Spoiler-Free Review: Personhood (MidWest WeirdFest)
Official Synopsis In a near-future world, a lonely, physically challenged man purchases a companion robot to escape his isolation. But his own insecurities and a jealous brother threaten his chances of ever finding love. Review Films about robots interacting with...
Suspicion and a Serial Killer: Maika Monroe Stars in ‘Victorian Psycho’
Maika Monroe is returning to the horror genre in the highly anticipated upcoming thriller Victorian Psycho. This week, the 19th-century psychological horror movie officially received its "R" rating from the MPAA. The film earned this rating for strong bloody...
Chloe Bailey is Getting Played in the First Trailer for Tyler Perry & Jason Blum’s ‘Strung’
' Rife with secrets, seduction, and survival, the first trailer for Strung is a stark reminder to be careful what you wish for—especially if your dreams come with a side of psychological warfare. The Peacock original thriller brings together an unexpected duo of...
New Documentary ‘Deconstructing Dahlia’ Intends to Name the Killer of Elizabeth Short
Move over, armchair detectives. One of America's most infamous, deeply haunted Hollywood mysteries might finally be solved: the Black Dahlia murder. Global production company Talestorm has officially announced Deconstructing Dahlia, a true-crime docuseries that...
A Creepypasta Legend Comes to Life in the Horror Anthology ‘The Summoning’
What begins as a foolish schoolyard dare quickly mutates into a waking nightmare in The Summoning. The upcoming indie horror anthology is heavily inspired by the viral, internet-spawned lore of modern creepypastas. For fans of internet folklore, this release...
Death and Dough: Samuel L. Jackson and Eva Green Star in ‘Just Play Dead’
Samuel L. Jackson and Eva Green are about to play a deadly game of marital chess, and the rest of the world has already bought front-row tickets. Highland Film Group has obtained all-media international distribution deals for its upcoming high-stakes thriller, Play...
Watch the Trailer for the First All AI Action Fantasy Film, ‘Hell Grind’
The landscape of filmmaking just got a massive, AI-powered shake-up. Following an exclusive industry preview at Cannes this past Saturday, the trailer for Hell Grind has dropped. But it's not just an action-fantasy flick; it's a history-making milestone. Directed...
From the Director of The Last House on the Left Comes ‘Buzzheart’ – Out Now!
If meeting your partner’s parents gives you hives, Dennis Iliadis’ new psychological thriller Buzzheart is about to make you feel a whole lot better about your own in-laws. The genre-bending film—from the director behind The Last House on the Left and a frequent...
Slices, Sanity, and Satan: A Sneak Peek at ‘The Terror: Devil in Silver’ Episode 3
If you've been following AMC's "Certified Fresh" horror anthology The Terror: Devil in Silver, you already know that New Hyde Psychiatric Hospital isn't exactly a five-star wellness retreat. Star and executive producer Dan Stevens (Abigail, Downton Abbey) has been...
Cathedral: John Carpenter Returns with A New Soundtrack and Companion Graphic Novel
The Master of Horror is back, and this time, he's trading the director's chair for a comic book script and a heavy metal guitar riff. John Carpenter has officially announced Cathedral, a massive multimedia project featuring a brand-new studio album releasing this...
Catch-and-Release Nightmare: Anton Sigurdsson’s ‘Refuge’ Explores the Ultimate Fishing Trip from Hell
If cinema has taught us anything, it's that a group of friends heading into the woods to "mend their fractured bonds" never ends well. Director Anton Sigurdsson (Full Pockets) is driving that point home with his upcoming thriller, Refuge. Slated for an upcoming...
Jamie King and Natasha Lyonne Join Thriller ‘Darlene’ From the Director of Pet Sematary
Forget standard apology videos and brand sponsorships. Jaime King and Natasha Lyonne are teaming up to show us the absolute worst-case scenario of influencer culture in Darlene. This upcoming dark-comedy thriller puts a bloody, Southern Gothic spin on the quest for...
Flesh, Chrome, and Gore: Cyberpunk Body-Horror ‘Subjugation’ Drops First Trailer
If your ideal cinematic diet consists of leather trench coats, neon-drenched dystopian streets, and monsters, your next obsession has arrived. The official trailer for Subjugation has now landed. And it promises a blood-soaked fusion of gothic vengeance and...
IT’S ALIVE! FX Resurrects Comedy Royalty with Series Order for ‘Very Young Frankenstein’
Dust off your top hats and practice your tap dancing, because the ultimate comedy necromancy is officially happening. After teasing us with a pilot order last year, FX has officially given a full series order to "Very Young Frankenstein," Variety reports. The...
The High-Priests of Parody Are Back: Wayans Family Unites for New ‘Scary Movie’ Behind-the-Scenes Featurette
It has been exactly 26 years since a suspiciously familiar, tongue-wagging masked killer tried and failed to murder Cindy Campbell and her aggressively dysfunctional friends. But Hollywood refuses to let any intellectual property rest in peace. So, the masters of...
Nicolas Winding Refn Finally Returns to the Genre with the Neon-Drenched Nightmare ‘Her Private Hell’
After spending a decade wandering the prestige television wilderness—and briefly confusing everyone by directing a BBC children's show—radical avant-garde auteur Nicolas Winding Refn is finally returning to the big screen with Her Private Hell. The film marks...
Checking out the Bermuda Triangle Gaming Glasses by GUNNAR
Gunnar has once again teamed up with Alienware to take players' gaming experiences and comfort out of this world! For those not familiar with our friends at Gunnar, they specialize in making glasses that have anti-blue light tech. Screens give off blue light that's...
Bowel Movements and Standing Ovations: Sci-fi Thriller ‘Hope’ Shakes Up Cannes
Leave it to director Na Hong-jin to bring a multi-million dollar sci-fi epic to the prestigious Cannes Film Festival. And make an elite, haute-couture audience violently laugh about diarrhea. On Sunday night, the Grand Palais was jolted awake by the world premiere...
Megashark Meets Megajail: ‘The Black Demon 2: Atlantis’ Locks Down Global Distribution
If you thought the giant, vengeful shark from 2023's hit The Black Demon was satisfied after terrorizing an oil rig, think again. The beast is back. And this time, it has upgraded to a floating maximum-security prison in The Black Demon 2: Atlantis. Highland Film...
Movie Review: The Paranormal (1998) – Visual Vengeance Blu-ray
Something preternatural is taking place within the wicked walls of The Englewood theater down Missouri way! Enter: Kyle Jennings (Todd Norris, who directed and co-wrote the picture along with C. Wayne Owens... who has a roll in the film as well), a paranormal...
Movie Review: Colony Mutation (1995) – Visual Vengeance Blu-ray
Scientist Meredith Weaver (Anna Zizzo) catches her hubby Jim Matthews (David Rommel) having an affair so she does what anyone would do in that situation... she infects him with her latest experiment that results in severe, uncurbable mutation. Meredith's problem...
Ultimate GWAR Documentary Is Coming To Blu-ray And DVD
The ultimate GWAR documentary, This is GWAR, is coming to Blu-ray and DVD this October, exploring 30+ years of killer music from the world's sickest band. This is GWAR is the powerful story of the iconic heavy metal art collective, as told by the humans who...
Kelli Marchman McNeely | Sep 29, 2022 | 2 min read
‘Scorn’ Release Date Moved Up!
"You've Waited Long Enough" is the title of the latest trailer released by Ebb Software and Kepler Interactive. That's because the release date for their upcoming horror FPS Scorn has been moved up by a week, meaning players won't have to wait as long as originally...
The New ‘Callisto Protocol’ Trailer Hints At The Truth Of Black Iron Prison
Today Striking Distance Studio has released a brand-new trailer that gives a sneak peek at The Callisto Protocol’s main setting: Black Iron Prison, a maximum-security facility located on Jupiter’s moon Callisto, where something has gone terribly wrong. From...
New ‘Slash/Back’ Trailer Teases An Alien Invasion
A young girl and her friends discover that there is an alien invasion coming for their small town in Slash/Back and we've got the new trailer. The movie is, “Set in Pangnirtung, Nunavut, a sleepy hamlet nestled in the majestic mountains of Baffin Island in...
Kelli Marchman McNeely | Sep 29, 2022 | 1 min read
