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A new vampire horror movie is on the way, and it’s based on a short story by Joe Hill, the son of Stephen King. The movie is called Abraham’s Boys: A Dracula Story, and it comes from Hill’s 2004 story “Abraham’s Boys,” which was part of his 20th Century Ghosts collection.

The movie takes a darker look at the Van Helsing family, showing what happens after the famous vampire hunter’s fight with Dracula. This isn’t your usual vampire movie. Instead of just hunting monsters, this one focuses on Van Helsing as a father, and the kind of damage that can come from the life he’s lived.

His two sons, Max and Rudy, grow up under his strict and paranoid parenting, not knowing what he’s gone through.

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Shudder, the horror-focused streaming service, is handling the release.

Rlje Films and Shudder have acquired the worldwide rights to Abraham’s Boys, an adaptation of the Joe Hill short story that serves as a sequel to Bram Stoker‘s Dracula, Variety reports.

Written and directed by Natasha Kermani, the film premieres this weekend at the Overlook Film Festival in New Orleans.

Max and Rudy Van Helsing have spent their lives under the strict and overprotective rule of their father, Abraham. Unaware of his dark past, they struggle to understand his paranoia and increasingly erratic behavior. But when they begin to uncover their father’s history with Dracula, their world unravels, forcing them to confront the terrifying legacy they were never meant to inherit.

Titus Welliver (“Bosch”), Jocelin Donahue (The House of the Devil), Judah Mackey (“The Young And The Restless”), Aurora Perrineau (“Westworld”), Brady Hepner (The Black Phone) star.

The film is produced by Tim Wu and James Howard...

Stephen King has been terrifying readers for decades, and Hollywood has done its best to bring his nightmares to life on screen. Some adaptations have been legendary, while others… well, let’s just say they didn’t quite capture the King magic. But when done right, his stories turn into some of the most chilling, thought-provoking movies ever made. If you’re in the mood for a good scare, these five Stephen King adaptations—currently streaming on Netflix—are sure to haunt you long after the credits roll.

Gerald’s Game (2017)

Adapted from King’s 1992 novel, Gerald’s Game is a psychological horror-thriller directed by Mike Flanagan. The story follows Jessie, a woman left handcuffed to a bed in a remote cabin after a romantic game with her husband goes horribly wrong. With no way to escape, she’s forced to confront both her past traumas and the horrifying hallucinations that creep...

In a bit of unexpected news, Darren Aronofsky is headed to the world of Stephen King. Yes, the man behind everything from "Requiem for a Dream" to "Mother!" has been tapped to direct Netflix's upcoming film version of "Cujo," King's 1981 novel that previously inspired a big screen adaptation in 1983. Now, Aronosky will be afforded the chance to put his own stamp on the material.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Aronofsky has signed on to direct the adaptation, which is being produced by Roy Lee. There is still no word on who is penning the screenplay, but the filmmaker is expected to be meeting with candidates soon. This is all pretty surprising, as Netflix's "Cujo" was only revealed to be in development very recently. It seems this one won't be languishing in development hell.

Aronofsky is coming off his hit "The Whale," which ultimately netted Brendan Fraser an Oscar. He...

Netflix is preparing to make another Stephen King adaptation! According to a new Deadline exclusive, the streamer has finalized a deal to adapt King's novel Cujo into a new feature film with Roy Lee set to produce.

Lee is a well-known horror movie producer, having produced hit movies like Barbarian, Strange Darling, Companion, The Ring, and more. He's also producing the upcoming films Weapons and Until Dawn. But most notably, Lee has produced multiple King projects such as Doctor Sleep, Salem's Lot, It, It: Chapter Two, and The Stand. And Netflix has released a few adaptations, too, between Gerald's Game, 1922, and In the Tall Grass, so Lee and Netflix working together makes a lot of sense.

First published in 1981, Cujo is King's novel about a once sweet Saint Bernard who gets bit by a bat and turns rabid. From there, the massive animal goes on a rampage, killing multiple people throughout the book.

Since the publication of "Carrie" in 1974, Stephen King has knocked out over 60 novels/novellas and penned over 200 short stories. He has overcome severe substance abuse issues and survived one very gnarly car accident. He directed "Maximum Overdrive." He's hit dizzying peaks and deep, dark valleys, but, through it all, he has never lost his sense of wonder, nor his ability to enthrall readers the world over with his words.

King has been around long enough that he's seen several generations of filmmakers adapt his work. Old masters like Brian De Palma, George A. Romero, and Stanley Kubrick have passed the torch to the likes of Andy Muschietti, Mike Flanagan, and Edgar Wright (whose film adaptation of "The Running Man" is due out this November) — and it feels like subsequent generations will keep tending the flame so long as his work doesn't get banned out of existence. There is so much King out there,...

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night filmmaker Ana Lily Amirpour is writing and directing an adaptation of Joe Hill‘s darkly comedic horror comic Basketful of Heads.

Deadline reports that Bluestone Entertainment has secured the rights, enlisting Natasha Lyonne to star.

Launched in 2017 from DC’s Hill House, the seven-issue series follows June Branch, who discovers that every bad guy she decapitates leaves a talking head behind. With every kill, June adds a new voice to her twisted Greek chorus — and another eight pounds of literal baggage.

Bluestone will finance the action horror comedy, with Akiva Goldsman and Greg Lessans producing for Weed Road alongside Director of Development Shiva Nassab, who brought the project to the company and will be overseeing.

Lyonne will produce for Animal Pictures, with Dannah Shinder executive producing and Max Ferguson overseeing. Richard Saperstein, Brooke Saperstein, and Annie Saperstein will produce for Bluestone Entertainment, with Beau Turpin executive producing.

Netflix is a streaming platform known for its original films, including horror. Films such as Bird Box, In the Tall Grass, and Cam garnered attention for their suspenseful plots, thrilling plot twists, and frightening premises. While Netflix's original films are usually more popular than those on other services, streaming services such as Hulu, Prime Video, and Peacock have produced successful horror offerings that offer frightening premises and psychologically disturbing plots.

Joe Hill will publish King Sorrow in hardcover, e-book, and audio book on October 21 via William Morrow.

The 896-page horror fantasy epic is a chilling tale of modern-world dangers, dark academia, and the unexpected consequences of revenge as six friends dabble in the occult and are horrifyingly successful — calling forth an evil entity that demands human sacrifice.

King Sorrow marks the New York Times bestselling author’s first novel in nine years and fifth overall.

The official synopsis reads:

“Arthur Oakes is a reader, a dreamer, and a student at Rackham College, Maine, renowned for its frosty winters, exceptional library, and beautiful buildings. But his idyll—and burgeoning romance with Gwen Underfoot—is shattered when a local drug dealer and her partner corner him into one of the worst crimes he can imagine: stealing rare books from the college library.

“Trapped and desperate, Arthur turns to his closest friends for comfort and help.

Stephen King is an incredibly prolific author, and as such, he's one of the most adapted writers in history, having film versions of nearly all his novels as well as numerous short stories and novellas turned from page to screen. From classics like Carrie, The Shining, and The Shawshank Redemption to newer fare like Doctor Sleep, the sequel to The Shining, and the two It films, King movies can be found lurking around just about every corner. Now, fans have one more adaptation to look forward to, as the King short story "Autopsy Room Four" is set for a film adaptation.

Deadline reports that British director Ranjeet S. Marwa will bring King's short story "Autopsy Room Four" to the big screen alongside producer Jon Levin, who previously produced In the Tall Grass for Netflix, an adaptation of a novella King wrote with his son, fellow horror writer Joe Hill. King...

Stephen King‘s short story Autopsy Room Four was first published in the 1997 collection Six Stories – which, fitting for the title, did indeed contain six stories. That book was limited to just 1100 copies, but thankfully King ended up putting all six of the stories into different collections over the years. Autopsy Room Four was also included in the 1997 anthology Robert Bloch’s Psychos before making its way into the 2002 King collection Everything’s Eventual. In 2006, the story was adapted for the screen as an episode of the TNT King mini-series Nightmares and Dreamscapes… and now, Deadline reports that a feature film adaptation is in the works.

King has given the greenlight for the new adaptation, which is being produced by Jon Levin, who was previously an executive producer on Netflix’s King adaptation In the Tall Grass. The film will be written and directed by Ranjeet S. Marwa, whose credits include Ballistic,...

A new feature film inspired by the works of prolific horror author Stephen King is on the way. Deadline reports today that King’s short story Autopsy Room Four is getting adapted by British director Ranjeet S. Marwa and veteran Hollywood exec Jon Levin (In the Tall Grass).

King himself has given the greenlight on the project, which will be written and directed by Marwa.

Autopsy Room Four will “delve into the mind of a man who, after a life-threatening accident, wakes up to find himself trapped in an autopsy room. As he confronts his own mortality, the story navigates themes of fear, survival, and the unknown.”

The short story itself was initially published in King’s Six Stories in 1997 and appeared in the anthology Robert Bloch’s Psychos later that year. In 2002, it was collected in King’s collection Everything’s Eventual.

Notably, this isn’t the first time the short story was adapated.

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Stephen King is one of the most legendary writers in the world, and in the horror genre he is basically a god and his work has been adapted endlessly in movies and TV shows. With Netflix having such a huge content library we though of picking out the best of the best Stephen King adaptations you should check out right now.

Stand by Me Credit – Columbia Pictures

Stand by Me is a coming-of-age drama film directed by Rob Reiner from a screenplay co-written by Bruce A. Evans and Raynold Gideon. Based on the 1982 novella The Body by Stephen King, the 1986 film follows four friends who decide to go hiking to find the dead body of a local teenager who was hit by a train. Stand by Me stars Will Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O’Connell, and Kiefer Sutherland.

Netflix's new zombie horror movie has become a global streaming hit. Netflix has been producing original movies since the mid-2010s. Although they take on a variety of genres, they began making horror projects about a year in, with 2016's I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House. Their roster has significantly expanded since then to include movies such as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Perfection, Apostle, and The Cloverfield Paradox, the Stephen King adaptations Gerald's Game, Mr. Harrigan's Phone, and In the Tall Grass, as well as the Fear Street trilogy and the Babysitter and Bird Box franchises.

Netflix has also dabbled in the zombie genre before, with their most successful feature-length installment in the genre most likely being Zack Snyder's Army of the Dead, which spawned the prequel Army of Thieves. On the series side, one of their most popular efforts is the South...

Vincenzo Natali's horror film In the Tall Grass has a harrowing yet ambiguous climax, so it helps to have In the Tall Grass explained in detail including how the ending differs from the source material. Written by Stephen King and his son, Joe Hill, In the Tall Grass was originally published in two parts in Esquire magazine. In the Tall Grass focuses on a brother and sister who are lured into a field of tall grass by a boy's cries for help. Once inside, they become separated and discover that the tall grass is twisting space and moving them around, making it impossible for them to either find each other or escape.

Released on Netflix, In the Tall Grass stars Laysla de Oliveira and Avery Whitted as Becky and Cal DeMuth, siblings who are on a road trip to San Diego. Unlike the original Stephen King In the Tall Grass short story,...

After a wildly successful first season, Paramount+ has debuted the official trailer for Lioness season two, offering an explosive first look a what's to come for Joe (Zoe Saldaña) this season as the war inches closer and closer to home.

The season synopsis reads, "As the CIA’s fight against terror moves closer to home, Joe, Kaitlyn, and Byron enlist a new Lioness operative to infiltrate a previously unknown threat. With pressure mounting from all sides, Joe is forced to confront the profound personal sacrifices she has made as the leader of the Lioness program."

At the time of its release, the series was Paramount+'s most-watched worldwide premiere ever, so the show's return is certainly one of the more anticipated events of the year for the streamer.

In addition to Zoe Saldaña (Guardians of the Galaxy; Avatar: The Way of Water) in the lead role, the supporting cast consists...

The Life of Chuck has debuted on Rotten Tomatoes, and it marks the best Stephen King adaptation score since 2017. Direected by Mike Flanagan, who is best known for projects like The Haunting of Hill House (2018), Doctor Sleep (2019), and Midnight Mass (2021),The Life of Chuck is based on King's novella of the same featured in his If It Bleeds collection from 2020. The upcoming film stars Tom Hiddleston as Charles Krantz with a story that chronicles three distinct chapters in his life.

Following its premiere at TIFF, The Life of Chuck has now debuted on Rotten Tomatoes with a score of 85% with 20 reviews. This score is sure to fluctuate as more reviews are added, but this currently makes it the highest scoring King adaptation since 1922 (2017), which sports an impressive 92% score. Check out the chart below to see how The Life of Chuck stacks up against other recent adaptations of King's work:

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Yellowstone co-creator Taylor Sheridan is returning to the trenches with Zoe Saldaña for Lioness Season 2, premiering Sunday, October 27. The espionage thriller is filming in Texas, with MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios leading the charge. Zoe Saldaña leads the drama as Joe McNamara, the hard-lined chief of the CIA’s Lioness program. With her female undercover operatives willing to embrace any mission, the group assassinates the world’s most dangerous terrorists. Today, Paramount is thrilled to share the premiere date for Lioness Season 2 alongside a gallery of first-look photos from upcoming episodes.

Here’s the official synopsis for Lioness Season 2 courtesy of Paramount+:

As the CIA’s fight against terror moves closer to home, Joe (Saldaña), Kaitlyn (Kidman), and Byron (Kelly) enlist a new Lioness operative to infiltrate a previously unknown threat. With pressure mounting from all sides, Joe is forced to confront the profound personal sacrifices she has...

Stephen King movies have been with us almost as long as Stephen King books — King's first novel "Carrie" became a film two years after it hit bookshelves. And while the adaptations have been coming steadily since the '70s, King movies and TV shows experienced something of a boom in the 2010s. This was primarily due to 2017's film adaptation of "It," which became a horor blockbuster, hauling in $701.8 million at the box office. Suddenly, everyone wanted to be in the Stephen King business again, and the aftermath of "It" saw a wealth of adaptations get the green light. This trend hasn't died out, either — new King adaptations continue to come our way. A long-delayed take on "Salem's Lot" is due out on Max later this year, and film adaptations of the King short stories "The Life of Chuck" and "The Monkey" are both on the horizon.

Netflix also wanted...

Vincenzo Natali's 1997 film "Cube" takes place entirely inside a strange, unexplained high-tech ... prison ... of some sort. It is constructed of cube-shaped cells with hatches on all four walls, the floor, and the ceiling. Each hatch leads into an identical cell, only distinguished by its colored lights and a series of cryptic numbers etched into the doorways. Random cells throughout the structure are armed with deadly booby-traps. There are no bathrooms, no food, and no water. Six strangers find each other in this prison wearing identical jumpsuits, unsure how they arrived there or why they have been imprisoned. They slowly begin to decipher the numbers to determine which rooms have traps and which ones do not. Naturally, they all slowly begin to go mentally deteriorate.

"Cube" was produced for a modest $350,000 (Canadian), but its intriguing "Twilight Zone" premise and taut direction allowed it to catch on as a cult hit.

At the end of In The Tall Grass, Travis redeems himself by sacrificing his own life to save Tobin and break the time loop. Tobin is essential in breaking the loop by warning his family and showing Becky the truth about Travis. While the cycle seems broken, the possibility remains that more sinners may fall victim to the field's hunger.

The following contains major spoilers for Netflix's In the Tall Grass, now streaming.

Based on the 2012 novella by Stephen King and Joe Hill, Netflix's In the Tall Grass is an existential experience, despite the seemingly simple-minded concept depicted in the trailers. In the heart of America, a couple of families become trapped in a field opposite a church, not realizing they're in a time loop and luring one another in.

This haunted field acts as a gateway to Purgatory, with a mystical rock judging the families for their sins.

The 2024 Fantasia Film Festival will open with a world premiere for Bookworm, the Elijah Wood and Nell Fisher starrer from New Zealand filmmaker Ant Timpson.

The indie reteams Wood with Come to Daddy director Timpson and saw the Lord of the Rings actor return to New Zealand for production. In Bookworm, Fisher plays a 12-year-old girl whose life is turned upside down when her long-absent American magician father (Wood) comes to look after her, and together they take an ill-advised camping trip into the rugged New Zealand wilderness to find a mythological beast that leads to increasingly absurd and treacherous adventures.

Among other new titles added to the lineup for Fantasia’s 28th edition are world bows for Alexander J. Farrell’s The Beast Within, starring Kit Harrington; Isaac Ezban’s dystopian coming-of-age tale Parvulos; and Vivieno Caldinelli’s Scared Shitless, starring Steven Ogg and Daniel Doheny.

There are also...

The 28th edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival is set to run from from July 18th through August 4th at the Concordia Hall and J.A. de Sève cinemas in Montreal, with additional screens and events at Cinémathèque québécoise and Cinéma du Musée. Last month, the festival announced the first wave of titles that will be screening this year, and now the second wave has been unveiled!

With this second wave announcement, we learn that Cube director Vincenzo Natali has been chosen to be the recipient of the Candadian Trailblazer Awards this year, while the line-up of films includes the Elijah Wood comedy Bookworm, the Kit Harington werewolf movie The Beast Within, a movie called Scared Shitless, the 1815-set blockbuster epic The Count of Monte-Cristo, and Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo’s The Soul Eater.

Here’s the information on the second wave of titles (and the Canadian Trailblazer...

While Warner Bros. continues to sit on his adaptation of the Stephen King novel Salem’s Lot, filmmaker Gary Dauberman has gone on to sign a first-look feature deal with Sony’s Screen Gems, where he is expected to “create projects for himself while curating a slate featuring established and up-and-coming filmmakers.” One of the projects he has set up at Screen Gems is the video game adaptation Until Dawn, which will be directed by David F. Sandberg. Now Deadline has revealed that Dauberman is going to be producing a film called Ushers for Screen Gems… and we have no idea what Ushers is about, because it’s based on a short story by author Joe Hill (who happens to be a son of Stephen King) that has never been published!

Dauberman and his team at the Coin Operated production company will develop and produce Ushers, with Coin Operated’s President,...

Some pretty famous actor/director pairings have defined a sizable portion of classic cinema over the years. Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro; the Coen brothers and Frances McDormand; Guillermo del Toro and Doug Jones. It's a legendary list and one that should most certainly include James Wan and Patrick Wilson. Dating back to 2010's smash hit "Insidious," the duo have worked together on six of Wan's directorial efforts (and many more that he's produced). That sixth collaboration came in "Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom," which is just now making its way to theaters after several long delays.

But why is it that Wan continues to cast Wilson in his films? In fairness, this is a sequel and Wilson's Orm is a big part of the story. Even so, the two clearly want to keep working with one another. /Film's own Jacob Hall recently spoke with Wan in anticipation...

Jonathan Keltz stars as Spencer in Hallmark Channel’s new movie Christmas By Design and you might be curious to know more about his life, so we’ve got you covered.

The 35-year-old actor has previously starred in the Hallmark movies Fit For a Prince, Once Upon a Prince, and Love at Look Lodge, but he’s best known for playing Leith in The CW’s series Reign.

Jonathan was most recently seen in the Prime Video series Wilderness, which was released back in September 2023.

So, is he single or married?

Keep reading to find out more…

Jonathan has been in a relationship with actress Laysla De Oliveira for the past decade and they got engaged in December 2021.

Laysla is best known for her roles as Dodge in the Netflix series Locke & Key and Cruz Manuelos in the recent Paramount+ series Special Ops: Lioness. She has also appeared in...

Director Vincenzo Natali never made a sequel to the 2009 movie Splice, despite the open ending leaving room for one. He prioritizes storytelling over intentionally setting up sequels, speaking to his artistic merits. Natali's previous experience with the film Cube and its sequels influenced his decision not to allow a sequel to be made without his involvement. He values protecting the integrity of his work and was likely uninterested in the ideas that surfaced for Splice 2. Although a Splice sequel is unlikely, Natali has continued to make sci-fi horror movies, including Haunter, In the Tall Grass, 388 Arletta Avenue, and Come True, each offering its own unique take on the genre. Come True, in particular, fills the void for fans of dark and satisfying storytelling.

The 2009 sci-fi horror movie Splice left the perfect opening for a sequel, but despite seeming somewhat interested in continuing the story, director Vincenzo Natali never brought Splice 2 to fruition.

The best Netflix horror movies offer something for everyone. On the streaming service, Netflix has both curated content from theatrical releases from the past and several of its own critically acclaimed horror releases made directly for streaming. Netflix has found competition from other streaming services popping up over the years, and it has become even more necessary to ensure that its content not only holds up but surpasses other contenders, so they will keep their subscriptions. Horror movies are one of the areas where Netflix has continued to shine.

The best Netflix horror movies include possession movies, slashers, Stephen King adaptations, and both classics and new modern-day horrors. While not all movies stand as the best in the genre, they all have plenty of scares and will cause many sleepless nights. These include some of the biggest box-office success stories in history and some of the best critically acclaimed horror...

King on Screen is a documentary that explores the many adaptations of Stephen King's works in film and TV. The new clip highlights the significance of the film Carrie and how it launched a wave of adaptations of King's novels. The documentary features interviews with renowned directors, actors, and behind-the-scenes talent involved in King adaptations.

King on Screen is an upcoming documentary directed by Daphnē Baiwir that concerns the work of Stephen King, and a new clip has now been released which addresses the importance of Carrie, starring Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie. The documentary is produced by Sebastien Cruz for Les Films de la Plage, Jean-Yves Roubin for Frakas Productions and Zoe Salmon for Mr Salmon Films, and with participation by Ocs. The North American rights for the film have been bought by Dark Star Pictures. Check out the clip from King on Screen below.

The clip features...

Plot: Inspired by an actual U.S. Military program, Special Ops: Lioness follows the life of Joe (Saldaña) while she attempts to balance her personal and professional life as the tip of the CIA’s spear in the war on terror. The Lioness Program, overseen by Kaitlyn Meade (Kidman) and Donald Westfield (Kelly), enlists an aggressive Marine Raider named Cruz (De Oliveira) to operate undercover alongside Joe among the power brokers of State terrorism in the CIA’s efforts to thwart the next 9/11.

Review: With Yellowstone wrapping at the end of the current season, Taylor Sheridan’s oeuvre of series on Paramount Network and Paramount+ continues to grow. Unlike Mayor of Kingstown, Tulsa King, and the various Yellowstone spin-offs, Sheridan’s latest series leaves the wild world of small-town politics and crime for a larger scale. Focused instead on covert operations conducted by the CIA, Taylor Sheridan’s Special Ops: Lioness...

Going viral is a nightmare in the first trailer for the upcoming horror movie, Dear David. Coming courtesy of Lionsgate, Dear David is the long-awaited adaptation of a Twitter thread created by BuzzFeed writer Adam Ellis, in which he documented his experiences with the ghost of a boy that was haunting him. You can check out the first trailer for Dear David below.

“After responding to Internet trolls, a man becomes haunted by the ghost of a dead child named David,” the official synopsis for Dear David reads. “Based on the viral Twitter thread by BuzzFeed comic artist Adam Ellis.”

The horror outing will be led by The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power and The Morning Show star Augustus Prew as Adam Ellis, with the supporting cast including Rene Escobar Jr., Cameron Nicoll (Slumberland), Andrea Bang (Kim's Convenience), Rachel Wilson (In the Tall Grass), Ethan Hwang (Riceboy...

Stephen King is among history’s most frequently adapted writers, up there with Charles Dickens, the Brothers Grimm, and William Shakespeare for inspiring the most successful page-to-picture creations. From Rob Reiner and David Cronenberg to Mike Flanagan and Andy Muschietti, genre filmmakers have clamored to take on King’s words for decades.

There’s no shortage of material to go around, of course. Horror’s reigning titan of literary terror has written more than 60 books and 200 short stories: many of them rooted in King’s signature strangeness and the believable humanity that turned 2017’s “It” into a global sensation. King has teamed up with his son Joe Hill to produce even more cinematic fodder in recent years. The pair’s “In the Tall Grass” novella became a Netflix movie in 2019, and Hill enjoyed his own success with Scott Derrickson’s 2022 “The Black Phone” adaptation.

Almost all of King’s titles...

After making its debut on Screambox, the Japanese remake of Vincenzo Natali‘s sci-fi cult classic Cube, directed by Yasuhiko Shimizu (“Pension: Love Is Pink”), is coming to Blu-ray on June 15 from Terror Vision. The release includes a new interview with original Cube creator Vincenzo Natali plus the new movie’s trailer.

Pre-order your copy now!

The newest Cube takes a deeper, darker and deadlier look at isolation and gore and follows a group of strangers who find themselves trapped in a sadistic maze without remembering how they got there. After waking up drugged and disoriented, the prisoners, who seemingly have nothing in common, find themselves in a mysterious room inscribed with an unfamiliar code.

Looking for ways to escape, they discover the room is riddled with lethal traps. As fear and distrust swirl around them, the group must work together to survive.

The brutal, sci-fi horror classic by Vincenzo...

Netflix and Stephen King are respectively the biggest names in streaming and the horror genre so it isn't surprising that there are already several Stephen King Netflix adaptations streaming on the platform. This isn't to be confused with Stephen King book-based movies that are also streaming on Netflix, such as the modern sequel to It or The Mist.

In particular, these Stephen King Netflix adaptations are original productions based on the acclaimed writer's stories that are exclusive to the streaming service. Through these movies and TV shows, Netflix has made its mark in the horror genre by paying due tribute to Stephen King. Netflix and Stephen King stories have directly crossed paths to pretty good results so far.

In The Tall Grass (2019)

In 2019, Netflix released its third Stephen King movie, In the Tall Grass. Based on a 2012 novella co-written by King and his son Joe Hill, In the Tall Grass...

The Japanese remake of Vincenzo Natali‘s sci-fi cult classic Cube, directed by Yasuhiko Shimizu (“Pension: Love Is Pink”), is now streaming on the Bloody Disgusting-powered Screambox.

The brutal sci-fi horror classic by Vincenzo Natali was so successful that it spawned Cube²: Hypercube (2002) and Cube Zero (2004). Natali stayed on as a creative advisor for the Japanese remake, with Kôji Tokuo writing the adapted screenplay.

Bloody Disgusting spoke with Natali for the remake’s release on Screambox. The filmmaker revealed how he influenced the remake, including its director Yasuhiko Shimizu, and teased the trap he designed in the reimagining. The filmmaker reflects on his own film in the process.

Natali tells us how he got involved with the remake and why it appealed to him.

“I personally knew the producers who made it happen, who are Japanese, who I like very, very much, and wanted to support,” he shares. “And then...

The demonic daytime scares of the "Insidious" franchise are back for a fifth installment, "Insidious: The Red Door," due out in theaters on July 7, 2023. In 2011, James Wan's original film proved that a PG-13 horror movie could actually be scary, mostly thanks to the toothy grin of The Lipstick Face Demon that terrorized the Lambert family.

In "Insidious: The Red Door," the story picks up 10 years after the events of "Insidious: Chapter 2," with Josh and Renai (Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne) getting ready to send their now adult son Dalton (Ty Simpkins) to art school. Dalton is still dealing with the psychological effects of combatting supernatural forces as a child, and his paintings seem to awaken the same forces that are determined to take over his body, mind, and soul.

This time around, Wilson is stepping behind the camera for the first time as a director, and filling the...

Director Daphné Baiwir examines not the literary work of prolific author Stephen King but the vast body of ongoing adaptations of King’s work, beginning with 1976’s Carrie, in the documentary King on Screen. With over 80 films and TV series and counting, adapting his work by over 50 directors, the horror author remains one of the most adapted in the world. King on Screen assembles talking heads to examine what it is about his literary work that translates to the screen so well and why his audience remains captive decades later. However, the documentary’s feature format struggles to encapsulate its subject’s overwhelming scope.

Baiwir begins her examination with an extended opening sequence that sees her traversing a fictional realm packed with King references. She drives through a forest, emulating the opening of The Shining, until she arrives at a shop named after the short story “In the Tall Grass.

Last month, Scream VI and 65 released on the very same day, and believe it or not we’re getting yet another big screen double feature from the horror genre this week.

Here’s all the new horror releasing April 11 – April 16, 2023!

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After scaring up $4.5 million at the worldwide box office, viral hit Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey was finally made available to watch at home beginning yesterday.

You can rent the film for $9.99 or purchase it for $19.98 on Amazon now.

Rhys Frake-Waterfield directed the bloody horror movie for Jagged Edge Productions, a twisted take on the classic children’s tale. And yes, a sequel is already on the way.

In this version of the classic story, Christopher Robin is headed off to college and he has abandoned his old friends, which then leads to the duo embracing their inner monsters.

The Japanese remake of Vincenzo Natali‘s sci-fi cult classic Cube, directed by Yasuhiko Shimizu (“Pension: Love Is Pink”), is now streaming on the Bloody Disgusting-powered Screambox!

The newest Cube takes a deeper, darker and deadlier look at isolation and gore and follows a group of strangers who find themselves trapped in a sadistic maze without remembering how they got there. After waking up drugged and disoriented, the prisoners, who seemingly have nothing in common, find themselves in a mysterious room inscribed with an unfamiliar code.

Looking for ways to escape, they discover the room is riddled with lethal traps. As fear and distrust swirl around them, the group must work together to survive.

The brutal, sci-fi horror classic by Vincenzo Natali was so successful that it spawned Cube²: Hypercube (2002) and Cube Zero (2004). Natali stayed on as an executive producer of the Japanese remake with Kôji Tokuo writing the adapted screenplay.

I know a lot of you have been asking for updates on the Japanese remake of Vincenzo Natali‘s sci-fi cult classic Cube, directed by Yasuhiko Shimizu (“Pension: Love Is Pink”). Well, we’re excited to reveal today that we bought it!

Yup! First reported by THR this afternoon, Cinedigm has acquired all North American rights to the remake of the 1997 award-winning Canadian cult classic and will be bringing it straight to Screambox subscribers on April 11th!

The newest Cube takes a deeper, darker and deadlier look at isolation and gore and follows a group of strangers who find themselves trapped in a sadistic maze without remembering how they got there. After waking up drugged and disoriented, the prisoners, who seemingly have nothing in common, find themselves in a mysterious room inscribed with an unfamiliar code.

Looking for ways to escape, they discover the room is riddled with lethal traps.

Plot: The events leading up to, and including, the massacre of the adults of a small town in Nebraska by their children, after the adults’ irresponsibility ruins the crop and the children’s future.

Review: The Children of the Corn series has had a rough go of it over the last few years. Well, I guess you could say it’s pretty much been uneasy going its entire duration, but there’s always been that sliver of hope that something would come along that would finally put it in line with its contemporaries. And, dare I say, Kurt Wimmer has finally accomplished that with his 2023 remake. I know, I know, this sounds absolutely ludicrous after so many years of neglect but Wimmer seems to understand the one thing that’s vital to any reboot: respect.

I feel like I need to establish right from the jump that I’m not...

Prime Video has picked up a second season of The Peripheral, the Chloë Grace Moretz starrer that’s based on the best-selling novel of the same name by William Gibson.

Season one bowed on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide in October. The Peripheral is produced by Amazon Studios and Warner Bros. Television, in association with Kilter Films.

“We are thrilled to continue the journey into Season Two and delve deeper into the incredible world that Gibson created,” said Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan, Kilter Films, in a statement. “On behalf of Scott Smith, Vincenzo Natali, and the entire team, we’re grateful to our partners at Amazon and, most of all, to the fans.”

“William’s mind-bending story in partnership with the brilliant minds of Scott and Jonathan and Lisa, produced an unforgettable journey for our global audience and we are thrilled with how they embraced the series,...

Guillermo del Toro's "Cabinet of Curiosities" is full of strange, freaky, and delightful treasures. The Netflix anthology series boasts a treasure trove of horrors that range from the otherworldly and Lovecraftian to the deceptively mundane. But for fans of practical effects, one of the cabinet's residents stands tail and shoulders above the rest: the Rat Queen.

The Rat Queen makes her grand entrance in the appropriately named episode "Graveyard Rats," which is directed by Vincenzo Natali ("Splice") and stars David Hewlett as a grave robber trapped in a cycle of bad luck. Hewlett's Masson is in bad shape by the time he meets the Rat Queen, downtrodden and seemingly doomed to never get the money he needs. Also, he's plagued by rats for much of the episode's runtime. Lots and lots of rats. Needless to say, this is an episode of TV you should skip if you're afraid of the creatures.

Stephen King’s been known to write a doorstop or two, but within the prolific author’s oeuvre are tales that amount to a fraction of “It.” What these novellas lack in page-count, though, they make up for in thrills. Some of the most successful cinematic translations of his work come from this short-fiction subset.

“The Shawshank Redemption”—a two-and-a-half-hour prison drama adapted from the 181-page novella, “Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption”—is widely considered one of the greatest movies ever made. Released by Netflix earlier this month and just in time for Halloween, “Mr. Harrigan’s Phone” is the newest product of King’s fruitful relationship with the film industry.

See Stephen King films: 12 greatest movies ranked worst to best from ‘The Shining’ to ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ to ‘It’

Below are 11 scary, feature-length film adaptations of King’s novellas, plus one for the faint of heart.

Mr. Harrigan’s Phone (2022)

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This article contains spoilers for “Graveyard Rats” in Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities.

The use of practical effects is one of the best ways to distill terror into its purest form. Horror is a difficult genre to perfect, and using realistic effects and physical models to engulf the viewer into a believable world will help with the whole “scare people” thing that is the objective of the genre. The makers of “Graveyard Rats” from Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities on Netflix certainly agree.

The short film, which premiered today alongside fellow short film “Lot 36,” takes the audience on a bone-chilling thrill ride through the catacombs of an underground graveyard. The protagonist of the episode, a grave robber named Masson (David Hewlett), goes with his heart instead of his head when rats start to steal the corpse that possesses the prized jewelry he needs to sell. With...

Netflix and Oscar winner Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water, Blade 2, Hellboy) have teamed up for the new anthology series “Cabinet of Curiosities,” a collection of live-action stories that Netflix says “is meant to challenge our traditional notions of horror.”

The series will debut Tuesday, October 25, launching a special four-day, double-episode event. Two all-new “Cabinet of Curiosities” tales will debut daily through Friday, October 28, when the entire collection of eight stories will be available to Netflix members around the world.

The debut cadence and themed nights are confirmed as follows: October 25 – Night One: “Scavengers” featuring episodes “Lot 36” and “Graveyard Rats” October 26 – Night Two: “Loners” featuring episodes “The Autopsy” and “The Outside” October 27 – Night Three: “Lovecraft” featuring episodes “Pickman’s Model” and “Dreams in the Witch House” October 28 – Night Four: “Visitations” featuring episodes “The Viewing” and “The Murmuring”

“From macabre to magical, gothic to grotesque or classically creepy, the...

Donald Sutherland in John Lee Hancock’s adaptation of Stephen King’s Mr. Harrigan’s Phone. Photo: Netflix More akin to a stern lecture by a grownup than an eerie, unsettling cautionary tale, writer-director John Lee Hancock’s adaptation of Stephen King’s short story Mr. Harrigan’s Phone might have succeeded...

"In Cabinet Of Curiosities, acclaimed Academy Award-winning filmmaker and creator, executive producer and co-showrunner Guillermo del Toro has curated a collection of unprecedented and genre-defining stories meant to challenge our traditional notions of horror. From macabre to magical, gothic to grotesque or classically creepy, these eight equally sophisticated and sinister tales (including two original stories by del Toro) are brought to life by a team of writers and directors personally chosen by del Toro.

Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet Of Curiosities will debut Tuesday, October 25, launching a special four day, double episode Netflix & Chills Halloween event. Two all-new Cabinet Of Curiosities tales will debut daily through Friday, October 28, when the entire collection of eight stories will be available to Netflix members around the world.

The anthology series is created and executive produced by Guillermo del Toro; executive produced by Academy Award winner J. Miles Dale (The Shape of Water; Sex/Life...

Netflix and Oscar winner Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water, Blade 2, Hellboy) have teamed up for the new anthology series “Cabinet of Curiosities,” a collection of live-action stories that Netflix says “is meant to challenge our traditional notions of horror.”

Today, we have the official trailer that’s a straight-up explosion of nightmarish imagery that looks like a mix between “Tales from the Crypt” and “Twilight Zone” that pulls from Guillermo del Toro’s entire career from Cronos to Pan’s Labyrinth.

“From macabre to magical, gothic to grotesque or classically creepy, the eight sinister tales — including two original works by del Toro — will be brought to life by a team of writers and directors personally chosen by the Shape of Water filmmaker.”

The series will debut Tuesday, October 25, launching a special four-day, double-episode Netflix & Chills Halloween event. Two all-new “Cabinet of Curiosities” tales will debut daily through Friday,...

Updated, 7 Am: A month ahead of Halloween, Netflix has unveiled the official trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities horror anthology, a four-day, double-episode event.

Series creator del Toro introduces the new footage with an explainer: “Picture your mind as a cabinet..where you lock up your darkest thoughts and deepest fears. What would happen if you open that cabinet for the world to see? We are about to find out.” You can watch the new trailer above and previously released first-look teaser below.

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Del Toro has curated a collection of genre-defining stories meant to challenge our traditional notions of horror. From macabre to magical, gothic to grotesque or classically creepy, these eight sophisticated and sinister tales (including two original stories by del Toro) are brought to life by a team of writers and directors personally chosen by del Toro.

After debuting...