Twenty years after New Zealand discovered that genetically modified livestock and irresponsible science make an exceptionally messy combination, the killer flock is back. Umbrella Entertainment has released the first official trailer for Black Sheeps, the long-awaited sequel to Jonathan King’s 2006 horror comedy Black Sheep, and original star Nathan Meister is returning as Henry Oldfield….
As survival-thriller premises go, Whalefall isn’t exactly easing us gently into proceedings. Austin Abrams plays a young scuba diver who enters the ocean looking for his dead father’s remains, encounters a giant squid being attacked by a sperm whale and ends up swallowed by the whale himself. His oxygen supply gives him approximately one hour…
There are easier ways to deal with boredom than purchasing a mysterious puzzle box and opening a gateway to an extradimensional realm of sadomasochistic torture. Take up golf. Buy an air fryer. Start collecting stamps. Frank Cotton, unfortunately, is not a man interested in sensible hobbies. The human monster at the centre of Clive Barker’s…
Hollywood’s growing interest in filmmakers who built their audiences online is showing no signs of slowing down. After the extraordinary 2026 success of Curry Barker’s Obsession and Kane Parsons’ Backrooms, another creator is making the jump to feature filmmaking. Spencer Lackey will write and direct Lust, a new horror movie bringing together Neon, Blumhouse Atomic…
Godzilla is heading back to cinemas this November, and Toho has unleashed a new official trailer for Godzilla Minus Zero, the highly anticipated follow-up to Takashi Yamazaki’s Godzilla Minus One. Yamazaki returns as director, screenwriter and VFX supervisor, while Ryunosuke Kamiki and Minami Hamabe are back as Koichi Shikishima and Noriko Oishi. Rather than jumping…
For the better part of two decades, horror fans waited for Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees to finally tear chunks out of each other. When Freddy vs. Jason eventually arrived in August 2003, it wasn’t merely a novelty that had somehow escaped years of development hell. Ronny Yu’s crossover was a genuine commercial success, opening…
One of the most unsettling films of the Japanese horror boom is heading back to Hollywood. Sony’s Screen Gems and Spyglass are developing a new reimagining of Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s 2001 techno-horror masterpiece Pulse, also known as Kairo, with Dave Boyle attached to direct and Smile filmmaker Parker Finn among the producers. The news comes via…
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…