Horror News

With 4th of July Weekend behind us, we’re now deep in the heart of summer, with big screen releases including Jordan Peele’s Nope and A24’s Bodies Bodies Bodies to look forward to. But let’s not get too far ahead of ourselves. It’s the first full week of July 2022, and six brand new horror movies are releasing right into your living room in the coming days… Here’s all the new horror arriving July 5-July 10, 2022! First up, Screen Media Ventures has released 11th Hour Cleaning today, July 5. The...

Acclaimed FX artist Tom Devlin has finished production on his feature directorial debut Teddy Told Me To, which is currently in post-production, Bloody Disgusting learned today. Revolving around the plight of a pair of haunters who set out to resurrect a shuttered Halloween haunt with a bloody past, Teddy Told Me To brings to the screen one of Devlin’s fan-favorite character makeup creations: the titular slasher “Teddy” originated in 2011 in SyFy’s popular special effects makeup reality series “Face Off”. Topher Hansson and Kamarra Cole star as the beleaguered haunter...

Scream Factory decided to unload this 4th of July with a trio of upcoming 4K UHD announcements, including the reveal of Fede Álvarez‘s 2013 remake of Evil Dead! John Carpenter’s The Fog will be getting a new 4K UHD release on September 13. And much like they’ve done with past Carpenter releases, Scream Factory are going all out with several editions, including a Limited Edition Steelbook, the film’s soundtrack on vinyl, enamel pins from Gutter Garbs, and a figure of Adrienne Barbeau‘s Stevie Wayne, courtesy of NECA. Extras are still...

It’s that time again; we’re halfway through another year. Already. The first half of 2022 was much lighter on theatrical releases than the heavily stacked back half. Even still, it held no shortage of fantastic horror releases. The genre has proven time and time again that it thrives in every format, and offerings have become downright overwhelming on VOD and streaming platforms. From highly-anticipated theatrical releases to knockout indie debuts and even some massively under-the-radar titles, 2022’s best horrors deliver on variety. As a refresher and to ensure great movies...

We’ve covered the fan-made Enhanced Edition of Silent Hill 2 several times in the past, with the last time being the developers were in the process of working on a new update. Well, that update is now live, complete with a lengthy video detailing just what the update holds for fans. For starters, Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition now has an installer for easy updating, as well as a launcher for tweaking the presentation. No more fiddling around with having to download the multiple packs that are part of the...

Crytek has revealed the details for their upcoming 1.9 update to their PvPvE shooter Hunt: Showdown. The update will not only address the usual fixes, but also comes with a wealth of tweaks and additions to the gameplay. For starters, the 1.9 update will address desync issues that players have experienced, namely the “teleporting” that some players have noticed while climbing up a hill, for example. The patch notes state that the devs “have improved the error correction in game which should allow for faster and fairer feedback in those...

Known to horror fans for his role as Lloyd the bartender in Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, we’ve learned the sad news this weekend that veteran actor Joe Turkel has passed away. Turkel was 94 years old, passing away at St. John’s Hospital in Santa Monica, California. In addition to his iconic role in The Shining, Joe Turkel also appeared in Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner just two years later, playing the creator of the Replicants, Dr. Eldon Tyrell. With 142 credits on a resume that dates back to 1949, Joe Turkel...

It’s that time again; we’re halfway through another year. Already. The first half of 2022 was much lighter on theatrical releases than the heavily stacked back half. Even still, it held no shortage of fantastic horror releases. The genre has proven time and time again that it thrives in every format, and offerings have become downright overwhelming on VOD and streaming platforms. From highly-anticipated theatrical releases to knockout indie debuts and even some massively under-the-radar titles, 2022’s best horrors deliver on variety. As a refresher and to ensure great movies...

Killer Collectibles highlights five of the most exciting new horror products released each and every week, from toys and apparel to artwork, records, and much more. Here are the coolest horror collectibles unveiled this week! The Invisible Man Action Figure from NECA The Invisible Man is joining NECA’s Universal Monsters ultimate action figure line, which already includes Frankenstein, The Wolf Man, and The Mummy. It’s due out in January of 2023 to kick off the 1933 classic monster movie’s 90th anniversary. Standing 7” tall, The Invisible Man comes with three interchangeable...

About a year after The Blair Witch Project took the box office by storm in 1999, Random House started publishing a series of tie-in novels in conjunction with Artisan Entertainment. The first film’s production designer and the director of two related features, Ben Rock, was also consulted about geography and lore. And to help reinforce the “based on true events” quality of Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez’s story, the author of The Blair Witch Files is Heather Donahue’s teenage cousin, Cade Merrill. This is a clever way of disguising the fact...

The first official “American Horror Story” spinoff, Ryan Murphy’s “American Horror Stories” returns for Season 2 on July 21, and FX on Hulu has unleashed the teaser trailer this afternoon. The “American Horror Stories” Season 2 teaser is filled with human-doll hybrids, suggesting that the new season will be going heavy on the creepy doll imagery. Then again, you never really know with “American Horror Story,” as early teasers can be deceiving… Today’s teaser trailer doesn’t appear to feature any actual footage from “American Horror Stories” Season 2, so it’s...

Since the dawn of the first horror movie, there have been genre fans yelling at the screen and criticizing ill-fated characters, often claiming that they would have made better decisions in their place. That’s why it’s only natural that the eventual rise of videogames would lead to digital media attempting to repackage that scary movie experience with an interactive twist. While we’re still a far cry from the completely immersive virtual reality that was promised to us by science fiction, interactive horror movies have come a long way since the...

Amazon Studios recently greenlit “The Horror of Dolores Roach,” based on the hit Gimlet podcast, and today Deadline has updated on the project with more casting news. Marc Maron (GLOW), Jean Yoon (Kim’s Convenience), Judy Reyes (Succession, Better Things), and Jeffery Self (Search Party) have all signed on for recurring roles in the series. Justina Machado (The Purge: Anarchy) will star in the title role, with the cast for the Amazon Prime series also including Alejandro Hernandez, Kita Updike, and K. Todd Freeman. “The eight-episode, half-hour series is a contemporary Sweeney Todd-inspired tale; a macabre urban...

Monolith Productions’ Blood is obviously a favourite of many PC gamers enthralled with 90s first-person shooters. And Nightdive Studio’s remaster of the game in Blood: Fresh Supply only further cemented the game as one of the most fun shooters a horror fan could play. And now Limited Run is getting in on the fun with their newly-announced Collector’s Edition, which is set to go on sale this Friday. The Collector’s Edition, which Nightdive Studio’s CEO (and Blood fan) Stephen Kick had a hand in crafting, will feature the remastered version...