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Film festivals are still attempting a comeback and this new variant is complicating things once again. Still, events are moving forward and the Slamdance Film Festival is set to return this coming January with another load of independent films that run parallel to the massive Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah (virtual screenings take place Jan. 20-30). I’ve identified two films in the Slamdance program that could be of note. The first and most likely to sit within our genre is the German thriller Be Right Back, directed by...

Next year kicks off with notable horror movies including Scream (1/14), Morbius (1/28), and The Black Phone (2/4), but you might not want to overlook Warhunt from Saban Films, a World War II-set horror movie that gives rise to a pretty impressive trailer this afternoon. Mickey Rourke, Jackson Rathbone (Twilight), and Robert Knepper star in the supernatural horror movie, In Theaters, On Demand and Digital on January 21st, 2022. The trailer begins very much like Overlord, with a plane going down and a group of soldiers uncovering a supernatural evil. The...

While Hammer Studios has been in business since 1934, it was between 1955 and 1979 that it towered as one of the premier sources of edgy, gothic horror. On top of ushering the famous monsters of Universal’s horror heyday back into the public eye, resurrecting the likes of Frankenstein, Dracula and the Mummy in vivid color, the studio invited performers like Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Ingrid Pitt and so many more to step into the genre limelight. Spanning a library housing over 300 films, Hammer Studios is a key part...

In 2015, Michael’s Dougherty’s tale of yuletide terror, Krampus, was released in theaters with a family-friendly PG-13 rating. That was less a way to draw in a broader audience and more of a means of appeasing the MPAA. Scream Factory, working under Dougherty’s supervision, has now restored those excised bits to deliver the definitive “Naughty Cut.” But there’s nothing all that naughty about this edition. The reinserted scenes are barely noticeable, and the shiny new 4k disc packed with special features earns this release a spot on Santa’s nice list. The...

‘Tis the season to watch holiday-themed horror, and we’re here to make that even easier for you. We’re breaking down the best holiday horror selections across the many streaming apps available to us, and we’ll be running individual articles for each of the big services. To begin, Shudder‘s robust horror library means no shortage of great offerings, many of which are curated in their “Unhappy Holidays” collection. Here are some of the highlights, along with a few outside selections and looser interpretations of holiday horror! Better Watch Out This title...

“I’m gonna get you and I’m gonna get Eddie… no matter what!” When the “Chucky” series was first announced, creator Don Mancini had promised that the show would “explore Chucky’s character with a depth that is uniquely afforded by the television series format,” and he sure wasn’t kidding. In addition to putting Chucky on a whole new quest for dominance, “Chucky” also dove deep into the origin story of Charles Lee Ray. Of course, the original Child’s Play began with Brad Dourif‘s Charles Lee Ray, the serial killer known as...

Fans of “The Walking Dead” should expect more zombie mayhem as AMC will bring “Fear the Walking Dead” back for an eighth season, it was announced this morning. Kim Dickens, who played fan-favorite character Madison Clark in Seasons 1 through 4, is set to return to the series. It was also revealed that Dickens, pictured below, will make her first appearance in the second half of Season 7, returning Sunday, April 17 on AMC, and continue as a series regular in Season 8. All episodes of “Fear the Walking Dead”...

Amazon’s Prime Video announced today the eight-episode pickup of the animated anthology series Diabolical, set in the universe of the Emmy-nominated hit The Boys! “Diabolical reveals unseen stories within The Boys universe, brought to life by some of the most creative minds in entertainment today, including Awkwafina, Garth Ennis, Eliot Glazer & Ilana Glazer, Evan Goldberg & Seth Rogen, Simon Racioppa, Justin Roiland & Ben Bayouth, Andy Samberg, and Aisha Tyler. The upcoming series was announced via a special recorded message from The Boys star Karl Urban during Prime Video’s block of virtual panels during...

Paramount Pictures sent us into the weekend with a trio of Scream posters that celebrated the legacy characters – Courteney Cox‘s Gale Weathers, Neve Campbell‘s Sidney Prescott, and David Arquette‘s Dewey Riley – each of them holding the iconic Ghostface mask that has been terrorizing them since the 90s. The series of posters was a lead up to this weekend’s release of nine more, all of them teasing that Ghostface is always someone you know. Collider got the drop on all of the new pieces of art, all of which are quite simply...

Paramount Pictures sent us into the weekend with a trio of Scream posters that celebrated the legacy characters – Courteney Cox‘s Gale Weathers, Neve Campbell‘s Sidney Prescott, and David Arquette‘s Dewey Riley – each of them holding the iconic Ghostface mask that has been terrorizing them since the 90s. The series of posters was a lead up to this weekend’s release of nine more, all of them teasing that Ghostface is always someone you know. Collider got the drop on all of the new pieces of art, all of which are quite simply...

Jaymin Eve’s “Supernatural Academy” books are getting a Young Adult animated series adaptation from the streaming service Peacock, Deadline has announced this afternoon. Deadline notes, “The project was developed and written by Gillian Horvath and hails from executive producer Allen Bohbot and 41 Entertainment.” “Supernatural Academy” will premiere on Peacock on January 20, 2022! “Supernatural Academy chronicles an otherworldly adventure of sisters marked at birth. One twin sister was raised in the Supernatural world, confident and popular. The other was raised in the human world, an offbeat outsider. Now they’re...

Jaymin Eve’s “Supernatural Academy” books are getting a Young Adult animated series adaptation from the streaming service Peacock, Deadline has announced this afternoon. Deadline notes, “The project was developed and written by Gillian Horvath and hails from executive producer Allen Bohbot and 41 Entertainment.” “Supernatural Academy” will premiere on Peacock on January 20, 2022! “Supernatural Academy chronicles an otherworldly adventure of sisters marked at birth. One twin sister was raised in the Supernatural world, confident and popular. The other was raised in the human world, an offbeat outsider. Now they’re...

As they announced earlier this week, Techland has unveiled 15 minutes of brand-new gameplay footage in the latest “Dying 2 Know” episode for the upcoming Dying Light 2. In addition, the episode also focuses on Techland’s 30th Anniversary, which not only involves in-game rewards for Dying Light and Dying Light 2, but also free access to some of their previous games on Steam and GOG. For those interested in the gameplay, the footage takes place partway through the game’s narrative arc, which follows Aiden in his quest to discover more about...

Being the metalcore force that they’ve been for more than three decades, Converge has always been interested in experimentation. The band’s most iconic release, Jane Doe (which came out 20 years ago), is a testament to that; going beyond the realm of hardcore song structure, Converge laid out an experience that hammers and throttles away with technical madness, fusing ambiance and ferocity into one. While innovation has remained an essential element within the band’s music, their latest collaborative release makes for one of the strongest examples of what they are...