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Quentin Tarantino Wants You to Watch This Zombie Horror Movie At Least Once

Matt Patches — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 14:00:15 GMT

The average human body contains around 1.3 gallons of blood. But what if it actually contained 10 times as much blood, and that blood came geysering out of a person when their flesh, soaked to gelatinous consistency, was ripped open by a zombie? Lucio Fulci asks this essential question in his 1981 film The Beyond.

Silent Hill: Townfall’s Hardest Boss Is Getting Nerfed

Willa Rowe — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 16:49:46 GMT

Just about a week after Silent Hill: Townfall's release, developer Screen Burn has released a patch that hopes to address some early technical frustrations with the horror game. What's more exciting, however, is the reveal that a fix is in the works for one of the game's most frustrating parts. Breathe easy, because The Weight is finally going to get nerfed.

Backrooms Director Reveals Where the Series Should Go Next

Willa Rowe — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 15:14:39 GMT

In a banner year for horror cinema, one of the most surprising hits has been Backrooms. The feature-film directorial debut from Kane Parsons expertly adapted his viral YouTube series to the big screen to massive critical and box office success. But after YouTube and film, but after YouTube and film, what's left for Parsons and Backrooms? The director seems to have a pretty good answer, revealing his "dream scenario" for the story's next chapter.

'Evil Dead Burn' Gets Its HBO Max Streaming Date Just in Time for Halloween

Elijah Gonzalez — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:06:01 GMT

Evil Dead Burnis coming to HBO Max just in time for Halloween. The latest film in the series hit theaters on July 10, 2026, going on to make $72.3 million at the box office on a $20 million budget. It scored generally positive reviews, with critics praising its scares and effects, which mostly made up for its characters falling flat.

Surprise New Conjuring Release Coming to Netflix Next Month

Willa Rowe — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 15:15:27 GMT

Netflix has announced that the next entry in the ever-expanding Conjuring Universe is The Conjuring: Unspoken. It is set to be released on the streaming platform this October, but it may not be exactly what fans expect. That's because Unspoken will be the franchise's first-ever dedicated video game.

13 Years Later, Brad Pitt is Officially Back for Sequel to His 2013 Zombie Apocalypse Hit

Austin Manchester — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 18:31:27 GMT

Brad Pitt is ready for more zombie-filled adventures. On Friday, Paramount Pictures officially announced Pitt will return for a sequel to World War Z, the 2013 zombie apocalypse movie that made over $540 million at the worldwide box office. Edward Berger (All Quiet on the Western Front, Conclave) has signed on to direct.

New Resident Evil Movie Debuts to Near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes Score

Austin Manchester — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 17:13:32 GMT

Anticipation for Zach Cregger's Resident Evil movie adaptation has been through the roof leading up to its release. The director of Barbarian and Weapons has made some of the best horror movies of the decade, and both moviegoers and fans of the Resident Evil video games have hoped he could revitalize the horror franchise on-screen with an actual, honest-to-god good movie. Because while we've gotten a handful of Resident Evil movies over the years, none of them have actually been decent.

Does 'Resident Evil' Have a Post-Credits Scene? a Spoiler-Free Guide

Ryan Epps — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 16:05:14 GMT

Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil has finally arrived, bringing the filmmaker behind Barbarian and Weapons to Capcom’s long-running survival-horror franchise. The new movie takes a fresh approach to the games, following an ordinary medical courier played by the up-and-coming Austin Abrams, who gets caught in the middle of a nightmare in and around the famed Raccoon City.

'Buddy' is Totally Bonkers, But it Will Never Eclipse My Favorite “I Hate Barney” Thriller

Brian VanHooker — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 18:00:14 GMT

Buddy is about a group of kids featured in a Barney & Friends-like children’s show. They sing songs and learn lessons from Buddy, an adorable orange unicorn (voiced by Keegan-Michael Key). In time, though, they begin to notice something strange about Buddy, like how he forces kids to sing and dance, even when they don’t want to. When some of the young cast members go missing, the other kids begin to grow suspicious of Buddy, and they discover that he’s a vicious killer.

New Horror Movie Never After Dark Does What The Conjuring Never Could

Matt Patches — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 18:00:14 GMT

Never After Dark is what I want out of a Conjuring movie then fail to ever get out of a Conjuring movie. Moeka Hoshi stars as Airi, a clairvoyant tasked with exorcising spirits who "haunt" homes and just need a nudge to the other side. The case at the heart of Never After Dark winds up pitting her against stranger, more dangerous forces, ones she’s less capable of dealing with: the living.