The Outer Dark Symposium
For fans of Weird fiction, there is no resource quite like The Outer Dark. From its roots as an in-depth podcast series hosted by author Scott Nicolay, The Outer Dark has continued to expand into new directions. In addition to exploring and appreciating the...
Interview with Sarah Read, Author of The Bone Weaver’s Orchard
Hellnotes: First off, congratulations on the publication of your first novel, The Bone Weaver’s Orchard! While many readers already know your short fiction and have probably heard the excellent buzz around Bone Weaver (including Eden Royce’s review on this site),...
Apt Pupil – Blu-ray Review
Apt Pupil – Blu-ray review By Brian M. Sammons Director: Bryan Singer Stars: Ian McKellen, Brad Renfro, Joshua Jackson After a few years of mostly being forgotten in cinema, Stephen King is hotter than ever. It’s like the 1980s all over again with a ton...
Overlord – Blu-ray Review
Overlord 2018 Director: Julius Avery Stars: Jovan Adepo, Wyatt Russell, Mathilde Ollivier Reviewed by Brian M. Sammons When I first heard about this one and the fact that is was produced by J.J. Abrams, I was sure it was going to be a stealth sequel to Cloverfield and...
More ‘Stranger Things’ Comic Books Coming from Dark Horse and Netflix
Attention Stranger Things fans! Are you curious about the origins of Project MKUltra and Dr. Brenner’s Hawkins Laboratory? Writer Jody Houser (StarCraft, Orphan Black), penciller Edgar Salazar (Constantine, Smallville), inker Keith Champagne (JSA, Superboy), colorist...
Sodom & Chimera Releases First Teaser for ‘Daughter of Dismay’
Austria - Sodom & Chimera Productions has revealed the first tease for Daughter of Dismay, the first narrative short to be shot in 70mm IMAX. The film will be an epic, moving, and emotional trip through a world of witchcraft and occultism, focusing on a different...
Collision – Book Review
Collision J.S. Breukelaar 2019 Meerkat Press Reviewed by Gordon B. White The stories in J.S. Breukelaar’s collection Collision are an unapologetically surreal group, but nonetheless undeniably human. They’ll smile as they ask you to accompany them into that penumbra...
First Poster and Announcement for the Horror Western ‘Spirit Reckoning’
Wild West horror Spirit Reckoning, by writer-director Jimmy Lee Combs and Heart and Fire Productions, has unveiled the first poster, teasing the tone of the upcoming film. Spirit Reckoning, which is due to lens later this year, takes place in circa 1875, and tells the...
Release Date, Trailer, and Poster Debut: ‘White Chamber’ in Theaters 3/29
The United Kingdom in the near future. Civil war rages, and martial law has been declared by a military government hellbent on squashing the opposition. A woman (Scottish BAFTA nominee Shauna MacDonald, The Descent) wakes up in a blindingly white cuboid cell, where...
Horror Express – Blu-ray Review
Horror Express 1972 Director: Eugenio Martín Stars: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Alberto de Mendoza, Telly Savalas Reviewed by Brian M. Sammons Horror Express is a horror film starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee now on Blu-ray from the awesome folks at Arrow...
‘Dead by Daylight’ Coming to Nintendo Switch This Fall
Press Release: Behaviour and Koch Media have signed a retail distribution agreement to bring survival horror game Dead by Daylight to the Nintendo Switch. This partnership includes all territories except China. The classic multiplayer survival horror game will launch...
Watch the Mind-Bending Trailer for New Cosmic Horror Movie ‘Starfish’
Press Release: Yellow Veil Pictures and 1091 Media's The Orchard have released the first trailer for upcoming cosmic horror Starfish, featuring a dazzling lead performance from Virginia Gardner (Halloween 2018, Marvel’s The Runaways). The film begins it’s theatrical...
‘Backwoods’ Wraps Principal Photography
Fighting Owl Films has wrapped principal photography on the new indie slasher Backwoods. The horror film stars Isabella Alberti (TNT's Good Behavior) and Michael Anthony Bagozzi (Burnt Offering), and is directed by Thomas Smith (Demon Squad). Synopsis: High school...
Summer Scares Authors Announced!
SUMMER SCARES FIRST ANNUAL READING LIST ANNOUNCED! In celebration of National Library Lover’s Day, the Horror Writers Association (HWA), in partnership with United for Libraries, Book Riot, and Library Journal/School Library Journal, is delighted to announce the first...
Hospitality Turns Into Obsession in the Trailer for ‘MA,’ Starring Octavia Spencer
"Everybody’s welcome at Ma’s. But good luck getting home safe. Oscar® winner Octavia Spencer stars as Sue Ann, a loner who keeps to herself in her quiet Ohio town. One day, she is asked by Maggie, a new teenager in town (Diana Silvers, Glass), to buy some booze for...







