30 Years. 30 Fears. Halloween Horror Nights may have been cancelled this year, but that doesn’t mean Universal Studios isn’t celebrating the event’s 30th anniversary in style this Halloween season. Announced today, “Universal Orlando has opened the Halloween Horror Nights Tribute Store, a retail location dedicated to the legacy of the world’s premier Halloween event.
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Well Go USA had been set to release Sang-ho Yeon‘s Train to Busan follow-up Peninsula in theaters here in the U.S. and Canada beginning on August 7, but we’ve learned today that the release has been bumped slightly back to later in the month. The new date? August 21, 2020. Peninsula will still release in Canada, however, on
This year’s Emmy nominations were just announced this afternoon, and we were happy to see some genre representation on the list of shows being recognized for their excellence in the past year. FX’s “What We Do in the Shadows” has been nominated for “Outstanding Comedy Series,” while Netflix’s “Stranger Things” is nominated for “Outstanding Drama
Throw up some devil horns, this week’s streaming picks are dedicated to one of the genre’s most prominent villains: the Devil. There are endless horror movies that feature the evils of Satan, from possession horror to cult horror, ranging all tones and styles. Many of which make up seminal genre classics, like Rosemary’s Baby and The Exorcist.
We’ve gotten no shortage of sound bite teases for next year’s Halloween Kills over the last few months, with John Carpenter calling the sequel “a slasher movie times 100,” co-writer Scott Teems saying it’s “bigger, badder and meaner” than the previous movie, and Jason Blum referring to it as “a very big movie.” This latest
Following in the wake of Red State and Tusk, Kevin Smith returns to horror with Killroy Was Here, which originally began as a Krampus film before being re-written. The horror-comedy creature anthology was inspired by the “KilRoy Was Here” graffiti that was prominent during World War II, and Smith shared the bloody official trailer out
Rumours of Hideo Kojima working on a horror game have popped up before, along with rumours of Konami teaming with Japanese manga artist Suehiro Maruo for a potential Silent Hills revival. And while the latter has been apparently squashed, the former is getting a boost thanks to another Japanese manga artist. According to a Comic-Con
It is with a heavy heart that we must tell you that we’ve lost yet another horror legend in John Saxon, who passed away Saturday at the age of 83. Saxon died of pneumonia in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, his wife, Gloria, told The Hollywood Reporter. While known for other roles such as starring alongside Bruce Lee
In addition to releasing a whole bunch of new Trick ‘r Treat goodies this Halloween, Spirit Halloween will also be celebrating Michael Dougherty’s Christmas horror movie Krampus with a new line of collectibles that includes a massive, 7.5-foot tall animatronic Krampus! Based on Legendary Pictures’ Krampus, the animatronic is exclusive to Spirit Halloween, and we’re
Sounding a bit like the classic Goosebumps story The Haunted Mask, THR announces tonight that Disney+ is developing a live-action supernatural comedy titled Spooked. THR details the Halloween-set comedy: “The storyline involves a Halloween night gone awry as trick or treaters are transformed into whatever costume they are wearing.” Peter Foott has been set to
It’s no surprise but it’s depressing all the same. We’ve learned today that this year’s Halloween Horror Nights, as fully expected at this point, has been officially cancelled. As Orlando Informer notes, this is the first time in the event’s 30-year history it’s been called off, and the reason for the cancellation is of course
Studios are slowly giving up on 2020 and finally accepting the reality that it’s going to be next to impossible to open their films wide. John Krasinski‘s A Quiet Place Part II was one of the first major movies affected by the pandemic, forcing Paramount Pictures to pull it from release just a week before
DC’s Dark Nights: Metal comic book series ventured deep into the “dark multiverse,” and we’ve learned that those darker takes on DC characters are getting the McFarlane treatment! McFarlane Toys has previewed an upcoming line of Dark Nights: Metal action figures today, announcing that the spooky figures will be unleashed this coming Fall 2020. The official
It’s an obvious thing to say, but after years of waiting, we’ll finally have another Ghostbusters film back in theatres soon. Heck, we have the original film playing in drive-ins, and that once again topped the box office! How it all plays out with Ghostbusters: Afterlife remains to be seen, but in the meantime, at
Prior to its release on Steam next week, Devolver Digital and developer Romino Games have announced that they’re giving eager fans a chance to check the game out early. Devolver Digital will be making the game available from July 24-26 as part of an open beta. The beta will give players a chance to try
A few years ago, we mentioned Hidden Fields and their hand-drawn horror adventure game, Mundaun. Well, after partnering up with publisher MWM Interactive, the game will finally see a release on Steam in Spring 2021. In Mundaun, you assume the role of an unnamed protagonist. After learning of your grandfather’s mysterious death in a fire,
With the popularity of online vacation rental companies like Airbnb, it’s a little surprising that very few horror movies have taken inspiration from it. Though it’s often cheaper than booking a stay at more regulated hotels, renting through the likes of Airbnb can be a grab bag; you’re entirely at the mercy of the unknown
While it doesn’t look to be a full-on creature feature, there are indeed hungry, murderous lions in Silent Hill: Revelation and “Ash vs. Evil Dead” director M.J. Bassett‘s new movie Rogue, and that’s enough for us to profile it here on Bloody Disgusting. Megan Fox (Jennifer’s Body) stars in the action-thriller from Lionsgate, and the