Horror
Creators of Dark Share Trailer for New Series 1899: Watch
Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese, the creators of the smash hit German series Dark, are back with an English-language follow-up that promises to be just as mysterious and twisted. 1899 is coming to Netflix later this year, and the first teaser trailer is out now. 1899 — not to be confused with the Yellowstone prequel 1883 — stars Emily Beecham (Hail, Caesar!) as Maura Franklin. According to the official logline, “Multinational immigrants traveling from the old continent to the new encounter a nightmarish riddle aboard a second ship adrift on the open sea.” The teaser only hints at what this “nightmarish riddle” might entail, but it definitely seems to be small and pyramid shaped, judging by the trailer’s opening image and recurring triangular typograp...
David Cronenberg Plays the Fleshy Hits in the Evocative, Squicky Crimes of the Future: Review
The Pitch: In a near-future world where pollution and technological advancement have led human beings to develop “Accelerated Evolution Syndrome” (i.e. the spontaneous development of new organs and bodily configurations), bodily modifications are the norm and pain is virtually a thing of the past. Save, it seems, for Saul Tenser (Viggo Mortensen), a celebrity performance artist whose gimmick is tattooing, then surgically (and publicly) removing, the new organs his body generates in elaborate showcases with his creative partner/probably-lover Caprise (Léa Seydoux). He lives a life of constant pain, one which no number of bio-technological devices — floating orchid-like beds that attach fleshy tentacles to his limbs, living high chairs that rock him as he eats breakfast so he can keep h...
Child Actor in Jaws Named Police Chief of Town Where It Was Filmed
If you, like us, can’t watch old films without wondering what the child actors are doing now, we have some news for you: Jonathan Searle, who played one of the boys who staged a shark attack in Jaws, was just voted to become police chief of Oak Bluffs — the Martha’s Vineyard town where the Steven Spielberg classic was filmed. In case you need a refresher, the 1975 blockbuster stars Roy Scheider as Martin Brody, a police chief looking to hunt down a shark that’s been wreaking havoc on the quaint fictional island. Searle and his brother Steven play two kids who have the ill-advised idea to fake an encounter using a cardboard fin — or, as the film’s credits so scrupulously describe them, “Boy Swimmers with Cardboard Fin.” Per the Vineyard Gazette, Searle is a native of Martha’s...
“Surgery Is Sex” in New Trailer for David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future: Watch
The master of body horror David Cronenberg is back, and the new trailer for his upcoming film Crimes of the Future will have you holding on to your organs for dear life. Crimes of the Future is set in a stomach-turning hereafter where many humans have Accelerated Evolution Syndrome, causing the growth of new body organs. It stars Viggo Mortensen as Saul Tenser, an avant-garde performer who shows off his ever-changing organs with the help of his partner Caprice (Léa Seydoux). Meanwhile, Timlin (Kristen Stewart), an investigator from the National Organ Registry, tries to get an inside look at the problem. In the trailer, this leads to some extremely disquieting moments. “Surgery is sex, isn’t it?” Timlin whispers to Tensen. “Is it?” he responds. “Mmm,” she says,...
Tyler Bates and Chelsea Wolfe on Creating the Dark, Funky X Soundtrack
The horror film fandom has been on the edge of its seat for X, director Ti West’s first full-length feature since his 2016 Western In a Valley of Violence. The A24 film is more than a love letter to the greatest horror films of all time — it paves a creative, innovative, and shocking path all of its own. The same can be said of its score, which was created in a collaboration between legendary horror composer Tyler Bates and goth rock queen Chelsea Wolfe, alongside composer/producer Ben Chisholm. X’s accompanying lush score is perfect for the envelope-pushing, star-studded film. Set in 1979, X tells the story of a group of aspiring filmmakers and stars (including Mia Goth, Jenna Ortega, Brittany Snow, and Kid Cudi) who head deep into rural Texas to create the ultimate porn film. Things take...
John Carpenter Announces Firestarter Soundtrack, Shares “End Titles”: Stream
John Carpenter has revealed his soundtrack for the upcoming Stephen King adaptation Firestarter will release digitally on May 13th, the same day the movie arrives in theaters and streaming via Peacock. Along with the album announcement comes its first preview in the closer “Firestarter (End Titles).” Carpenter composed the score with his close collaborators, son Cody Carpenter and godson Daniel Davies. Though it stands as their first film accompaniment outside of Carpenter’s Halloween series — which has included the 2018 Halloween revival and 2021’s Halloween Kills — the trio has a long history of working together on projects like the ongoing Lost Themes albums. The musical motifs hinted at in the film’s first trailer suggested a more supernatural tone for the team that fits with the pyroc...
Viggo Mortensen Preps His Organs for Display in Trailer for David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future: Watch
David Cronenberg has returned with a new sci-fi horror movie, and it brings a whole new level of creepiness from The Fly director. Titled Crimes of the Future, it takes place in a time when many humans have Accelerated Evolution Syndrome, causing the growth of new body organs. Watch the teaser trailer below. Viggo Mortensen stars as Saul Tenser, an avant-garde performer who shows off the metamorphosis of his organs with the aid of his partner Caprice (Léa Seydoux). Kristen Stewart portrays Timlin, an investigator from the National Organ Registry who’s hot on their tail. In the teaser, Mortensen is shown inside a womb-like bed that detects the arrival of new organs as an ominous voice says, “It is time to stop seeing. It is time to stop speaking. It is time to listen.” Then, the clip pans o...
SXSW Review: X Is Ti West’s Raucous TeXXXas Chain Saw Massacre By Way of Shyamalan’s Old
This review is part of our coverage of the 2022 SXSW Film Festival. The Pitch: X has a lot on its mind, and the line between exploitation and empowerment is just one of many rich themes mined by Ti West in his first feature film since the 2016 John Travolta and Ethan Hawke-starring Western In A Valley of Violence. “So the camera changes things,” Lorraine (Jenna Ortega) says midway through the film, just before RJ, Lorraine’s boyfriend and the young starry-eyed director of the porno at the center of the film, storms out of the shoot, furious and uncomfortable with her sudden interest in appearing on-screen in their dirty picture. Lorraine, quiet as a church mouse, is the innocent boom mic operator, not like these other girls willing to debase themselves on-camera, or at least that’s how RJ ...
Fede Álvarez to Direct New Alien Film for Hulu
The Alien saga isn’t over just yet. Fede Álvarez, the Uruguayan director of horror films like Don’t Breathe and the 2013 Evil Dead remake, is set to write and direct an original standalone Alien feature for 20th Century Studios. Ridley Scott — who directed the iconic first Alien film in 1979 and two of its successors — will produce the new project. Sources told The Hollywood Reporter that Álvarez, a massive fan of the franchise, pitched the idea to Scott years ago. Álvarez’s installment will be made for Hulu as part of 20th Century’s goal to put out at least 10 movies a year for the streaming service. The Alien franchise is a series of horror/sci-fi films that focus on a merciless otherworldly species called Xenomorphs, who inflict terror on humans by placing ...
Jordan Peele Releases Trailer for New Horror Film Nope: Watch
Jordan Peele has revealed the trailer for his next film, Nope, which stars Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, and Steven Yeun. The trailer will air during Sunday’s Super Bowl, but is also available to stream below. Based on an original story written by Peele himself, Nope marks his third directorial effort after 2017’s Get Out and 2019’s Us. The cast is rounded out by Barbie Ferreira, Brandon Perea, and Michael Wincott. While the film’s plot has been largely kept under wraps, the trailer does reveal a few key details. Kaluuya and Palmer play ranchers who train horses for Hollywood, while Yeun’s character works at a rodeo. A strange atmospheric force begins spooking their animals — and themselves. The trailer concludes with Palmer’s character being flung up into the air. Advertisement Relate...
Influencers Try to Cancel Leatherface in Trailer for Netflix’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Watch
Threatening to “cancel” Leatherface hardly seems like a wise move, but that’s one influencer’s approach when facing off against the iconic serial killer in Netflix’s new trailer for Texas Chainsaw Massacre. “Try anything and you’re canceled, bro,” the influencer says to Leatherface, while recording the short-lived showdown on his phone. Undeterred, the mass murderer revs up his signature chainsaw and takes out each person on the party bus one by one. The 2022 Texas Chainsaw Massacre marks the direct sequel to the original 1974 horror classic and centers around the idea of young people revitalizing a ghost town in Texas. Naturally, bratty teens along for the ride aren’t happy about the idea in the first place, and their hesitance is proven to be right when a certain chainsaw-wielding m...
Texas Chain Saw Massacre Narrator John Larroquette to Return in Netflix’s Sequel
48 years after Leatherface first slashed his way to the big screen, the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise is coming to Netflix in 2022. Better yet, the streaming giant announced today that they’re bringing back John Larroquette to narrate the opening of their forthcoming sequel to the horror classic. Larroquette’s first film role was in 1974’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, in which he narrates a now-iconic foreboding message warning viewers about the “mad and macabre” events to come. The news brief was intended to heighten the audience’s fears by rooting the story in true crime (although Kim Henkel and Tobe Hooper’s screenplay was actually loosely based on the violent crimes of Wisconsin murderer and bodysnatcher Ed Gein). Speaking to Variety, Netflix’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre director Dav...
