoff Collections, a comic book tie-in to The Outlast Trials, had its first issue released last week. Now developer Red Barrels has released the second issue of the two-part digital comic book series written by J.T. Petty, the scriptwriter for both Outlast games and comics, and illustrated by GMB Chomichuk. For […]
An adaptation of his own short film Laura Hasn’t Slept, Parker Finn’s Smile was a huge horror hit last year, and a sequel is on the way from Paramount next Halloween season. We’ve learned tonight that Smile 2 will hit theaters on October 18, 2024. Parker Finn signed a multi-year, first-look deal with Paramount Pictures in the wake […]
After spending nearly two years in Early Access, Vanimals’ zombie survival experience UNDYING will finally be exiting the service, fully launching (you guessed it) next month. Currently available on Steam and Epic Game Store, UNDYING launches in full from Early Access on October 17th, and will also be coming to Nintendo Switch in early 2024, […]
The upcoming Saw X is being positioned as a nostalgic return to form for the franchise, with the brand new tenth installment bringing back Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) and Amanda (Shawnee Smith) for a new piece of the puzzle that’s set after the events of the original Saw. What else is coming back, you ask? Bloody […]