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Darren Aronofksy's extremely polarizing horror filmmother! has found a new streaming home on Paramount+, giving subscribers a chance to re-evaluate a release that divided audiences in 2017. Some were swept up in Aronofsky's star-studded metaphor, but just as many were disgusted by how far he was willing to go to make a point.

The plot can be summed up as the story of a woman who's living with her husband, an author, in a mansion in the middle of nowhere. He's suffering from writer's block, and she spends her days renovating the house. When a stranger knocks on their door, and his family arrives soon thereafter, an ordeal begins for the woman. Per the Rotten Tomatoes synopsis of the film:

A young woman spends her days renovating the Victorian mansion that she lives in with her husband in the countryside. When a stranger knocks on the door one night, he becomes...

The rage virus is back – and evolved – this week with 28 Days Later director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland‘s 28 Years Later, releasing in theaters on Friday. It serves as a potent reminder of how intense and chilling viral outbreak horror movies can be; it’s difficult to fight against, let alone evade, microscopic germs that spread with ease.

Leave it to horror to exploit viral fears with monstrous contagions that wreak havoc on the human population. This week’s streaming picks are dedicated to viral outbreak horror movies that bring the intensity but avoid heading down the familiar zombie path. These five horror titles unleash supernatural or bioweapon contagions that induce violence and leave you on edge.

Here’s where you can stream them this week.

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28 Weeks Later – Hulu, Tubi

Six months after the rage virus ravaged Great Britain’s population,...

Roman Polanski's "Rosemary's Baby" is a controversial horror classic with a legacy that transcends cinema. Not only is it a terrifying tale of Satanic cults and devilish pregnancies, but the apartment the movie was shot in is reportedly haunted. What's more, the wave of real-life deaths surrounding "Rosemary's Baby" has given it a "cursed" reputation, further adding to its eerie sensibilities. Polanski's chiller is infamous, but the same can't be said about its sequel, "Look What Happened to Rosemary's Baby" -- a made-for-television cheapie from 1976 that most people have forgotten about. Either that, or they are trying their best to erase it from their memories.

Directed by Sam O'Steen, the forgotten ABC sequel chronicles Rosemary's son, Andrew (Stephen McHattie), from his childhood through to his adult years. What a life he lives, too, as he's kidnapped by a sex worker, Marjean (Tina Louise), at an early age and...

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Zombies have been a thing in cinema for nearly a century now, and since then, we have seen countless films that employ the flesh-eating monsters to tell various kinds of stories. In this sub-genre, we have seen many high and low budget films from the incredibly popular World War Z to the brilliant 28 Days Later, and while these films are every bit worthy of the praise they get, there are some films that get nearly no praise, as the masses still haven’t heard about them. To rectify that, we have compiled a list of the best and most entertaining zombie films that you might not have heard of.

One Cut of the Dead (AMC+ & Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Shudder

One Cut of the Dead is a Japanese independent zombie comedy film written and directed by Shin’ichirō Ueda.

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If you are a horror fan, then there is a big chance that you might have heard about the horror streaming service Shudder, and if you have its subscription, you might be wondering what’s in store for you in May 2025. Don’t worry. There is a host of new and old horror movies coming to the service in the upcoming month, and we have listed the 11 best movies coming to Shudder in May 2025.

Overlord (May 1)

Overlord is an alternate history action horror film directed by Julius Avery from a screenplay co-written by Billy Ray and Mark L. Smith. The 2018 film is set in an alternate 1940s, towards the end of World War II, and it revolves around a group of American paratroopers on a mission to destroy a German radio tower. They soon find themselves in a...

In 2013, Haunter, a Canadian supernatural horror directed by Vincenzo Nataliand starring Abigail Breslin and Stephen McHattie, went relatively unnoticed — quite undeservedly so. Partly, it didn't get much attention since, after its premiere at the SXSW film festival, it only got a limited release. The other reason might be that by 2013 the audience seemed to move on from ghosts altogether, as the supernatural genre was mostly preoccupied with demons and mythical entities.

If Jesse Stone 10 happens, then Kathy Baker's Rose Must return. While each Jesse Stone movie is designed to be somewhat standalone, they are best viewed in order. They all feature recurring characters and arcs, so it's just a richer experience to view them as a series. Now Blue Blues has ended talk of Jesse Stone 10 has become more concrete, with star Tom Selleck stating he'd love to return as the troubled Paradise police chief.

That said, it's been a decade since the last TV movie, Lost in Paradise, which was also notable for the absence of several familiar faces. Stephen McHattie's Captain Healy was missing for the first time - as was Kathy Baker's Rose. Following Viola Davis' Molly exiting Jesse Stone with the fourth movie Sea Change, Baker's Rose stepped in to take her place. Rose soon became one of Jesse's closest friends, and is one of...

Ronda Cooper, who had a long career as a Canadian talent agent, including at The Characters Talent Agency for 35 years, has died. She was 77.

Cooper passed away on Jan. 1 in Toronto after a year-long battle with dementia, Characters agency president Jennifer Goldhar Gossack told The Hollywood Reporter.

Born May 1, 1947 in Toronto, Cooper first aspired to become an actress and studied at York University and then at a drama school in London, England. She returned to Toronto in 1979 and found work as a talent agent at the Penny Noble Talent Agency in her hometown and New York City. In 1986, the Characters agency founder Larry Goldhar was looking for a new agent and client and stage and TV actor Jonathan Welsh recommended Cooper.

On ringing her, Goldhar discovered Cooper had just moved back to Toronto from New York City. The two met together over lunch and a week later Cooper joined Characters.

George R.R. Martin is best known as the author of the series of epic fantasy novels A Song of Ice and Fire, which were adapted into the popular Emmy-Award-winning HBO television series Game of Thrones and its prequel series House of the Dragon. Martin is also a co-executive producer of the two shows, and for the former, he had an additional role as a member of the writing team, crafting the plots and dialogue for the episodes, "The Pointy End," "The Bear,” "Blackwater," “The Maiden Fair," and "The Lion and the Rose."

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Release Date September 25, 1987Cast Dean Norris, Ignatius Wolfington, Linda Hamilton, Piper Laurie, Ron Perlman, Benjamin Agosto, Bernie Pock, Roy Dotrice, Jay Acovone, Ren Woods, Ellen Geer, Ritch Brinkley, Stephen McHattie, Edward Albert, Jo Anderson, Alex Datcher, Robert Pastorelli, Rutanya Alda,...

If Tom Selleck is returning to Jesse Stone now that Blue Bloods has officially wrapped, there is a perfect role for co-star Donnie Wahlberg to take on. Before Blue Bloods arrived, Selleck was busy co-writing and starring in the Jesse Stone movies, a series of noirish mysteries. Selleck's busy schedule with CBS' long-running police drama prevented him from returning to Stone in recent years, but now Blue Bloods has ended there's talk of Jesse Stone 10 coming together.

Selleck has stated his interest more than once - though he told TV Insider that he doesn't know what his next gig will be. It's been close to a decade since he last played Jesse, so much will have changed in the Paradise police chief's life in the intervening years. The next Jesse Stone would be smart to add some Blue Bloods cast members to the ensemble to draw more eyeballs to the TV movie saga,...

While his most iconic work will always be appearing in and as Magnum P.I., Tom Selleck, in his 50 years in Hollywood, has also achieved two long-standing roles as law enforcement officials the more iconic protagonist of Blue Bloods, which ended with season 14, and the titular character of the Jesse Stone film series, based on the novels written by Robert B. Parker and one of Selleck's often forgotten roles. Spanning a decade, the series comprises nine made-for-tv films, following the police chief of Paradise, Massachusetts as he investigates major crime in the seemingly quiet and undisturbed town.

Fired from his job with the LAPD due to a drinking problem which began after Jesse's divorce from his wife, he found a job in law enforcement in a quiet town near Boston. But all is not as it seems as Jesse gradually uncovers corruption and conspiracies to protect criminals and keep illegal...

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Sanctuary is a psychological thriller directed by Zachary Wigon from a screenplay by Micah Bloomberg. Starring Margaret Qualley and Christopher Abbott in the lead role of a dominatrix and Hal, who is soon becoming the CEO of a large corporation and that’s why he wants to end his relationship with the dominatrix as he fears that it will come out later. This starts off a dark and twisted night that will leave you gasping for air. Sanctuary stars Margaret Qualley and Christopher Abbott. So, if you loved the intensely thrilling story, inappropriate relationships, and compelling characters in Sanctuary here are some similar movies you should check out next.

Secretary (Tubi & Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Lions Gate Films

Secretary is an erotic romantic drama film directed by Steven Shainberg from a screenplay by Erin Cressida Wilson. Based...

Jesse Stone: Thin Ice broke a couple of franchise traditions - and ended on the bleakest note of the entire series. Thin Ice is the fifth entry in the Jesse Stone movie series, which adapted the Robert B. Parker novels of the same name. Parker gave Selleck two rules to follow while adapting Jesse Stone; one, Stone will always be hung up about his ex-wife Jenn, and two, he will always have a problem with drink (via TV Insider). This formula keeps the character trapped in a toxic loop, but Thin Ice needed to mix things up after four movies.

The TV movie features the same cast of characters - though Viola Davis' Molly left after the fourth entry Sea Change - as previous Jesse Stone movies, with Selleck's grizzled police chief looking into two cases. He's looking into who shot his friend Captain Healy (Stephen McHattie), and a cold...

Picture Tree Intl. has come on board as the international sales agent for Sebastian McKinnon’s fantasy epic “The Stolen Child.”

In the film, war ravages the Human Kingdom. A daring poet must lead three mystical heroes deep into the Faerie State to find a lost prince, return him to the throne and restore the peace.

Currently shooting in British Columbia, production will move to Iceland and France in early 2025 for an anticipated release in 2026 with Immina Films distributing in Canada.

“The Stolen Child” is based on McKinnon’s short film trilogy “Kin Fables.”

McKinnon is set to compose the original soundtrack for the film alongside his collaborators under the alias Clann.

McKinnon is an artist for trading card game “Magic: The Gathering” and this marks the first time an artist for the game has directed a feature film.

McKinnon said: “It is an immense privilege to make this film...

Salvation!: Have You Said Your Prayers Today?.Across five decades, artist and filmmaker Beth B has produced a dazzlingly diverse body of work, spanning cinema, television, installation art, and performance. She made her name as a pioneer of No Wave, a movement that emerged during a legendary period of subcultural creativity in New York. In the late 1970s, when B graduated from the School of Visual Arts, musicians, artists, and filmmakers were finding their place in the bankrupt city. In the vacant lots and crumbling apartments of downtown Manhattan, an outsider community emerged, a loosely affiliated group of misfits connected by their overlapping social circles, fierce creativity, and raw, anti-everything attitude. This proximity fostered an explosion of collaborative artmaking, within which B played a central role. Alongside her then partner, Scott B, she made a series of Super 8 and 16mm experiments, which they called “B Movies,” that exemplified what...

With Blue Bloods ending in December, Tom Selleck is open to bringing Jesse Stone back to the small screen. Selleck starred in nine films featuring the character. The first eight films aired on CBS from 2005 until 2012, with the ninth film airing on Hallmark Channel in 2015. A 10th movie was being considered back in 2017 but hasn't been made yet.

Based on Robert B. Parker's novels, the movies follow Stone (Selleck), a retired police detective from the Paradise Police Department in Massachusetts. The movies' cast have also included Kohl Sudduth, Kathy Baker, Viola Davis, Vito Rezza, Stephen McHattie, William Devane, Saul Rubinek, and William Sadler.

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J Balvin will make his big screen debut as an Interpol investigator digging into a drug smuggling operation in the upcoming film, Little Lorraine, according to Variety.

The film appears to be loosely based on real events in the Eighties, and will chronicle how a far-flung fishing and mining village in Nova Scotia became a hub for cocaine smuggling. Balvin’s Interpol investigator is drawn up north while investigating a Colombian drug ring suspected of moving product through the area.

Along with Balvin, the film will star Sean Astin and Stephen Amell.

Canada’s Wango Films has completed filming on their upcoming feature “Little Lorraine,” which marks the big-screen debut of bestselling Latin artist J Balvin, known as the “Prince of Reggaeton.”

The production, shot in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia and Ontario, also stars Stephen Amell and Sean Astin.

Directed by Grammy nominee Andy Hines, the film is based on true events from the late 1980s, depicting a remote mining and fishing town’s transformation into a hub for a major cocaine smuggling operation. The cast also includes Stephen McHattie, Auden Thornton, Matt Walsh, Rhys Darby, Josh Close, Steve Lund and Sugar Lyn Beard.

Amell portrays an out-of-work coal miner who takes a job on a lobster boat involved in drug smuggling. Balvin plays an Interpol agent investigating a Colombian drug importation ring suspected of entering America through Cape Breton.

The Latin superstar, whose new album “Rayo” released earlier this month, hinted...

Vanished Into the Night is an Italian-American crime thriller film directed by Renato De Maria from a screenplay co-written by Luca Infascelli and Francesca Marciano. The Netflix film follows the story of a couple on the brink of breaking up when both of their children mysteriously vanish into the night under their father’s watch, leading them down a dangerous path to save their children. Vanished into the Night stars Riccardo Scamarcio and Annabelle Wallis in the lead roles with Massimiliano Gallo, Gaia Coletti, Lorenzo Ferrante, and Elena Riccardi starring in supporting roles. So, if you love the thrill and mystery of Vanished Into the Night, here are some similar movies you could watch next.

Without a Trace (Rent on Prime Video) Credit – 20th Century Fox

Without a Trace is a crime drama film directed by Stanley R. Jaffe from a screenplay by Beth Gutcheon. Based on the novel titled...

Boy Kills World is an extremely stylized dystopian action thriller revenge film directed by Moritz Mohr from a screenplay by Tyler Burton Smith and Arend Remmers. Based on the story by Remmers and Mohr, the brilliant action film is set in a dystopian film where the Van Der Koy family rules the city. We follow the story of a young boy known only as Boy who is hell-bent on becoming a living breathing weapon to take revenge against the Van Der Koy family. Boy Kills World stars Bill Skarsgård in the lead role with Jessica Rothe, Andrew Koji, Famke Janssen, H. Jon Benjamin, Yayan Ruhian, Cameron Crovetti, Michelle Dockery, Brett Gelman, Quinn Copeland, and Sharlto Copley starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the stylized action, dark comedy, and brutal violence in Boy Kills World here are some similar films you could watch next.

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Stars: Aston McAuley, Sophie Simnett, Jason Flemyng, Johanna Harlin, Raza Jaffrey, Shervin Alenabi | Written by Ben Sztajnkrycer | Directed by Renny Harlin

Renny Harlin’s career has come full circle, from low-budget horror and action films like Born American and Prison through blockbusters such as Die Hard 2 and Cliffhanger before reverting back to budget-minded films like The Bricklayer and this film, Refuge. This time around, he’s bringing the horrors of war back home as a soldier’s encounter with the unexplained threatens the lives of everyone around him.

Sergeant Rick Pedroni is serving somewhere in Afghanistan when his unit takes a group of Taliban prisoner. Questioned about a nearby cave, they say there’s no more of them in there, in fact, none of them would go in there. Rick volunteers to check it out.

This sets off a long flashback to he and Kate’s wedding day. By...

The Bloody Disgusting Selects zombie period piece Exit Humanity has taken a bite out of Screambox.

Hailed as “not a movie, but a piece of cinema” by Fangoria, it features genre legends Dee Wallace (Cujo), Bill Moseley (The Devil’s Rejects), and Stephen McHattie.

The film portrays a young man’s struggle to survive in the aftermath of an undead outbreak during the American Civil War. Heavily inspired by classic films such as Jeremiah Johnson and The Outlaw Josey Wales, Exit Humanity is a poetic tale told through the journal entries of its protagonist Edward Young.

The Canadian feature blends live-action and animation to explore deeper themes of fear, hope, redemption, and evil.

Starring horror icons Bill Moseley, Dee Wallace, Stephen McHattie, and new horror hero Mark Gibson, Exit Humanity is a zombie saga that tells the tale of the ultimate battle of good vs. evil. Brian Cox provides narration.

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Screambox has revealed the new films that are joining the horror streaming service in March, including Followers, Exit Humanity, Alien from the Abyss, and the extremely popular UK series “Being Human”!

Inspired by the success of Alien and The Abyss, Alien from the Abyss has invaded Screambox! Newly restored in 4K by Severin Films, Charles Napier (The Silent of the Lambs) stars in the 1989 Italian knock-off.

Like You’re Next for the influencer generation, Screambox Exclusive Followers streams on March 12. The home invasion thriller finds a social media influencer in the crosshairs of a relentless dark web cult.

A werewolf, a vampire, and a ghost attempt to coexist in the British supernatural comedy series “Being Human”. The first season hits Screambox on March 22, with the remaining four seasons dropping weekly through April 19.

The Bloody Disgusting Selects zombie period piece Exit Humanity bites into Screambox on March 22. Hailed as “not a movie,...

Top 10? Hell, the only 10! Well not quite, but damn close! We’ve actually tallied a solid list of ten horror/thrillers that happened to be set on Valentine’s Day itself. Now, some spend the entire day reveling in lovelorn lethality, some merely glance past the February 14th date, but in just about every case, old cupid’s shooting an arrow in the head, if not the heart. Ah hell, you’ve heard enough. Here’s the Top 10 Valentine’s Day Set Horror/Thrillers!

#10. Lovers Lane (1999)

Before Anna Faris was spoofing Scary MOVIEs and wooing the world as The House Bunny, she happened to stroll down Lovers Lane, a listless paint-by-numbers slasher flick about a man who went on an indiscriminate murder spree on Valentine’s Day 13 year prior, only to return to town to stalk and slash the victims’ children, foully disemboweling them with his hook-handed murder weapon. Lovers Lane...

Love is in the air this week with the arrival of Valentine’s Day. Naturally, that means this week’s streaming picks are dedicated to Valentine’s Day-appropriate horror movies.

While there is no shortage of horror dedicated to exploring and exploiting the best and worst of love and romance, these titles cast a wider net. These five horror movies play with concepts of love or simply take place on Valentine’s Day. So cuddle up with these horror movies that are perfect for the holiday this week, from demonic lust to enigmatic genre-benders.

Here’s where you can stream them this week.

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Luz, a taxi driver, arrives at a police station for help and a lengthy tale of demonic possession. Meanwhile, the demon is working its way there to reunite with the object of its desire,...

It’s Groundhog Day, a strange little holiday overshadowed by a popular Bill Murray comedy that sees his selfish character become a better person thanks to a bizarre time loop. It’s a fascinating concept that can turn downright sinister within the realm of horror.

So we’re celebrating Groundhog Day by revisiting ten horror and sci-fi time loop movies that bring suspense, terror, and sometimes laughs through messing around with time…

Haunter

From director Vincenzo Natali, Haunter brings a refreshing twist to a haunted house thriller through a time loop. Abigail Breslin stars as Lisa, a teen who slowly comes to realize that she’s a ghost stuck reliving the day she was murdered in 1985 along with her family, on a perpetual loop. Lisa also discovers that she can bend time to communicate with people in other timelines, eventually working with a teen currently living in her home to...

Valentine’s Day isn’t just about roses and chocolates. For those who love a good scare, it’s the perfect opportunity to blend romance with the macabre. Here’s a list of 10 Valentine’s Day horror movies that will make your date night thrillingly unforgettable. From classic slashers to psychological thrillers, these films are sure to add an unconventional twist to your celebrations.

10. Pontypool (2008)

Starting our list is a hidden gem in the horror genre, Pontypool. Directed by Bruce McDonald, this Canadian film turns a radio station into a claustrophobic nightmare. Stephen McHattie’s performance as a shock jock witnessing a bizarre viral outbreak through phone calls is both chilling and thought-provoking. It’s a cerebral horror that plays with language and fear in a way that’s both unique and unsettling.

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9. Raising Cain (1992)

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After starting the year with one of the best horror sequels of all time in Hellbound: Hellraiser II, we moved into the hilariously smart German satire Killer Condom. Trace and I should have known the good times wouldn’t last!

With this week’s discussion of Renny Harlin‘s The Covenant, we begin a two-week stretch of poorly rated, very dumb thrillers. In the film, Caleb (Steven Strait) is a member of the popular Boys of Ipswich at an elite boarding school. He also has a dangerous birthright: the men in his family can use The Power to get what they want.

The trade-off? The more they use their abilities, the faster they age, as evidenced by his father’s (Stephen McHattie) condition.

Things change with the arrival of dangerous bad boy Chase (Sebastian Stan). Suddenly both Caleb’s relationship with Sarah (Laura Ramsey) and his 18th birthday ascension are under threat.

"Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" was the first serialized "Trek" series and remains the one most willing to break with the franchise's utopian vision. As Captain Ben Sisko (Avery Brooks) muses, "It's easy to be a saint in paradise," but "DS9" puts its characters in tough spots with no easy solutions.

The greatest example is season 6, episode 19 — "In The Pale Moonlight." If you haven't seen it, go watch it now (streaming on Paramount+), experience its brilliance unspoiled, and then report back here.

It's the height of the Dominion War and the Federation-Klingon Alliance is losing. If the Dominion is to be defeated, the good guys will need help from the other major power in the galaxy's Alpha Quadrant: the Romulans, who have thus far remained neutral.

So, Sisko enlists Garak (Andrew Robinson), a Cardassian former spy, for espionage help. The plan quickly changes from Garak digging up dirt to him...

Shoot 'Em Up offered a unique, over-the-top approach to the action genre, inspired by Hard Boiled and filled with memorable one-liners and wild concepts. The movie benefited from Peter Pau's cinematography and Clive Owen's dedication to doing his own stunts. Despite a modest budget and positive reviews, Shoot 'Em Up underperformed at the box office, possibly due to a controversial guerrilla marketing campaign.

As the action genre enjoys a newfound dominance on the big screen, Clive Owen reflects on the failure of Shoot 'Em Up. The 2007 movie starred Owen as Smith, a mysterious drifter who inadvertently becomes the guardian of a baby being hunted by a ruthless assassin and his henchmen. Alongside Owen, the ensemble cast included Paul Giamatti, Monica Bellucci, Stephen McHattie, Greg Byrk and Daniel Pilon. Though produced on a modest budget of $39 million and garnering solid reviews from critics, the movie performed poorly at the box office,...

Amandla Stenberg (Bodies Bodies Bodies) leads the genre-bending werewolf movie My Animal, available now in select theaters and VOD, and the musically inclined actor also wrote and performed a new single “Wicked Animal” now available to stream.

The new single is available to listen to now, which Stenberg wrote, produced and plays everything on the track.

Stenberg says of the track in a press release, “I wrote this track from the bathroom of a hotel in a tiny town situated between mountains of snow in northern Ontario during the filming of our movie My Animal. Sometimes my costar Bobbi and I wandered up and down the icy block that made up downtown, but most of the time we found solace from the cold in our room together, singing on handheld karaoke mics. This song came from that place of deep isolation and playfulness.”

My Animal, the feature debut of director Jacqueline Castel,...

Warning: Spoilers for My Animal.

My Animal is a horror romance film that explores the connection between LGBTQ+ romance and werewolf lore. The film follows the story of Heather, a teenager living with a family curse, and her relationship with ice skater Jonny. The transformation into werewolves in the film is symbolic of the violent growth and self-discovery experienced by young people within the queer community.

New horror romance My Animal made its world premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival and is currently available in select theaters. Slated for a digital release on Friday, September 15th, the film follows a teenager who is forced to live with a harrowing family curse that rears its ugly head every full moon. However, once she falls for an ice skater named Jonny, everything Heather has fought to keep hidden is at risk of being exposed.

My Animal is directed by Jacqueline Castel, with...

The pumpkin spice flows free, and streaming services have begun to unveil their densely packed Halloween programming. That means the Halloween season is officially here, at least as far as horror is concerned. To help you prepare for the onslaught of horror, here’s a helpful Fall 2023 Horror Preview Guide.

It’s a densely packed slate this Halloween, and trust us, this is only the tip of the iceberg for what’s ahead. Expect plenty of surprise release announcements in store as more streaming services debut their seasonal releases, schedules, and beyond.

Here are 31 horror releases coming soon to help you get into the spooky spirit!

#ChadGetsTheAxe – September 1 (VOD)

Influencers get more than they bargained for in this horror comedy based on a short. The film “follows four social media influencers as they live-stream their trip to Devil’s Manor, the former home of a Satanic Cult. Things don’t go well.

Paramount has debuted a new trailer for the genre-bending supernatural love story ‘My Animal.’

Tormented by a hidden family curse, Heather is forced to live a secluded life on the outskirts of a small town. When she falls for the rebellious Jonny, their connection threatens to unravel Heather’s suppressed desires, tempting her to unleash the animal within.

Directed by Jacqueline Castel, the movie stars Bobbi Salvör Menuez, Amandla Stenberg, Heidi von Palleske, Cory Lipman, Charlie & Harrison Halpenny, Joe Apollonio, Scott Thompson, Dean McDermott and Stephen McHattie.

Also in trailers – “Tenacity is a superpower…” Michael Peña stars in trailer for ‘A Million Miles Away’

The film hits select U.S. cinemas in September 8th, followed by a digital release on the 15th of September.

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"I'll be back before midnight, so..." Paramount Global has revealed an official trailer for a supernatural love story titled My Animal, from filmmaker Jacqueline Castel. This first premiered in the Midnight section of the 2023 Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, and also played at the Fantasia & Overlook Film Festivals. Bobbi Salvör Menuez and Amandla Stenberg ignite in this genre-bending horror film. Tormented by a hidden family curse, Heather (an outcast teenage goalie) is forced to live a secluded life on the outskirts of a small town. When she falls for the rebellious Jonny (a tormented figure skater), their connection threatens to unravel Heather's suppressed desires, tempting her to unleash the animal within (clearly it's a werewolf). "Beneath the surface of a harrowing family drama, a steamy teen romance, and a classic monster tale, Castel bolsters this genre gem with a tactile and emotional excavation of otherness." The cast includes Heidi von Palleske,...

Filmmakers love to use horny horror and genre metamorphosis for tales of eroticism or queer eroticism: hell, it works, and it’s often a beguiling mixture of moods, tones, and feelings in our nether regions. And that seems to be what filmmaker Jacqueline Castel is going for with “My Animal,” a surreal, erotic, romantic werewolf movie that premiered at Sundance earlier this year.

Written by Jae Matthews, the film stars Bobbi Salvör Menuez (from “Euphoria”), Amandla Stenberg (“Bodies Bodies Bodies”), Heidi von Palleske, Cory Lipman, Charlie & Harrison Halpenny, Joe Apollonio, Scott Thompson, Dean McDermott, and Stephen McHattie.

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Amandla Stenberg (Bodies Bodies Bodies) leads the upcoming horror movie My Animal, which Paramount has announced today that they’ll be releasing this coming September.

First reported by Indiewire, My Animal premieres in theaters September 8 and will be released on Digital outlets on September 15. You can watch the official trailer below.

My Animal, the feature debut of director Jacqueline Castel, has been rated “R” for: “Language throughout, sexual content, nudity, some drug use and violence.”

Amandla Stenberg stars in the upcoming horror movie alongside Bobbi Salvör Menuez, Stephen Mchattie, Heidi Von Palleske, Cory Lipman, and Joe Apollonio.

In the film…

“Heather, an outcast teenage goalie, longs to play on the hockey team of her small town. She meets and falls in love with newcomer Jonny, an alluring but tormented figure skater. The relationship blossoms despite Heather’s struggles with her alcoholic mother, her hidden sexual orientation, and a familial curse...

A sexual awakening unlocks a supernatural curse in first-time filmmaker Jacqueline Castel’s “My Animal,” starring “Bodies Bodies Bodies” breakout Amandla Stenberg and “Euphoria” alum Bobbi Salvör Menuez.

“My Animal” premiered at 2023 Sundance and follows an adolescent queer romance between a mysterious outsider and a burnt-out figure skater. The film was written by Jae Matthews.

Per the official synopsis, tormented by a hidden family curse, Heather (Menuez) is forced to live a secluded life on the outskirts of a small town. When she falls for the rebellious Jonny (Stenberg), their connection threatens to unravel Heather’s suppressed desires, tempting her to unleash the animal within.

Heidi von Palleske, Cory Lipman, Charlie and Harrison Halpenny, Joe Apollonio, Scott Thompson, Dean McDermott, and Stephen McHattie round out the cast. The horror-romance is produced by Andrew Bronfman and Michael Solomon, and is a Paramount Global Content Distribution release.

Director Castel called the film...

Amandla Stenberg (Bodies Bodies Bodies) stars in the upcoming horror movie My Animal, which was acquired out of the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year by Paramount.

My Animal has been officially rated “R” this week for…

“Language throughout, sexual content, nudity, some drug use and violence.”

My Animal is the feature debut of director Jacqueline Castel.

Amandla Stenberg stars in the upcoming horror movie alongside Bobbi Salvör Menuez, Stephen Mchattie, Heidi Von Palleske, Cory Lipman, and Joe Apollonio.

In the film…

“Heather, an outcast teenage goalie, longs to play on the hockey team of her small northern town. She meets and falls in love with newcomer Jonny, an alluring but tormented figure skater. The girls’ relationship blossoms despite Heather’s struggles with her alcoholic mother, her hidden sexual orientation, and a familial curse that transforms her into a feral wolf under the full moon.

“Heather and Jonny’s secret...

Almost 15 years have passed since Zack Snyder took his first steps into the world of superheroes with Watchmen, the adaptation of Alan Moore's popular story brought to the pages of comics alongside Dave Gibbons and John Higgins. However, it is still considered one of the best adaptations of the genre in all of history.

Following a style similar to the one seen on The Boys today, Watchmen shows a world where superheroes occupy a very different place than what movies and series usually show. Watchmen is set in a world where superheroes are illegal. However, one of them, Rorschach, is still actively acting in the shadows.

One day, a former superhero is murdered and Rorschach begins to investigate what happened, gathering his former colleagues to warn them of a possible conspiracy against them in the middle of a world crisis because of the Cold War.

Watchmen starred Jackie Earle Haley,...

Infectious disease has been a concern of humankind ever since we first began cooperating in large settlements, so it makes sense that this horrific fact of life has also become the basis for many of our scary stories. And while Covid and the Black Plague are scary enough on their own, some stories rely on much stranger (and often absurd) diseases in order to terrify audiences – especially when horror movies are concerned.

And with so many viral scares out there, we’ve decided to come up with a list recommending six of the strangest infection horror flicks for your viewing pleasure. After all, it might do horror fans some good to remember that things could still have been much worse after living through a very real pandemic.

Naturally, the films on this list aren’t the only strange viral horror flicks out there, so don’t forget to comment below...

A joke about the disappearance of Captain Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks) in Star Trek: Lower Decks creates a great story for a Star Trek: Deep Space Nine revival. In Lower Decks season 3, episode 5, "Reflections", Ensigns Bradward Boimler (Jack Quaid) and Beckett Mariner (Tawny Newsome) are assigned to the Starfleet recruitment booth. While attempting to inspire the next generation of Starfleet recruits, Mariner and Boimler were quizzed on the whereabouts of Benjamin Sisko, who Mariner says is currently "working really hard in the Celestial Temple".

Sisko's return has long been the top of the wish list for many Star Trek fans, and the gag about Sisko "truthers" in Lower Decks could be spun out into a larger story. May 22nd 2023 marks the first ever The Sisko Day, an annual celebration of Avery Brooks' iconic Star Trek captain established by Jake Sisko actor Cirroc Lofton. With The Sisko Day following...

One of the greatest Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episodes, "In the Pale Moonlight," owes a weird but amusing debut to Tim Burton's 1989 blockbuster, Batman. "In the Pale Moonlight" is one of the seminal DS9 episodes spotlighted in Peter Holmstrom's oral history, The Center Seat: 55 years of Star Trek. It turns out the classic episode's familiar title has a funny origin borne from genuine confusion.

Ranking high among Captain Benjamin Sisko's (Avery Brooks) best episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, "In the Pale Moonlight" involves a desperate Sisko's attempts to turn the tide of the Dominion War by tricking the Romulans into siding with the United Federation of Planets. Bookended by a riveting Captain's Log explaining his decisions, Sisko reveals his conspiracy with Elim Garak (Andrew Robinson) to fool Romulan Senator Vreenak (Stephen McHattie) into believing the Dominion planned to betray the Romulans. Vreenak quickly determined...

Maple Syrup Massacre is an editorial series where Joe Lipsett dissects the themes, conventions and contributions of new and classic Canadian horror films. Spoilers follow…

Language is paramount in Pontypool, Bruce McDonald’s Canadian (don’t call it zombie) thriller. The film concerns a shock jock DJ and his pair of female colleagues who manage a radio station over the course of a morning as a word-based pathogen destroys the surrounding community.

Based on the book by Tony Burgess (who also wrote the screenplay), the film is a single location thriller that relies heavily on its small cast and mildly claustrophobic setting. Dialogue and audio flesh out not only the world and the looming threat; it also captures the power and impact of language.

It’s vital that Grant Mazzy (Canadian screen legend Stephen McHattie) is something of a disgrace at the beginning of the film. He’s only recently...

Valentine’s Day is upon us, and as we’re doing our annual rewatches of My Bloody Valentine (both versions—don’t skimp) or 2001’s Valentine, it’s important to remember that we have another holiday-appropriate horror movie to add to the fun. And it’s a film that happens to be celebrating its 15th birthday this year. Happy birthday to Pontypool, a zombie film that doesn’t get nearly enough attention, despite the fact that it brings a truly unique vision to the table.

Premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2008, Pontypool is a zombie movie like no other. Like other recent favorites, it puts its own stamp on the material and creates something memorable. It rethinks the idea of what makes a zombie, taking the things we know and love about the mythology and bending them into a different form to create something unique, while still paying...

Stars: Bobbi Salvör Menuez, Amandla Stenberg, Stephen McHattie | Written by Jae Matthews | Directed by Jacqueline Castel

With her homelife hampered by an alcoholic mother and a hockey team who keeps her on the sidelines, Heather has a lot to grapple with — including the fact that she’s actually a werewolf. When she meets promising ice-skating star Jonny, Heather’s world turns upside down, willing to risk her own safety in the name of blossoming romance. As Jonny seems content to join her on the outskirts, Heather is left to battle the horrors that lie in wait within herself.

Werewolves… haven’t we seen them somewhere before? From Werewolf By Night to half of the cast of Twilight, it’s a trope film has visited countless times — and it could easily be argued that we don’t need to again. If a filmmaker is going to tackle one of the stereotypical genre cornerstones,...

Jacqueline Castel, award-winning director and screenwriter, returned to the Sundance Film Festival to premiere a new take on a classic werewolf tale in My Animal. The film stars Bobbi Salvör Menuez as Heather, the redheaded social misfit whose animalistic transformation during a full moon keeps her as a prisoner in her own life. The screenplay, written by Jae Matthews, focuses on the human elements of connection, sexuality, and freedom. Though these themes elevate this lopsided screenplay to a film worth watching, the limitations are hard to ignore. My Animal, despite all the efforts from Castel’s direction, is bogged down by its snail-like pacing and uneventful genre-blending.

Heather, a teenager struggling against the constrictive forces in her small town life in Canada, longs to escape her stifling family dynamic. Her mother, Patti (Heidi von Palleske), is a longtime alcoholic whose condition affects the entire family dynamic. Then, there’s the...

Indisputably the best female-centric werewolf movie shot in Canada since Ginger Snaps (2000) — admittedly not the most competitive of fields — sensual queer horror story My Animal marks an impressive, confident feature debut for several key talents. First and foremost, debutante director Jacqueline Castel, already an experienced short film and music video helmer who has collaborated with David Lynch and John Carpenter, imbues this first-feature script by Jae Matthews with a woozy, dreamy, retro sensibility. (Matthews is also half of the electronic band Boy Harsher along with Augustus Muller, who contribute a very John Carpenter-esque soundtrack of sustained drones and bass-heavy humming.)

Altogether, the team creates a richly hued setting for the young but in some ways more seasoned leads. Bobbi Salvor Menuez (I Love Dick) stars as a lovelorn teen-wolf living in the sticks who looks at Amandla Stenberg’s (Bodies Bodies Bodies) figure skater with the kind of longing you...

Director Jacqueline Castel and screenwriter Jae Matthews (The Runner) give a new spin on the werewolf mythos with My Animal (read my review here).

The feature debut by Castel, which made its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, sees a teen outcast connect with and fall for a town newcomer, igniting a personal transformation. My Animal stars Bobbi Salvör Menuez, Amandla Stenberg, Stephen Mchattie, Heidi Von Palleske, Cory Lipman, and Joe Apollonio.

Bloody Disgusting spoke with Castel about her debut, the werewolf metaphor, and the symbolism behind her use of the color red.

Castel breaks down what attracted her to Matthews’ script and its approach to the werewolf metaphor, both as Otherness and Heather’s (Salvör Menuez) sexual discovery.

“I’m connected to outsider stories,” Castle explains. “I’m interested in telling outsider stories and stories that exist on the fringes of society. That was something that attracted me...

The werewolf — the idea that a human being can suddenly transform into a savage beast — has fascinated people for centuries, from folklore and mythology to books and, of course, films. The movies have always loved a good werewolf tale, be it "The Wolf Man," "An American Werewolf in London," "Ginger Snaps," or, uh, "Teen Wolf." "My Animal" is the latest entry in the never-ending subgenre, and it's not your typical lycanthrope flick. A moody slow burn loaded with style and a killer score, "My Animal" is a queer werewolf tale using the idea of the werewolf to symbolize its lead character's inner struggles. In other words, don't expect a ton of cool transformation scenes where someone suddenly grows fur and sprouts fangs.

Heather, played by Bobbi Salvör Menuez, is a young woman who also happens to turn into a wolf when the moon is full and the clock strikes midnight.