Julius Avery (Overlord) has been set to direct Samaritan for MGM, and Deadline reports today that Sylvester Stallone has signed on to star in the upcoming thriller! “Based on an original idea, the thriller centers on a young boy who is out to discover if a mythic superhero, who vanished 20 years earlier following a
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October is the best time for us horror freaks. You would think Netflix would roll out tons of horror movies for the Halloween season. No. Netflix is only releasing nine new horror films this October. There are a couple of good ones in the bunch. I am kind of interested in Season 2 of Haunted.
The wait is finally over for those Xbox One owners waiting for Crytek’s co-op multiplayer title Hunt: Showdown to come out of Early Access. Hunt: Shodown is not only out of Early Access, but you can also grab the latest DLC, Legends of the Bayou, for both Steam and PC. Legends of the Bayou gives
Sony has confirmed that their next State of Play will happen on September 24th. So, why is that important? Well, as was mentioned two weeks ago, Naughty Dog’s highly-anticipated The Last of Us Part 2 will be having a media event the same day. But even before all of that, however, it seems that we
It’s Halloween season which means fall is here. Pumpkin spice lattes, the leaves are changing, and it’s time for a whole bunch of new horror movie releases. Need to know what horror movies are coming out in October 2019? Don’t worry we have you covered. While 2019 has primarily been a lackluster year for the
Late November of 2014, a YouTube video titled “Wrinkles the Clown Caught on CCTV” by user HvUseen Wrinkles went viral, and put South Florida parents on high alert. The video, grainy home security footage, showed a sleeping girl oblivious to the creepy clown emerging from underneath her bed. The clown tucked her in before ominously
Butcher Block is a weekly series celebrating horror’s most extreme films and the minds behind them. Dedicated to graphic gore and splatter, each week 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
WARNING: The following review contains spoilers. After such a long wait, I was super excited to finally be able to screen 3 From Hell as part of a Fathom Events three-night only theatrical release. The movie was long overdue. Rob Zombie created quite a name for himself when he made his directorial debut of House
The documentary Scream, Queen! My Nightmare On Elm Street will be premiering at Fantastic Fest this weekend, telling the story of Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge star Mark Patton. The doc invites fans “not only to delight in the batshit uniqueness of NOES2, but also asks them to reckon with what it means
Saber Interactive and Focus Home Interactive’s World War Z keeps on trucking with the announcement of its Season 2 Content Roadmap. As with the previous season, players will have a lot of free content to feast upon, as well as new paid DLC. In update 4, World War Z will add new PvE missions in
Many of you may have noticed that over the past few months, Horror Freak News has been on a small hiatus. That is all about to change. If you have previously been enjoying the content on Horror Freak News, you can rest assured that we are going to continue to provide you with the best
“It was one of the most creatively satisfying experiences of my life.” Five years ago, Kevin Smith ventured into the body-horror genre with Tusk, a wacky (and kinda wonderful) film wherein the late Michael Parks turns Justin Long into…well, a walrus. Love it or hate it, Tusk was the film that reignited Smith’s passion for
After a 3-night run in theaters, Rob Zombie’s diabolical trio returns to home video when 3 From Hell arrives on 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack (plus Blu-ray and Digital), Blu-ray Combo Pack (plus DVD and Digital), DVD, Digital, and On Demand October 15 from Lionsgate. Take home 3 From Hell and immerse yourself in its blood-soaked world with
Man’s best friend…until the end. A very Good Boy becomes a Good Guy doll in this week’s most adorable viral video, brought to our attention tonight by the Twitter account @FavoriteHorror. Yes, there really does exist a Chucky costume that’s made for dogs – more on that in a second – and the short but
While Ari Aster‘s extended Director’s Cut of Midsommar was recently released in select theaters, the bummer is that it’s not actually scheduled to receive a psychical release here in the States. Aster’s follow-up to Hereditary is arriving on Digital and On Demand on September 24, and on Blu-ray Combo Pack (plus DVD and Digital) and
This year marks the 15th anniversary of Fantastic Fest, the largest genre film festival in the United States. Founded in 2005 by Tim League, Paul Alvarado-Dykstra, Tim McCanlies and Harry Knowles (the latter of whom is no longer associated with the festival), Fantastic Fest focuses on genre films such as horror, science fiction, fantasy, action,
Show of hands – who believes Silence of the Lambs is a horror film? Okay, keep ‘em up if you think the same about Seven. Alright then, how about George Sluizer’s The Vanishing (either version)? Think that’s a horror film? Sure, all three films are decidedly thrillers. But given the nature of their villains and
If there’s one thing we’ve all learned about horror movie villains it’s that they can never truly die, but there was still something about the finale to Rob Zombie‘s The Devil’s Rejects that felt quite different from the norm. Just a couple years after he created a trio of iconic characters with Otis, Baby and