Horror

One of horror’s most popular and enduring franchises began as a Halloween copycat. No, really. Producer/Director Sean S. Cunningham sought to capture the same success of Halloween by borrowing its formula and applying it to a film title he thought audiences wouldn’t be able to resist. To drum up interest and test the waters for any similarly

After directing Stephen King tales Gerald’s Game and Doctor Sleep, THR is reporting today that Mike Flanagan is now involved in a feature film adaptation of King’s Revival. Flanagan will write and produce for Warner Bros., “with an option to direct.” Trevor Macy (Doctor Sleep) will also produce. “The novel focused on the relationship between a

A24’s highly anticipated The Green Knight was set to rise on May 29th, but has finally lost the battle to the ongoing pandemic. There is no new date as of this writing. “From visionary filmmaker David Lowery comes a fresh and bold spin on a classic tale from the knights of the round table,” A24 explained of

Next week’s episode of hilarious FX series “What We Do in the Shadows” will feature a guest appearance from Mark Hamill, who most recently returned to the horror genre in last year’s Child’s Play remake. Fresh off voicing the new version of Chucky, Hamill will be playing an ancient vampire in the horror-comedy series. His

“Nobody trusts anybody now and we’re all very tired.” Creative people have a whole lot more free time on their hands right now than they normally do and the rest of us are benefiting from that. Case in point, Michael Dougherty (Trick ‘r Treat, Krampus, Godzilla: King of the Monsters) and editor Evan Gorski have

Announced today, UCP, a division of NBCUniversal Content Studios, and Nick Antosca (“The Act,” “Channel Zero”) have won the rights to Jan Broberg’s stranger-than-fiction story, with plans to turn the real-life tale into a limited series. The story had recently been told in Netflix’s shocking documentary Abducted in Plain Sight. The untitled Jan Broberg project

Actor David H. Thornton is back as Art the Clown in Damien Leone‘s hotly-anticipated Terrifier 2, and the film’s official Facebook page is promising a trailer soon. For now, they’ve shared a bloody new shot of Art tonight – our very first look at the killer clown in the upcoming sequel. “Here he is in

While entertainment productions here in America are still on hold for the foreseeable future, there are some filmmakers around the globe who are shooting during the pandemic. And one of those productions, believe it or not, is a never-announced new take on Stephen King‘s Children of the Corn. Relatively under the radar, producer Lucas Foster

Christopher Pike‘s 1994 novel The Midnight Club is becoming a Netflix series, Variety reports tonight, with Mike Flanagan (“Haunting of Hill House,” Doctor Sleep) as co-creator! Flanagan will adapt the book alongside Leah Fong (“Once Upon a Time”), and Flanagan will also executive produce via Intrepid Pictures along with Intrepid’s Trevor Macy. Fong will executive

What if you were forced to quarantine… in a haunted house? James Wan’s The Conjuring was of course based on a real case investigated by the real-life Ed and Lorraine Warren, documenting the nightmare endured by the Perron family at their Rhode Island farmhouse back in 1971. The house is said to be haunted by the spirit

The minds behind 10 Cloverfield Lane, Josh Campbell and Matt Stuecken, will be penning an adaptation of Elizabeth Bear‘s short sci-fi story Covenant, Deadline is reporting today. Spyglass Entertainment acquired the story, and Eli Roth is on board to produce. In Bear’s short story, “A former serial killer — the beneficiary of “rightminding”, a process that cures psychopathy by

It’s by now common knowledge among horror fans that the mask Michael Myers wears in the original Halloween is actually a Captain Kirk mask that was converted for the production, meaning that yes, Michael Myers is essentially wearing William Shatner’s face. It was Tommy Lee Wallace who converted the mask back in the 1970s, and

While we’re still waiting on American McGee’s third entry in his Alice series, for those of you 3D artists out there, he’s got a little contest this month that just so happens to involve Alice. Teaming up with Manticore Games and Core, the Through The Looking Glass Art Contest is an Alice in Wonderland-themed environment

We’ve said it many times before, but the DOOM series has always had awesome music. And while Awe Interactive’s upcoming Bullets Per Minute doesn’t appear to share the same driving metal soundtrack as DOOM, there’s plenty of monsters and demons for you to mow down. If you can find the rhythm, that is. In Bullets

Heartbreaking news this weekend as the Lafia family has announced the passing of John J. Lafia, a co-writer on the first Child’s Play and director of its sequel, which many consider the best in the franchise. “It is with great sadness we announce that loving father, film and television writer, director, producer and musician John

Keanu Reeves will return in John Wick: Chapter 4, which had originally been dated for release on May 21, 2021. Unfortunately, as you might have expected, that date has changed. Lionsgate will now release Chapter 4 a full year later, on May 27, 2022. The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted all aspects of Hollywood, with movie theaters closed

Frank M. Robinson’s time travel story Hunting Season appeared in Astounding Science Fiction Magazine way back in 1951, and James Wan will now be producing a film adaptation. THR reports that Derek Kolstad (John Wick) is adapting the sci-fi tale. “Hunting Season will follow a law officer from the future who is declared an enemy of

Misha Green. Jordan Peele. J.J. Abrams. Welcome to “Lovecraft Country.” HBO’s new drama series, based on the 2016 novel by Matt Ruff of the same name, debuts this August, and the teaser trailer has arrived today. The series follows Atticus Freeman (Jonathan Majors) as he joins up with his friend Letitia (Jurnee Smollett-Bell) and his