We’re halfway through what’s been the strangest year in recent memory. What was once a promising slate of upcoming 2020 horror releases instead became an empty void thanks to pandemic-induced theatrical closures. In an alternate universe, we would’ve seen A Quiet Place Part II, Saint Maud, Antlers, Antebellum, Spiral, and Candyman and had our sights set on the enticing genre […]
Everything about Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us Part II has been a mess in one way or another. The game has faced controversy after controversy since its initial reveal, from its depictions of graphic violence with no content warnings, to fear over the game’s potential for failure when it came to representing queer characters. […]
There’s something about blizzards and wintry conditions that lend so well to genre film. It’s incredibly isolating, for one, but hazardous, icy weather tends to provide a moody Gothic backdrop to whatever thrills and chills are in store. The Oak Room takes a raging Canadian snowstorm and builds an entire mystery around it, scaling back the […]
The accolades for Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us Part II continue to roll in. Announced on PlayStation Blog, the game has now sold more than four million copies since its launch on June 19th. This makes it the fastest-selling PlayStation 4-exclusive title ever. “We are so immensely grateful to the millions of fans around […]
One of the most notorious locales in horror is the cabin in the woods. The remote location makes for fertile ground to all sorts of evil while effectively isolating unwitting victims from safety. It’s so synonymous that the second you see a cabin attached to a genre film, the horror mind can’t help but speculate […]
Cosmic horror is one of the oldest and sturdiest sub-genres there is. Unfathomable monsters, uncaring universes, and descents into insanity make for captivating tales, and the tropes of the genre allow for so many variations on a theme that the core concepts remain fresh decade after decade. Video games are better equipped than perhaps any […]
The 1996 action-adventure blockbuster Twister is next up on the remake chopping block, with Variety reporting tonight that Universal Pictures is developing a new take on the classic. Joseph Kosinski (Top Gun: Maverick) is currently in talks to direct the feature film, Variety notes, “and the studio is currently meeting with writers to pen the […]
Kalypso Media and Palindrome have released a new featurette for Immortal Realms: Vampire Wars, which is currently in Xbox Game Preview via the Microsoft Store, and on Steam via the Kalypso Store. The latest featurette delves into the game’s blend of turn-based vampiric combat and empire management. This second dev diary details some of the […]
Horror never seems very far away from Kevin Bacon… in a good way. The actor has over four decades of experience in film and television – co-starring in classic films like Animal House, Footloose, Apollo 13 and A Few Good Men – but he keeps coming back to scary movies. One of his earliest performances […]
In a move out of left field, Inti Creates has announced a follow-up to the prequel to Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night in Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon. Curse of The Moon 2 will be headed to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and Steam. The original Curse of The Moon was a throwback to […]