Jason Reitman‘s Ghostbusters: Afterlife, a sequel to the original classic(s), was originally supposed to be released in theaters last summer, but we all know what happened there. At this moment in time, the film is set for theatrical release on November 11, 2021, so we’re not looking at “The Summer of Ghostbusters” but rather the […]
A man dressed as a bat fighting a murderous clown. Sinning gargoyles hunting down a child with magical powers. A goblin tossing pumpkins at a teenager bitten by a deadly spider. No, these aren’t technically horror films, but superhero epics share more in common with the genre than you might think. Scholar Judith Hess Wright […]
Zack Snyder‘s 4-hour “Snyder Cut” of DC superhero movie Justice League is coming exclusively to HBO Max on March 18, and the new trailer we were promised has arrived today. The “Snyder Cut” is said to be quite a bit different and a whole lot darker than the film’s theatrical cut, with both Jared Leto‘s Joker from Suicide Squad (sporting […]
Sick of love? Consider this the Anti-Valentine’s Day round-up of horror movies guaranteed to put you off romance for a while. The lovesick characters featured here push well past healthy boundaries into squeamish and taboo-breaking territory. The polar opposite of relationship goals, these eight movies offer some of the most twisted and diseased explorations of […]
We’ve got a fresh double dose of good news on the Paranormal Activity front for ya tonight via THR, with the site reporting that Christopher Landon (Happy Death Day, Freaky) is officially on board to write the franchise’s next installment for Blumhouse. And the news gets even better, as William Eubank, fresh off last year’s […]
If you’ve seen Rubén Galindo Jr.’s Don’t Panic, recently released on Vinegar Syndrome Blu-ray, you probably took note of the pajamas main character Michael wears in the film. Granted, it’s a pretty obscure outfit from a pretty obscure movie, but Vinegar Syndrome is all about celebrating obscurity and they’re doing precisely that with a replica […]
Spoilers ahead for Cube, The Predator, and Come Play. Proceed at your own risk. When describing the feeling of being considered “the other”, it has occurred to me how often this feeling is used to accurately process the horror genre. Horror has never truly felt like a “niche” aspect of cinema in terms of general […]
The major horror movie player on the awards circuit this year is Shudder and director Jayro Bustamante‘s La Llorona, which has been nominated in the Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language category at the 78th annual Golden Globe Awards. And after being submitted by Guatemala last year, La Llorona has now made the Oscars shortlist […]
Back in 2019, the Octavia Spencer-starring Ma scared up over $60 million at the worldwide box office on a $5 million production budget, with the film’s finale suggesting that the titular villain died in a fiery blaze. Of course, nobody is ever really dead in the world of horror movies, especially when we’re talking about […]
It’s only a matter of time. Two brand new thrillers are on the way from M. Night Shyamalan and Universal, and the first one coming soon is titled Old. Out of the Super Bowl tonight, the trailer has arrived. Shyamalan’s career has been on the “return to form” path for the past several years, returning to the […]