If there was ever a horror sequel that seemed inevitable in 2026, Backrooms 2 was probably near the top of the list. Following the extraordinary theatrical success of Kane Parsons’ Backrooms, Dread Central is exclusively reporting that Parsons has now officially signed on to direct a second film for A24, with the site saying an…
Bruce Campbell has spoken more openly about his cancer diagnosis, revealing that his doctors are currently working with a prognosis of around five years. The Evil Dead legend discussed his health during an appearance on The Adam Carolla Show, six months after first telling fans that he had been diagnosed with a form of cancer…
The internet has become an increasingly fertile hunting ground for Hollywood horror, and another filmmaker is now making the leap from viral shorts to the big screen. Sam Evenson, creator of the Grimoire Horror YouTube channel, is turning his hugely successful 2021 short Ignore It into a feature film, with Smile producers Temple Hill Entertainment…
It has been quite a year for Inde Navarrette. After breaking through with her performance as Nikki in Curry Barker’s horror phenomenon Obsession, the actress has been cast as Rogue in Marvel’s forthcoming X-Men movie and is now heading into another genre project with Apple Original Films. Navarrette will star in the wonderfully titled The…
Six years after Maneater allowed us to discover that pretty much every problem in life can be solved by becoming an increasingly enormous bull shark and eating it, the wonderfully ridiculous action RPG is finally getting a sequel. Tripwire Interactive has officially announced Maneater 2, with Demiurge Studios working alongside Tripwire on development. Revealed during…
Last Slate Video has unveiled three new physical-media releases for the remainder of 2026, and there is plenty here for horror collectors to get excited about. Leading the announcement are Stephen Cognetti’s modern found-footage favourite Hell House LLC, which will receive its first UK Blu-ray release on 26 October, and Mark Rosman’s 1982 slasher The…
With only days remaining before Michael Myers returns to Haddonfield in Halloween: The Game, IllFonic has revealed another part of the town players will be able to explore. This time, however, we are leaving the familiar residential streets behind. East Haddonfield takes the action towards the rural and industrial outskirts of the fictional Illinois town,…
One of the most important vampire films ever made is returning this Halloween, and this time Hammer is restoring material that audiences have been missing for more than six decades. Terence Fisher’s 1958 Dracula, released in the United States as Horror of Dracula, has received a new 4K restoration featuring Christopher Lee as Count Dracula…
Victor Miller, the screenwriter whose work on Friday the 13th helped create one of horror cinema’s most enduring franchises and introduced the world to Jason Voorhees, has died aged 86. Miller’s son Ian confirmed that his father died on Monday, 30 August, although a cause of death has not been made public. In a tribute…
Sometimes horror audiences make their intentions wonderfully clear. You can spend hundreds of millions of dollars building cinematic universes, resurrecting established franchises and attaching familiar names to familiar properties, or you can apparently put a gigantic bright-orange unicorn into a deranged children’s television programme and watch people turn up. Casper Kelly’s Buddy has emerged as…