Horror News

Beware! Spoilers for the work of Stephen King abound.  Stephen King has always been a self-referential writer. In addition to his poignant memoir On Writing and a multitude of forwards and afterwards in his Uncle Steve voice, the Master of Horror tends to inject his fiction with characters that bear a striking resemblance to his own persona. Equating writing with therapy, he often seems to be working through issues that underlie his novels and one can often pick out themes and seasons of life peeking through the windows of his...

Following the one-two punch of 1986’s Witchboard and 1988’s Night of the Demons — both of which yielded sizable profits in the video store market — filmmaker Kevin Tenney was eager to return to his independent roots and make a movie without interference. He and his team managed to raise $400,000 with the caveat that it had to be used within a short time frame. As a result, Tenney wrote the script in a mere six days. The result is 1989’s Witchtrap, so named in a thinly-veiled effort to capitalize...

The following contains major spoilers for Season 2 of Yellowjackets.  With a thrilling sophomore season, Showtime’s Yeliowjackets has cemented its place among the year’s best television. Picking up two months after Jackie’s (Ella Purnell) devastating death, the show’s 90s timeline reunites us with the stranded soccer players now struggling to survive in the dead of winter. The highly anticipated season premier ends with a shocking act of cannibalism: desperate for food, Shauna (Sophie Nélisse) impulsively pops Jackie’s severed ear into her mouth an instant before the credits roll. This appetizer...

The cast continues to grow for big screen sequel Mortal Kombat 2, adding four new cast members to play popular characters from the video game series. Deadline reports today that Martyn Ford (“The Sandman”), Desmond Chiam (“The Falcon and the Winter Soldier”), Ana Thu Nguyen (Suka) and Damon Herriman (House of Wax, The Nightingale) have signed on to play Shao Kahn, Edenian King Jerrod, Queen Sindel, and Netherrealm demon Quan Chi respectively. It’s interesting to note that Herriman previously voiced the role of Kabal in the 2021 film. Plot details remain scarce for the sequel,...

Shudder‘s infectious found footage horror-comedy Deadstream finally heads home to Blu-ray, including a WALMART Exclusive Steelbook, starting July 18, 2023. Even better news is that the release comes loaded with special features worthy of this funhouse horror-comedy debut. Take a peek at the limited Steelbook and special features below. Deadstream follows a disgraced internet personality who attempts to win back his followers by livestreaming one night alone in a haunted house. But when he accidentally pisses off a vengeful spirit, his big comeback event becomes a real-time fight for his life....

There are nearly 500 anti-LGBTQ+ bills currently advancing through state legislatures. Many bills specifically target drag shows or other public performances–censoring or outright banning them. Of course, there are also plenty of Don’t Say Gay bills, bathroom bills, and other anti-trans bills circulating in this country. It’s a terrifying time to be queer. Such lawmaking creates an atmosphere of fear, hate, and violence, and it’s difficult to find joy. Joy, such an elusive experience these days. But I found the joy I so desperately needed recently with Wesley Taylor and...

After Harrison’s heads up a few weeks back, Behaviour Interactive’s latest DLC for Dead by Daylight is out today in “END TRANSMISSION”. The Chapter 28 DLC introduces sci-fi horror to the asymmetrical horror game, complete with a new Killer, new Survivor, and a new map. The new Map, Toba Landing, is composed of three areas. The first features buildings left from a greedy corporation named Huxlee whose goal was to explore and exploit new worlds. The second, an ominous jungle and the third, some remnants of an ancient civilization. Navigating...

Richard Franklin has been called “The Australian Hitchcock” and 1981’s Road Games is the movie that earned him that title. Unlike many of his contemporaries, however, Franklin did not particularly emulate Hitchcock’s visual style. Instead, he learned how to structure a story and effectively build a sense of dread from the Master of Suspense. He also learned the importance of adding healthy doses of humor along the way to make the suspense even more effective. Though Hitchcock is Franklin’s greatest influence, there is plenty of John Ford and Howard Hawks,...

After revealing Dragon’s Dogma 2 a few weeks back, Capcom has given fans a bit more info on the sequel to the 2012 original. Dragon’s Dogma 2 director Hideaki Itsuno appeared during the Capcom Showcase to explain some of the improvements made with the sequel over the first game. As before in the previous game, Dragon’s Dogma 2 will make use of the Pawn system, AI-controlled companions that will join you on your quest. In addition to customizing their main character, the Arisen, players can also personalize their main Pawn,...

Apogee has announced that their cyberpunk boomer shooter Turbo Overkill will finally be set for release next month on July 18th. As well, developer Trigger Happy Interactive has launched the first part of the final episode for the throwback shooter, entitled “The Final Episode, Part 1” (naturally) via Steam Early Access and GOG, with the second half launching alongside the final game. The release of Turbo Overkill: The Final Episode, Part 1 kicks destruction into overdrive with five new Syn-enhanced, ability-boosting augments: paint the town red with dual chainsaw arms, and...

Lionsgate are obviously riding the success of the John Wick series with the upcoming Ballerina spinoff and “The Continental” TV series. And not only is John Wick 5 also in development, but Wick will be making a return to video games, as well. According to the latest Lionsgate earnings call (via Comicbook), Lionsgate Motion Picture Group President Joe Drake confirmed that a fifth John Wick is in early development. Along with that, the studio is looking to expand beyond film, including “in the AAA video game space,” as well as...

Spare no expense! After closing out May with the first half of our dino double feature in Tammy and the T-Rex, we’re kicking off June (and concluding the double feature) with a look at Steven Spielberg‘s 1993 classic Jurassic Park! In the film, wealthy businessman John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) and a team of genetic scientists have created a wildlife park filled with dinosaurs. When industrial sabotage leads to a catastrophic shutdown of the park’s power facilities and security precautions, a small group of visitors, including Hammond’s grandchildren (Ariana Richards and Joseph Mazello),...

For the longest time, animation has been hindered by a misguided notion that animated movies are meant for kids. Sure, there have always been popular outliers like the infamous Fritz the Cat and 1981’s Heavy Metal, but it was only recently that animation began to be legitimized by the industry at large (even if that’s mostly due to a handful of auteurs like Guillermo del Toro publicly defending animation as a medium instead of a genre). Unfortunately, this means that plenty of edgier animated projects ended up slipping through the...

The spirit of Stuart Gordon is alive and well in Joe Lynch’s Suitable Flesh. The adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s “The Thing on the Doorstep,” written by Dennis Paoli (Re-Animator, From Beyond, Dagon), and produced by Brian Yuzna and Barbara Crampton, seamlessly inserts itself into Gordon’s Lovecraftian cinematic world from its opening scene set in a hospital that’s instantly evocative of Re-Animator. Lynch captures the humorous, oft-sexy tone of Gordon’s ‘80s/’90s Lovecraftian horror output while putting his own stamp on it through keen instincts and modern storytelling. Psychiatrist Dr. Elizabeth Derby (Heather Graham) had it all; a doting husband in Edward (Johnathon...