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Bloody Disgusting has learned that London/Singapore-based international content investment studio 108 Media will finance, co-develop, and produce the upcoming premium live-action supernatural-action returning series “Nightshade” (6 x 60 minute episodes) with co-showrunners Simon Uttley and Neil Marshall, who will be directing the pilot.Sprung from the deep genre wellspring of the Marshall-Uttley writing partnership, the world of “Nightshade” is set in a bustling 18th century English port city visited by a diverse manner of international traders, rogues, and vagabonds. We meet our heroine – the half English and half Indian outcast Lizzie...

Lynn Lowry achieved cult status early in her career, thanks to her work in the likes of George A. Romero’s The Crazies, David Cronenberg’s Shivers, and Paul Schrader’s Cat People. At the age of 75 and with over 100 acting credits under her belt, she’s still going stronger than ever. I recently caught up with the prolific horror icon at the Shawna Shea Film Festival in Worcester, Massachusetts. She was in attendance to accept a Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of her work in independent cinema, so we took the...

Being outshone is never fun. That was unfortunately the case for Resident Evil Zero when it was released the same year as the acclaimed Resident Evil remake. Having to follow up the latter’s success, especially when taking into account that RE0 was in development for far longer than the remake, it seemed that the prequel faced an insurmountable task. The game still sold well, but 20 years later, it would seem that Resident Evil Zero has been left by the wayside by Capcom and its fans. But is that fair?...

You never forget your first sleepover. Especially if you happen to have an insatiable appetite for human flesh. Suspiria director Luca Guadagnino and writer David Kajganich reteam for a new genre film, Bones and All, an adaptation of Camille DeAngelis‘s novel. This time they take on an achingly tender and thoughtful coming-of-age romance between a pair of cannibals with an insatiable need to devour flesh.  Bones and All has been acquired for worldwide release by the Amazon-owned MGM, and the film will be released in select theaters on November 18 then everywhere on November 23, 2022. Check...

Lynn Lowry achieved cult status early in her career, thanks to her work in the likes of George A. Romero’s The Crazies, David Cronenberg’s Shivers, and Paul Schrader’s Cat People. At the age of 75 and with over 100 acting credits under her belt, she’s still going stronger than ever. I recently caught up with the prolific horror icon at the Shawna Shea Film Festival in Worcester, Massachusetts. She was in attendance to accept a Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of her work in independent cinema, so we took the...

Written and directed by John Swab (Ida Red), the horror movie Candy Land has just been acquired by Quiver Distribution for domestic release, Deadline reports this afternoon. The film will be released in theaters and on demand on January 6, 2023. “Candy Land follows Remy (Olivia Luccardi), a seemingly naïve and devout young woman, who finds herself cast out from her religious cult. With no place to turn, she immerses herself in the underground world of truck stop sex workers a.k.a. “lot lizards,” courtesy of her hosts, Sadie (Sam Quartin), Riley...

Written and directed by John Swab (Ida Red), the horror movie Candy Land has just been acquired by Quiver Distribution for domestic release, Deadline reports this afternoon. The film will be released in theaters and on demand on January 6, 2023. “Candy Land follows Remy (Olivia Luccardi), a seemingly naïve and devout young woman, who finds herself cast out from her religious cult. With no place to turn, she immerses herself in the underground world of truck stop sex workers a.k.a. “lot lizards,” courtesy of her hosts, Sadie (Sam Quartin), Riley...

SCREAMBOX is getting even crazier having acquired North American rights to Lukas Rinker‘s bonkers black comedy Holy Shit! from The Playmaker Munich out of this year’s American Film Market. Cinedigm will release Holy Shit! on the company’s Bloody Disgusting-powered SCREAMBOX streaming platform in early 2023. Scriptwriter and director Lukas Rinker has created an ultimate worst-case scenario that feels relatable yet unimaginable at the same time when Architect Frank awakens bloodily trapped inside a portable toilet standing on a construction site. “Architect Frank (Thomas Niehaus) regains consciousness in a locked portable...

Warning: This article contains spoilers for Season Two, Episode Six of “Chucky.” The second season of Don Mancini’s “Chucky” is rapidly approaching its finale, which means the pieces are slowly falling into place, and the characters’ paths are converging. It also means that the body count continues to rise as we near the end. This week’s episode, “He Is Risen Indeed,” delivered not one but three notable deaths worth paying tribute to. Here’s who we lost this week, and why their deaths are important to the show. Hulk Chucky This first...

Prepare to get weird with All Jacked Up and Full of Worms, Writer/Director Alex Phillips’ feature that has just landed on the Bloody Disgusting-powered streaming service SCREAMBOX and VOD platforms. The psychedelic freak-out movie makes for a wild ride that might test your gag reflex. In the film: “Working at a seedy motel, maintenance man Roscoe (Phillip Andre Botello) is always searching for his latest fix. When he stumbles upon a powerfully hallucinogenic worm, his days of dime-store drugs are over. Along with his new love interest (Trevor Dawkins), the pair embark...

Ti West’s X introduced Pearl (Mia Goth), a woman driven mad by her lust and yearning for youth that her husband attempts to hide from his unexpected boarding guests. She finds them anyway and satiates her desire with unhinged violence. Just how unhinged this killer is gets fleshed out further in the prequel Pearl, now available on Digital and out on Blu-ray on November 15, solidifying her ranks as one of horror’s most memorable female killers. Female killers compensate for their scarcity in horror with unpredictability, cruelty, and infectiously deranged personality. It’s...

Tim Burton is back with “Wednesday,” which is coming to Netflix on November 23, 2022. While you wait for the new series, you can watch the opening title sequence below. The opening sequence is appropriately spooky and very Tim Burton, spotlighting the show’s main cast while also teasing the overall vibe of Burton’s fresh vision for this world. Jenna Ortega stars in the new series as Wednesday Addams, with Luis Guzmán playing Gomez and Catherine Zeta-Jones playing Morticia in Tim Burton’s Netflix series. Christina Ricci will also appear in the show, playing a brand new role, with Fred Armisen...

The new horror movie Significant Other asks the question, “Is camping in the vast wilderness truly scary?” Despite Harry (Jake Lacy) trying to assure his anxious girlfriend (Maika Monroe) that everything’s okay, the actual answer to that question is of course, yes… It has been an exciting year for horror fans. Besides the return of several beloved franchises, original movies like the recent Smile, Barbarian, and notably, gore fest Terrifier 2 are doing bigger numbers. Hidden among the new, original horror is another new movie that’s one of the most...

The Conjuring Universe continues to grow with The Nun 2 and The Conjuring 4 on the way, but there’s one character no longer getting the spinoff treatment: The Crooked Man. Director James Wan took to Instagram recently to share throwback photos of his scene-stealing The Conjuring 2 character, played by Javier Botet. The behind-the-scenes images give a closer look at Botet in character and the vibrant red hues of his pinstripe suit.  Wan got ahead of the inevitable question with the news that the long-awaited spinoff for this character isn’t happening, at least for the foreseeable future. Wan wrote in...