Pure mastery – there really is no other way to describe the career of Neil Peart – drummer and lyricist for RUSH – the amazing power trio from Canada. I first heard Peart in the basement of a friend’s house in the late ’70s. 2112 had just been released and it was unlike anything any […]
Today, STXfilms and Lakeshore Entertainment released the first trailer for BRAHMS: THE BOY II , the sequel to the surprisingly profitable The Boy (2016). Taking over the lead from Lauren Cohen is actress Katie Holmes. Director William Brent Bell (The Devil Inside) is returning – as is, Brahms, the devilish doll. Just what is that […]
SHUDDER AND RLJE FILMS PRESENT THE NIGHTSHIFTER Available on DVD on January 7, 2020 LOS ANGELES (Dec. 6, 2019) – RLJE Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has picked up select rights to THE NIGHTSHIFTER from Shudder, AMC Networks’ streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural. THE NIGHTSHIFTER will be released on January […]
Orion Pictures returns to bring genre fans a dark, twisted fairy tale: GRETEL & HANSEL. The film arrives on January 31, 2020, from director Oz Perkins (The Blackcoat’s Daughter) and writer Rob Hayes. The cast includes Sophia Lillis, Alice Krige, and Samuel Leakey. Krige makes for an imposing and creepy “witch” while Sophia Lillis takes […]
Happy New Year 2020! Let’s start the year off with the incredible new trailer from Paramount Picture’s A QUIET PLACE PART II. Starting off with a thrilling extended opening sequence, carded “Day 1,” the trailer gives us plenty of the aliens viciously attacking and creating chaos. John Krasinski returns to direct the Abbott family as […]
How many Family Guy fans we got reading this article today? One of my favorite episodes is the one where Peter gets hired by the local news channel to voice his opinion on a nightly editorial piece called What Really Grinds My Gears and if you’re familiar with the episode – then you know what’s […]
Caveat lector: The following list contains my favorite horror movies of 2019. I ended up with 30-or-so titles vying for my top 10, so I came up with the following criteria to cull my list. The horror films I placed in my top 10 are movies I can’t get out of my head; that have […]
This was my first year with the Gruesome Magazine podcast! Horror has always been my favorite genre, but being a part of the podcast has given me so many new movies to watch and love. I’m so thrilled to be involved with such amazingly intelligent horror lovers with different perspectives and preferences. If this is […]
December 2019 draws to a close. The past twelve months were full of twists and turns of every type for me and the Grue-Crew alike. But through it all, we devour horror films with a ferocious passion be they the most memorable or the best forgotten. This week, we take a look at our top […]
The year 2019 continued this decade’s trend of providing top-notch fare for fear-fare and genre cinema fans. From supernatural shockers to arthouse horror to truly hilarious horror comedies and beyond, 2019 offered a wealth of riches, and narrowing my favorites down to 10 was no easy feat, but here we go! (10) Tie: The Lighthouse […]
As I’ve been consumed with the Decades of Horror: The Classic Era podcast, among other life’s happenings, I feel I have missed a good majority of what’s been relevant in horror. But I intend to play catch up! Starting with what I loved to what I essentially enjoyed here are my top five horror films […]
There’s been plenty of creepy morgue inspired horror flicks but I have to say – this new one getting set to roll out from director Yam Laranas – Nightshift – looks to up that creep factor just a bit. Check out the trailer – you’ll see what I mean. So, here’s the thing. Nightshift has […]
I find it rather puzzling why Mike Flanagan’s adaptation of Stephen King’s return to the Overlook Hotel – Doctor Sleep – failed to bring the horror fans out in droves but – it didn’t, and that is a damn shame. I’m betting this upcoming Blu-ray release will hit the fans right between the eyes though […]
As the final few weeks of 2019 slowly siphon away – all of us in the horror world eagerly anticipate the new year as it brings HBO’s adaptation of Stephen King’s The Outsider to the pay service. It’s looking to be a good one – and a new featurette was just unleashed featuring none other […]
Old soldiers never retire – they just take on drug dealers and kick some serious ass! That seems to be the basic premise of VFW – coming to us from Voltage Pictures and RLJE – and it looks like things are going to get bloody. Featuring the kick-ass cast of Stephen Lang, William Sadler, Fred […]