Horror

Halloween unfortunately will be a bit lacking this year for many, but luckily, the Epic Games Store is treating everyone next week with two big free games. As part of their continuing “free game(s) every week” incentive, players can grab Bloober Team’s Blair Witch and Sony’s Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered absolutely free! This is

Pumpkin Jack looks like a game from 2005, but that’s a small price to pay for such pure distilled Halloween vibes. There’s never been a better time for a Halloween-themed game. As a writer, I’ve been working from home exclusively since March. As the pseudo-quarantine of COVID-19 continues to stretch on and on, I doubt

While we wait for Universal to bring the Bride of Frankenstein back to life, Variety reports tonight that Scarlett Johansson is on board to star in and produce a sci-fi movie titled Bride for Apple TV+ and A24, which sounds like it’s cut from a very similar cloth. Here’s the plot rundown…. “Bride is the

Hot on the heels of the Darkest Dungeon board game Kickstarter campaign kicking off, comes news that the game’s long-awaited sequel, Darkest Dungeon II, will see an Early Access launch on the Epic Games Store in 2021. Now before people get up in arms over exclusivity, Red Hook Games producer John Lindvay took to the

Reebok is celebrating Halloween this year by calling up the Ghostbusters, the company set to release two different pairs of themed sneakers on Halloween day, October 31st. First up are the “Ghost Smashers,” selling for $150. “Show ghosts who is boss. These men’s Ghost Smashers shoes have a fearless design inspired by the Ghostbusters movie

Rebellion has released the fourth DLC for Zombie Army 4: Dead War, entitled “Mission 4: Damnation Valley,” which is the first mission in the three-part “Death from Above” campaign. The DLC is available for $6.99 by itself, and is also included with the $34.99 Season Pass One. In Damnation Valley, even with the Hell Cult

With their 3D action platformer Pumpkin Jack launching later this week, publisher Headup Games and developer Nicolas Meyssonnier have released the launch trailer. The title will launch on October 23 for Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam, GOG, and the Epic Games Store. The PlayStation 4 version will launch “a few weeks later”.

Survios Inc. and AMC have released a new patch for The Walking Dead Onslaught that addresses many of the concerns players had regarding the game’s combat system and walker behavior. Known as the “Rebalance Patch,” the new update provides an overall improved experience for players on all platforms, including Steam, Oculus Rift, and PlayStation VR.

It’s Halloween; everyone’s entitled to one good scare. With this week’s streaming picks, expect many potent chills. Ghosts and hauntings tend to frighten more effectively than any other subgenre of horror because there’s no set rules or tangible way to fight them. The inherent unpredictability of incorporeal entities lurking in your home keeps you on

While it’s not quite Resident Evil Village-related, any time you have Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami talking about his legendary series, it’s worth a listen. That’s what you’re getting from this interview with Mikami, courtesy of YouTube channel Archipel (who have made it a habit of interviewing various Japanese game creators). In celebration of his

Grimrukh, the mind behind the popular Dark Souls mod Daughters of Ash, is at it again with another mod. This time, they’ve pulled together a team of other modders to make something ambitious: a whole new game built on top of Dark Souls called Dark Souls: Nightfall. From what Grimrukh has revealed on their website,

The iconic cereal monsters Count Chocula, Boo Berry and Franken Berry are currently back on store shelves for the Halloween season, and General Mills has just launched a “Monster of a Sweepstakes” contest in order to find a home for three one-of-a-kind busts. The busts are the work of award-winning special effects artist Karlee Morse,

Presenting itself as a “lost scene” from David Gordon Green’s Halloween (2018), the 13-minute short Happy Halloween: A Halloween Kills Fan Film has been unleashed, coming along as a special fan-made treat on the very weekend Halloween Kills was originally supposed to be released in theaters. And to its credit, it’s a highly satisfying way

Just in time for Halloween, cat treat brand Temptations has released a new animated short titled Scaredy Cat: The Movie. It stars an adorable orange and white cat as it playfully follows a ball of string that rolls down the hallway and throughout the rest of the house. Some spooky things are happening in this

Welcome back to Nightmare Alley, fiends; The spooky little sidestreet in the Nightmare on Film Street podcast feed. This week, Kim & Jon are joined by writer/director Ryan Spindell to discuss his super HalloweenTastic horror-anthology The Mortuary Collection, now available to stream on Shudder! If you aren’t afraid of tentacle monsters, creepy old morticians, or

It’s hard to believe that it’s been just over a year since Rutger Hauer passed away. But, as always, his iconic roles in film and video games will live on. As part of the lead-up to Observer: System Redux‘s release next month, Bloober Team have released the first of a two-part interview with Rutger Hauer

Can 2020 get any scarier? “The Simpsons” are back for another round of animated terror in “Treehouse of Horror XXXI” this Sunday night, the long-running show’s annual celebration of Halloween. This year’s special parodies Toy Story, offers a frightening look at the 2020 election, and spoofs Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse by unleashing several Homers from other dimensions. “Treehouse

It was announced earlier today that Shudder has acquired North American rights to the vampire comedy Boys from County Hell, and we’re serving up their poster for the film tonight. Take a bite down below! Shudder will premiere the film in the US and Canada in 2021. “The film follows Eugene Moffat, who spends his