International News
SXSW 2026 Opening Night: I LOVE BOOSTERS, Boots Randolph to Kick It Off
Exciting news out of Austin, Texas, today, as SXSW 2026 announced its opening night film for its 40th year: the world premiere of Boots Randolph's I Love Boosters. Here's the official verbiage: "South by Southwest® (SXSW®) announced today that NEON's...
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ANCESTRAL BEASTS: Mongrel Media Boards Indigenous, Psychological Horror
Production has begun on an indigenous, psychological horror here in Canada called Ancestral Beasts. This will be the sophomore feature film from Red River Métis filmmaker and writer, Tim Riedel. Production has begun on home ice in Manitoba before coming...
A USEFUL GHOST Poster and Trailer: A Very Queer Ghost Story
Earlier this year, our own Dustin Chang reported on a very queer tale, A Useful Ghost, that enjoyed its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. Its official synopsis describes it like this: "March is mourning his wife Nat who...
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ARROW Player in December: Santa, Satin and Style! ... ... Correction, That's Satan and Style!
With less than a month unitl Christmas we are here with a reminder that the gift that keeps on giving all year round, the ARROW Player, will be back next month with a bevy of holiday and horror-day treats. ...
NO MORE TIME Exclusive Trailer: Are You Paranoid or Is It Real?
While speculative films about outbreaks of illness and plague are not new to cinema, we definitely look at them differently, and have more personal and arguably somewshat accurate stories to tell along these lines, given that we have lived through...
DOWN RIVER: Trailer Drops For Southern Gothic Thriller Before December Release
Quiver Distribution picked up the North American rights to Brian Barnard's Southern Gothic thriller, Down River. The thriller lands on digital and on Demand on December 9, 2025, and Quiver sent out the trailer for the flick. Check it out below. ...
Shudder in December: REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND, INFLUENCERS, QUEENS OF THE DEAD, Holiday Specials and More!
As quickly as the spooky season ended, the horror-day season arrives, with the quick buffer of November almost out of the way and American holidays kicking off this Thursday with their Turkey Day. Holiday mode is about to kick into...
Exclusive HERMAN Clip: He Tried to Warn Her
We have an exclusive clip from Andrew Vogel's debut feature film, Herman, which will release on VOD, digital on December 2nd. Set in a mountain cabin, an isolated survivalist confronts a mysterious calling from a dark force. Tormented and...
Exclusive: HYPERNORMALIZED, New Horror Thriller From Justin McConnell Wraps Production
You read it here first. Our friend, Justin McConnell (Lifechanger, Clapboard Jungle), has wrapped production on a new horror thriller called Hypernormalized. Plagued by intense nightmares and a relentless otherworldly entity, one isolated man’s sanity begins to slip. As...
Criterion in February 2026: THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE, NETWORK, A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE
Plus: 'Cloud,' 'Playtime,' '3:10 to Yuma,' 'Lubitsch Musicals.'
NIGHT PATROL Trailer: Ryan Prows' Horror Thriller to Sink Its Teeth Into Theaters This January
An LAPD officer must put aside his differences with the area’s street gangs when he discovers a local police task force is harboring a horrific secret that endangers the residents of the housing projects he grew up in. RLJE...
UNDER YOUR FEET (BAJO TUS PIES): An Introduction to Spanish Fantasy Thriller
Isabel moves with her two children into a prestigious building that has a peculiar admission method, but at an affordable rental fee. Once approved and settled, three elderly neighbors from the lower floor will turn their lives upside down. ...
TORMENT (TORMENTO) International Trailer: FilmDarks Acquires World Sales For Mexican Screamer
Our friends at FilmSharks (FilmDarks) have acquired the worldwide sales rights for the Mexican scarefest, Torment. Written and directed by Olallo Rubio, Torment is a remake of the Paraguayan horror flick, Morgue, written and directed by Hugo J. Cardozo. ...
COLD STORAGE: Official Trailer & Poster For Sci-fi Horror-Comedy
Samuel Goldwyn Films in handling the North America release of the sci-fi comedy Cold Storage. The highly anticipated sci-fi horror-comedy will be in theaters on February 13, 2026. The project comes from writer David Koepp, based on his novel of...
SON OF SARA: VOLUME 1 Exclusive Clip: Our First Look at Houston Bone's New Horror Flick
Haunted by strange urges and visions, a pregnant woman named Sara accepts an invitation to dinner that spirals into a bloody, demented nightmare. If there is one horror trope that does not go out of style, it is any...
KILL BILL: THE WHOLE BLOODY AFFAIR: Official Trailer & Poster For Quentin Tarantino's Epic Action Film
Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill films were a bit of a thing. In our household, anyway. I think I went to see Volume 1 every day the weekend it opened in theaters. I had bought Japanese lobby cards, framed them, and...
BANQUET: Corey Mylchreest, Alfie Williams, Finbar Lynch and Olwen Fouéré Join New Film From THE PLATFORM's Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia
XYZ Films has announced that production is now underway on Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia's new supernatural horror flick, Banquet. The Spanish filmmaker rose to prominance in the genre circuit with their short and feature film by the same name, The Platform. A...
KEEPER: A Terrfied Tatiana Maslany Features in The Final Trailer
Tatiana Maslany is just not having a good time in this final trailer for Osgood Perkins' upcoming horror flick, Keeper. Between shots of Maslany having the best of times in this new horror flick the final trailer features quotes...
RIVER: Independent Film Company and Shudder Acquire Joshua Giuliano's Debut Survival Slasher
Independent Film Company and Shudder have acquired Joshua Giuliano's (pictured above) debut feature film, a survival slasher called River. The flick is currently in post, and Independent will introduce it to buyers at the upcoming AFM. The company plans on doing...
Beyond Fest Chicago 2026: L.A. Genre Fest Announces First Geographical Expansion
The folks at Beyond Fest have announced their first geographical expansion, heading to the Windy City in April, 2026. The festival will bring their eclectic programming style to the Music Box Theatre, no stranger to weird, wonderful and wacked-out...
