Horror News

You likely already own it on VHS, DVD, and Blu-ray, but we’re happy to report that you’re going to have to buy John Carpenter‘s The Thing one more time, this time on 4K Ultra HD! The 1982 masterpiece will be released on 4K Ultra HD disc September 7, 2021. Special Features include… DISC 1: The Thing (1982) – Theatrical • Includes 4K UHD, Blu-ray and a digital copy of The Thing (1982) (Subject to expiration. Go to NBCUCodes.com for details.)• Features High Dynamic Range (HDR10) for Brighter, Deeper, More Lifelike Color• John...

Author Grady Hendrix‘s slasher book The Final Girl Support Group is set for release on July 13, and today we’ve learned some exciting news about the tale’s audiobook version. Revealed by Hendrix this afternoon, Friday the 13th‘s original final girl Adrienne King will be narrating the audiobook version of The Final Girl Support Group. How perfect is that?! Hendrix tweets, “I could NOT be more excited! Adrienne King, the first final girl in the first Friday the 13th movie, is the narrator of the Final Girl Support Group audiobook. Adrienne...

You know the drill! Shout! Studios, who was behind the remake of David Cronenberg’s Rabid, has also produced a reimagining of Roger Corman’s 1982 cult classic Slumber Party Massacre. Bloody Disgusting previously shared the above first-ever image from the new take that was directed by Danishka Esterhazy, the filmmaker behind the wild and crazy Banana Splits Movie. We now got our hands on the official sales art that’s being used by Raven Banner Entertainment out of the ongoing virtual Cannes market. In the new take, “A slumber party turns into a...

The Scream franchise will return to theaters on January 14, 2022, and we know Scream fans the world over are hungry for any and all updates on the project. This latest one comes courtesy of directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett (Ready or Not, V/H/S, Southbound), letting us know on their socials that the next entry is 100% finished! “Scream (2022) is complete. So excited for you all to see it!” they both write. Dylan Minnette (Goosebumps), Mason Gooding (Let It Snow), Kyle Gallner (Ghosts of War), Jasmin Savoy Brown (“Love”) and Mikey Madison (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) recently joined an ensemble that also includes Neve Campbell as...

A very exciting piece of news comes out of the virtual Cannes market, with ScreenDaily reporting that Roxanne Benjamin is set to direct the brand new survival thriller Fall Into Darkness from a screenplay by David Bruckner and Nick Tecosky. The film is described as “a Lord of the Flies tale about American backpackers stranded with locals in a vast cave system in the Dominican Republic.” Nell Tiger Free (pictured above in “Servant”), Thomas Doherty, and Lorenza Izzo (The Green Inferno, Knock Knock, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) will star...

A new deal has been inked between Universal Filmed Entertainment Group and NBCUniversal’s streaming service Peacock, The Hollywood Reporter explains this afternoon. The basic gist? Starting in 2022, Universal’s theatrical releases will be heading to the Peacock streaming service “no later than four months” after they arrive on the big screen. THR further explains, “However, Universal is going further in deciding to carve up the 18th month pay-one window so as to license its content across a variety of platforms. For the first and last four months, movies will play exclusively...

As you may have seen on your various social media feeds the last several days, an unofficial sequel to George A. Romero’s horror classic Night of the Living Dead is on the way with Night of the Living Dead II, which was originally teased by our friends at Rue Morgue. The site explains that Marcus Slabine (The Dark Offerings) is behind this “sequel,” which notably features Terrifier star David Howard Thornton as one of the film’s shambling undead. Additionally, we’ve learned via a short teaser clip this week, Night of...

Chet Faliszek has worked on some of the most beloved franchises in video game history. But that comes with the territory if you spend much time at all working at Valve. Faliszek worked at the Seattle-based hit factory through much of its golden age, writing on Half-Life 2: Episode 1 and Episode 2, Portal, Portal 2, and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. But, the series that gives the clearest picture of Faliszek’s ambitions for the new project in the works at Stray Bombay, the studio he co-founded with Kimberly Voll, is Left...

Directed by Leigh Janiak (Honeymoon), R.L. Stine‘s Fear Street books come to the screen with Netflix’s Fear Street Trilogy, and the second chapter of the trilogy is on the way this week. In the Fear Street trilogy, “In 1994, a group of teenagers discovers that the terrifying events that have haunted their town for generations may all be connected — and that they may be the next targets. Based on R.L. Stine’s best selling horror series, the trilogy follows the nightmare through Shadyside’s sinister history.” In Fear Street Part 2: 1978, “Shadyside, 1978. School’s out for...

Earlier last week, news broke that Bloober Team and Konami were teaming up for a strategic partnership, which of course has tongues wagging over a potential Silent Hill revival. Things have gotten even more interesting now that Twitter user Bobvids brought to light three Bloober Team projects that have received grants from the European Union’s Media Program over the course of several years. Keep in mind that these have not been announced or acknowledged by Bloober Team. Furthermore, just because a project received a grant, doesn’t necessarily mean it’s been...

Film criticism is meant to help audiences navigate the ever-growing sea of new releases, but there’s an undeniable divide between many professional critics and the general public. The horror genre has an especially troubled history with conflicting opinions, with certain films only being considered “classics” decades after loyal fans insisted that negative reviews were mistaken. Unfortunately, some movies have the rotten luck of being buried forever underneath a mountain of undeserved bad press, leading to quite a few underappreciated gems. This was excruciatingly common back in the 2000s, when the...

Hammer’s Dracula (1958) comes to your collectibles shelf with two brand new Premium Format statues from Sideshow Collectibles, depicting the film’s two icons of the horror genre. We’re of course talking about Christopher Lee‘s Dracula and Peter Cushing‘s Van Helsing, and both Premium Format statues measure approximately 22-inches tall! Sideshow details via press release today… The Dracula Premium Format Figure measures 22.25” tall, and stands on top of a stone-effect base bedecked with Gothic gargoyles. Sculpted with an incredibly detailed likeness of actor Sir Christopher Lee as the iconic and otherworldly Count,...

The End Is Only The Beginning. The Final Battle is here. The battle for Eternia continues on Netflix this July 23 with the premiere of Kevin Smith and Mattel Television’s “Masters of the Universe: Revelation,” a brand new animated series that will serve as a direct continuation to the animated series from the 1980s. Check out the brand new story trailer below, which is loaded with new footage and makes the storyline much more clear. Additionally, find brand new still images underneath! The war for Eternia culminates in “Masters of the Universe: Revelation,” an innovative and...

The End Is Only The Beginning. The Final Battle is here. The battle for Eternia continues on Netflix this July 23 with the premiere of Kevin Smith and Mattel Television’s “Masters of the Universe: Revelation,” a brand new animated series that will serve as a direct continuation to the animated series from the 1980s. Check out the brand new story trailer below, which is loaded with new footage and makes the storyline much more clear. Additionally, find brand new still images underneath! The war for Eternia culminates in “Masters of the Universe: Revelation,” an innovative and...