All the talk of BillyTime!Games‘ ROM hack of Ghostbusters on the Sega Genesis got us thinking of other horror-themed ROM hacks that you may not be aware of. Obviously, the topics of ROM hacking and video game emulation are reserved for a different website, but that shouldn’t stop us from touching on them for this […]
After premiering on Fandor last fall, the SXSW genre-bender Jethica is now streaming on the Bloody Disgusting-powered SCREAMBOX! Variety hailed Jethica as an “ingenious, deadpan horror-satire that asks, ‘Can you ghost a ghost?’” Now that the movie has been available to stream for a few weeks, we’re sharing this hilarious SPOILERY trailer that counts off how many times a character says […]
After giving fans a taste of what to expect during last month’s Future Games Show, developer World Makers has announced that their upcoming horror social deduction multiplayer game Deceit 2 will arrive on Steam and consoles on August 31st. In addition, for those attending TwitchCon Paris, you can get a chance to play the game […]
The first wave of Popcorn Frights Film Festival unleashed new premieres and repertory screenings in 3D, and the festival’s second wave announcement today brings more can’t miss horror events. The fest is back this year for its ninth edition, both in-person and virtually, from August 10-20 in Fort Lauderdale, South Beach and virtually nationwide. Highlights from […]
Earlier this year, we covered Aliens: Colonial Marines, which may have put the player into the boots of the galaxy’s toughest soldiers, but fundamentally misunderstood what made James Cameron’s 1986 classic Aliens timelessly terrifying. So, color me surprised when the latest attempt at bottling that magic, Aliens: Dark Descent, not only replicates the tension and […]
Australian horror film Psychosis aims to bring psychedelic, violent madness to Popcorn Frights Film Festival next month, and Bloody Disgusting has been provided with exclusive images and a clip that highlights the hyper-stylized feature. Popcorn Frights describes the film, “Stylishly gloomy tour-de-force of grainy high-contrast black-and-white photography, Psychosis offers a polarizing whirl of arresting visuals […]
In Thomas Wilde’s review of the Callisto Protocol last December, he wrote that the game could have used more time in development to reach the full potential of what developer Striking Distance was going for. In the last seven months, the game has received patches fixing bugs and adding new game modes, including New Game+ and a […]
In true fashion, the inspiration for the Japanese horror film Bldg. N is an urban legend. In the early 2000s, there was a media storm about the “poltergeist apartments” in Tomika, Gifu. This new complex lured many tenants with its cheap rent, but they gradually cleared out once the paranormal activity began and the news coverage became […]
A while back, when we had celebrated the 30th anniversary of Trilobyte’s The 7th Guest, a few of you got nostalgic for the heyday of Full Motion Video (FMV) horror games. So, what better way to scratch that itch than with a selection of titles from the genre’s peak? Now obviously, there’s more to the […]
Actor Nicolas Cage finally gave his spin on the world’s most iconic vampire, Dracula, in this year’s Renfield. Director James Wan (Insidious, Saw, The Conjuring) recently revealed on Instagram that Cage nearly played the bloodsucking Count just over a decade ago. In 2009, Wan revealed that he was in the early process of adapting Castlevania for the big screen. Wan told Bloody Disgusting out of SDCC that “I’m very […]