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The new Texas Chainsaw Massacre video game from Gun Interactive was just released for PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox One last year, and the developers have been keeping a steady flow of updates coming ever since. The next update is coming up on December 12th – and with this one comes the addition of Skeet Ulrich from the Scream franchise as a new victim character named Wyatt and Chainsaw franchise veteran Bill Moseley as a new killer family member called Bones. Moseley is best known for playing the character Chop Top in Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (and he also appeared as Drayton Sawyer in Texas Chainsaw 3D), but since the makers of this video game only have the rights to base the game on the original film, Moseley has been given a brand new character to bring to life. You can see Bones and Wyatt in the trailer embedded above,...

Gun Interactive’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is getting a massive new update for the holidays, with IGN revealing a new Map, new Survivor, and new Family member coming soon.

On December 12, horror icon – and Chainsaw franchise star – Bill Moseley joins the game as Family member Bones, with Scream icon Skeet Ulrich as a Survivor named Wyatt!

Like Barbara Crampton, who previously joined the video game, Skeet Ulrich has never actually appeared in a Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie, but Scream fans are sure to love playing as a survivor featuring his likeness and voice. But it’s Bill Moseley’s introduction into the game that’s the real treat for horror fans, as Moseley of course played Chop Top in Tobe Hooper’s sequel The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2, and later popped up for a brief appearance as Drayton Sawyer (aka “The Cook”) in the 2013 sequel Texas Chainsaw 3D.

A few years ago, Spooky Pinball LLC created a pinball machine inspired by John Carpenter’s 1978 classic Halloween, and a while back they also built a Texas Chainsaw Massacre pinball machine, inspired by Tobe Hooper’s 1974 classic. Now, they’re continuing their journey through some of the greatest horror movies ever made, as they’ve revealed that their latest pinball machine is inspired by Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead franchise!

Here’s the information: Evil Dead Pinball is a wide body pinball machine set in the world of the first two films of the iconic franchise, The Evil Dead and Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn. The players will be guided along by Ash Williams, voiced by Bruce Campbell, as they battle the relentless forces of evil. Ash’s now evil girlfriend Linda (voiced by Lara Sluyter) and Professor Knowby (voiced by Scott Innes) will provide an additional level of...

Fans of horror icon Ken Foree (Dawn of the Dead, From Beyond, The Devil’s Rejects, Halloween) have just eight more days to back his brand new comic book series “Descendants of the Undead” on Kickstarter.

“This 30-page initial installment begins a terrifying series that incorporates the mayhem of zombies with striking visuals and electrifying characters – both human and not!

“We meet ‘Dad’, a seasoned zombie survivor, the patriarch of a straggly group of teenagers on an isolated island occupied by an advanced form of zombies. The surviving group is haunted by the supernatural catastrophic outbreak years prior.”

The first installment, written by Ken Foree, is rich with heart-stopping thrills and terror, enhanced by eerie, dynamic visuals from a passionate creative team.

It includes:

Amone Linsamouth – Art director who coordinates the artists’ contributions of style and creativity to the project as well as providing her own eerie artistry. Vincentius Matthew – Senior...

Musician Brian Eno once claimed that the limitations of a medium are exactly what people will miss about it once those limitations are gone. That’s probably why so many modern horror titles opt to embrace styles and mechanics that were once criticized for being cheap and obtuse (like low-poly graphics and tank controls). If you ask me, I’d also argue that this is why we’ve seen a resurgence in movie tie-in games despite licensed productions once being considered the scourge of the video game industry.

And in honor of recent releases like RetroRealms Arcade (which is actually way more enjoyable than most of the licensed titles it’s trying to emulate), we’ve decided to come up with a list highlighting six retro horror movie tie-in games that time forgot. After all, from the Commodore 64 to the Atari 2600, there are plenty of old video games that benefit from some spooky source material.

The latest film in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise – a movie simply titled Texas Chainsaw Massacre – was released through the Netflix streaming service back in February of 2022, and it appeared to do well at the time. It was the second most viewed movie on the service during the February 14 to February 20 time period – which only covered its first three days of release. In those three days, Netflix subscribers streamed the film for a total of 29.18 million hours. Texas Chainsaw Massacre also ranked in the top 10 in 94 countries, reaching #1 on the daily lists in the United States, Bolivia, Brazil, Honduras, Oman, Philippines, and Saudi Arabia. We’re still waiting to hear how and when the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise is going to follow up that success – but while we wait to hear what Leatherface is going to do next, the film’s director David Blue Garcia has signed on to direct...

Netflix’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre director David Blue Garcia is set to direct canine creature feature Zeus, per Variety.

The horror movie follows as “a group of friends are terrorized by a Cane Corso mastiff dog during a lakeside holiday celebration.”

Zeus is written by Tate Hanyok (“The Pet-Nup”) and Shane McKenzie (Bingo Hell).

The film is produced by Mucho Mas Media’s Javier Chapa and executive produced by Phillip Braun alongside Robert Muñoz, Morgan Cano-Long, Simon Wise, Vincent Cordero, Bruce Barshop, plus Arianne Fraser and Delphine Perrier for Highland Film Group.

“The horror genre continues to thrive, ushering in a new era of exciting films,” producer Chapa told Variety. “We couldn’t imagine a better filmmaker than David Blue Garcia to bring ‘Zeus’ to life—a character destined to become an iconic figure in the world of horror.”

“With the undeniable talent of genre aficionado David Blue Garcia at the helm,...

The desire to blend reality and fiction in film predates the Found Footage genre by literal decades, with classics like The Legend of Boggy Creek and even the original Texas Chain Saw Massacre dipping their toes into documentary-inspired filmmaking long before in-universe-cameras became popular.

Of course, it was only after The Blair Witch Project that creators would realize both the creative and financial potential of making movies like this – and when it comes to lucrative Pov thrills, very few could compete with Oren Peli and his DIY Paranormal Activity franchise. For over a decade, these films dominated the box-office with formulaic yet consistently entertaining scares made on a budget, with their success allowing the programmer-turned-filmmaker to invest in other spooky projects. And while I’ve already covered Peli’s over-hated Area 51 on a previous edition of The Silver Lining, today we’ll be discussing one of his most unique...

It’s that time of year again. And while watching one of the classics on TV or Blu-ray never gets old, sometimes you want to mix things up for Halloween with video game or two.

There’s obviously no shortage of titles to choose from, but if you’re stuck with what to play this year, we’ve come up with a couple of suggestions of recent releases (and some classics) for you or a group of like-minded folks to get in your seasonal scares.

Obviously, if you feel there’s a grievous omission, feel free to chime in down before as to your choice. The more to choose from, the more the fun!

7 Minutes in Hell

If you’re a fan of Squid Games and Survival Horror, then you should check out Gaggle Studios’ effort, which is currently out now in Early Access on Steam. 7 Minutes in Hell has...

If you’re wondering what to watch on Max this month, here are the best new movies streaming in October 2024. They range from brand-new horror films to spooky classics to two very different serial killer thrillers, starring the likes of Josh Hartnett, Elizabeth Debicki, Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman. It’s a grab-bag of films perfect for your Halloween viewing. Check out our list below.

“Salem’s Lot” (Max) Salem’s Lot (2024)

Welcome (back) to “’Salem’s Lot.” While this new adaptation of Stephen King’s 1975 novel was originally meant for theatrical exhibition, it finally debuted this month on Max. In this latest iteration, Lewis Pullman stars as Ben Mears, the Soul/Lowe character, a novelist who returns to his sleepy (and potentially doomed) home town of Jerusalem’s Lot to work on a new novel and finds that this hamlet has been taken over by filthy vampires. (Don’t you hate when that happens?...

Note: This article was originally published in October 2020, and has been updated to include Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022).

With Run The Series, The A.V. Club examines film franchises, studying how they change and evolve with each new installment.

A truly successful horror movie will take an ordinary object or everyday activity...

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Tobe Hooper's unhinged indie nightmare which went on to become one of the most influential and disturbing horror films ever made, was released on this day in 1974. Even after all the tributes that came on the film's previous anniversaries, Texas Chain Saw still deserves...

It’s back! Epic Games has announced that their annual Fornitemares event for Fortnite will be arriving on October 11, and with it comes the expected crossovers. And while Michael Myers and Alan Wake aren’t in the cards this year, we instead have Billy the Puppet from Saw and Leatherface from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre joining Fortnitemares 2024, alongside Mephisto from Marvel Comics.

While Epic hasn’t revealed much as of yet in terms of this year’s event, leakers have been snooping around and uncovered a few details (though take them with a grain of salt). Obviously, Billy the Puppet and Leatherface are part of the event as skins you can buy. You’ll apparently even get Billy’s iconic trike as an emote.

There will also be other cosmetics, including Halloween-styled skins, back blings, weapon camos, pickaxes, emotes, gliders, and more. There are also rumours that alongside Mephisto, Disney...

WWE seems to be stepping up its marketing, with its latest Bad Blood Promo echoing some cinematic visuals and the great cinematography that is reminiscent of one of Brad Pitt’s best films.

Brad Pitt in Se7en || Credit: New Line Cinema

The promo for WWE’s upcoming Bad Blood Event seems to be taking a a richer approach with its promos. Fans have immediately caught on to the reference that the short teaser was trying to make: a clear homage to Brad Pitt’s Seven.

Fans are impressed with the amount of creativity that has gone into the teaser Cody Rhodes beat Roman Reigns and became the new Undisputed WWE Universal Championship || Credit: WWE

As soon as the teaser hit the internet, fans were blown away by the level of production that has been on screen thanks to WWE. Feeling like a scene from a real film, fans were not...

(Welcome to Tales from the Box Office, our column that examines box office miracles, disasters, and everything in between, as well as what we can learn from them.)

"I remember the screams in the theater. People walked out. But the audience that stayed was hooked." Those are the words of Gunnar Hansen, the man behind Leatherface, writing in his book "Chain Saw Confidential" about how audiences reacted to director Tobe Hooper's "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" in 1974. Hooper, for his part, had become bored with the horror genre and " set out as a fan of the genre to do something that gave you [...] your money's worth," as he put it in an interview with NPR in 2017. Safe to say, mission accomplished.

50 years later, Hooper's feature directorial debut is one of the most celebrated horror films in cinema history. It's also one of the movies that indie filmmakers look to...

Fifty-one years ago, director Tobe Hooper and his cast and crew spent a blisteringly hot Texas summer working to bring us one of the greatest horror films ever made, the 1974 classic The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (watch it Here)… and to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the release of the film, Dark Sky Films is bringing it back to theatres this October! The fiftieth anniversary re-release trailer, which was created by Mark Woollen, can be seen in the embed above. To find out if The Texas Chainsaw Massacre will be showing near you, and to secure tickets to showings, head over to the Dark Sky website.

Update: The 50th anniversary of the film is also being celebrated in Austin, Texas, with the city’s Mayor, Kirk Watson, issuing a proclamation that has declared October 11th to be Texas Chainsaw Massacre Day! A press release invites fans to “join actors from the...

The Nightmare on Elm Street franchise has been dormant for over a decade now, and despite the fact that people like Mike Flanagan and Elijah Wood are interested in making Elm Street movies, there are no new films on the horizon. Freddy Krueger’s extended vacation is going to continue a while longer. At least we have several films to revisit – and as part our of Halloween celebrations here at JoBlo and Arrow in the Head, we decided to put together a list ranking those films from worst to best. So keep scrolling down to see our take on Nightmare on Elm Street Movies Ranked.

A Nightmare On Elm Street (2010)

The production company Platinum Dunes went on a reboot and remake spree for a while, and some worthwhile movies came out of that. Their version of Texas Chainsaw Massacre holds up. I like that movie’s prequel. I love the...

Spoilers for "Strange Darling" follow.

Jt Mollner's "Strange Darling" lives up to its title as dolled-up sleaze (the make-up being 35mm film). Half-erotic thriller and half slasher, it's a 21st century "Texas Chain Saw Massacre" structured like "Pulp Fiction." The film plays with you by taking a cut-and-dry premise and experimenting with how far it can twist. The result, which never breaks, is one of 2024's best horror films. (Read /Film's "Strange Darling" review here.)

What will keep you especially glued to the screen is Willa Fitzgerald's performance as "The Lady," a bleeding and terrified woman seemingly in need of help. Fitzgerald (who has been acting since 2008) has earned fans for her parts in the MTV "Scream" series and "Reacher" season 1 as Roscoe Conklin. She was also in Mike Flanagan's "The Fall of the House of the Usher," where she played the young Madeline Usher. Even in that series' huge ensemble,...

Adult Swim’s highly anticipated Junji Ito adaptation is animated cosmic and body horror of the highest degree that’s guaranteed to disturb seasoned genre fans.

“Become one with me and the spiral.”

Junji Ito has become one of the manga industry’s most prolific body horror storytellers and Uzumaki: Spiral Into Horror is definitely regarded as one of his strongest works. Uzumaki was originally serialized from 1998 to 1999 and its chapters were collected into three volumes than span nearly 650 pages. Ito’s works have been prone to adaptation — in both animation and live-action — but his style is incredibly hard to replicate, which has only reinforced why he’s become such a mainstream name in horror illustration. Junji Ito Collection, Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre, and the 75-minute Ova, Gyo: Tokyo Fish Attack, have all done their best, but amounted to flawed experiments.

Accordingly, Adult Swim’s Uzumaki...

The new Texas Chainsaw Massacre video game from Gun Interactive was just released for PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox One last year, and the developers have been keeping a steady flow of updates coming ever since. Last month, we learned that a new game mode called Rush Week would be part of a Content Pass will go on sale for the price of $19.99 on September 26th – and now a trailer for that game mode has been unveiled! You can check it out in the embed above.

The game’s developers provided the following information on the new game mode: Rush Week takes its inspiration from the late 70’s Giallo-inspired Slasher films. The love for that subgenre of cinema gives you a clearer vision for the horror film that you can cast yourself in with this 1v6 multiplayer mode. Taking place after the events of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre,...

A brand new Johnny-themed game mode called “Rush Week” is coming soon to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre video game, and the team has revealed more information today.

The brand new Free game mode is a 1v6 multiplayer mode that focuses on Johnny ‘Pretty Boy’ Slaughter and will be a whole new way to experience The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.

For starters, the new multi-player game mode is said to be inspired by the late 1970s slasher films, and it takes place five years After the events of the original Chain Saw movie.

Gun Interactive previews, “Johnny is off wreaking havoc to unsuspecting Victims. Landing at the Omega Sigma Theta Sorority House, we set our scene with Johnny attempting to break in. The goal for the Sorority Girls? Survive and make it out alive. Johnny and six new playable Sorority Girls will be randomly assigned at the start of the match.

Serial producer Ryan Murphy, the man behind “American Horror Story,” “Feud,” “Pose” and many more, is already sharpening his knife for the third in his “Monster” series, which focuses on serial killers. With “Monsters: The Lyle and Eric Menendez Story” debuting on Netflix later this week (and second in the gruesome collection after “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” from 2022), Murphy disclosed at the red carpet premiere that next in the queue will be something of a classic—a look at Ed Gein, the Wisconsin killer whose murders in the 1950s loosely inspired the Alfred Hitchcock film “Psycho,” and, when more of the repulsive particulars became known, inspired Tobe Hooper’s “Texas Chain Saw Massacre,” the Buffalo Bill character from “Silence of the Lambs,” and Rob Zombie’s “House of 1000 Corpses.”

There have been more straightforward tellings of Gein’s story (Steve Railsback and Carrie Snodgrass starring in...

In 1974, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre laid the groundwork for the slasher genre as we know it today. This subset of horror films introduced the world to fledgling actors who would grow into well-known talents, like Jamie Lee Curtis and Jennifer Aniston. Over the years, many incarnations of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre have done the same: We’ve seen Viggo Mortensen, Renée Zellweger and Matthew McConaughey square off against several variations of Leatherface. This year, the TCM franchise is once again taking on a new form — and it’s filled with fresh faces that will likely haunt a whole new generation of viewers. Here’s exactly who Leatherface will be hunting down in the 2022 version of Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

The lead character in our story, Lila, is a survivor of a horrific school shooting. She is weary of traveling to rural Texas and struggles with survivor’s guilt. This...

You used to hear the refrain from horror film fanatics with a lot more frequency – the original was so much scarier.

And while this is still true to some degree (the films of John Carpenter have been remade with an oddly uniform lousiness), there are still plenty of horror films that have been remade well. Sometimes the remakes are just as good as the original. In rare cases, it even surpasses the original.

Here is our definitive list of the very best horror remakes ever.

(United Artists) “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” (1978)

Don Siegel’s 1956 classic “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” is based on Jack Finney’s story “The Body Snatchers,” which was serialized in Collier’s in 1954 and published as a novel shortly after, has been remade several times over the years. But the very best iteration is still the 1978 version, the first since Siegel’s, from director Philip Kaufman and writer W.D. Richter.

“’Salem’s Lot” is finally on its way.

The new adaptation of Stephen King’s 1975 novel, considered by many to be one of the author’s very best, was shot in the summer of 2021 (with additional photography a year later). And then it just sat. For a while it was unclear whether Warner Bros. was just going to scrap the movie altogether, as it did with “Batgirl” and “Coyote vs. Acme.” Eventually the movie was shifted to premiere on the company’s streaming platform Max. We now have a date that it’ll debut (October 3) and a brand new trailer. Watch it below.

Lewis Pullman plays Ben Mears, a novelist who is drawn back to his hometown of Jerusalem’s Lot, obsessed with a supposedly haunted house, with a history of bad fortune, which has become even more evil with the arrival of an ancient supernatural force. Makenzie Leigh, Alfre Woodard,...

The long-awaited movie adaptation of Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot from director Gary Dauberman (Annabelle Comes Home) is coming exclusively to Max this Halloween season.

Salem’s Lot premieres on Max on October 3, 2024.

Watch the official trailer for Max’s Salem’s Lot below.

Stephen King had recently tweeted praise for the film. He wrote earlier this year, “I’ve seen the new Salem’S Lot and it’s quite good. Old-school horror filmmaking: slow build, big payoff. Not sure why WB is holding it back; not like it’s embarrassing, or anything.”

Salem’s Lot 2024 is set “circa 1975 (when King’s book was first published).”

In Salem’s Lot 2024, “Haunted by an incident from his childhood, author Ben Mears returns to his hometown of Jerusalem’s Lot in search of inspiration for his next book, only to discover the town is being preyed upon by a bloodthirsty vampire and his loyal servant.

The long-awaited movie adaptation of Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot from director Gary Dauberman (Annabelle Comes Home) is coming exclusively to Max this Halloween season.

Announced today, Salem’s Lot premieres on Max on October 3, 2024.

Stay tuned for the official trailer, coming very soon…

Stephen King had recently tweeted praise for the film. He wrote earlier this year, “I’ve seen the new Salem’S Lot and it’s quite good. Old-school horror filmmaking: slow build, big payoff. Not sure why WB is holding it back; not like it’s embarrassing, or anything.”

Salem’s Lot 2024 is set “circa 1975 (when King’s book was first published).”

In Salem’s Lot 2024, “Haunted by an incident from his childhood, author Ben Mears returns to his hometown of Jerusalem’s Lot in search of inspiration for his next book, only to discover the town is being preyed upon by a bloodthirsty vampire and his loyal servant.

Before "Salem's Lot" returned to the zeitgeist with a highly-anticipated reboot movie, the Stephen King classic was a miniseries that shook the world. Directed by "Texas Chain Saw Massacre" mastermind Tobe Hooper, the two-part 1979 series was event TV at its spookiest.

The original "Salem's Lot" limited series has never been among the best King adaptations out there, but it holds a unique place in pop culture history thanks to its status as one of the earliest on-screen takes on a King book — plus some truly frightening moments. Several members of the show's sprawling ensemble cast, including David Soul, James Mason, Lance Kerwin, and vamp actor Reggie Nalder, have passed away in the decades since "Salem's Lot" first beamed its way into our collective consciousness. Of the actors who are still with us, several have gone on to award-winning careers in film and television, while others retired or found fulfillment in other careers.

The long-awaited adaptation of Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot from director Gary Dauberman (Annabelle Comes Home) is finally hitting Max this October, and Entertainment Weekly ran a preview piece today that includes the first clip from the new movie.

The outlet explains, “In EW’s exclusive clip from Salem’s Lot, Ben [Lewis Pullman] and Susan [Makenzie Leigh] join Alfre Woodard as Dr. Cody, who first fears the spread of a blood illness; Jordan Preston Carter as school kid horror expert Mark Petrie; and John Benjamin Hickey as local priest Father Callahan as they investigate the Straker’s mansion to find evidence of a dead body. Bill Camp also stars as Van Helsing-esque school teacher Matthew Burke.”

Check out the clip below and read on for everything you need to know.

Stephen King had recently tweeted praise for the film. He wrote earlier this year, “I’ve seen the new Salem’S Lot...

Every time a new licensed horror game gets announced, a sizable chunk of the horror community emits a collective groan when it’s revealed that upcoming the title will be an asymmetrical multiplayer experience. While I actually enjoy the virtual hide-and-seek thrills of titles like Dead by Daylight and Gun Interactive’s Texas Chain Saw Massacre, I can still understand the frustration. After all, it wasn’t that long ago that even our asymmetrical multiplayer frights came bundled with fully-fledged single player modes.

In fact, one can even argue that the licensed asymmetrical horror experience itself was invented by a franchise that was just as well known for its campaign as its legendary multiplayer mode. Naturally, I’m referring to the Aliens vs. Predator games, a series that has been mostly forgotten despite its tremendous influence on gaming as a whole. And with Fede Alvarez’s Alien: Romulus showing plenty...

The new Texas Chainsaw Massacre video game from Gun Interactive was just released for PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox One last August, and the developers have been keeping a steady flow of updates coming ever since. Next month, a Content Pass will go on sale for the price of $19.99 that will include a new Family Member, a new Victim, a new Execution Pack, four new cosmetics, and early access to the new Game Mode Rush Week, which “will be an exciting and completely brand new way to play The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. This mode will be free to all players at a later date.” Now a teaser trailer for the Rush Week game mode has been unveiled, and it appears that this 1v6 multiplayer mode will be setting the killer Johnny loose in a sorority house! You can check out the teaser in the embed above.

When The Lady (Willa Fitzgerald) and The Demon (Kyle Gallner) cross paths, their affinity for each other turns into a boundary pushing one-night stand which then transforms into numerous, unexpected entanglements that put a serious kink into a serial killer’s ongoing attempts to outwit the law and up their body count.

That’s all I should be telling you about this. Seriously. My worry is that I’ve already divulged too many details by so much as even sketching the basic premise. This is a redefinition of the cat and mouse thriller and to ruin any of its many surprises is absolutely not my intention. Go into this one as cold as you can. Stop reading the review now if you want to, I’m fine with that.

So, if I should be dropping as few hints regarding the many standout moments of Strange Darling, what can I tell...

Some cliche somewhere said that ‘a picture is worth a thousand words.’ This has proven to be the case for me and especially when it comes to fan art. I have always sought out great fan art and have wanted to share it with as many people as possible. “Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net” is the outlet for that passion. In this column, I will showcase the kick-ass artwork of some great artists, with the hopes that these artists get the attention they deserve. That’s the aim. If you have any questions or comments, or even suggestions of art or other great artists, feel free to contact me at any time at theodorebond@joblo.com.

Alien: Romulus by Conor Fenner-Toora

Batman: Caped Crusader by Mark Chilcott

Cuckoo by Kevin Bravo

Plup Fiction by Pickle Vision

Superman by Blake Armstrong

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace...

Bemoaning how Hollywood treats its franchises these days is quite the cliche. So much so that it’s become a favorite pastime for movie geeks all over the world. It’s even more “basic” to spill ink about the nostalgia treadmill that no studio exec can resist jumping on with a glee usually reserved for kids in candy stores. Specifically, they seem to have an aversion towards moving forward and sowing new ideas on grounds fans deem oh-so sacred. And yet, here we are on the precipice of yet another vaunted horror franchise reaching into the past to chart its creative future.

Neve Campbell’s recent comments about Scream’s seventh installment compared it to Halloween’s 2018 recipe. The irony is David Gordon Green’s film owes a debt to Halloween H2O. To say nothing of Scream 4, which already riffed on the idea of an older Sidney Prescott...

Experience one of the country's largest haunts at this year's Six Flags Fright Fest, a terrifying event that will feature 11 haunted houses and nine scare zones!

One of the most notable additions to the 2024 line-up is a haunted maze experience based on the Netflix and Legendary 2022 slasher film Texas Chainsaw Massacre. While the film received mixed reviews from critics and fans, at least one scene in the 2022 film is still discussed to this day—the bus scene, where Leatherface boards a bus and slaughters almost everyone on board.

Based on the newly released photos for the upcoming haunt, it looks like Fright Fest will be recreating its own version of that titular set piece.

Six Flags Fright Fest, Texas Chainsaw Massacre maze

Parkgoers will get the chance to navigate the small, creepy town of Harlow, a "forgotten corner of Texas" with plenty of disturbing secrets, a place where Leatherface could be lurking around any corner.

Yee-haw! Freunde des gepflegten Backwoods-Horror sitzen wieder in der ersten Reihe: „Butchers – Raghorn“ geht fast wortwörtlich ans Eingemachte. Im ersten Trailer, den 24 Bilder gerade veröffentlicht hat, kann man sich davon überzeugen.

Schon seit den frühen Splatterfilmen eines Hershell Gordon Lewis weiß man: Mit den Einwohnern im amerikanischen Hinterland ist nicht zu spaßen. Den ein oder anderen Klassiker des Genres später kann sich die stets hungrige Fangemeinde jetzt auf „Butchers – Raghorn“ freuen, den neuen Film von „White Trash“-Regisseur Adrian Langley, den 24 Bilder am 3. Oktober Uncut und mit Fsk 18 in die deutschen Kinos bringen wird. Ein erster Trailer belegt: Hier werden keine Gefangenen gemacht. Oder besser noch: Hier wird nichts Schönes mit Gefangenen gemacht.

Zum Inhalt heißt es: „Nach einem heftigen Autounfall in einem abgeschiedenen Waldstück, landet eine Gruppe Kleinkrimineller auf der Flucht in den Händen von brutalen Kannibalen, die nur eines im Sinn haben: Ihre neuen Opfer zu Fleisch zu verarbeiten.

The long-awaited adaptation of Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot from director Gary Dauberman (Annabelle Comes Home) is finally seeing release later this year, with a Vanity Fair preview piece today revealing that it’s going straight-to-streaming on Max in October 2024.

Check out a series of first-look images below and see more on Vanity Fair now.

“You could do a very dry version of this movie, but that’s just not my personality,” Gary Dauberman tells the outlet, previewing his vision for the classic Stephen King horror story. “It’s trying to ride that wave’s ups and downs. You’re having fun with it, and then you can have a scare, and then you’re having fun again. Hopefully it feels like a complete ride at the end.”

Originally set for theatrical release on September 9, 2022, the new Stephen King adaptation was recently bumped to April 21, 2023, before getting ejected from the theatrical slate.

"Strange Darling" smothers us with its style right from the jump. After an opening crawl unapologetically "borrowed" from the opening of the original "Texas Chain Saw Massacre" informs us we're about to see the story of a notorious serial killer, we get title cards giving us a taste of what's to come. These cards tell us that the film was "Shot entirely on 35mm," and that what we're about to watch is a "thriller in six chapters." But wait, there's more! These chapters are presented to us out of order, a decision that deliberately obscures what the heck is going on here for almost a full hour. It's clever, it's fun, it's kind of exhausting. Written and directed by Jt Mollner, "Strange Darling" is a bloody burst of Tarantino pop; a thrill-show that kicks you in the teeth whenever it can and assumes you'll ask for more. Not everything works — for example,...

Recent American movies seem obsessed with franchises, however their relationship with them is not as simple as it might seem.

Desperate to both engage a fresh new audience while pleasing an older obsessive fan base the reboots, re-imaginings, sequels and prequels of the last few years play a tricky game of trying to please all the people all of the time and very often completely failing.

What disparate legacy film series from Halloween to Rocky to Beverly Hills Cop to Top Gun to Friday 13th to Star Wars and many more share is years if not decades between instalments. There is also a desire with all of these from the production companies for you to view each new entry as simultaneously a shiny stand alone slice of entertainment and a call back filled fest that joins all the dots you were once desperate to connect.

Obviously the above is impossible...

Alien: Romulus is the eighth instalment in the long-running Alien film franchise, set between the events of Ridley Scott’s 1979 Alien and James Cameron’s 1986 sequel, Aliens. Directed by Fede Álvarez and co-written with frequent collaborator Rodo Sayagues, the film was produced by Scott Free Productions.

Rain Carradine, played by Cailee Spaeny (known for Priscilla and The Civil War), is a mine worker on Jackson’s Star, a human colony located somewhere in the solar system. Denied leave from her job despite fulfilling the required time, the frustrated young woman hatches a plan to leave for sunnier climes.

Accompanied by Andy, a docile android inherited from her father and portrayed by David Jonsson (known for Rye Lane), Rain joins a group of scavengers aboard a derelict spaceship, hoping to find a way off their prison planet. Their desperate gamble takes a terrifying turn when they discover the ship is infested...

In the summer of 2007 a group of emerging filmmakers and actors set out into the Scottish wilderness to make a low budget horror film in homage to the low budget American horror films of the 1970s. The grizzly slasher titled The Bench has never been completed, until now.

Inspired by Tobe Hooper’s original Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), this team of filmmakers led by writer / director Sean Wilkie (Matter of Time) used the HD revolution to their advantage, shooting the film on Hdv tape lends a quality that’s been absent from cinema since 16mm celluloid went out of fashion some decades earlier, the film taps into elements established by the grungy guerilla films such as The Blair Witch Project.

Magic Monkey Films (Mercy Falls / Lost At Christmas) is proud to announce the revival of the long-dormant horror film, The Bench, a project that echoes the raw terror and unrelenting suspense...

Stars: Ami Dolenz, Andrew Robinson, Soleil Moon Frye, J. Trevor Edmond, Hill Harper, Alexander Polinsky, Mark McCracken, Steve Kanaly, Gloria Hendry | Written by Constantine & Ivan Chachornia | Directed by Jeff Burr

Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings was originally released in the UK at a time when I was heavily getting into horror yet was, legally, still too young to rent 18-rated titles from the local video shop (a shop which to this day I credit with the formative years of my movie tastes). It was also at a time when Jeff Burr was being hailed, at least in some corners of the UK and US horror press, as the future of the genre. After all, he had helmed the fan-favourite Vincent Price-starring horror anthology From a Whisper to a Scream and then the very successful sequel The Stepfather 2, before hitting the “big time” as director on the third film in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise.

Fear and Loathing meets South Park in a screwball horror novella from the twisted mind of Christopher Brett Bailey. Part romance, part buddy comedy, part bizzarro body horror,

‘I Saw Satan at the 7–Eleven’ is a dark-as-night tale from a phenomenal new name in literary fiction.

Two miles north of Hell, a nameless deadbeat narrator spots Satan buying soy milk at the 7–Eleven. Satan’s a washed-up has-been, who’s totally lost his edge. That is until he falls in love with our narrator, and the two embark on a debauched misadventure, by turns slapstick, violent, whimsical, dreamlike and tender.

Outside in the parking lot, Satan was polishing his windshield. Satan drove a Corvette, obviously. I went outside, kept my distance, eyeballed him wiping dead bugs from his wing mirrors. Clocking me, he struck a rebel pose, one foot up on the bumper, and called out, “I’m not a hippie.

Where are all my horror fans? Netflix recently added 10 horror films to its platform on the first of August. While I recommend checking out each new release, the one that should be at the top of your watchlist is the 2024 supernatural horror film Tarot. This movie is criminally underrated, in my opinion, when it really deserves all the love and attention.

Spenser Cohen and Anna Halberg (The Expendables 4) wrote and directed Tarot, making it their feature film directorial debuts. Like most movies nowadays, Tarot is based on another piece of work. It's based on Nicholas Adams' 1992 novel Horrorscope. Although panned by critics, the horror flick still managed to be a box-office success, grossing $49 million worldwide against a budget of $8 million.

Here's how I see it. It's okay to read critic reviews but don't let what someone else has said and their opinions deter you from watching a movie. Who knows,...

If you poke around the Bloody Disgusting archives you’ll see that we wrote about an indie horror movie titled The Bench way back in 2012, a film that actually began production in 2007. The movie never ended up seeing the light of day… until now, that is.

17 years later, The Bench is available now to rent or buy on Prime Video!

The official press release explains, “In the summer of 2007 a group of emerging filmmakers and actors set out into the Scottish wilderness to make a low budget horror film in homage to the low budget American horror films of the 1970s. The grizzly slasher titled The Bench has never been completed, until now.

“Inspired by Tobe Hooper’s original Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), this team of filmmakers led by writer / director Sean Wilkie (Matter of Time) used the HD revolution to their advantage, shooting the film on Hdv tape that lends...

The annual San Diego Comic-Con kicks off tonight, and our friends over at Trick or Treat Studios will be displaying a handful of upcoming products on the convention floor.

Those products have also gone up for pre-order over on the company’s official website tonight, and Bloody Disgusting has an exclusive preview of the full Sdcc 2024 launch lineup!

In addition to previously revealed action figures including their Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Goosebumps collections, Trick or Treat Studios has also put up for grabs a handful of replica Mogwais from Gremlins 2: The New Batch – including Gizmo, Mohawk, Lenny, George, and Daffy – a 1:6 scale figure of the iconic Billy puppet from the Saw franchise measuring 7″ tall, and a lineup of action figures based on Tony Scott’s 1993 movie True Romance.

Additionally, the Terrifier franchise’s slasher maniac Art the Clown gets his own mini bust ornament, with a blood-covered...

Exclusive: Indie film vet Justin Dipietro has been named EVP of MPI Media Group and Dark Sky Films and will oversee the relaunch of the distribution labels with an aim on expanding the company’s global footprint and identifying larger scale projects and releases.

Dipietro will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of the company’s distribution operations and marketing efforts, including marketing and business development.

Previously, Dipietro led marketing, publicity and distribution efforts at Oscar-winning distributor Cohen Media Group after serving as Director of Sales and Distribution at Netflix. Dipietro managed and helped develop theatrical and Academy campaigns for several award-nominated titles, including 2023’s Best Foreign Film Academy Award nominee Io Capitano and two 2020 Best Picture Oscar nominees, Mank and The Trial of the Chicago 7. Prior to Netflix, Dipietro was the Head of Distribution at IFC Films, where he oversaw theatrical and non-theatrical releasing and worked on award-winning films such as Boyhood,...

The genre of horror is such that it takes inspiration from a legion of sources; while there are classics like The Conjuring and Texas Chainsaw Massacre based on real-life events, a cornucopia of paranormal films – like the ones predicated on the Latin American folklore of La Llorana – are also weaved using cultural, mythical fables and urban legends. And then there’s Nicolas Cage’s Longlegs.

Longlegs (2024) | Neon

Cage, who stars as the eponymous serial killer in Longlegs – which perhaps marks the most petrifying outing of his career – used his late mother’s spooky skincare routine while prepping for his gruesome role in the newly released movie. What a genius.

Nicolas Cage’s Peculiar Source of Inspiration For Longlegs

While some critics have extolled Osgood Perkins’ Longlegs as “the most terrifying horror movie of 2024,” others have deemed it a cross between gory cinematic masterpieces like The Silence of the Lambs and Hereditary.

Best known for playing Leatherface in the 2003 remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and its prequel The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, Andrew Bryniarski has a screen acting career that stretches back more than thirty years, and his forty-plus non-Chainsaw credits include playing Butterfinger in Hudson Hawk, Wyatt Beaudry in Necessary Roughness, Chip in Batman Returns, Steve Lattimer in The Program, Zangief in Street Fighter, Knocko in Higher Learning, Patrick ‘Madman’ Kelly in Any Given Sunday, Joe the Boxer in Pearl Harbor, Halloran in Rollerball, and Count Dracula in Dracula’s Guest. Unfortunately, it’s been a few years since Bryniarski has had a prominent acting role and he has fallen on some hard times – so he’s seeking help from his fans through a GoFundMe campaign.

Bryniarski explains the situation he’s currently in: “Recently, wildfires forced me to evacuate my home in California, leaving me displaced and uncertain about the future.

George A. Romero and Stephen King: a match made in horror movie heaven. It was probably inevitable that Stephen King would break into the movies, and the master of horror finally had his first screenplay produced in the form of Romero's "Creepshow," one of the best horror anthology movies ever made. King had penned scripts before (for instance: he wrote a draft of the screenplay for "The Shining" that Stanley Kubrick rejected), but "Creepshow" was the first original King script to make it to the screen. King and Romero originally met when Romero was being courted to direct the TV adaptation of King's vampire novel "Salem's Lot," and while Romero ultimately didn't direct the miniseries (those duties ultimately fell to "Texas Chain Saw Massacre" filmmaker Tobe Hooper), he and King became friends. Eventually, the two decided to make a movie together, with King penning the script and Romero directing.