Horror

Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead could be the most vile zombie film of all time

While chatting with newbie director Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. about his prequel to The Thing, we managed to squeeze out a few details about his zombie horror project Army of the Dead. And the details were absolutely horrifying. How will this undead feature stand out among the recent crowd of undead films? With bizarre zombie…

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David Cronenberg has penned a sequel to The Fly — so why aren’t we drenched in acid fly vomit yet?

Years ago, rumor had it that David Cronenberg was remaking his insect body-splicing movie The Fly for Fox. Turns out we were misled: it wasn’t a remake, it’s a sequel. And Cronenberg’s already written the screenplay. So what’s the hold-up? In an interview with STYD, Cronenberg revealed that it’s all up to the studio: “The…

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Can The Thing match John Carpenter’s sense of dread? Four new clips give us hope.

The best part about John Carpenter’s The Thing was the excruciating paranoia. When you’re fighting an alien that copies its prey perfectly, everyone is a potential threat. Thank goodness the new prequel to the 1982 classic has paranoia and slow burn tension in spades. Find out for yourself, with these four new clips! The Thing…

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McDonald’s commercials, in the style of Japanese horror movies

I have no idea if these ads were ever part of an official McDonald’s campaign, but they’re giving me chills I haven’t felt since I saw that Simpsons cosplay earlier this week. Ronald McDonald, truly the scariest clown since It. Honestly, I found his first appearance slightly more discomfiting. [Via Copyranter]

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The least pleasant “fetus jumping down a lady’s throat” scene ever filmed

In the 2007 Thai gross-out horror flick Sick Nurses, a vengeful ghost takes revenge on a gang of evil, organ-harvesting nurses who killed her. In one particularly harrowing scene, a nurse ends up sawing off her jaw so that a fetus in a jar can shimmy down her throat. It’s revolting! According to our tipster…

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Dissect the alien body of The Thing in this new batch of high-res stills

We’ve got a batch of super detailed photos from the prequel to John Carpenter’s The Thing (also titled The Thing). So take a look at what the beast looked like right after it emerged from the ice block. Could this be the original version of The Thing? Or is it just another poor mutated beast…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Secrets of American Horror Story, the psychosexual thriller from the Glee creators

There’s plenty of buzz surrounding the new latex-humping horror series American Horror Story, but what’s is this bizarre show really about? We rounded up every detail, image, screengrab, trailer, review and viral ad we could find, and squeezed out every precious piece of information from the heart of horror. Beware — lots and lots of…

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Star Wars revels in the Dark Side, with these amazing horror movie mash-ups

We’ve already had zombie Stormtroopers, but a true blend of Star Wars and horror has been too long in arriving. Which is why it’s great that one brave gallery is hosting a Death Star Art Show, a blend of Star Wars and horror themes just in time for Halloween. Behold Princess Leia, the Bride of…

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New Paranormal Activity 3 trailer delivers three times the poltergeist bitch slaps!

Not enough action in the first two Paranormal Activities for you? Well, perhaps the third origin story will fill your demon-on-human violence quota! This brand-new trailer is packed with all sorts of spiritual smack-downs and furniture throw-abouts. Watch! This origin story goes back to when the two doomed sisters were just tykes. And as you…

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New Thing poster reveals the downed alien spacecraft from Carpenter’s original

If you remember the first few seconds of John Carpenter’s original The Thing, a ship crash-landed from outer space burying itself under the snow in Antarctica. Behold that same space ship, revealed in this Russian poster for Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.’s prequel, also titled The Thing. [via Coming Soon]

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At least these Paranormal Activity 3 clips are scarier than Paranormal Activity 2

Paranormal Activity is gearing up for the release of the third installment of the found-footage horror series — with an origin story set in 1988, when things started to go wrong for the demon-haunted sisters. Now check out the first ever clips from the new film. Thank goodness, it’s already a lot scarier than Paranormal…

Movies Meredith Woerner

The Most Revolting Vagina Dentata Sound Effect of All Time [NSFW]

When you make a movie called Horny House of Horror, you’ve got a certain… standard to live up to. And luckily, this Japanese import goes all-out. Basically, it’s about a bordello where the women kill — and generally mutilate — their customers. And in this scene, the hapless John is undone by a vagina dentata.…

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First Official Photo of Johnny Depp in Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows!

We were a tad nervous after seeing those set photos of Johnny Depp looking Michael Jackson-esque on the set of Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows, but the first official photo from the film makes Depp look much more like Barnabas Collins. https://gizmodo.com/photos-johnny-depp-channeling-michael-jackson-in-dark-5839949 The picture, which is clearly intended to reassure the purists, appears over at Entertainment…

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Mutant Hunt = the best movie about robots doing drugs in human history

Have you have ever seen the 1987 movie Mutant Hunt? No? It’s only, like, the premier Blade Runner rip-off about cyborgs getting fucked up on narcotics. But wait! How do the drugs affect the robots’ synthetic bodies? What function do these robots serve in society, besides wearing sunglasses? Is mercenary Matt Riker the only cinema…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

Why This Was the Worst True Blood Season Ever — and How the Show Can Be Saved

While the 4th season of True Blood had a lot of “precious fairy vagina,” and a few great Pam one-liners, it’s time to call it what it was, a dud. When the big season finale pits a nightie-wearing ghost grandma against a 50-year-old witch, you’ve got big trouble in Bon Temps. And don’t even get…

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Listen to the shrieks from the original 1978 audience of Halloween!

How hard did Halloween hit audiences when it first appeared in 1978? Hear for yourself! Someone has cleverly spliced the audio from (what’s rumored to be) a first run screening of the film onto the actual video of that scene. Listen to the shrieks and screams from a live horror audience, before the age of…

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These “Photographers” Should Be Judged For Crimes Against Humanity

A reminder to some “professional photographers” out there: give it up already. Just because you own a camera you are not a professional photographer. Stop with your horrible wedding ideas, your avant-vomit pregnancy photomontages and birth announcement atrocities at once. I tried to pick some particularly horrible examples for this gallery, but I couldn’t. They…

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Who’s the big winner of DC’s relaunch so far? Animal Man

Last Wednesday, DC’s fired off its first salvo of relaunched first issues. Of the thirteen rebooted books, some worked, a bunch didn’t, and one debut absolutely knocked it out of the park. That comic was Jeff Lemire’s and Travel Foreman’s superhero-horror yarn Animal Man. A few of you may be wondering, “Who the hell is…

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Behold the female Cenobite that will never be, from the canned Hellraiser origins movie

Sadly, the Hellraiser origins story from Patrick Lussier (Drive Angry) has been shut down over at Dimension. Which is too bad because we kind of like the idea of a lady Cenobite. Here’s your first glimpse of what the “shenobite” could have looked like. And her is another new Cenobite. For a look at the…

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Seriously, how many rows of teeth does a horror-movie monster need?

Check out this totally insane concept art for Creature, a new indie horror movie coming to U.S. theaters today. Creature is about a monster called Lockjaw — and the reason for the name should be pretty obvious. The movie’s tagline is: “Terror has teeth.” Which is kind of an understatement. Seriously, how many rows of…

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Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead could be the most vile zombie film of all time

David Cronenberg has penned a sequel to The Fly — so why aren’t we drenched in acid fly vomit yet?

Can The Thing match John Carpenter’s sense of dread? Four new clips give us hope.

McDonald’s commercials, in the style of Japanese horror movies

The least pleasant “fetus jumping down a lady’s throat” scene ever filmed

Dissect the alien body of The Thing in this new batch of high-res stills

Secrets of American Horror Story, the psychosexual thriller from the Glee creators

Star Wars revels in the Dark Side, with these amazing horror movie mash-ups

New Paranormal Activity 3 trailer delivers three times the poltergeist bitch slaps!

New Thing poster reveals the downed alien spacecraft from Carpenter’s original

At least these Paranormal Activity 3 clips are scarier than Paranormal Activity 2

The Most Revolting Vagina Dentata Sound Effect of All Time [NSFW]

First Official Photo of Johnny Depp in Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows!

Mutant Hunt = the best movie about robots doing drugs in human history

Why This Was the Worst True Blood Season Ever — and How the Show Can Be Saved

Listen to the shrieks from the original 1978 audience of Halloween!

These “Photographers” Should Be Judged For Crimes Against Humanity

Who’s the big winner of DC’s relaunch so far? Animal Man

Behold the female Cenobite that will never be, from the canned Hellraiser origins movie

Seriously, how many rows of teeth does a horror-movie monster need?

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