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Tufts of Hair and Skin. Trace and I are firmly in the thick of Doppelgängers and Deception month. We began with Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan (listen) before heading into the world of sex work with Daniel Goldhaber’s Cam (listen). Now we’re up to Philip Kaufman‘s 1978 remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers AKA one […]

So far, the marketing behind Sony’s upcoming Anaconda has been a confusing one, signaling an adventure comedy that forgets the horror. But one of the film’s stars, Jack Black, has recently revealed that the new film hasn’t forgotten the scares after all. Black stars alongside Paul Rudd (Death of a Unicorn) in Anaconda, arriving in theaters December 25, […]

The young adult slasher novel by author Adam Cesare comes to the big screen in Clown in a Cornfield, and RLJE Films and Shudder have released the brand new trailer this morning. Watch the full official trailer for the Clown in a Cornfield movie below! Eli Craig (Tucker & Dale vs. Evil) directed the movie adaptation […]

Bong Joon Ho shot his shot, and now he has John Carpenter in his corner. The Academy Award-winning Parasite filmmaker interviewed the master of horror following a 4K screening of The Thing at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles on Saturday night. Joon Ho concluded the conversation by asking Carpenter to compose […]

Strange Darling filmmaker JT Mollner took to Twitter to address the recent news that he’s in talks to revive the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise. His comment?: “Don’t believe everything you read.” Whether he’s really not involved or merely being cagey remains to be seen, but sources still indicate that we haven’t seen the last of […]

Insomnis developer Path Games is back at it with haunted houses in Dark Mass. Only this time, the haunted house in question lies in the eerie silence of the deep ocean. Currently, Dark Mass is in development for PlayStation 5, the Xbox Series, and PC via Steam, with a release target in fall 2026. Touting […]

Publisher Devolver Digital and developer Francis Coulombe have surprised Survival Horror fans with a new pixel art RPG with Look Outside. Available now on Steam, Look Outside began its origins as a game jam project (which you can find on itch.io as a demo). Set in a single apartment building, Look Outside centres around a […]

PC gamers who remember People Can Fly’s 2004 shooter Painkiller have to thank 3D Realms and developer Anshar Studios (who co-developed Layers of Fear), as they’ve announced “an intense new spin” on the classic FPS. Revealed at last weeks Future Games Show, Painkiller will be coming in fall 2025 for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, […]

Sex. Drugs. Terror. It must be Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning. The slasher sequel was released 40 years ago today, and Fright-Rags is celebrating with new apparel. Kyle Crawford created four designs: a theatrical promo-style tee, international-inspired artwork, Jason hawking the videocassette, and an homage to Demon’s enchilada-fueled outhouse song. All four […]

It’s now been three years since Netflix premiered Texas Chainsaw Massacre, a “legacy sequel” to Tobe Hooper’s original horror classic that arrived on February 18, 2022. Now, fresh rumors have begun to swirl that the franchise may be revving back to life for a new installment. Deadline reports today that studios are knocking at Verve’s door; […]

Dark Sky Films has released the first trailer for A Desert, director Joshua Erkman’s feature debut that blends hilistic neo-noir and horror. A Desert releases in select theaters on May 2, 2025. In the noir horror thriller, “A past his prime photographer heads out on a road trip across the American Southwest to recapture the magic […]

Australian horror month began with Greg McLean’s Wolf Creek (listen), then tackled Andrew Traucki and David Nerlich’s 2007 creature feature Black Water (listen). For week three, Jenn and I are back in human villain territory with the “bodies in the barrels” murders depicted in Snowtown (2011) or The Snowtown Murders (2012). In the mid to late ’90s, […]

Director Zach Cregger (Barbarian) may have found one of the stars for his upcoming Resident Evil movie, with Deadline reporting that Austin Abrams (Wolfs, the upcoming Whalefall) is in talks to join the cast. Abrams is also starring in Cregger’s upcoming movie Weapons. After seven live action movies and a short-lived Netflix television series, Constantin Film […]

This week’s diverse new offerings including two Korean thrillers, a post-apocalyptic rock opera, a film produced by Sam Raimi, a sci-fi mind-bender, and even a Popeye slasher movie?! Here’s all the new horror that released March 17 – March 21, 2025! For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar. “Three days after […]

Stakeout, a short film starring Seth Gilliam (“The Walking Dead” and Sonja O’Hara (“Doomsday”), follows detectives tracking a serial killer in a world secretly overrun by vampires. Deadline reports today that a feature adaptation is on the way. The short film’s stars, Gilliam and O’Hara, are both returning for the feature film.  Stakeout follows “a […]

If you’re hungry for another Gothic vampire period piece in the wake of Nosferatu, sink your fangs into The Vourdalak on Blu-ray on April 8 from Oscilloscope Laboratories. The 2023 French film is adapted from Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy’s 1839 novella The Family of the Vourdalak, which predates Bram Stoker’s Dracula by over half a century. […]

Sometimes the pleasure of a good Lifetime film is how ridiculous it is. But there’s something to be said for a simple, grounded story done well. Trapped in Her Dorm Room has the potential to be completely over the top. As written by Casey John, however, the story about an obsessive, entitled man who imprisons […]

Victoria Justice (“Victorious,” Fun Size) and Robbie Amell (The Babysitter, “The Flash”) will star in the upcoming horror-thriller Send a Scare, Deadline reports. Josh Trank (Chronicle, Fantastic Four) is set to direct from a script he co-wrote with Andrew Ryan. The film centers on an interactive horror startup that gives thrill-seekers a way to send […]

Composed by Lorne Balfe (Black Widow, Mission: Impossible – Fallout) and Andrew Kawczynski (The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Gran Turismo), Novocaine‘s soundtrack is coming to vinyl. Expected to ship in June, the album is limited to 1,200 across five color variants. Enjoy the Ride Records exclusively carries “Deep Fryer Oil” (limited to 150) and “Blood Blend” […]

Capcom has debuted a new trailer for their upcoming remaster of Onimusha 2: Samurai’s Destiny, showing off the Director’s Cut of the game featuring Motohide Eshiro and the all-new “Hell” Mode difficulty. In this mode players will experience a challenging new difficulty for only the bravest of samurai, where a single hit means instant death. […]