by Michael Gingold | Feb 25, 2026 | Books, Exclusives, News
Exclusive news/art: “MURDER BY PHONE” and Clint Eastwood novelizations being revived by Encyclopocalypse By MICHAEL GINGOLD You’ll be able to reach out and re-experience 1970s and ’80s thrills later this year. RUE MORGUE got the first word that Encyclopocalypse...
by Michael Gingold | Feb 25, 2026 | News
Psychological chills are “NEWBORN” in new trailer By MICHAEL GINGOLD And they’re coming to big screens in April. NEWBORN, written and directed by Nate Parker, will be released April 10 exclusively at AMC theaters. It stars David Oyelowo, Olivia Washington, Barry...
by Michael Gingold | Feb 24, 2026 | News
Hell on the highway in “TRUCKER”; trailer, poster & release news By MICHAEL GINGOLD There’s a killer on the road in this horror/revenge film. Breaking Glass Pictures releases TRUCKER on VOD platforms March 10. Directed by Errol Sack from a script by Steven...
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...
