From Alfred Hitchcock’s infamous cameos to Stephen King literally writing himself into the Dark Tower series, it’s not uncommon for creators to insert themselves into their art. Of course, there’s a difference between simply appearing in your work and becoming the main attraction, and that’s why José Mojica Marins stands out as one of the
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Swallow Me Whole. February has been a bit all over the place for us, hasn’t it? First, we celebrated Joe’s birthday with a viewing of Vincenzo Natali’s demented film Splice, then we got all lovey-dovey with the 40th anniversary of My Bloody Valentine. Now, we’re getting serious with Adam Robitel‘s 2014 found footage film The Taking of
Formerly titled The Color Rose, The Sinners wears its cinematic influences on its sleeves. Drawing heavily from teen girl movies like The Craft and Cruel Intentions while emulating Twin Peaks’ peculiar small-town vibe, Courtney Paige’s directorial feature debut attempts to blend a teen slasher with a crime thriller. Despite a solid concept, the result is a stylish yet disjointed film full of dangling
Survivors take all. Capitalizing on the forthcoming release of HBO Max’s “Snyder Cut” of Justice League, Netflix has dated Dawn of the Dead director Zack Snyder‘s Army of the Dead, his highly anticipated return to the zombie genre, for May 21, 2021. In the film… “Following a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, a group of
With the actual Toy Fair cancelled this year for obvious reasons, Mezco is holding their own “Toyz Fair” all weekend long, a virtual event loaded with upcoming figure reveals. Mezco will be showing off new toys today through Monday, February 22nd, and we’ll be updating this article with the company’s hottest horror reveals as they’re
Welcome back to Nightmare Alley, the spooky sidestreet podcast in the Nightmare on Film Street feed! This week, your horror hosts Jon & Kim are joined by indie filmmaker Jordan Graham to chat about the making of his eerie, dread-injected slow burn Sator. As you’ll hear, Sator is an incredibly personal film that not only
It’s finally official. With an announce trailer today, Blizzard has confirmed that Diablo II: Resurrected is on the way, “the definitive remastering of Diablo II and its Lord of Destruction® expansion”! The classic game has been “remastered for a new generation,” the trailer hypes, set to be released on PC and consoles (Switch, PS4/5, XBox
After getting our first look at Sisi Stringer’s Mileena from the upcoming Mortal Kombat movie just yesterday (don’t worry, her full look promises to be much nastier!), Funko has taken to social media today to share a preview of an upcoming Mileena toy of their own. Part of the POP! Games wave, Mileena will soon
Evil Dead’s Ash, with his chainsaw hand. Phantasm’s ice cream-dealing, four barrel shotgun-toting Reggie. They Live’s ass-kicking, bubblegum-lacking Nada, with his special, alien-revealing sunglasses. Vampire-hunting Van Helsing, zombie-killing Alice, werewolf-slaying gunslinger Selene. Last weekend, a new contender looked to join the pantheon of iconic horror heroes and win the hearts of fellow genre nerds the
Arrow Films shares the first trailer for Jill Gevargizian‘s indie horror festival darling The Stylist, starring Najarra Townsend (Contracted, Dementia Part II) as a hairstylist-turned-slasher, which will stream on ARROW in the U.S., Canada, and UK on March 1, 2021. In the feature take on Gevargizian’s short film, “Everyone dreams of being someone else… but for Claire (Townsend), that dream
Filmmaker Thomas Mendolia‘s short horror movie Mr. Thisforthat is getting a feature film adaptation courtesy of Stars Collective, Deadline reports, with Alexandre Aja producing. Michael Karr is writing the script, and Mendolia is returning to direct. “In the short, a girl from a broken home is visited in her closet by a mysterious creature, Mr.
Celebrating Ash Wednesday today in their own way, NECA has taken to social media to tease a preview of an upcoming Ash Williams figure, based on Sam Raimi’s The Evil Dead. The Evil Dead turns 40 years old here in 2021, and it looks like the figure will come with a slew of accessories including
Warner Bros. will test your might this Thursday when they drop the first official trailer for Mortal Kombat, their R-rated adaptation of the ultra-violent video game that was produced by none other than James Wan (Saw, Dead Silence, Insidious, The Conjuring, Aquaman). The trailer will drop at 9 am PST / 12 pm EST. In
The stars of “Stranger Things” often hype up the latest season of the series by proclaiming it the “darkest” and/or “scariest” to date in interviews with the press, and Finn Wolfhard is well aware that such things have become common and downright repetitive at this point. But that’s not stopping him from making sure you
We’ve all seen countless A Nightmare on Elm Street tribute videos that are loaded with all the usual clips, naturally focusing heavily on Freddy Krueger and Nancy Thompson, but this latest one from the filmmakers over at Hungry Creature Productions goes in the complete opposite direction. This Elm Street tribute video, well, it removes all
Kevin and Matthew McManus, the sibling duo who helped pen Netflix’s incredible “American Vandal” and YouTube’s “Cobra Kai”, direct The Block Island Sound, a new thriller that will hit Netflix on March 11, reveals the film’s directors. Michaela McManus (Into The Grizzly Maze), Chris Sheffield (The Maze Runner), Neville Archambault (13 Cameras), and Ryan O’Flanagan (American Vandal), and Jeremy Holm star in the film that had
During the recent Epic Games Store Spring Showcase, developer Oddworld Inhabitants debuted a new trailer for their upcoming return of Abe and company in Oddworld: Soulstorm. Apart from a return to the familiar gameplay of the original two Oddworld games (and looking pretty damn good in the process) and the dark storyline with a twist
Zack Snyder‘s 4-hour “Snyder Cut” of DC superhero movie Justice League is coming exclusively to HBO Max on March 18, and the new trailer we were promised has arrived today. The “Snyder Cut” is said to be quite a bit different and a whole lot darker than the film’s theatrical cut, with both Jared Leto‘s Joker from Suicide Squad (sporting