Category: Horror
I love that many maligned properties are having a second life and receiving renewed adoration. Queer women have reclaimed Jennifer’s Body, The Mummy is getting proper love, and I’ve even seen some articles about how the Milla Jovovich Resident Evil movies have cultural importance. The one that’s perhaps had the …
A creepy cult show inspired by true events just cracked the Hulu charts. It arrived on the streamer last week with two episodes and immediately cleared the competition. The new show you need to watch is The Clearing. Synopsis When a local girl goes missing, a woman is forced to face the demons from …
Sophie Thatcher as Sadie in 20th Century Studios’ THE BOOGEYMAN. Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios. © 2023 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved. To celebrate tomorrow’s release of The Boogeyman, I sat down with star Sophie Thatcher (Yellowjackets) to discuss what makes this source material so terrifying. She also …
Official trailer is out for the action horror film, The Floor features Casper Van Dien (Starship Troopers, Alita: Battle Angel, Sleepy Hollow), Nicky Whelan (Hall Pass, Halloween II) and Louis Mandylor (Rambo: Last Blood, Suckers), and Mike Ferguson (The Last Deal, The Colonials) as Floyd McGraw. 5 prisoners being transported …
The #1 documentary on Netflix has the internet understandably pissed off. The feature hit the streamer two days ago and is already being praised for how it handles the subject matter. Victim/Suspect is the true-crime film we should all be paying attention to. Synopsis “On her first solo investigation, journalist Rae de Leon travels …
“Do you want to grow up, Amy?” asks Miranda Otto’s character at one point in The Clearing. To someone unaware, that question might sound like a loving mother nurturing her daughter, but viewers of this new Hulu series know otherwise. In fact, they fear for young Amy’s safety. In the …
We have had a long wait for Charlie Brooker to give us another shard of the Black Mirror. For a good while, Brooker took a hiatus with COVID-19 and all. At the time he said that he couldn’t come up with a more fucked up version of the world. Well, …
It seems to be the summer of goth with tours from Depeche Mode, The Cure, and even Siouxsie Sioux coming out of retirement to play a one-off festival date. Right in the middle are The 69 Eyes. The Finnish vampires are credited with inventing the genre of goth’n’roll. The other, …
The highly-anticipated Cinema Epoch/Xposse Productions films are set for release later this year. Filmed in California and blending two film groups from both sides of the map, FATAL JUSTICE and DEADLY WESTERN present unique and hard-hitting films with some twists and turns along the way. Written by Massachusetts filmmaker Geno …
Horror films are often known for their suspense, jump scares, and outright gore – but there is more than violence and anticipation to fear. Words can create fear alone, and it takes a great actor to instill fear in viewers with just a speech. Below, we’ve picked two of our …
New from Shortwave Publishing is Melon Head Mayhem, a deliciously nostalgic and terrifying throwback to the creature features of yore. Written by Alex Ebenstein, this is the first installment in the press’s Killer VHS Series. Dread Central is excited to exclusively reveal the novella’s cover, reminiscent of those VHS tape …
Jaws 2 is coming to 4K UHDthis summer. A fitting release date considering the fact that the film itself takes place over the summer on Amityville Island. Of course, in the sequel we begin to see a little bit of the nuttiness of the franchise. For example, this sequel sees …
Jaws 2 is coming to 4K UHDthis summer. A fitting release date considering the fact that the film itself takes place over the summer on Amityville Island. Of course, in the sequel we begin to see a little bit of the nuttiness of the franchise. For example, this sequel sees …
Last year, Marvel Comics welcomed back groundbreaking artist Frank Miller! The comic book visionary has been gracing some of Marvel’s hottest titles with explosive variant covers featuring his iconic art. And this August, fans everywhere will be thrilled to see him return to a Marvel super hero he helped revolutionize: …
Memorial Day is celebrated in a multitude of different ways. Like many other households, I have developed my own tradition for the holiday. It consists mainly of hiding from the sun while watching Nazis getting slaughtered. I have spoken about the Nazisploitation genre in the past. But don’t worry, there …
Although Tim Burton didn’t quite capture the magic of his 1993 classic The Nightmare Before Christmas, his spiritual follow-up The Corpse Bride (2005) still remains a fan favorite among dedicated niche Burton fans. In honor of those devoted collectors, Spirit Halloween and Funko have teamed up for this exclusive Victor …
Deadly premonitions are no strangers to the horror genre. From Nicolas Roeg’s haunting Don’t Look Now to the over-the-top and entertaining Final Destination films, seeing into the gory future is a genre staple. In the new film, The Unseen, writer, star, and producer Jennifer A. Goodman puts her own spin …
John Wick 4 was a complete blast and the ending pointed at the odd fact that John Wick might actually be… dead. I didn’t believe it for a second. Not John Wick. The dude is a tank. Lionsgate has already greenlit development for a John Wick 5. That isn’t all …
If Mick Jackson’s Threads, the 1984 BBC nuclear war drama, was an augur of a world on the brink, then Bob Mielke’s Threads, a book-length essay on the titular film, is an augur of DieDieBooks’ imminent success. The small press’ first release in a series of essays on horror films …
I watch a lot of documentaries. But none has left me quite as awestruck as Tickled. Tickled is a doc that definitively proves truth is far stranger than fiction. The film began life as something of a puff piece on a niche ‘sport’ called competitive endurance tickling (heretofore referred to as CET) …
With the film now in post-production, producer and co-director P.J. Starks has provided Dread Central with a new batch of exclusive stills from New Fears Eve, an upcoming slasher he’s been working on for the last few months after running a successful crowdfunding campaign. You can view the images in …
The #1 sci-fi thriller is hard to explain but has a very direct Netflix-to-Twitter pipeline for viewers. Synchronic is causing a lot of conversations about time travel, drugs, and the unexpected ending of the film. What sounds like a bonkers ride turns into something more sinister than anyone could have predicted. …
We’ve had our eye on this miniseries since it announced its cast. When we found out it would be about AI (artificial intelligence) interfering with the justice system, we leaned forward. We were not the only ones waiting on this show because it has scaled the charts this week. The #1 show …
Adrian Halen 05/14/2023 News AWARDS“BEST FEATURE” – NIGHTMARES FILM FESTIVAL“BEST FEATURE” – BLOOD IN THE SNOW CANADIAN FILM FESTIVAL“BEST ACTOR” – NIGHTMARES FILM FESTIVAL SYNOPSISIn Peppergrass, a pregnant restaurateur plans to steal a priceless truffle from a reclusive veteran. Set during the pandemic, Peppergrass is a snow-streaked Northern Gothic heist …
Malum – Genero: Accion – Thriller Pais: USA Duración: 169 minutos Director: Chad Stahelski Guion: Michael Finch, Shay Hatten. Personaje: Derek Kolstad Reparto: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, George Georgiou VALORACION: – RESEÑA: Malum gira en torno a una nueva agente de policía que se ofrece voluntaria para trabajar en el …
In her feature film debut Dark Nature, coming soon from Epic Pictures‘ Dread label (Dread Central’s sister company), Berkley Brady delves into the darkest corners of the human mind, especially after enduring horrendous trauma. But, this isn’t your typical rumination on the horrors of trauma. There’s something else, something very old …
Dark Horse Books presents Beyond Mortal, a new original graphic novel from Cullen Bunn (Shock Shop, Harrow County, Lamentation) and Danny Luckert (Shock Shop). Comic book readers are familiar with the world of Bronze and Modern Era comics: stories of gleaming steel metropolises populated by daring superheroes battling for truth and justice, …
Sun’s out, knives out. Summer is the time for a lot of things—trips to the beach, early morning walks in the woods—but most importantly, summer is the time for slashing. As the weather heats up and the blood starts to boil, plenty of masked maniacs are eager for the opportunity …
Samantha Weinstein, star of Carrie has passed away at the age of 28-years-old. The young actress was battling Ovarian cancer for some time. He family took to Instagram to write, “After two and a half years of cancer treatment, and a lifetime of jet setting around the world, voicing a …
Ted Nicolaou’s acclaimed and long awaited return to the fang-fold, SUBSPECIES V: BLOODRISE, is hitting theaters across North America for a one night special event premiere, courtesy of the Alamo Drafthouse on MAY 15th! Check out the list of ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE theatres hosting the show and buy your tickets in advance as they …
