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A medical miracle becomes a murderous nightmare when Body Parts hits 4K Ultra HD on January 21 via Kino Lorber.

The 1991 sci-fi body horror film has been newly restored in 4K from the original camera negative with Dolby Vision/Hdr.

The Hitcher and Near Dark scribe Eric Red directs from a script he co-wrote with Norman Snider (Dead Ringers), based on the novel Choice Cuts by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac. Jeff Fahey, Kim Delaney, Brad Dourif, and Zakes Mokae star.

Frank Mancuso Jr. of the Friday the 13th franchise produces.

Disc 1 – 4K Uhd:

4K Restoration from the Original Camera Negative Dolby Vision/Hdr Presentation of the Film Audio Commentary by Director/Co-Writer Eric Red 5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 Audio Optional English Subtitles

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Deleted Footage with Optional Commentary by Eric Red Interview with Eric Red Interview with Editor Anthony Redman Interview with Actor Paul Ben-Victor Interview with Actor Peter Murnik...

Horror movies such as Halloween are known for their theme songs. Some movies took things a step further by giving us awesome original songs. Here’s a look at the best of them — some we remember and some we sadly don’t.

5. ‘Tubular Bells’ from ‘The Exorcist’

According to Collider, “Tubular Bells” by Mike Oldfield wasn’t written for The Exorcist. Regardless, we wouldn’t be discussing this track if it didn’t appear in William Friedkin’s horror blockbuster. The song starts out a tad tense, like it’s the theme song for a legal show, before getting more and more ominous and working in scare chords. The tune wasn’t written for a scary movie but it was meant for that context.

Later horror themes, such as those for Halloween and Suspiria, took their cues from “Tubular Bells.” Oldfield went on to have a pop career — he even...

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Watcher beware…you’re in for a scare. AMC’s annual horror marathon FearFest is back in frightful fashion this year, bringing the scares in the lead-up to Halloween throughout the month of October. With 31 days of...

This past September at Creep Ie Aftermath, Halloweenies executive producer and co-host Michael Roffman hosted a panel featuring Hollywood legends Nick Castle and Tom Atkins for a career-spanning interview that went in all sorts of unpredictable places.

From budgeting surrounding Dennis the Menace to helicopter fears about Lethal Weapon , the three go everywhere. Naturally, they also head to Haddonfield to talk shop about the Halloween franchise, be it the vibe of the 1978 shoot or Atkins meeting John Carpenter .

Lots of great stories here. Consider it a proper October kickoff!

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If you’re looking for someone to curate programming at your horror streaming service, hire the guy with the trio of “Halloween 3: Season of the Witch” (1982) masks tatted on his forearm. Sam Zimmerman was built — or at least inked — for the Shudder job.

This is Zimmerman’s time of year — and it’s extra special in 2024. September and December both have Friday the 13th dates, perfect bookends for Shudder’s supersized Season of Screams. During the same window, Zimmerman is moving his young family onto what he described as the Halloween block in his new (and quaint) town. Quite the Halloween for this guy, both professionally and personally.

With all due respect to AMC+, Shudder is the standout AMC Networks streaming service (of the many we don’t feel like counting right now), and the Season of Screams will pack the app with film releases, series, specials, and live watch parties.

Thommy Hutson, the producer behind comprehensive horror documentaries Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy and Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th, is back, this time helming Doc of Chucky, a documentary exploring the killer doll’s franchise and legacy.

Doc of Chucky is an upcoming Shudder Original that will debut on the streaming service on November 1.

Bloody Disgusting can exclusively reveal the official poster for Doc of Chucky below.

The new comprehensive documentary “tells the story of the cult horror empire through interviews with cast, crew, and horror icons such as Don Mancini, Brad Dourif, Jennifer Tilly, Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, John Waters, Fiona Dourif, Perrey Reeves, Gerrit Graham, David Kirschner, and dozens more. Directed by Thommy Hutson (the producer of documentaries Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy and Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th), this is the ultimate account...

It’s officially spooky season, and if you’re looking to watch something a little scarier than love in the afternoon, check out these horror movies and TV shows starring some familiar faces from daytime.

From Drama To Horror

While many soap stars tend to stick to dramas or Hallmark Channel romcoms – find out what soap stars will be on Hallmark Channel’s Countdown to Christmas this year – some have branched out to an unexpected genre: horror. If you want to add some familiar faces to a spooky movie night this Halloween, add these to your list of must-watches.

General Hospital

Idle Hands, starring Kelly Monaco

This 1999 horror film stars Devon Sawa and Jessica Alba and follows a teenaged boy who’s hand becomes possessed and goes on a murderous rampage. It certainly didn’t win any Oscars, but it does feature a young Kelly Monaco as one of the victims.

AMC kicks off this year’s FearFest celebration on Tuesday, October 1, 2024, and the network has provided us with the full schedule as we anxiously await the month-long marathon.

AMC previews, “As we head into October, don’t miss an all-day John Carpenter marathon on Thursday, October 3rd including Halloween (1978), Halloween II (1981), Christine, The Thing (1982), They Live, Vampires, and Ghosts of Mars. We’ll be keeping things creepy that week by celebrating A Nightmare on Elm Street 40th anniversary on Friday, October 4th with a marathon that includes A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child, Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare, and A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010).

“It’s a Friday the 13th Marathon on Saturday, October 5th including...

How much do you really need to know about a slasher series before jumping in? After all, in the typical "Friday the 13th" or 'Halloween" sequel, it's pretty easy to get acclimated. The killer is back, there are a whole new bunch of potential victims, yadda yadda yadda. That may be true of many horror franchises, especially the longer they get, but it is definitely not true of the relatively short-running "Terrifier" franchise. 

There aren't just two movies to recap, but two movies with radically different plot dynamics, two short films, and an anthology feature that incorporates the shorts while adding new material. As the story progresses, murderous mime Art the Clown goes from lowly henchman to full-on antichrist status, and can it possibly be true that he'll face off against the real Santa Claus next time around?

Strap yourself in for a look back at the movie series...

Chris Nash’s acclaimed In A Violent Nature is out now on Altitude.film and other digital platforms and coming to DVD & Blu-ray from 30 September, so to celebrate we are giving away Blu-Ray copies to 2 lucky winners!

In A Violent Nature, the ground-breaking and gruesome debut feature from writer and director Chris Nash (ABCs Of Death 2) introduced the masked and murderous Johnny, who’ll stop at nothing to retrieve a precious locket, to terrified UK audiences during its theatrical release in July.

With In A Violent Nature Nash has fashioned something truly extraordinary – a film that manages to be brilliantly original while at the same time paying homage to ‘80s horror classics like the Friday the 13th series and Evil Dead, as a group of young campers are mercilessly stalked in the woods. Told from the point of view of the killer, it features some astoundingly orchestrated and intensely gory kills...

Jason Voorhees has become synonymous with his iconic hockey mask, which has kept the "Friday the 13th" franchise in the public consciousness despite Jason having not appeared in an official, franchise capacity since the 2009 remake. It's the result of some legal issues between the franchise and the character's creators, but that dang hockey mask has guaranteed that just like the slasher villain who wears it, Jason Voorhees will never die. Hardcore horror fans know that the hockey mask didn't show up until "Friday the 13th Part III," but even more interesting is how Jason has been presented behind the mask or in a few instances, without it completely.

Jason Voorhees has been through it over the years. He's drowned (more than once), been struck in the head with an axe, impaled through the skull with his own machete, hacked to bits, chained to the bottom of a lake, taken a boat propeller to the throat,...

In the wake of ten new horror movies releasing last week, this week is bringing even more fresh frights to the table. Today alone, Eleven new movies have already been offered up.

Here’s all the new horror that released on Tuesday, September 24, 2024!

For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.

Breaking Glass Pictures celebrates Halloween with Hayride to Hell, an indie movie that reunites horror legends Bill Moseley and Kane Hodder. It’s now available on VOD outlets.

The team previews, “Bill Moseley, known for his roles in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 and House of 1000 Corpses, brings his intense, chilling presence to the role of Farmer Sam. Kane Hodder, famous for his portrayal of Jason Voorhees in four Friday the 13th films, adds his unique, menacing charm as the corrupt Sheriff Jubel. Their pairing makes Hayride to Hell a must-see for horror enthusiasts...

As another Friday the 13th came and went, Mike Flanagan shared some bittersweet camp memories.

The Life of Chuck director shared praise for Bryan Fuller‘s version of the Friday the 13th prequel series Crystal Lake, from Peacock and A24, after the project found a new showrunner in Brad Caleb Kane.

“On this Friday the 13th, can’t help but to reflect on the Crystal Lake series that almost was,” wrote Flanagan on X. “@BryanFuller was onto something terrific. Will just wait with bated breath for his excellent Dust Bunny…”

Fuller, who also created Pushing Daisies an Hannibal, previously announced his departure in May after Peacock gave Crystal Lake a straight-to-series order in 2022 with Fuller as writer, executive producer and showrunner.

“For reasons beyond our control, A24 has elected to go a different way with the material,” he wrote at the time. “We hope the final product will be something...

On Friday nights, IndieWire After Dark takes a feature-length beat to honor fringe cinema in the streaming age.

This September, we’re celebrating Back to School Night with four midnight movies that aren’t just academically themed but also teach the lessons essential to understanding this school of cinema.

First, read the spoiler-free bait — a weird and wonderful pick from any time in film and why we think it’s worth memorializing. After you’ve watched the movie, come back for the bite — a breakdown of all the spoiler-y moments you’d want to unpack when exiting a theater.

The Bait: Happy New World Pictures Day!

“It Gets Bad On Friday The 13th,” reads the inscription in an ancient book with enough power to rule the world. “But It Gets Worse On Saturday The 14th!”

That’s all you really need to know before watching writer/director Howard R. Cohen...

Who the hell would ever think that it’s a good idea to have a wedding on Friday the 13th? If the McPoyles ever manage to spread their tainted blood to the rest of the world, we all will.

Today is Friday the 13th, or as Charlie Kelly would call it on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, a “monster day” that isn’t fit for a wedding in the woods, especially one attended by the entire infamous inbred clan of Philadelphia known as the McPoyles. One fall Friday the 13th in 2012, the Ponderosas, the McPoyles and the Paddy’s Pub crew all convened for a nuptial celebration that ended in catastrophe as Liam McPoyle not only lost his fiancé to Dennis’ complete lack of self-control, but he also lost his eye in the process. Ultimately, however, Liam had only himself to blame for holding what should have been such...

There are some minor Spoilers ahead if you don’t want anything about writer/director Kevin Smith’s new film The 4:30 Movie given away before you see it… but for those of you who would like to weigh whether not these are the sort of spoilers you feel you should avoid, I will say that this only concerns one exchange of dialogue and some of the special thanks seen in the end credits. Now, to get to the point: The 4:30 Movie is in theatres as of today, and since its release date also happens to be a Friday the 13th, I thought it was worth pointing out and celebrating the fact that Jason Voorhees, the iconic star of the Friday the 13th franchise, gets a shout-out in the movie!

Set in the summer of 1986, The 4:30 Movie is a coming-of-age comedy that follows three sixteen-year-old friends who spend...

It’s not often that we get time to speak with figures from the golden age of horror, so when we do, we can’t help but get carried away. Today, we have the distinct pleasure of presenting an exclusive interview with a beloved icon of the genre, Lauren-Marie Taylor. Best known for her unforgettable role as Vickie in the cult classic Friday the 13th Part 2, Taylor has etched her name into the annals of horror history by being part of one of the most important slashers of the 80s.

More recently, she has made a return to horror in the critically acclaimed film, In a Violent Nature, which hit UK screens just last week. Taylor’s return to the genre has rekindled the interest and excitement of classic horror fans from all over. We were lucky enough to get an extensive slot of time with Lauren-Marie – and too much...

On Halloween of 2022, it was announced that Hannibal creator Bryan Fuller would be developing a Friday the 13th series called Crystal Lake for A24 and the Peacock streaming service… but things have turned out to be more complicated than expected. First, the lengthy writers strike slowed down the progress of the show, then Fuller got the boot and was replaced. It remains to be seen when Crystal Lake will be going into production, but since Friday the 13th has come back around on the calendar, we thought this would be a good time for us to share Everything We Know About Crystal Lake!

First Showrunner

As mentioned, Bryan Fuller was steering this ship when it was first announced, and it nearly started filming with him (and his frequent collaborator Jim Danger Gray) at the helm. Production was set to begin on July 22nd, with filming to last for seven to eight months.

It’s Friday the 13th, that special time of the year when flights are cheaper (thanks to our collective stupidity) and everybody celebrates the murderous exploits of Jason Voorhees. The iconic slasher first showed up, albeit very briefly, in 1980’s Friday the 13th, before later taking Manhattan, and eventually journeying to outer space, where he went on a Holodeck killing spree.

In addition to the roughly 5,000 Friday the 13th movies, Jason has also occasionally popped up here in the real world — not to disembowel horny camp counselors, but to sell stuff, like the time he visited his local RadioShack.

But no doubt the most famous of Jason’s promotional appearances was the time he guested on The Arsenio Hall Show. Yes, back on July 28, 1989, the late-night host welcomed Bo Derek, Ursula Andress and an axe-wielding undead monster.

Remaining in character for the entire interview, Jason didn’t say a word.

It’s Friday the 13th, and we have decided to celebrate by releasing a new episode of the What Happened to This Horror Movie? video series that digs into one of the more divisive entries in the Friday the 13th film franchise: the fifth entry, 1985’s Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (watch it Here), a movie that doesn’t have Jason Voorhees or his mother doing the killing. This time around, the slashing was done by a copycat – and you can hear all about it in the video embedded above.

Directed by Danny Steinmann, who also crafted the screenplay with Martin Kitrosser and David Cohen, Friday the 13th: A New Beginning has the following synopsis: Years after Tommy Jarvis murdered hockey-masked serial killer Jason Voorhees, he resides in a mental hospital and struggles with the trauma of the experience. When Tommy moves to an isolated halfway house, he has nightmares about Jason’s return,...

It’s a Friday the 13th treat. Shudder announced today a supersized “Season of Screams” programming event kicking off today, Friday the 13th, and featuring an epic lineup of new film releases, series, specials and live watch parties on Shudder TV.

The three-month celebration of the best in horror will also bring back an all-new Ghoul Log, Shudder’s popular Halloween Hotline for those in need of horror movie recommendations from Shudder’s Head of Programming Samuel Zimmerman, and spotlight popular horror franchise films from Friday the 13th to Children of the Corn, a press release tells us. Shudder will also feature a special limited-time offer for horror connoisseurs craving scares all year long, with an annual plan available at a 31% discount for the 31 Days of October.

Shudder’s Season of Screams features highly anticipated films such as the acclaimed In A Violent Nature, a new installment in the popular...

Horror fans are spoiled with a Friday the 13th in the middle of spooky season this year. Spirit Halloween has us covered with costumes, apparel, and collectibles to celebrate Jason Voorhees’ big day. Here are 10 highlights:

Welcome to Camp Crystal Lake Sign – $29.99

This replica of Friday the 13th’s Camp Crystal Lake sign may look welcoming, but locals say the place has got a death curse. Do you dare test your luck at Camp Blood? The fiberboard piece measures 20″ high and 20″ wide.

Jason Voorhees Senior Superlatives T Shirt – $21.99

Regardless of where Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood lands on your franchise ranking, Kane Hodder’s first time donning the hockey mask features one of Jason’s best looks. The ghoulish makeup, designed by director John Carl Buechler, handily earns the “Most likely to kill it” superlative on a white tee.

Jason Voorhees Mini Backpack – $59.99

Be the coolest kid at school,...

While remakes are a longstanding tradition in the horror genre, 2003’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre ushered in a decade-dominating trend of reinventing classic genre properties for the new millennium. Hoping to replicate the success of Texas Chainsaw, production company Platinum Dunes re-teamed with director Marcus Nispel for a contemporary take on Friday the 13th in 2009.

Like many of the best remakes, Friday the 13th doesn’t recycle the same plot and characters from the 1980 film. The script, penned by Freddy vs. Jason scribes Damian Shannon and Mark Swift, strikes a careful balance between fresh and familiar by blending novel concepts with interpolated elements from the first four Friday the 13th films — from Mrs. Voorhees to sackhead Jason to the iconic hockey mask.

Following an extended prologue — which streamlines the summer camp slasher formula into 20 breakneck minutes before the title card drops — ruggedly handsome Clay Miller is introduced. While searching the...

It’s Friday the 13th and you know what means: a bunch of new horror movies have been unleashed today to make us forget that it’s been 15 Years since we last saw Jason Voorhees.

Here’s all the new horror that released Friday, September 13, 2024!

For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.

First up, In a Violent Nature is the next best thing to a new Friday the 13th movie, a unique slasher told from the perspective of the Jason-like killer. It’s now streaming on Shudder.

In the film, “When a locket is removed from a collapsed fire tower in the woods that entombs the rotting corpse of Johnny, a vengeful spirit spurred on by a horrific 60-year old crime, his body is resurrected and becomes hellbent on retrieving it. The undead golem hones in on the group of vacationing teens responsible for the...

Presented by Paramount Scares, Friday the 13th Week sees Bloody Disgusting heading to Camp Crystal Lake for a series of features that celebrate the Voorhees family and their influence. Yesterday, Jenn Adams celebrated the franchise’s final girls, and today, Rachel Reeves, sings praises for the music man behind the mayhem.

Harry Manfredini’s score for Friday the 13th is iconic. More than just beautifully evocative and eerily unsettling, the music is one of the key elements that elevates the film from a copycat cash grab to a worthy slasher successor. Manfredini’s score is as integral to the Friday the 13th franchise as Jason himself, offering a seamless blend of his original ideas and potent reference points. To celebrate this Friday, the 13th, let’s examine what makes Manfredini’s score such a powerful asset to the film and a pivotal score that helped redefine the slasher sound.

When...

Presented by Paramount Scares, Friday the 13th Week sees Bloody Disgusting heading to Camp Crystal Lake for a series of features that celebrate the Voorhees family and their influence. Yesterday, Luiz H.C. took inventory of all the horror movie fans in horror similar to franchise hero Tommy Jarvis. Today, Jenn Adams celebrates the franchise’s final girls.

As long as there have been slashers, there’ve been final girls; the lone–traditionally female–survivor at the end of the film. Fans of the lovably formulaic sub-genre have strong opinions about which character originated the trope. From Lila and Jess to Sally and Laurie, we each have our favorites and will defend them tooth and nail.

Most slasher franchises become known for specific final girls who appear alongside iconic villains in multiple films, but Friday the 13th is the rare exception that proves the rule. Known for killing off heroines early in subsequent films,...

Presented by Paramount Scares, Friday the 13th Week sees Bloody Disgusting heading to Camp Crystal Lake for a series of features that celebrate the Voorhees family and their influence. Yesterday, Rachel Reeves highlighted other camp-adjacent scares. Today, Luiz H.C. takes inventory of all the horror movie fans in horror similar to franchise hero Tommy Jarvis.

Writers may come up with nightmares and directors bring them to life, but everyone knows that it’s the horror fans that really keep the genre going. That’s why it’s always refreshing to see scary movies show some appreciation towards the community, like that time Jason Voorhees was (rather brutally) defeated by a young monster movie enthusiast played by Corey Feldman, aka Tommy Jarvis.

In light of the 40th anniversary for both Jarvis and Friday The 13th: The Final Chapter, we’ve come up with a list celebrating six other badass horror fans in horror movies.

Another Friday the 13th is upon us, which means it’s time to watch and celebrate the Friday the 13th franchise. Here on Arrow in the Head, we’ve previously talked about the best kills in the Friday the 13th films, and there are some all-time greats in this series. With weapons as varied as bladed implements, liquid nitrogen, and his own bare hands, the legendary Jason Voorhees has made blood spray, eyes pop, and bones shatter, tossed around that dream stalker from Elm Street, and even punched someone’s head clean off their body… But with this article, we wanted to do something different. Going in the opposite direction from the kill celebration, we’ve now compiled a list of what we consider to be the Worst Kills in the Franchise. Check out our picks, then let us know which kills you consider to be the worst by leaving a comment below!

Barring the occasional doorstep TMZ video or red carpet event appearance, the public hasn’t seen much of 34-year-old actor Jonathan Majors lately. The Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania star was sentenced in April to a 52-week domestic violence intervention program after being convicted of reckless assault in the third degree and harassment in December after an altercation with his then-girlfriend. The performer was ordered to continue mental health counseling and therapy and provide the court with updates on treatment.

Majors’ Sundance 2023 film Magazine Dreams, initially considered an awards contender, was dropped by Searchlight Pictures, as was his supervillain character Kang the Conqueror from the continuing Marvel Cinematic Universe. (Robert Downey Jr. was rehired by Disney’s comic book movie behemoth to step in as Dr. Victor von Doom for “significantly more than $80 million” over two films.)

But don’t count Majors out yet. On Sunday, Sept. 15, two days after his first treatment compliance date,...

Looks like Michael Bay isn’t just a success on the big screen. The first docuseries from the “Transformers” and “Bad Boys” director is a hit for ID with “Born Evil: The Serial Killer and the Savior” drawing 6.4 million viewers in its first week, TheWrap has exclusively learned.

Those viewers spanned ID, Max and discovery+. The five-part series premiered last Monday on Sept. 2.

“Born Evil” follows the complicated and dysfunctional family of Hadden Clark, a serial killer most people have never heard of. It also details the alleged confessions Clark made to his cellmate, whom he believed was “Jesus.” Those very confessions sent investigators on a search to solve a series of cold cases that were linked to him.

Ultimately, Clark was only convicted on two murders, those of 6-year-old Michele Lee Dorr in 1986 and 23-year-old Laura Houghteling in 1992. Both were killed by a knife and buried. Due to those cases,...

Presented by Paramount Scares, Friday the 13th Week sees Bloody Disgusting heading to Camp Crystal Lake for a series of features that celebrate the Voorhees family and their influence. On Monday, the Halloweenies listed their 13 favorite kills in the franchise, and today, Rachel Reeves looks at other camp-adjacent scares.

When Friday the 13th was released in May 1980, its remarkable financial success poured gasoline on the flickering slasher-genre flames. Already burning solid thanks to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Halloween, these films became touch points for many filmmakers looking to break into the industry or simply stack a few coins. Everything from masks and machetes to final girls and fake-outs quickly became solidified as standard genre tropes. However, it was Friday the 13th that reframed summer camps as prime locations for slasher mayhem and popularized it with others looking to replicate the results.

For those lucky enough to have attended...

2024 marks the 40th anniversary of one of my favorite entries in my favorite franchise: the Friday the 13th sequel Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter – and to mark the occasion, Paramount Scares and Fangoria have teamed up to bring the movie back to theatres as part of the Scream Greats series! Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter will be showing in theatres today (that’s September 10th), with more showings to follow on Sunday, September 15th… and yes, of course, some theatres will be showing the movie this Friday as well, since it happens to be a Friday the 13th. Check ParamountScares.com to find out if Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter will be showing at a theatre near you!

Directed by Joseph Zito from a screenplay by Barney Cohen (with Bruce Hidemi Sakow receiving story credit), Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter has the following synopsis: The...

Many horror fans probably know that one of the working titles for Wes Craven's 1996 slasher revival "Scream" was "Scary Movie." "Scream," if you'll recall, was a metanarrative horror film, a slasher populated by teenage characters who were movie-savvy enough to recognize they were, themselves, in a slasher situation. The killer had seen "Halloween" and "Friday the 13th," and arranged his murders accordingly. As a character says late in the film, "Movies don't create killers. Movies make killers creative."

"Scream" almost immediately entrenched itself in the pop consciousness, tapping into 1990s self-awareness and reviving the moribund slasher genre for the irony generation. It also wasn't long before the culture became self-aware of its own self-awareness, and thought to dissect the very act of dissection. The ironic mockery of irony was the dominant ethos of the late 1990s. Listen to Harvey Danger's "Flagpole Sitta" sometime for another example of the attitude at play.

Presented by Paramount Scares, Friday the 13th Week sees Bloody Disgusting heading to Camp Crystal Lake for a series of features that celebrate the Voorhees family and their influence. On Monday, the Halloweenies listed their 13 favorite kills in the franchise, and today, Rachel Reeves looks at other camp-adjacent scares.

This Friday is the 13th, and you know what that means. So does the Halloweenies, which is why the gang has re-assembled at Camp Crystal Lake to take another look at the Friday the 13th franchise. If you recall, the series covered the iconic series way, way back in 2020. Today, however, they’re sharpening their machetes by looking at the best kills. All 13 of them.

Join the Halloweenies below around the campfire as they sort through the guts, the gore, and the grime left behind by the Voorhees family. Along the way, they’ll also debate a Fast and Furious crossover (Vin vs.

Z Dead End is a new horror film from director, Robert Resto and stars Kane Hodder (Friday the 13th franchise), Felissa Rose (Sleepaway Camp), Robert Lasardo (The Mule), Dave Sheridan (The Devil’s Rejects), and John Fiore (The Sopranos).

Other talent includes Angie Stevenson (Sons of Anarchy), Eva Hamilton (The Black Mass), and Yury Tsykun (Burn After Reading).

Produced by Steven Rears and FX by Rob Cobasky and Brian Spears.

One Deputy Sheriff with the help from some odd characters must fight for their lives as a small town in Colorado is invaded by bodies falling from the sky,” reads the film’s official synopsis. “No one knows why the zombies have arrived. Where they came from or even why they’re here? The real question now is who will survive the ‘rain of the dead’?

The film is made by the New York-based production company, RestroFilms, which specializes in creating horror movies.

Baby-thwapers. Bukkake. Bratislava. Those aren't the three B's that The Office made famous; those are the three B's of Sander Maran's Estonian musical horror comedy Chainsaws Were Singing. The movie plays like a Mad Libs slasher satire of slasher by way of parody musicals, caught somewhere between Trey Parker and Matt Stone's Cannibal: The Musical and Troma's Poultrygeist (or any of the studio's earlier super-gory song-and-dance flicks). It's unapologetically low-budget, confidently goopy, and a ceremoniously silly take on "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre meets Dead & Breakfast." I'd say it can potentially be the next Hundreds of Beavers — an absurd smash-hit indie from out of nowhere — but some pacing issues prevent the film from achieving bulletproof greatness.

Everything starts like your standard Nicholas Sparks romance: just-broken-up-with Tom (Karl Ilves) falls in love at first sight with Maria (Laura Niils) before he throws himself off a bridge. The two...

Academy Award winner Troy Kotsur (Coda) will lead the cast of the upcoming horror movie Primate, Deadline reports, with Johannes Roberts directing for Paramount Pictures.

Roberts co-wrote the screenplay with Ernest Riera, the website’s report notes.

Plot details for Primate, at this time, are unfortunately under wraps.

Walter Hamada is producing Primate, part of a new horror pact with Paramount.

Hamada, who recently left WB/DC, has a ton of horror cred from his time at New Line, producing countless horror movies including the Friday the 13th and A Nightmare on Elm Street remakes as well as The Conjuring and its various spinoffs and the 2017 adaptation of It.

Via his production company 18hz Productions, Walter Hamada is slated to produce several mid-budget horror films for Paramount Pictures per year, for both theaters and streaming.

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Exclusive: Sam Raimi, architect of the Evil Dead franchise, has closed a deal to direct and produce Send Help, a new horror thriller for 20th Century Studios.

Not yet officially greenlighted by the studio, according to our sources, the film is described as a two-hander horror thriller set on an island. The story is said to fall somewhere between Rob Reiner’s Stephen King adaptation Misery and Robert Zemeckis’ classic Castaway.

Pic is based on an original script by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift (Baywatch). Raimi will produce alongside Zainab Azizi under Raimi Productions, and we’re told the film is expected to get a theatrical release.

One of the most influential genre filmmakers still working, Raimi is responsible for the Evil Dead franchise, whose most recent installment, Evil Dead Rise, grossed over $147 million worldwide last spring. As we were first to report, two new, untitled installments from directors Francis Galluppi...

“New York has a new problem,” declared the tagline for Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan, complete with a picture of Jason’s hockey mask behind the city’s iconic skyline. To some modern readers, that tagline might seem silly. Sure, New York has its problems, but the arrival of a near-invincible, teleporting killer is orders of magnitude worse than anything currently happening in the Big Apple. Why would producers lump Jason Voorhees in with those other issues?

But when the movie released back in 1989, New York City existed in the popular imagination as a cesspool of violence, corruption, and danger. It was a nigh apocalyptic hellscape and promised to be a true challenge for the world’s most proficient killer of horny teens.

Sadly, it turns out that New York didn’t need to worry about Jason at all. Outside of a killer crane shot in Times Square,...

In 2022, Max resurrected the long running teen favorite “Pretty Little Liars” from the brains behind “Riverdale” and “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina,” Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Lindsay Calhoon Bring as “Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin.” Based on the books by Sara Shepard, the original followed four teenage girls in Rosewood, Pennsylvania who begin getting threatening messages years after their friend Alison disappears signed only with the initial “A.” Running for seven seasons beginning in 2010, “Pretty Little Liars” became a pop culture hit.

“Original Sin” is the the fourth series in the franchise and still set in that world, but this time around follows five friends in Millwood, Pennsylvania who are being stalked by “A” because of their mother’s involvement in the death of a classmate, Angela Waters, in 1999. While this serves as the main storyline, the friends also deal with serious issues like rape and suicide, as well as typical high school drama.

In 2007, a shy three years removed from 2004’s Alien vs. Predator, the two titans returned to pick up where they left off with Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem. That so happened to be Gunnison, Colorado, where the destruction of a power plant means it’s nigh impossible to see anything going on. That’s not good for anyone — especially audiences.

Join the Halloweenies as they struggle to make sense of anything going down in the darkness. Together, they discuss Brothers Strause‘s dueling Dodge Vipers, how the darkness hides dodgy effects, Brian Tyler‘s surprisingly great score, and what constitutes a good price for pizza and how much you need for a small gathering.

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Writer-director Chris Nash’s feature directorial debut, In a Violent Nature, opens in eerie serenity, with a gorgeously layered image of a forest seen through a deteriorated window frame. Birdsong and gentle breezes take aural precedence, though there are off-screen human voices of an evidently teen-to-twentysomething variety that clash discordantly with all the verdant beauty. The camera eventually tracks laterally, rack-focusing to reveal a locket hanging around a pipe. A hand enters frame, removing the bauble from its perch. Big mistake, as evidenced by the psychotic demon that soon emerges from the peaty earth below.

This is Johnny (Ry Barrett), a hulking, skin-mottled figure so obviously inspired by Friday the 13th’s Jason Voorhees that the hockey-masked undead spree killer could sue for residuals. But Nash and his crew aren’t out to brazenly imitate their forbear so much as affectionately and provocatively rework him and his murderous exploits. The...

The darkness enveloped me, and despite the summer heat outside, the air in the building was cool. I sat in silence, intently focused, anticipating what happened next, but not quite prepared. I tensed up upon seeing the spectral woman directly ahead of me. She silently floated, translucent and seemingly unaware — until at last facing me and lunging with a guttural growl as her face distorted into some horrific entity.

This memory is entirely true; it is a ghost story, but not one that took place in a haunted house. Rather, the setting was a haunted library, projected on screen in a movie theater during one of my many viewings of Ghostbusters.

Released 40 years ago on June 8, 1984 — the same day as Gremlins and three weeks after Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom — Ghostbusters became a pop-culture phenomenon and box office juggernaut. Written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis — inspired by...

Earlier this week, we learned that iconic slasher Jason Voorhees from the Friday the 13th franchise will be a playable character in Warner Bros. and Player First Games’ upcoming video game MultiVersus, a free-to-play platform fighter game that will be making its way out into the world on May 28th as “a free download for PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 consoles, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One consoles, and PC (Steam and Epic Games Store), with full cross-play and cross-progression support.” Now Jason has gotten his own gameplay trailer, which can be seen in the embed above.

As a press release notes, this trailer show us that “Jason towers over the competition as a Tank class character with a scary moveset that incorporates his axe and machete weapons, teleporting ability to show up right behind opponents and stuff them into a sleeping bag, fatally folding a bed in half to launch enemies off the map,...

Art the Clown is making his return to theaters nationwide with Terrifier 3 on October 11, 2024, and Bloody Disgusting can confirm that a horror legend has joined the slasher sequel.

Makeup effects master Tom Savini will be making an appearance in director Damien Leone’s Terrifier 3, which Cineverse and Bloody Disgusting are bringing to the big screen!

Tom Savini’s work has long been a huge source of inspiration for Leone, whose Terrifier movies are of course loaded with the kind of practical effects-driven brutality that Savini helped pioneer. From the very first arrival of Jason Voorhees on screen in the original Friday the 13th to the splatter effects in horror classics including Dawn of the Dead and Day of the Dead, Savini is one of the all-time great masters in the world of special makeup effects, elevating the art of horror movie gore and paving the way for all...

It was announced this week that Jason Voorhees will return to the world of video games in WB Games’ MultiVersus, which unites pop culture icons from the Warner Bros. brand.

WB Games and Player First Games will release MultiVersus on May 28, and a brand new reveal trailer this morning fully shows off what Jason is capable of in the game.

For starters, the “Weirdo in a Mask” trailer reveals an alternate costume based on Jason X(!), while also showing off Jason’s slashing skills against Bugs Bunny, Gizmo, and more.

Jason will join the roster as a playable character when the free-to-play platform fighter video game launches. He’s a “Tank class character with a scary moveset that incorporates his axe and machete weapons, teleporting ability to show up right behind opponents and stuff them into a sleeping bag, fatally folding a bed in half to launch enemies off the map,...

The copyright lawsuit between original Friday the 13th director / producer Sean S. Cunningham and screenwriter Victor Miller, a case that dragged on for years, finally ended with Miller being awarded the copyright to the first movie within the United States. Fans were hoping that meant the path was clear for a new Friday the 13th film to go into production soon – but that’s not happening. During an appearance at the Texas Frightmare Weekend convention, Cunningham told fans we shouldn’t expect to see a new Friday the 13th movie for at least three more years.

Back in the glory days, a.k.a. the ’80s, we were getting new Friday the 13th movie from Paramount on a yearly basis, with 1983 and 1987 being the only years without a new F13 arriving on the screen. But things changed when the ’90s arrived. We only got one new movie, from New Line Cinema,...

Between its striking title, lurid artwork, and the timing of its release — 1981 bore the likes of Halloween II, Friday the 13th Part 2, My Bloody Valentine, The Burning, The Funhouse, The Prowler, and Happy Birthday to Me — one might mistake Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker (also known as Night Warning) for a run-of-the-mill slasher flick. While it vaguely fits in the slice-and-dice mold, the film is anything but generic.

The prologue — which may have inspired Final Destination 2‘s unforgettable opening sequence — was directed by Michael Miller with cinematography by Jan de Bont, but Miller was let go by the production after falling behind schedule. He was replaced by TV veteran William Asher, who shot the remainder of the film with Robbie Greenberg as director of photography.

14 years after his parents were killed in an over-the-top car crash, Billy Lynch witnesses his infantilizing aunt-turned-guardian, Cheryl Roberts, kill a repair man in cold blood.

Back on Halloween of 2022, it was announced that original Friday the 13th screenwriter Victor Miller – fresh off winning the U.S. copyright to the 1980 film after a lawsuit that stretched on for years – was teaming up with his lawyer Marc Toberoff, franchise rights holder Rob Barsamian of Horror Inc., production company A24, the Peacock streaming service, and showrunner Bryan Fuller (whose credits include Hannibal and Pushing Daisies) to develop a new Friday the 13th streaming series called Crystal Lake. The project seemed to be on track to start filming this summer… but then, earlier this month, we learned that Fuller was booted from the project because A24 wanted to go in a “different direction.” While we wait to see what’s going to happen with Crystal Lake, Horror Inc. announced they’re launching the Jason Universe, which will consist of “new Friday the 13th activations that will span a wide range of platforms from entertainment,...

Goodbye Ellen Ripley, hello … Yautja? The Halloweenies head to Antarctica for the battle of the century (or at least for 2004): It’s the xenomorphs against the yautjas! Ahem, Alien vs. Predator. Together, the gang discusses Paul W.S. Anderson’s blockbuster and how the two Fox franchises collided… for better or for worse.

Topics include: teen predators, ancient aliens, Weyland pre-Yutani, the return of Adi, the Alien vs. Predator comic book origins, PG-13 vs R rating debate, not committing to the gimmick, the complete lack of memorable characters, how it kind of fucks up the timeline and logic for the Alien franchise, and its surprising love story?

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