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"At the center of the Mojave Desert, at the crossroads between hell and gone, lies Barstow." Daily Dead readers know Rebekah McKendry and David Ian McKendry from films like Glorious and All the Creatures Were Stirring, and we're very excited that they're launching their first comic book series with Dark Horse Comics! A 4-issue horror comedy comic book series, Barstow #1 will be released on November 20th, and we have an exclusive preview you can read right now. Featuring art by Eisner Award-winner Tyler Jenkins, with letters from Justin Birch, I was immediately sucked into the town of Barstow and its mysteries while reading the first issue, and I can't wait to read the rest of the series.

“As avid horror comic book readers, we are elated to be working on our first comic book series with the legendary Dark Horse Comics,” said the McKendrys. “This whole experience has been a dream come true!

Shudder, AMC Networks’ streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, has acquired “The Dead Thing” ahead of its U.S. premiere at the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival. The deal is for North America, U.K., Ireland, Australia and New Zealand distribution rights.

The erotic thriller follows a young woman, lost in a series of meaningless connections, as she falls in love with a charismatic and sensitive man — who turns out to be hiding a dark secret that transforms her affair into a dangerous obsession.

“The Dead Thing” is Elric Kane’s solo feature debut. It was co-written by Webb Wilcoxen and Kane and stars Blu Hunt (“The New Mutants”) and stuntman-turned-actor Ben Smith-Petersen (“Mad Max: Fury Road”). It had its world premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival and will debut on Shudder on Feb. 14.

“I’ve been a Shudder subscriber since almost Day One and preaching about it...

Fangoria Magazine and Fangoria Studios have unveiled their list of presenters for the 2024 Chainsaw Awards, which will premiere Sunday, Oct. 13 exclusively on Shudder. The full broadcast replay will be made available on-demand on Shudder the following day.

The Chainsaw Awards recognizes achievement in horror film, television and for the first time this year, video games. “Late Night With the Devil” star David Dastmalchian will host this year’s ceremony with Fangoria.com editor Angel Melanson. Presenters for the evening include Fede Álvarez (“Alien: Romulus” co-writer and director), Skeet Ulrich (“Scream”), Madeleine McGraw (“The Black Phone”), Dewayne Perkins (“The Blackening”), Lauren Lavera (“Terrifier 3”), Akela Cooper (“Malignant”), Peaches Christ (“Midnight Mass”), Dane Diliegro (“Prey”), Alec Gillis, Tiffany Shepis (“Victor Crowley”), Lachlan Watson (“Chucky”) and more.

The 2024 nominees, which include films like “Evil Dead Rise,” “M3GAN,” “Infinity Pool,” “The First Omen,” “I Saw the TV Glow,” and TV shows like “Yellowjackets” and “Chucky,...

Yellow Veil Pictures has proudly announced the international premiere of Elric Kane’s debut solo feature, The Dead Thing, an obsessive and lust-driven thriller set to captivate audiences at Pigeon Shrine FrightFest. The film will screen on 26th August at the Odeon Luxe Leicester Square, promising a unique blend of horror and romance that will leave viewers spellbound.

The Dead Thing marks a significant milestone for Kane, known for his work as the host of the Pure Cinema podcast and Fangoria’s Colors of the Dark podcast. This debut solo feature is based on a script co-written with Webb Wilcoxen and produced by Matt Mercer and Monte Yazzie, with Colors of the Dark co-host Rebekah McKendry (Glorious) serving as executive producer. Yellow Veil Pictures is handling worldwide sales, underscoring the film’s anticipated global appeal.

Starring Blu Hunt, Ben Smith-Petersen, John Karna, and Katherine Hughes, The Dead Thing delves into...

Mike Mignola and Ben Stenbeck Return to the Hellboy Universe with The Serpent in the Garden: Ed Grey and the Last Battle for England: "Mike Mignola and his longtime collaborator Ben Stenbeck are joining forces to create the next chapter of the Hellboy Universe in The Serpent in the Garden: Ed Grey and the Last Battle for England, a new 3-issue miniseries written by Mignola and drawn by Stenbeck with colors by Dave Stewart, with lettering from Clem Robins. Issue 1 will be published in November by Dark Horse Comics. Nineteenth-century paranormal investigator Ed Grey’s illustrious and otherworldly career has been a pivotal part of Mike Mignola’s Hellboy Universe. From his first appearance of Hellboy: Wake the Devil to his unforgettable roles in Hellboy in Hell and Sir Edward Grey: Witchfinder, Grey has always been one of the most important and enigmatic figures in the Hellboy Universe.

“Ed Grey...

Horror Veterans David Ian McKendry And Rebekah McKendry Make Their Comics Debut With “Barstow”: "Dark Horse Comics presents Barstow, a new horror-comedy comic series from award-winning horror writers and filmmakers David Ian McKendry and Rebekah McKendry. Eisner Award-winner Tyler Jenkins will illustrate and color the series with Justin Birch lettering.

At the center of the Mojave Desert, at the crossroads between hell and gone, lies Barstow.

Agent Miranda Diaz is in this godforsaken land on the trail of a missing agent.

He’s a man she’s never met, and yet her name was the only clue he left behind. Something dark…something demonic…lurks beneath this oddball town, but can Miranda unravel the mystery before all hell breaks loose?

“As avid horror comic book readers, we are elated to be working on our first comic book series with the legendary Dark Horse Comics,” said the McKendrys. “This whole...

Yellow Veil Pictures has boarded worldwide sales for Cannes on Elric Kane’s feature The Dead Thing, which it was announced on Thursday will premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival in July.

Described as a contemporary haunted romance and urban legend for the internet dating app era, the film follows a young woman who, lost in a string of meaningless hook-ups, falls in love with a sensitive and charismatic man harbouring a dark secret that turns their affair into a twisted obsession.

Kane co-wrote the script with Webb Wilcoxen (The Frontier)

The Dead Thing stars Blu Hunt, Ben Smith-Petersen...

Killer Collectibles highlights five of the most exciting new horror products announced each and every week, from toys and apparel to artwork, records, and much more.

Here are the coolest horror collectibles unveiled this week!

Gretel & Hansel 4K Uhd from Scream Factory

Gretel & Hansel will be released on 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray on May 21 via Scream Factory. The 2020 dark fantasy horror film is presented in 4K from the original master with Dolby Vision.

Oz Perkins directs from a script by Rob Hayes, based on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale. Sophia Lillis, Samuel Leakey, Charles Babalola, Jessica De Gouw, and Alice Krige star.

In Meagan Navarro’s review, she said, “The film is mesmerizing style over substance, but one that transports you if you’re open to its high-concept spell.”

Special features include: new commentaries by Perkins and horror historian Rebekah McKendry; a new interview with production designer Jeremy Reed; and four features: Storybook,...

As a screenwriter, Joshua Hull helped bring cosmic horrors to life onscreen in Rebekah McKendry's Glorious (starring Ryan Kwanten and J.K. Simmons), and now Hull has utilized his horror-infused talents to bring another strikingly strange nightmare to life through long-form prose in Mouth, his debut novella! Coming out on March 15th from Tenebrous Press, Mouth follows drifter Rusty and filmmaker Abigail, a daring duo who discover a giant tooth-filled hole in the ground with a serious appetite, and as an exclusive treat for Daily Dead readers, we're thrilled to dive into the macabre mayhem of Mouth and reveal Halil Karasu's amazing cover art for Hull's first novella!

You can get a taste of the toothy terrors that await readers in Mouth by viewing Karasu's full cover art below, and readers can also look forward to interior illustrations by Kristofor Harris!

With pre-orders now open ahead of the novella's March 15th release,...

Genre stars Barbara Crampton (Suitable Flesh) and Catherine Corcoran (Terrifier) have teamed up with YouTuber James A. Janisse, the host of the popular Dead Meat series, for a weekly interview podcast called Scream Dreams – and the first episode is online now! You can watch a teaser for the show at the bottom of this article, along with the first episode. The guest interviewed on the premiere episode was Josh Ruben, the filmmaker behind Scare Me and Werewolves Within.

Coming our way from Alliance Media Partners, each Scream Dreams episode delves deep into the mysterious world of guests’ actual nightmares and fears. Through candid interviews with visionary filmmakers and creatives, Catherine and James will explore how their guests’ most vivid dreams and nightmares shape their lives and work – peeling back what is behind their most haunting creations, and venturing into the dark depths of their subconscious. Scream Dreams will bring listeners an immersive,...

Plot: Supernatural horror, based on the eponymous online phenomenon, a ritual conducted in an elevator, in which players attempt to travel to another dimension using a set of rules that can be found online.

Review: After last year’s Glorious, Rebekah McKendry has become a name that my ears perk up to whenever I see a film with her name attached. She has an understanding of the genre and a level of technical prowess that makes her movies an absolute treat. Or at least I thought so. Because Elevator Game is certainly no Glorious. The premise of a game you play that kills you has been done time and time again, but this one has an interesting hook with it being set on an elevator, utilizing it as a portal to another dimension. But, concept aside, there’s very little else to attach to here.

The opening of the film sets up the premise perfectly,...

AMC Networks revealed the monster-sized return of AMC’s “FearFest,” its long-running horror and genre programming event, with over 700 hours of films, series and specials to be curated by Shudder, AMC Networks’ streamer for horror, thrillers and the supernatural, for the very first time. “FearFest, Shocked by Shudder” will expand into September and across AMC Networks’ entire portfolio of networks and streamers over the two-month event.

“Countdown to Fearfest” began on, September 1 with Shudder’s 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time every Friday at 11:00 p.m., leading into a primetime takeover the last week of September featuring iconic horror movies every night of the week including the Scream and Halloween franchises as well as Stephen King classics like The Shining and Firestarter.

October will then kick off wall-to-wall coverage, including a mix of fan-favorite horror films as well as new programming from Shudder. AMC will continue to host...

Stars: Megan Best, Gino Anania, Verity Marks, Alec Carlos, Nazariy Demkowicz, Madison MacIsaac, Liam Stewart-Kanigan | Written by Travis Seppala | Directed by Rebekah McKendry

Elevator Game is the new film by Rebekah McKendry, a director who caught my attention with All the Creatures Were Stirring and impressed me with Glorious. On the other hand, she also has a writing credit on the dismal Bring It On: Cheer or Die. So I was a little apprehensive when she did another teen-themed film that not only shared a lot of that film’s cast but was based on an urban legend that’s about ten years past its expiration date.

However, it was an enjoyably creepy legend. I even got talked into playing it walking back to my hotel after several films and several beers at Sfff one year. Of course, nothing happened, but it was unnerving when the doors opened and I...

Think that a film about people riding up and down in an elevator sounds dull? The great thing about having a film within a film is that you can say so, and make your excuses up front. Rebekah McKendry’s latest horror tale follows a group of YouTubers whose show, Nightmare On Dare Street, is struggling and at risk of losing its sponsor. To survive, they need to turn around a complete new episode in just two days. When new intern Ryan (Gino Anania) suggests that they try the Elevator Game, they figure that they’ll just have to do their best to make it as scary as they can. As it turns out, that won’t be much of a struggle.

On the 3rd of June, 2006, 16-year-old Hirosuke Ichikawa was wheeling his bike backwards out of an elevator when a sudden systems failure led it to lurch upwards with its doors still.

Riffing on a decade-old viral challenge, a group of vloggers set off to a high-rise where supernatural peril supposedly awaits

Inspired by an online challenge that went viral nearly a decade ago, Rebekah McKendry’s second feature feels out of date from start to finish. The central game is simple: one must enter the lift of a 10-floor building and proceed to travel in a specific sequence through a series of floors, the last of which supposedly opens a portal to a dangerous parallel world. The trick here is to close your eyes, or risk being torn to pieces by a mysterious apparition referred to as “the woman on the fifth floor”.

Such a scenario is ripe with potential for world-building details and creative designs, but there is little visual flair on show here. A group of popular vloggers head to a notorious lift where a girl has gone missing after attempting the perilous challenge,...

AMC Networks has announced a monster-sized return of AMC’s “FearFest,” its long-running horror and genre programming event, with over 700 hours of films, series and specials to be curated by Shudder, AMC Networks’ streamer for horror, thrillers and the supernatural, for the very first time. “FearFest, Shocked by Shudder” will expand into September and across AMC Networks’ entire portfolio of networks and streamers over the two-month event!

Here’s everything you need to know….

“Countdown to Fearfest” is already underway with Shudder’s 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time every Friday in September, leading into a primetime takeover the last week of September featuring iconic horror movies every night of the week including the Scream and Halloween franchises as well as Stephen King classics like The Shining and Firestarter.

October will then kick off wall-to-wall coverage, including a mix of fan-favorite horror films as well as new programming from Shudder.

September heralds in the start of Halloween season, and that means it’s officially that time of year where streaming platforms go all in on horror. Whether you’re looking for brand new releases or an endless sea of horror options to pad out your Halloween watchlists, this month has it all. So, here’s a quick, handy guide for horror streaming in September 2023.

This month’s noteworthy streaming titles spotlight new exclusives, repertory offerings that’ll help you prepare for upcoming releases, and so much more.

Here are ten noteworthy horror titles available for streaming in September 2023 on some of the most popular streaming services, along with when/where you can watch them.

Crabs! – Screambox

A horde of mutant crustaceans descend on a small coastal town in this wacky horror comedy. There’s no pretense with Crabs!; it’s abundantly clear upfront exactly what type of movie it is...

AMC’s 2023 “Fearfest” lineup includes classic horror film franchises Scream and Halloween, the original The Shining and Firestarter, and four Joe Bob Briggs specials. New genre films and season four of Creepshow also join the lineup to deliver chills and thrills.

This year’s horror-centric programming spreads across all of AMC Networks’ properties and kicked off on September 1st with the return of Shudder’s 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time. New episodes will air on Fridays at 11pm Et/Pt.

Overall, Fearfest 2023 will include 700+ hours of programming.

Fearfest Highlights

Perpetrator (Shudder Original Film)

Premieres Friday, September 1 on Shudder and AMC+

Jonny Baptiste is a reckless teen sent to live with her estranged Aunt Hildie. On the event of her 18th birthday, she experiences a radical metamorphosis: a family spell that redefines her called Forevering. When several teen girls go missing at her new school, a mythically feral Jonny goes after the Perpetrator.

The terrifying found footage franchise V/H/S returns to Shudder on October 6 with V/H/S/85.

Directors include David Bruckner, Scott Derrickson, Gigi Saul Guerrero, Natasha Kermani, Mike Nelson.

An ominous mixtape blends never before seen snuff footage with nightmarish newscasts and disturbing home video to create a surreal, analog mashup of the forgotten 80s.

New Shudder Films Premiere Every Friday, including: Perpetrator – Premieres Friday, September 1 (Shudder Original)

Jonny Baptiste is a reckless teen sent to live with her estranged Aunt Hildie. On the event of her 18th birthday, she experiences a radical metamorphosis: a family spell that redefines her called Forevering. When several teen girls go missing at her new school, a mythically feral Jonny goes after the Perpetrator. Written and directed by Jennifer Reeder (Knives and Skin, Night’s End) and starring Kiah McKirnan (Mare of Easttown), Christopher Lowell (My Best Friend’s Exorcism), Melanie Liburd (The Idol), Ireon Roach (Candyman [2021]), and Alicia Silverstone (Clueless,...

Directed by Rebekah McKendry (Glorious) Written by Travis Seppala (Captive) Starring Gino Anania, Verity Marks, Alec Carlos, Madison MacIsaac, and Liam Stewart-Kanigan Synopsis: Based on the online phenomenon of the same name, Elevator Game follows socially awkward teenager Ryan, who ingratiates himself into a group of recent high school graduates that run an online web series debunking urban …

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The urban legend known as "The 5th Floor Woman" becomes all too real for a group of friends in the Elevator Game, and ahead of its September 15th release on Shudder, we have a look at the trailer and poster for the new horror film directed by Rebekah McKendry and written by Travis Seppala.

Synopsis: Based on the online phenomenon of the same name, Elevator Game follows socially awkward teenager Ryan, who ingratiates himself into a group of recent high school graduates that run an online web series debunking urban legends. But Ryan has a secret: His sister disappeared months earlier, and he believes they – and a dangerous online challenge called ‘The Elevator Game’ – were responsible. To play the game, you must ride the elevator in a specific sequence, invoking a supernatural creature called ‘The 5th Floor Woman’. In an attempt to gain more information as to the whereabouts of his sister,...

Last year, director Rebekah McKendry impressed our reviewer Tyler Nichols with the horror film Glorious, which took place in a rest stop bathroom. (You can read Tyler’s 8/10 review at This Link.) Now McKendry has made another “supernatural happenings in a confined location” horror film called Elevator Game, and it’s going to be released through the Shudder streaming service very soon… just not as soon as we had previously heard. Elevator Game was once set to start streaming on August 11th, but its release date has since shifted back to September 15th. And with that date just over a month away, a trailer has arrived online. You can check it out in the embed above.

Elevator Game will be available for Shudder subscribers in the US, the UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. It will also stream on AMC+ in some areas.

Michael Goi (Megan Is Missing) was originally attached to direct the film,...

Rebekah McKendry's Elevator Game will stream on Shudder on September 15th. The new horror flick from the director of Glorious has a new trailer and poster to mark today's announcement. Find the trailer below and the poster in our gallery. Based on the online phenomenon of the same name, Elevator Game follows socially awkward teenager Ryan, who ingratiates himself into a group of recent high school graduates that run an online web series debunking urban legends. But Ryan has a secret: His sister disappeared months earlier, and he believes they – and a dangerous online challenge called ‘The Elevator Game’ – were responsible. To play the game, you must ride the elevator in a specific sequence, invoking a supernatural creature called ‘The 5th Floor...

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Based on the online phenomenon of the same name, Rebekah McKendry (Glorious) is playing the Elevator Game with her next horror movie, and it’s coming soon to Shudder.

Announced this morning, Elevator Game will begin streaming exclusively on Shudder on September 15. The film had previously been scheduled for Shudder premiere on August 11.

Watch the brand new official trailer down below.

Elevator Game follows socially awkward teenager Ryan, who ingratiates himself into a group of recent high school graduates that run an online web series debunking urban legends.

But Ryan has a secret: His sister disappeared months earlier, and he believes they – and a dangerous online challenge called ‘The Elevator Game’ – were responsible.

To play the game, you must ride the elevator in a specific sequence, invoking a supernatural creature called ‘The 5th Floor Woman’. In an attempt to gain more information as to the whereabouts of his sister, Ryan...

Last year, director Rebekah McKendry impressed our reviewer Tyler Nichols with the horror film Glorious, which took place in a rest stop bathroom. (You can read Tyler’s 8/10 review at This Link.) Now McKendry has made another “supernatural happenings in a confined location” horror film called Elevator Game, and Deadline reports that Elevator Game is going to be released through the Shudder streaming service, just like Glorious was!

Elevator Game will be available for Shudder subscribers in the US, the UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand to stream as of August 11th. It will also stream on AMC+ in some areas.

Michael Goi (Megan Is Missing) was originally attached to direct the film, but by the time production began McKendry was at the helm. Scripted by Travis Seppala, Elevator Game centers on socially awkward teenager Ryan, who discovers that the night his sister disappeared she had played ‘The Elevator Game...

Based on the online phenomenon of the same name, Rebekah McKendry (Glorious) is playing the Elevator Game with her next horror movie, which was acquired by Shudder.

Deadline reports this afternoon, “the film will stream on AMC+ in the U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Shudder, meanwhile, operates in the U.S., Canada, the UK, Ireland, Germany, Australia and New Zealand.” It’s coming to Shudder on August 11, 2023.

Elevator Game follows socially awkward teenager Ryan, who ingratiates himself into a group of recent high school graduates that run an online web series debunking urban legends to find his sister, who disappeared months earlier, probably while taking the dangerous challenge.

Playing the game involves riding the elevator in a specific sequence to invoke a supernatural creature called ‘The 5th Floor Woman.’

Travis Seppala (Captive) wrote the upcoming horror movie.

“It was several years ago when I first read about ‘The Elevator Game‘ online,...

Exclusive: AMC Networks’ horror streamer Shudder has acquired the supernatural feature Elevator Game. The Rebekah McKendry-directed flick will stream on Shudder beginning August 11, 2023 in territories including the U.S., UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. It will also stream on AMC+ where available.

Based on the online phenomenon of the same name, Elevator Game is penned by Travis Seppala (Captive). It follows socially awkward teenager Ryan, who ingratiates himself into a group of recent high school graduates that run an online web series debunking urban legends to find his sister, who disappeared months earlier, probably while taking the dangerous challenge. Playing the game involves riding the elevator in a specific sequence to invoke a supernatural creature called “The 5th Floor Woman.”

“It was several years ago when I first read about ‘The Elevator Game‘ online, and I was immediately intrigued by the rules, curse, and ‘The 5th Floor Woman,...

(Welcome to Under the Radar, a column where we spotlight specific movies, shows, trends, performances, or scenes that caught our eye and deserved more attention ... but otherwise flew under the radar. In this edition: "Glorious" serves up Lovecraftian ick with a side of cheese, Anna Kendrick shines in "Alice, Darling," and appreciating the downbeat joys of HBO's "Perry Mason.")

March is sort of a weird, in-between period in the moviegoing calendar. With Oscars season thankfully behind us but the summer blockbuster season not quite in gear just yet, we're left with an odd mix of theatrical offerings: a handful of immensely successful franchise sequels, some notable bombs, and possibly some reason to hope. But don't let that fool you into thinking that there wasn't much else worth your time throughout the last few weeks. It just takes a little bit of digging to fully appreciate the hidden gems.

March alone...

Officially announced this week, Sarah McCabe at McElderry has acquired World English rights to the first two books in Rebekah McKendry and David Ian McKendry‘s young adult graphic novel series Pretty Evil, which is set to be illustrated by Tim Seely (Hack/Slash).

In this saucy, adventure-filled romp, Mallori is the ultimate teen star with a platinum-selling singing career and an unsurpassed online following.

But when her mom goes missing, Mallori quickly discovers that she was living a double life as both Mallori’s manager and a demon slayer—and the only way Mallori can save her is to take up where her mom left off, slicing her way through demons in the most sparkly way possible.

Here’s the longer plot synopsis for Pretty Evil…

“To her fans Mallori Martin is simply known as Mallori, with a cute little heart over the “i.” Mallori is the ultimate teen...

Happy New Year everyone, and welcome to my faves of ‘22. It’s become redundant to say “it was another great year” but goddammit I can’t lie: 2022 was loaded with quality horror, up and down the line, across all media.

This means as with every recent year, I have missed several releases – a few of the big ones, and several smaller yet intriguing entries. My frequent bouts of absenteeism this time around weren’t because of any bouts of laziness or writer’s malaise, but rather due to working on my first book, A Cut Below: A Celebration Of B Horror Movies, 1950s - 1980s, coming this year from McFarland Publishing! Twelve film festivals each housing essays on five films with a common theme. I can hardly wait to share it with the world. End of plug!

First off, I should state that I’m only going to discuss films...

Science fiction is one of the most versatile genres not only in film but in the arts in general. It is a genre intrinsically tied with the social, political, and economic strife of any particular time — oftentimes, the cyclical nature of humanity will mean that a sci-fi movie relevant in the 1950s will become relevant in the 2020s. Without science fiction, who knows what the landscape of film and television would be like today?

All of this is to say that 2022 was arguably terrible, although the sci-fi films released this year were pretty damn good. While some movies had their hype campaigns accentuated with festival runs, others seemed to come out of nowhere to delight genre fans and casual viewers alike. From micro-budget films to big Hollywood blockbusters, the genre was rife with sci-fi movies that not only helped diversify the genre but also made us think about it in totally new ways.

Stars: Megan Best, Kerri Medders, Tiera Skovbye, Missi Pyle, Samuel Braun, Gino Anania | Written by Dana Schwartz, Rebekah McKendry | Directed by Karen Lam

No, you’re not imagining things, I’m reviewing a film from the Bring It On franchise. Bring It On: Cheer or Die takes the never-ending series into horror territory and revisits the classic slasher trope of a killer mascot knocking off the cheer squad. That might not have gotten me curious, but it was a couple of the people involved behind the camera that convinced me to give it a look.

I was familiar with director Karen Lam from her short film Doll Parts which was included in the Shevenge anthology. And the script was co-written by Dana Schwartz (She-Hulk: Attorney at Law) and Rebekah McKendry who directed one of the best films I’ve seen this year, Glorious as well as co-writing and co-directing the Christmas horror anthology,...

On this episode of Daily Dead's official podcast, co-hosts Bryan Christopher, Derek Anderson, and Jonathan James catch up to discuss their recent viewings, including Ti West's Pearl, the documentary This is Gwar, Stranger Things 4 Vol.1, Jessica M. Thompson's The Invitation, and Rebekah McKendry's Glorious, and they also talk about the video game Aliens: Fireteam Elite and Bryan's "Hellraiser-raiser" charity streams for the Trans Empowerment Project and Sister Song on Daily Dead's Twitch channel (DailyDeadTwitch)!

You can listen to the new episode of Corpse Club right now on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, TuneIn, YouTube, Pandora, and SoundCloud!

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An unwritten rule of public restroom usage is that one should never attempt to strike up a conversation with the person one stall over, and that’s doubly true if the person next to you is an all-powerful god sent down from the cosmos. After a night of grieving and binge-drinking leads to hugging the toilet bowl at a gross rural rest stop, Wes (Ryan Kwanten) finds himself in that scenario when the person in the stall introduces themselves. That person is nothing more than a voice funneled through a gloryhole, but what that voice requests of Wes (and why) raises […]

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Originally announced under the title Bring It On: Halloween, a horror slasher entry in the Bring It On cheerleader movie franchise is now set to make its way out into the world with the title Bring It On: Cheer or Die. You can watch a teaser trailer for Bring It On: Cheer or Die in the embed above – and the trailer reveals that the film is set to premiere on Syfy on October 8th!

A Universal 1440 Entertainment and Beacon Pictures production, Bring It On: Cheer Or Die is directed by Karen Lam (Ghost Wars) from a screenplay by Rebekah McKendry (Glorious) and Dana Schwartz (She-Hulk), based on a story by Alyson Fouse (Bring It On: Fight to the Finish). The film will follow

a cheer squad as they practice their routines overnight in an abandoned school during Halloween weekend where one-by-one, the teens fall victim to a deranged assailant.

The Bring It On cheerleading franchise is getting its own horror movie with Syfy’s Bring It On: Cheer or Die, the franchise’s seventh installment and its first non-comedy movie.

Collider has announced this morning that the world television premiere of Bring It On: Cheer or Die arrives on Saturday, October 8 at 9 p.m. Et/Pt on Syfy.

Slash into the Bring It On: Cheer or Die teaser trailer below!

The horror movie is said to feature “cheer routines to die for and a thrilling new energy that flips the longtime cheerleading tournament format on its head.”

Missi Pyle (“Y: The Last Man,” “Dirty John”), Kerri Medders (“Panic,” “Seal Team”) and Tiera Skovbye (Midnight Sun, “Riverdale”) will star in the highly anticipated Syfy original movie and all-new spine-tingling installment of the beloved cheerleading film franchise. The brand-new film is directed by Karen Lam (Syfy’s “Ghost Wars” & “Van Helsing...

At one point, there was hype for The New Mutants, the film that was being promoted as a horror entry in the X-Men franchise… but unfortunately, things didn’t end up going very well for that project. Hopefully it will all work out better for the new genre movie The New Mutants cast member Blu Hunt stars in: The Dead Thing, which is described as being “a neo-realist take on an Invisible Man story”.

According to Deadline, The Dead Thing will see Hunt taking on the role of a

young woman who, lost in a string of meaningless hookups, falls in love with a sensitive and charismatic man who she soon discovers harbors a dark secret that turns their affair into a twisted obsession.

Hunt is joined in the cast by John Karna (Lady Bird) and Katherine Hughes (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl), with Ben Smith-Petersen (Mad Max: Fury Road...

A friend to many here in the horror community, Elric Kane will be making his directorial debut with The Dead Thing, and Deadline reports that filming has wrapped in Los Angeles.

Blu Hunt (The New Mutants), Ben Smith-Petersen (Mad Max: Fury Road), John Karna (Lady Bird) and Katherine Hughes (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl) will star in the film.

Deadline details, “Billed as a neo-realist take on an Invisible Man story and a modern urban legend for the online dating era, the film follows a young woman (Hunt) who, lost in a string of meaningless hookups, falls in love with a sensitive and charismatic man (Petersen) who she soon discovers harbors a dark secret that turns their affair into a twisted obsession.”

Elric Kane wrote the script with Webb Wilcoxen (The Frontier).

Producers for The Dead Thing include Monte Yazzie and Matt Mercer, with Rebekah McKendry (Glorious) on board as executive producer.

Universal has teamed up with Syfy to make a horror thriller entry in their long-running Bring It On franchise, and while we still don’t know when exactly this seventh Bring It On movie – which it titled Bring It On: Cheer or Die – is going to be released (it’s expected to premiere on Syfy sometime this fall), a batch of images have arrived online to give us a look at what this movie is going to have in store for us. You can check them out at the bottom of this article, courtesy of our friends at Bloody Disgusting.

A Universal 1440 Entertainment and Beacon Pictures production, Bring It On: Cheer Or Die is directed by Karen Lam (Ghost Wars) from a screenplay by Rebekah McKendry (Glorious) and Dana Schwartz (She-Hulk), based on a story by Alyson Fouse (Bring It On: Fight to the Finish). The film will follow...

The Bring It On cheerleading franchise is getting its own horror movie with Syfy’s Bring It On: Cheer or Die, the franchise’s seventh installment and its first non-comedy movie.

The horror movie is said to feature “cheer routines to die for and a thrilling new energy that flips the longtime cheerleading tournament format on its head.”

Bring It On: Cheer or Die is produced by Universal 1440 Entertainment, and it’s expected to debut on Syfy in Fall 2022. While you wait, check out first-look images below!

And expect a trailer and release date for the Bring It On horror movie real soon.

Missi Pyle (“Y: The Last Man,” “Dirty John”), Kerri Medders (“Panic,” “Seal Team”) and Tiera Skovbye (Midnight Sun, “Riverdale”) will star in the highly anticipated Syfy original movie and all-new spine-tingling installment of the beloved cheerleading film franchise. The brand-new film is directed by Karen Lam...

On this episode of Daily Dead's official podcast, Scott Drebit talks about Rebekah McKendry's new horror movie Glorious (now streaming on Shudder), Jonathan James reflects on Netflix's new Resident Evil series and The Sandman adaptation, and Derek Anderson discusses some of his favorite films and events from the 2022 Popcorn Frights Film Festival!

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One of the most exciting originals coming to Shudder this Halloween season is “The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time,” a brand new series that reminds us of the “100 Scariest Movie Moments” special that aired on Bravo back in 2004. Shudder has unleashed the official trailer for their series, giving us a sneak peek at just a few of those terrifying scares.

“The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time” will premiere Wednesday, September 7 on the horror streaming service, with new episodes streaming each week.

Interviewees for the Shudder mini-series include Tony Todd, Greg Nicotero, Keith David, Alex Essoe, Ernest Dickerson, Brea Grant, Tananarive Due, Rebekah McKendry, Joe Dante, David Dastmalchian, Kate Siegel, Fede Alvarez, Mike Flanagan, Axelle Carolyn, Lydia Hearst, Dana Gould, Tom Savini, and Jonah Ray, plus many more familiar faces.

In the eight-episode Shudder Original series from the producers of Eli Roth’s History of Horror, master...

In practically no time at all, Shudder has established itself as the prime streaming destination for all sorts of hidden gems in the horror genre. Let's put it this way, for a recent example: Any platform that provides a home for a fever dream as genuinely unhinged and utterly unforgettable as Phil Tippett's "Mad God" deserves all the plaudits and appreciation it gets.

Not content to rest on such refreshing success stories, however, Shudder is moving ahead with its next prized acquisition. "Glorious" alternately awed, scared, and delighted festival audiences upon its premiere at this year's Fantasia Fest, ahead of its recent debut on streaming. /Film's Matt Donato reviewed the film, describing it as, "Slimy, icky cosmic horror gets existential in a roadway rest stop bathroom to embrace single-location simplicity, yet existential provocation is infinite. It's a bit 'Lovecraftian Saw' as cotton-candy-colored doomsdaying pits man against hidden gobbledygook, relying...

Plot: After a breakup, Wes ends up at a remote rest stop. He finds himself locked inside the bathroom with a mysterious figure speaking from an adjacent stall. Wes soon realizes he is involved in a truly terrible situation.

Review: Because of films like Mandy and TV Shows like Lovecraft Country, cosmic horror has really made its way to the forefront of the genre in recent years. It’s something that really allows filmmakers to go crazy with their visual creativity. But Glorious does more than just provide visual thrills, giving a story where the stakes couldn’t be larger: the fate of the entire universe. While the movie is definitely a Lovecraftian Creature Feature, it’s also a wonderful character piece. Whether it’s the mysterious cosmic creature voiced by Jk Simmons or the soft-spoken Wes, there’s a lot to unpack with our two leads. And they definitely...

In “Glorious,” J.K. Simmons plays the voice of an ominous Lovecraftian god lurking behind the glory hole of a random roadside restroom. That’s practically all the pitch Shudder audiences need to sample this not-nearly-as-sick-as-it-sounds oddity from genre-movie superbrain Rebekah McKendry, whose expertise in all things horror outstrips her knowledge of the basics of men’s bathrooms — including what they look like and how dudes behave when they become aware that there is someone/thing heavy-breathing in the neighboring stall. Then again, getting creative with such logistics hasn’t impacted “Porky’s” place in film culture, so why should it be a deal breaker here?

It’s just that, even at 80 minutes, “Glorious” feels four times too long for what it is. Though the movie’s premise may seem juvenile, director Rebekah McKendry navigates by an inexplicable parallel-dimension sense of “good taste”: She makes it a point to avoid...

We might be in the mid-August, dog days of summer, but horror season is just around the corner. Spirit Halloween stores have popped up and are open, Pumpkin Spice Latte are back in shops and grocery stores and on Shudder, the 31 days of Halloween have become the 61 days of Halloween

For horror fans it’s never too early for the spooky season and with that comes these movies to check out on Shudder.

Streaming now – What Josiah Saw.

The southern gothic horror movie stars Robert Patrick (The Terminator), Nick Stahl (Sin City), Scott Haze (Child Of God) and Kelli Garner (Lars And The Real Girl)

The film is the third feature from American filmmaker Vincent Grashaw and world premiered to high praise at the 2021 Fantasia Film Festival and went on to win awards at the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, Fantaspoa International Fantastic Film Festival, Screamfest, and more.

After two decades,...

Stars: Ryan Kwanten, J.K. Simmons, André Lamar, Sylvia Grace Crim | Written by Joshua Hull, David Ian McKendry, Todd Rigney | Directed by Rebekah McKendry

Wes is having a day that is anything but glorious. He’s fallen asleep at the wheel, nearly driven off the road. He’s gotten drunk at a rest area and burned most of the things he took with him when he left his previous life, and for good measure, his pants as well. Now he’s hungover and pantsless in a filthy public restroom. That’s when God starts talking to him.

Well, Ghat starts talking to him, and he claims to be a God. But whoever heard of a God hanging out at a glory hole? Certainly not Wes who promptly makes for the door. But Ghat is indeed a deity and he’s not going to let Wes leave until he hears him out,...

This week may be lacking in quantity when it comes to horror releases but two big new films are leading the pack, one of them bringing back a horror villain over 10 years later.

The other, well, it pits Idris Elba up against a bloodthirsty predator…

Here’s all the new horror releasing August 16-August 21, 2022!

First up, the supernatural revenge movie When I Consume You is now available on VOD outlets today, director Perry Blackshear’s latest released by 1091 Pictures to kick off the week.

The Breakout Festival Sensation is now available in the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. Watch the official trailer for When I Consume You below.

“This gritty, urban folktale follows a woman (Libby Ewing) and her brother (Evan Dumouchel) as they hunt down a mysterious stalker hellbent on their destruction, testing the limits of love and loyalty in the face of ultimate evil.

Glorious Photo: Christine Ramage

“Not everybody is going to be like ‘Lovecraftian glory hole - sign me up!’” admits Rebekah McKendry (known as Bekah). “But those people will be my best friends.”

She’s talking about Glorious, which recently screened at the Fantasia International Film Festival and is about to become available on Shudder. It’s the story of Wes (Ryan Kwanten), a man fleeing the ruins of his broken life who stops at a roadside rest stop, uses the toilet and finds himself trapped there with someone or something sinister (voiced by Jk Simmons) in another stall. As the story develops, Wes is forced to reevaluate his sorrows in the face of something which could put everything he knows in peril.

Wes prepares to make a bad decision Photo: Christine Ramage

Bekah and I met shortly after Fantasia and discussed the films we’d seen there. I recommended Skinamarink...

Director Rebekah McKendry (All the Creatures Were Stirring, Tales of Halloween) is back with Glory Hole, a new Shudder Original horror movie with one hell of a wild premise. The Lovecraftian horror movie finds a beast inside of a rest stop bathroom stall. More specifically, this otherworldly monster communicates through the stall’s… glory hole?! Oh and J.K. […]

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