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Christopher Pike knows his way around death, but how the author approaches the act of mortality in The Midnight Club is unique, even for him. In spite of the foreboding blurb and Brian Kotzky‘s creepy artwork, this 1994 book isn’t about young people dying at the hands of an external threat. Here death comes from within; the main characters are killed by maladies, not maledictions or madmen. With the setting being a hospice, the outcome is known from the start. Yet how it all plays out is unpredictable. I belong...

Last year, HBO Max embraced the Halloween spirit with a horror hub that assembled frights for all ages. That entailed an interactive IT-inspired trio of doors labeled “Not Scary,” “Scary,” and “Very Scary,” that featured revolving horror titles. This year, HBO Max is back with a brand new seasonal hub that comes with a different holiday-inspired interactive element. HBO Max will launch its “House of Halloween” spotlight page on October 1, assembling all its seasonal appropriate films, specials, Halloween episodes, and more. As for the interactive element, “House of Halloween” will...

Hulu’s Hellraiser, a reimagining of Clive Barker’s 1987 horror classic from director David Bruckner, will debut in the U.S. exclusively on Hulu on October 7, which means we’re just about one week away from the return of the franchise. Jamie Clayton is playing the iconic Hell Priest in the new movie, a fresh new take on the character played by Doug Bradley in the past. Clayton explains in a new interview, “This film’s version of the Priest is now a woman, which takes the burden off the audience of trying to compare the performance...

It’s not even out yet, but developer Brass Token has decided to get the hype buzzing for their cosmic horror title The Chant by releasing a brand-new trailer that focuses on the accolades from the previews by various publications. To be fair, The Chant sounds (no pun intended) awesome, and after the game’s showing at Gamescom last month, it only makes sense to keep the momentum going with this accolades trailer. Particularly, it helps to ease the pain of what was originally an October release. The Chant is a third-person...

Aliens are headed to the arctic in the upcoming sci-fi invasion film Slash/Back, which opens in limited theaters, Digital HD, and VOD platforms on October 21, 2022, via RLJE Films and Shudder. In Slash/Back, “Set in Pangnirtung, Nunavut, a sleepy hamlet nestled in the majestic mountains of Baffin Island in the Arctic Ocean, Slash/Back opens as the village wakes up to a typical summer day. No School, no cool boys (well… except one), and 24-hour sunlight. But for Maika and her ragtag friends, the usual summer is suddenly not in the cards...

In typical Ryan Reynolds fashion, it was revealed on social media this afternoon that not only is Deadpool coming back soon, but he’s bringing Hugh Jackman along with him. The third installment in the Deadpool franchise, and Deadpool’s first official foray into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, will be opening in theaters on September 6, 2024! And yes, Hugh Jackman will be back as Wolverine one more time in Deadpool 3, reprising the role he had allegedly played for the final time in Logan back in 2017. You can watch the...

Since the dawn of genre cinema, horror movies have been thrilling audiences with gruesome death scenes at the hands of monsters and madmen. Over time, filmmakers even came up with the Slasher subgenre to thrill bloodthirsty audiences with a specific hunger for over-the-top simulated murder. Of course, some of these cinematic deaths were bound to be stranger than others, with killers often utilizing unexpected tools to get the gruesome job done. With that in mind, we recently published an article spotlighting six unusual weapons in horror movies, hoping to celebrate...

Eat my c**t. After looking at two very different types of queer-coded bromances in Robert Eggers’ The Lighthouse and Ron Underwood’s Tremors, we took a trip to Poland to analyze the trans allegory in the mermaid horror musical The Lure before heading back into the twisted mind of Clive Barker to discuss his infamous directorial debut, Hellraiser. This week, we’re doing a deep dive into Luca Guadagnino‘s 2018 remake of Dario Argento‘s 1977 classic Suspiria. In the film, Susie Bannion (Dakota Johnson) is an American woman and former Mennonite who enrolls...

Netflix continues to build up its Netflix Games service with the addition of Night School Studio’s narrative-driven supernatural horror adventure game OXENFREE to the service. The studio’s award-winning debut title is available for free to download on iOS and Android devices ad free. In case you need reminding, players in OXENFREE take on the role of Alex, a bright, rebellious teenager who brings her new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight party on Edwards Island, . The night takes a terrifying turn when the group of friends unwittingly open a ghostly rift...

Netflix continues to build up its Netflix Games service with the addition of Night School Studio’s narrative-driven supernatural horror adventure game OXENFREE to the service. The studio’s award-winning debut title is available for free to download on iOS and Android devices ad free. In case you need reminding, players in OXENFREE take on the role of Alex, a bright, rebellious teenager who brings her new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight party on Edwards Island, . The night takes a terrifying turn when the group of friends unwittingly open a ghostly rift...

Netflix made some announcements regarding the future of their “The Witcher” franchise during Tudum 2022 this afternoon, including news on the upcoming Season 3. For starters, spinoff series “The Witcher: Blood Origin” is coming to Netflix in December 2022, we learned during Tudum, which is set to be a prequel to the main series. “The Witcher: Blood Origin” is set in an elven world 1200 years before the world of “The Witcher” and will tell a story lost to time – the creation of the first prototype Witcher, and the...

Netflix made some announcements regarding the future of their “The Witcher” franchise during Tudum 2022 this afternoon, including news on the upcoming Season 3. For starters, spinoff series “The Witcher: Blood Origin” is coming to Netflix in December 2022, we learned during Tudum, which is set to be a prequel to the main series. “The Witcher: Blood Origin” is set in an elven world 1200 years before the world of “The Witcher” and will tell a story lost to time – the creation of the first prototype Witcher, and the...

The Final Destination franchise is being retooled with a brand new movie, with Jon Watts (Clown, Cop Car, Spider-Man: No Way Home) on board as producer. Watts is producing the sixth installment of the franchise for HBO Max, with Lori Evans Taylor (“Wicked Wicked Games”) and Guy Busick (Scream 2021) writing Final Destination 6. As an update today, THR reports that Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein (Freaks) have been brought on board to direct Final Destination 6, with the plot under wraps. Speaking with Dread Central, Final Destination creator Jeffrey Reddick recently teased what we can expect, suggesting the new movie will...

The Final Destination franchise is being retooled with a brand new movie, with Jon Watts (Clown, Cop Car, Spider-Man: No Way Home) on board as producer. Watts is producing the sixth installment of the franchise for HBO Max, with Lori Evans Taylor (“Wicked Wicked Games”) and Guy Busick (Scream 2021) writing Final Destination 6. As an update today, THR reports that Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein (Freaks) have been brought on board to direct Final Destination 6, with the plot under wraps. Speaking with Dread Central, Final Destination creator Jeffrey Reddick recently teased what we can expect, suggesting the new movie will...