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Academy Award winner Allison Janney (I, Tonya) stars alongside Jurnee Smollett (Birds of Prey) in Netflix‘s Lou, an upcoming action thriller that just received an official trailer today. Lou comes to Netflix on September 23. Watch the trailer below, which makes an action star out of Allison Janney. And it looks like she’s about to make even John Rambo proud. In Lou, “Thinking she’d put her dangerous past behind her, Lou (Allison Janney) finds her quiet life interrupted when a desperate mother (Jurnee Smollett) begs her to save her kidnapped...

Movie theaters bring entertainment and escapism. The smell of popcorn wafting through the air, the previews of coming attractions, and the communal reactions to seeing a movie on the big screen often bring a viewing experience that can’t be replicated elsewhere. It’s also a safe way to experience horror, as the terror is harmlessly confined to celluloid. But what if it isn’t…? This week’s streaming picks center around horror movies that feature or are set at the cinema. For the characters in these six titles, their haven becomes anything but...

One Day at Horrorland was originally published in February 1994 (Spine #16). The series adaptation aired on Saturday October 25 & Saturday November 1, 1997 (runtime: 22 minutes). My eyes glossed over as they watched the trees thin through the car window and give way to seemingly endless stretches of farmland. We had only been driving for a few hours but already I was drifting into the boorish mindlessness that only seemed to settle in on the longest, most meandering family road trips. Still, there was hope on the horizon, the...

Devolver Digital and developer Massive Monster have a hit on their hands with the recently-released Cult of the Lamb. The publisher took to Twitter to announce that Cult of the Lamb sold one million copies upon its first week of release across PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam, as well as release a new “accolades” trailer. Massive Monster isn’t one to rest on their laurels, however. In addition to the accolades trailer, the developer announced that they’re actively engaging with the game’s community, prepping a multitude of fixes, improvements...

One Day at Horrorland was originally published in February 1994 (Spine #16). The series adaptation aired on Saturday October 25 & Saturday November 1, 1997 (runtime: 22 minutes). My eyes glossed over as they watched the trees thin through the car window and give way to seemingly endless stretches of farmland. We had only been driving for a few hours but already I was drifting into the boorish mindlessness that only seemed to settle in on the longest, most meandering family road trips. Still, there was hope on the horizon, the...

One Day at Horrorland was originally published in February 1994 (Spine #16). The series adaptation aired on Saturday October 25 & Saturday November 1, 1997 (runtime: 22 minutes). My eyes glossed over as they watched the trees thin through the car window and give way to seemingly endless stretches of farmland. We had only been driving for a few hours but already I was drifting into the boorish mindlessness that only seemed to settle in on the longest, most meandering family road trips. Still, there was hope on the horizon, the...

Esther is back in brand new Orphan prequel movie Orphan: First Kill, and you can see it in select theaters, buy it on Digital, and stream it on Paramount+ NOW, August 19th! Paramount has provided us with 20 CODES to watch Orphan: First Kill free of charge, and all you have to do to enter to win one is fill out the form you’ll find embedded below. U.S. entries only, and we’ll pick the winners over the weekend. Good luck! Isabelle Fuhrman is reprising the role of Esther thanks to clever production trickery, and William...

Bloody Disgusting’s Beast review is spoiler-free. Much like 1977’s Orca, Beast begins with a cruel inciting event that births an unrelenting force of revenge that unleashes its wrath upon all those who cross its path. In this case, a lion prowling the African bush after poachers ruthlessly slaughtered its entire pride. The Orca-like setup instantly sways allegiances in the lion’s favor and follows a straightforward formula, but the care put into its characters and propulsive thrills keep you engaged. Dr. Nate Samuels (Idris Elba) brings his two daughters, Mere (Iyana Halley) and Norah (Leah...

Up next from Netflix and Mike Flanagan (“The Haunting of Hill House,” “Midnight Mass”) is “The Midnight Club,” a series adaptation of Christopher Pike‘s 1994 novel that will also adapt other Pike stories. “The Midnight Club” is set to premiere on October 7, and a preview piece that just ran on Vanity Fair this morning is loaded with new insights – and new images. For starters, you may be wondering which OTHER Christopher Pike stories are going to find their way into Netflix’s “The Midnight Club,” and Vanity Fair has spilled the beans. The website...

I remember celebrating New Years Eve on December 31st, 2019 with high hopes and ambitions. A new decade! A fresh slate–a new start. Then the shit show that was 2020 ensued and you know the rest. However, before the horror of COVID-19 hit, I was served an appetizer of trauma that solidified 2020 as the most challenging year of my life. And despite what you may hear in the news about how awful video games are–how they rot people’s brains and poison the youth–horror games in particular were vital in...

According to the horror genre, summer camps are teeming with killers and other unusual dangers. These seasonal getaways designed for adventure and fun quickly turn into fights for survival. And it’s not just in the movies where a young camper’s sleeping bag doubles as their body bag; books also present camps as hotbeds of death, murder and mystery. Carol Ellis’ 1993 young-adult novel Camp Fear joins the popular club of sleepaway terror when the characters find themselves menaced one summer. And as the title of this Point Horror entry suggests,...

Teased by Saber Interactive yesterday, the team has confirmed this afternoon that Mia Allen from the Evil Dead remake will be joining Evil Dead: The Game this coming September. Saber reveals in today’s Instagram update (embedded below), “Mia Allen is coming to Evil Dead: The Game as a Survivor this September as part of our next DLC update! “Mia is included in Season Pass 1. Stay tuned for more news on the next update which will also include free content for all.” Mia was played by Jane Levy in the 2013 movie,...

The small but effective subgenre of “adoption horror” has a certain formula it follows. The newly adopted gradually dismantles the family unit, whether that means manipulating the systems around them or simply taking matters into their own little hands. Then, once someone gets wise to the evildoing, they either stop the young threat or they die trying. As entertaining as these kinds of movies are, they tread a well-worn path. Orphan upholds many of the same conventions as its ilk, however this 2009 movie also brings something new and exciting...

Before diving into this week’s Bioshock discussion, would you kindly give last week’s episode covering Hunt: Showdown a listen? At the inception of Safe Room, Neil and I had both made mental checklists of games we simply HAD to talk about on the show. Games that we felt so passionately about that one of us would have to whack the other with a stick to get a word in edgewise. For me, that game would be Bioshock.  Experiencing the descent to the underwater dystopia of Rapture will forever be a...