It looks like the next video game franchise to make the leap to the screen is God of War, with Deadline reporting that Amazon Prime Video is in talks for a live action TV series! Deadline’s report notes, “I hear the series adaptation comes from The Expanse creators/executive producers Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby and The Wheel of
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Over the weekend we learned the sad news that veteran actor Mitchell Ryan has passed away at the age of 88, leaving behind a 50+ year career in stage, film and television. To horror fans, Mitchell Ryan is remembered as Dr. Terence Wynn in Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers, the secondary antagonist of
Kaizen Game Works’ murder mystery game Paradise Killer will finally be making the jump to the PlayStation and Xbox later this month. Originally released for PC via Steam and the Nintendo Switch back in 2020, Paradise Killer will be headed to the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series on March 16, reports
More Kraven the Hunter casting news has arrived this week, with Deadline reporting that Alessandro Nivola (The Many Saints of Newark) will play the villain in Sony’s movie. Alessandro Nivola has also been seen in Face/Off, Jurassic Park III, The Eye (2008), American Hustle, A Most Violent Year, The Neon Demon, and You Were Never
In what could easily be the biggest news bomb of the year, Evil Dead and Don’t Breathe director Fede Alvarez will both write and direct a brand new Alien movie for Ridley Scott and 20th Century Studios, reports THR. The project is described as “an original standalone feature”, which is a breath of fresh air
In what could easily be the biggest news bomb of the year, Evil Dead and Don’t Breathe director Fede Alvarez will both write and direct a brand new Alien movie for Ridley Scott and 20th Century Studios, reports THR. The project is described as “an original standalone feature”, which is a breath of fresh air
Kaizen Game Works’ murder mystery game Paradise Killer will finally be making the jump to the PlayStation and Xbox later this month. Originally released for PC via Steam and the Nintendo Switch back in 2020, Paradise Killer will be headed to the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series on March 16, reports
With Have a Nice Death hitting Early Access next week, developer Magic Design Studios has released a new trailer for the roguelike. Called the “New Hire Orientation” video, the trailer serves as a “proper introduction to Death Inc.” and its workings, aka setting up the story for the player. As mentioned previously, Have a Nice
In this edition of The Silver Lining, we’ll be discussing Mick Garris’ lesser-known Stephen King adaptation, Riding the Bullet. As of 2022, I think it’s safe to say that Stephen King is still the undisputed monarch of horror adaptations. However, while everyone has heard of Carrie and Misery, most of his massive cinematic catalog is comprised
Not many horror films truly scare me these days. But alien horror? Even the ones substandard to most send me into a fear frenzy. That’s why I’m taking a deep dive into the sub-genre. Welcome to “Aliens Scare Me”. A look into alien horror films on a case by case basis. This month we investigate creepy crop circles with M. Night Shyamalan‘s Signs.
First shown off last year, NECA is celebrating 40 years of The Evil Dead with a brand new Ash Williams figure, depicting Bruce Campbell as he was seen in the original horror classic. This figure is particularly notable considering previous Ash Williams figures were always based on the Evil Dead sequels and, more recently, the
With both the Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Evil Dead franchises promising us brand new videogame adaptations in 2022, it appears that horror gamers have a lot to look forward to in the near future. At the very least, we’ll be having a lot of virtual chainsaw-related fun later this year, and that got me thinking
Today marks Day Two of the week-long Toy Fair 2022 celebration from Trick or Treat Studios, and today’s virtual reveals unleash brand new Leatherface figures for Chainsaw fans. The 1/6 scale Leatherface line brings the horror icon to your toy shelf with three different figures, as seen in Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part
As you may recall, Jamie Lee Curtis will be directing a horror movie for Blumhouse titled Mother Nature, and she has also co-written the graphic novel adaptation for Titan Comics! The press release explains tonight, “Titan Comics is thrilled to be publishing Mother Nature (Fall 2022) the terrifying debut eco-horror graphic novel by Hollywood legend Jamie Lee
Scream Factory is bringing several of their past titles from Blu-ray into 4K Ultra HD this year, and the latest one to be announced this week is Tobe Hooper‘s 1985 film Lifeforce. The company teases, “Giant bats, “zombies,” Patrick Stewart, not just vampires– SPACE vampires, and the eternal Mathilda May come together for Lifeforce in
Of all the iconic killers in horror, few are as terrifying as Leatherface. First seen in Tobe Hooper’s horror masterpiece, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, he is the former slaughterhouse worker who continues his trade butchering humans to feed his psychotic family. Leatherface earns his moniker with his trademark mask made of human skin, one
Bokeh Game Studio has released more details regarding their upcoming game Slitterhead in the form of a two-part Q&A session. The first part, moderated by Bokeh’s business development manager and producer William Yohei Hart, features Bokeh Game Studio CEO and creator Keiichiro Toyama, CTO and game director Junya Okura, and COO and producer Kazunobu Sato.
As of last week, the 1980s anthology series “Freddy’s Nightmares” is now streaming on the Bloody Disgusting-powered Screambox streaming service, with all 44 episodes available now! Screambox is currently the ONLY place you can officially watch the Robert Englund-hosted “Freddy’s Nightmares,” which to date has still never been released on DVD or Blu-ray. Based on