A Tradition Takes a Dangerous Turn This July in ‘New Year’s Absolution’
If your January goals usually involve hitting the gym or eating more fiber, count yourself lucky. Scatena & Rosner Films has announced the North American release of director Nick Leisure’s chilling new holiday horror thriller, New Year’s Absolution,...
Home Sweet Horror: Paranoid Thriller ‘Tender’ Nabs Closing Night Spot at Dances with Films
If you think your current financial situation is stressful, writer and director Adam Hoelzel is here to make you feel a whole lot better about your bank account. Hoelzel is proud to announce that his debut directorial feature, Tender. It will celebrate its World...
Trust Nobody, Especially Not the Toaster: Focus Features Unveils Trailer for ‘Hot Spot’
If you’re already stressed about algorithms controlling your life, Focus Features is ready to amplify that anxiety into a full-blown existential crisis. The studio has announced that Hot Spot, a hypnotic neo-noir thriller, will officially hit theaters this...
Crash Into the Shark-Filled Film ‘Deep Water’ – Out Now
Fasten your life vests and secure your tray tables, shark enthusiasts. The survival thriller Deep Water is officially ready to plunge you into an absolute worst-case scenario. Directed by action maestro Renny Harlin (Die Hard 2, Cliffhanger), this high-octane...
Spoiler-Free Reviews: MARGINALIA and BURNT FLOWERS (GenreBlast 2025)
MARGINALIA (U.S., 2025) Official synopsis: Summoned to Karnstein Abbey to serve as a mourner at the funeral of their recently deceased abbess, Sister Trista discovers a dark secret involving demons, witchcraft and killer rabbits. But Sister Trista has a secret of...
Capps Crossing: Wrong Side of Dead – Because Trips to the Woods Always Go So Well
If horror movies have taught us anything, it’s that celebrating your birthday deep in the wilderness is basically an open invitation to be hunted. Lionsgate’s upcoming psychological thriller, Capps Crossing: Wrong Side of Dead, is here to prove that...
One Last Trip to the Upside Down: Stranger Things Season 5 is Coming to Halloween Horror Nights
If you thought navigating the final season of Netflix’s global phenomenon from the safety of your couch was stressful, Universal Studios is about to ruin your heart rate completely. The Upside Down is officially staging its grand return to Halloween Horror...
Feel the Burn (And the Blade): Horror Flick ‘Slashercise’ is Ready to Kill Your Cardio
Get ready to work up a killer sweat—and maybe spill some actual blood. Part horror movie, part retro fitness tape, the genre mashup Slashercise is officially ready to slice into your workout routine. If you’ve ever felt like your gym’s personal trainers were...
First Teaser Drops for Dillon Brown’s Horror ‘A Man in the Woods with an Axe’
Horror Dadz Productions has officially unleashed the first teaser trailer for A Man in the Woods with an Axe, the latest genre-bending project from indie horror writer-director Dillon Brown. But before you start placing bets on the final girl or predicting the...
Mad Cave Studios Announces ‘Escape from New York: Escape from Chicago’ Comic Series
He’s back, he’s still wearing the eyepatch, and no—he’s not dead. Mad Cave Studios is bringing John Carpenter’s ultimate antihero back to the printed page this fall with Escape From New York: Escape From Chicago. Launching this September,...
No Way Out: Netflix’s ‘The Last House’ Trailer Turns into a Sci-Fi Nightmare
If you thought your pandemic lockdown was rough, Netflix is about to make your worst claustrophobic nightmares look like a luxury spa day. The streaming giant has dropped the first trailer for The Last House, an intense sci-fi thriller that asks a deeply unsettling...
Cowboys vs. Carnivores: ‘Primitive War’ Team Teases New Dinosaur Western
Hold onto your cowboy hats and lock up your livestock. The creative team behind the 2025 prehistoric cult hit Primitive War is back, and they are trading the jungles of Vietnam for the lawless Wild West—complete with feathers, scales, and rows of razor-sharp teeth....
Swallow This: New ‘Evil Dead Burn’ Teaser Unleashes Fresh Deadite Carnage
New Line and Warner Bros. are officially back to ensure you never look at your family members the same way again. Evil Dead Burn, the highly anticipated sixth entry in the legendary, blood-drenched franchise, is locked, loaded, and ready to swallow your soul in...
“You opened it. We came.”: ‘Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival’ reveals October release!
Saber Interactive and Boss Team Games have revealed today that the survival-horror action game Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival‘s release date. With the news comes a new bloody, gore-filled trailer that can only be seen HERE. The game’s digital and physical...
Movie Review: Get the Gloriously Gross 20th Anniversary Steelbook of James Gunn’s ‘Slither’ Now!
Most people hear the name James Gunn and think Guardians of the Galaxy or his shiny new Superman movie. Not me. When I hear his name, my mind immediately goes to the gutter—specifically to Slither, his 2006 masterpiece of sci-fi slime that helped turn him into the...
Hounds of Love Director Ben Young is Adapting Stephen King’s ‘Mr. Yummy’ for Film
Just when you thought Hollywood had run out of Stephen King properties to adapt, the industry digs a little deeper into the master of horror’s bibliography. According to Deadline, Ben Young—the filmmaker who leaves audiences thoroughly unsettled with the...
The New ‘Dead by Daylight’ Movie Has Found Its Director
It’s officially happening. Blumhouse, Atomic Monster, and Behaviour Interactive have officially chosen their champion to direct the upcoming live-action adaptation of the mega-hit asymmetrical horror game, Dead by Daylight. The man holding the flashlight?...
Movie Review: “They Will Kill You” Is an Action-packed, Blood-Drenched Must-See – Stream It Now!
They Will Kill You—the raucous, blood-soaked action-horror-comedy that transforms a Manhattan high-rise into a literal house of the damned. If you’re a genre fan who lives for a perfect blend of laugh-out-loud humor and John Wick-style stunts, lock this in...
From the Upside Down to the Big Screen: The Duffer Brothers Set First Feature Film at Paramount
The Duffer Brothers are officially graduating from Hawkins, Indiana, and elders in the desert and heading straight to the multiplex. Variety reports that Matt and Ross Duffer, the masterminds behind “Stranger Things,” have officially set their first...
Horror-Comedy ‘Dead Lover’ Snags Digital and Blu-ray Release Dates
If you thought dating in the modern era was a nightmare, try doing it when you smell like a cemetery. Lightbulb Film Distribution has officially announced that their festival darling Dead Lover is coming to dig up some laughs at home. The dark, boundary-pushing...
Kelli Marchman McNeely | Jun 15, 2026 | 2 min read
A Touch of Total Terror: ‘Turnbound’ Drops Massive ‘Dead by Daylight’ Crossover Update
If you’ve been playing the tactical arena battler Turnbound and thinking, “This is great, but it really needs more murderous entities from an omnipotent cosmic Fog,” you are in luck. 1TK Games just unleashed a massive new update that brings a...
Kelli Marchman McNeely | Jun 15, 2026 | 2 min read
Movie Reviews: Deer Camp ‘86 and KillHer (Screamfest)
Sylvan shockers are in no shortage at Screamfest this year. Here’s a look at two of those woods-set features. Deer Camp ‘86 Combining supernatural cabin-in-the-woods elements with slasher fare, first-time director L. Van Dyke Siboutszen’s Deer Camp ‘86 (2022) goes...
Movie Review: Freeze (H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival)
Prolific fear-fare director Charlie Steeds’ latest effort Freeze (U.K., 2022) is a Lovecraftian creature feature that punches above the weight of its budgetary limitations, resulting in a solid-looking, highly entertaining period piece. The crew of the HMS...
Shorts Reviews: Starf*ckers, Letter to a Pig, and Censor of Dreams (SLASH Film Festival)
The following three shorts were part of SLASH Film Festival’s Fantastic Futures competition, which consisted of nine shorts from student filmmakers or first-time filmmakers. Starfuckers Writer/director/star Antonio Marziale delivers a gripping revenge thriller of a...
This November Uncover ‘Something In The Dirt’ From Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson (Trailer)
Lightbulb Film Distribution has now confirmed the release date of the surreal, critically acclaimed horror Something In The Dirt, the latest title from brilliant filmmakers Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson, the creators of the critically acclaimed films The Endless...
Kelli Marchman McNeely | Oct 16, 2022 | 1 min read
