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The best horror news in movies and TV, especially with a focus on streaming platforms like Amazon, Netflix, Hulu, Shudder, HBO Max, and Paramount Plus. We also cover theatrical releases.
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SNL Gives Trump’s Most Devoted Aide the ‘Obsession’ Treatment
“Saturday Night Live” opened its Season 52 premiere by turning one of President Donald Trump’s most devoted aides into a comic obsession, with the cold open casting Natalie Harp as a fiercely protective fixture at his side. Ashley Padilla played Harp — modeled on Nikki, the possessive character from “Obsession” — while James Austin Johnson…
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Begotten Built Its Cult Status on VHS and DVD. Now It’s Getting a 4K Theatrical Release
Begotten was brought into this world in the 1980s by writer and director E. Elias Merhige. The degraded black and white imagery makes the film feel like something that came from a time long ago, and the scenes depicted make it feel like a nightmare. The story of Begotten is one of death and rebirth.…
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‘Evil Dead Burn’ Hits HBO Max on Oct. 2, Just in Time to Kick Off Halloween Season
After opening in theaters on July 10, “Evil Dead Burn” will arrive on HBO Max on October 2, giving viewers the rest of the month to stream the horror sequel before Halloween. Directed by Sébastien Vaniček, the movie follows a grieving woman who seeks support from her late husband’s family. A gathering at an isolated…
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Hidden Valley Made Its Ranch Black for Halloween, and the Bottle Glows in the Dark
Somehow, Hidden Valley made its ranch black without artificial flavors, then put it in a bottle that glows in the dark…. America! We can do amazing things! Spooky Ranch is a Halloween version of Original Ranch: black dressing sold in a glow-in-the-dark 12-oz bottle. The flavor hasn’t changed. Hidden Valley says fruit juice and cocoa…
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Jack Haven Just Played Little Death in ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’. They Need a Role Paying $4,000 by the End of the Month to Keep Their SAG Health Insurance
Actor Jack Haven has taken to social media with an unusual pitch: they need to book $4,000 in SAG work before the end of the month, and they’re asking anyone who can hire them to get in touch. The appeal points at a common SAG-AFTRA reality: recognizable credits don’t guarantee the covered-earnings floor needed to…
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George Lucas Says He Had 3 More Star Wars Movies Planned, but Chose to Build His $1.5 Billion Museum Instead
George Lucas walked away from directing even though he still had plans to make three more “Star Wars” movies — a decision he says came down to time. Now 82, the filmmaker told Norah O’Donnell on “CBS Sunday Morning” that he believed he was running out of time and chose instead to build the Lucas…
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Seth Rogen and Mark Hamill Are Voicing a ‘Darkwing Duck’ Reboot Disney+
Darkwing Duck is coming back — and he’s bringing some big-name voices with him. Mark Hamill will voice Drake Mallard, better known as the caped crime-fighter Darkwing Duck, while Seth Rogen steps in as his bumbling sidekick Launchpad McQuack in a newly ordered animated reboot for Disney+. The revival puts a new spin on the…
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They Follow Confirmed Filming Complete With Maika Monroe, Jackie Earle Haley, and Naomi Ackie
Curious Gremlin, one of the producers of They Follow, made the wrap announcement via social media. Maika Monroe returns for this sequel to It Follows, as does writer & director David Robert Mitchell. Jackie Earle Haley (A Nightmare on Elm Street 2010), Justine Lupe (Succession), Michael Gandolfini (Daredevil: Born Again), and Naomi Ackie (Blink Twice)…
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Hell House LLC Will Screen in Theaters for Its 10th Anniversary This Halloween Season
Terror Films Releasing and Iconic Events are teaming up to put Hell House LLC in theaters from October 29 through November 1, 2026. This will mark its first wide theatrical release ever! If you’ve never seen it, Hell House LLC is a pseudo-documentary that portrays the investigation into a tragedy that occurred at Hell House,…
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Three Years After “Scream” Cut Her Over Gaza Posts, Melissa Barrera Says the Support for Macklemore Proves “Things Have Changed.”
Melissa Barrera got emotional watching Finneas, Aaron Rowe and other opening acts walk away from Ed Sheeran’s tour in support of Macklemore — because when she was fired from the “Scream” franchise in 2023 over posts criticizing Israel’s actions in Gaza, no one did the same for her. “It was so beautiful to see Finneas…
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Duncan Sheik, ‘Barely Breathing’ Singer Who Wrote the Music and Lyrics for the ‘American Psycho’ Musical, Dies at 56
Duncan Sheik, the Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter who later reinvented himself as a Tony Award-winning Broadway composer, has died at 56. His mother, Suzanne Sheik, confirmed his death to The New York Times, saying he passed away Thursday from organ failure. Sheik had reportedly been hospitalized in critical condition earlier in the week, with an update posted…
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‘It’ and ‘The Wire’ Actor James Ransone Was Left Out of the Emmys in Memoriam, Months After the Oscars Left Him Out Too
The widow of actor James Ransone is speaking out after the Television Academy left her late husband out of the Emmys’ televised In Memoriam tribute. Jamie McPhee called the omission a genuine snub, noting that Ransone’s name appeared only in the longer tribute the Academy published online. “My husband James Ransone was not acknowledged in…
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Courteney Cox Is Lobbying to Direct ‘Scream 8,’ and She’d Be the First Woman to Run the Franchise’s Creative Crew
Courteney Cox has a pitch for whoever’s hiring on Scream 8: give her the director’s chair. “I think I should, honestly. Nobody knows more about that movie than I do,” Cox said at the Toronto International Film Festival on Saturday, when Deadline asked if she’d take on the eighth film. It’s a fair claim. She’s…
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Jack in the Box Is Dropping a ‘Treehouse of Horror’ Simpsons Meal with Six Glow-In-The-Dark Cups, and It Lands September 10
Jack in the Box is getting into the Halloween spirit with a new menu that pays tribute to The Simpsons’ long-running “Treehouse of Horror” specials. The limited-time Munchie Meal of Horror pulls Springfield’s spookiest imagery into a full lineup of collectible cups and horror-themed food. The centerpiece of the promotion is a set of collectible…
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Ted Cruz Went on ‘The View’ and Said Elon Musk Told Him AI Has a 20% Chance of Killing Us All
On Wednesday’s The View, Sen. Ted Cruz was asked what Congress would do about AI that researchers say could kill people this decade. The spark was a warning from former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon, who quit his job and said that the people building the technology “earnestly believe it could kill us all by the…
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A Researcher Who Spent 3 Years Training AI at Both OpenAI and Anthropic Just Quit, Warning the Tech “Could Kill Us All By The End Of The Decade.”
A researcher who spent three years training AI systems at two of the industry’s leading labs has resigned with a stark warning: the technology he helped build could pose an existential threat within a decade. Jacob Coxon announced his departure from Anthropic on Twitter/X, writing that “the people building AI earnestly believe that it could…
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A Veteran Film Reporter Spent 12 Hours Melting Down on Twitter Because a 25-Year-Old Actress’s Team Won’t Give Him the Time of Day
Jeff Sneider spent roughly 12 hours crashing out on Twitter this weekend because Inde Navarrette’s team had stopped answering his emails. Rather than let it go, the veteran film reporter turned the silence into an all-day public spectacle. The 42-year-old styles himself as “A proud Hollywood rule breaker who loves movies & publishes the industry’s…
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Stevie Nicks Sang “Crystal” in the Original ‘Practical Magic’ 27 Years Ago. Now She’s Back for the Sequel, Alongside Olivia Rodrigo
Nearly 30 years after “Crystal” played in the first film, Stevie Nicks is back on the soundtrack for the sequel — this time alongside Olivia Rodrigo. The two recently sang “Landslide” together in front of 45,000 people, and days later Sandra Bullock hinted that their voices would turn up in the movie. Nicks and Rodrigo…