by Michael Gingold | Oct 24, 2024 | News
Trailer for New Zealand shocker “GRAFTED” brings the bloodletting; banned poster too By MICHAEL GINGOLD The body-horror, or more accurately face-horror, film is heading for release in Australia and beyond. GRAFTED, which had its European premiere at Sitges, its Down...
by Michael Gingold | Oct 23, 2024 | Reviews
Movie Review: “VENOM: THE LAST DANCE” drags its tendrilled feet By ROBERT DANVERS Starring Tom Hardy, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Juno TempleWritten and directed by Kelly MarcelSony/Columbia “I am Knull, God of the Void!” With those, the first words spoken in VENOM: THE LAST...
by William J. Wright | Oct 22, 2024 | Events, News
Morbido Fest Creeps Into Mexico City This Month By WILLIAM J. WRIGHT From October 30 through November 10, Mexico City will host the best in international genre cinema with the return of Morbido Fest. Now in its seventeenth year, the twelve-day movie exposition is...
by Michael Gingold | Oct 22, 2024 | Interviews
NYCC ’24 Exclusive Interview: Leigh Whannell talks “WOLF MAN’s” monster, makeup and more By MICHAEL GINGOLD At this past weekend’s New York Comic-Con, one of the highlights of an extensive Blumhouse panel was the unveiling of the new trailer (which you can see below)...
by Rue Morgue | Oct 21, 2024 | Fantasia International Film Festival, News
Fantasia’s Mike Flanagan Artist Talk and career award ceremony is now on-line! By RUE MORGUE STAFF The genre auteur goes in-depth about his celebrated film and TV-ography, with a little help from a member of the RUE crew. The Fantasia International Film Festival team...
by Shawn Macomber | Oct 21, 2024 | Exclusives, News
Exclusive comments: FilmGate Miami brings wild dark cinema to the Sunshine State By SHAWN MACOMBER Here’s a deliciously sinister paradox: Some of the very best in dark cinema is coming out of Florida, the sunshiniest of states. There are a few epicenters of this, from...
by Michael Gingold | Oct 21, 2024 | News
“WOLFCOP” creator’s “DARK MATCH” gets a poster and a Shudder debut date By MICHAEL GINGOLD You’ll be able to grapple with the wrestling-horror movie early next year. A new poster has been unveiled for DARK MATCH, which will stream exclusively on Shudder beginning...
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”...
