Category: News


  • Portuguese One-Man Act SIGILO Drops Second Single Ahead of Debut LP

    Portuguese solo project SIGILO is set to release its debut full-length, Gloria ad Inferi, on October 23rd via Alma Mater Records, and the second single, As Cosmic Forces Rise, is out now on streaming platforms. The project is the work of a single mastermind whoโ€™s been active in the Portuguese underground since 2014, most notably…

  • Y2K Camcorder Terror: Erie Set for Beyond Fest World Premiere

    Director Alison-Eve Hammersley is taking her feature debut to Beyond Fest this October with Erie, a late-nineties found footage piece set during the paranoid run-up to Y2K. Following her shorts Fragile.com and You’ll Only Have Each Other, Hammersleyโ€™s first feature gets its first screening on October 1st at the Los Feliz 3 Theatre in Los…

  • Beware Boiรบna: Giant Snakes and Survival Terror in the Amazon

    You know the best way to get my attention? Put a giant bloody snake in your film. Thereโ€™s an immediate, primal pull to reptile horror, but the subgenre has spent the last twenty years choking on its own self-awareness. The second studios realized they could turn giant monster flicks into cheap, ironic comedies, anyone actually…

  • Belgian-Thai Black Metal Unit YHWH Drop Cold New Single: รœbermenschen and Underdogs

    If your playlist is usually flooded with over-produced, squeaky-clean modern metal sounding like it was mixed by an AI algorithm, a band like YHWH is a welcome bit of grit in the gears. The Belgian-Thai black metal project has returned with รœbermenschen and Underdogs, the opening salvo from their upcoming EP Baghavat, set to land…

  • Off the Beaten Track: Boliviaโ€™s Oscar Entry, The Condor Daughter, Takes Ancient Song into the Shadows

    Normally, if an inbox email doesn’t contain grim Norwegian forests, obscure horror films, or suffocating guitar riffs, it gets bin-bagged without a second thought. But every now and then, a press release lands that catches the eye simply because it deals in the same currency we care about: raw atmosphere, ancestral tradition, and a complete…

  • The Cat in the Hatchet: Dr. Seuss Goes Slasher

    This is either going to be absolutely brilliant or bloody awful, but considering both of those things fall in my wheelhouse, Iโ€™m going to have a great time. The trend of turning beloved childhood icons into cheap slasher villains has officially claimed another victim. After Mickey Mouse, Bambi, Pinocchio, and Winnie the Pooh all got…

  • Motorvatinโ€™ Back to 1981: Hanoi Rocks Announce Complete Collection

    Yeah, alright. I know I said I wouldnโ€™t be doing news going forward, but come on, this is Hanoi Rocks and I love Hanoi Rocks. BMG are dropping a massive box set on November 13th called The Complete Collection 1981-1984, pulling together their entire legendary initial run across either 6LPs or 6CDs. You get all…

  • British Psychological Chiller Remembrance Gets UK Digital Release This October

    Anyone who caught Feed Me or Hosts knows co-director Richard Oakes doesn’t bother with polite, cozy British drama. He makes nasty, uncomfortable genre flicks. His latest, Remembrance, co-directed with writer-star James Matthew Denton, heads straight to UK digital platforms on 19 October via Reel2Reel Films. Things kick off in a hospital bed where Grace (Alyssa…

  • Twenty Years Later, the Mutant Ewes Are Back: Black Sheeps Drops First Trailer

    Blood, guts, and mutated killer sheep. This is the kind of shit I live for. Twenty years after unleashing one of the finest horror-comedies to ever come out of New Zealand, writer-director Jonathan King is finally returning to the farm. Umbrella Entertainment has dropped the official trailer for Black Sheeps, and it looks like a…

  • Eight Days of Blood, Witches, and Cyber Terror: Brooklyn Horror Film Fest Unveils 2026 Slate

    The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival has dropped its full program for 2026, locking in eight days of blood-splattered premieres, retrospectives, and late-night drinking at Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg from October 15โ€“22. Australian director Nicky Murphy gets things moving on opening night with the U.S. premiere of I Love Paris, a vampire mockumentary about an underground singer…