News

A glimpse at upcoming UK DVD and Blu-ray release dates well into 2025: here’s what’s coming to disc and when.

Here, then, are a few of the upcoming dates for new movies on DVD and Blu-ray that may not yet have been officially announced. Note that all dates are for the UK.

Also: We’ve started adding affiliate links. If you click on those, we benefit, and can spend more money paying more people to write more things for this website. No pressure, just hugely obliged.

Obviously in the current climate everything is subject to change, of course…

Just released

First Time On UK Blu-ray: No Way Out (Film Stories Blu-ray #2)

First Time On UK Blu-ray: Bull Durham (Film Stories Blu-ray #3)

Scroll to the bottom of the this list for more releases over the last few weeks.

Last two weeks

2nd June: Road House

2nd June: Captain Hook: The Cursed Tides...

As the format continues to gain traction, here’s our regularly-updated list of upcoming 4K Ultra HD disc releases in the UK.

Sitting alongside our list of upcoming DVD and Blu-ray releases (that you can find here), we’re also keeping a calendar for those who support the 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray disc format. As we learn of new UK releases, we’ll add them to this list.

We have started adding shopping links too. We’d be obliged if you clicked on them, as it really helps us in our quest to make the Film Stories project of magazines, website and podcast profitable. We’re a 100% independent publisher, and we quite like drinking coffee. It’d be lovely to afford some more.

Without further ado, here are the titles we know about…

Out now

26th May: Crime Story

26th May: For A Few Dollars More

26th May: Starman (Steelbook...

Exclusive: Fledgling international sales label Bloody Good Time Films has boarded psychological horror House of Abraham, starring Natasha Henstridge (Species, The Whole Nine Yards) as a woman who gets caught in the crosshairs of a cult.

It is among half a dozen titles on the inaugural slate of the UK-based company spearheaded by sales and acquisition exec Charlotte Saunter, which made its debut at the Cannes market this year.

The completed movie, for which Abramorama is handling North American theatrical distribution, is written by Lukas Hassel and directed by Lisa Belcher.

Henstridge stars as a woman looking for an end to her suffering, who checks into the House of Abraham, home to a mysterious cult that promises a way out. She soon discovers all is not what it seems and must plan an escape before it is too late.

Further cast members include Lin Shaye and Lukas Hassel (The Black Room, Slapface, The Art of the Dead).

The film isproduced by Lisa Belcher, Paul Merryman and Melissa Kirkendall and executive produced by Sid Ganis, Vance and Priscilla Hinton.

Former Banijay and MGM Studios staffer, Saunter launched Bloody Good Time Films with a focus on marketable genre fare with a focus on high-concept horror, elevated suspense, and boundary-pushing storytelling.

“Genre has always had the power to travel – and right now, horror is leading the charge. We’re excited to represent films that are visually striking, emotionally resonant, and built for a worldwide audience. Our focus is on stories that hit hard and stay with you,” said Saunter.

The initial slate includes completed titles, works in post-production, and select early-stage projects from emerging and established filmmakers.

These include Welcome To Paradise, directed by Richard Summers-Calvert and starring Bill Nighy, Mathew Horne, Togo Igawa and Simon Fisher-Becker. It follows a woman who finds herself in a strange, magical carnival with no memory of anything but her own name.

The company is also handling Follow The Dark starring James Cosmo, Arifin Putra and Hannah Al Rashid is about a grieving detective who stumbles upon a portal to a parallel universe, hoping to find answers about his son’s death — only to confront a darkness more terrifying than he imagined. Both are in post-production.

Other upcoming titles in post-production include Born In The Grave a completed Indonesian horror and The 13th Child directed by James Crow both with Worldwide rights available.

If you’re making a body horror movie right now, bringing a makeup effects artist from The Substance on board your team is probably the best possible decision. That’s precisely what the team behind the upcoming French body horror film Species has done, with Screen Daily reporting that Oscar winner Pierre-Olivier Persin will be handling the film’s makeup effects.

Marion Le Corroller is directing the upcoming Species.

In the film, “a young medical student working at an ER witnesses a new virus spreading among young patients, a mysterious mutation among the new generation that starts affecting her.”

Karin Viard, Mara Taquin, Kim Higelin, Sami Outalbali, Stefan Crepon and Sonia Faidi star.

Marion Le Corroller wrote the script alongside Thomas Pujol.

“We are very excited to start talking about this pulsating body horror project in Cannes. We totally see Marion Le Corroller walking in the footsteps of Coralie Fargeat and Julia Ducournau,...

Amazon is having a massive sale on over 150 horror movies from the Scream Factory catalog, with Blu-rays as low as $8.49 and 4K Ultra HDs starting at $15.91.

These prices are only available for limited time, so stock up now!

$8.49 Blu-rays:

Candyman

Dark Angel

Lifeforce

Ninja III: The Domination

Sleepaway Camp

$9.76 or less Blu-rays:

Kindred

Nosferatu the Vampyre

Psycho (1998)

Ravenous

The Babadook

The Doctor and the Devils

The Slumber Party Massacre

Zombie High

$9.99 Blu-rays:

Assault on Precinct 13

Body Bags

Cherry Falls

Day of the Dead

Dog Soldiers

Ginger Snaps

Lake Placid

Motel Hell

Night of the Comet

Night of the Demons

Psycho II

Psycho III

Pumpkinhead

The Crush

The Funhouse Massacre

The Howling

The People Under the Stairs

$11.49 Blu-rays:

Cat People (1982)

Class of 1984

Deadly Blessing

Death Becomes Her

Dreamscape

Final Exam

Firestarter

Metalstorm

RoboCop 2

RoboCop 3

Shocker

Slumber Party Massacre (2021)

The Boy Who Cried Werewolf

The Burning

Village of the Damned...

Del thriller a una sátira ácida y mordaz de nuestro país. © A Contracorriente Films

Termina el rodaje en Gipuzkoa y Biarritz de Cada día nace un listo, la nueva película de Arantxa Echevarría tras llevarse el Goya (ex aequo) a la Mejor Película con el thriller La infiltrada. Se trata de una mordaz sátira de nuestro país, una disección de la picaresca que hoy sigue tan presente en nuestra sociedad.

Cada día nace un listo sigue a Toni Lomas, que saltó a la fama cuando participó en un exitoso talent show. Ahora no tiene donde caerse muerto. Su situación cambia cuando Malena, un amor del pasado, le pone en contacto con Junior, el hijo de un rico empresario, para robar un valioso cuadro de la casa familiar. Para llevar a cabo el golpe, Toni buscará dos aliados: la Mari y el Gallego, formando un equipo en el que cada uno persigue sus propios intereses.

Del thriller a una sátira ácida y mordaz de nuestro país. © A Contracorriente Films

Arranca el rodaje en Gipuzkoa y Biarritz de Cada día nace un listo, la nueva película de Arantxa Echevarría tras llevarse el Goya (ex aequo) a la Mejor Película con el thriller La infiltrada. Se trata de una mordaz sátira de nuestro país, una disección de la picaresca que hoy sigue tan presente en nuestra sociedad.

Cada día nace un listo sigue a Toni Lomas, que saltó a la fama cuando participó en un exitoso talent show. Ahora no tiene donde caerse muerto. Su situación cambia cuando Malena, un amor del pasado, le pone en contacto con Junior, el hijo de un rico empresario, para robar un valioso cuadro de la casa familiar. Para llevar a cabo el golpe, Toni buscará dos aliados: la Mari y el Gallego, formando un equipo en el que cada uno persigue sus propios intereses.

The 1995 hit Species is getting a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray physical media release in the UK this June. More details here.

Just recently on this very site, we were digging into the behind the scenes story of 1995’s hit Species. Starring Natasha Henstridge Sir Ben Kingsley and Michael Madsen – and it was Henstridge’s feature debut – the film also posted some superb creature designs from the legendary H R Giger. Roger Donaldson directed, and MGM had both a hit movie, and a chance to spit out a sequel or two.

The original film though has now been selected for a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray release, with 88 Films picking up the UK rights to the movie. It’s going to be releasing a deluxe dual format release – that thus includes a Blu-ray as well – on 23rd June 2025. It’s unclear as of yet whether there’s going to be much in...

Originally conceived as a sci-fi thriller with philosophical undertones, Species emerged as one of 1995’s weirdest monster movies.

The early 90s digital effects revolution birthed many monsters. Sam Neill and Laura Dern were menaced by velociraptors in the ground-breaking Jurassic Park in 1993. Tom Sizemore and Penelope Ann Miller were chased around a museum by a rhino-like behemoth in The Relic (1996). Samuel L Jackson was rudely interrupted mid-monologue by an intellectual shark in Deep Blue Sea (1999).

Few monster movies were as eclectically cast or as zany as 1995’s Species. Somehow, director Roger Donaldson managed to convince such acting greats as Ben Kingsley, Forest Whitaker and Alfred Molina to appear as members of a specialist team on the trail of a randy human-alien hybrid monster (Natasha Henstridge) seducing assorted men in Los Angeles.

It’s all delightful B-movie hokum, even if the film’s classier elements – the quality cast, the design of...

The movie Virus did not officially scuttle across screens until 1999, but its biomechanical horrors first sprang to life a bit earlier. The road to screen adaptation was not straightforward for Navy Seal turned writer Chuck Pfarrer; he first pitched his high concept to Universal Pictures, only to then have it land at Dark Horse Comics. Upon the series’ success, Pfarrer tried his luck again with Universal. This time, though, producer Gale Anne Hurd was there to help get Virus optioned as well as find a potential director.

It was in 1995 that Universal first approached John Bruno about helming Virus. Initially, the visual effects artist was hesitant about directing a feature, and Pfarrer’s screenplay was a major factor in that uncertainty; he found it to be too dense and complicated for his liking. Yet after a talk with colleague and friend James Cameron, Bruno eventually accepted the offer, providing that...

Two young Vikings prepare to face the fury of their ancient foes, as Mason Thames' Hiccup and Nico Parker's Astrid hide together in Berk's training arena in a new image from How To Train Your Dragon's live-action remake. The 2025 movie brings the world of Dreamworks' beloved 2010 animated fantasy to life, as a Viking outcast strikes a friendship with a wounded and elusive dragon. Alongside Thames and Parker, the live-action How To Train Your Dragon adaptation also stars Nick Frost, Julian Dennison, Gabriel Howell, Bronwyn James, Harry Trevaldwyn, and Ruth Coff, with Gerard Butler reprising the role of Stoic.

As part of its 2025 movie preview, USA Today has released a new still from How To Train Your Dragon. The image features Hiccup and Astrid armored and armed as they take part in the training every youth of Berk goes through to prepare them for their battles with dragons. The pair are hiding behind a barrier,...

The 90s were the salad days for sci-fi horror popcorn flicks. It was a time when wild B-movies got A-movie budgets and brought the visuals and campy excess of Roger Corman to the mainstream. One of the divisive films of that time is Species - a serviceable and sometimes maligned creature feature - currently #4 on Tubi's charts. The cheesy exploitation film is not without its flaws, but audiences are finding a lot to enjoy, as the once deep cable mainstay finds new life on streaming.

Species begins with a fun premise - a decoded alien message from space gives a team of unscrupulous scientists instructions on how to splice human and alien DNA. Because all scientists in movies have maxed out stats in ingenuity but zero foresight, they give life to Sil, an alien-human hybrid that is hellbent on reproducing and escapes her laboratory prison. The result is a...

Warning: contains spoilers for Star Trek #25!

Although Star Trek fans believe the galaxy is at peace with Species 8472, the franchise just confirmed they are still a massive, extinction-level threat. Introduced in Star Trek: Voyagers third season, Species 8472 has the distinction of being the one race even the Borg fearand for good reason. Voyager encountered Species 8472, and Janeway seemingly brokered an agreement, but as revealed in Star Trek #25, she had second thoughts.

Star Trek #25 was written by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly and drawn by Liana Kangas. Trapped in Fluidic Space, the Theseus runs afoul of Species 8472. A few of the aliens beam aboard the Theseus, attacking the crew. They are able to fend off the invaders, and Tom Paris tries to keep their spirits high. He mentions safeguarding the crews loved ones. As Species 8472 beams off the ship, one of them ominous says: Love? We have never heard of it.

Warning: contains spoilers for Star Trek #25!

Fluidic Space remains a mystery in the Star Trek universe, but a new theory about this realm has the potential to change the franchises entire endgame. The home of Species 8472, Fluidic Space, has made only a handful of appearances on-screen. Now the Theseus find themselves there in Star Trek #25, and the issues back matter advances a theory about Fluidic Space that could change everything fans know.

Star Trek #25, the first part of When the Walls Fell, is written by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly and drawn by Liana Kangas. Throughout the issue, Ben Sisko and the Theseus crew work frantically to leave Fluidic Space before they attract the attention of Species 8472. The issue includes several text pieces throughout, including an extra long one at the books conclusion, made to resemble a Starfleet briefing on Fluidic Space. It details some of the species that call it home,...

Get ready for some exciting news from Disney’s Animal Kingdom! A beautiful Sumatran tiger named Sohni has joined the park, and her arrival represents a significant leap forward in conservation efforts. With only around 400 Sumatran tigers remaining in the wild, Sohni is part of the park’s dedication to preserving endangered species through the Species Survival Plan (Ssp).

Sumatran tigers are the smallest of all tiger subspecies, known for their distinctive deep orange fur and closely spaced stripes. They are agile hunters, perfectly adapted to their dense jungle habitats. Unfortunately, the survival of these majestic animals is threatened by poaching and habitat loss, making conservation initiatives like the Ssp crucial.

Disney’s Animal Kingdom has welcomed Sohni to her new home on the Maharajah Jungle Trek, an immersive walking trail designed to replicate the natural environment of these incredible big cats. The Jungle Trek allows visitors to encounter exotic animals up close,...

Director Max Minghella wears his cinematic influences on his sleeves with sophomore feature effort Shell, a body horror dark comedy written by Jack Stanley (The Passenger).

Elisabeth Moss (The Invisible Man) finds herself embarking on a scary new beauty treatment as aging actor Samantha Lake. She quickly befriends Zoe Shannon (Kate Hudson), CEO of health & wellness company Shell. When their patients start to go missing, including starlet Chloe Benson (Kaia Gerber), Samantha realizes Shell may be protecting a monstrous secret.

The escapist love letter to ’90s cinema leans into dark comedy, but embraces everything from Paul Verhoeven to Soapdish, Species, and Sliver, if that’s any indicator of genre range here. Bloody Disgusting spoke with Minghella, who made his feature directorial debut with 2018’s Teen Spirit, about the genre-bender out of TIFF, where the film had its World Premiere.

The filmmaker revealed more about his influences, but mores o his...

After a busy August with the Season 2 premiere of “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,” which continues throughout September with new episodes through Oct. 3, “Batman: Caped Crusader,” and more, Amazon streaming services Prime Video and Freevee will have a comparably quiet September.

Most of the action for the month will come from Prime Video’s sports options. After the Sept. 5 Kickoff Game at Arrowhead Stadium with the defending Super Bowl Champion Kansas City Chiefs going up against the Baltimore Ravens, Prime Video’s third season of Thursday Night Football begins with AFC East champs Buffalo Bills taking on the Miami Dolphins in Miami. The WNBA and Nwsl also continue their seasons on Prime Video, with matches all month long from New York Liberty, Phoenix Mercury, Angel City Fc, and more top teams.

But Prime Video will welcome a few new series this month, including the highly publicized...

Aberration Dlc adds challenges with dangerous mutated dinosaurs in an underground chasm map. New creatures like the Bulbdog provide crucial Charged Light for survival in the treacherous environment. Rock Drakes, Reapers, and Basilisks offer unique abilities and tactics for dominating the Aberration landscape.

Ark: Survival Ascended's Aberration Dlc adds a little over a dozen new creatures to experience. Aberration's map is an unforgiving-irradiated underground chasm that challenges players on all fronts. If the environmental effects don't doom the survivors, then the hordes of mutated dinosaurs are just around the corner to finish the job. Luckily, the Dlc includes some handy new gear to help survive the dangers of this broken-down Ark.

Along with the returning dinosaurs, Aberration will include two new additions in the Yi Ling and Cosmo spider. However, the latter does not arrive without controversy. The Cosmo spider not only looks similar to a player-created modded spider but...

Stars: Stephanie Lodge, Lauren Staerck, Beatrice Fletcher, Megan Purvis, Darrell Griggs, Natasha Henstridge, Mark Collier, Stephen Staley | Written by Tom Jolliffe | Directed by Andy Edwards

Horror versions of fairy tales, such as Snow White: A Tale of Terror with Sigourney Weaver and Sam Neil, for example, have been around for quite a while. And now the current trend of turning kid’s stories and nursery rhymes into horror films has carried over to them. It makes sense, they’re filled with witches, ghosts and in their original versions tended to be pretty grim and bloody moments such as Cinderella’s stepsisters cutting off their toes to try and get their foot in the glass slipper. And that brings us to Cinderella’s Revenge.

It certainly opens on an appropriately nasty note as Katherine frames her husband for the theft of the king’s jewels and has him killed for the bounty.

The Star Trek: Voyager episode "Unity" subtly hinted at the existence of Species 8472 through a B'Elanna Torres line. Producer Brannon Braga later confirmed the intentional setup of Species 8472 in "Unity." Voyager's subtly serialized storytelling connected "Unity" to Species 8472 in "Scorpion," showing that the show's reputation for purely episodic storylines is untrue.

Star Trek: Voyager's first Borg episode in season 3 foreshadowed the introduction of Species 8472. Although the Borg were established as originating from the Delta Quadrant, Voyager's cast of characters didn't encounter the classic franchise villains until season 3, episode 17, "Unity." Even then, the crew only ran into a disabled cube and a group of ex-Borg living as a cooperative on a nearby planet. Voyager's first encounter with the Borg in the Delta Quadrant was less than menacing, but "Unity" did provide a setup for the introduction of the Borg's greatest enemy, Species 8472.

Species 8472 were introduced in Voyager's season 3 finale, "Scorpion,...

Alien artist Hr Giger was involved in a number of film projects in the 1980s and 90s. We talk to filmmaker William Malone about some amazing films that never happened.

Given just how genre-defining 1979’s Alien was, it’s perhaps surprising that Hr Giger, the Swiss artist who designed the title monster, wasn’t involved in more films. His creations appeared in the likes of Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986), Species (1995), plus a little-seen German indie comedy horror called Killer Condoms (1996), but none were as high-profile or influential as Alien.

In the wake of that genre-defining space horror, other artists and designers tinkered with Giger’s unforgettable xenomorph in its sequels. Giger wasn’t involved in the making of Aliens, Alien Resurrection or subsequent prequels or spin-offs, and his work for Alien 3 was barely used. Instead, Giger had the curious habit of coming up with concepts and artwork for...

Lauren Staerck and Natasha Henstridge in Cinderella's Revenge

Natasha Henstridge plays Cinderella’s Fairy Godmother in Andy Edwards’ Cinderella’s Revenge. It’s a dark, twisted and blood-soaked take on the classic fairy tale, transforming Cinderella into a violent vigilante out for revenge against her wicked stepsisters.

Speaking with Eye For Film, Henstridge recalls daunting and fond memories of her experience making Species, and the joy of being a devil on the shoulder.

Paul Risker: How did you catch the acting bug?

Natasha Henstridge: Even before school, I was a ham. A lot of actors are very quiet and private people, that are out there in the world exploring through other characters. That was not me - I was the kid who was super-hyper, had a camera in someone's face all the time at Christmas functions, pretending I was a reporter or interviewer, wanting to get the nitty-gritty and understand who they were.

Your browser does not support the video tag.

Sometimes, living “happily ever after” means embarking on a blood-soaked path of revenge. That’s the case in the horror fairytale Cinderella’s Revenge. Directed by Andy Edwards (Zombie Spring Breakers), the film finds Lauren Staerck (Trust) having a helluva time as Rella until her fairy godmother shows up. That would be Natasha Henstridge (Species), who suggests there’s more to life than just nabbing Prince Charming, especially the shady one featured in Edwards’ gritty comedy horror film.

The story thus far: Cinderella’s (Staerck) wicked stepsisters and stepmother are throwing far too much shade. Somehow, our dear maiden winds up at the ball — nice touch having the “carriage” here come in the form of a Tesla — and her eyes twinkle with the prince and all that. But he’s not the charming gent we all remember him to be. Glass slippers appear.

Cinderella’s darkest wishes are about to come true courtesy of her fairy godmother in an exclusive to Collider clip for the upcoming nightmare-inducing film, Cinderella’s Revenge. The latest childhood tale to take a twisted turn stars Lauren Staerck (Bloody Mary Returns) as the titular belle of the ball and Natasha Henstridge (Species) as her benevolent fairy godmother. The sneak peek shows the moment in which the two women’s paths first cross, with Cinderella’s fairy godmother using her powers to force a startling introduction between them. Revealing her purpose, the fairy godmother tells Cinderella that she’s arrived to make the young woman’s dreams of attending the royal ball come true. With a little magic and a heavy side of sass and wit, the fairy godmother transforms her latest project from drab to fab and prepares her for a night that she won’t soon forget.

A new breed of creature-features was unleashed in the 1990s and continued well into the next decade. Shaking off the ecological messaging of the past, these monsters existed for the sake of pure mayhem. Just to name a few: Tremors, The Relic, Anaconda, Godzilla, Deep Rising and Lake Placid all showcased this trend of irreverent creature chaos. Reptiles and other scaly beasts proved to be a popular source of inspiration for these films, but for that extra crawly experience, bugs were the best and quickest route. Spiders, in particular, led some of the worst infestations on screen in the early 2000s. And on the underbelly of this creeping new wave — specifically the direct-to-video sector — hangs an overlooked offering of spider horror: Arachnid.

In 2000, Brian Yuzna and Julio Fernández launched the Spanish production company Fantastic Factory. The Filmax banner’s objective was to create modestly budgeted genre films for international distribution.

The Dominion is a powerful alien empire in Star Trek that challenged the Federation like never before. While the Klingons, Romulans, and Borg evolved over time, the Dominion remained a second-tier villain. Star Trek: Picard's third season saw the Dominion return strong, with a complex plot and characters.

Star Trek has always featured compelling villainous aliens, many of whom have arcs and collective journeys as rich as any individual character. The Klingons, for instance, have gone from the Federation's greatest foes to fierce allies and antiheroes. The Romulan Empire similarly underwent rapid disintegration in the late 24th century and re-unified with their genetic cousins, the Vulcans, in later seasons of Star Trek: Discovery. Even the Borg changed over the course of the franchise, as individuals like Seven of Nine escaped the Collective and threats like Species 8472 proved more than they could handle. That dedication to their organic development has...

Brand-new photos and an eerie film trailer show off Cinderella's Revenge. Expect twists, turns, sex, and violence in this upgraded horror version of the classic fairy tale. Actress Lauren Staerck stars as Cinderella, with Natasha Henstridge playing a blonde and Californian fairy godmother.

“This ain’t no fairy tale.” The tagline for Cinderella’s Revenge sums up the horror comedy perfectly as the classic story gets a gruesome upgrade this spring. That wicked stepmother and those insufferable stepsisters have pushed poor Cinderella too far. And with a little help from Cinder’s Fairy Godmother, the glass-slipper-wearing heroine is going to paint the town red with their blood.

Andy Edwards directs Cinderella's Revenge, and he promises a horrifying upgrade with many of the same central elements from the original storyline making the film. But there will also be plenty of twists and turns to surprise fans of the source material.

The beloved procedural crime show "Bones" ran for an impressive 12 seasons, continuing the upward TV star trajectory for David Boreanaz after his work on shows like "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel," and helping to launch Emily Deschanel to become a household name after a slew of small roles in a handful of TV shows and movies.

As the co-stars of "Bones," Deschanel and Boreanaz naturally appeared in every single episode of the series. And while viewers know guest stars didn't pop up nearly as frequently, some casual watchers may think that some of the more familiar faces might have at least popped up one time per season. But as it turns out, out of all of the guest stars who graced the series from 2005-2017, only one performer managed to make at least one appearance across all 12 seasons: Patricia Belcher, who played Caroline Julian, a federal prosecutor for the U.

Spanish cinema was celebrated at the 38th Annual Goya Awards in Valladolid, with Netflix’s The Society of the Snow taking a total of 12 trophies, the most of the night.

J.A. Bayona won in the Best Director category for The Society of the Snow (La Sociedad de la Nieve), with the film also taking Best Film.

The top acting awards went to Malena Alterio for Antonio Méndez Esparza’s Que Nadie Duerma (Something Is About to Happen) and to David Verdaguer for David Trueba’s Saben aquell (Jokes & Cigarettes).

Sigourney Weaver was honored with an International Goya during the ceremony with Juan Mariné receiving an honorary Goya.

See all the winners in the list below.

Premios Goya 2024 Complete Winners List

Honorary Goya

Juan Mariné

Best Supporting Actor

José Coronado

Cerrar los ojos (Close Your Eyes)

Best Original Song

“Yo solo quiero amor”

Rigoberta Bandini

Te estoy amando locamente

Best...

When thinking of the last era of practical visual effects that preceded the CGI revolution in Hollywood, no name is more ubiquitous in that development than Richard Edlund, A.S.C. (American Society of Cinematographers). He was a founding member of the famous company Industrial Light & Magic along with Star Wars honcho George Lucas.

Early in his SFX career, Edlund won an Oscar for both Lucas' original space opera and Raiders of the Lost Ark. Edlund's credentials in the world of practical and early-cgi movie effects and the development of cinematography technology are unmatched. He's had a hand in many of the most-famous action film franchises of the '70s-'90s, including Ghostbusters, Die Hard, Poltergeist, Star Trek and Alien.

Along with his colleague Stan Winston, Edlund created the modern visual blueprint for the greatest era of action films, from the motion-controlled miniature sets made in monumental sizes in the 1970s, to...

“20.000 especies de abejas”, “La sociedad de la nieve”, “Saben Aquell” y “Cerrar los Ojos” encabezan las nominaciones a los premios Goya 2024.

El pasado jueves se anunciaron los nominados de la próxima edición de los prestigiosos Premios Goya, el destacado evento anual que celebra lo mejor del cine español. La gala de los Goya 2024 se celebrará el 10 de febrero en Valladolid, con la actriz y cantante Ana Belén y por Los Javis como presentadores. Aquí os dejamos con la lista de los nominados de esta edición:

Mejor PELÍCULA

20.000 especies de abejas

Cerrar los ojos

La sociedad de la nieve

Saben aquell

Un amor

Mejor DIRECCIÓN

Víctor Erice, Cerrar los ojos

Elena Martín, Creatura

J.A. Bayona, La sociedad de la nieve

David Trueba, Saben aquell

Isabel Coixet, Un amor

Mejor PELÍCULA Europea

Aftersun (Reino Unido)

Anatomía de una caída (Francia)

Las ocho montañas (Italia)

Safe Place (Croacia)

Sala de profesores...

The Society Of The Snow has garnered 13 nominations, followed by Close Your Eyes and Jokes & Cigarettes with 11.

Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren’s 20,000 Species Of Bees leads the nominations for Spain’s prestigious Goya awards, which will be presented on February 10, 2024.

20,000 Species Of Bees premiered in competition at Berlin, going on to win the Silver Bear for best performance for Sofía Otero, playing an eight-year-old girl who spends a summer working in the Basque Country’s beehives while exploring her identity.

The film scored 15 nominations, including best film, best director and four nods in the acting categories.

Ja Bayona’s...

20,000 Species Of Bees, the debut film by Basque filmmaker Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren, and Society Of The Snow, J. A. Bayona’s survival drama for Netflix, have dominated the nominations at this year’s Goya Film Awards.

The nominations for Spain’s premiere film awards event were released this morning. 20,000 species of bees clocked 15 noms, including best film, screenplay, and best new director. Bayona’s Society Of The Snow clocked 13 noms, also landing in best film. Veteran Spanish filmmaker Víctor Erice trails behind with 11 nominations for his comeback feature Close Your Eyes, starring Ana Torrent.

20,000 Species Of Bees debuted at this year’s Berlin Film Festival, where lead actor Sofía Otero took the silver bear for best leading performance. The film is set during a summer in a village house linked to beekeeping and follows an eight-year-old and her mother experiencing revelations that will change their lives forever.

Bayona...

If you subscribe to JoBlo Horror Originals (which you should!), you’ve probably caught our series 80’s Horror Movie Memories. In this show, we highlight all of our favourite horror movies from arguably the greatest decade for horror, with tons of very special guests. The decade started with a bang, with Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, the first instalment in the Friday the 13th series, John Carpenter’s The Fog, and more. Check out our feature-length examination of 1980 here, but this week, we’re looking at 1981.

While some may think the year pales compared to 1980, they might be underestimating what’s a pretty significant year for horror. Arguably, one would call it the year of the werewolf, with the year dominated by the best werewolf movies of all time, John Landis’s An American Werewolf in London and Joe Dante’s The Howling. While those might have been the biggest...

Andrzej Bartkowiak got his start in the entertainment industry working as a cinematographer, working on such films as Terms of Endearment, Prizzi’s Honor, Twins, Falling Down, Speed, Species, Dante’s Peak, The Devil’s Advocate, U.S. Marshals, Lethal Weapon 4, Thirteen Days, and Trespass. But back at the turn of the century he also got into directing, working mainly in the action genre: Romeo Must Die, Exit Wounds, Cradle 2 the Grave, Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li, Maximum Impact, Dead Reckoning. His most well-known movie, for better or worse, may be the action horror video game adaptation Doom. Now Deadline has announced that Bartkowiak is treading back into horror territory, as he has signed on to direct the supernatural thriller The Dire Wolf.

Coming our way from Steelyard Pictures, The Dire Wolf has a screenplay written by Ry Cook and is expected to start filming in New Mexico soon, aiming for a 2024 release.

Exclusive: Steelyard Pictures, the production company behind 2022 horror thriller The Inhabitant, has attached Andrzej Bartkowiak (Romeo Must Die) to direct The Dire Wolf, a supernatural thriller to shoot in New Mexico, for release next year.

No word yet on the casting front. But the film tells the story of Hank Whitmore, a sharp and stubborn New Mexican sheriff who aligns with the Navajo Nation when a series of supernatural events threatens his family, his town, and his way of life.

Ry Cook penned the script and Leone Marucci will produce alongside Tetrad Studios’ Roy Scott Macfarland, Legacy Media Ventures’ Jeffrey Katz (Buffaloed), and Randy Mendelsohn. Matthew Coates and Kenneth Heilfron will serve as EPs.

“American cinema has long wrestled with our native culture’s spiritual connection to the natural world,” observed Marucci, explaining that “the extinct Dire Wolf was [once] indigenous to North America.

The episode of Wtf Happened to This Horror Movie? covering Species II was Written by Eric Walkuski, Narrated and Edited by Tyler Nichols, Produced by Andrew Hatfield and John Fallon, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.

If you were a movie fan hanging around in 1995 – hell, if you were just a living being – you can’t forget the summer of Species. Unapologetic in its cheesiness and sleaziness, it was a like a big-budget version of the movies Joe Bob Briggs used to show during his late night marathons on The Movie Channel. In other words, it was pure heaven. Gory and sexy in equal measure, it made a splash thanks to its irresistible premise – an alien-human hybrid mega babe screws guys to death while an eccentric group attempts to stop her before she bangs humanity into extinction. Yep, pure heaven. The movie made over $113 million at the worldwide box office; considering its $35 million budget,...

Rush Hour director Brett Ratner has reportedly immigrated to Israel.

On Tuesday, The Jerusalem Post’s Walla news site reported that Ratner posted to his Instagram Story a clip of an Israeli immigration certificate and national insurance documents. He captioned the clip in Hebrew, “Brett Shai Ratner.”

The Hollywood Reporter has reached out to Ratner’s company RatPac Entertainment for comment.

The X-Men: The Last Stand filmmaker is friendly with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and last month met with him in New York during Netanyahu’s visit to the United Nations for the 78th General Assembly. Israeli media reports that Ratner and Harvard Law School professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz were Netanyahu’s guests during his speech to the General Assembly. On his Instagram, the filmmaker posted a picture of himself with Netanyahu, Sara Netanyahu and Dershowitz.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Brett Ratner אהרון...

Harry Kim, a character from Star Trek: Voyager, has been unfairly labeled as a "loser" by fans due to his lack of promotion and perceived lack of success. The new variant cover for Star Trek #15, created by artist Chris Fenoglio, showcases a tougher and more intense version of Harry Kim, challenging the negative perception of the character. The cover also features Miral, the daughter of Harry's friend Tom Paris, emphasizing Harry's protective and heroic nature. This image of Harry as a badass with a phaser rifle puts an end to the criticism and shows how Voyager failed him.

Star Trek: Voyager’s Harry Kim silences his haters in a badass new variant cover. Harry Kim endured his fair share of trauma across Voyager’s seven seasons, not to mention never getting a promotion. This has led to an (incorrect) assumption among fans that Harry Kim is a loser. However, on...

Fandoms everywhere can now rejoice, for in October Our Flag Means Death finally returns to our screens for its second season. Rhys Darby and Taika Waititi will be romancing the high seas once more thanks to an enormous outpouring of love and support from the show’s fans. The safety of the cult favorite is not yet known beyond season two, but if this one is as good as the first, it certainly won’t be for lack of trying.

Talking of little shows that could, Doom Patrol is back for its last ever block of episodes, having long outlasted the many of the other ill-fated DC streaming series. Season two of The Gilded Age is also streaming this month, with Bertha challenging both Mrs. Astor and the old system in this new run.

And if none of that is up your street, there’s always Jason Statham punching sharks in the face,...

Max users now have a new way to find their favorite Halloween-themed titles, from hardcore horror to holiday-themed baking shows.

Halloween is officially more than a month away, but to its most devoted followers the holiday doesn’t have a season. For these people, Halloween is not just a holiday, it’s a state of mind. Max has a brand new content hub for Halloween lovers to devour, and more casual observers of the holiday will love it every bit as much.

Max is calling its new hub the “House of Halloween.” It’s one of the featured, rotating content tiles in the carousel at the top of the Max homepage, and it offers specially curated collections of shows and movies from the Warner Bros. Discovery vault that subscribers can start streaming immediately.

7-Day Free Trial $9.99+ / month Max via amazon.com

Get 20% Off Your Next Year of Max When Pre-Paid Annually...

Max embraces the Halloween season in a massive way by putting horror for all ages front and center with a “House of Halloween” interactive spotlight page, and it’s now live. It’s a choose your own adventure, Halloween style this spooky season.

The streaming platform aims to be the premier destination for Halloween. The “House of Halloween” spotlight page separates content into various scare levels, featuring categories such as Sweet Treat, which highlights titles like Coraline, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, and “Halloween Cookie Challenge,” Scary, But Not Scary-Scary, which includes HBO’s “The Last of Us,” “True Blood,” and “Lovecraft Country,” and Haunt Your Dreams, showcasing some of Max’s most chilling content, with a lineup of horror films including Annabelle, It, Evil Dead Rise, The Nun, and The Exorcist, which turns 50 this year.

Look for the second season of the HBO Original horror series “30 Coins...

Rhys Darby in ‘Our Flag Means Death’ season 2 (Photograph by Nicola Dove/Max)

Max’s 2023 October lineup of series includes new seasons of Our Flag Means Death, The Gilded Age, and 30 Coins, as well as the second half of Doom Patrol season four (the final season). A documentary focusing on the notorious Bling Ring premieres on October 1st, along with all five Final Destination films.

In addition to a batch of horror films joining the network’s lineup, Max is celebrating Halloween with new seasons of Ghost Adventures and The Haunted Museum.

Series & Films Arriving On Max In October 2023:

October 1

3 Godfathers (1948)

The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996)

All About the Benjamins (2002)

The Amazing Panda Adventure (1995)

Angels in the Outfield (1951)

The Answer Man (2009)

Anthropoid (2016)

Appaloosa (2008)

The Apparition (2012)

The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

Badlands (1973)

Be Cool (2005)

Bee Season (2005)

Beetlejuice (1988)

The Benchwarmers (2006)

Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

Blindspotting (2018)

Celeste and Jesse Forever (2012)

Cesar Chavez (2014)

Charlie Wilson’s War...

This article contains spoilers

John Carpenter is hands down one of America’s greatest filmmakers and composers, and you’d be hard-pressed to find a horror geek that doesn’t adore at least one of his movies. Born in 1948 to a a college music professor, Carpenter fell in love with cinema as a child and was out there making his own short films before he’d even started high school.

As the decades flew by, he was at the helm of some of the most beloved sci-fi and horror pictures of all time, whilst also composing the music for most of them, including the iconic scores for Halloween and Escape from New York.

Today, we’re ranking the director’s output, from Dark Star in 1974 to The Ward in 2010, but we should note that we haven’t included TV movies like Elvis or Someone’s Watching Me here, as we...

Stonecutter Media has announced that they will be giving Aaron’s Blood director Tommy Stovall’s Faustian tale Condition of Return a weeklong theatrical release on September 22nd, and will also be bringing the film to Vudu and Cable VOD on the same date. In anticipation of this release, a trailer for Condition of Return has arrived online and can be seen in the embed above.

Scripted by John Spare, the film is said to be a “slow burn character study” about “a churchgoing schoolteacher’s descent into darkness, and the lengths she’ll go to reclaim her life”. AnnaLynne McCord of Excision and the more recent version of 90210 stars as Eve Sullivan, who is arrested for committing a heinous crime. Shackled in a police station breakroom, she is questioned by psychoanalyst Dr. Donald Thomas, who is tasked with determining her fitness to stand trial. In a contentious interview,...

Species 8472 were introduced in Star Trek: Voyager as the deadly aliens that scared the Borg Collective, impressing viewers with their CGI design. Captain Janeway formed an alliance with the Borg to combat the dangerous Species 8472, who had the ability to wipe out all life in their galaxy. Peace was eventually negotiated with Species 8472, but their potential return as antagonists in the Star Trek universe remains a possibility, especially with the destruction of the Borg and Starfleet's presence in the Delta Quadrant.

Species 8472 were introduced in Star Trek: Voyager season 3, billed as the Star Trek villains that were deadly enough to scare the Borg Collective. Impressed by the advances in CGI that allowed Voyager's VFX team to realize the sentient macro viral life forms in "Macrocosm", plans were made to create a pure computer-animated alien species. Executive Producers Jeri Taylor and Brannon Braga, and CGI Effects Director Dan Curry are all...

Like any genre, sci-fi comes with a host of tropes, concepts, and plot ideas that have become familiar to audiences over the years. Some of these tropes, like space travel and robots, are specific to the genre, and some are used across multiple genres, like the dangers of unchecked hubris.

Many of these tropes are still in use and have been used effectively. Others, however, are becoming outdated. Again, some of these tropes are problems that plague all genres, while others are specific to the genre. The depictions of women, the chosen savior trope, and portraying all non-human species as the same are examples of the first type. Scientific ideas that have long been disproven and the villainization of science are examples of the latter.

Related: 10 Cringiest Sci-Fi Movie Tropes

The Space Cowboy/Pirate

Granted, there are some excellent versions of this trope, but there are also many terrible versions.

Star Trek: Discovery season 5 introduces new alien villains, Moll and L'ak, who are fierce outlaws determined to uncover a hidden treasure. Captain Rayner joins the final season and clashes with Michael Burnham, displaying a troubling vengeful streak that could cause problems. Rayner's gruff demeanor and personal vendetta against Moll and L'ak may hinder the crew's intergalactic treasure hunt, but his war veteran background could also create a bond with Michael and the team.

Star Trek: Discovery season 5 has revealed more information on its new alien villains and its newest Starfleet Captain. The fifth and final season of Discovery sends Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) on a mission to uncover an ancient power which has been hidden for centuries. As well as the returning Discovery cast members, Callum Keith Rennie is joining the final season as Captain Rayner, while Eve Harlow and Elias Toufexis join the show as the villainous Moll and L'ak,...

The episode of Revisited covering Species was Written by Ric Solomon, Narrated by Kier Gomes, Edited by Joseph Wilson, Produced by Lance Vlcek and John Fallon, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.

The 1990s were famous for Alien Invasion films. Independence Day, The X-Files Movie, Alien 3 and Mars Attacks all come to mind. Yes, those are all great but what about Roger Donaldson’s classic 1995 creature feature Species (watch it Here)? Of course, the first thing that comes to mind is the beautiful Natasha Henstridge and this being her first acting role. She’s an absolute terror and force to be reckoned with here. Species is something of a cult classic and one we need to talk about. So, on this episode of Horror Revisited, let’s dive back into one of the better Sci-fi 90s films.

The initial concept for Species came from a script called The Message...

Natasha Henstridge of the first two Species movies and John Carpenter’s Ghosts of Mars, among other credits, has signed on to star in Cinderella’s Revenge, which gives the classic fairy tale a horror twist. Filming is already underway in the UK, with Andy Edwards (Zombie Spring Breakers) directing for Sobini Films.

Starring Lauren Staerck (Curse of Jack Frost) as Cinderella, this take on the fairy tale will show us what happens when Cinderella’s wicked stepsisters and stepmother push her too far, leading her to swap her glass slippers in pursuit of blood-soaked vengeance with the help of her Fairy Godmother.

My immediate assumption was that Henstridge would be playing the wicked stepmother, but she’s actually taking on the role of the Fairy Godmother.

Henstridge and Staerck are joined in the cast of Cinderella’s Revenge by Stephanie Lodge (Jack & Jill: The Hills of Hell), Beatrice Fletcher...