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MĀRAMA: Release Date And Trailer/Poster Premiere for Maori Gothic-Horror
Marama, the Maori gothic-horror from writer-director Taratoa Stappard, will arrive in theaters on April 17th. Distributed by Dark Sky FIlms and Watermelon Pictures, Marama is wrapping up its festival run in the coming weeks at festivals across the U.S. The...
Overlook 2026: Second Wave Includes OVER YOUR DEAD BODY, NORMAL, And THE FURIOUS
The second wave of titles in this year's Overlook Film Festival were announced today, now completing the full lineup. An all new section has been added to the festival program, Side Shows. Highlighting films that are not neccessarily horror...
BUNNY!!, Vietnamese Hit Heads for Worldwide Release
The newest film from director Tran Thanh, who helmed last year's comedy of errors The 4 Rascals, is heading for release in North America, Europe, and Asia tomorrow (Thursday, March 26). Bunny!! (orig. Tho Oi) is described as "a dramatic...
Stephen Colbert Set to Write Next LORD OF THE RINGS Movie
The biggest Lord of the Rings fan on the planet, Stephen Colbert, will write the next Lord of the Rings movie.
Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival 2026: Swiss Genre Fest Celebrates Twenty-Five Years With Poster Reveal
The twenty-five edition of the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival takes place in early July and the fine folks that run it have just revealed this year's visual.
Canadian Screen Awards 2026: 40 ACRES, HONEY BUNCH, MILE END KICKS And NIRVANA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE Lead Nominees
The Canadian Academy has announced the nominees for the 2026 Canadian Screen Awards and Canadian genre cinema is represented very well in this year's awards.
DAREDEVIL BORN AGAIN Season Two Review: A Steady But Unsurprising Continuation
Picking up where season one had left off, Wilson Fisk is the mayor of New York. After weeding out any dissenters he established his own army of goons, the Anti-Vigilante Task Force (abbreviated as AVTF), who now help Fisk rule...
THE FURIOUS Official Trailer: They Will Fight Everyone
A father fights fiercely against ruthless kidnappers to save his abducted daughter.
STORM WARNING: Canadian Duo The Butler Brothers to Direct Nazi Vampire Horror Flick
The only thing worse than Nazis or Vampires, is the two combined.
Series Mania 2026 Preview: Authoritarian Ghosts, Fragile Masculinities, and the Quiet Collapse of Certainty
Amid an industry-wide contraction, Series Mania 2026 foregrounds a sharper, more politically attuned slate of series that interrogate authoritarian drift, fractured identities, and the recalibration of storytelling in a post-peak TV landscape.
UP ALL NIGHT- BETWEEN THE SHEETS: BloodstreamTV Announces Video Podcast With Host Rhonda Shear
Our friends over at BloodstreamTV have announced a new podcast, Up All Night - Between the Sheets, hosted by a late-night icon from the 90s, Rhonda Shear.
FACES OF DEATH: New Film Faces "Controversy" Over In-Theater Poster Placement
Up front, we are leery of anything deemed "controversial" within the horror space these days.
SXSW 2026: WISHFUL THINKING, SUMMER 2000: THE X-CTRA STORY, and More Jury and Special Awards
The 2026 edition of the SXSW Film & TV Festival concluded yesterday and has now announced their Jury and Special Award winners. Graham Parkes' Wishful Thinking won the Narrative Feature Competition. As I noted in our curtain raiser: "Maya Hawkes...
BLOODSPORT: Michaela Coel, A24 to Work on Reimagining 80s Cult Classic
Actor, writer, and director Michaela Coel is teaming with A24 for a reimagining of the cult film, Bloodsport.
Diagonale 2026 Preview: Gender Masquerades, Bureaucratic Absurdities, and the Fragility of Belonging
The Diagonale 2026 competition brings together a cross-section of contemporary Austrian cinema.
BEAST Official Trailer: Lionsgate's Action Drama Stars Russell Crowe And Daniel MacPherson
After years away from the cage, a once-feared MMA champion is pulled back in for the fight of his life when his younger brother is put in danger.
THE EVIL THAT BINDS US (Todos los males) Trailer: LatAm Thriller Begins International Theatrical Run
In 1950s rural Chile, a German family's calm shatters when a city relative visits. A teen's connection with a farmhand's daughter exposes family racism and a violent past, triggering his anger despite attempts to hide it.
Panic Fest 2026: Final Wave Announced, Incl. a Maori Gothic Revenge Horror And a Survival Horror Starring Randy Couture
The folks at Panic Fest in Kansas City, MO, have shared the final handful of films for this year's fourteenth edition of the festival.
Criterion in June 2026: DESPERATE LIVING, HAIRSPRAY, HIGH ART Lead Raft of Releases
Whoa! The Criterion Collection will unleash a raft of new releases in June 2026, led by two by John Waters -- Desperate Living and Hairspray -- along with Lisa Cholodenko's 90s queer romance High Art. The lead title in Criterion's...
Unnamed Footage Festival 2026: Final Wave Announced! Feat. International Folk Horror, Extreme Horror And a Long Unseen Gary Sherman Faux-doc
The final wave of film for this year's Unnnamed Footage Festival were announced heading into the weekend. This wave includes a couple of folk horror tales from Thai and Ireland, a standout film from SXSW Sydney, and a long...
