PopHorror Let's Get Scared

Coming soon to Shudder from writer and director Bo Mirhosseni (Lovely Day) is a new horror film: History of Evil. The film stars Paul Wesley (Killer Movie: Director’s Cut), Jackie Cruz (Panama), and Ralph Rodriguez (Chicago Fire – TV Series). Synopsis In the near future, war and corruption have plagued …

In the last handful of years, we’ve seen contemporary creators taking their shot at horror based around artificial intelligence. As the world becomes more reliant on machines, the fear in the possibility that these machines could go back is truly endless. The latest entry in the evil AI sub-genre is Margaux from …

Screening soon at the Oceanside International Film Festival is a new horror/comedy directed by Tony Olmos (Pulp Friction): Hemet, or the Landlady Don’t Drink Tea. The film stars Kimbery Weinberger (Apparition), Brian Patrick Butler (South of 8), and Aimee La Joie (Freedom, Wisconsin). Synopsis Hemet, or the Landlady Don’t Drink …

Coming this Spring to VOD, Blu-Ray, and DVD from Cleopatra Entertainment and director Jessie Palangio is a new horror film: Blood and Snow. Synopsis BLOOD AND SNOW begins when two scientists uncover a meteorite impact site in the Artic tundra, leaving one scientist dead and the other infected. A nearby …

If you’re a lucky member of Generation X you grew up with some pretty keen “gateway horror movies.” Classics such as Teen Wolf (1985), where a young Michael J. Fox shows just how harrowing it can be to go through the inevitable “changes” teenage boys like him face. Then there was …

Coming soon to select theaters and VOD from director Ian Hunt-Duffy (Gridlock) is a new horror film: Double Blind. The film stars Pollyanna McIntosh (The Woman), Millie Brady (The Last Kingdom – TV Series), and Akshay Kumar (Beautiful Disaster). Synopsis After an experimental drug trial goes awry, the test subjects …

Genre blending. You know, a “quasi-slasher/thriller with a rom-com twist”, or something. Some films manage to get the amalgamation of horror sub-genres right, and some fail miserably. More often than not, The Dead Girl In Apartment 03 works, but there are moments of schizophrenia in its 72 minute runtime. Synopsis …

Coming soon to Digital and DVD from Dark Sky Pictures and directors Airell Anthony Hayles, Andy Edwards, Jake West, and Ludovica Musumeci is a new horror film: Midnight Peepshow. Synopsis In MIDNIGHT PEEPSHOW we are introduced to an unnamed Madame who owns and operates a peepshow offering patrons a tailor-made …

Coming soon to VOD from Gravitas Ventures and director Katrina Grey (Black Summer) is the thriller Daytime Nightmare. The film stars Ron Smoorenburg (Hellhound), Bonnie Zellerbach (The Impossible), and Christiana Chaiwanna (Locked Up). Synopsis Aspiring actress Lucy finds her life crippled by intense migraines. Taking painkillers provided by her housemate …

I never thought I would see a horror comedy inspired by the music of Jimmy Buffet, but here we are. Murdaritaville is a film following a group of friends being killed off by a half-bird creature who kills people who aren’t big enough fans of Jimmy Buffet. Synopsis A group …