Article contributed by Cinestate’s Preston Fassel. Spoiler warning. It’s a place out of time, a nexus where the memories and aesthetics of different eras collide in ways both striking and nostalgic. The walls are wood-paneled 70s teak, the sort you’d find in a basement rec-room or the kind of bowling alley where the sound of
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“I was a protector of this Earth.” “Looks like you failed.” DC’s new(ish) “Black Label” imprint is one tailor made for horror fans, dedicated to standalone, prestige-format tales that allow for iconic characters to get a little bit darker. Criminal Sanity, for example, takes an NBC’s “Hannibal”-esque approach to the story of Harley Quinn and
Director Matt Reeves took to Twitter tonight to share an official camera test for The Batman, which essentially plays out like our very first teaser for next year’s WB/DC movie. The short video bathes Robert Pattinson‘s Bruce Wayne/Batman in an eerie red light, giving us our first look at the Lighthouse actor in the new
Jurassic World stars Jake Johnson and Omar Sy, who did not appear in Fallen Kingdom, will be back in the currently untitled Jurassic World 3, Collider reports tonight. Johnson is back as Lowery, with Sy reprising the role of Barry. Sam Neill, Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum will all reprise their Jurassic Park roles. Fallen Kingdom stars Justice Smith and Daniella
With the Resident Evil 3: Nemesis remake right around the corner, it seems that the bundled content in the form of the asymmetric multiplayer game Resident Evil Resistance has taken a backseat for some. Capcom has remedied that by revealing two new maps for the game, as well as the “Masterminds” in the non-canon story.
As you may recall, Joe Carnahan (The Grey, Boss Level) has been developing a remake of Indonesian fight film The Raid, and an interesting update comes via Collider this week. Speaking with the site, Carnahan and star Frank Grillo have revealed that their take on The Raid isn’t exactly a Raid movie anymore, but rather an
No new movies under the Friday the 13th umbrella can be made until the current legal situation is cleared up and worked out, but that doesn’t mean Paramount isn’t celebrating the 40th anniversary of their slasher classic this year. How are they celebrating, you ask? For starters, Paramount is releasing the original film on 40th Anniversary
Butcher Block is a monthly series celebrating horror’s most extreme films and the minds behind them. Dedicated to graphic gore and splatter, we will explore the dark, the disturbed, and the depraved in horror, and the blood and guts involved. For the films that use special effects of gore as an art form, and the fans that
I find the box office immensely fascinating. There are so many factors at play that us “experts” are pretty much making educated guesses as to what’s successful or not, and as to why. It’s rare when a studio offers some insight into their release, and none of us are privy to their exit reports. It’s
Based on the short story “The Quiet Boy” by Nick Antosca (“Channel Zero”), Scott Cooper‘s horror film Antlers is releasing on April 17, 2020, and we’ve got a new poster tonight. A child lost in a sea of antlers. Literally. Check out the eerie poster below. In Antlers, a small-town Oregon teacher (Keri Russell) and her brother (Jesse Plemons), the local sheriff,
With Nioh 2‘s release on the horizon, Team Ninja have revealed that the original game has reached a milestone of 3 million copies sold. First launched worldwide for PlayStation 4 in February 2017, followed by a Steam release in November 2017, Nioh has been on a steady climb with its sales, having sold 2.5 million
Fresh from their success with Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden, developer The Bearded Ladies have revealed their latest effort in another post-apocalyptic game, Corruption 2029. The best part? It’s coming out next week! Set for release on February 17th as an Epic Games Store exclusive, like Mutant Year Zero, Corruption 2029 is a tactical
With Scott Derrickson out as director and Sam Raimi(!) currently in talks to take over where he left off, it looks like Marvel’s scary sequel Doctor Strange: In the Multiverse of Madness is undergoing a substantial makeover from its original incarnation. THR reports tonight that “Loki” showrunner Michael Waldron has been brought in to work
After the success of Halloween, John Carpenter returned to horror once more with a traditional ghost story. Co-written with producer Debra Hill, The Fog opens with old Mr. Machen (John Houseman) telling a group of kids around a fire the eerie tale of the clipper ship Elizabeth Dane that sank off the coast of their town nearly a
Things are getting interesting with regards to Netflix’s upcoming adaptation of Resident Evil. That is, if these two stories are to be believed. On top of the rumoured June production start, we now have info on a potential synopsis for the series, as well as details on the series’ focus. Once again, neither of these
Some kids dream of meeting Santa Claus or their favorite pro wrestler, but Sam Murphy’s son Carter had a bit of a different wish for his birthday this year. And when Carter told him that what he wanted most for his birthday was to meet Jason Voorhees, dad made it happen. As reported by GeorgeTakei.com,
Indie horror was a big part of the genre in the past decade (as you may have noticed in our horror games of the decade list). While AAA developers often were hesitant to fund big-budget horror games, independent developers not only embraced the genre, but found ways to evolve the genre. Amnesia, Outlast, and Layers
On Valentine’s Day, Blumhouse’s latest release gives a classic fantasy TV series from the ‘70s a horror makeover in Fantasy Island. At least, that’s how the description of the plot reads on IMDb. First introduced in 1977 as a pair of back-to-back TV movies, Fantasy Island starred Ricardo Montalbán as the mysterious Mr. Roarke, a debonair and mysterious