by Michael Gingold | Feb 24, 2026 | News
Poster reaches out for Shudder doc “1000 WOMEN IN HORROR” By MICHAEL GINGOLD Female fright filmmakers will be celebrated on the streamer next month. 1000 WOMEN IN HORROR debuts on Shudder March 20. Directed by Donna Davies (PRETTY BLOODY, ZOMBIEMANIA) and written by...
by Michael Gingold | Feb 24, 2026 | News
Blood and tentacle sex in “TOUCH ME”; trailer, poster and release info By MICHAEL GINGOLD The outrageous homage to Japanese exploitation films is coming next month. Following its well-received festival play, TOUCH ME is opening exclusively in New York March 20,...
by Michael Gingold | Feb 24, 2026 | News
Teaser trailer and poster for “BACKROOMS” are appropriately minimalist By MICHAEL GINGOLD The creepy atmosphere of the viral sensation is coming to the big screen. A24 will release the feature-film version of BACKROOMS May 29. Based on the series of web shorts by Kane...
by Rue Morgue Manor | Feb 24, 2026 | Books, News
LINDY RYAN’S “DOLLFACE” SLASHES INTO BOOK STORES TODAY DOLLFACE, the much-anticipated new novel from Bram Stoker Awards finalist Lindy Ryan, officially hits bookstore shelves and online retailers today. Blending sharp satire, gleeful violence and ‘90s...
by Michael Gingold | Feb 23, 2026 | News
Guillermo del Toro’s “FRANKENSTEIN” coming to the Criterion Collection By MICHAEL GINGOLD The acclaimed Creature will now be alive forever on physical media. Variety reports that Guillermo del Toro’s FRANKENSTEIN, along with fellow Netflix title KPOP DEMON HUNTERS,...
by Deirdre Crimmins | Feb 22, 2026 | Reviews
Movie Review: “HONEY BUNCH” Is A Genre-Bending Gem By DEIRDRE CRIMMINS Starring Grace Glowicki, Ben Petrie and Jason Isaacs Written and directed by Dusty Mancinelli and Madeleine Sims-Fewer Elevation Pictures/Shudder Memory loss carries its own horrors. The afflicted...
by Michael Gingold | Feb 20, 2026 | Reviews
Movie Review: “THIS IS NOT A TEST” doesn’t quite make the grade By MICHAEL GINGOLD Starring Olivia Holt, Froy Gutierrez and Corteon MooreWritten and directed by Adam MacDonaldIndependent Film Company/Shudder By now, there’s a whole generation of audiences who have...
by Michael Gingold | Feb 20, 2026 | News
Exclusive art: “FRANKIE FREAKO” gets a Choose Your Own Adventure-style book from Encyclopocalypse By MICHAEL GINGOLD The interactive novel hits on April Fool’s Day, and that’s no joke. RUE MORGUE got a couple of art samples (see them below) from BETRAYAL & BLACK...
by Michael Gingold | Feb 20, 2026 | News
Exclusive clip: Getting the birds in survival thriller “LAST RIDE” By MICHAEL GINGOLD An avian attack is one of the perils in the movie releasing today. LAST RIDE, written and directed by Cinqué Lee with Spike Lee as an executive producer, is now on VOD and digital...
by Michael Gingold | Feb 20, 2026 | News
Mexican stop-motion dark fantasy “I AM FRANKELDA” goes to Netflix By MICHAEL GINGOLD Dimensional animation goes Gothic in this landmark film. Netflix has announced its acquisition of I AM FRANKELDA (SOY FRANKELDA), the first stop-motion feature produced in Mexico, and...
