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It’s wild how many new horror movies have already released here in the early days of 2023, and this week brings a whopping Ten more to the table between now and this coming Friday.

In fact, since we’re getting this article up a day late – my apologies! – four of the movies on this list are already available for you to watch at your leisure from the comfort of home.

Here’s all the new horror releasing January 17-January 20, 2023!

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Blumhouse has joined forces with Epix to “develop and produce eight elevated, standalone horror/genre-thriller movies exclusively for the network,” and up next from that collaboration is There’s Something Wrong With the Children, directed by Roxanne Benjamin (V/H/S, Southbound). The film was put up for rental on VOD and Digital outlets on Tuesday.

The cast for There’s Something Wrong With the Children...

We’re less than a month into 2023, but there’s already an early frontrunner for the year’s most accurate movie title. You can love or hate “There’s Something Wrong with the Children,” but nobody can deny that there is definitely something wrong with those children. (Though “A Sad Orgy Can Really Ruin Your Life” would have been an equally accurate title.) The latest Blumhouse movie about creepy kids is a fitting addition to one of horror’s most reliable subgenres, and it manages to elevate itself above the competition through some genuinely compelling adult drama and a delightful Duffer Brothers-esque supernatural twist. And it’s infinitely more enjoyable than any direct-to-streaming January horror movie has any right to be.

Much like her directorial debut, “Body at Brighton Rock,” Roxanne Benjamin’s sophomore feature feels like a throwback to an era when horror movies were more fun. While it’s...

The Blumhouse-produced There’s Something Wrong with the Children adds to a long, enduring line of evil kids in horror. Even the title suggests a classic tale of bad seeds terrorizing adults. Director Roxanne Benjamin (Body at Brighton Rock, Southbound) and screenwriters T.J. Cimfel and David White make it apparent early on that they’re more interested in using a familiar setup to explore new angles within the subgenre, subverting a few tropes in the process.

Margaret (Alisha Wainwright) and Ben (Zach Gilford) embark on a weekend cabin getaway with their good friends Ellie (Amanda Crew) and Thomas (Carlos Santos). Ellie and Thomas bring their kids, Lucy (Briella Guiza) and Spencer (David Mattle), who unwittingly derail the couples’ vacation plans. The children’s presence highlights the divide between parents and parentless, something Margaret tries to bridge by offering to watch the kids one night. They sneak away into the night,...

There’s Something Wrong with the Children is a horror film by Blumhouse directed by Roxanne Benjamin starring Zach Gilford, Amanda Crew and Alisha Wainwright.

A B-Series movie of the “friends in a log cabin” type with terrifying children… but with no corn.

Storyline

After Margaret and Ben take off on a week-end escapade with their lifelong friends, Ellie and Thomas and their two small children, something supernatural starts happening when Ellie and Thomas´s kids start behaving strangely after they disappear in the woods at night, which makes Ben suspect something weird is happening.

Movie Review

This is a movie divided into two parts, which starts slowly and which it is hard to enter in spite of its great start (those fluorescent credits and good camera movement). Then, it relaxes, offers us a presentation of the characters which is rather unsubstantial (daddies and moms a little fed-up with life) and later drops us into terror…...

Stars: Zach Gilford, Alisha Wainwright, Amanda Crew, Carlos Santos, David Mattle, Briella Guiza | Written by T.J. Cimfel, David White | Directed by Roxanne Benjamin

There’s Something Wrong with the Children opens to the bombastically ominous strains of The Sisters of Mercy’s “More” playing over tinted footage of children running and a storm rolling in. After some brief, inconsequential dialogue the film’s title flashes on the screen in bright green letters. It’s a wonderfully retro note to start things off on.

Ben and Margaret are on vacation with their friends Ellie, Thomas and their kids Spencer (David Mattle; Life & Beth) and Lucy.

A hike in the woods reveals the remains of a building not on the map, and exploring the building reveals a seemingly bottomless pit that the children insist has a light glowing in it. That should be their cue to pack the cars and go home,...

Based on the title of this review, I'm sure some readers expect me to eviscerate Blumhouse's "There's Something Wrong with the Children." It's likely those aren't the same people who had diaper discount mailers sent out to them the moment they turned 18. Targeted ads assume having children is what some of us must do -- despite our personal feelings or fiscal abilities to raise, birth, or adopt children. That's incredibly scary, as it reduces body autonomy to be a conditional term for non-parents. (Not to mention the cis-heteronormativity of it all that can trigger gender dysphoria and the deepest of sighs from those who don't want to have children or do but sadly can't in the queer community.)

Before I dive in further, I'd like to give flowers to director Roxanne Benjamin. Unequivocally, she captures how frustrating, confusing, and insulting this attitude feels through Margaret's (Alisha Wainwright) perspective. While the...

The biggest question of the new year is whether horror can continue the tremendous hot streak unleashed in 2022. The good news is that, so far, all signs point to yes!

From new adaptations to hotly anticipated sequels, indie darlings, and much more, 2023’s list of horror movies looks incredibly stacked with great offerings.

We’re excited to check out these 35 horror movies in 2023, but perhaps even more excited knowing that this list is only a fraction of what’s in store….

M3GAN – January 6

(from left) M3GAN and Cady (Violet McGraw) in M3GAN, directed by Gerard Johnstone.

Get Out’s Allison Williams combats a state-of-the-art A.I. doll in this horror movie directed by award-winning filmmaker Gerard Johnstone (Housebound), from a screenplay by Akela Cooper and based on a story by Akela Cooper and James Wan.

Candy Land – January 6

This slasher movie written and directed by John Swab (Ida Red...

There’s Something Wrong with the Children Trailer — Roxanne Benjamin‘s There’s Something Wrong with the Children (2023) movie trailer has been released by Paramount Movies. The There’s Something Wrong with the Children trailer stars Alisha Wainwright, Zach Gilford, Amanda Crew, Carlos Santos, Briella Guiza, and David Mattle. Crew T.J. Cimfel and Dave White wrote the [...]

Continue reading: There’S Something Wrong With The Children (2023) Movie Trailer: Parents suspect a Supernatural Change in their Kids...

Evil children have been a popular horror trope for filmmakers with the likes of Village Of The Damned, Children Of The Corn, The Omen Series and The Innocents. Now comes There’S Something Wrong With The Children due for a January 17th release.

Starring Alisha Wainwright, Zach Gilford, Amanda Crew, Carlos Santos, check out the brand new trailer for the supernatural horror-thriller from Blumhouse Television and MGM+.

When Margaret (Wainwright) and Ben (Gilford) take a weekend trip with longtime friends Ellie (Crew) and Thomas (Santos) and their two young children (Guiza and Mattle), Ben begins to suspect something supernatural is occurring when the kids behave strangely after disappearing into the woods overnight.

Directed by Roxanne Benjamin and written by T.J. Cimfel & David White (Intruders), There’S Something Wrong With The Children will be on Digital and On Demand January 17, 2023 and on MGM+ March 17, 2023.

“The Pit” Director: Roxanne Benjamin EP: Josh Reinhold Writer: T.

Never let your kids play in a creepy cave out in the middle of nowhere…especially one that features a bottomless pit. The parents in Blumhouse’s There’s Something Wrong with the Children – which just unveiled an official trailer – apparently didn’t get that memo.

The horror film stars Alisha Wainwright (Raising Zion), Zach Gilford (The Midnight Club), Amanda Crew (Silicon Valley), Carlos Santos (The Valet), David Mattle, and Briella Guiza. Body at Brighton Rock‘s Roxanne Benjamin directs from a screenplay by T.J. Cimfel and Dave White.

Jason Blum, Josh Reinhold, Jeremy Gold, and Chris McCumber executive the Paramount Home Entertainment, MGM+, and Blumhouse Television release. There’s Something Wrong with the Children will premiere on digital and On Demand on January 17, 2023, followed by a release on MGM+ on March 17th.

Poster for ‘There’s Something Wrong with the Children’

The Plot:

When Margaret (Wainwright) and Ben (Gilford...

A cabin in the woods, a struggling marriage, and two giggling children who are ominously covered in blood? The upcoming Blumhouse and Epix collaboration has all the elements for disaster, so it's no wonder that it slots firmly into the horror/psychological thriller genres. It certainly doesn't help that the title alludes to one of horror's most reliable sources of dread, "There's Something Wrong with the Children."

Before supernatural horror even becomes a factor in the plot this film already has one of the most horrifying premises imaginable. When two couples head into the woods for a weekend getaway, one duo convinces the other to watch their children for the night while they take time to hash out some martial issues. Isn't the thought of unanticipated babysitting responsibilities terrifying?! Unfortunately, it only gets worse from here. Somehow, the babysitting couple loses sight of the children in the woods and when they're finally retrieved,...

"When we woke up they were gone!" Paramount + MGM have revealed an official trailer for a freaky horror indie film titled There's Something Wrong with the Children, the latest from indie genre filmmaker Roxanne Benjamin. It's another Blumhouse production, too. This is debuting directly on VOD in January in just a few more weeks from now. A family takes a weekend trip with longtime friends and their two young children, but, they suspect something supernatural when the kids behave strangely after disappearing into the woods overnight. What's going on with these creepy kids? And why are there so many evil kid movies recently? The film stars Alisha Wainwright, Zach Gilford, Amanda Crew, Carlos Santos, Briella Guiza, and David Mattle. This looks like it gets pretty scary with these kids - are they possessed or what? That red outfit one of them is wearing is the perfect costume choice to make it extra unsettling.

A couple weeks ago, we learned that Paramount Home Entertainment will be giving the creepy kid movie There’s Something Wrong with the Children a VOD and digital release on January 17th. With that date now less than a month away, a trailer for There’s Something Wrong with the Children has arrived online and can be seen in the embed above.

Directed by Roxanne Benjamin (Body at Brighton Rock) from a screenplay written by T.J. Cimfel and David White (the 2015 home invasion movie Intruders), There’s Something Wrong with the Children has the following synopsis: Margaret and Ben take a weekend trip with longtime friends Ellie and Thomas and their two young children. Eventually, Ben begins to suspect something supernatural is occurring when the kids behave strangely after disappearing into the woods overnight.

The film stars Alisha Wainwright (Raising Dion) and Zach Gilford (Midnight Mass) as Margaret and Ben,...

Blumhouse has joined forces with Epix to “develop and produce eight elevated, standalone horror/genre-thriller movies exclusively for the network,” and up next from that collaboration is There’s Something Wrong With the Children, directed by Roxanne Benjamin (V/H/S, Southbound) and coming to Digital and On Demand outlets on January 17, 2023.

The film will later be hitting MGM+ on March 17, 2023.

Watch the official trailer for Benjamin’s latest horror movie below.

The cast for There’s Something Wrong With the Children includes Zach Gilford (“The Purge: Anarchy”), Amanda Crew (“Silicon Valley”), Alisha Wainwright (“Raising Dion”), Carlos Santos (“Gentefied”), Briella Guiza (“Ambulance”) and David Mattle (“Life & Beth”).

“When Margaret (Wainwright) and Ben (Gilford) take a weekend trip with longtime friends Ellie (Crew) and Thomas (Santos) and their two young children (Guiza and Mattle), Ben begins to suspect something supernatural is occurring when the kids behave strangely after disappearing into the woods overnight.

Blumhouse has joined forces with Epix to “develop and produce eight elevated, standalone horror/genre-thriller movies exclusively for the network,” and up next from that collaboration is There’s Something Wrong With the Children, directed by Roxanne Benjamin (V/H/S, Southbound)!

Bloody Disgusting has an exclusive look at the first images and poster art, which has heavy Stephen King vibes!

Benjamin is a huge part of the Bloody Disgusting family, having helped us acquire our awesome Bd Selects line of films and also producing both V/H/S and V/H/S/2 before going on to direct a segment in our horror anthology Southbound. She also helmed indie thriller Body at Brighton Rock, plus episodes of “Creepshow”, “Riverdale”, and “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina”.

The cast for There’s Something Wrong With the Children includes Zach Gilford (“The Purge: Anarchy”), Amanda Crew (“Silicon Valley”), Alisha Wainwright (“Raising Dion”), Carlos Santos...

The creepy kid movie There’s Something Wrong with the Children is part of an eight movie deal that was made between Blumhouse and Epix (which is soon to be renamed MGM+), and now – thanks to the folks at Rue Morgue – we know when we’re going to have the chance to see it. Paramount Home Entertainment will be giving There’s Something Wrong with the Children a VOD and digital release on January 17th. It will then make its way over to MGM+ two months later, on March 17th.

Directed by Roxanne Benjamin (Body at Brighton Rock) from a screenplay written by T.J. Cimfel and David White (the 2015 home invasion movie Intruders), There’s Something Wrong with the Children has the following synopsis: Margaret and Ben take a weekend trip with longtime friends Ellie and Thomas and their two young children. Eventually, Ben begins to suspect something supernatural is...

Is there anything scarier than an evil kid? Be it possessed, damned, vampiric or even ghostly, it’s pretty chilling to witness the sugar and spice spoil. The classic horror trope of troubling tots is the premise for director Roxanne Benjamin’s latest horror project aptly titled: “There’s Something Wrong With the Children.”

Variety is exclusively announcing the cast lineup for the new Blumhouse Television and Epix production, which brings in some all-time TV faves. The stars include, Zach Gilford, Amanda Crew (“Silicon Valley”), Alisha Wainwright (“Raising Dion”), Carlos Santos (“Gentefied”) and newcomers Briella Guiza (“Ambulance”) and David Mattle (“Life & Beth”). Directed by Benjamin and written by T.J. Cimfel & David White (“Intruders”), the project is executive produced by Jason Blum, Chris McCumber and Jeremy Gold from Blumhouse Television and Josh Reinhold.

The official log line for the horror-thriller is simple: Margaret (Wainwright) and Ben (Gilford) take a weekend...