Category: Film
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Upcoming horror-thriller Penny Lane is Dead is set to slash its way into theaters this July. Melding 1980s aesthetics with a sharp streak of dark humor and feminine rage, the film has just unveiled its latest trailer, showcasing a neon-soaked night of terror in the Australian suburbs. The story unfolds on a sweltering summer evening…
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1951 was a ‘duck and cover’ kind of year. People were genuinely worried that a stray atom would turn their suburban ranch house into a glowing crater. George Pal, the stop-motion wizard behind the Puppetoons, saw this dread and realized there was money to be made from it. Enter When Worlds Collide. Pal took the…
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The Evil Dead franchise is officially cranking up the gore again with the full reveal of its latest installment, Evil Dead Burn. After the massive commercial success of Evil Dead Rise, which famously pivoted from a streaming-only release to a $147 million theatrical win, Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema are clearly leaning into the…
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Filmmakers Rachel Kempf and Nick Toti, the minds behind the controversial no-streaming found footage hit It Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This, have returned with a new project that doubles down on their signature lo-fi aesthetic. Their latest feature, Homebody, is a hauntingly gritty ghost story captured on MiniDV tape in stark black and white…
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Dark Atlantic and Indie Rights have officially brought Strawstalker to North American VOD, the latest found footage offering from writer-director George Henry Horton (Project Dorothy). The film dives into the campier side of horror, following Henry and Haley, a pair of fame-hungry content creators who move into Oak Bridge, a perfect Los Angeles neighborhood that…
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Charles Band’s Full Moon Features is bringing a high-fashion bloodbath to the screen this summer with the release of Models vs. Werewolves. Directed by indie horror veteran Danny Draven (Bad CGI Gator), the creature feature has just debuted its first trailer, pitting five influencers against an ancient pack of shapeshifters. The film follows a…
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The Day the Earth Stood Still isn’t just a sci-fi movie. It is a cultural monolith. A clean, surgical slab of Cold War anxiety wrapped in chrome and delivered straight into the nervous system of 1951 America. This is Robert Wise’s The Day the Earth Stood Still. The real version. Not whatever that fucking awful…
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Listen up, you beautiful creeps and vinyl-spinning ghouls. Today we are digging into a 1971 hit that didn’t just change cinema; it kicked the door off the hinges, lit a cigar, and told the old guard to get the hell out of the way. We’re talking about Shaft. Directed by the legendary Gordon Parks, a…
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It should come as no surprise, to regular readers of The Cult Archives, that I fucking LOVE Troma Entertainment. Lloyd Kaufman is a movie-making monster genius and I will die on that hill. So imagine the unholy joy when word dropped that one of their most gloriously unhinged creations is clawing its way back from…
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There’s DIY horror, and then there’s ‘e made a whole damn possession movie for the price of a haunted toaster’. Enter A Possession in Lincoln County, the first in-house production from Found TV, and a clear sign they’re done hosting nightmares and ready to start making their own. Behind the chaos are husband-and-wife duo Louie…