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In Swarm writer/producer Janine Nabers (Watchmen (2019) and actor-musician Donald Glover (Atlanta (2022), explore toxic fandom with some gore, cringe, and dark humor. Bring on the Gore and Cringe! If you’ve watched Atlanta, you’d know their creative team brings cringe and has put a unique spin on horror and surrealism. …

2020 was an insane year. From a devastating pandemic, worldwide police brutality marches, a bizarre election, missing toilet paper, and spicy chicken sandwiches (Popeye’s was better). While the pandemic had us on lockdown, movie theaters weren’t deemed essential. Production studios had to reconstruct their model to get movies to the …

While technically not a horror convention (my usual haunts), Fantasticon-Toledo this past weekend, had plenty to offer the average horror fan. Walking into the, very full on Sunday, Seagate Convention Center, you immediately got the feeling that you were, somewhat anyways, among “your tribe”. There was definitely some full frontal …

Rest In Peace, Pearry Reginald Teo, 7/23/1978-3/9/2023. The world of independent cinema has lost a true visionary and respected filmmaker. Pearry Reginald Teo passed away of, as of yet, undisclosed causes, at his Hollywood home on March 9th, 2023. He was 44 years old. The Singapore-born Teo came to the …

Dear Mr. Cronenberg,  March 15th marks your 80th trip around the sun. An auspicious occasion in itself, but you sir, are celebrating 80 glorious years on this earth, many of which were spent making indispensable films, writing novels, acting, and being a father. You helped create a new, subversive sub-genre, …

Vertical has acquired the North American and UK rights to the horror/thriller, The Ghost Within, directed by Lawrence Fowler (The Jack in the Box). The film stars Michaela Longden (The Jack in the Box: Awakening), Rebecca Phillipson (Dazed), and Tom Millen (Star Night). It is set to hit theaters March 17, 2023. …

Coming soon to theaters from Sony Pictures and director Julius Avery (Son of a Gun) is a new horror thriller: The Pope’s Exorcist. The film stars Russell Crowe (Gladiator), Franco Nero (Immortalist), and Ralph Ineson (The Witch). It will hit theaters April 14, 2023. Synopsis: Inspired by the actual files …

Only a few things come to mind as more difficult than becoming a new parent. Now add living with untreated mental illness and grieving trauma. Mixed in some baby blues and postpartum psychosis and you’ve got a recipe for real-life elevated horror cinema. Adalynn(2023) Synopsis After Adalynn’s husband goes away …

I was just a kid when Mel Brooks’s  History of the World Part I came out, and I remember that it included previews for History of the World Part II, mostly as a joke. Now, after 40 years, it finally happened – History of the World Part II is available …

Coming soon to select theaters, Digital, and VOD from The Horror Collective is an LGBTQ horror/comedy: Summoning Sylvia. The film is directed by Wesley Taylor and Alex Wyse (Indoor Boys) and stars Travis Coles (Torchwood), Frankie Grande (Spree), and Troy Iwata (What Lies Below). Summoning Sylvia Synopsis The hair-raising romp …