Blair Witch

April 21st 2024

Blair Witch Project’s Cast Wants Lionsgate to Give Them Their Due

The stars behind the groundbreaking found footage film want proper compensation, and to pay things forward for a new filmmaking generation.

Movies Justin Carter Apr 21

April 11th 2024

10 Unhinged Cult Movies to Watch on Amazon Freevee

Freevee is stocked up with horror and sci-fi films to make you scream, laugh, and question your own reality.

Movies Cheryl Eddy Apr 11

April 10th 2024

Lionsgate Is Bringing Back Blair Witch and Betting on Monopoly

Blumhouse is working on the horror franchise—and Barbie 's Margot Robbie is producing the game.

Movies Germain Lussier Apr 10

January 23rd 2024

25 Years After Electrifying Audiences, The Blair Witch Project Still Chills

The low-budget found-footage sensation made its debut January 23, 1999 at the Sundance Film Festival, setting off a big year for horror.

Movies Cheryl Eddy Jan 23

June 19th 2023

Black Mirror‘s True Crime Tale Takes the Trendy Genre to Task

"Loch Henry" is the second episode of the Netflix series' just-released sixth season.

Television Cheryl Eddy Jun 19

February 1st 2023

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The Best Horror, Sci-Fi, and Fantasy Streaming in February 2023

In this month's Nerd's Watch, io9 picks the best genre movies and TV shows coming to Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video, Disney+, and more.

Movies Germain Lussier Feb 1

October 31st 2022

13 Spooky Videos to Get in the Halloween Spirit

Here's a spooky playlist featuring The Simpsons ' "Treehouse of Horror" and Saturday Night Live 's David S. Pumpkins.

io9 Sabina Graves Oct 31

July 28th 2022

The V/H/S Found-Footage Horror Series Will Next Tackle the Apocalyptic Year of 1999

V/H/S/99 , the follow-up to last year's hit V/H/S/94 , arrives on Shudder in October.

Movies Cheryl Eddy Jul 28

December 9th 2021

Sundance 2022 Is Coming, and We Can’t Wait to Watch These 19 Genre Movies

Robots, clones, zombies, and more! Here are the movies io9 is psyched to check out at the festival.

Movies Germain Lussier Dec 9

May 19th 2021

Seance’s Simon Barrett on Making Horror in Horrifying Times

Seance—a ghostly thriller about a boarding school that starts racking up a body count soon after a mysterious new student (Suki Waterhouse) arrives—doesn’t end up being the movie you think it’s going to be based on its premise; it has layers while also feeling like an homage to horror films from decades ago. To learn…

Movies Cheryl Eddy May 19

May 3rd 2021

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2021 Summer Movie Preview: Sci-Fi, Horror, and Fantasy You Can (Maybe) Watch in Theaters

This year had a great summer at the movies with titles like Black Widow, Luca, and The Green Knight.

Movies Germain Lussier & James Whitbrook & Charles Pulliam-Moore & Jill Pantozzi & Cheryl Eddy & Rob Bricken May 3

April 24th 2021

Xbox Cloud Gaming Is Already a Super Solid Experience on PC and iOS

Earlier this week, Xbox announced it would start inviting Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers to take part in its Xbox Cloud Gaming beta (aka xCloud) on PC and iOS. Like the three other major cloud gaming platforms, Nvidia’s GeForce Now, Google Stadia, and Amazon Luna, xCloud also now works in the Chrome, Edge, and Safari…

Reviews Joanna Nelius Apr 24

April 13th 2021

In the Seance Trailer, Mean Girls and Ghosts Deploy Their Fiercest Scare Tactics

It’s easy to see why filmmakers love setting horror movies at boarding schools: they offer so many opportunities for unsupervised kids to endanger themselves with spooky mischief. As its title suggests, Seance shows what happens when a group of teens add “paranormal meddling” to their list of extracurriculars. Seance is the directorial debut of Simon…

Trailers Cheryl Eddy Apr 13

March 29th 2021

A ThunderCats Movie Is Roaring Forward From the Director of Godzilla vs Kong

“ThunderCats Ho?” More like ThunderCats go! Deadline reports that director Adam Wingard is set to co-write and direct a live-action/animated hybrid based on the classic 1980s cartoon series, ThunderCats. His latest film, Godzilla vs. Kong, will be out later this week. “Nobody on this planet knows or has thought as much about Thundercats as I…

Movies Germain Lussier Mar 29

September 29th 2020

Hunt the Blair Witch in This New Horror Subscription Game

The Blair Witch Project might feel like a relic of days gone by, but the Blair Witch herself is still out there…somewhere. Hunt A Killer is releasing a tabletop subscription game for Blair Witch, sending players into the (virtual) woods to solve a horrific mystery. In a press release, subscription gaming company Hunt A Killer…

Movies Beth Elderkin Sep 29

October 30th 2018

I Kind of Thought The Blair Witch Project Was Real—This Is My Story

I believe your enjoyment of The Blair Witch Project is directly related to when you saw it. When the film opened in wide-release across the U.S. in July of 1999, it was beyond a massive success and yet, large chunks of that audience hated it. They wondered, “Why was this movie so hyped? Why did…

Movies Germain Lussier Oct 30

February 23rd 2018

More Updates From What Could’ve Been in Joss Whedon’s Batgirl Movie

J.J. Abrams has his Star Wars: Episode IX script. Meet Mrs. Whatsit in a new Wrinkle in Time clip. Another member of the Doom Patrol joins Titans. Roy Harper returns in new pictures from Arrow. Plus, tons of new looks at Tomb Raider, and Netflix’s Sabrina show casts a major villain. To me, my Spoilers!…

Television James Whitbrook Feb 23

October 31st 2017

The Success of Justice League Could Decide the Fate of the Standalone Flash Film

Thomas Jane teases the premise of the Predator reboot. Casting calls for Titans could reveal some more comic book favorites coming to the show. A Blair Witch TV series could be on the way. Plus, Black Lightning casts an intriguing comic book love interest, and Selina gets a costume upgrade on Gotham. Happy Spoiloween, everybody!…

Television James Whitbrook Oct 31

September 15th 2016

The Blair Witch Sequel Was Born Out of a Teenage Obsession

We’ve all fantasized about making sequels to our favorite movies. That’s why when they actually happen, they’re usually a letdown. Nothing can live up to our expectations. However, for Adam Wingard, he actually got to make his teenage dream happen. He got to make Blair Witch. Opening Friday, it’s the third film in a franchise…

Movies Germain Lussier Sep 15

September 8th 2016

The New Blair Witch Is Paying Tribute to the Original With Some Creepy Viral Marketing

One of the biggest legacies of The Blair Witch Project remains its online, viral marketing. Now, 17 years after that phenomenon, the new Blair Witch movie is doing something similar. In the sequel, which opens September 16, a character named James heads into the Maryland woods because he believes his sister, Heather, is still alive.…

Movies Germain Lussier Sep 8

Blair Witch

Blair Witch Project’s Cast Wants Lionsgate to Give Them Their Due

10 Unhinged Cult Movies to Watch on Amazon Freevee

Lionsgate Is Bringing Back Blair Witch and Betting on Monopoly

25 Years After Electrifying Audiences, The Blair Witch Project Still Chills

Black Mirror‘s True Crime Tale Takes the Trendy Genre to Task

The Best Horror, Sci-Fi, and Fantasy Streaming in February 2023

13 Spooky Videos to Get in the Halloween Spirit

The V/H/S Found-Footage Horror Series Will Next Tackle the Apocalyptic Year of 1999

Sundance 2022 Is Coming, and We Can’t Wait to Watch These 19 Genre Movies

Seance’s Simon Barrett on Making Horror in Horrifying Times

2021 Summer Movie Preview: Sci-Fi, Horror, and Fantasy You Can (Maybe) Watch in Theaters

Xbox Cloud Gaming Is Already a Super Solid Experience on PC and iOS

In the Seance Trailer, Mean Girls and Ghosts Deploy Their Fiercest Scare Tactics

A ThunderCats Movie Is Roaring Forward From the Director of Godzilla vs Kong

Hunt the Blair Witch in This New Horror Subscription Game

I Kind of Thought The Blair Witch Project Was Real—This Is My Story

More Updates From What Could’ve Been in Joss Whedon’s Batgirl Movie

The Success of Justice League Could Decide the Fate of the Standalone Flash Film

The Blair Witch Sequel Was Born Out of a Teenage Obsession

The New Blair Witch Is Paying Tribute to the Original With Some Creepy Viral Marketing

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