Horror Fuel
☰ Browse the Crypt
Category

News

Horror news, casting updates, release dates and industry scoops — everything happening in horror film, TV and games, updated daily.

12,626 stories
Legendary Comics Plans To Keep You Up At Night With 'Sleep Terrors'

Legendary Comics Plans To Keep You Up At Night With ‘Sleep Terrors’

Legendary Comics, like its parent studio, is known for blockbuster storytelling and memorable characters who drive the action. Their latest original graphic novel is all of that with a dash of sleep-deprived, fast-paced fright that will keep you up at night. Sleep Terrors is written by Cavan Scott (Star Wars: The High Republic, Justice Society) and features art by Stephanie Son, is an all-new tale of revenge gone wrong that is destined to keep you up at night, and it’s the exact kind of menacing late-summer monster romp you need to kick off spooky season. Horror fans can score an exclusive hardcover edition (among many other rewards!) in a crowdfunding campaign that ends September 21, 2022. The book follows tortured soul Terri Shepherd as she learns, to her shock and creeping dread, that people who wrong her — even in the slightest! — are getting brutally killed by some unseen force while she sleeps. The monster is kept at bay

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 21, 2022
Movie Review: Hellraiser (2022) Offers More Pain Than Pleasure

Hulu Unlocks The Official ‘Hellraiser’ Trailer

We have such sights to show you, like the brand new Hellraiser trailer which has just been unlocked by Hulu ahead of its October release. In the new Hellraiser: “A young woman struggling with addiction comes into possession of an ancient puzzle box, unaware that its purpose is to summon the Cenobites, a group of sadistic supernatural beings from another dimension.” Odessa A’Zion, Goran Visnjic, Adam Faison, Drew Starkey, Brandon Flynn, Aoife Hinds, Jason Liles, Yinka Olorunnife, Selina Lo, Zachary Hing, Kit Clarke, and Hiam Abbass star in the film set to premiere exclusively on Hulu on October 7, 2022, as part of Huluween.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 20, 2022
Things Get Spooky This "Ghostober" With Two New Series And A Special From Eli Roth

Things Get Spooky This “Ghostober” With Two New Series And A Special From Eli Roth

This Ghostober, acclaimed director Eli Roth is delivering more hours of his quintessential brand of horror and mayhem to the Travel Channel with two new series: ELI ROTH PRESENTS: MY POSSESSED PET, premiering Friday, September 30 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel and URBAN LEGEND, premiering Friday, October 28 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel, both also streaming on discovery+. On Halloween night, Roth teams up with paranormal investigator and executive producer Zak Bagans to debut a special two-hour cinematic collaboration with THE HAUNTED MUSEUM: 3 RING INFERNO, premiering Monday, October 31 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel and streaming on discovery+. “I’m absolutely thrilled to grow my incredible collaboration with Travel Channel, discovery+ and Zak Bagans,” said Roth. “They’ve given me the freedom to explore new creative avenues for scary stories and to bring fresh new directorial voices to the screen. I set out to help make this Ghostober the scariest year ever. You have been

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 20, 2022
A Man Goes To Terrifying Lengths To Get New Listeners In 'The Murder Podcast' Trailer

A Man Goes To Terrifying Lengths To Get New Listeners In ‘The Murder Podcast’ Trailer

This Halloween, a podcaster goes to terrifying lengths to gain new listeners in the comedy-laced horror film The Murder Podcast. But will it result in dead air? From writer-director William Bagley, comes the story about a podcaster desperate to get more listeners. Chad Thadwick decides he needs a new topic. After a murder in his hometown, the answer is clear: a true crime podcast! With the help of his best friend, Chad starts investigating; only to get wrapped up in a terrifying adventure full of supernatural threats! Andrew McDermott stars alongside, Cooper Bucha, Brian Emond, Scott Hawkins, Logan Mariner, and Chris Mayers, in The Murder Podcast which broadcasts on October 26th on digital platforms.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 20, 2022
Johnny Gruesome Director Is Back With Revenge Flick 'Guns Of Eden'

Johnny Gruesome Director Is Back With Revenge Flick ‘Guns Of Eden’

Back in 2018, Gregory Lamberson unleashed his undead revenge movie Johnny Gruesome which was a hit with viewers. Now, Lamberson is back with Guns of Eden, starring Alexandra Faye Sadeghian (Bound) and horror veteran Lynn Lowry (Shivers, The Crazies). The film has just scored a November release from Uncork’d Entertainment. In Guns of Eden, Megan, her partner Jeremy, and his friends Blake and Gabriella go camping for the weekend. In the woods, Megan and Jeremy witness the execution of a drug trafficker by the local sheriff and his deputies. The campers attempt to flee, but the deputies seal off the mountain, and the sheriff gets an armed militia to hunt the strangers. “Gregory Lamberson, who gave us the cult favorite JOHNNY GRUESOME, is back with a high-energy, action-packed revenge film with a strong female protagonist” said Keith Leopard, President Uncork’d Entertainment. “This great mix of FIRST BLOOD and ATOMIC BLONDE is a real good time.” Director Gregory Lamberson negotiated the

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 20, 2022
'Stalker,' Starring Sophie Skelton, Has Hunted Down A Home Release Date

‘Stalker,’ Starring Sophie Skelton, Has Hunted Down A Home Release Date

Following rave reviews from its World Premiere at FrightFest last month, the psychological thriller Stalker, starring Sophie Skelton (Outlander) is coming to DVD and Digital this Fall from Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment. In this tense and atmospheric horror, “Rose Hepburn, a young actress, returns to her empty hotel. Forced to use the old freight elevator, it jolts to a halt on the twelfth floor, leaving her trapped with an unusual stranger. Left with no phone signal as a storm approaches, tensions escalate and suspicions rise when Rose discovers the identity of the mysterious man is Daniel Reed, a camera operator who is seemingly obsessed with her.” Starring Sophie Skelton (Outlander), BAFTA winner Stuart Brennan (Risen), and WWE legend Bret Hart, Stalker is from director Steve Johnson (Convergence). Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment’s Stalker premieres on DVD and Digital on October 10, 2022.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 20, 2022
Interview: Gia Crovatin Talks Sinking Her Teeth Into 'House Of Darkness'

Interview: Gia Crovatin Talks Sinking Her Teeth Into ‘House Of Darkness’

On September 9th, writer-director Neil LaBute’s new horror film House of Darkness opens in theaters, putting a unique and fresh spin on the vampire legend. In the film, after driving home to a woman’s secluded estate after meeting at a local bar, a player out to score thinks his beautiful, mysterious date will be another casual hook-up. While getting acquainted, their flirtation turns playful, sexy, and sinister. He’s hoping to get lucky, but his luck may have just run out. Gia Crovatin, starring alongside Justin Long, Kate Bosworth, and Lucy Walters, sat down with us to discuss the film and her role in it. Kelli: “If you will, tell our readers about ‘House of Darkness,’ from your point of view?” Gia: “I think that the best way to describe the film would be to call it a kind of a modern-day, dark fairytale about a first date’s gone very, very wrong. Um, I think there’s a lot about fantasy. There

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 20, 2022
Screamfest Horror Film Festival's First Wave Announcement Promises Shivers and Shocks Aplenty

Screamfest Horror Film Festival’s First Wave Announcement Promises Shivers and Shocks Aplenty

From werewolves to witchcraft, monsters to murderers, and far beyond, Los Angeles-based Screamfest is planning a jaw-dropping, drool-inducing 22nd edition for its October 11th through 20th run. With premieres galore and fear fare from around the globe, the festival promises to be a cinematic nerve center for horror cinema aficionados. Following is the official press announcement. Screamfest® Horror Film Festival, the largest and longest-running horror film festival in the United States, today announced their first-wave lineup of competitive features and shorts for its 22nd edition. Running October 11th through 20th at the TCL Chinese Theater, Screamfest® welcomes audiences back to the big screen for a collective experience they won’t soon forget. Tickets will be on sale soon and can be purchased via the festival website: https://screamfestla.com/ Run Sweetheart Run from Prime Video and Blumhouse will close Screamfest® LA on October 20th. After what begins as dinner with a client, a single mom (Ella Balinska) finds herself hunted by a monstrous

Continue reading →
Joseph Perry
Sep 20, 2022
Sink Your Fangs Into The New "Let The Right One In" Series Trailer

Sink Your Fangs Into The New “Let The Right One In” Series Trailer

Showtime’s new “Let the Right One In” series, based on John Ajvide Lindqvist’s novel and the 2008 hit Swedish film, has a new trailer ahead of its October premiere. The series centers on Mark (Bichir) and his daughter Eleanor (Baez), whose lives were changed 10 years earlier when she was turned into a vampire. Locked in at age 12, perhaps forever, Eleanor lives a closed-in life, able to go out only at night, while her father does his best to provide her with the human blood she needs to stay alive. The 10-episode series stars Oscar nominee Demián Bichir (A Better Life), Tony winner Anika Noni Rose (Dreamgirls, Power), Grace Gummer (“Mr. Robot”), Madison Taylor Baez (“Selena: The Series”), Ian Foreman (Merry Wish-Mas), Jacob Buster (Colony), Kevin Carroll (Snowfall), and Nick Stahl (“Fear the Walking Dead”). Award-winning writer and producer Andrew Hinderaker (Away, ”Penny Dreadful”) who also serves as showrunner is executive producing along with Seith Mann (HOMELAND, #FreeRayshawn, Raising Dion) who also directed multiple episodes.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 19, 2022
'Shot In The Dark' Trailer Reveals A Killer On The Loose

‘Shot In The Dark’ Trailer Reveals A Killer On The Loose

A killer is on the hunt in the indie horror-thriller Shot in the Dark, from director Keene McRae. Reel 2 Reel has just released the trailer which teases an intense, action-packed film. In Shot in the Dark, “Two years ago, William Langston made a mistake that would affect the course of his life. Now, with a killer loose in his hometown and his circle of friends falling away one at a time, William faces his greatest fears as well as his own mortality.” Kristoffer McMillan stars alongside Christine Donlon (Escape Room), Kelley Mack (“The Walking Dead”), Keene McRae, Jacqueline Toboni (“Grim,” “Easy”), Austin Hébert (“Jack Reacher: Never Go Back”), Lane Aikin, Will Lagos, Rhomeyn Johnson, Dan Sutter, and Brandon Sklenar (The Offer, Vice). . The film will be released on VOD and Digital platforms on October 4th in the US and October 10th in the UK.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 19, 2022

More from News

Legendary Comics Plans To Keep You Up At Night With 'Sleep Terrors'

Legendary Comics Plans To Keep You Up At Night With ‘Sleep Terrors’

Legendary Comics, like its parent studio, is known for blockbuster storytelling and memorable characters who drive the action. Their latest original graphic novel is all of that with a dash of sleep-deprived, fast-paced fright that will keep you up at night. Sleep Terrors is written by Cavan Scott (Star Wars: The High Republic, Justice Society) and features art by Stephanie Son, is an all-new tale of revenge gone wrong that is destined to keep you up at night, and it’s the exact kind of menacing late-summer monster romp you need to kick off spooky season. Horror fans can score an exclusive hardcover edition (among many other rewards!) in a crowdfunding campaign that ends September 21, 2022. The book follows tortured soul Terri Shepherd as she learns, to her shock and creeping dread, that people who wrong her — even in the slightest! — are getting brutally killed by some unseen force while she sleeps. The monster is kept at bay

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 21, 2022
Movie Review: Hellraiser (2022) Offers More Pain Than Pleasure

Hulu Unlocks The Official ‘Hellraiser’ Trailer

We have such sights to show you, like the brand new Hellraiser trailer which has just been unlocked by Hulu ahead of its October release. In the new Hellraiser: “A young woman struggling with addiction comes into possession of an ancient puzzle box, unaware that its purpose is to summon the Cenobites, a group of sadistic supernatural beings from another dimension.” Odessa A’Zion, Goran Visnjic, Adam Faison, Drew Starkey, Brandon Flynn, Aoife Hinds, Jason Liles, Yinka Olorunnife, Selina Lo, Zachary Hing, Kit Clarke, and Hiam Abbass star in the film set to premiere exclusively on Hulu on October 7, 2022, as part of Huluween.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 20, 2022
Things Get Spooky This "Ghostober" With Two New Series And A Special From Eli Roth

Things Get Spooky This “Ghostober” With Two New Series And A Special From Eli Roth

This Ghostober, acclaimed director Eli Roth is delivering more hours of his quintessential brand of horror and mayhem to the Travel Channel with two new series: ELI ROTH PRESENTS: MY POSSESSED PET, premiering Friday, September 30 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel and URBAN LEGEND, premiering Friday, October 28 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel, both also streaming on discovery+. On Halloween night, Roth teams up with paranormal investigator and executive producer Zak Bagans to debut a special two-hour cinematic collaboration with THE HAUNTED MUSEUM: 3 RING INFERNO, premiering Monday, October 31 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel and streaming on discovery+. “I’m absolutely thrilled to grow my incredible collaboration with Travel Channel, discovery+ and Zak Bagans,” said Roth. “They’ve given me the freedom to explore new creative avenues for scary stories and to bring fresh new directorial voices to the screen. I set out to help make this Ghostober the scariest year ever. You have been

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 20, 2022
A Man Goes To Terrifying Lengths To Get New Listeners In 'The Murder Podcast' Trailer

A Man Goes To Terrifying Lengths To Get New Listeners In ‘The Murder Podcast’ Trailer

This Halloween, a podcaster goes to terrifying lengths to gain new listeners in the comedy-laced horror film The Murder Podcast. But will it result in dead air? From writer-director William Bagley, comes the story about a podcaster desperate to get more listeners. Chad Thadwick decides he needs a new topic. After a murder in his hometown, the answer is clear: a true crime podcast! With the help of his best friend, Chad starts investigating; only to get wrapped up in a terrifying adventure full of supernatural threats! Andrew McDermott stars alongside, Cooper Bucha, Brian Emond, Scott Hawkins, Logan Mariner, and Chris Mayers, in The Murder Podcast which broadcasts on October 26th on digital platforms.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 20, 2022
Johnny Gruesome Director Is Back With Revenge Flick 'Guns Of Eden'

Johnny Gruesome Director Is Back With Revenge Flick ‘Guns Of Eden’

Back in 2018, Gregory Lamberson unleashed his undead revenge movie Johnny Gruesome which was a hit with viewers. Now, Lamberson is back with Guns of Eden, starring Alexandra Faye Sadeghian (Bound) and horror veteran Lynn Lowry (Shivers, The Crazies). The film has just scored a November release from Uncork’d Entertainment. In Guns of Eden, Megan, her partner Jeremy, and his friends Blake and Gabriella go camping for the weekend. In the woods, Megan and Jeremy witness the execution of a drug trafficker by the local sheriff and his deputies. The campers attempt to flee, but the deputies seal off the mountain, and the sheriff gets an armed militia to hunt the strangers. “Gregory Lamberson, who gave us the cult favorite JOHNNY GRUESOME, is back with a high-energy, action-packed revenge film with a strong female protagonist” said Keith Leopard, President Uncork’d Entertainment. “This great mix of FIRST BLOOD and ATOMIC BLONDE is a real good time.” Director Gregory Lamberson negotiated the

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 20, 2022
'Stalker,' Starring Sophie Skelton, Has Hunted Down A Home Release Date

‘Stalker,’ Starring Sophie Skelton, Has Hunted Down A Home Release Date

Following rave reviews from its World Premiere at FrightFest last month, the psychological thriller Stalker, starring Sophie Skelton (Outlander) is coming to DVD and Digital this Fall from Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment. In this tense and atmospheric horror, “Rose Hepburn, a young actress, returns to her empty hotel. Forced to use the old freight elevator, it jolts to a halt on the twelfth floor, leaving her trapped with an unusual stranger. Left with no phone signal as a storm approaches, tensions escalate and suspicions rise when Rose discovers the identity of the mysterious man is Daniel Reed, a camera operator who is seemingly obsessed with her.” Starring Sophie Skelton (Outlander), BAFTA winner Stuart Brennan (Risen), and WWE legend Bret Hart, Stalker is from director Steve Johnson (Convergence). Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment’s Stalker premieres on DVD and Digital on October 10, 2022.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 20, 2022
Interview: Gia Crovatin Talks Sinking Her Teeth Into 'House Of Darkness'

Interview: Gia Crovatin Talks Sinking Her Teeth Into ‘House Of Darkness’

On September 9th, writer-director Neil LaBute’s new horror film House of Darkness opens in theaters, putting a unique and fresh spin on the vampire legend. In the film, after driving home to a woman’s secluded estate after meeting at a local bar, a player out to score thinks his beautiful, mysterious date will be another casual hook-up. While getting acquainted, their flirtation turns playful, sexy, and sinister. He’s hoping to get lucky, but his luck may have just run out. Gia Crovatin, starring alongside Justin Long, Kate Bosworth, and Lucy Walters, sat down with us to discuss the film and her role in it. Kelli: “If you will, tell our readers about ‘House of Darkness,’ from your point of view?” Gia: “I think that the best way to describe the film would be to call it a kind of a modern-day, dark fairytale about a first date’s gone very, very wrong. Um, I think there’s a lot about fantasy. There

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 20, 2022
Screamfest Horror Film Festival's First Wave Announcement Promises Shivers and Shocks Aplenty

Screamfest Horror Film Festival’s First Wave Announcement Promises Shivers and Shocks Aplenty

From werewolves to witchcraft, monsters to murderers, and far beyond, Los Angeles-based Screamfest is planning a jaw-dropping, drool-inducing 22nd edition for its October 11th through 20th run. With premieres galore and fear fare from around the globe, the festival promises to be a cinematic nerve center for horror cinema aficionados. Following is the official press announcement. Screamfest® Horror Film Festival, the largest and longest-running horror film festival in the United States, today announced their first-wave lineup of competitive features and shorts for its 22nd edition. Running October 11th through 20th at the TCL Chinese Theater, Screamfest® welcomes audiences back to the big screen for a collective experience they won’t soon forget. Tickets will be on sale soon and can be purchased via the festival website: https://screamfestla.com/ Run Sweetheart Run from Prime Video and Blumhouse will close Screamfest® LA on October 20th. After what begins as dinner with a client, a single mom (Ella Balinska) finds herself hunted by a monstrous

Continue reading →
Joseph Perry
Sep 20, 2022
Sink Your Fangs Into The New "Let The Right One In" Series Trailer

Sink Your Fangs Into The New “Let The Right One In” Series Trailer

Showtime’s new “Let the Right One In” series, based on John Ajvide Lindqvist’s novel and the 2008 hit Swedish film, has a new trailer ahead of its October premiere. The series centers on Mark (Bichir) and his daughter Eleanor (Baez), whose lives were changed 10 years earlier when she was turned into a vampire. Locked in at age 12, perhaps forever, Eleanor lives a closed-in life, able to go out only at night, while her father does his best to provide her with the human blood she needs to stay alive. The 10-episode series stars Oscar nominee Demián Bichir (A Better Life), Tony winner Anika Noni Rose (Dreamgirls, Power), Grace Gummer (“Mr. Robot”), Madison Taylor Baez (“Selena: The Series”), Ian Foreman (Merry Wish-Mas), Jacob Buster (Colony), Kevin Carroll (Snowfall), and Nick Stahl (“Fear the Walking Dead”). Award-winning writer and producer Andrew Hinderaker (Away, ”Penny Dreadful”) who also serves as showrunner is executive producing along with Seith Mann (HOMELAND, #FreeRayshawn, Raising Dion) who also directed multiple episodes.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 19, 2022
'Shot In The Dark' Trailer Reveals A Killer On The Loose

‘Shot In The Dark’ Trailer Reveals A Killer On The Loose

A killer is on the hunt in the indie horror-thriller Shot in the Dark, from director Keene McRae. Reel 2 Reel has just released the trailer which teases an intense, action-packed film. In Shot in the Dark, “Two years ago, William Langston made a mistake that would affect the course of his life. Now, with a killer loose in his hometown and his circle of friends falling away one at a time, William faces his greatest fears as well as his own mortality.” Kristoffer McMillan stars alongside Christine Donlon (Escape Room), Kelley Mack (“The Walking Dead”), Keene McRae, Jacqueline Toboni (“Grim,” “Easy”), Austin Hébert (“Jack Reacher: Never Go Back”), Lane Aikin, Will Lagos, Rhomeyn Johnson, Dan Sutter, and Brandon Sklenar (The Offer, Vice). . The film will be released on VOD and Digital platforms on October 4th in the US and October 10th in the UK.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 19, 2022
Next →