Horror

The Haunting of Hill House featurette explores what it takes to direct fear

Posted 8 years ago

There have been two feature-film adaptations of Shirley Jackson's "The Haunting of Hill House" over the decades. The first is a masterclass in the creation of atmosphere and suspense, and the other, well, the less said about that CG-fueled misfire...

Ice Cream Man comic book series to be served up as a TV show

Posted 8 years ago

Universal Cable Productions is looking to serve up another Image Coimcs property with a television series adaptation of ICE CREAM MAN, a horror-fantasy anthology the likes of TRICK 'R TREAT and TALES FROM THE CRYPT. Created by W. Maxwell Prince,...

A new poster for Neil Marshall’s Hellboy has Big Red looking legendary AF

Posted 8 years ago

Before director Neil Marshall's HELLBOY makes its way from the bowels of the B.P.R.D. facility and into New York City Comic Con this Saturday at 11 a.m., Entertainment Weekly has unveiled a new poster for the upcoming Lionsgate film. The new...

Halloween director talks about “weird discussion” over alternate titles

Posted 8 years ago

The latest HALLOWEEN movie is the third in the long-running series to have that exact title. There was, of course, the 1978 original, and then the 2007 remake from Rob Zombie. That may be confusing for some people, wondering why...

Hell Fest (Movie Review)

Posted 8 years ago

PLOT: A group of teenagers are systematically stalked by a masked maniac at Hell Fest, an amusement park for horror fanatics. REVIEW: Such an avid fan of slasher flicks I am that, perhaps counter-intuitively, I’ve incredibly low standards to achieve...

The F*cking Black Sheep: Venom (1981)

Posted 8 years ago

THE BLACK SHEEP is an ongoing column featuring different takes on films that either the writer HATED, but that the majority of film fans LOVED, or that the writer LOVED, but that most others LOATH. We’re hoping this column will...

Early projections place Halloween on track for $50-60 million opening

Posted 8 years ago

Horror movies have been making big splashes at the box office in recent years, with movies like SPLIT, ANNABELLE: CREATION and IT all crossing $100 million (IT within the first weekend) last year, and A QUIET PLACE and THE NUN...

Happy Death Day sequel gets its official, appropriately clever title

Posted 8 years ago

Last year’s HAPPY DEATH DAY further proved there’s little that Blumhouse can do wrong, taking the GROUNDHOG DAY story structure, giving it a modern twist with a few PG-13 kills and getting a hit. A sequel is on the way,...

Check out this awesome 80s-style throwback trailer for Hell Fest

Posted 8 years ago

The 1980s was a wondrous golden age for the slasher film, so it's no surprise that the upcoming HELL FEST is hoping to recapture a bit of that particular magic. The film follows Natalie (Amy Forsyth) as she visits her...

Multiple studios are hoping to climb aboard the Train to Busan remake

Posted 8 years ago

Reports are coming in via Deadline that several studios have become ravenous for the chance to snag TRAIN TO BUSAN, a remake of the 2016 Korean film helmed by San-ho Yeon. The film tells the harrowing story of a group of passengers who...

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