Vampires everywhere are doing celebratory shrieks, because Marlow, the alabaster faced apex predator from 30 Days of Night, has officially clawed his way into the Second Class tier of the Hall of Killers. That is not a small feat. Second Class is where the truly vicious and artistically bloodthirsty creatures live. It is home to…
Arrow Video is starting the new year with a truly berserk February lineup, and as always, the horror releases are leading the charge like deranged generals in a battlefield made of boutique slipcovers. This month brings ghosts, cursed cassette tapes, killer birds, intergalactic conspiracies, amped up cult classics, and what might be the single most…
Just when you thought Hawkins had finally caught a break, Behaviour Interactive has kicked the door to the Upside Down wide open again. Stranger Things Chapter 2 is officially coming to Dead by Daylight this January, and the new killer is none other than the bone fingered, nightmare inducing Vecna himself. In other words, the…
Every November, people gather to celebrate family, food, and the ancient human tradition of pretending everything is fine while slowly being crushed by seasonal stress. But here at Stalk and Slash, we know a far better way to honour the holiday spirit. Forget the turkey. Forget the parade. Forget sitting politely while Uncle Barry explains…
If you thought the public domain horror boom had reached its peak with Popeye the Slayer Man swinging an anchor at unsuspecting sinners, producer Jeff Miller would like to politely inform you that we have only just reached the amuse bouche. After turning Popeye into a homicidal nightmare and discovering that the world has a…
Netflix’s runaway juggernaut Wednesday continues to grow its twisted family tree, and the latest branch is a big one. After two seasons of teasing, whispering, hinting, and ominous scribbling on old stone walls, Morticia Addams’ elusive sister Ophelia Frump is finally stepping out of the shadows. Even better, she will be played by Eva Green,…
Every now and then, a creature comes along in horror cinema that is so effectively horrifying, so creatively designed, and so deeply committed to ruining childhoods that it becomes instantly iconic. Guillermo del Toro’s Pale Man from Pan’s Labyrinth is one such nightmare, a skeletal ghoul whose strict dietary preferences include fairies, disobedient children, and…
Scarlett Johansson has battled dinosaurs, aliens, supervillains, and Bill Murray in a bathrobe, and now she is preparing to square off with something even more dangerous than any Marvel villain: the Exorcist franchise in twenty twenty six. According to Deadline, Scarlett Johansson has signed on to star in Mike Flanagan’s upcoming reimagining of The Exorcist,…
Director Kevin Lewis is headed back into the blood spatter for the holidays, and honestly, it feels right. After giving the world Willy’s Wonderland, the gloriously deranged Nicolas Cage versus homicidal animatronics movie that instantly entered the cult canon, Lewis has sharpened his knives again for Pig Hill. Bloody Disgusting and Cineverse will release the…
Cinema just lost one of its strangest and brightest stars. Udo Kier, the man who could glide effortlessly from arthouse surrealism to Hollywood madness without ever losing that hypnotic Kier energy, has passed away at eighty one. The news was confirmed by his longtime partner Delbert McBride, closing the final chapter on a career that…