Horror has finally seeped much more overtly into superhero cinema between the upcoming Moon Knight, Morbius, Werewolf by Night, and an MCU update on Blade. But perhaps they all owe a debt to the early pioneers and one particular box office juggernaut. A decade before Iron Man effectively launched the ever-expanding MCU as we know it, changing the landscape […]
Welcome to the Hammer Factory. This month we dissect Lust for a Vampire (1971). 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 […]
Warning: This article contains some spoilers for the movie X. Of all the wonderful things to appreciate about A24 and Ti West’s X, the film creates two villains out of an elderly couple whose motives include jealousy, bitterness, and insatiable sexual desires— something so rare and refreshingly different to witness in a slasher movie or […]
Announced last year, Scare Package is getting a sequel with Scare Package II: Rad Chad’s Revenge, and Fangoria has announced the new cast and director lineup today. The upcoming horror anthology sequel will feature returning Scare Package actors Jeremy King, Zoe Graham, and Byron Brown, with newcomers to the franchise including Kelli Maroney (Night of […]
Announced last month, Paramount and Spyglass have ordered up Scream 6 in the direct wake of Scream‘s box office success, and we now have a release date for the next sequel. Scream 6 will slash into theaters on March 31, 2023! No plot details are available at this time, but without spoiling anything about this […]
23 years ago, Kevin Williamson wrote and directed Teaching Mrs. Tingle, a film that saw a good student (Katie Holmes) hold a vindictive teacher (Helen Mirren) hostage in her own home after she is caught cheating. It was a dark comedy, but due to its proximity to the Columbine High School massacre it was a watered-down […]
Celebrating her 40th anniversary this year, Elvira has announced a brand new upcoming comic book as part of her partnership with Dynamite Comics, titled The Death of Elvira! Chatting with Bloody Disgusting’s Boo Crew Podcast this week, Cassandra “Elvira” Peterson teased the upcoming comic, which should be a must-read for all Elvira fans. “I’ve got […]
When he was sixteen years old, Tod Browning ran away with the circus. Technically speaking it was a travelling show called the Manhattan Fair & Carnival Company which he joined after becoming enthralled with one of its dancers. He held several jobs in various carnivals, circuses, and sideshows including barker, escape artist, clown, and stable […]
January is so often seen as a dumping ground for films that studios have little faith in, either for any awards consideration or box office success. If a film isn’t Oscar bait or likely to be a summer blockbuster, January is where they’re dropped. To be fair, there is at least some truth in this. […]
In this edition of The Silver Lining, we’ll be covering Shane Black’s underappreciated 2018 sequel/reboot, The Predator. The Predator franchise has always walked the line between action and horror, with most of the films being structured like sci-fi slashers where the victims are just badass enough to have a fighting chance. This is obviously a […]