by Deirdre Crimmins | Jul 20, 2026 | Fantasia International Film Festival, Featured Post (Second), Reviews
Fantasia ’26 Review: “MUM, I’M ALIEN PREGNANT” is a gross-out good time By DEIRDRE CRIMMINS Starring Hannah Lynch, Yvette Parsons and Arlo GreenWritten and directed by ThunderlipsXYZ Films There is no such thing as a “normal” relationship with one’s mother. Even the...
by Michael Gingold | Jul 20, 2026 | Fantasia International Film Festival, Featured Post (Third), News
Fantasia ’26: Director Bruce McDonald updates us on the “PONTYPOOL” sequel By MICHAEL GINGOLD The long-mooted follow-up is closer to being a reality. In 2008, the Canadian film PONTYPOOL offered a new and unnerving variation on the zombie/infection genre. Set entirely...
by Michael Gingold | Jul 20, 2026 | News
Shudder takes Fantasia NA premiere “PENNY LANE IS DEAD,” sets debut date By MICHAEL GINGOLD The Australian production combines slasher and survival horror with dark comedy. Shudder has announced its acquisition of PENNY LANE IS DEAD for the U.S., Canada, UK, Ireland...
by Rue Morgue Manor | Jul 19, 2026 | Deep Dives, Featured Post (Home)
THE DNA OF “OBSESSION”: FILMS THAT MATCH THE UNEASE OF THE BIGGEST HORROR HIT OF 2026 By CARLOS GONZALEZ The horror landscape of 2026 has officially found its centerpiece. OBSESSION, directed by YouTube sensation Curry Barker. Taking the familiar premise...
by William J. Wright | Jul 19, 2026 | Books, Exclusives, Featured Post (Fourth)
EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT: Demons and Debutantes Collide in Kelly McWilliams’ Historical YA Horror Novel “NO ONE LEAVES THE MANOR” By WILLIAM J. WRIGHT Award-winning writer Kelly McWilliams, author of Agnes At the End of the World and Mirror Girls, is back...
by Michael Gingold | Jul 17, 2026 | News
First look at Herbert West and his co-lead in new “REANIMATOR” By MICHAEL GINGOLD The contemporary retelling of H.P. Lovecraft’s classic short story is currently shooting in Alton, IL. Deadline released the first images seen above and below of stars Joseph Morgan and...
by Kevin Hoover | Jul 17, 2026 | Events
Bite Off More Than You Can Chew with a Free Screening of “SHARK ATTACK 3: MEGALODON” By KEVIN HOOVER Sharksploitation sweetheart SHARK ATTACK 3: MEGALODON is remembered more for what it got wrong than what it didn’t, and it’s for those reasons that the...
by Michael Gingold | Jul 17, 2026 | Books, Exclusives, News
Exclusive comments: Encyclopocalypse sets novelizations of “BURNING PALMS,” “SPIRIT HALLOWEEN: THE MOVIE” and more By MICHAEL GINGOLD Christopher Landon’s first feature and others are getting the adaptation treatment. The team at Encyclopocalypse Publications gave us...
by Michael Gingold | Jul 17, 2026 | News
A psychological horror film to make you “NERVOUS” sets world premiere By MICHAEL GINGOLD The Korean-UK co-production will debut in the latter country next month. The psychological chiller NERVOUS will have its world premiere August 27 as the opening film of 2026’s...
by Michael Gingold | Jul 16, 2026 | News
A monster based on real-life sightings emerges in folk-horror “THE SHUG”; trailer and poster By MICHAEL GINGOLD This creature feature also explores human trauma. Black Mandala has released the trailer and poster for THE SHUG, directed by Martin J. Pickering and...
