by Michael Gingold | Oct 21, 2024 | News
Mike Flanagan to helm a new “CARRIE” series for Amazon By MICHAEL GINGOLD The man behind a couple of the best Stephen King adaptations is tackling the author’s very first novel. Deadline reports that Mike Flanagan will direct an eight-episode series based on King’s...
by Michael Gingold | Oct 21, 2024 | News
Howl for the new “WOLF MAN” trailer and poster By MICHAEL GINGOLD The reinvention of the classic monster takes a different approach to its transformation. Universal Pictures and Blumhouse release WOLF MAN to theaters January 17. Directed by Leigh Whannell, following...
by Grace Detwiler | Oct 21, 2024 | Reviews, Short Films
Short, Sharp, and Shocking: Three Distinct Takes on Mentorship, Madness, and Modern Obsession By GRACE DETWILER This trio of short films takes the horror(-adjacent) genre in wildly different directions, each offering a fresh spin on familiar fears. “The Snow Leopard”...
by Michael Gingold | Oct 18, 2024 | News
Canadians can see “THE LAST VIDEO STORE” in a theater this month; check out the trailer & poster now By MICHAEL GINGOLD Get off your couch and into a cinema for this homage to the VHS era. Black Fawn Distribution will give THE LAST HORROR FILM a limited Canadian...
by Grace Detwiler | Oct 18, 2024 | News, Short Films, Vile VOD
Dima Barch’s “THE POWER OF THE STRIKE” Streams on Screambox Today By GRACE DETWILER As of today, the extreme horror short “The Power of The Strike” is available for all to stream on Screambox, as a part of Bloody Disgusting’s BLOODY BITES series....
by Michael Gingold | Oct 18, 2024 | Interviews
Exclusive Interview: Screenwriter Ian McDonald puts a human face on a horrifying serial-killer case with “WOMAN OF THE HOUR” By MICHAEL GINGOLD The saga of serial killer Rodney Alcala is one of the most shocking in the annals of true crime, and had one major facet...
by Michael Gingold | Oct 16, 2024 | Reviews
Movie Review: Grin and scare it with “SMILE 2” By MICHAEL GINGOLD Starring Naomi Scott, Rosemarie DeWitt and Lukas GageWritten and directed by Parker FinnParamount The first SMILE made such great use of a simple freeze-your-blood gambit (which was right there in the...
by Michael Gingold | Oct 16, 2024 | News
Get some Happy Fright from CA film festival this weekend By MICHAEL GINGOLD Screen terrors old and new will bring the fear to the two-day event. This Friday-Saturday, October 18-19, the Mutant City Horror podcast and award-winning filmmaker Sean Haitz team up with...
by Rue Morgue Manor | Oct 15, 2024 | Reviews
MOVIE REVIEW: “MOTHER NOCTURNA” is a Beautiful and Atmospheric Slow Burn Starring Susanna Costaglione, Sofia Ponente and Edoardo OlivaWritten and directed by Daniele CampeaBuffalo 8 Productions By BRANDON GIL Daniele Campea’s slow burn, MOTHER NOCTURNA, joins the...
by Chris Hallock | Oct 15, 2024 | Reviews
MOVIE REVIEW: The Late Shelley Duvall Returns in Grisly but Uneven “THE FOREST HILLS” Starring Shelley Duvall, Edward Furlong and Dee WallaceDirected by Scott GoldbergWritten by Scott Goldberg and Scott B. HansenMy Way Pictures By CHRIS HALLOCK Soundly executed...