Horror News

It’s been months since the bombshell dropped Evil Dead and Don’t Breathe director Fede Alvarez will both write and direct a brand new Alien movie for Ridley Scott and 20th Century Studios. Momentum for the project heats up with news that it may have found its star. Deadline reports that Cailee Spaeny (The Craft: Legacy, Pacific Rim Uprising) is in talks to lead the film, “Spaeny has been the top choice for the lead role for some time following several meetings with producers and Alvarez.” The project is described as “an original standalone feature” and is expected...

We’re keeping the Halloween season going with yet another awesome addition to our SCREAMBOX streaming platform, Vietnamese Horror Story, a kickass new horror anthology that broke box office records in Vietnam. It is streaming right now on SCREAMBOX alongside new additions Terrifier 2, Deep Fear, and All Jacked Up and Full of Worms. Terrifying tales of horror and the undead come to life in three unsettling stories inspired by Vietnamese urban legends and folklore. “The feature, directed by Tran Huu Tan, comprises three chapters and follows an actress seeking everlasting beauty; a magician...

We’re keeping the Halloween season going with yet another awesome addition to our SCREAMBOX streaming platform, Vietnamese Horror Story, a kickass new horror anthology that broke box office records in Vietnam. It is streaming right now on SCREAMBOX alongside new additions Terrifier 2, Deep Fear, and All Jacked Up and Full of Worms. Terrifying tales of horror and the undead come to life in three unsettling stories inspired by Vietnamese urban legends and folklore. “The feature, directed by Tran Huu Tan, comprises three chapters and follows an actress seeking everlasting beauty; a magician...

A “gripping whodunit that’s also an Edgar Allan Poe origin story,” Netflix‘s The Pale Blue Eye first comes to select theaters on December 23, 2022, while the film will begin streaming on Netflix on January 6, 2023. The Pale Blue Eye was directed by Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart, Antlers) and stars Christian Bale alongside Harry Melling as Edgar Allan Poe. Christian Bale portrays retired detective Augustus Landor, tasked with investigating a series of murders. Check out another fresh look at Bale in the film via the official poster below. What’s particularly interesting about this project for horror...

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...