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I have worked professionally in podcasting for over a decade, and I think it’s helpful to know what other people in my field are up to. So I do my best to at least sample any podcast I am recommended, and as a result I am currently subscribed (this is not a joke or exaggeration) to over one hundred shows. Any downtime I have, I’ll throw on a podcast. My wife says that my headphones are how I interact with the world. Anyway, I’ve listened to countless hours of podcasts...

A holiday as conspicuous as Christmas will undoubtedly attract the most thrills and chills at this time of year. In the past, TV’s genre anthologies have been a remarkable and plentiful source of wintry terror, be that of the Christmas variety or otherwise. The original Twilight Zone submitted the strangest of strange holiday stories, Tales from the Darkside provided the macabre classics “Seasons of Belief” and “The Yattering and Jack,” and Tales from the Crypt put a new spin on the EC-era slasher “And All Through the House.” Christmas horror...

A holiday as conspicuous as Christmas will undoubtedly attract the most thrills and chills at this time of year. In the past, TV’s genre anthologies have been a remarkable and plentiful source of wintry terror, be that of the Christmas variety or otherwise. The original Twilight Zone submitted the strangest of strange holiday stories, Tales from the Darkside provided the macabre classics “Seasons of Belief” and “The Yattering and Jack,” and Tales from the Crypt put a new spin on the EC-era slasher “And All Through the House.” Christmas horror...

A holiday as conspicuous as Christmas will undoubtedly attract the most thrills and chills at this time of year. In the past, TV’s genre anthologies have been a remarkable and plentiful source of wintry terror, be that of the Christmas variety or otherwise. The original Twilight Zone submitted the strangest of strange holiday stories, Tales from the Darkside provided the macabre classics “Seasons of Belief” and “The Yattering and Jack,” and Tales from the Crypt put a new spin on the EC-era slasher “And All Through the House.” Christmas horror...

One of several upcoming spinoffs from the main series is “The Walking Dead: Dead City,” which is set in New York City and will be premiering on AMC sometime in early 2023. Check out some first-look images while you wait. “Dead City” is centered on Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) and Maggie (Lauren Cohan), two characters who have long been at odds with one another. In the main show’s most shocking moment, Negan of course brutally murdered Maggie’s husband Glenn, but the two have surprisingly been able to work together in...

One of several upcoming spinoffs from the main series is “The Walking Dead: Dead City,” which is set in New York City and will be premiering on AMC sometime in early 2023. Check out some first-look images while you wait. “Dead City” is centered on Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) and Maggie (Lauren Cohan), two characters who have long been at odds with one another. In the main show’s most shocking moment, Negan of course brutally murdered Maggie’s husband Glenn, but the two have surprisingly been able to work together in...

HBO Max just released their “Coming Soon in 2023” preview video, and included in the mix is our first look at the brand new season of “True Detective,” “True Detective: Night Country.” Issa López (Tigers Are Not Afraid) wrote the brand new season, which will star Jodie Foster and Kali Reis. Check out some first-look footage in the HBO Max preview video below. John Hawkes (Deadwood, Winter’s Bone), Christopher Eccleston (The Leftovers), Fiona Shaw (Killing Eve), Finn Bennett (Domina) and Anna Lambe (Three Pines) will also star. “The series is centered around Detectives Liz Danvers (Foster) and Evangeline Navarro who...

Acclaimed cinematographer Justin Janowitz has finished post-production on his secretive feature directorial debut Do Not Watch, and we’ve got your first look. The film – which was directed by Janowitz from a screenplay by Ryan Toyama, was shot on location in and around the environs of Los Angeles. Produced by Circa 1888’s JP Ouellette, Dylan Matlock, and Nico Falls, Do Not Watch is their follow-up to the critically acclaimed, BAFTA & Saturn Award nominated feature Mass, which world premiered at Sundance in 2021 and went on to win the Robert...

The 1996 action-adventure blockbuster Twister is getting a big screen sequel from Universal Pictures all these years later, and Lee Isaac Chung (Minari) is on board to direct the movie. Today we’ve learned that Twisters (Yes, Twisters) is coming to theaters on July 19, 2024. Deadline reports, “Following an extensive search that had a number of top directors chasing the job, sources tell Deadline that Oscar-nominated Minari director Lee Isaac Chung is in early talks to helm Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment’s Twisters.” Last we heard, the hope was to bring Helen Hunt back for the sequel, which is said to...

These days it seems like Christmas and horror go together like hot cocoa and candy canes sharpened to a deadly point, but in the long history of film, this is a relatively recent development. Of course there are a few exceptions, but before 1972, it was a rarity to enjoy a vicious Christmas at the local theater. As to why horror was not set at Christmas for so long is an interesting question. Perhaps it was considered off limits to use what many consider a sacred holiday for such dark...

Published in 2015 and praised by Stephen King and Clive Barker, Nick Cutter‘s underwater horror novel “The Deep” is getting a series adaptation at Amazon, Deadline reports. C. Henry Chaisson (Antlers, “Servant”) is writing the series for Amazon Studios. Clive Barker called the novel “utterly terrifying,” while Stephen King similarly raved that The Deep “scared the hell out of me…. it’s old school horror at its best.” “Set in the near future, The Deep centers on a research station at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, where a miraculous discovery signals...

Published in 2015 and praised by Stephen King and Clive Barker, Nick Cutter‘s underwater horror novel “The Deep” is getting a series adaptation at Amazon, Deadline reports. C. Henry Chaisson (Antlers, “Servant”) is writing the series for Amazon Studios. Clive Barker called the novel “utterly terrifying,” while Stephen King similarly raved that The Deep “scared the hell out of me…. it’s old school horror at its best.” “Set in the near future, The Deep centers on a research station at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, where a miraculous discovery signals...

2023 isn’t too far away, and for Ripout fans, that means the game is that much closer to release. As a holiday treat, developer Pet Project Games and 3D Realms have unveiled a new gameplay trailer for Ripout, showing off the improvements the studio has been implementing ahead of the game’s launch on PC via Steam, PlayStation 5, and the Xbox Series. In case you need reminding, Ripout (which was part of Steam Next Fest earlier this year) is a co-op sci-fi horror FPS with customisable biotech weapon combat that...

Identical White Boys After bouncing all over the place in November with episodes on Knives and Skin, Starship Troopers, Perfect Blue and Addams Family Values, we’re settling into a few weeks of themed ‘Winter Horror’ discussions. Last week was Joel Schumacher’s deliciously queer camp Batman & Robin and this week, we’re back in Rural Horror territory with the cannibal prequel origin story we didn’t know we wanted in Declan O’Brien‘s Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings (2011). In the film, a group of college kids embark on a ski/snowmobile weekend when they get...