The novel The Pale Blue Eye, written by Louis Bayard, is coming to the big screen courtesy of director Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart, Antlers), Deadline reports this afternoon. Additionally, the site reports that Christian Bale has been set to star in the movie. What’s particularly interesting about this project for horror fans is that Edgar Allan
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It’s a flawless victory for Warner Bros./New Line Cinema’s Mortal Kombat marketing campaign. The studio took a big swing by premiering a red band trailer for their new Mortal Kombat adaptation and hit a grand slam. The trailer has clocked 116M views in its first week, becoming the biggest red band trailer of all-time, besting
While not horror, I love a good heavy metal comedy, which is why we acquired and released the nutso hilarious Heavy Trip two years ago. Netflix is throwing devil horns with Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello, teaming to assemble the high school comedy Metal Lords, set to be directed by Nick and Norah’s Infinite
Released in 1987, Adrian Lyne’s Fatal Attraction is the latest movie to get its own television series, with Paramount announcing today that a series is in the works for Paramount+. THR reports tonight, “Fatal Attraction is described as a deep-dive reimagining of the psychosexual thriller that starred Glenn Close and Michael Douglas.” “The new take will
Director Mike P. Nelson’s Wrong Turn reboot was released on DVD, Blu-ray and VOD this week, and today we’ve got a choice cut from Stephen Lukach‘s score to share with you. The soundtrack is releasing this Thursday via Constantin Music, and we’ve been provided with the track “Confrontation.” Along with it, a video featuring new
NECA is working on a brand new line of Universal Monsters action figures based on the original classics, with Frankenstein’s monster and The Mummy thus far previewed. Tonight brings a tease of the third figure, The Wolf Man! NECA tweeted out a sneak-peek preview of the upcoming figure tonight, showing off some of the accessories
A prolific writer on the entertainment scene (and one of my personal favorite follows on Twitter), Richard Newby is a contributor for The Hollywood Reporter and his work is featured in the new issue of Fangoria Magazine (“Found Footage’s Second Surge”). His latest is a short story collection titled We Make Monsters Here, and the
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
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.