by Michael Gingold | May 29, 2025 | News
Outrageous and bloody horror musical “CHAINSAWS WERE SINGING” gets distribution By MICHAEL GINGOLD Remember when Conan O’Brien said, “Ball’s in your court, Estonia” at the Oscars? Estonia is responding in a big way. Dark Star Pictures and Red Water Entertainment have...
by Michael Gingold | May 29, 2025 | News
Pete Davidson enters “THE HOME,” from “THE PURGE” creator; trailer & poster By MICHAEL GINGOLD The homage to 1970s horror is coming next month. Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions will bring THE HOME to theaters July 25. Directed by James DeMonaco (THE PURGE...
by Michael Gingold | May 29, 2025 | Interviews
Exclusive Interview: Writer/Director Julia Max on “the horror and the heartbreak” of “THE SURRENDER” By MICHAEL GINGOLD Grief has become a perennial subject in horror films of the 2010s and 2020s, but few have addressed it as directly, and ultimately frighteningly, as...
by Dr. Benny Graves | May 28, 2025 | Analog Abattoir
Analog Abattoir: 1981’s “DEMONOID” is a campy horror thrill ride you won’t soon forget! By DR. BENNY GRAVES Starring Samantha Eggar, Stuart Whitman and Roy JensonWritten by David Lee Fein, F. Amos Powell and Alfredo ZacaríasDirected by Alfredo ZacaríasAmerican...
by Michael Gingold | May 28, 2025 | Exclusives, News
Exclusive clip: Night frights in “THE OTHER” By MICHAEL GINGOLD The nightmares are real for the family at the center of the chiller coming next month. THE OTHER (no relation to the Thomas Tryon novel and its 1972 film adaptation of the same title) is coming to VOD and...
by Michael Gingold | May 27, 2025 | News
Social media stars’ found-footage chiller “HOUSE ON EDEN” gets distribution, a date and first-look video By MICHAEL GINGOLD Two content creators with over 70 million followers have their first feature coming to big screens. RLJE Films and Shudder have announced their...
by Kevin Hoover | May 26, 2025 | Books
New Book Releases for June 2025 By KEVIN HOOVER With the sweaty, humid days of summer soon roiling the calm cool of spring and inevitably leading to beach-bound vacays, book lovers have a plethora of new terrors to throw into their getaway bags, including one by a...
by Michael Gingold | May 26, 2025 | Reviews
Movie Review: “FEAR STREET: PROM QUEEN” is unworthy of the crown By MICHAEL GINGOLD Starring India Fowler, Suzanna Son and Fina StrazzaDirected by Matt PalmerWritten by Matt Palmer and Donald McLearyNetflix When the FEAR STREET feature trilogy debuted on Netflix four...
by Payton McCarty-Simas | May 24, 2025 | Deep Dives, Retrospective
Bwaaaa!! It’s All Connected!!: A Long, Paranoid Quest to Wear “THE JACKET” and Decode a (Fake) Subgenre – Part 2 By PAYTON McCARTY-SIMAS Be sure to read part 1 of Payton McCarty-Simas’ exploration of THE JACKET and the theory of Bwaaaa!!. THE JACKET:...
by Rue Morgue Manor | May 23, 2025 | Deep Dives
THE FRACTURED MIND: “BORDERLINE” Is A Strange And Sometimes Confusing Thriller That Borrows From True Events, But Fails To Address Their Gravity By GABRIELLA FOOR Starring Samara Weaving, Ray Nicholson and Eric DaneWritten and directed by Jimmy...
