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After making huge waves out of last year’s Toy Fair, Trick or Treat Studios is at the annual Halloween Party Expo to share a handful of new products slated for 2025.

While John Squires unveils some of the more horror-related goodies, I’m excited to share a first look at Trick or Treat’s “Fallout” masks, which are just the first in a major line that will include power armor helmet replicas, Halloween decor, weapon replicas, and so much more.

These “Retro” masks are made of hard plastic that can be placed over the front of the face, while the regular “Vault Boy/Girl” masks will be vinyl whole-head masks.

Take a look below…

These are just a couple products that Trick or Treat Studios has given us sneak preview first looks at here on Bloody Disgusting, and you’ll find much, much more where they came from by following...

She gained fame as a “scream queen” over 40 years ago, but in the four decades since has proven her versatility in a range of genres. Award-winning activist, author and daughter of two film icons, Jamie Lee Curtis has built an impressive resume over several mediums. And 2022 was an especially wonderful year for her with an acclaimed performance in “Everything Everywhere All at Once” that brought her an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.

Curtis was born in Santa Monica on November 22, 1958 to actors Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh. After finishing school, she briefly pursued an education in law, but decided to follow in her parents’ footsteps instead. In 1977, she was given a small role in an episode of “Quincy M.E.,” followed by several more small parts and a role in the short-lived “Operation Petticoat,” based on the film which had starred her father. Then she received a part in a low-budget...

Halloween may seem like a million miles away here in the first weeks of 2025, but that doesn’t mean we can’t start looking ahead. In fact, the annual Halloween Party Expo just kicked off in Vegas this week, North America’s premiere event for Halloween, party and celebration!

One of the 120+ exhibitors packed into the World Market Center space is Trick or Treat Studios, and they’re previewing a whole bunch of brand new products for this Halloween.

Of particular note for Terrifier fans, Trick or Treat Studios lets us know that a 12″ version of their previously released 5″ Art the Clown figure is coming soon, expected to release this summer. The supersized vinyl figure will come in a beautiful window box display, and also includes Art’s hacksaw accessory. Trick or Treat tells us that the figure will retail for $49.99.

The company also lets Bloody Disgusting know that Rob Zombie...

This month, the Halloweenies kick off their sprawling Universal Monsters coverage with 1931’s Dracula. In anticipation, the gang gathers around in Transylvania to share their picks for the best vampire flicks of all time. Is this list definitive? Well, only if you consider the co-hosts of the Halloweenies to be the definitive voice in Horror.

So, yes.

Stream the episode below or subscribe via Apple Podcasts , Stitcher , Spotify , RadioPublic , Acast , Google Podcasts , and RSS. New to the Halloweenies ? Catch up with the gang by revisiting their essential episodes on past franchises such as Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Scream, The Evil Dead, Chucky, and Alien!

Next up? Universal Monsters.

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‘Scream 7’ is one of the most highly awaited upcoming horrors. The movie had a difficult production so far. The movie was reworked after directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett left in August 2023, followed by the departure of stars Melissa Barrera and Jenna Ortega in November.

Neve Campbell confirmed her return to the franchise in March 2024 after missing ‘Scream VI.’ Kevin Williamson, a writer and producer from the early ‘Scream’ films, was brought on as director.

The plot is still a secret, but Neve Campbell revealed the new movie will focus on Sidney and her family, shifting back from the Carpenter sisters seen in ‘Scream’ released in 2022 and ‘Scream 6’ released in 2023.

“We are going to follow Sidney,” Campbell told ‘Entertainment Tonight,’ likening the story to the recent ‘Halloween’ sequels with Jamie Lee Curtis returning as Laurie Strode decades later. “They did pitch the concept to me, and it’s...

Indie developer Rose Lane Games has announced that their first chapter-based horror title, Helios Hotel: The Night Shift, will be launching on February 14 on PC via Steam, with a 15% discount for the first week of launch. A demo is also available for those looking into get into this first-person choose-your-own-adventure style title inspired by paranormal and slasher films such as The Shining, Halloween and Friday the 13th.

Helios Hotel: The Night Shift is broken down into bite-sized chapters, where players take on the role of Rose, who has just moved to a small town, and quickly lands a job as the front desk receptionist for a fancy new hotel. Much like what players had to do working as a cook in Happy’s Humble Burger Farm, you’ll initially have to undertake the everyday tasks of the front desk clerk, such as booking in guests and ensuring they get everything they need.

This Valentine’s Day, love turns lethal with the new slasher flick Heart Eyes. From the creative minds behind Freaky, Happy Death Day, and Werewolves Within, this terrifying tale hits theaters on February 7, 2025.

The fresh trailer is out now (see below), showcasing some of the grisly deaths that await. It’s clear—we’re in for a truly Bloody Valentine this year.

The revival of holiday-themed slashers, spurred by the success of the Scream and Halloween series, is alive and well. Heart Eyes follows in the footsteps of Eli Roth’s Thanksgiving from 2023, with more holiday horrors like Silent Night, Deadly Night on the way later this year, thanks to Bloody Disgusting and Cineverse.

Before we provide you with more information about the movie, here’s the trailer:

Directed by Josh Ruben, Heart Eyes stars Mason Gooding (Scream) and Olivia Holt (Cruel Summer). This film has earned an R rating for ‘strong violence and gore,...

This Valentine’s Day, no couple is safe. The filmmakers behind Freaky, Happy Death Day and Werewolves Within join forces for this year’s slasher movie Heart Eyes, and the brand new official trailer has arrived ahead of the film’s release only in theaters on February 7, 2025.

Watch the bloody Heart Eyes trailer down below, which previews a handful of supremely gory kills from the upcoming movie. Oh yes, it’s going to be a Bloody Valentine this year…

We have the recent box office success of the Scream and Halloween franchises, coupled with Eli Roth’s Thanksgiving back in 2023, to thank for the return of the holiday slasher movie, which was of course a staple of the genre back in the 1980s. And don’t forget that Bloody Disgusting and Cineverse are rebooting Silent Night, Deadly Night later this year!

Josh Ruben (Werewolves Within, Scare Me) directed the Valentine’s Day-themed Heart Eyes,...

In hindsight, 1978's "Halloween" was always destined to have a sequel. Co-writer/director John Carpenter and co-writer/producer Debra Hill even included a particularly prophetic line of dialogue in their tale of a supernaturally-charged maniac, Michael Myers, terrorizing his hometown on Halloween night: "You can't kill the bogeyman." Thanks to the film's massive success critically, commercially, and culturally, "Halloween II" was practically a given.

While "Halloween" concludes with the assertion that Myers has indeed not yet been killed, a trickier question for Carpenter and Hill concerned what to do with the other surviving supporting characters. Dr. Sam Loomis (Donald Pleasance) was established as the Van Helsing to Myers' Dracula, so his return was fairly natural. A bigger issue revolved around bringing back star Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode, the babysitter who unfortunately crosses Myers' path and becomes the focus of his All Hallows' Eve rampage. Not wanting to kill...

After watching the scene in “The Substance” where Elisabeth Sparkle, played by Demi Moore, repeatedly applies and wipes off lipstick in front of a mirror — a chilling metaphor for identity, erasure and self-loathing — I couldn’t have imagined that critics and awards voters would embrace it. Yet here we are, with Moore emerging as a frontrunner in the Oscar race for her career-defining performance in Coralie Fargeat’s provocative body horror film. Her Golden Globes win Sunday not only cements Moore’s legacy but also shines a long-overdue spotlight on horror as a genre worthy of awards season acclaim.

At 62, Moore is on the verge of earning her first-ever Oscar nomination for best actress. Her haunting and multilayered portrayal of an aging star who takes a mysterious serum to regain her youth — only for the experiment to spiral into a surreal nightmare — has been hailed as a masterclass in physical and emotional transformation.

What if someone you loved became something else?

From Blumhouse and visionary writer-director Leigh Whannell, the creators of the chilling modern monster tale The Invisible Man, comes a terrifying new lupine nightmare: Wolf Man.

Golden Globe nominee Christopher Abbott stars as Blake, a San Francisco husband and father, who inherits his remote childhood home in rural Oregon after his own father vanishes and is presumed dead. With his marriage to his high-powered wife, Charlotte, fraying, Blake persuades Charlotte to take a break from the city and visit the property with their young daughter, Ginger.

But as the family approaches the farmhouse in the dead of night, they’re attacked by an unseen animal and, in a desperate escape, barricade themselves inside the home as the creature prowls the perimeter. As the night stretches on, however, Blake begins to behave strangely, transforming into something unrecognizable, and Charlotte will be forced to...

All good things come to an end, and so has 2024. To ring in the New Year, the Halloweenies revisit the past year and list their 10 best horror movies. Which one takes the cake? Is it Nosferatu? Longlegs? Alien: Romulus? Join the gang as they gather around the table and take inventory of the year and share the ” definitive” Top 10 list.

Stream the episode below or subscribe via Apple Podcasts , Stitcher , Spotify , RadioPublic , Acast , Google Podcasts , and RSS. New to the Halloweenies ? Catch up with the gang by revisiting their essential episodes on past franchises such as Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Scream, The Evil Dead, Chucky, and Alien!

Next up? Universal Monsters.

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Since it was unveiled that The Batman sequel was delayed by another year, many were startled, as the film was initially set to debut later this year. Although some felt the multiple delays might’ve something to do with the alleged brewing tension between Reeves’ The Batman Epic Crime Saga and James Gunn’s Dcu, things seem a lot simpler.

Barry Keoghan as Joker | Credit: Warner Bros.

Reeves, who has been penning the story for quite some time, cleared the air surrounding the change in plans, and it seems, we might be in for an adaptation of one revered storyline.

Matt Reeves hints towards The Long Halloween‘s adaptation Batman: The Long Halloween | Credit: DC Comics

The Long Halloween‘s impact on the caped crusader can’t be overstated, as it highlighted Batman’s detective skills and massively inspired the groundwork for Christopher Nolan‘s The Dark Knight trilogy. Walking in Nolan’s footsteps,...

Gwen Van Dam, whose 70-year career as a character actress for film, television and the stage included turns in True Confessions, Halloween, Coming Home, Stir Crazy and The Trip to Bountiful, has died. She was 96.

Van Dam, who compiled about 140 acting credits on IMDb, died Dec. 19 at her home in West Los Angeles after a recurrence of cancer, her son, Dirk Smillie, told The Hollywood Reporter.

Van Dam remained a busy actress until the end, appearing on the first five episodes of Prime Video’s Homecoming in 2018, on Netflix’s Grace and Frankie in 2019 and on two installments of Hulu’s Interior Chinatown last year. She recently finished a play, too.

Her TV résumé included The Brady Bunch, Mannix, Maude, House Calls, Days of Our Lives, Moonlighting, 227, Knots Landing, Star Trek: Generations, ER, Gilmore Girls, Charmed, New Girl, Criminal Minds, Angie Tribeca and Modern Family.

Meanwhile, she spent the...

The 2023 Goosebumps reboot series was a pleasant surprise for me. Despite my nostalgic love for both the original books and the campy charm of the 1990s TV show, I never figured that a more serious attempt on the material would be able to feel genuinely scary while staying true to the franchise’s iconic roots. And yet that’s exactly what they did.

The ensemble cast was compelling, the stakes felt real, and the cliffhanger ending left me eager to see what this creative team had in store for the second season. However, Goosebumps: The Vanishing opts to not address that ending at all and instead tell a completely new story with a new set of characters in a new setting. And while the story they tell isn’t bad, it definitely leaves something to be desired. Though please keep in mind that this only applies to the first six episodes,...

Kyle Richards and Mauricio Umansky have especially become through their appearances on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Fans have seen various ups and downs between the two. However, this year saw Richards surprise Umansky during the holiday season.

Kyle Richards & Mauricio Umansky Had A Family Christmas In Aspen

Richards started her career as a child actress. She notably appeared on Little House on the Prairie and in films like The Watcher in the Woods in 1980 and the 1978 Halloween.

Since 2010, Richards became known as a main cast member on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. In addition to being one of the series’ first, she would go on to be one of the longest remaining cast members of the series.

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Richards and her husband Mauricio Umansky, who has also appeared in the reality series, first married in 1996. The two announced their separation in 2023.

However, Bravo TV noted...

Kelly Ripa and her husband, Mark Consuelos, are on holiday vacation. During this time, their show, Live with Kelly and Mark, will air “pre-recorded” shows.

Die-hard fans of Live know that Kelly and Mark typically film live shows three days a week, while Thursday and Friday’s episodes are “pre-recorded” with new content.

During the holiday season, Kelly and Mark tape new host topics and sometimes new Stump Mark segments and play old interviews to fill out the rest of the show.

While it is hard for fans to wait for new episodes, Kelly and Mark love the time off and travel extensively during their vacations.

Kelly and Mark jet off to Italy to see their Campobasso Fc team or head to their new favorite spot in Palm Springs while they recharge their energies during this downtime.

Kelly and Mark’s daughter Lola posted a photo from Christmas Eve on her Instagram,...

Award-winning documentary The History of Metal and Horror has just released a deluxe collector’s edition This compelling documentary dives into the shared history of heavy metal music and horror films, weaving their evolution into a fascinating narrative. The film features over 60 exclusive interviews with icons from both worlds, including: John Carpenter …

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While the holiday isn’t as culturally impactful as Halloween or Christmas, New Year’s has inspired its own share of horror movies. Some are better than others and one of the most intriguing was a Jamie Lee Curtis vehicle that came out at the start of the 1980s slasher boom. While the film is exploitative, it’s more interesting than most movies of its type because of its theming and twist ending.

Jamie Lee Curtis was in a New Year’s horror movie that mimicked ‘Halloween’

One of the most influential movies of the 1970s was John Carpenter’s Halloween (1978). After that movie became a box-office smash, everyone wanted to put out a slasher movie. Many Halloween rip-offs were set during holidays or special events. 1980 alone saw the release of Christmas Evil, Mother’s Day, Friday the 13th, and To All a Good Night.

Curtis rode the wave that Halloween started.

Fifty years ago, Bob Clark‘s Black Christmas hit theaters in America.

After years of teasing, the Halloweenies finally head to the Pi Kappa Sigma to discuss the 1974 holiday slasher. Together, they weigh in on the oft-ignored history behind the screenplay, the unique shooting style employed by Albert J. Dunk, Clark’s prescient characters that cling to reality, and the mystery behind the man on the phone.

Grab some egg nog and stream the discussion below.

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Remakes are pretty common in the horror genre, but not necessarily popular and not always good. Studios that own classic intellectual properties like "A Nightmare on Elm Street" or "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" obviously want to monetize them, but longtime fans have a hard time getting past anyone besides Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger or Gunnar Hansen as Leatherface. It's a problem at least as old as Universal's classics -- Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff were not the only actors to play Dracula and Frankenstein's monster, respectively, but they are the names and faces that everyone remembers and loves from the Universal Monsters movies.

So why remake the hits? Why not remake flops instead? Sure, some of those flops may have intense fan bases, but imagine how many more people would love them if the concept were done better the second time around? A clever notion that...

10 best Christmas movies that you must watch in 2024 (Photo Credit – Facebook)

Few days on the calendar induce audiences like Christmas, making everyone from families to individuals and casual viewers to movie fanatics, to embrace the season through films. With Santa Claus’s arrival just around the corner, here, we present a varied range of those significant holiday movies—from heartwarming fan-favorite holiday classics and superhero flicks to uncomfortable horrors and thrillers that disguise the cozy holiday into a shivering, darker, more twisted experience, proving Christmas isn’t always merry.

10. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Photo Credit – Facebook)

Dr. Seuss’ titular bad guy character is brought to life by Jim Carrey in this 2000 iteration directed by Ron Howard. One of two iconic Christmas fantasies starring Carrey, alongside A Christmas Carol, this adaptation reimagines the Grinch as a bitter, misanthropic humanoid plotting to ruin Christmas for the Whos in Whoville.

Throughout the history of Survivor, Jeff Probst's beloved reality show has featured several memorable moments. As even fans who are still figuring out which seasons to watch first are likely to know, the show has featured several medical evacuations, for example. Survivor has also featured many fantastic seasons, popular winners, great players, and the show has even inspired some disappointing backlashes as well.

Even though some Survivor fans know about the show's gross rules, most don't know that season 47's Sierra Wright got involved in a fascinating mystery. While several celebrities have played Survivor, it is still amazing that Sierra solved a costume mystery involving the famed influencer Tana Mongeau.

Survivor 47's Sierra Wright Was The Key To Answering Tana Mongeau's Costume Mystery

Ever since Spirit Halloween began popping up in a slew of different places, the company has had a huge impact on pop culture. On top of...

Warren Skeels is a filmmaker with a talent for transforming compelling narratives into immersive cinematic experiences. With a career spanning award-winning documentaries, critically acclaimed films, and hit television series, Skeels has carved a unique niche in the world of storytelling. From his celebrated feature documentary Thespians, which shone a spotlight on the passion and artistry of high school theatre students, to his MTV reality phenomenon Siesta Key, Skeels has consistently brought humanity, emotion, and visual beauty to his projects. Now, with The Man in the White Van, Skeels ventures into the realm of true crime thrillers, delivering a chilling and poignant exploration of fear, denial, and vulnerability in 1970s America.

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Released on December 13, The Man in the White Van is inspired by real events and follows the harrowing story of Annie, a young girl in 1975 Florida who becomes the target of a mysterious stalker. With masterful...

Andi Matichak, Steven Strait, Ashleigh Murray, Tyrone Marshall Brown (Power, Love Is) María Gabriela González and Nicole Gut are set to lead the cast of the out-of-control AI sci-fi thriller Serena, directed by Rob Alicea (The Hat Man) in his feature debut and written by Jonathan Benecke and P.T. Hylton.

Serena delves into the darker side of artificial intelligence. The story follows Holly (Murray), a tech engineer tasked with creating a revolutionary AI model for a determined CEO. To test the system, former rock star Chris Sadowsky (Strait) becomes one of the program’s initial users. However, the AI chatbot Serena, voiced by Matichak, quickly evolves from a helpful tool to a chilling and destructive force, raising questions about the unchecked power of technology.

Producer Jerry Careccio of Bad Idea emphasized the film’s timely relevance: “In an era where technology is seamlessly woven into our lives, our film serves...

Jamie Lee Curtis is looking likely to take over from the late Angela Lansbury in a new take on Murder, She Wrote. More here.

We’ve known for over a year now that a film version of the beloved 1980s TV series, Murder, She Wrote is heading our way courtesy of the writing team behind 2023’s Dumb Money.

The writers of the film, Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo, revealed in September of that year that they were teaming with producer Amy Pascal to work on an adaptation of Murder, She Wrote, the classic 1980s US murder mystery show that made the late Angela Lansbury into a beloved star.

Of course, that announcement came at the very tail-end of the Hollywood writers’ strikes so just how quickly things got up and running, we can only guess, but accoring to Deadline, things are definitely moving. What’s more with none other...

The official trailer for Danny Boyle’s sequel 28 Years Later was released by Sony just about one week ago and the first look is already posting massively impressive viewership numbers.

Deadline reports today that the official trailer for 28 Years Later is now officially the second most watched new horror movie trailer in history, behind only It: Chapter Two (2019)!

The outlet explains, “Not only was the 28 Years Later trailer the most watched horror trailer in 2024 at 60.2M global views [in the first 24 hours alone], but it’s also the second biggest trailer of all-time behind It Chapter Two (96M views, $91M opening).” Deadline also lets us know today, “Currently, the 28 Years Later trailer has racked up 146.1M global views.”

Deadline provides further context by listing off 24-hour viewership numbers for some of the other biggest horror movie trailers of all time, including the following big name titles…

The Nun The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It...

Exclusive: The 24-hour traffic for the 28 Years Later trailer was so massive, that in response, Sony is releasing the original 2002 Danny Boyle directed zombie movie, 28 Days Later on digital Dec. 18 for purchase and rental. This is all because of the rabid fan response. 28 Years Later is a follow-up to 28 Days Later.

Not only was the 28 Years Later trailer the most watched horror trailer in 2024 at 60.2M global views, but it’s also the second biggest trailer of all-time behind It Chapter Two. Currently, the 28 Years Later trailer has racked up 146.1M global views.

In addition, the viewership for 28 Years Later was higher than the first trailer drops of The Nun, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It and Halloween, as well as from this year, Smile 2 and Nosferatu (26.4M views).

Duly note these figures come from WaveMetrix and do not include TikTok views. Why? Because a studio trailer buy on TikTok can erratically mushroom viewing stats. Back out TikTok, keeps the competitive social media measuring field equal.

The 28 horror franchise were originally released respectively by Searchlight Pictures and Fox Atomic labels at the former 20th Century Fox, the two films grossing a near combined $150M at the global box office. Cillian Murphy and Naomie Harris starred in 28 Days Later, while Rose Byrne, Jeremy Renner and Robert Carlye starred in the sequel, 28 Weeks Later.

Sony prevailed in winning the revamped franchise 28 Years Later with Boyle reteaming with scribe Alex Garland and star Murphy with Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ralph Fiennes and Jack O’Connell joining. The budget for the new movies are in the range of $75 million. In addition to Boyle and Garland, producers on 28 Years include Andrew Macdonald and Peter Rice, the former head of Fox Searchlight Pictures. Garland is penning each installment in the new franchise.

The original 28 Days Later takes place in a world where animal rights activists have freed a group of infected chimpanzees to horrifying results. Murphy’s bicycle courier wakes up from a coma in a deserted London hospital 28 days later to find that the world has been overrun with zombies.

Exclusive: Andi Matichak (Halloween trilogy), Steven Strait (The Expanse), and Ashleigh Murray (Riverdale) are among cast in A.I. thriller Serena, which is currently in production in New York City.

Also staring are Tyrone Marshall Brown (Power) María Gabriela González (Fantasy Island) and Nicole Gut.

Directed by Rob Alicea in his feature debut and written by Jonathan Benecke and P.T. Hylton, producers include Jerry Careccio of Bad Idea, Scarlett Camargo of Leaving Normal Productions and Brodrick Haygood from Moon Howler, with casting by Sig De Miguel and Stephen Vincent of S2 Casting.

The synopsis reads: “Desperate to launch her company into the future with resounding success, a CEO commissions tech engineer Holly (Murray) to build her an AI model. However, before being implemented it must be tested. Down-on-his-luck and funds, former rock star, Chris Sadowsky (Strait), is asked to be one of the testers — with devastating repercussions. A simple tool,...

Exclusive: American actor Dylan Arnold, best known for starring in David Gordon Green’s Halloween remake and Netflix’s popular series You, will lead the indie feature Born To Lose.

From director Joseph Zentil, who is making his feature debut, the film follows Andy Logan (Arnold), a young biker grappling with his father’s troubled legacy along with his escalating debts to a local gangster. As he races to restore a vintage motorcycle to save himself, he must confront family secrets and forge his own identity.

Born to Lose also stars James Le Gros (Drugstore Cowboy) as Jed Duncan, Andy’s reluctant mentor, Ambyr Childers (The Master) as Julie Logan, Andy’s troubled sister, Sarah Pidgeon (Tiny Beautiful Things) as Tabitha, a country singer and Andy’s on-off girlfriend and Shane Callahan (Dopesick) as Roddy, the local gangster.

The film was written by Pierce Csurgo, Zentil, and Eric J. Kinsey who serves as a co-producer.

Nearly five decades after he first battled a great white in Jaws, Richard Dreyfuss is diving back into treacherous waters with Into the Deep, a tense underwater thriller set to release on digital platforms on 27 January and on DVD on 3 February. Directed by Christian Sesma (Lights Out) and boasting a star-studded cast, this film promises to deliver a harrowing tale of survival against both human and aquatic predators.

The story begins off the coast of Madagascar, where a young Cassidy shares a carefree swim with her father. Their peaceful moment is shattered by a brutal shark attack, leaving Cassidy traumatised. Years later, under the guidance of her grandfather Seamus, an oceanography professor played by Dreyfuss, Cassidy works to conquer her debilitating fear of the sea. However, her past resurfaces in a horrifying way when she embarks on a diving expedition to Reunion Island with her husband, Gregg.

On the trip,...

There are more holiday horror movies out there than you might think. Despite the religious connotations of the holiday, few Christmas horror movies have stirred up much controversy — but a Santa Claus horror movie proved there are exceptions to every rule. Here’s a look at a little slasher movie that started a moral panic because of its Yuletide trappings.

A Santa Claus horror movie was part of the wave of movies inspired by ‘Halloween’

After John Carpenter’s Halloween became a smash, several other filmmakers sought to cash in on it by making holiday slasher films. Christmas is the most lucrative holiday on the American calendar, so it’s no surprise that the 1980s saw a crop of Yuletide horrors. Some of those films include Christmas Evil, Don’t Open till Christmas, To All a Goodnight, and The Dorm That Dripped Blood.

One of the most brutal was Silent Night,...

Director/producer Sean S. Cunningham has admitted that his 1980 slasher film "Friday the 13th" was a deliberate effort to imitate the style and success of John Carpenter's "Halloween," which had come out only two years prior. Cunningham tried to copt Carpenter's "killer's eye perspective" camera angles, and it's no coincidence that both films take place on dates famous for horror, bad luck, and death. Cunningham's gambit was successful, though, and his $550,000 movie ended up making nearly $60 million at the box office. It also spawned 11 sequels, many of which came to define the horror trends of the '80s. Although none of the "Friday the 13th" movies are particularly beloved by critics, they are a gestalt-defining phenomenon.

Holiday-themed horror films began popping up regularly in theaters. The years after "Friday the 13th" saw the release of "April Fool's Day," "New Year's Evil," "Prom Night," and "Silent Night, Deadly Night."

But...

Slasher movie fans, rejoice! Following hot on the heels of this morning's exciting news that McKenna Grace has joined Scream VII's cast, this evening brings with it a long-expected but finally confirmed casting announcement for another legacy horror franchise reboot — namely, Do Revenge director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson's I Know What You Did Last Summer sequel. Per Deadline's reporting, Og star Jennifer Love Hewitt has closed a deal to return for the upcoming movie, which Kaytin Robinson has written with Sam Lansky.

Love Hewitt — whose Julie James we last saw still being stalked by hook-wielding menace Ben Willis (Muse Watson) at the end of I Still Know What You Did Last Summer — will be joined by her on-screen husband Freddie Prinze Jr. in the movie, who was confirmed to be reprising his role as Ray Bronson some time ago. And, in the spirit of a true legacyquel, the original...

The Witch, The Lighthouse, and The Northman writer/director Robert Eggers‘ remake of F.W. Murnau’s 1922 silent classic Nosferatu (watch it Here) is set to reach theatres on Wednesday, December 25th – and JoBlo’s own Chris Bumbray highly recommends that you check it out, as he described the film as a new horror classic in his 10/10 review. Now, a pair of 39 second clips from the film have arrived online. One of these clips can be seen above, and it involves talk of a disturbing vision about holding hands with Death. The other can be seen at the bottom of this article – and that one involves a vampire hunter delivering lines about wrestling with the Devil that reminded me of Dr. Loomis from Halloween, as well as the “I have seen shit that’ll turn you white!” line from Ghostbusters.

An unofficial adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, the original Nosferatu...

Tired of rewatching the same ol’ Christmas creepies?

We hear you, which is why the Halloweenies gathered around the fire, spiked some nog, and pulled out their crumpled lists to share a handful of holiday horror that’s often missed. These go beyond Black Christmas and Gremlins — two films we’ll also be covering this month — and are a tad more left of the dial than Eyes Wide Shut or Batman Returns .

Stream below and get your remote ready.

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From the producers of Terrifier 2 and Terrifier 3, Stream is making its physical media debut on VHS via Witter Entertainment. You can pre-order your copy now!

Presented by Broke Horror Fan (that’s me!), the 2024 slasher is directed by Michael Leavy and features gory special effects by Terrifier mastermind Damien Leone.

Its star-studded cast includes Jeffrey Combs (Re-Animator), Danielle Harris (Halloween), David Howard Thornton (Terrifier), Dee Wallace (E.T.), Daniel Roebuck (The Munsters), Felissa Rose (Sleepaway Camp), Terry Alexander (Day of the Dead), Dave Sheridan (Scary Movie), Bill Moseley (The Devil’s Rejects), Tony Todd (Candyman), and Tim Curry (It).

Stream arrives on VHS in a gatefold slipcase featuring artwork by Mariano Mattos and Andrew Kern for $28. A blue VHS variant, limited to 50, is also available for $33.

They’re expected to ship in February 2025.

For optimal VHS viewing, the film has been cropped from its original aspect ratio to 4:3 full frame.

It’s time for another reverse Uno card of a video. When we are looking at something standing the Test of Time, its usually through the lens of “is it still good” or “is it still impactful”? The holy grail or Mount Rushmore of slashers have an easy answer to that. Halloween, Friday the 13th, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and A Nightmare on Elm Street are all unimpeachable in their legacy and entertainment value but what about their sequels and remakes? Weve looked at a few of them either through this show seeing if they are still fun as well as Andrew or Lance defending some of them in our Black Sheep videos. Rob Zombie is pretty divisive in general, but he had the extremely difficult task of making not only the remake of John Carpenter’s Halloween in 2007 but also a sequel to that in 2009. He was told he could...

"They're here" is such a simple quote, yet it's one that terrified a generation, inviting audiences into a world they had never seen before. "Poltergeist," the supernatural horror movie that is deeply rooted in the modern world, is set in a suburban house, with ghosts possessing our everyday appliances and comforts, like the TV. John Carpenter's "Halloween" brought the horror home with a serial killer that attacked not in remote houses, but in the middle of the suburbs. The "Poltergeist" franchise took things a step further by showing that ghosts could plague not just suburban neighborhoods, but even high-rise apartment buildings in the big city — somehow, an idea that isn't as commonplace as it should be.

The franchise revolves around members of the Freeling family, who become targeted by group of ghosts that terrorize and stalk them — led by a demonic entity known as the Beast. The ghosts are...

It seems odd to think that there's still any kind of debate over the legitimacy of horror as a serious form of filmmaking. The very term "elevated horror" — against which this site has argued passionately — implies from the outset that the genre needs some sort of additional element in order to ascend to the level of that most revered of movie genres: drama. But aside from the fact that it's ridiculous to suppose that confronting society's widespread fears through the art of film is somehow less important than other cinematic projects, the history of cinema itself is replete with masterpieces that stand unapologetically within the horror sphere.

Sadly, in 2024 it seems this point still hasn't quite sunk in, as evidenced by the fact that IMDb's top 250 movies list only features five horror films. Now, it should go without saying that IMDb is not the arbiter of quality in filmmaking,...

British royal family news divulges that Meghan Markle and her smile were on full display as she stood alone on the red carpet at Tyler Perry’s The Paley Honors gala in Beverly Hills.

Her second husband Prince Harry was nowhere to be seen, nor were his kids, Archie and Lilibet.

Meghan was accompanied by a Logan Hollowell diamond necklace and her pearly whites.

Royal Family News – Where Is Prince Harry?

According to Marie Claire, Meghan’s “strapless black Oscar de la Renta gown” had her trademark “front slit” as she made love to the cameras at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills.

Sadly, there was no prince on Meghan’s arm, despite both of them being Tribute Host Committee Chairs for the event. instead, Harry chose to be 3,000 miles away from Meghan, in New York, at the annual DealBook Summit.

We haven’t heard of it either. Harry was on form,...

Blumhouse Productions is one of the most successful horror houses in Hollywood, but the studio's remakes and sequels to bona fide spooky classics have proven to be a mixed bag. There have been dull efforts like "The Exorcist: Believer" but also impressive reboots like Leigh Whannell's "The Invisible Man," not to mention David Gordon Green's polarizing "Halloween" trilogy. Despite his company's willingness to resurrect iconic properties, however, some horror classics are apparently off-limits, even for Jason Blum and the gang of ghouls.

While speaking to Den of Geek, Blum revealed why his banner hasn't pressed ahead with plans to reboot the 1935 classic "Bride of Frankenstein," noting that it doesn't align with Blumhouse's frightening vision for the Universal Monsters:

"I don't really know what we would do with it; it's kind of a case-by-case basis. It was always sort of funny or always sort of campy, and I could...

One day after Krampusnacht, it is now officially The Feast of St. Nicholas (aka Saint Nicholas Day), and the horror genre is delivering big time with Eleven brand new movies today!

Here’s all the new horror released on Friday, December 6, 2024!

For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.

Hold onto your butthole, there’s a new killer dino flick in town. Well Go USA has released their horror-comedy The Invisible Raptor in select theaters and on Digital outlets today.

In the film, “After a top-secret experiment goes wrong, a hyper-intelligent invisible raptor escapes the lab and begins wreaking havoc in the surrounding neighborhood. When the creature’s identity is uncovered, it soon becomes clear that a disgraced paleontologist—alongside his ex-girlfriend, an unhinged amusement park security guard, and a local celebrity chicken farmer—is the town’s only hope for surviving the raptor’s ravenous rampage.

After starting off his career by directing independent dramas like George Washington and All the Real Girls, David Gordon Green shifted over to making stoner comedies like Pineapple Express and Your Highness for a while, then made his horror debut by taking the helm of a full trilogy of Halloween sequels: the 2018 Halloween, Halloween Kills, and Halloween Ends. That trilogy turned out to be rather divisive – some fans love what Green did with them, others were disappointed with how the story played out. Then he was planning to direct a trilogy of sequels to The Exorcist… but when The Exorcist: Believer was poorly received, he stepped away from that project. He’s currently doing the press rounds for his latest film, the family holiday comedy Nutcrackers, and during an interview with MovieWeb he shared advice and encouragement for directors who have the chance to work on established franchises like he...

Stars: Minami Hamabe, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Sakura Ando, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Munetaka Aoki, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Yuki Yamada, Yuya Endo, Kisuke Iida, Sae Nagatani, Ozuno Nakamura | Written and Directed by Takashi Yamazaki

Nearly 70 years since Godzilla first appeared on-screen, the king of the monsters has headlined almost 40 feature films along with a few TV shows. Initially conceived as a metaphor for nuclear weapons, the atomic dinosaur has since battled numerous monsters on-screen, something that has driven Warner Bros’ recent adaptations while they build a Monsterverse. A different approach has been taken by writer/director Takashi Yamazaki, taking the icon back to its post-war roots for an outstanding work that is among the franchise’s best.

As World War II nears its end, kamikaze pilot Kōichi Shikishima (Ryunosuke Kamiki) runs from his orders by claiming that his aircraft is faulty. His arrival on Odo Island coincides with the attack of Godzilla which kills all...

The Halloweenies celebrate the 45th anniversary of an all-timer: Don Coscarelli‘s Phantasm.

Join co-hosts Michael Roffman, Dan Caffrey, McKenzie Gerber, and special guest Adam Carston of Windy City Ballyhoo/Make My Day: A Clint Eastwood Podcast as they revisit the 1979 DIY masterpiece. Together, they dig deep into its roots, try to make sense of the plot, marvel at the music, and chart how Coscarelli’s first two films — 1976’s Jim the World’s Greatest and Kenny & Co. — feel like precursors, making all three a perfect aesthetic trilogy of the ’70s. Both films are available to stream on YouTube, and we highly advise you watch them.

Note: This episode was recorded in February 2024 and is being unlocked for the holidays.

Subscribe to the Halloweenies via Apple Podcasts , Stitcher , Spotify , and RSS . New to the Halloweenies? Catch up with the gang by revisiting their essential episodes on past franchises such...

If there's one thing a slasher movie franchise needs, it's an instantly recognizable slasher. "Halloween" has Michael Myers, "A Nightmare on Elm Street" has Freddy Krueger (inseparable from actor Robert Englund), "Friday the 13th" has Jason Voorhees, and "Scream" has Ghostface. Unlike the other slashers, though, Ghostface is a mantle, not a single person.

The original "Scream" was a murder mystery, with Ghostface unmasked and killed at the film's end. Each sequel has continued the trend: a new person slips on the ghoulish white mask, full body black cloak, and starts stabbing people in Sidney Prescott's (Neve Campbell) orbit. While each Ghostface killer has naturally been played by a different actor, the disguised voice is the same in every movie, provided by voice actor Roger L. Jackson. Get a look at the voice behind the mask courtesy of this video from Jamie Kennedy (who played Randy Meeks in "Scream").

Jamie...

Manny Jacinto feels honoured to be a part of the “Lohan-aissance” in ‘Freakier Friday’.The 37-year-old actor stars opposite Lindsay Lohan, 38, and Jamie Lee Curtis, 66, in the upcoming sequel to the 2003 Disney comedy ‘Freaky Friday’, and has now said he feels blessed to be a part of the actress’ Hollywood resurgence.During an interview with Collider, Jacinto said: “I mean, I never thought I'd be a part of the Lohan-aissance. “She's having a whole revolution of itself, but I remember watching Lindsay as a kid, ‘The Parent Trap’, ‘Mean Girls’ and to be able to act opposite her was unreal.”‘The Acolyte’ star also gushed about Curtis, calling the ‘Halloween’ star “an incredible human being”.He continued: “And also, Jamie Lee Curtis. Give it up for Jamie, because, like her acting, she's an incredible human being, they both are. It's going to be a good one, it's going to bring...

After a disastrous conclusion to his foray in horror with his doomed Exorcist reboot, David Gordon Green is back to form in Nutcrackers, a somewhat by-the-numbers comedy starring Ben Stiller. Like The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, though, I was drawn to this film because of its heart. Amongst the tense political climate and general separation America seems to be facing, it’s nice to shed the cynicism, a message that makes this a nice addition to Hulu’s catalog.

Nutcrackers Review

Mike (Ben Stiller) works at an advertising firm or something like that and is about to make a big deal. It’s not particularly important what he does; all that’s important is that he has a boring external goal that he has to face after the death of his sister thrusts him into the role of adoptive father to four children in a rural dump. The kids sort...

The holiday season just turned delightfully darker for horror lovers. Dread, the specialty label renowned for its unforgettable genre titles, is rolling out an unmissable Black Friday sale. From 29th November to 5th December, horror buffs can indulge in 50% off the entire Dread catalogue. Whether you’re a collector, gift seeker or simply looking to amplify your festive fright nights, this sale is the ultimate opportunity to bring home some of the most thrilling and terrifying films at a fraction of the cost.

Fans can explore Dread’s extensive library of horrors, which spans supernatural chills, psychological frights, and slasher showdowns. The deal is simple: use the code BF2024 at checkout, and enjoy half-price access to a treasure trove of cult classics, hidden gems, and recent hits. Here are just a few highlights to help guide your shopping spree.

Among the highlights is Terrifier, featuring the now-iconic Art the Clown,...