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Here in the United States, the James Wan-produced Mortal Kombat isn’t opening until April 23rd, and don’t forget that it’s coming to HBO Max on the same day it hits theaters. In the meantime, the Warner Bros./New Line movie was released overseas this past weekend, launching in 17 markets and punching its way to $10.7 million thus far. According to Deadline, Mortal Kombat is currently playing on 4,596 total screens. Deadline further details, “Russia led play with $6.1M (+10% on GVK‘s bow), opening as the biggest Hollywood title released during the pandemic...

For old-school fans, you might remember a little game from Free Radical Design from 2004 called Second Sight. It was also ported to the PC, but ended up being taken off of Steam back in 2012. Well, lucky for you (and thanks to THQ Nordic for snagging the rights), it’s back! Created by the same people who made the TimeSplitters series, Second Sight is a sci-fi thriller where you a parapsychology researcher named John Vattic. You awake in a Virginian medical facility with no memory, but you’re also now imbued...

It’s the end of an era for Yahoo! Answers. The internet’s demented version of “20 Questions” will be getting the axe later this year. But before that happens, a group of intrepid modders decided to do the “right thing”, and port over the best of Yahoo! Answers to Sega’s The Typing of The Dead: Overkill. Called RIP Yahoo Answers, the mod essentially imports custom dictionaries into the game, which are rife with the inane questions that have graced Yahoo! Answers for over 15 years. But really, given the weird phrases...

Author Grady Hendrix released his second novel My Best Friend’s Exorcism back in 2016, which he describes as “Beaches meets The Exorcist.” Set in the late ’80s during the so-called Satanic Panic, it’s a touching story of high school friendship and, well, demonic possession. THR reports today that a movie adaptation is now in the works from Endeavor Content. Elsie Fisher (Eighth Grade) will star alongside Amiah Miller, Cathy Ang, and Rachel Ogechi Kanu. Production is already underway, with Damon Thomas (“Penny Dreadful”) directing. Fisher had recently starred in the second...

“This is it. Your last chance!” It started with a list of six themes which was then cut down to four, and now just two final competitors remain in the “American Horror Story” poll Ryan Murphy launched last week. We still don’t know exactly *why* Murphy started this poll, we must remind, but it seems he and the “AHS” team are gauging interest in potential upcoming seasons of the FX series. As Murphy keeps teasing, “the American Horror Story universe is expanding.” The final vote is between “American Horror Story:...

The adage “be careful what you wish for” takes on a sinister threat in the realm of horror. Wishes granted never bring happiness, and they come with a steep price tag. The wish granted often comes in the form of a supernatural entity; an evil genie or djinn. With The Djinn, cursed wish-fulfillment befalls a young child and dangles the potential for another stale entry on the familiar Monkey’s Paw scenario. Instead, it pares back the bells and whistles for a meticulous simplicity that lets the scares and suspense do the...

Looking like it’s in the same vein as her Megan Fox-starring thriller Rogue from last year, MJ Bassett is back this year with Endangered Species, being released by Lionsgate next month. The latest from Bassett (Silent Hill: Revelation, “Ash vs. Evil Dead”) stars Rebecca Romijn and Jerry O’Connell, taking both actors to the wilds of Africa for a hunt they may not survive. “This gripping adventure tale unfolds beneath a brutal African sun. Jack Halsey takes his wife (Romijn), their adult kids, and a friend for a dream vacation in...

Two of the Mega Powers on the horror scene, FANGORIA and Shudder are joining forces this month for FANGORIA’s 2021 Chainsaw Awards, streaming exclusively on Shudder! The ceremony premieres April 18th at 8pm ET / 5pm PT! Shudder and FANGORIA announced today presenters at the 2021 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards. The ceremony, which recognizes outstanding achievement in horror film and television, will be hosted by actor and writer David Dastmalchian (Ant-Man and the Wasp) and feature Jamie Lee Curtis (Halloween), Keith David (The Thing), Gigi Saul Guerrero (director, Culture Shock), Issa Lopez (director, Tigers Are Not Afraid), Kevin Smith (Clerks), Tananarive Due (Horror Noire: A History...

The hotly-anticipated Mortal Kombat is headed to theaters and HBO Max on April 23, and today a brand spankin’ new piece of poster art has arrived for the film’s IMAX release. Bloody Disgusting friend Boss Logic is behind this latest Mortal Kombat art, a colorful look at the film that pits Scorpion on one side and Sub-Zero on the other. In between the two MK icons are the various other players we’ll be hanging out with in the movie, including Mileena, Kabal, Lord Raiden, Shang Tsung, Sonya Blade, Jax Briggs,...

Streaming exclusively on Bloody Disgusting TV, Bloody Bites features some of the goriest, scariest, and wackiest horror films you’ll find anywhere. Our first season continues with new episodes premiering weekly through June! Tune in Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 7:30 PM PST for Bloody Bites, and find encore presentations throughout the week. Miss an episode? Catch up with a full day marathon of season 1 coming Thursday, May 20. Want to see your horror film featured in an episode of Bloody Bites? Send it our way! Bloody Disgusting TV is free...

While we wait for the new video game Aliens: Fireteam from Cold Iron Studios, set for release this summer, we’ve learned today that the game is getting its own prequel novel. Written by Weston Ochse, Titan Books will release Aliens: Infiltrator on April 20! “Discover the official prequel to the huge new Alien video game from Cold Iron Studios, as a Weyland-Yutani scientist arrives at Pala Station and finds the researchers there courting disaster… of the Xenomorph kind.” In the novel, “Dr. Timothy Hoenikker arrives on Pala Station, a Weyland-Yutani...

Originally billed as “a macabre love letter to the L.A. alt comedy scene,” Gravitas Ventures has acquired the rights to Too Late, a horror-comedy they’ll be releasing this coming June. Deadline reports, Too Late comes to theaters and Digital VOD on June 25, 2021. Alyssa Limperis (Aunty Donna’s Big Ol’ House of Fun), Ron Lynch (Bob’s Burgers, Adventure Time), Will Weldon (This Isn’t Happening), Mary Lynn Rajskub (24, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia), Fred Armisen (SNL, Portlandia), Jenny Zigrino (Bad Santa 2, 50 Shades of Black), Jack De Sena (Avatar:...

Spawning one of the most successful horror franchises in history, Bloody Disgusting has first details on the 4K Ultra HD release of SAW, the Giallo-esque slasher that spawned several sequels and the careers of both James Wan (Dead Silence, Insidious, The Conjuring, Aquaman) and Leigh Whannell (Upgrade, The Invisible Man). Wan’s directorial debut returns to terrify audiences once again when SAW arrives on 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack (plus Blu-ray and Digital) May 11 from Lionsgate, Bloody exclusively learned. Cary Elwes (The Princess Bride, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Kiss the...

2013’s Evil Dead has aged incredibly well and has since become revered by many horror fans, including yours truly. As the years go by, it becomes one of my favorite horror films of all time. Last April, director Fede Alvarez shared unreleased looks behind the scenes of his Evil Dead, offering up a peek at some never-before-seen photos from the set of the sequel/remake to Sam Raimi’s trilogy. Today, the filmmaker celebrates the eighth anniversary with another handful of shots from the making-of, including a few nasty ones. He also offers up an anecdote...