by Michael Gingold | Sep 4, 2024 | News
Trailer, poster and release info for Chilean heavy-metal horror film “INVOKING YELL” By MICHAEL GINGOLD The found-footage frightfest uncovers the darker side of black metal. Welcome Villain Films will release INVOKING YELL, which won strong response during its...
by Michael Gingold | Sep 3, 2024 | News
New trailer and poster give fans of the original more reasons to “SMILE 2” By MICHAEL GINGOLD “Would it kill you to smile?” Very likely… SMILE 2, written and directed by the 2022 sleeper hit’s Parker Finn, arrives in theaters October 18 from Paramount. Naomi Scott,...
by Michael Gingold | Sep 2, 2024 | Comics, Exclusives, News
Exclusive pages preview: Clay McLeod Chapman conducts a “SÉANCE IN THE ASYLUM” for Dark Horse By MICHAEL GINGOLD That kind of ritual in that kind of place–what could possibly go wrong? Dark Horse Comics has the miniseries SÉANCE IN THE ASYLUM debuting with issue #1...
by William J. Wright | Sep 1, 2024 | Events, News
Be Afraid! Silver Scream Con III Is Coming By WILLIAM J. WRIGHT Silver Scream Con, Massachusetts’ premier horror fan event, returns September 13 through 15 for a third terrifying year. Since all “three-quels” demand bigger scares, the convention is...
by Kevin Hoover | Aug 31, 2024 | Games
PAX West ’24: “RETROREALMS: HALLOWEEN” and “ASH VS EVIL DEAD” are Bloody Good 16-Bit Throwbacks By KEVIN HOOVER Rare is the air within the modern horror video game market that isn’t stifled with asymmetrical titles. Despite catcalls from...
by Michael Gingold | Aug 30, 2024 | Reviews
Movie Review: We’re “AFRAID” a promising premise is lacking in the execution By MICHAEL GINGOLD Starring John Cho, Katherine Waterston and Lukita MaxwellWritten and directed by Chris WeitzColumbia/Blumhouse It wasn’t a positive sign when AFRAID went unscreened for...
by Michael Gingold | Aug 30, 2024 | Interviews
Exclusive Interview and Creature Effects Photos: “HELL HOLE’s” Toby Poser, John Adams and Todd Masters, Part Two By MICHAEL GINGOLD Continuing our in-depth chat that began here, writer/director/stars Toby Poser and John Adams and creature creator Todd Masters spill...
by William J. Wright | Aug 29, 2024 | Comics, Exclusives, News
EXCLUSIVE ART: Scott Hoffman and Alberto Ponticelli’s “WARM FUSION” Is a Dystopian Body-Horror Nightmare By WILLIAM J. WRIGHT Fifty years into the future, New York City is a dystopian hellscape, ravaged by crime, storms, residual radiation from a...
by Lindy Ryan | Aug 29, 2024 | Books, Exclusives, Interviews
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: PLAN YOUR NEXT SPOOKY GETAWAY WITH MEG HAFDAHL AND KELLY FLORENCE’s “TRAVELS OF TERROR” By LINDY RYAN In the mood for a spooky getaway? Horror lovers, lifelong best friends and co-hosts of the Horror Rewind podcast, Kelly Florence and Meg...
by Michael Gingold | Aug 29, 2024 | Exclusives, Fantasia International Film Festival, News
Fantasia/Frontières ’24 Exclusive: “DISCO’S NOT DEAD,” it’s undead, and the filmmakers explain By MICHAEL GINGOLD Walking into one of the large meeting rooms for the Frontières International Co-Production Market at Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival, the...
