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 […]
PC gamers need not fret, as Microsoft has confirmed that Ninja Theory’s upcoming Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 (which debuted at The Game Awards 2019) will be released for both PC and the upcoming Xbox Series X. GM of Xbox Games Marketing Aaron Greenberg confirmed the news in a Twitter exchange with a fan. It’s being […]
*Keep up with our ongoing end of the year coverage here* 2019 delivered a surplus of top-notch horror releases with all the bleak subject matter, memorable jolts and gory kills a genre fan could ask for. Yet some of the year’s scariest moments were located in completely unexpected places – like upbeat superhero romps, brightly […]
For those longtime fans of Valve’s Left 4 Dead series, the road to seeing a third installment is still a long ways off. That hasn’t stopped the modding community, which has been active in the game for years. The latest achievement is “Chernobyl”, a massive custom campaign that’s taken over nine years to develop, and […]
I love Christmas horror movies. The juxtaposition of lighthearted, wholesome family traditions with unbridled murder and mayhem can either be a powerful message about religion, consumerism and/or family values or, if that’s too tall an order, just a wacky series of ironic contradictions. At their best, Christmas horror movies bring out the subversive streak in […]
As they did with Mortal Kombat 11 (to varying degrees of success, for some), McFarlane Toys will be creating a series of action figures based on CD Projekt Red’s upcoming sci-fi RPG, Cyberpunk 2077. While no details are forthcoming at the moment in regards to pictures or details on the figures themselves, McFarlane has put […]
Gregory Jacobs‘ Wind Chill reminds us that Halloween isn’t the only holiday that can yield ghoulish results under the right conditions. When you get right down to it, Christmas has just the same potential for inspiring terror. Apart from snowy scares and pensive plot twists, this 2007 haunter proves that beneath a veil of pure […]
After doing almost all there is to do with Brutal DOOM, which had its version 21 released earlier this year, modder Sargeant Mark IV has gone back and created a newish mod called “Meatgrinder”. The mod is “newish” because it’s “meant to bring the dismemberments and explosions of Brutal Doom to a slaughterfest-friendly setting, in […]
Columbia Pictures has revealed one of the new “curses” from the R-rated The Grudge ahead of the film’s release in theaters on January 3, 2020. The Nicolas Pesce-directed film follows a detective (Andrea Riseborough) who investigates a serious of suspicious deaths all stemming from one house. Once she enters, the curse latches onto her and won’t let […]
Yeah, we know. The holidays are fast approaching, and you’ve probably gotten your gifts. But for those still looking for gifts (or wanting to gift yourself), and because it’s that thing websites do these days, we’ve compiled a list of horror games and game-related memorabilia that you might want to consider. No, it’s not our […]