In 2003, A Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th collided in Freddy vs. Jason, a horror mascot showdown that was possible due to New Line Cinema owning the rights to both characters at the time. Similarly, the 2004 Alien vs. Predator was able to happen thanks to 20th Century Fox owning those respective franchises. Things are bit more complicated these days, due to prohibitive behind-the-scenes rights deals between studios.

Luckily, the upcoming Hellbreak TCG makes highly anticipated showdowns possible in ways that couldn’t happen in other mediums. The game puts the power of these characters in a player’s hand, with the upcoming experience introducing Smile, Sleepy Hollow, and A Quiet Place into the fold. You can get a look at the all-new cards below before Hellbreak launches in January 2027.

“We’ve set out to create an unprecedented lineup of horror IP for Hellbreak to deliver a trading card game experience like no other,” Doug Wadleigh, Spin Master’s President, Toys, shared in a statement. “Adding Paramount Pictures’ deep catalogue of terrifying monsters will elevate the gameplay experience and we’re eager to see how players use these iconic characters when building their decks.”

Developed in collaboration with Ghost Galaxy, Hellbreak TCG features legendary monsters clashing in brutal head-to-head battles. The first card set will be released January 2027 at game and hobby shops, as well as on Amazon. Following the launch of the inaugural set, Hellbreak TCG will introduce new characters from a wide range of studios in future expansions, including previously announced AMC Global Media, Blumhouse, and Lionsgate as well as creative cornerstone partner, Universal Pictures.

Launching January 2027, the inaugural Hellbreak card set boasts a robust lineup of more than 200 cards and will prominently feature seven distinct properties, including monsters and settings from Universal Pictures, Paramount Pictures, and Horror Inc. Fans and collectors can anticipate dynamic cards showcasing the Death Angels from the sci-fi horror hit A Quiet Place, the Headless Horseman from the gothic classic Sleepy Hollow, and the entity from the psychological thriller Smile, bringing all the chills to the monster sandbox.

More information regarding the Hellbreak TCG can be found at www.hellbreakgame.com.

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As part of his new Sam: The Soul of Halloween initiative, a new multimedia project that gives Sam his own online home for the very first time, Dougherty has unleashed Season’s Greetings 2: Mischief Night with a Grindhouse-style trailer for a Season’s Greetings sequel!

Is this a real upcoming movie or merely a faux trailer? We’ll let you decide…

The Season’s Greetings 2: Mischief Night trailer was directed by Michael Dougherty and animated by Cyrus T. Hayley at Dragline Pictures. Click the play button below to give it a watch.

It’s been seventeen years since Michael Dougherty’s anthology film Trick ‘r Treat arrived on the scene and became an almost instant Halloween classic, but the origins of the beloved Halloween icon Sam actually date back even further. Sam was first introduced by Dougherty in his 1996 animated short Season’s Greetings, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year.

Just in time for spooky season, new original Sam content is being released across Sam’s new website and social channels, including animated shorts, illustrations, artist collaborations, merchandise and other bite-sized glimpses into Sam’s peculiar corner of Halloween.

Dougherty invited a growing roster of talented artists to interpret Sam through their own creative voices. As a result, Sam will wander through wildly different styles, mediums and imaginations.

“Trick ’r Treat obviously became a huge part of Sam’s story, and I remain incredibly proud of that film,” says Dougherty. “But Trick ‘r Treat wasn’t the first chapter in Sam’s story, and it won’t be the last. It really started with this weird little hand-drawn animated short I made as a film student. And for the 30th anniversary, it felt like the perfect time to go back to those roots — handmade, independent and artist-driven — and see where Sam might wander next.”

The launch also marks the debut of the official Sam online shop, featuring exclusive limited-edition merchandise created specifically around Dougherty’s original animated incarnation of Sam.

Follow Sam: The Soul of Halloween on Instagram and Twitter now!

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It’s not just Buddy who receives a stencil, but his mascot friends, too.

Buddy arrived on Digital on October 13, with Blu-ray and DVD to follow on December 8.

The horror movie centers on the titular unicorn mascot — a beloved children’s TV host with a squeaky-clean persona that belies his true nature as a dark and violent force of nature.

Here’s the official synopsis: “Inside the colorful world of It’s Buddy!, a group of children spend their days singing, dancing, and helping Buddy spread happiness. But when one child refuses to play along, Buddy is not pleased and cracks begin to appear in this seemingly perfect world.”

Cristin Milioti stars as Grace, a suburban mother inadvertently drawn into Buddy’s nightmare world, with Delaney Quinn as Freddy, a brave girl who begins to fight back against Buddy when he shows his true self. Keegan-Michael Key voices Buddy. The horror movie’s cast also includes Topher Grace, Michael Shannon, and Patton Oswalt.

Director Casper Kelly co-wrote the movie with Jamie King (“Jessica Jones”).

I wrote in my Sundance review, “Casper Kelly drops viewers straight into the world of a kids’ show with a high-concept horror comedy that dials up the absurdities of kids’ television programming to a lethal degree. Those on board with an experimental structure and Kelly’s darkly playful sense of humor will find this raucous midnighter highly entertaining.”

Buddy is rated R for “bloody violence, some drug content and language – all involving children.”

Carve up your own Buddy this Halloween.

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— BuddytheUnicorn (@Buddy_The_Uni) October 27, 2026

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From Thursday, October 29 through Saturday, October 31, guests of the Los Angeles Haunted Hayride will get the ride of their life as they travel from the parking lot to the world-famous Halloween event in Griffith Park.

Filled with surprises and special effects, riders will have the opportunity to capture the moment through photo and video experiences, leaving with shareable memories, reaction clips, and giveaway items. The haunted hearse experience runs 6pm – 11pm PT from Thursday through Saturday.

The Terror on Tubi Hub brings more than 13,000 hours of horror together in one place, and will also be home to Tubi Originals releasing this fall. 

Titles available on the Terror on Tubi Hub this fall include:

Tubi Original Feature Films:

• Buzzkill: When a group of sorority sisters finds themselves trapped with a vengeful killer, party-girl Nora (Siena Agudong) knows that the drunker she gets, the more her tipsy memories start revealing clues about who’s murdering her friends. But she’d better hurry, or her next vodka soda might be her last. The film stars Siena Agudong (Carrie), Brec Bassinger (Final Destination Bloodlines), and Aliyah’s Interlude (English Teacher), and is written by Suzanne Keilly (SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE) and directed by Jem Garrard (R.L. STINE’S PUMPKINHEAD).
• R.L. Stine’s Pumpkinhead 2: Based on the story by R.L. Stine, this continuation of the wildly popular movie begins when a new Pumpkinhead curse awakens in Redhaven, and Sam and Becka must stop it before it claims the entire town. Jem Garrard will be returning to write and direct the sequel.

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Here’s what’s coming to Shudder in November and December for “Season of Screams” 2026.

BRAND NEW FILMS AND SERIES – NOVEMBER 2026

November 6

New Group (Shudder Original Film)

High school student Ai sees her world collapse when a strange cult-like mentality gradually turns people around her into mindless followers who can transform simple gymnastics routines into a nightmarish dance of death. Written and directed by Yûta Shimotsu (Best Wishes to All), and starring Anna Yamada, Yuzu Aoki and Pierre Taki.

November 13

Tinsman Road (Shudder Exclusive Film)

In the backwoods of New Jersey, a young man navigates the serpentine mystery surrounding his long-missing sister and their family home.

November 20

Ice Cream Man (Shudder Exclusive Film)

A mysterious ice cream man rolls into an idyllic town serving kids sweets treats that trigger a strange and deadly madness. Soon, the kids embark on an increasingly unhinged kill spree, sending the town spiraling into chaos and revealing something far darker beneath the surface.

November 27

The Holy Boy (Shudder Original Film)

Menacing horror fable follows Sergio, a teacher tormented by his past who is transferred to Remis, a secluded village known as the happiest town in Italy. But Sergio soon discovers that behind the town’s joyful facade lies a disturbing secret: Each week, the villagers gather to hug Matteo, an introverted fifteen-year-old whose embrace can free one of all pain and sorrow. As Sergio uncovers that the village’s devotion to Matteo is far from benevolent, his attempt to rescue the boy known as the Angel of Remis ignites the community’s vengeful nature.

BRAND NEW FILMS AND SERIES – DECEMBER 2026

December 4

Unholy Night (Shudder Original Film)

Gino’s traditional family Christmas Eve turns into a bloody battle for survival when his long-dead grandma drops by and goes on a murderous rampage. Amid the chaos, Gino reunites with his ex and the dysfunctional duo must avoid his dead Italian relatives popping up all around the neighborhood as they search for a way to get rid of these Yuletide revenants and survive his family Christmas.

Joe Bob Conquers Christmas (Shudder Original Special)

Deck the halls with bones and bodies for Joe Bob Conquers Christmas! Horror legends Joe Bob Briggs and Darcy the Mail Girl ring in the festive season with two Christmas classics that “ruined” the holiday upon release – all while raising money through their annual charity fundraiser.

*Special to air live on Shudder TV on Friday, 12/4, then stream on demand on Sunday, 12/6.

December 11

Red Snow (Shudder Original Film)

In Finland, 16-year-old emo teen Johanna dreams of a glittering Twilight vampire prince. What she gets instead is a Martti – a balding beer-bellied 49-year-old bloodsucker who slips into a Santa suit to gain entry to homes and devour entire families. When Johanna crosses with Martti on Christmas Eve, she thinks her dark fairy tale has come true. But instead of eternal romance, she finds herself trapped in a bloody and horrific nightmare of aging masculine toxicity, family trauma, and festive slaughter. By morning, the snow will turn red.

December 25

Split Rock (Shudder Original Film)

Supernatural ecological-horror story follows Lauren and Ben, partners in both work and life. As they investigate a strange anomaly discovered deep in the terrain. Alongside their colleague Sam and intern Trevor, the group must navigate an escalating series of horrors that starts once they uncover an ancient force of destruction buried in the ground.

Tuesdays Until Season Finale on December 29

The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula Season 7 (Shudder Original Series)

Hosted by modern-day horror icons and drag superstars Dracmorda and Swanthula Boulet, season seven of the hit reality competition series The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula will bring together extreme drag artists from around the world to compete in jaw-dropping challenges including costume design and creation, makeup and special effects, live performance and craftsmanship. A new cast of drag monsters enters The Boulet Brothers’ world of horror. From the nightmares of Oz to a Vampire Ball and a VHS tribute to TROMA, Season 7 brings twisted themes, terrifying challenges and guest judges.

SHUDDER LIBRARY ADDITIONS

November 1

Christmas Evil

A toy factory worker, mentally scarred as a child upon learning Santa Clause is not real, suffers a nervous breakdown after being belittled at work, and embarks on a Yuletide killing spree.

Better Watch Out

On a quiet suburban street, a babysitter must defend a 12-year-old boy from intruders, only to discover it’s far from a normal home invasion.

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

After playing a joke on a school bully, Stella and her friends decide to sneak into a haunted house that once belonged to the powerful Bellows family, unleashing dark forces that they will be unable to control.

You’re Next

When the Davison family comes under attack during their wedding anniversary getaway, the gang of mysterious killers soon learns that one of the victims harbors a secret talent for fighting back.

Theatre of Horrors

An experimental play becomes a study in horror when four eager actors discover their brilliant, avant-garde director is a homicidal madman.

Sweeney Todd (1928)

A man dreams he is the ‘demon barber’ who cuts sailors’ throats for jewels and uses the corpses for pies.

The Lighthouse Keepers (1929)

A son is bitten by a rabid dog before leaving with his father for a month in a remote lighthouse.

Spawn (1997)

An elite mercenary is killed but comes back from Hell as a reluctant soldier of the Devil.

The Innkeepers

During the final days at the Yankee Pedlar Inn, two employees determined to reveal the hotel’s haunted past begin to experience disturbing events as old guests check in for a stay. 

The House of the Devil

In 1983, financially struggling college student Samantha Hughes takes a strange babysitting job that coincides with a full lunar eclipse. She slowly realizes her clients harbor a terrifying secret, putting her life in mortal danger.

A Christmas Horror Story

Four interwoven stories that take place on a Christmas Eve told by a festive radio host: A family brings home more than a Christmas tree, a student documentary becomes a living nightmare, a Christmas spirit terrorizes, Santa slays evil.

The Green Inferno

A group of student activists travels to the Amazon to save the rain forest and soon discovers that they are not alone, and that no good deed goes unpunished.

Don’t Open Till Christmas

Somebody with very little Christmas spirit is killing anyone in a Santa suit one London holiday season, and Scotland Yard has to stop him before he makes his exploits an annual tradition.

November 9

Eerie Tales (1919)

A demon, reaper, and the ghost of a prostitute read gothic short stories and act them out.

The Living Dead

A crazed scientist murders his wife, walls her up, then flees. A reporter sets out to track him down.

The Wizard of Gore

A TV talk show hostess and her boyfriend investigate a shady magician who has the ability to hypnotize people and control their thoughts in order to stage gory on-stage illusions using his mind-bending powers.

November 10

The Company of Wolves

A teenage girl in a country manor falls asleep while reading a magazine and has a disturbing dream involving wolves prowling the woods below her bedroom window.

November 16

The Becomers

A body-snatching alien comes to Earth, reconnects with their partner, and tries to find their way in modern America.

The A-Frame

A quantum physicist develops a machine that creates a tunnel to a subatomic universe in his quest to prove the machine’s efficacy, he inadvertently discovers a radical treatment for cancer.

Bury Your Dead

In an apocalyptic rural landscape, roadkill collector Edgar Wilson plans an escape with his girlfriend Nete, but suffers violent dreams. After Nete joins a cult, Edgar embarks on a perilous journey through ravaged roads to do right by her.

Hush

A deaf, mute, European American writer in her 20’s who retreated to the woods to live in solitude must fight for her life in silence when a masked serial killer appears at her window.

November 26

Black Christmas (1974)

During their Christmas break, a group of sorority girls are stalked by a stranger.

Black Christmas (2006)

On Christmas Eve, an escaped maniac returns to his childhood home, which is now a sorority house, and begins to murder the sorority sisters one by one.

December 1

P2

A businesswoman is pursued by a psychopath after being locked in a parking garage on Christmas Eve.

A Christmas Tale (2005)

When five kids find a bank robber dressed as Santa trapped in a pit, they hold her hostage for loot. But when the starving killer escapes with an axe, their Christmas extortion game becomes a bloody fight for survival.

The Ghost (1963)

IN 1910 Scotland, a woman and her lover murder her doctor husband to get ahold of his fortune, but increasingly strange happenings lead her to believe his ghost is haunting them.

Santa Claus Conquers the Martians

The martians kidnap Santa Claus because there is nobody on Mars to give their children presents.

The Munsters

Directed and co-written by Rob Zombie, this reboot of The Munsters follows a family of monsters who moves from Transylvania to an American suburb.

Access: Horror 2026 Short Program

A selection from the festival programmed, produced and hosted by disabled filmmakers to celebrate the history, impact and future of disability in horror.

The Shining

A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter, where a sinister presence influences the father into violence. At the same time, his psychic son sees horrifying forebodings from both the past and the future.

Hannibal Rising

Trauma and tragedy during World War II warp young Hannibal Lecter’s mind.

Silent Night

Nell, Simon and their three sons ae ready to welcome friends and family for what promises to be a perfect Christmas gathering. Perfect except for one thing: everyone is going to die.

The Haunted Season

From renowned author and filmmaker Kier-La Janisse (Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror, House of Psychotic Women), the chilling short form horror tales follow the classic tradition of telling ghost stories for Christmas, with different directors helming an episode each. This year, episode three debuts:

• The Fated Hour: Austria, 1810. On the eve of her wedding, Florentine recounts to her bridegroom the strange and melancholy story of her sister Seraphine’s life and death — and the dark legacy she left behind.

We Are Still Here

In the cold, wintery fields of New England, a lonely old house wakes up every thirty years – and demands a sacrifice.

December 7

Past Life

Jason doesn’t believe in reincarnation until hypnosis reveals he may have been a killer in his past life. He partners with hypnotist, Bevan to explore secrets locked in his mind and try to solve a mystery from before he was born.

Psycho (1998)

In Gus Van Sant’s remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s classic, young female bank employee Marion Crane steals money from her boss in Phoenix, flees town, and arrives at Fairvale, California’s rundown Bates Motel, which has secrets of its own.

Wer

A defense attorney begins to suspect that there might be more to her client, who is charged with the murders of a vacationing family, than meets the eye.

The Wolfman

Upon his return to his ancestral homeland, an American man is bitten and subsequently cursed by a werewolf.

December 14

Pure Scum

After a drug-fueled car crash, ex-private schoolboys Ayden and Jesse escape into a Melbourne CBD and are plunged into a night of unbridled debauchery and rapidly escalating violence.

December 21

Went Up the Hill

Jack ventures to remote New Zealand for the funeral of his estranged mother and meets her widow, Jill. But his mother’s spirit returns to inhabit each of their bodies, instigating a life-threatening three-way nocturnal dance.

December 28

The Penthouse (2026)

A psychological thriller that follows Saina and David, a young family who moves into a luxurious penthouse in Kuala Lumpur to start a new life.

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The final special will be a Christmas special, but first up, Joe Bob’s Halloween House Party airs on Shudder TONIGHT (October 23). It is sadly the show’s FINAL Halloween special.

Joe Bob tweets this morning, “Let’s make this last Halloween special mirror the first one 8 years ago. Everybody gather tonight at 9 EDT/6 PDT on your favorite app–X, Insta, Facebook, Discord, but MOST of you are on X–and remember, it’s not a wake, it’s a launch into 2027.”

“It’s the last Halloween special we’ll ever do on Shudder,” Joe Bob hammers home in another recent tweet. He teases, “The best part: Folks on Death Row can do ANYTHING WE WANT!”

Of course, the drive-in never truly dies. And Joe Bob has made it clear that he has no plans on hanging up the cowboy hat anytime soon. In fact, he’s got a brand new comic book on the way!

Stay tuned for more on all things Joe Bob Briggs and Darcy the Mail Girl.

“The Last Drive-in” is directed by Austin Jennings and produced by Matt Manjourides & Justin Martell of Not the Funeral Home (Night of the Reaper, Street Trash 2024).

Across seven seasons and numerous specials over the last eight years, Joe Bob Briggs and his lovable co-host with the most Darcy the Mail Girl have hosted over 200 movies on Shudder.

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Just in time for spooky season, new original Sam content is being released across Sam’s new website and social channels, including animated shorts, illustrations, artist collaborations, merchandise and other bite-sized glimpses into Sam’s peculiar corner of Halloween.

Dougherty invited a growing roster of talented artists to interpret Sam through their own creative voices. As a result, Sam will wander through wildly different styles, mediums and imaginations.

With less than 10 days to go before Halloween, Dougherty has released Graveyard Shift this week, a 3+ hour yule log type video that provides the kind of Halloween ambience we love to have running in the background while we write up articles here on Bloody Disgusting.

Dougherty previews, “The night is young. The dead are restless. And Sam has absolutely nowhere else he’d rather be. Pull up a tombstone and spend 3.1 hours in a moonlit graveyard with Halloween’s favorite little murder goblin. Watch the ghosts drift by, listen to the sounds of autumn, and enjoy a little peace and quiet among the dearly departed. Perfect for reading, writing, working, relaxing, carving pumpkins, or performing minor acts of necromancy. So dim the lights, hit that LOOP button, and stay awhile. The dead aren’t going anywhere.”

Click the PLAY button below to bring Sam to life on your desktop or mobile device!

To keep tabs on Sam all month, follow Sam: The Soul of Halloween on Instagram and Twitter.

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On Tuesday, October 27th, Bloody Disgusting and Bleecker Street invite our readers into the Ensor House before everyone else! Check out the locations below and see if you’re in a nearby market. All showtimes begin 7:30PM local time. RSVP before it’s too late!

• Boston, MA @ AMC Boston Common 19
• Chicago, IL @ AMC River East 21
• Los Angeles, CA @ AMC Burbank 16
• New York, NY @ AMC Empire 25

Note: An RSVP does not guarantee a seat. Seating is first come, first served, so plan to arrive early.

Maika Monroe stars as eccentric governess Winifred Notty, who arrives at a remote gothic manor where strange happenings stir suspicion that she’s not what she seems.

Thomasin McKenzie (Last Night in Soho), Jason Isaacs (Honey Bunch), Ruth Wilson, Amy De Bruhn, and “Hamnet” breakout Jacobi Jupe also star.

Zachary Wigon (Sanctuary) directed the film from a script by author Virginia Feito (Mrs. March), based on her novel of the same name. Victorian Psycho is produced by Dan Kagan (Longlegs) and Sebastien Raybaud (Greenland: Migration).

Maika Monroe turns in another unforgettable performance, this time as an unhinged psychopath unleashed upon a stuffy society. Meagan wrote in her review for Bloody Disgusting, “Carnage becomes pretty dang delightful in Monroe’s capable hands. Victorian Psycho operates on familiar slay grounds, but it’s an absolute blast thanks to its zany style and deranged sense of fun.”

Victorian Psycho is rated ‘R’ for “strong bloody violence and brief sexual material.”

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Day two kicked off with author talks and a book fair that featured book signings with all 2026 guest authors:  Nat Cassidy, Tananarive Due, Steven Barnes, CJ Leede, and Jeremy Robert Johnson.

The biggest event of day two belongs to the Pig Roast, the fest’s annual barbecue that serves up roasted hog and all the trimmings at the Oak. It’s not only yet another opportunity to socialize with the guests, staff, and attendees while nomming on a tasty meal, but the event also came with a few surprises. That entailed a zombie flash mob on Saturday, but also an annual rite of passage among the fest’s staff and guests: the downing of flaming hot pig eyeball shots.

That’s exactly what it sounds like, and the Telluride Horror Show’s Instagram stories were filled with clips of daring participants reacting to the adventurous libation.

As one of this year’s guest hosts, my hosting duties included introducing and moderating the Q&A for the highly entertaining documentary Rubberhead: The Life & Monsters of Steve Johnson and American Dollhouse, an unsettling proto-slasher set in Austin, Texas. I also got to unleash New Zealand body horror comedy Mum, I’m Alien Pregnant upon a crowd for its second screening at the fest.

Sunday, Day 3, began with introducing many of the filmmakers featured in the “Vault of Humor” short block at the historic Sheridan Opera House to a packed house. This particular block of short films delivered a variety of horror-comedy that kept the audience enraptured and in stitches, kicking off with the 30th anniversary 4K restoration of Michael Dougherty’s “Season’s Greetings“. It was one of many curated short block screening events that continued to fill seats all weekend long; Telluride Horror Show attendees love horror shorts and often prioritize these screenings (shorts filmmakers take note!).

Other screening highlights, hosted and otherwise, included Breeder, Recluse, Black Sheeps, The Glorious Dead, closing night film Victorian Psycho, and more. 

Just like that, though, a whirlwind weekend of horror, picturesque autumnal views, and friendship drew to a close, culminating in one final party at the Last Dollar Saloon to celebrate. I’ve said it before, but this festival is magical. Founder Ted Wilson, programmers Erik Cooper and Brady Richards, and Director of Communications Anna Wilson and an entire crew of staff and volunteers pull together an incredible event, one that’s warm and welcoming as if you’re one of their close horror neighbors.

It’s the type of event where you can make friends with fellow horror fans by simply walking down the street, in between screenings and events. It’s also, by nature of its setting and time of year, the only fest that fully encapsulates a nostalgic Halloween atmosphere. 

I’ll be back next year to get my Halloween/Telluride Horror Show fix. Keep an eye on when badges go on sale for 2027 if you’d like to, too.

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Way back in 2008, it was announced that Glen Mazzara would be adapting British author David Moody’s apocalyptic thriller novel Hater into a feature, with Juan Antonio Bayona attached to direct the film at the time. The project never did end up being produced, unfortunately, but Mazzara’s script is now available for you to read as part of this year’s The Stunt List showcase!

The Stunt List is an annual exclusive premiere of never-before-seen scripts from some of Hollywood’s finest screenwriters, and this year’s showcase also includes two unproduced scripts from Joe Eszterhas along with writer Bob Gale’s alternate version of Back to the Future Part 2.

But it’s Glen Mazzara’s script for Hater that we’d like to shine a particular spotlight on. It’s been released as part of this year’s horror-themed showcase The Dead List, which is one of three showcases that collectively make up this year’s The Stunt List. The team explains, “This year we decided to combine all three showcases: The Dead List (horror), The Originals Bureau (all genres), and The Naughty List (holiday) into one massive showcase.”

The Dead List, presented by The Stunt List website, features ‘the most sinister celluloid in the city,’ showcasing the hottest new and unproduced horror screenplays in the marketplace. An exclusive home to never-before-seen ink from legendary pros, featuring new material from repped and working writers, and always championing emerging and underrepresented voices.

So what is Hater, you ask?

Hater is an apocalyptic thriller about a rage virus that transforms ordinary people into violent killers.

The team explains, “The Stunt List is proud to exclusively premiere the feature-length screenplay for Hater, written by Glen Mazzara, based on the book series by David Moody. Back in 2015, the film was set to be produced by Mark Johnson and Guillermo del Toro and directed by J.A. Bayona. Del Toro described the story as ‘a head-spinning thrill ride, a cautionary tale about the most salient emotion of the twenty-first century.’ Bayona said, ‘Hater is about a sudden epidemic of hate that comes from nowhere and happens to everybody. It doesn’t care about race, sex, or heritage.’ Hater does not feature traditional ‘undead’ zombies. They actually look ‘normal.’ Of note, Mazzara wrote the adaptation for Hater before joining The Walking Dead as its showrunner.”

Does that sound like something you’d want to dive into?

Read Glen Mazzara’s screenplay for the unproduced Hater now!

“If you are intrigued by Mazzara’s vision for Hater,” The Stunt List team tells Bloody Disgusting, “please visit www.davidmoody.net to support the author and purchase his books.”

This year’s The Dead List also features writers from the annual Black List, Emmy winners, Blumhouse producers, and writers repped at Brillstein, Verve, and more. Other highlights include:

HIDE BEHIND – written by Richard Martin: Six estranged friends must confront more than their past lies as they fight a vicious monster with a terrifying ability to hide behind any object. The Thing meets The Ritual.

MEDUSA – written by Ruby Mainieri (animated Adult Swim type series): Medusa could be the perfect therapist for her fellow mythological outcasts, if her PTSD, four opinionated hair-snakes, and a politician’s Monster Registration Act don’t get her fired first.

ABSORBED – written by Helena Hawkes and Miranda Divozzo: Their bodies…her choice. A woman amidst an identity crisis, begins absorbing the people in her life, reshaping herself into her warped vision of the perfect woman. Titane meets Under the Skin.

HOUSEWIFE – written by Greta Guthrie & Jake Lazarow: When a woman accidentally cuts herself on her forgotten dollhouse, she’ll unwittingly awaken Housewife, a primordial monster with strange ideas about how to care for her children. Based on the viral character created by Miranda Parkin. M3GAN meets Serial Mom. Producer/Writer Ash Lazer is on the producing team for the feature adaptation.

You can browse this year’s full Stunt List over on the official website now.

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Day one of the festival began with a Telluride Horror Show staple: the ice cream social. It’s the type of event that’s exactly what it sounds like: a chill social gathering of ice cream sundaes among fellow horror aficionados (and fellow guest hosts/friends from Fangoria) to forge those early bonds heading into the packed weekend. It’s also the type of wholesome event that’ll ensure Telluride is never beating its wholesome, postcard-like quality.  

As one of this year’s guest hosts, I began my hosting duties at the Michael D. Palm Theatre, Telluride’s performing arts center that made a miraculous recovery after a devastating flash flood in July, with a screening of Joko Anwar’s extremely funny and gory horror-comedy Ghost in the Cell among a wonderfully receptive audience.

Other screening highlights for day one include New Zealand body horror comedy Mum, I’m Alien Pregnant, found footage Erie, proto-slasher American Dollhouse, well-curated shorts blocks, and more.

Telluride Horror Show is a fest that gives equal weight to literary horror, too, bringing in prominent horror authors for book talks, readings, and signings. After my Ghost in the Cell screening, I beelined to Elk Park for Creepy Campfire Tales to sit by the campfire as guest authors Nat Cassidy, Tananarive Due, Steven Barnes, and CJ Leede, hosted by author Jeremy Robert Johnson, regaled the crowd with readings of spooky stories and novel excerpts.

As someone who lives in a city, there’s something extra special about cozying up to fellow horror nerds in a stunning box canyon setting under millions of stars that are usually blocked out by city smog where I live.

That sums up this festival’s vibe so far: cozy and welcoming in a way that feels almost displaced from time. And Telluride Horror Show is only warming up; there are still so many more exciting events and screenings ahead. Stay tuned.

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The officially licensed Jason Universe animatronic is now available from Spirit Halloween in stores and online, and the Jason Universe team is giving one of the $299 animatronics away for free.

All you need to do is fill out this form and you’re entered to win!

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It’s a little sweet.

It’s a little tart.

And yeah, it’s a little terrifying.

Created in partnership with Bloody Disgusting, Splatter Sauce brings together juicy strawberry, tangy rhubarb, and habanero heat. It’s like strawberry rhubarb pie took a wrong turn into a horror movie—and came out delicious. Imagine a fresh strawberry rhubarb pie… then light it on fire.

Sweet strawberries and tart rhubarb come together for that bright, homemade pie flavor, while habanero peppers creep in with a warm, fruity heat that builds without overpowering.

At a 5 out of 10 on the heat scale, it lands right in that sweet spot: enough burn to keep things interesting, but approachable enough to keep going back for another bite.

Grab a bottle for $9.99 from TorchBearer Sauces today!

Bottle art by Andrew Tremblay.

It’s been 20 years since TorchBearer Sauces sprang to life in Pennsylvania through heat-loving friends & family and their homemade hot sauces. TorchBearer has always been family first and Tom and Tricia Lynch have been partners practically since the beginning of this crazy little journey. So to them, we say thank you. Without the two of you, there would be no TorchBearer Sauces.

Now with 7 seasons of Hot Ones under their belt, celebrity sauce collaborations, mentions in Food Network and CNN articles, and other top-secret things on the horizon, the sky’s the limit.

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How it works is that Google has compiled the top trending searches for different topics, with “trending” referring to the searches that had the biggest spike in interest over a period of time.

The top trending Halloween Costumes and top trending Horror Movies are of the most interest to us here on Bloody Disgusting, and there’s one movie that shows up on both lists: Casper Kelly’s killer unicorn horror-comedy Buddy. While Curry Barker’s Obsession likely didn’t make the top trending horror movies list only because it was released much earlier in the year and therefore the conversation has waned a bit, it’s represented in the list of top trending Halloween Costumes.

Kane Parsons’ Backrooms is also found on both lists this year.

First up, let’s take a look at the Google Frightgeist’s top trending horror movies…

1. Buddy
2. Other Mommy
3. The Whisper Man
4. Passenger
5. Brute
6. Insidious: Out of the Further
7. Resident Evil
8. Arachnophobia 
9. Hokum
10. Backrooms
11. Leviticus
12. Send Help
13. Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
14. Ice Cream Man
15. Colony 

There are a couple notable surprises on this list, with Brute and Arachnophobia being particular standouts. Brute is referring to the indie film Brute 1976, which didn’t make much noise with its release earlier this year, while Arachnophobia is the only movie on the list that wasn’t released this year. It’s a 1990s classic, of course, though there have been recent talks of a remake.

And here’s the list of the Google Frightgeist’s top trending Halloween costumes this year…

1. Buddy the Unicorn
2. Needoh
3. Nikki from Obsession
4. Agamemnon from The Odyssey 
5. Lily Love Braids from Poppy Playtime
6. Oliver Tree
7. Verity from Minecraft
8. Carl from Dungeon Crawler Carl
9. Disco Scooby-Doo
10. Hazel Hook from Descendants
11. Captain Clark from Backrooms
12. Dolly Parton
13. Thragg from Invincible 
14. Kenny Rogers
15. Bowser Jr.
16. Princess Rosalina from Super Mario
17. Green Lantern
18. Michael Jackson from Thriller
19. Skeletor from Masters of the Universe
20. Cyclops from X-Men
21. Dumpling
22. Dr. Frank-n-Furter from The Rocky Horror Picture Show
23. Viltrumite from Invincible
24. Nightcrawler from X-Men
25. Doctor Doom

Nikki and Bear from Obsession is the #3 trending search for Couples Halloween Costumes, while it’s interesting to note that Michael Myers made the list for Kids Halloween Costumes.

You can browse the full Google Frightgeist report right here.

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McDonald’s is bringing their iconic Boo Buckets back for Halloween on October 20, Snackolator reveals, but this year’s buckets won’t feature the classic pumpkins, ghosts, or witches.

This year, the McDonald’s Halloween Boo Buckets pay tribute to Disney’s iconic villains.

The following Disney Villains Boo Buckets will be available…

• Ursula
• Maleficent
• Scar
• Jafar
• Cruella De Vil 

Each bucket comes with stickers and the color of each bucket corresponds to the Disney villain featured in the artwork. Maleficent’s bucket is green, for example, while the Scar bucket is orange.

You can check out the full lineup of Disney Villains Halloween Boo Buckets below.

Look for these at your local McDonald’s from October 20 through Halloween.

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Universal Orlando has announced that the show will return as the Universal Horror Make-Up Show featuring Blumhouse. The park previews, “In this live show, discover how Hollywood’s top special effects artists have terrified moviegoers for over 100 years — from Universal’s classic monsters to the modern horrors of Blumhouse. Details coming soon.”

No word yet on when the doors are opening back up. Stay tuned.

It was back in May that the Universal Horror Make-Up Show was temporarily closed, but Universal’s official website notes that the newly-enhanced stage show “will reopen later this year.”

In this outrageous live show you’ll watch how top make-up and special effects artists craft some of the creepy characters you’ve seen on the big screen. Featuring movie clips, props, and interactive demonstrations, this experience offers fascinatingly funny insight into the moviemaking process.

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Remnants will be released October 16 only on Apple Vision Pro.

Ti West’s Remnants will be a “bone chilling” 27-minute long immersive ghost story.

Watch the Official Reaction Trailer for a taste of the terror…

Apple previews, “See real reactions from people experiencing, Remnants, Apple’s first immersive horror film. Watch as they step inside Woldmere Castle and enter the unsettling world created by writer and director Ti West. From the atmosphere and performances to the feeling of being pulled into the story, see what it’s like to experience horror in Apple Immersive Video.”

Speaking of Ti West, he’s back in theaters this November with Ebenezer starring Johnny Depp. The Paramount horror movie puts a chilling new spin on the classic tale of A Christmas Carol.

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Rambaldi will receive the 2,860th star on October 15 at 11:30 am PT on 1611 Vine Street; the pioneering artist will receive his posthumous star in the category of Motion Pictures. 

Born in Vigarano Mainarda, Italy, in 1925, Rambaldi’s early work in animation eventually led him to special effects, where he would collaborate with prominent Italian filmmakers including Federico Fellini, Luchino Visconti, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Marco Ferreri, Mario Bava, Dario Argento, and Lucio Fulci.

His breakout success internationally came with 1976’s King Kong, where his life-size animatronic of the eponymous character earned him an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. While Rambaldi also won a Best Visual Effects Oscar for Aliens, the maestro may be best known as the creature creator of Steven Spielberg’s E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.

Other credits include Silver Bullet, Deep Red, The Hand, Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, A Lizard In A Woman’s Skin, David Lynch’s Dune, and more.

Rambaldi’s granddaughter, Cristina Rambaldi, Vice President of Fondazione Culturale Carlo Rambaldi, will speak at the ceremony, along with Antonio Saccone, President of Cincitta, and Matt Winston, President of the Rambaldi Foundation. 

“This star is an enormous honor, not only for my grandfather, but for every artist who has ever spent a night in a workshop, surrounded by clay, latex, paint, and machinery, bringing a creature to life. Carlo believed deeply in that kind of filmmaking. David Lynch once said of him, ‘I have a theory about Carlo Rambaldi: he always builds himself.‘ He felt the Navigator in Dune looked a little bit like Carlo, while E.T. looked exactly like him. I love that observation because it captures something essential about Carlo’s artistry: he put so much of himself into the creatures he built that, in some way, they became extensions of his own humanity.

“Through mechanics, movement, and expression, he gave even the most fantastical beings a personality that audiences could recognize and connect with. That, to me, is the enduring magic of practical effects: they give the fantastical a physical presence, something tangible that exists right there in front of the camera. Even in an increasingly digital world, there is something irreplaceable about that. And so I like to think this star belongs to the entire practical effects community, and especially to the next generation of artists who will carry this craft forward,” said Cristina Rambaldi in a statement.

In conjunction with the star ceremony and the exhibition at the Italian Cultural Institute, the National Committee for the Celebrations of the Centenary of Carlo Rambaldi, with the support of the Carlo Rambaldi Foundation, has established two scholarships dedicated to young Italian talents interested in further developing their training in the field of cinematic special effects.

The two winners will have the opportunity to enhance their skills through one year of online training at the Stan Winston School of Character Arts, a leading international institution for the study of special effects and character creation.

In addition, the program includes an immersive experience in Los Angeles from October 11 to 17, 2026, featuring meetings, professional visits, and tours of Hollywood FX studios, giving scholarship recipients the chance to explore different areas, including visual techniques, makeup FX, animatronics, and digital technologies.

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I’m here to help bolster that notion with these five top shelf horror home video promos that were served up expressly for excitement at your local video rental destination.

THE INFLATABLE GHOULIES TOILET

It’s undeniable that the Ghoulies franchise ruled rental shelves in the 1980s. It also spawned the royal flush of promo pieces with an INFLATABLE TOILET featuring the creatures from the cover art.

I’ve seen a recreation of these, so pay close attention when you spot one, if you can at all!

BONUS: GHOULIES II TOILET PAPER

What’s an inflatable toilet without some matching TP? Vestron Video were genius level when creating video promo, and this twofer drop for Ghoulies 2 is exemplary in that notion. 

THE HOUSE VHS CLAMSHELL CASE

This was the ultimate counter topper showstopper.

A custom-shaped embedded clamshell design held a screener copy of the film and all the electronic guts that helped illuminate the window and other parts of the display. These have since become a highly coveted collectors piece, and a jaw-dropper for anyone who hasn’t seen this House.

THE RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD PART II CERAMIC BUST

A stunning recreation of the arresting and unforgettable box art, this Return of the Living Dead Part II ceramic bust measures about 8×8 inches, as you can see from the by-the-box comparison.

This has been one of the most coveted pieces out there for many years, captivating collectors with its unique and spectacular presentation. 

THE STREET TRASH CERAMIC MUG

Don’t drink any Viper from this trash can! Vestron does it again with some clever crossover marketing.

This is a fairly common customizable mug (with a lid) but slapping a Street Trash logo on this in the late ’80s meant you weren’t gonna miss this title once it hit the shelves. 

THE PHANTASM II SILVER SPHERE HAT

This is the current holiest of grails, and one of the most creatively tailored promo hats ever to grace the heads of horror fans. There appears to be a bloody and bloodless version, but I’ve only encountered three in my tape-driven travels.

Imagine your video store clerk rocking this hat when you lay down your rentals. How do you not ask about the movie and when it’s available to rent?

This is intricate, pure genius promo and that’s why it sits at the top of this list. 

What’s your favorite video store promo?

Shout it out in the comments below. We’ve got more where these came from…

Josh is an eternal champion of the VHS format. He has steadily spread the rewind-inclined word with Lunchmeat Magazine and LunchmeatVHS.com, along with the book and supplement series STUCK ON VHS. He is also one of the founders of Drive-In VHS Fest, which is the largest VHS film festival in the world. His passion for the VHS format has allowed his voice to be featured in The New York Times, L.A. Times, and Washington Post, while a number of his written works are preserved in the Yale Library. When he’s not watching tapes, he enjoys playing basketball and eating nachos, but not at the same time. Though he’s willing to try.

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Just in time for spooky season, new original Sam content is being released across Sam’s new website and social channels, including animated shorts, illustrations, artist collaborations, merchandise and other bite-sized glimpses into Sam’s peculiar corner of Halloween.

Dougherty invited a growing roster of talented artists to interpret Sam through their own creative voices. As a result, Sam will wander through wildly different styles, mediums and imaginations.

With 24 days to go until Halloween, Dougherty has released Killing Time with Sam this morning, a new animated short that sees Sam impatiently waiting for his big day to arrive.

Killing Time with Sam was directed by Michael Dougherty himself, with Breehn Burns serving as the animation director. Burns also handled the animation alongside Ye Aung.

Watch the new short below, along with two other Sam shorts already released this Halloween!

To keep tabs on Sam all month, follow Sam: The Soul of Halloween on Instagram and Twitter.

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The staging was abstract, the choreography overwrought, the songs were sometimes brilliant, sometimes deeply lacking. It was confusing for anyone unfamiliar with Stephen King’s novel or the Brian DePalma film, unrelatable to most people who had ever experienced high school, and the material was a confounding candidate to musicalize. To its fans, it was campy (in the positive sense) and undeniably entertaining in the way Ed Wood movies and midnight showings of Reefer Madness are.

For those on both ends of the love/hate spectrum, it was without a doubt a show that was simply unbelievable.

The staging, inspired by Greek tragedy, began with a Physical Education class with students in white leotards and togas, followed by a locker room scene with suspended panels apparently standing in for showers. At the end of the first act, the first hint of Carrie’s telekinetic powers appears out of nowhere as she, hands apparently aflame, pins her mother behind a wall of fire. The prom sequence culminates with Billy pouring a small bucket of red liquid over Carrie’s head. She is then lifted into the air on a white hydraulic platform and “laser beams shoot out over the audience,” according to writer Ken Mandelbaum, before the roof descends, apparently crushing all but Carrie.

The show ends with a massive white staircase that Margaret White descends—in a cocktail dress. She then pulls out a knife and stabs Carrie, who touches her mother, causing her to suddenly drop dead.

The producers hoped for good reviews. They did not get them. They hoped a young, MTV-oriented audience would find the show. They didn’t. Carrie was a fiasco, and there was no saving it. “It was the most expensive flop in Broadway history,” Mandelbaum wrote, “losing the $8 million which had been contributed by British and West German investors.” The history of Carrie involves several major players, almost all of them with a great deal of success and experience going for them. So, the question is, how did it all go so wrong?

Why Carrie Seemed Like the Perfect Musical

The long road of Carrie: The Musical began with writer Lawrence D. Cohen, who had written the screenplay for the very successful film adaptation directed by Brian DePalma, and his partner Michael Gore, best known for his work on the music for the film Fame (1980). Soon after the success of Fame, the two were looking for a project to make into a stage musical. The two attended a performance of Lulu, an opera that originally premiered in 1937 shortly after the death of its composer, Alban Berg. The unusual and complicated story involves a woman who is ultimately murdered by Jack the Ripper and is scored with the atonal music that Berg was known for.

Upon leaving the theater, Gore said, “If Alban Berg were alive, he’d probably do Carrie as a musical.” At first the two laughed at the thought, but the idea stuck with them. Cohen began to realize that the relationship between Carrie and her mother Margaret White was quite theatrical, even operatic. The other element, the high school setting, was a natural fit and had been wildly successful in stage and film musicals including West Side Story, Grease, and of course Fame.

Also, horror musicals were not unprecedented. The Rocky Horror Picture Show had been a massive underground stage hit in London, and the movie was becoming a phenomenon by the early 80s. Little Shop of Horrors was about to open off-Broadway to great success. Just a couple of years earlier, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street had not only been a huge hit but had won the Tony for Best Musical.

So, Cohen and Gore contacted Stephen King, who responded, “If they can make a musical out of the dictator of Argentina [Evita], why not?” The two set to work right away, Cohen on the book and Gore on the songs. They soon added a third collaborator, Dean Pitchford, who had also worked on some of the music for Fame and had written the screenplay for the film Footloose (1984).

In August of 1984, they mounted a workshop production of the first act to drum up interest in the project. In this version, the show stuck to the grounded nature of both King’s novel and the DePalma film. It was a story of teenagers, a mother and daughter, and high school rivalries in a real-world setting with a supernatural element added to stir the pot and raise the stakes. This version maintained much of the dialogue that Cohen had included in his screenplay, with the songs forwarding the story and underlining the themes.

The workshop was well received, and it was soon announced that Carrie: The Musical would open on Broadway in the fall of 1986 and be produced by Barry and Fran Weissler and Fred Zollo. Cohen spoke highly of these creatively invigorating early years, saying, “We all had a lot of fun writing it and bringing it to life.” Unfortunately, this version of Carrie was not to be, as the finances could not be raised for it.

When Carrie Lost Its Way

A few years after this version of the project fell through, West German producer Friedrich Kurz took up Carrie and arranged for it to be produced with the Royal Shakespeare Company, which had been looking for another musical property after its success with Les Misérables. The artistic director of the RSC, Terry Hands, expressed great interest in the project and was attached as director. Cohen later expressed that this moment ended up sealing the fate of Carrie. Years before, the attachment of Brian DePalma did something similar for the movie, leading to its success. Unfortunately, the attachment of Hands turned out to be “far less felicitous,” to use Cohen’s rather diplomatic phrasing.

Hands’ attachment to the project was not without warrant. He had directed a complicated musical, Poppy, for the RSC to some success, including winning Best Musical from the Society of West End Theaters. Cohen believes that the problem had more to do with Carrie being a uniquely American piece. Being British, the high school politics and the prom setting were aspects that Hands did not seem to fully grasp, and he opted for a sparse, abstract reworking of the material. He also cut much of the dialogue, transforming Carrie from a musical play to a through-sung, borderline operetta, more like Les Misérables.

Carrie: The Musical played for a three-week engagement in Stratford upon Avon in the winter of 1988, and the reviews were dreadful. Many of the British critics were incensed that government funds were being used by the RSC for “a Broadway tryout.” Barbara Cook, who played Margaret White in this production, thought the whole idea of musicalizing Carrie was bizarre, but took the role after hearing some of the music. “I was still wary of it because of the subject matter. But Terry’s vision of the material intrigued me.”

Unfortunately, she also found much of the production inept and expressed that no one seemed to know how to fix it. Because of all this and a mishap with the set on opening night that nearly decapitated her, Cook left the production after the Stratford run.

The Broadway Run That Became Legend

The show then moved to Broadway for the fateful final nail in its coffin, with a score reorchestrated by Harold Wheeler, who had also worked on Dreamgirls. In a twist of fate, Betty Buckley, who had starred as the gym teacher Miss Collins in the 1976 film, was cast as Margaret White. The production ran for 21 previews and 5 performances, ironically to mostly sold-out crowds, at the Virginia Theater. The reviews were even worse than they had been in England. The New York Times eviscerated the show, as did most critics, with the exception of Clive Barnes of the New York Post, who gave it a full-throated rave.

Audience reactions were varied to the point of schizophrenia. Buckley described the reception at their first preview on April 28, 1988. At the end of the performance, “it’s a blackout, and the whole audience in the whole place starts to boo.” It was an experience she had never had before, but she urged her costar, the young Linzie Hateley, to continue as planned to the bows. When the lights came up, the entire audience turned on a dime from boos to a house-wide standing ovation. This seems to have been the reception throughout the run. Tickets for the previews became the hottest ticket in town as Carrie: The Musical had to be seen to be believed.

The ultimate demise of the show came down to one thing. According to Cohen, “bottom line…there was no money. The producer had run through it all and fled in the middle of the night, and we were done.” Carrie would soon enter the annals of the most legendary of all Broadway flops and become a cautionary tale for all who sought to bring unconventional subject matter to the musical stage. It even provided the title for Ken Mandelbaum’s chronicle of the most notorious failures in Broadway history: Not Since Carrie: 40 Years of Broadway Musical Flops.

So, imagine my surprise when, thirty years after this monumental failure, I got a call from the musical director for the theater department at a large local college asking if I would like to play guitar for their production of Carrie: The Musical. As I remember it, I audibly guffawed. But as it turns out, a lot had happened with Carrie in the last thirty years.

The Musical’s Unexpected Resurrection

After the demise of Carrie on Broadway, Cohen, Gore, and Pitchford went on to other things. Still, they all felt there was a good show somewhere in the rubble. They received multiple requests over the years to restage the show but did not take up any of the offers because they felt the writing itself, both book and music, could be better. According to Cohen:

“So, it took about two decades, and the three of us went back to work on it thinking that there were a lot of high schools, colleges, and regional theaters that would probably want to do Carrie…we pulled it apart from top to bottom and rewrote 60-70 percent of the show.”

From my experience with this reworked version, it also appears that they very much returned to the spirit of the workshop version. It is once again a musical play rather than an operetta-like show. The sets are grounded in reality, the situations reflect the struggles of relatable teenagers, and the interaction between Carrie and Margaret is complex and moving. In addition, the supernatural element is organic and believable to the world of the story and introduced slowly throughout the first act, as in the novel and film.

After the revision, Carrie went on to an off-Broadway production, which ran significantly longer than its Broadway counterpart, and spawned a very successful cast album. Since this run, it has been revised further, honing it into one of the most popular shows for high school, college, and regional theater productions of recent memory. Eventually, award-winning stagings were mounted in Los Angeles and London, where it won Best Off-West End Production, on top of selling out night after night.

The show as it now exists is beautifully written both in script and songs, funny, relatable, and even quite moving. During my own experience with Carrie, the ending never failed to bring tears to my eyes. Reflecting on the whole experience, Cohen referred to the iconic ending of the DePalma film. “Sort of like Carrie’s hand from the grave, it’s had a real happy ending. A real resurrection which is great.”

Few musicals have ever received such a second life. Its ultimate success is a testament to the power of the story and the vision of its creators, who pressed on against all odds to make their version of Carrie the best it could possibly be. That tenacity is not unlike the character of Carrie herself, who continues to return again and again, shocking us with a bloody hand reaching up out of the rubble.

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While we wait, Strangeland is back this Halloween with a brand new haunted attraction!

Now through November 6, Dee Snider’s Strangeland is haunting Woods of Terror in Greensboro, North Carolina with an official haunted attraction based on the 1998 cult classic!

And you may see Dee Snider there this Halloween season…

Snider teases, “I will be visiting Woods of Terror for meet and greet opportunities throughout the haunt season so stay tuned!”

Woods of Terror is bigger and better than ever this Halloween, featuring 18 terrifying attractions, the Monster Midway, Live Music, Drinks and Food, Photo-Ops and so much more.

[Related] ‘Strangeland’ at 25: How Dee Snider Made Us Terrified of the Internet in 1998

This year’s attractions also include Fungus Among Us, Jack’s Revenge, Hardwired, Neon Nightmare, Extinction, The Mortuary, The Necropolis, Baba Yaga, Horror Cinema, and many more.

Woods of Terror has been terrifying guests since 1991. Get your tickets now.

 

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During last week’s EXPOCINE26 in São Paulo, the film’s Brazilian distributor, Sato Company, unveiled Minus Zero‘s official collectible popcorn bucket – which is basically a movie-accurate sculpt of Godzilla himself with a small opening on his back to insert popcorn.

While the highly detailed monster is impressive enough (it actually looks better than several official action figures), attendees were floored by the sheer size of the figure, with many fans claiming that it’s likely the biggest collectible popcorn bucket ever made.

Here’s a high-resolution video of the bucket, courtesy of Jacqueline and Victor Akira Sato:

There are currently no official measurements available, but the figure’s size isn’t all that surprising when you consider that it was developed by Golden Link, the same manufacturer behind the previous record-holding popcorn bucket – the gigantic Galactus head from Fantastic Four: First Steps.

Below are additional images of the Godzilla bucket, courtesy of Thiago Medeiros.

Sato confirmed that the bucket won’t be a Brazilian exclusive, but there are no specifics about which theater chains will carry the collectible and how much it’ll cost. However, regardless of where it’s available, I know I’ll be there on opening night to support my favorite radioactive reptile.

Godzilla Minus Zero will be available in theaters everywhere starting November 6!

 

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Omri Katz, Larry Bagby, and Tobias Jelinek dive back into their roles to recreate the early scene that sees teen protagonist Max (Katz) peddle through Old Burial Hill in Marblehead, where he’s accosted by bullies Ice (Bagby) and Jay (Jelinek). Watch below as the original film’s footage gets spliced with their present-day recreation.

They’re having a blast, interjecting bits of comedy into the classic scene. Katz’s line about smoking is likely a knowing wink to his 2022 interview with EW, where he confessed to being stoned during production. 

While the OG stars, along with Vinessa Shaw, are back in Salem to host their annual Buncha Halloween event and celebrate a Halloween classic, a third film is currently in development. Hocus Pocus 3 is officially in early development at Disney, with Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy set to reprise their roles as the Sanderson sisters.

Hocus Pocus 2 director Anne Fletcher and writer Jen D’Angelo were attached to reunite on the threequel when initially announced in 2023, with D’Angelo commenting, “I’m hoping that we are able to explore every aspect of these stories and take these characters on a bunch of fun adventures. 3 is still very much in the early stages, we don’t really know what it is, but we’re exploring all options.”

The sequel is still in early development, though, so no word yet on whether Fletcher or D’Angelo are still attached. The Sanderson sisters aren’t going anywhere, though.

1993’s Hocus Pocus sees three 17th-century witches — Winifred (Midler), Sarah (Parker), and Mary (Najimy) — resurrected on Halloween to steal the life essence from the children of Salem, Massachusetts. The witches returned 29 years later in Hocus Pocus 2, with three high school students tasked with stopping the ravenous sisters from wreaking a new kind of havoc on Salem before dawn on All Hallows’ Eve.

 

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The folks at HBO Max have clearly been paying attention, as the streaming giant’s social media accounts recently posted a cheeky crossover video imagining what it might look like if some of their most beloved characters encountered Kane Parsons’ adaptation of the infamous Creepypasta.

Featuring iconic characters like Tony Soprano and even the main duo behind Lanterns carefully rotoscoped into scenes from the A24-produced film, the video is obviously meant to promote the fact that Parsons’ movie is finally streaming on HBO Max.

However, I’d argue that the main highlight of the video was seeing True Detective‘s Rust and Marty briefly investigating Clark’s freaky mural from the movie, as I’d personally love to see a new season of the show tackle a mystery steeped in liminal horror.

Backrooms has been streaming on HBO Max since September 25th, and an exclusive edition of the flick’s 4K Blu-Ray is now available on A24’s online shop.

And speaking of HBO Max, preview the streamer’s Halloween lineup here.

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And for the horror icon’s 30th birthday, Michael Dougherty is bringing Sam back to life…

Dougherty, director of Trick ’r Treat, Krampus, and Godzilla: King of the Monsters, has launched SAM: THE SOUL OF HALLOWEEN, a new creative home for the pint-sized trickster!

The launch tonight, on the eve of October 1st, coincides with a month-long run of festival and independent theater screenings of the newly restored 4K edition of Season’s Greetings.

The new Sam: The Soul of Halloween website and social channels will give Sam an official home of his own for the very first time.

What can you expect from this new era of all things Sam?

Just in time for spooky season, new original Sam content will be released across his website and social channels, including animated shorts, illustrations, artist collaborations, merchandise and other bite-sized glimpses into Sam’s peculiar corner of Halloween.

Dougherty invited a growing roster of talented artists to interpret Sam through their own creative voices. As a result, Sam will wander through wildly different styles, mediums and imaginations.

“Trick ’r Treat obviously became a huge part of Sam’s story, and I remain incredibly proud of that film,” says Dougherty. “But Trick ‘r Treat wasn’t the first chapter in Sam’s story, and it won’t be the last. It really started with this weird little hand-drawn animated short I made as a film student. And for the 30th anniversary, it felt like the perfect time to go back to those roots — handmade, independent and artist-driven — and see where Sam might wander next.”

October’s releases will include new Sam art, animation, and short films from Mike Baird, Breehn Burns, Sam Furst, Richard Garcia, Cyrus Haley, Austin Pardun, Alexander Ray, Steven Rhodes, Ryan Sawyer, Christopher Shy, Trent Shy, Christopher Waltemate and Michael Ballif. Additional surprise collaborations will be revealed throughout the month.

The launch also marks the debut of the official Sam online shop, featuring exclusive limited-edition merchandise created specifically around Dougherty’s original animated incarnation of Sam.

The first batch of releases will include T-shirts, posters, pins, stickers and other art, with additional apparel and merchandise planned. Many pieces have been created in collaboration with the same artists who helped expand Sam’s mythology, allowing individual interpretations of the character to move from screen and page into collectibles.

Throughout 2026, a newly restored 4K edition of the 1996 animated short Season’s Greetings has returned to the big screen at genre festivals and special screenings around the world, introducing the original film — and the original Sam — to a new generation of audiences.

That theatrical anniversary homecoming continues throughout October, with Season’s Greetings screening at over thirty festivals and independent theaters including Screamfest in Los Angeles, the Texas Theatre in Dallas, Brooklyn Horror Film Festival in New York, the Music Box Theatre in Chicago, the Gardena Cinema, the Vancouver Horror Show, the Knoxville Horror Fest, the Frida Cinema in Santa Ana, Revue Cinema in Toronto, Telluride Horror Show in Colorado, the Myers House N.C., FilmQuest in Utah, and Sleepy Hollow Cinema — with additional screenings to be announced.

“What surprised me most was how alive Sam and his debut film still felt thirty years later,” Dougherty says. “People who grew up with Sam were bringing their kids. Artists were reaching out wanting to make things. Fans were showing up in costumes. It started feeling less like looking backward and more like opening a door into a new chapter.”

Follow Sam: The Soul of Halloween on Instagram and Twitter now!

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It’s not just dogs and cats this year, either. The collection offers an exclusive assortment of costumes, toys, treats and seasonal accessories for dogs, cats, reptiles and small pets.

Shop PetSmart’s Thrills & Chills pet costumes, treats and toys in stores and online here.

“Every pet has its own quirky personality, and the Halloween season is a chance for pet parents to show that off,” said Matt Byrnes, senior vice president of merchandising at PetSmart. “More pet parents are making their pets part of every Halloween tradition – from trick-or-treating together and posing for family photos, to keeping festive treats on hand for the pups who stop by their door. We created our 2026 Thrills & Chills collection to help them celebrate together with costumes, toys, treats and accessories for dogs, cats, reptiles and small pets.”

While the collection ranges more tradition, as seen below, there are classic horror offerings for your furry friend, including a Chucky-inspired Doll with Knife dog and cat costume along with Freddy Krueger, Michael Myers and killer clown costumes.

Fan-Favorite Classic and Creepy Costumes

With colorful classics and spooky styles, find costumes that capture every pet’s personality.

• Pumpkin costumes for dogs and cats, small pets and reptiles
• Bat costume for dogs and cats
• Devil and angel costume for dogs and cats
• Glow in the dark skeleton sweatsuit for dogs and cats
• Dragon costume for dogs and cats
• Dinosaur costume for dogs and cats
• Creepy crawlers like spiders, scorpions and slithery snakes for dogs and cats, small pets and reptiles

Costumes from Iconic to Totally Hilarious

From pink cowboys to Highland cows, shop costumes inspired by pop culture personas or outrageously adorable picks that are sure to stand out.

• Pink cowboy hat and bandana set for dogs and cats
• Lobster costume for dogs and cats
• Princess costume for dogs and cats
• Cowboy rider costume for dogs and cats
• Banana costumes for dogs and cats and small pets
• Highland cow costumes for dogs and cats and small pets
• Hot dog costumes for dogs and cats, small pets and reptiles

Toys & Treats for Sweet Celebrations

Seasonally themed goodies for filling up the toybox and treat bowls, plus extras for four-legged trick-or-treaters.

• Giant bat plush dog toy
• Pumpkin cookie treats, pumpkin biscuits and bone hands treats for dogs
• Savory seasonal flavored dog treats like chicken wrapped biscuits and mummy meat sticks
• Vampire teeth dog toy
• Western inspired flatties for dogs including a cactus, horseshoe and skull
• Halloween-themed Chance & Friends plush toys that give back to pets in need

Celebrate & Save With Top Picks Under $10

Getting into the spirit is easier than ever with toys, treats, apparel and accessories for less than $10.

• “Tricks for treats” tee for dogs and cats
• “Gourdgeous” dog cookie treats inspired by pumpkins and candy corn
• Plush pumpkin, werewolf or bat dog toys
• Cat toys including a bat swatter, Halloween ball set, pumpkin wobbler or boot kicker
• Festive dog bandanas

Pets can visit the PetSmart salon for a special Halloween grooming package that includes a take home plush toy, pumpkin spice latte spritz and candy corn bandana. They can also attend special-themed playdates from Oct. 15 through Nov. 2 for more in-person fun.

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This year’s Season of Screams runs through the end of the year and features a supersized lineup of new film releases, series, specials, screening events, and live watch parties on Shudder TV.

Shudder’s Season of Screams features highly anticipated premieres every Friday through the end of the year, including Parasomnia; a new installment in the popular V/H/S franchise, V/H/S/Mixtape; the found footage breakout hit Infirmary, body horror thriller Bloody Tennis; supernatural nightmare The Cycle; the Milly Shapiro-led Hallowarrior; a new season of The Creep Tapes; the 2026 FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards; and a new Halloween special, Joe Bob’s Halloween House Party.

This Halloween we’re also getting an all-new Ghoul Log special, the annual twist on the traditional holiday yule log. Titled Curse of the Ghoul Logs, this year’s sequel was created by the filmmakers behind Shudder’s buzzy new feature Hallowarrior. They didn’t just resurrect everyone’s favorite jack-o-lantern; they’re giving multiple pumpkins the spooky spotlight.

Watch an exclusive sneak peek at this year’s Ghoul Log(s) below…

The new hour-long Curse of the Ghoul Logs sets the scene beginning October 1!

And then in Hallowarrior, which premieres October 16, “Pumpkin (Milly Shapiro), the last girl on earth and sole survivor of a humanity-ending plague, scavenges the wasteland for supplies on the eve of Halloween. Pumpkin’s lonely holiday ritual is interrupted by the arrival of a savage gang of raiders at her doorstep led by Thalia (Shannyn Sossamon). Outnumbered and armed with candy, wit and weapons, Pumpkin must ferociously fight back to survive the night.”

Hallowarrior is written and directed by Ben Sottak.

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A year’s worth, to be exact.

The nationwide search is open to anyone 21 and older in the US who can legally prove their name is Michael Myers. Eligible participants can enter for the chance to receive cash for a year’s supply of Voodoo Ranger beer along with a copy of Halloween: The Game. 

Slasher Manhunt will culminate in New York City on October 7 with Party Without Fear, a Halloween activation created in partnership with Halloween: The Game. Real-life Michael Myerses will be invited to Ray’s on the Lower East Side to show a valid ID for a special reward, while guests can enjoy Slasher IPA, game demos and exclusive giveaways.

“Being named Michael Myers has come with enough baggage, so we’re here with the beer,” said Kiron Chakraborty, Marketing Director of Voodoo Ranger. “We’re rewarding real Michael Myerses with a year’s supply of Voodoo Ranger because Halloween deserves to be celebrated, not endured. And when it comes to Halloween, there’s no better beer than Voodoo Ranger.“

Voodoo Ranger will reveal select winners and share their stories on October 19, Michael Myers’ birthday.

To enter, eligible Michael Myerses can visit https://www.voodooranger.com/contests/halloween.

Available in stores now, Voodoo Ranger has released a 12-pack titled the Halloween Hoppy Pack, and exclusive to the limited-time pack is a Slasher IPA featuring Michael Myers. Slasher IPA is Voodoo Ranger’s collaboration beer for the Halloween: The Game partnership, and you can only find it in the Hoppy Pack until supplies run out.

There are three cans of the citrusy Slasher IPA in the Halloween Hoppy Pack, along with three cans each of Voodoo Ranger IPA, Voodoo Ranger Imperial IPA, and Citrus Slayer IPA.

Slasher IPA is a 7.5% ABV beer. Drink (and slash) responsibly.

Find a Halloween Hoppy Pack near you on Voodoo Ranger’s website.

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On that note…

Jason Universe has joined forces with Pabst Blue Ribbon for a limited edition 12-pack of PBR beer featuring a cut-out Jason Voorhees mask, and that’s just the beginning of the collab.

This week, Pabst Blue Ribbon has unleashed a Jason Universe merch line including various t-shirts, sweatshirts, hats and stickers that pay tribute to the hockey mask-wearing horror icon.

The collection includes the “Beer Slasher” tee and long-sleeve tee, the “Friday Night” tee, the “Blood Ribbon” hoodie, a “Beer Run” trucker hat, stickers, and even a Jason Universe hockey jersey.

“From a case of beer that doubles as a Halloween mask to a giant Jason bobblehead that could probably double as a home security device, we’re thrilled to see how PBR and Jason are cutting through the Halloween noise,” said Hannah Barnett, Brand Director at Pabst.

The PBR x Jason Universe collab will also feature two Halloween season activations:

• New York Comic Con (Oct. 8–11): PBR x Jason Universe will take over nightlife surrounding NYCC with a series of Jason-themed events across New York City, including Jason Trivia Night, a “Jason” Meet Up on Friday and the official PBR x Jason Bar Crawl on Saturday.
• The Fest 24 (Oct. 23–25): The collaboration will bring Jason-themed PBR merchandise and experiences to key downtown Gainesville, FL venues and partner bars throughout the multi-day indie music festival, with additional activation details to come.

Head over to the PBR website to grab the limited Jason Universe merch now.

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John Goblikon, the wisecracking goblin frontman of the metal band Nekrogoblikon, stars in No One Survives, a new horror-comedy series featuring Clayton Farris (Weapons), stand-up comedian Ali Macofsky, Christian Pierce (The Real Bros of Simi Valley), viral sensation Jason Rodelo, and more.

Blending dark comedy, horror and practical effects, No One Survives follows John Goblikon as he attempts to navigate the everyday frustrations of human life. Unfortunately, when you’re a goblin, even ordinary problems have a tendency to take a killer turn.

Watch the bloody first episode, No One Survives: An Uber, down below!

The series was created and executive produced by Dave Rispoli (John Goblikon), filmmaker Brandon Dermer (I’m Totally Fine), and Nekrogoblikon’s Alex Alereza. It was written by Chris Stephen and Joe McAdam (Golden Axe, Paramount+) and directed by Dermer, with practical effects by Mark Villalobos of Gorgazmo.

The new series expands the world of John Goblikon, a character who has grown far beyond the stage since first appearing with Nekrogoblikon. John also hosts The Right Now Podcast with John Goblikon through All Things Comedy, which recently surpassed 100 episodes.

Coinciding with the launch of No One Survives, Nekrogoblikon has re-recorded and released the song that inspired the series’ title, “No One Survives,” now available on all streaming platforms.

In October, John Goblikon will hit the road for a limited Halloween comedy tour, culminating at the Starlight Cabaret in Studio City on October 29. Learn more on the band’s official website.

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Hidden Valley’s Spooky Ranch Condiment and Dressing is a limited-edition Halloween ranch dressing with a bold black color from Fruit Juice and Cocoa, gluten free with no artificial flavors, available now for a limited time exclusively at Walmart for the Halloween season!

This marks Hidden Valley’s first ever limited edition holiday release.

The glow-in-the-dark packaging makes it a perfect addition to Halloween spreads, whether you’re dipping favorite snacks or drizzling it on pizza at the neighborhood Halloween party.

“Spooky Ranch takes everything fans love about Original Ranch and adds a little Halloween magic. With a haunting hue and glow-in-the-dark packaging, this twist on the flavor you love is the perfect way to bring some frightful fun to your favorite costume parties and fall festivities this Halloween season,” said Stacy Stokes, Vice President of Marketing, Hidden Valley Ranch.

Spooky Ranch is available now exclusively at Walmart with an SRP of $3.97, while supplies last.

Other fun food and drink products this Halloween include Fanta’s collaboration with Ghost Face, Pabst Blue Ribbon joining forces with Jason, and The Flavor of Fear from Blumhouse and Cheetos.

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The new Phantom Heat Puffs flavor hit shelves as of August 31, combining brown sugar and cinnamon with spicy, mouth-numbing Sichuan pepper. If that snickerdoodle-meets-heat isn’t scary enough, Blumhouse has unleashed a new Cheetos short film celebrating the release from writer-director Joe Grode.

More officially, Sweet Phantom Heat Puffs are a “limited time snack designed to fizz, tingle and even leave your mouth feeling numb.” It is indeed spicy; you just have to get past the sugary sweetness first.

When Bill, an office worker trapped in the soul-crushing cycle of corporate America, tries new Cheetos The Flavor of Fear, an exhilarating experience reminds him what it means to feel alive in the new Blumhouse short film.

As Cheetos’ website cheekily warns, “Cheetos is not liable for any scares, jumps, discomfort, sweating, chills, squirms, sleep-loss, thrown chips, involuntary screams, or nightmares that may result from watching the following.“

“Cheetos and Halloween have always shared a spirit of playful mischief, and every year we look for new ways to surprise fans with unexpected snacking experiences,” said Jess Spaulding, senior vice president of marketing at PepsiCo Foods U.S. “With Cheetos Sweet Phantom Heat Puffs, we’ve created a first-of-its-kind flavor that’s layered with sweetness, heat, and a unique tingling sensation. It’s an experience designed to keep fans guessing with every bite and delivers the irreverent twist they’ve come to expect from Cheetos.”

Grab a bag here, if you dare.

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But the small screen is a different story…

Drew Barrymore channels her inner Casey Becker in a new Halloween-themed commercial for Chase Bank this spooky season, and Ad Week has brought the ad online for us all to enjoy.

Barrymore again gets a call from her old pal Ghost Face in the Chase commercial. Only this time, the man behind the mask is Kevin Hart. And he’s not interested in slicing and dicing.

Ad Week previews, “The campaign’s release precedes the 30-year anniversary of the first Scream movie. In the ad, Barrymore receives a phone call, mirroring the famous opening scene of the 1996 film. This time, however, the masked caller only has good news: that she had earned cash back with Chase Freedom, the financial company’s cash back credit card program.”

“It felt right to go big with this one,” said Wittney Rachlin, general manager at Chase Freedom. “We’re also celebrating the addition of new benefits to the Freedom Flex card, so we need to make that impact. When something from your past suddenly shows up in a new way, it gets a reaction. People want to talk about it, trade memories and share it with someone who will instantly get the reference. We wanted the commercial to create that kind of moment.”

Watch the new Scream tribute commercial below.

Do you like cash back?

Drew Barrymore spoofs SCREAM – Casey Becker wig and all – in a new commercial for Chase. pic.twitter.com/jmOcOYBTzj

— Bloody Disgusting (@BDisgusting) September 21, 2026

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Coming soon, Scratches the Cat will be unleashed in The Cat and the Hatchet.

A horror short from director Cameron Dodd, The Cat and the Hatchet is a twisted horror parody of The Cat in the Hat. The film follows two siblings, Ellie and Connor, whose boring day takes a terrifying turn when Scratches the Cat shows up at their house. What begins as a strange and unexpected visit quickly becomes a nightmare as Scratches reveals a twisted sense of humor that is far more sinister than anything Ellie and Connor could have imagined.

Watch the official teaser for The Cat in the Hat horror short below.

The Cat and the Hatchet is produced by Kaleb Carmichael and Mark Ricci and directed by Cameron Dodd, with production from Six Side Studios and Prime Capitol. Prime Capitol recently released the horror short Simon Says which is currently available on Tubi.

Mark Ricci stars in the upcoming horror short as Scratches the Cat.

The short is a non-profit parody unauthorized or affiliated with the official IP.

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“Horror has long been a favorite among moviegoers, especially during the Halloween season, and we’re always looking for new ways to give fans more opportunities to enjoy these films on the big screen at AMC,” says Ryan Wood, Senior Vice President and Head Film Buyer, AMC. “These are movies people know and love, and it’s exciting to bring them back to theatres in a unique way.”

The “Welcome to Horrorwood” lineup includes:

• October 2 & October 6: Hostel (2005)

• October 9 & October 13: Friday the 13th (1980)

• October 16 & October 20: American Psycho (2000)

• October 23 & October 27: Pet Sematary (1989)

• October 30 & October 31: The Crow (1994)

Inspired by Ice Nine Kills’ The Silver Scream and The Silver Scream 2: Welcome to Horrorwood albums, the series pairs the band’s love of horror with five films that have helped define the genre. Each screening will also feature a custom introduction from Ice Nine Kills frontman Spencer Charnas before the film, followed by the band’s corresponding music video inspired by the feature.

“It’s a bloody honor to present this selection of modern horror classics with the mighty AMC Theatres and our friends at Bloody Disgusting. Metal music and marquee movie mayhem. What more could we ask for this October?” says Charnas.

“Scares should be shared. Simple as that,” says Michael Roffman, Business Development of Bloody Disgusting. “There are no stronger crossroads for Horror fans than the theater experience. It’s where we fell in love with the genre; it’s where most of our earliest memories dwell. I grew up at AMC Theatres, so there’s a lot of passion to this partnership.”

“Welcome to Horrorwood” takes over Friday and Tuesday nights at AMC throughout October, with all screenings beginning at 8 p.m. local time. For Halloween weekend, THE CROW will be featured as the Friday night title on October 30, and returns for a special Halloween night screening on Saturday, October 31.

Secure your passes now and we’ll see you at the movies next month!

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On September 18-19 in Los Angeles, guests can step inside FX’s “AHS:13” experience to set a chain reaction in motion, revealing interactive challenges, bloodcurdling scares and Easter eggs from all 12 installments, culminating in a sneak peek at the thrills that await audiences.

Tickets are required for participation and available now HERE.

WHERE & WHEN: Nya Studio East (1541 N Cahuenga Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028)

Dates & Hours of Operation:

Friday, September 18
– 2:00pm – 6:00pm PT

Saturday, September 19
-2:00pm – 10:00pm PT

*Guests must be 18+

Be prepared for plenty of jump scares, easter eggs, and more. The activation is inspired by a Rube Goldberg machine; the experience requires guests to activate each space in order to advance forward and trigger the final reveal.

“American Horror Story” Season 13 premieres September 24 on FX and Hulu. The season will consist of 13 half-hour episodes, with the finale arriving just in time for Halloween.

Which iconic horrors will return to haunt the hallowed halls of 13 and what new terrors await? Light your candles, draw your pentagrams and prepare for a supreme surprise…

The cast includes Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Angela Bassett, Kathy Bates, Emma Roberts, Billie Lourd, Gabourey Sidibe, Leslie Grossman, Joey Pollari, and Jessica Lange. The epic cast also features Avantika, Jamie Brewer, Elle Chapman, Berto Colon, Alex Consani, Frances Conroy, Mat Fraser, Seth Gabel, Orlando Jones, Paul Anthony Kelly, John Carroll Lynch, Tig Notaro, Madelaine Petsch, Fedor Steer, Mena Suvari, Zach Villa, John Waters and more.

And the returning players aren’t playing new characters, but rather reprising their fan favorite characters from seasons past. Many actors will even be playing multiple past characters.

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Featuring Krusty-inspired burgers, six special glow-in-the-dark collectible cups, custom packaging and the all-new Munchie Meal of Horror, a “Treehouse of Horror”-themed Halloween menu is now available at Jack in the Box locations nationwide!

The limited-time lineup also features Forbidden D’oh!nut Holes, an all-new Spooky Simpsons Sauce, and custom packaging that brings Jack Box into the twisted world of “Treehouse of Horror.”

The centerpiece of the collaboration, however, is the Munchie Meal of Horror.

For this terrifying twist on Jack’s legendary late-night meal, you can choose between a Double Krusty Burger of Terror or Double Chicken Sandwich of Terror, served alongside two tacos, seasoned curly fries and a drink. Each meal also comes with one of six special-edition glow-in-the-dark The Simpsons/Treehouse of Horror cups and arrives in an exclusive Treehouse of Horror Munchie Meal box that brings Jack Box into the twisted world of Springfield.

Both sandwiches feature the all-new Spooky Simpsons Sauce, a smoky BBQ ketchup created exclusively for the collaboration, and are served on custom sesame seed buns inspired by the burgers seen in the world of The Simpsons.

There are also four themed entrées to choose from…

Krusty Burger of Terror: Terrifyingly delicious seasoned 100% beef patty, melty American cheese, lettuce, tomato, and new Spooky Simpsons sauce on a toasted sesame seed bun.

Double Krusty Burger of Terror: Two seasoned 100% beef patties, melty American cheese, lettuce, tomato, and new Spooky Simpsons sauce on a toasted sesame bun.

Triple Krusty Burger of Terror: Three seasoned 100% beef patties, three slices of melty American cheese, lettuce, tomato and new Spooky Simpsons sauce on a toasted sesame seed bun. Plus fries and a drink.

Double Chicken Sandwich of Terror: Featuring two crispy chicken patties, lettuce, tomato, Swiss-style cheese, and new Spooky Simpsons sauce on a toasted sesame seed bun.

Jack is also putting its own spin on one of Springfield’s most recognizable treats with the new Forbidden D’oh!nut Holes. Inspired by Homer famously selling his soul to the devil for a donut, these dangerously tempting bites are a treat worth risking it all for. Warm donut holes are dusted with cinnamon sugar, topped with pink frosting and finished with rainbow sprinkles for a Jack take on the iconic pink donut. Even the packaging gets in on the horror, featuring Homer’s unforgettable transformation into a donut straight from the classic segment.

The Treehouse of Horror takeover extends beyond the menu with six special-edition glow-in-the-dark cups available with the Munchie Meal of Horror while supplies last. Each cup features a different Treehouse of Horror-inspired design, bringing fan-favorite characters like Hugo (Bart’s evil twin brother), Krusty the Clown, Marge, Kang and Kodos, and more to life in their spookiest forms.

You can take the horror home with custom The Simpsons/Treehouse of Horror packaging, including an exclusive Munchie Meal of Horror box featuring characters and Easter eggs from past Treehouse of Horror episodes. The collectible box drops Jack Box right into the madness of Springfield.

“The best collaborations start with understanding what excites our fans, and we know The Simpsons has a special connection with Jack guests,” said Katelyn Zborowski, Chief Marketing Officer at Jack in the Box. “Jack and The Simpsons share an irreverent sense of humor, and Treehouse of Horror has put its own twisted spin on Halloween for decades. This collaboration gave us the perfect opportunity to bring those worlds together and fully immerse Jack in Springfield from the food and collectibles to Jack Box himself.”

“This Treehouse of Horror Munchie Meal is the most authentic and funny and scary and deeply Simpsons-y fun food collaboration the show has ever done,” said Matt Selman, executive producer and showrunner of The Simpsons. “Jack in the Box has raised the bar with these beautiful and spooky collectors cups — and the Munchie Meal is dense with deep references for both Simpsons and Jack in the Box fans alike.”

The Simpsons/Treehouse of Horror menu is available for a limited time beginning September 10 at participating Jack in the Box restaurants nationwide, while supplies last.

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This year, The Wolf Man joins the collection.

The Wolf Man joins returning favorites Frankenstein, The Bride of Frankenstein, and The Mummy. 

These highly collectible wines feature glow-in-the-dark labels and interactive augmented reality (AR) experiences that bring Universal Pictures’ iconic monsters to life.

“Every Halloween, our fans ask which monster is coming next, and after three successful years, we’re excited to answer that question with the arrival of The Wolf Man,” said Jon Solimando, Global Director, 19 Crimes. “The Universal Monsters collection has become one of our most anticipated annual releases, giving fans a collectible way to celebrate the Halloween season while bringing together iconic storytelling and the rebellious spirit of 19 Crimes.”

As for The Wolf Man’s flavor profile, the press release notes that “the bottle contains a full-bodied Australian Red Blend with notes of blackberry, chocolate and spice, delivering a rich finish worthy of its legendary namesake.”

The 19 Crimes x Universal Monsters Collection can be found at participating retailers across the globe, while supplies last.

Head over to the 19 Crimes website to learn more and find them near you.

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Practical Magic 2 is in theaters on September 11, but participating Blaze Pizza restaurants already have the themed menu available now through October 27.

Dubbed the “Spellbound Spread,” the themed lineup features:

• Midnight Margarita Lemonade: A zero-proof citrus drink that tastes like it knows something you don’t
• Mystic Margherita Pizza: Fresh mozzarella, tomatoes, and basil finished with Parmesan and an olive oil drizzle
• Greenhouse Grecian Salad: Greens, cucumbers, tomatoes, red onions, artichokes, and feta, served with warm fast-fired flatbread.

The collaboration, complete with custom Practical Magic 2 pizza boxes and film-inspired digital creative, is designed to give longtime fans and new audiences a place to gather with their coven before or after seeing Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman return as the Owens sisters.

“Practical Magic has become a beloved fall ritual because it is ultimately about gathering, sisterhood and the people who feel like home,” said Meghan Irwin, Vice President of Marketing at Blaze Pizza. “Blaze has always been a place where guests come together and make the experience their own, so we wanted this partnership to give fans a real reason to gather with their coven, share a meal and celebrate the movie in a way that feels fun, flavorful and unmistakably Blaze.”

For more information, guests can visit blazepizza.com or follow Blaze Pizza on Instagram and TikTok.

Susanne Bier (Bird Box) directs the sequel from a screenplay by Akiva Goldsman and Georgia Pritchett and Kelly Marcel, based on the novel entitled The Book of Magic by Alice Hoffman. 

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In celebration of the new launch, Angry Orchard has released a short 60-second Halloween commercial that features Sarah Michelle Gellar getting a call from her old pal Ghost Face!

Sarah Michelle Gellar of course appeared (and died) in Wes Craven’s Scream 2, and she’s playing herself in this fun little homage to the franchise’s past. Watch the short film below.

Now available in stores, the Thriller Pack from Scream and Angry Orchard features 12 cans of hard cider in total, with four different flavors that each feature fun Halloween names.

The full lineup includes…

• Caramel Apple Curse
• Headless Pumpkin
• Blood Orange
• Mystery Caller

It’s the Mystery Caller flavor that’s particularly special for Scream fans, as the can is emblazoned with the iconic Ghost Face mask. The mask is also featured prominently on the packaging for the Thriller Pack, which glows in the dark to make the mask pop even further. Additionally, you’ll find limited edition, 19.2oz cans of Crisp Apple & Imperial featuring Ghost Face.

Learn more over on Angry Orchard’s website now.

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On Wednesday, September 16th, Bloody Disgusting and Magnolia Pictures invite our readers to witness the terror before everyone else! Check out the locations below and see if you’re in a nearby market. All showtimes begin 7PM local time. RSVP before it’s too late!

• Boston, MA @ AMC Boston Common 19
• Chicago, IL @ River East 21
• Houston, TX @ Gulf Pointe 30
• New York, NY @ Lincoln Square 13
• Phoenix, AZ @ Esplanade 14
• San Francisco, CA @ Kabuki 8
• Seattle, WA @ Pacific Place

Note: An RSVP does not guarantee a seat. Seating is first come, first served, so plan to arrive early.

In the film, “A wandering medium, Airi (Moeka Hoshi, “Shogun”), spends her life guiding restless spirits out of the world of the living accompanied by her constant companion: her dead sister Miku (Kurumi Inagaki). Summoned to exorcise a spirit from an isolated country house by the new owner, Teiko (Tae Kimura), she comes face to face with a grotesque apparition with powers that defy Airi’s experience.

“Faced with skepticism from Teiko’s son, Gunji (Kento Kako), she digs deeper into the house’s past until a secret comes to light — and Airi finds herself hunted by a far more unpredictable force. For the first time, her greatest adversary is not the supernatural, but the living.”

Magnolia Pictures previews, “Director Dave Boyle spins a uniquely terrifying and hauntingly atmospheric ghost story.”

Kento Kaku (“House of Ninjas”), Kurumi Inagaki (“House of Ninjas”), Mutsuo Yoshioka (Chime), Bokuzo Masana (“Tokyo Vice”), and Tae Kimura (“All Around Us”) also star.

Meagan Navarro similarly praised the film in her review out of SXSW this past March, writing, “The filmmaker also smartly contrasts his ghoulish appearance with the quiet elegance of Teiko’s hotel, nestled in a bucolic countryside with few neighbors. It’s that juxtaposition of a cool city girl at home with ghosts battling tangible enemies in a safe rural neighborhood, and Boyle’s blending of subgenres, that makes Never After Dark a fresh but cozy hug of a horror movie.”

Watch the trailer below.

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But first… what is American Abyss? Pacific explains, “American Abyss is a multi-media internet horror project consisting of a fiction podcast, an immersive website, short stories, artwork, audio, and video clips, and physical ephemera (zine, postcards, and documents), which grant a glimpse into the world of the Palmyra Exclusion Zone. This world is hand crafted for folks who love their lore deep and their horror both visceral and psychological.”

Pacific has joined forces with notable artists including Trevor Henderson (Siren Head), Eduardo Valdés-Hevia, Ben Counter, Nic Boone, Trevor Roberts, and Hannah Schooner to build out the world of American Abyss and the Palmyra Exclusion Zone, with each artist contributing their own tales, artwork, and bringing their unique sensibilities to this monster-filled world.

American Abyss is inspired by “weird zone” stories like Roadside Picnic, Annihilation, S.T.A.L.K.E.R., and Pacific Drive, and you can get in on the ground floor if that sounds like your type of horror project. American Abyss is currently being funded on Kickstarter until October 2!

And you can actually listen to the project’s pilot episode… RIGHT NOW!

This is where the story of American Abyss begins…

Palmyra is a small city on a peninsula in northern Michigan. For most of its history it has been a sleepy tourist town. But in the early months of 2027, the ATF and DHS planned to raid the headquarters of an extremist right-wing militia known as the Liberty Lions. Sympathizers in local law enforcement tipped the Lions off and what followed was a bloody shootout with dozens of casualties on both sides. Following this violent clash, a city-wide evacuation began, but before it could resolve Palmyra was hit by a second disaster: The Flash.

Late one evening, the night sky filled with bright streaks of light “… as if the stars were cascading down from the heavens.” Just as quickly as it came, the light vanished, leaving behind only confusion. The remaining citizens tried to flee the city, but were quarantined before they could escape.

Now, over 100,000 people are trapped within the city. The fighting between the Feds and the Lions is ongoing. And, following the Flash, strange things have started creeping out of the rubble in Palmyra. Temporal anomalies, paranormal events and strange creatures from diseased citizens to floating ‘flesh cubes’ haunt the city in ever greater numbers.

Everything in Palmyra is awful, and no one is safe. And yet, the people stranded here have found refuge in their local communities. Survivors band together, trade amongst themselves, and navigate their new surroundings. Meanwhile the Feds and the Lions maneuver through the bullet-riddled streets, profiteers offer dubious promises of escape, and a few hardy souls search for the truth behind the Flash, the Lions, and the strangeness.

Learn more about American Abyss and get involved on Kickstarter!

Pacific S. Obadiah has been making podcasts for over a decade, with experience managing a crew of artists, and releasing consist content. Their longest running show, SCP Archives, has over 300 episodes, and thousands of positive reviews on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Pacific has run a successful Patreon for their other podcasts for much of the last decade.

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The label has announced that Ghost Face Vodka Blood Orange, its first-ever flavored vodka in collaboration with Fun World, is set to receive a nationwide retail rollout at Total Wine & More this month.

The original Ghost Face Vodka launched in February with a sold-out box set and is now continuing that momentum onto retail shelves.

“Ghost Face always comes back,” said Lillard, “and the best sequels always have a twist. We’re thrilled to work with Total Wine to bring the original flavor and blood orange to stores all across the country, and to introduce even more fans to a scary-good vodka worthy of the most iconic mask in horror.”

Ghost Face Blood Orange won’t only be scaring up fans on retail shelves; Macabre Spirits will be releasing a Ghost Face Blood Orange Killer Collection box set on September 29 as an exclusive online offering. 

What this new box set entails remains under wraps as of now, but for reference, the original Ghost Face Vodka Killer Collection set contained an autographed bottle, a set of rocks glasses, and two collectible pins, sold out in less than two hours, leaving thousands of fans screaming for more. 

“We were blown away by the response to the first box, but disappointed so many of our fans weren’t able to get their hands on one,” said Lillard. “If you weren’t able to score the original, we’re confident the sequel won’t disappoint.“

But wait! There’s more! Lillard will be doing meet & greet in-store signings and appearances in September and October at Total Wines across the country.

Per the press release, “Ghost Face Vodka is distilled from 100% non-GMO potatoes for a naturally gluten-free spirit with a signature creamy mid-palate and silky finish. Blood Orange was handcrafted at the company’s facility in Florida, where silky-smooth vodka was infused with pressed lemons, oranges, grapefruits and blood orange, then decanted and ran through a custom hybrid still to remove all residual sugar and color. What remains is a crystal-clear vodka that explodes with bright citrus aroma and flavor and finishes incredibly clean and smooth.”

The Ghost Face Blood Orange Box Set will be offered online at findfamiliarspirits.com and ghostfacevodka.com.

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It was the website Berkeleyside that originally reported the story that sent us all into a tizzy, but it seems we weren’t being told the full story. Tippett Studio closed out the weekend with an official statement to make one thing perfectly clear: this is NOT the end of the company.

While it’s true that Phil Tippett’s longtime Berkeley facility is indeed being shut down, the full statement makes it clear that Tippett Studio will continue to operate beyond that point.

The statement explains, “We have recently decided to evolve our physical footprint and production approach, and to exit our longtime Berkeley facility. As we make this transition, Tippett Studio continues its visual effects and animation work across film, television and entertainment. Our operations in Canada also continue, including our Toronto studio, which is currently in active production on a large feature film.”

“Stop-motion remains an important part of our creative capabilities, but maintaining a large permanent physical footprint is no longer necessary for our current requirements,” the statement continues. “When projects require dedicated stages, fabrication, motion-control photography or other specialised physical infrastructure, we will work with appropriate external facilities to meet the needs of each production.”

“As we move forward, we remain focused on the work ahead, continuing to collaborate with our clients, creative partners and artists on current and upcoming productions.”

Phil Tippett is the visionary behind some of cinema’s most iconic characters such as Jabba the Hutt and the Rancor Monster in Return of the Jedi, the Tauntauns and Wampa in The Empire Strikes Back, the Raptor and T-Rex stop motion puppets in Jurassic Park, and the ED-209 from RoboCop.

He won an Oscar in 1994 for his work on the original Jurassic Park.

 

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For the first time ever, Ghost Face® is teaming with Fanta for a Halloween collaboration: Ghost Face® Punch – a brand-new limited-edition Dark Berry Punch flavor.

The slasher icon is also the first-ever guest character to enter Fanta’s Haunted Universe, the brand’s first original Halloween entertainment world that blends fandom with the spirit of Halloween.

At the heart of Fanta’s Haunted Universe are four original characters inspired by classic Halloween legends, each with their own unique powers and personalities. This Halloween, fans will meet these characters for the first time and can collect them on limited-edition Fanta cans, alongside the newest and most iconic addition to the universe: Ghost Face®.

As the first horror icon partner to enter Fanta’s Haunted Universe, Ghost Face® marks a unique crossover that unites two beloved symbols of Halloween, bringing fans an exciting new way to celebrate the season.

Roger Jackson reprises his role as the voice behind the horror icon for this campaign; it’s the real Ghost Face®.

You can meet the original characters in the cinematic trailer below.

R.J Torbert, Director of Licensing and Brand Enforcement at Fun World, said: “Ghost Face® has been a Halloween favorite for decades and is recognized as The ICON of Halloween®. We’re excited to see him join Fanta’s Haunted Universe as its first-ever guest character. Bringing together Ghost Face® and Fanta creates a fun and unexpected Halloween experience that celebrates everything fans love about the season. It has been a pleasure working with the Fanta team to bring this project to life.“

Ibrahim Khan, Global Vice President of Marketing at Fanta, said: “Fanta’s Haunted Universe marks our move from collaborators to creators, building original characters and stories designed to grow beyond a single season. But every haunted universe needs an icon of horror – and there are few more iconic than Ghost Face®. We’re thrilled to welcome him into Fanta’s Haunted Universe for Halloween 2026, as we continue building a Halloween world fans can look forward to returning to year after year.”

Find out more about Fanta’s Haunted Universe at https://www.fanta.com. 

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Food Beast has revealed this afternoon that Pabst Blue Ribbon has joined forces with the Jason Universe for a limited edition 12-pack of PBR beer emblazoned with Jason’s iconic mask.

The outlet details, “Pabst Blue Ribbon is teaming up with Horror Inc. for a limited-edition Jason Voorhees collaboration that turns its 12-pack packaging into a wearable version of the slasher icon’s hockey mask. You can cut the mask out of the box or, apparently, throw the whole damn 12-pack over your head and be IG photo dump ready.”

“Along with the wearable packaging,” Food Beast continues, “fans can expect a collection of Jason-themed apparel, glassware, koozies, tap handles, tackers, and bobbleheads.”

The campaign rolls out in stores in September and will run through November 13, with Food Beast noting that some stores will get standees, and some bars will even get Jason tap handles.

Head over to Food Beast to learn more and look for Jason in bars and beer stores soon.

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Each film in the newly launched Bloody Disgusting Horror Database now has a discussion section that you can use to review, comment on or discuss films with the Bloody Disgusting horror community. Using the new discussion boards requires a free BDDB account and a small amount of reputation first. So sign up, rate a few films and create a list or two and you will be good to go.

Maybe start by telling us what you thought of Insidious: Out of the Further.

We’ve also put some work into the lists feature, giving each list its own dedicated page that you can link to and share. We’ll also be featuring some of our official lists along with some of our favorite community lists like user vamp_fangz’s list “Slasher revival movies that have posters with the cast doing the thing“ or “Super Sequels” by stuspiria

User profiles also got a fresh coat of paint, with a new overview tab highlighting your recent activity and film list of your choice. You can also customize the background of your profile by picking a film and clicking the SET AS FAVORITE button.

More ways to browse the database now include showing horror films by streaming service and a dedicated page to see what was recently added (we’re now over 10,000 films!). 

Check out our FAQ to make the most of your profile and if you need help, have suggestions, find a missing film (we’ve already added over 20 films suggested by the community) or just want to let us know what you think you can use this form to send a message to the team. We’re trying to recapture some of what we loved about the early days of Bloody Disgusting by having a real community, so please make sure to let us know what you like, what you don’t, and how we can make this even better. We’re just getting started!

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The team previews, “This fall, Thirteenth Floor Entertainment Group is partnering with Horror, Inc. to bring Jason Universe to life like never before. Introducing Jason Universe: Survive The Night, an officially licensed haunted attraction that puts you face-to-face with one of horror’s most iconic slashers, Jason Voorhees.”

But that’s not all we’re getting from this haunted attraction partnership…

“And for those brave enough to take control, Jason Universe: Director’s Cut gives you the chance to step into the director’s chair and decide how Jason strikes next.”

Jason Universe: Survive the Night is coming this Halloween season to 13th Floor Denver, House of Torment Haunted House, 13th Floor Houston, 13th Floor San Antonio, Fear Farm Phoenix, Terror on the Fox Haunted House, Twin Cities Fear Fest, New Orleans Nightmare, and Nashville Nightmare.

Jason Voorhees will also be slashing into Six Flags Fright Fest this Halloween with Jason: Blood Reign, headed to the Six Flags Great Adventure, Kings Island, and Carowinds parks.

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The house had been in Savini’s family for nearly a century now, with the multi-talented actor, director and effects artist having lived there as a child before later using it as a headquarters for his effects work and extensive horror collection (which includes irreplaceable props and artifacts from several eras of film history).

That’s why the fire wasn’t just a huge blow for Savini himself, but for the horror community as a whole.

There is a Silver Lining to the situation, however, as effects artist Jason Baker has started a GoFundMe campaign meant to help the 80-year-old Savini and his family get through this troubling time without breaking the bank with temporary housing, cleanup costs and the replacement of personal belongings.

The fire also destroyed many priceless pieces of Tom’s life and history, including family heirlooms brought over from Italy and iconic props from Tom’s illustrious career.

Baker writes, “The damage was severe. Thankfully, Tom and his wife were not injured, but their two beloved cats, Max and Bruce, were tragically killed. This was not just a house—it has been Tom’s home base for 80 years, and it has been in Tom’s family for almost a century. For Tom, this loss is deeply personal and far beyond the damage to the building itself. This is a traumatic situation for anyone to endure at any age. It has been especially difficult for Tom being a senior citizen 80 years old.”

The campaign is currently a fifth of the way through its $50,000 goal and can be accessed through this link.

Our thoughts go out to Tom Savini and his family at this difficult time. Please consider lending a hand and helping out if you’re able.

“Every act of kindness will mean so much,” Baker notes in the fundraiser. “Thank you for keeping Tom, Tom’s wife, and the memory of Max and Bruce in your thoughts.”

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