Inscribed on Anthony Perkins’ urn in the Hollywood Hills are the words: “Don’t Fence Me In.” It’s a poignant choice for someone trapped by the blessing (and curse) of being Norman Bates. His performance in Psycho is ranked at #2 in AFI’s list of greatest villains of all time, behind Hannibal Lecter and ahead of
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Much the same way HBO is temporarily offering up “True Blood” for free streaming, AMC is now allowing *everyone* to stream the first half of the current tenth season of “The Walking Dead” with no subscription of any kind required. That’s the first eight episodes of the show’s tenth season, which aired between October 6th,
We are living in strange, scary days. And I’m scared. I’m scared of what the COVID-19 pandemic is doing – and could yet do – to our world. To my country, my state, my city. My friends, my family, my parents. My wife. My kids. I’m scared of what could happen to people I know,
It’s Friday, and instead of getting down, you’ll probably want to be running, as the Resident Evil 3 remake drops today for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. To kick things off, Capcom have released the launch trailer for the follow-up to last year’s hit in the Resident Evil 2 remake. In addition, the trailer
Horror legend Robert Englund has joined the growing list of celebrities (including Shaun of the Dead‘s Simon Pegg and Nick Frost!) who have taken to social media to share fun Public Service Announcement videos while we’re all stuck at home to help mitigate the spread of the coronavirus. And Englund’s is particularly special, as he
Yeon Sang-ho‘s Train to Busan is easily one of the best zombie films ever made and now the trailer for its sequel looks to up the ante tenfold. Well Go USA shares an action-packed and absolutely insane looking “teaser” trailer for Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula, which actually looks to further the zombie subgenre in
If the umpteenth delay of The New Mutants bums you out, or you’re just plain in the mood for something new on VOD, there’s an easy recommendation that scratches that itch for a genre-twist to superpowered origin stories – The Witch: Subversion. Now out on both Blu-ray and VOD, this thriller hailing from South Korea
Comics and video games seem to have a large section of overlap in themes at their most basic level. Both tend to rely on power fantasies, telling the stories of incredible heroes overcoming the odds in spectacular fashion. But the similarities in their story types doesn’t mean that moving from one genre to the other
Doom Eternal makes me feel like that hippo from Fantasia doing the “Dance of the Hours” in a stretched out tutu. We know the Doom Slayer is fast. Doom and Doom II: Hell on Earth were defined by their frantic strafing, kinetic blasting and breakneck speeds. We know the Doom Slayer is dangerous. This is
Sony Pictures is getting ahead of what looks to be a prolonged storm by shifting several of their films out of their summer and fall slots all the way to next year. Two affected are Ghostbusters: Afterlife and Marvel’s Morbius, both of which were slated for release this coming July. Ghostbusters: Afterlife will now open
Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) and Liam Hemsworth (The Hunger Games) star in Quibi‘s “movie in chapters” Most Dangerous Game, an action-thriller that will be available when Quibi launches on April 6th. Most Dangerous Game, directed by Phil Abraham, “Explores the limits of how far someone would go to fight for their life and their family.” “Desperate to take care of
TeamKill Media, the folks behind Kings of Lorn: The Fall of Ebris, has announced Quantum Error, a “cosmic horror” first-person shooter currently in development for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. Not much is known about the game at the moment, although TeamKill have devoted a section of their website to the game, along with
After a long battle with illness, we’ve learned today that the Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki has passed away at his home in southern Poland. He was 86 years old. Krzysztof Penderecki’s work earned him three Grammy wins throughout his career, most recently in 2017, and he was also nominated for two Primetime Emmys in the
Warning: spoilers ahead. One of the biggest shocks in the damn good tenth season of “The Walking Dead” came in episode 12 when Negan sliced Alpha’s throat and removed her head from her body. He then proceeded to hand deliver the head to Carol, revealing that a deal had been struck between the two at
Featured in Alvin Schwartz’s Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, the classic folk tale often referred to as “The Big Toe” has now been turned into a stop motion short simply titled Toe. Directed by Neal O’Bryan and Chad Thurman, with puppet fabrication courtesy of Demi Kay Schlehofer, Toe was uploaded by ALTER today,
Considered Thailand’s response to the early aughts J-horror craze, Shutter made a massive splash at the box office in its native country in 2004. When Shutter premiered the following year in North America on April 23, its terrifying reputation had preceded it, and rumblings of an American remake were already underway. Despite sharing the recurring J-horror staple of a
Featured in the second season of “Stranger Things,” the 1983 arcade game Dragon’s Lair is now getting a live action feature film, and wouldn’t ya know it, it’s found a home at Netflix! THR reports that Ryan Reynolds is in talks to star in the Netflix film, which is being penned by Dan and Kevin
One of this year’s most fun horror movies thus far is Joe Begos‘ VFW, a wild and bloody good time that’s led by an incredible cast of familiar faces we always love to see on screen. All of us here on BD had a blast with VFW (read Meagan’s review), and we’re looking forward to