Way back in June of 2023, The Scariest Things asked The Jersey Ghouls, Jackie and Marissa to play a game and spin the Wheel of Misfortune on Spooky Time Episode 18. Foolishly, they said yes and we all discussed our misfortunate franchise results on Podcast Episodes 173 and 174. We asked them to come back again to spin the wheel and…they said yes! This time it’s a Wheel of FORTUNE as we spin for Horror Studios! Liz took many of the horror movie studios from Eric’s exhaustive dead list and loaded up the wheel. Again we spun and chance gave us our assignments. Watch and listen to the results and ..read more

U.K. fright-fare fanatics, we have the trailers for two horror films headed your way in April. Following are the official press announcements. The Bad Shepherd Herd in the horror as The Bad Shepherd is set to bring sheer terror to your screen. This pulse-pounding supernatural survival thriller from director Geo Santini (After the Reign) is set for its UK debut on 22 April courtesy of Scatena & Rosner Films. A friends’ hunting trip turns dark and deadly when they accidentally run over a woman in the wilderness and discover she’s already been shot and is holding a bag full of cash. Fuelled b ..read more

London’s Pigeon Shrine FrightFest, the U.K.’s premiere horror and genre-film festival, celebrates its 25th anniversary this year from August 22-26. It does so in style, moving to the ODEON Luxe Leicester Square, and today revealing its stunning poster for this year. Following is the official press announcement. Pigeon Shrine FrightFest is proud to unveil Graham Humphreys’ stand-out poster design for 2024 which marks the 25th anniversary of the UK’s most popular genre festival and the festival’s move to the ODEON Luxe Leicester Sq. Graham said today: “Although FrightFest marks its first quarter ..read more

This is how a bad relationship ends in Kill Your Lover (2024)Intensity: out of Directed by Alix Austin and Kier Siewart The sexy body horror thriller film Kill Your Lover manifests a literal toxic relationship between a mismatched British couple who let things go a bit too far. This feature from The Overlook Film Festival will make you squirm uncomfortably. Come for the steamy sex scenes, then stay for the awkwardly painful dissolution of a partnership in body-altering collapse. The adage that opposites attract needs an addendum. Opposites can also repel. Lovers as a magnet metaphor has some ..read more

Here are the new trailer and posters for Black Mandala’s The Syndrome (Sindrom; Russia, 2021). Following is the official press announcement. Black Mandala acquires North American rights to supernatural horror movie “THE SYNDROME”, directed by Vyacheslav Rudenko. A story full of moments of tension and unexpected scares. Where the line between reality and the spectral world is blurred, leaving viewers in suspense until the final outcome. While their city is shocked by a series of strange suicides, Yegor prepares to move to another place to forget the past and start a new lif ..read more

Heeeeere’s Johnny! In a Violent Nature (2024)Intensity: out of Directed by Chris Nash The Canadian slasher film In a Violent Nature roared out of the gates with much buzz from The Sundance Film Festival. It was bolstered by a menacing trailer that similarly had horror fans excited. It has a great-looking monster, and a few spectacularly gory kills will make this movie pop and evoke fond old memories. The advance word on this movie was that it reinvented the slasher film. It’s different, to be sure. The odd pacing, however, cannot be ignored, and the movie plods along with its villain for far ..read more

Hayley Erin is on the run in New Life (2024)Intensity out of Directed by John Rosman A bloodied woman on the run begins a frantic chase in John Rosman’s debut thriller, New Life. This film holds its cards tight for half the movie, allowing the major implications of the plot lines to simmer before revealing the root causes of the pursuit, like a bomb drop. New Life transitions from political thriller to body horror in a dramatic shift that moved me from curious to engrossed. In every film festival I attend, there is always an undersung movie that I was completely unaware of before arriving, on ..read more

Infested (2024)Intensity out of , out of if you fear spiders! Directed by Sébastien Vanicek Arachnophobes beware! Infested (Vermines, En français) is the pinnacle of spider horror. It is also an expertly done class struggle diatribe, using a scrappy group of young survivors of the French underclass pitted against both an infestation of fast-breeding and fast-growing venomous spiders and the law enforcement that should be protecting them. I am not normally afraid of spiders. In fact, I have been hoping to create a terrarium for a jumping spider. I find those jumping spiders cute and entertain ..read more

Angus Cloud, Kathryn Newton, Alisha Weir, Kevin Durand, Dan Stevens, Melissa Barrera, and William Catlett in Abigail (2024)Intensity out of Directed by Radio Silence (Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillette) Abigail pits a group of misfit criminals against their captive, a little ballerina dancer named Abigail. Much to their surprise, she’s a powerful vampire. The movie is action-packed, with plenty of gore and laughs, but it is a station-to-station production that, while fun, telegraphs its moves well in advance. It’s empty calories, but for many fans, sometimes this is exactly what you crav ..read more

Hunter Schafer in Cuckoo (2024)Intensity out of Directed by Tilman Singer Cuckoo is a wildly imaginative and original slice of mad science horror. It doesn’t always feel coherent, but it constantly entertains with roaring action and fascinating characters. This is a showcase for rising star Hunter Schafer, who commands attention as the lead protagonist, Gretchen. First, it must be understood that Cuckoo is quite a bit to digest. A LOT is going on in this story, and sometimes, the audience is asked to just roll with it. Those who allow the story to flow will be rewarded with a uniquely entertai ..read more