John Logan’s Gothic horror drama “Penny Dreadful” retooled classic literary horror figures in a captivating, poignant way by exploring the ethos of monsters. For his directorial feature debut, Logan sets his sights on a familiar horror mainstay: the summer camp slasher. They/Them, pronounced “They-slash-Them,” takes place at an LGBTQIA+ conversion summer camp. It emphasizes its robust ensemble […]
After coming up against Mothra, Ghidorah and King Kong, Godzilla was primed and ready to take on the most challenging enemy in his career so far — pollution. The last stretch of Godzilla’s Shōwa period kicked off with an environmentally conscious entry in the spirit of the 1954 film. And, as to be expected from […]
Lionsgate premiered the first teaser trailer for John Wick: Chapter 4 at the ongoing San Diego Comic-Con and it’s exactly what you’d expect – nonstop action jam-packed with guns, swords, and even nunchuck fights! Clancy Brown (The Mortuary Collection, “Dexter”) will be making his way into the hit franchise in the upcoming fourth installment. Chad Stahelski (John Wick 1-3) […]
People often seek answers from God in times of strife and anguish. But what would happen if God physically answered? Perhaps the more pertinent question; which God heeded the call? Director Rebekah McKendry’s Glorious frames a single location genre-bender around these questions, creating a darkly comedic and bloody cosmic journey for a man trapped in a restroom. Wes […]
In the opening scene of Andy Mitton’s The Harbinger, a masked man enters a woman’s apartment to find her screaming and clawing at her arm so tightly that it’s dripping blood. He’s the landlord, and she’s having a nightmare of a predatory Plague Doctor. It’s standard horror stuff, but when the exhausted woman is awoken, […]
Paramount Pictures hopes to make box office noise with A Quiet Place: Day One, the next installment in the hit horror movie franchise that will now hit theaters on March 8, 2024, several months later than originally slated. Fresh off last year’s Nicolas Cage-starring Pig, an excellent revenge drama that bucks expectations at every turn, Michael Sarnoski is […]
The logline for writer/director Berkley Brady’s directorial feature debut Dark Nature describes it as “the story of a therapy group that is forced to confront the monsters of their past when an isolated weekend retreat tests their emotional resilience and ability to survive.” That’s pretty apt, albeit with one small issue: the Canadian film – […]
Remakes of popular films are inevitable, particularly when a film with a unique high concept takes off. It’s hardly surprising, then, that a title like 2017’s One Cut of the Dead, Shin’ichirō Ueda’s horror comedy about a film crew making a horror flick that’s beset by zombies, is already receiving a remake. The original Japanese […]
While we wait for Halloween Ends, the final film in David Gordon Green’s legacy trilogy, we’ve learned that Halloween Kills will be coming back to Limited Edition 4K Ultra HD Steelbook. The Best Buy Exclusive Steelbook will be releasing on September 6, 2022, following in the wake of a previous Halloween Kills Steelbook release that […]
20th Century Studios brings Dan Trachtenberg‘s (10 Cloverfield Lane) Prey exclusively to Hulu on August 5, but where does the film take place within the larger Predator universe? Speaking with SFX Magazine for their latest issue, Trachtenberg explains that while Prey does indeed take place long before the original Predator, it’s not an origin story prequel. “I want to […]