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‘ 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 Hollywood heavyweights: mastery-of-melodrama Tyler Perry and horror maestro Jason Blum. Strings, Secrets, and Sanity In the film, Chloe Bailey plays a talented violinist who scores a gig tutoring the gifted daughter of an influential, enigmatic, and obscenely wealthy family. But as she gets pulled into their opulent world, the sweet music turns into a nightmare. Unsettling secrets surface, forcing her to question her safety, her ambition, and her actual sanity. Think Whiplash meets Get Out, but with higher couture and heavier tension. The movie features a powerhouse cast, including Chloe Bailey (Swarm), Lynn Whitfield (Greenleaf), and Lucien Laviscount (Emily in Paris). Anna Diop (Us) and Coco Jones (Bel-Air) round out the cast. An Unexpected Master of Suspense
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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 tracks a five-year investigation into the 1947 murder of Elizabeth Short—better known as the Black Dahlia. The production team claims they aren’t just recycling old theories. They have uncovered startling new leads, identified a primary suspect, located the definitive crime scene, and are currently leaning hard on the Los Angeles Police Department to hand over secrets they’ve kept under lock and key for nearly 80 years. The Avengers of True Crime This isn’t a couple of podcasters with a microphone. The docuseries follows a heavyweight squad of filmmakers, seasoned investigators, and retired law enforcement royalty who have been living and breathing this case for half a decade. The investigative roster includes: -Steve Cooley (Former Los Angeles County District Attorney) -Lenny DePaul (Retired US Marshal Commander; Hunting
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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 promises to deliver a refreshing descent into madness. Don’t Look in the Mirror The overarching narrative anchoring the anthology breathes terrifying new life into an infamous urban legend. The official synopsis lays out a tense, claustrophobic premise. A routine babysitting gig rapidly deteriorates into a fight for survival when three teenagers foolishly attempt to summon the malevolent entity known as Baby Blue. As the entity takes hold, the teens discover that their only hope of surviving the night lies in digging up a long-buried, dark past. Much like the classic playground terrors of Bloody Mary, The Summoning takes on the childhood thrill of tempting the paranormal. It infuses it with the visceral, high-stakes dread of contemporary supernatural thrillers. A Collaborative Vision
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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 Dead. With a pedigree that connects Pulp Fiction to James Bond, the film is shaping up to be one of the most anticipated indies of the year. Till Death Do Us Part The film kicks off with criminal mastermind Jack Wolfe (Jackson) finding himself hopelessly cornered by the Feds. Naturally, his exit strategy is a light spot of insurance fraud. He plans to fake his own death, secure a cool $30 million payout, and disappear into the sunset with his “grieving” wife, Nora (Green). To keep the heat off their trail, the couple decides to frame Nora’s less-surfer-boy lover, Chad, for the “murder.” There’s one hitch in the plan: Nora doesn’t want to fake anything. Instead, she decides
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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 by Aitore Zholdaskali and co-written by Cannes veteran Adilkhan Yerzhanov, Hell Grindis is the world’s first AI-native feature film produced entirely on the Higgsfield platform. A Portal to the Underworld The story follows four street-smart thieves—Roco, Lulu, Jax, and Rein—whose latest heist takes a supernatural turn for the worse. When Roco accidentally triggers an ancient artifact, Lulu is sucked into a portal to the underworld. The ensuing globe-spanning odyssey takes our leads from a hidden Tibetan temple to the brutal landscapes of feudal Japan. The film frames itself as “Fantasy as tragedy. Action as grief,” promising that, despite its high-tech production, it packs the same emotional punch as a traditional blockbuster. By the Numbers: Precision Meets Efficiency The production stats for
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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 collaborator of horror royalty Wes Craven and Jason Blum—officially drops on Digital and On Demand today, May 19, via Dark Star Pictures. To celebrate the release, a brand-new, nerve-shredding trailer has just premiered. Meet the Parents (From Hell) Set against the backdrop of 1990s Athens, the film follows Argyris, a shy 19-year-old who somehow lands a date with Mary, a beautiful and enigmatic woman who is entirely out of his league. When she invites him to her family’s secluded country estate for the weekend, Argyris thinks he’s in for a romantic getaway. He is dead wrong. Claiming they are just “protecting their fragile daughter,” Mary’s parents subject the poor kid to a gauntlet of increasingly bizarre, brutal,
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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 put through the wringer as Pepper, a working-class mover wrongfully committed to a literal living hell due to a bad temper and worse luck. Ahead of its premiere this Thursday, May 21, on AMC+ and Shudder, a new sneak peek from the third episode promises that things are about to get significantly weirder—and much more chaotic. Episode 103: “Che Guevara” — The Ultimate Asylum Field Trip Nothing says psychological horror quite like an institutional pizza party. In this Thursday’s all-new episode, the baseline level of dread at New Hyde skyrockets. Here is what’s on the menu: -The Gaslighting Continues: The hospital staff flatly denies that Pepper was attacked. This makes him question his own reality. -The Silver Door: A fellow patient
Continue reading →
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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 August on Sacred Bones Records, perfectly paired with his first-ever graphic novel dropping August 4 via Storm King Comics. To kick things off, Carpenter and his longtime musical partners-in-crime have unleashed the project’s roaring first single, “Lord Of The Underground,” available to stream right now alongside a gorgeously grim animated visualizer. A Movie For Your Eyes and Ears If you’ve been dying for a new John Carpenter flick (his last traditional feature film was back in 2010), Cathedral is the closest thing you’re going to get. Inspired by a vivid nightmare Carpenter had in 2024, the album isn’t just a collection of cool synth tracks—it is a literal, track-by-track soundtrack to the graphic novel. Each song corresponds to
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Move over, Jaws: The Revenge. Step aside, Sharknado. There is a new king of cinematic trash, and it is swimming straight out of the bargain bin of 2022. Somehow, a cinematic masterpiece swam under our radar a few years ago, but we are here to correct that grave injustice. Introduce yourself to Sharkula. Yes. Sharkula. The Premise (If You Can Call It That) Written and directed by B-movie legend Mark Polonia, this zero-budget masterpiece answers the age-old question: “What happens when Count Dracula decides to turn a great white shark into a vampire?” The plot—and we use that word incredibly loosely—goes like this: Count Dracula’s curse infects a shark, which then starts terrorizing a local tourist town. But wait, it gets better. There is a whole coven of caped, pale vampires hiding out on the docks, actively helping the shark survive. It’s a deadly trail of CGI carnage, terrible green screens, and rubber fins. The Cast The filmmakers didn’t even
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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 digital premiere, the film takes a scenic weekend getaway and aggressively turns it into a high-stakes psychological pressure cooker. Unpacking Heavy Baggage in the Wilderness The film follows four old friends who pack up their tackle boxes and head out to a remote fishing spot. All in the hopes of getting a little fresh air and fixing years of distance. Unfortunately, the tranquility is cut short when one of the men—a desperate, grieving father—drops a devastating bombshell. He doesn’t just think his daughter’s disappearance was a tragedy. He’s convinced one of the men sitting across the campfire is directly responsible. In the middle of nowhere, with no cell service and old secrets bubbling to the surface, a
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‘ 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 Hollywood heavyweights: mastery-of-melodrama Tyler Perry and horror maestro Jason Blum. Strings, Secrets, and Sanity In the film, Chloe Bailey plays a talented violinist who scores a gig tutoring the gifted daughter of an influential, enigmatic, and obscenely wealthy family. But as she gets pulled into their opulent world, the sweet music turns into a nightmare. Unsettling secrets surface, forcing her to question her safety, her ambition, and her actual sanity. Think Whiplash meets Get Out, but with higher couture and heavier tension. The movie features a powerhouse cast, including Chloe Bailey (Swarm), Lynn Whitfield (Greenleaf), and Lucien Laviscount (Emily in Paris). Anna Diop (Us) and Coco Jones (Bel-Air) round out the cast. An Unexpected Master of Suspense
Continue reading →
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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 tracks a five-year investigation into the 1947 murder of Elizabeth Short—better known as the Black Dahlia. The production team claims they aren’t just recycling old theories. They have uncovered startling new leads, identified a primary suspect, located the definitive crime scene, and are currently leaning hard on the Los Angeles Police Department to hand over secrets they’ve kept under lock and key for nearly 80 years. The Avengers of True Crime This isn’t a couple of podcasters with a microphone. The docuseries follows a heavyweight squad of filmmakers, seasoned investigators, and retired law enforcement royalty who have been living and breathing this case for half a decade. The investigative roster includes: -Steve Cooley (Former Los Angeles County District Attorney) -Lenny DePaul (Retired US Marshal Commander; Hunting
Continue reading →
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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 promises to deliver a refreshing descent into madness. Don’t Look in the Mirror The overarching narrative anchoring the anthology breathes terrifying new life into an infamous urban legend. The official synopsis lays out a tense, claustrophobic premise. A routine babysitting gig rapidly deteriorates into a fight for survival when three teenagers foolishly attempt to summon the malevolent entity known as Baby Blue. As the entity takes hold, the teens discover that their only hope of surviving the night lies in digging up a long-buried, dark past. Much like the classic playground terrors of Bloody Mary, The Summoning takes on the childhood thrill of tempting the paranormal. It infuses it with the visceral, high-stakes dread of contemporary supernatural thrillers. A Collaborative Vision
Continue reading →
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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 Dead. With a pedigree that connects Pulp Fiction to James Bond, the film is shaping up to be one of the most anticipated indies of the year. Till Death Do Us Part The film kicks off with criminal mastermind Jack Wolfe (Jackson) finding himself hopelessly cornered by the Feds. Naturally, his exit strategy is a light spot of insurance fraud. He plans to fake his own death, secure a cool $30 million payout, and disappear into the sunset with his “grieving” wife, Nora (Green). To keep the heat off their trail, the couple decides to frame Nora’s less-surfer-boy lover, Chad, for the “murder.” There’s one hitch in the plan: Nora doesn’t want to fake anything. Instead, she decides
Continue reading →
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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 by Aitore Zholdaskali and co-written by Cannes veteran Adilkhan Yerzhanov, Hell Grindis is the world’s first AI-native feature film produced entirely on the Higgsfield platform. A Portal to the Underworld The story follows four street-smart thieves—Roco, Lulu, Jax, and Rein—whose latest heist takes a supernatural turn for the worse. When Roco accidentally triggers an ancient artifact, Lulu is sucked into a portal to the underworld. The ensuing globe-spanning odyssey takes our leads from a hidden Tibetan temple to the brutal landscapes of feudal Japan. The film frames itself as “Fantasy as tragedy. Action as grief,” promising that, despite its high-tech production, it packs the same emotional punch as a traditional blockbuster. By the Numbers: Precision Meets Efficiency The production stats for
Continue reading →
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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 collaborator of horror royalty Wes Craven and Jason Blum—officially drops on Digital and On Demand today, May 19, via Dark Star Pictures. To celebrate the release, a brand-new, nerve-shredding trailer has just premiered. Meet the Parents (From Hell) Set against the backdrop of 1990s Athens, the film follows Argyris, a shy 19-year-old who somehow lands a date with Mary, a beautiful and enigmatic woman who is entirely out of his league. When she invites him to her family’s secluded country estate for the weekend, Argyris thinks he’s in for a romantic getaway. He is dead wrong. Claiming they are just “protecting their fragile daughter,” Mary’s parents subject the poor kid to a gauntlet of increasingly bizarre, brutal,
Continue reading →
AMCNewsShudderStreaming TVTrailers
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 put through the wringer as Pepper, a working-class mover wrongfully committed to a literal living hell due to a bad temper and worse luck. Ahead of its premiere this Thursday, May 21, on AMC+ and Shudder, a new sneak peek from the third episode promises that things are about to get significantly weirder—and much more chaotic. Episode 103: “Che Guevara” — The Ultimate Asylum Field Trip Nothing says psychological horror quite like an institutional pizza party. In this Thursday’s all-new episode, the baseline level of dread at New Hyde skyrockets. Here is what’s on the menu: -The Gaslighting Continues: The hospital staff flatly denies that Pepper was attacked. This makes him question his own reality. -The Silver Door: A fellow patient
Continue reading →
BooksComic Books/Graphic NovelsMusicNewsTrailers
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 August on Sacred Bones Records, perfectly paired with his first-ever graphic novel dropping August 4 via Storm King Comics. To kick things off, Carpenter and his longtime musical partners-in-crime have unleashed the project’s roaring first single, “Lord Of The Underground,” available to stream right now alongside a gorgeously grim animated visualizer. A Movie For Your Eyes and Ears If you’ve been dying for a new John Carpenter flick (his last traditional feature film was back in 2010), Cathedral is the closest thing you’re going to get. Inspired by a vivid nightmare Carpenter had in 2024, the album isn’t just a collection of cool synth tracks—it is a literal, track-by-track soundtrack to the graphic novel. Each song corresponds to
Continue reading →
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Move over, Jaws: The Revenge. Step aside, Sharknado. There is a new king of cinematic trash, and it is swimming straight out of the bargain bin of 2022. Somehow, a cinematic masterpiece swam under our radar a few years ago, but we are here to correct that grave injustice. Introduce yourself to Sharkula. Yes. Sharkula. The Premise (If You Can Call It That) Written and directed by B-movie legend Mark Polonia, this zero-budget masterpiece answers the age-old question: “What happens when Count Dracula decides to turn a great white shark into a vampire?” The plot—and we use that word incredibly loosely—goes like this: Count Dracula’s curse infects a shark, which then starts terrorizing a local tourist town. But wait, it gets better. There is a whole coven of caped, pale vampires hiding out on the docks, actively helping the shark survive. It’s a deadly trail of CGI carnage, terrible green screens, and rubber fins. The Cast The filmmakers didn’t even
Continue reading →
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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 digital premiere, the film takes a scenic weekend getaway and aggressively turns it into a high-stakes psychological pressure cooker. Unpacking Heavy Baggage in the Wilderness The film follows four old friends who pack up their tackle boxes and head out to a remote fishing spot. All in the hopes of getting a little fresh air and fixing years of distance. Unfortunately, the tranquility is cut short when one of the men—a desperate, grieving father—drops a devastating bombshell. He doesn’t just think his daughter’s disappearance was a tragedy. He’s convinced one of the men sitting across the campfire is directly responsible. In the middle of nowhere, with no cell service and old secrets bubbling to the surface, a
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