Gayle Rankin in Stewart Thorndike’s BAD THINGS. Courtesy of Shudder. A Shudder Release.

The much-buzzed about horror movie Bad Things hits Shudder and AMC+ on Friday, August 18. The fact that it takes place in a haunted hotel piqued my interest, but these reviewer blurbs grabbed it even more: “Perfectly eerie and driven by feminine rage. Rankin is exceptional.” ~Coleman Spilde, The DailyContinue Reading

Photo of Christina Boyer nee Tina Resch with flying phone

The Demons & Saviors synopsis explained that the three-part docuseries would tell “the remarkable story of Christina Boyer –once infamously known as the ‘poltergeist girl,’ now a woman convicted of murdering her three-year-old daughter.” The trouble is, did she really murder her daughter, or was she wrongly convicted? That’s whatContinue Reading

he Boogeyman and Exorcist covers

It sounds like it could be the start of a joke, right? “Did you hear what The Boogeyman and The Exorcist have in common?” They do share a couple of things in common, but there’s no punchline. Rather, it has to do with the fact they’re both releasing on digitalContinue Reading

Disappeared on ID Title Card

Last year, ID rebooted its groundbreaking missing persons series, Disappeared, which they’re bringing back again. The new season starts on Sunday, August 20 at 10/9 c with a special two-hour premiere, Disappeared: The Bradley Sisters. New episodes about other heartbreaking, unsolved mysteries from across the country will follow weekly thereafter.Continue Reading

RoboDoc and Clue Movie doc Screambox posters

Screambox has rolled out some impressive documentaries lately. Earlier this summer, in June, it was the Robert Englund documentary. In August, they’ll offer two more: RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop and Who Done It: The Clue Documentary. But that’s not all. They also highlighted a few other movies joining theContinue Reading

Screenshot from Dear David trailer

“Engaging with trolls is like the worst possible use of your energy,” one of Adam Ellis’s Buzzfeed co-workers admonishes him in the Dear David trailer. Her warning is super sound advice because engaging with nasty keyboard warriors never leads anywhere productive or good. But it’s also what makes some ofContinue Reading

Collage of a five Crackle and Redbox August 2023 Featured Horror Movies

The scares are heating up on Crackle and Redbox in August, which is great. Fear leads to chills, making Crackle and Redbox’s free August horror movies a perfect escape. As far as Crackle goes, Oppenheimer’s Cillian Murphy stars in Retreat. Crackle also has several chapters from the Bunker of BloodContinue Reading

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Did you notice the invitation to text “I want to play a game” to 1-310-564-8144 in the SAW X trailer? You might have missed it. It flashed up briefly near the end, so you’d be forgiven if you sort of saw it but didn’t really. Or maybe you were distractedContinue Reading

Screenshot of Demons and Saviors key art from YouTube trailer

In 1992, former “poltergeist girl” Christina Boyer murdered her three-year-old daughter Amber. Or did she? That’s what the ABC News Studios three-part docuseries Demons and Saviors examines. It starts streaming exclusively on Hulu on Thursday, August 3. As a teenager, Boyers allegedly demonstrated telekinetic powers that drew the attention ofContinue Reading

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“Just give it five minutes,” I told myself as I braced to start watching When Evil Lurks (Cuando Acecha La Maldad), a new movie from Terrified writer and director Demián Rugna. You know how Indiana Jones says, “Snakes? Why did it have to be snakes?” That’s how I feel aboutContinue Reading

Release of Haunted Discoveries on T and E TV key art

After a year of waiting, we’ve finally got an update on the release status of Haunted Discoveries. That’s the good news. The bad news is, it won’t be available in the U.S. At first. But there is hope we’ll eventually be able to watch here too. Let’s unpack what HauntedContinue Reading

Poster for the new Exorcist movie, The Exorcist: Believer

“Is Linda Blair going to be in it too?” is the big question everyone’s asking after seeing the trailer for the new Exorcist movie, especially because Oscar® winner Ellen Burstyn is reprising her role as Chris MacNeil, a.k.a. Regan’s mom. (“Regan,” of course, was the unfortunate little girl who was possessedContinue Reading