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On Set Cinema is hosting screenings of 1988’s Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, 1989’s Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers, and 1995’s Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers at their original filming locations in Utah.

Halloween 5 will screen at The Myers House filming location in Salt Lake City, with an optional overnight stays inside the house, on August 8.

Halloween 6 will screen at The Myers/Strode House filming location in Salt Lake City, with special guest Devin Gardner (Danny Strode), on August 9.

Halloween 4 will screen at the Vincent Drug filming location in Midvale on August 10.

On Set Cinema’s other upcoming screenings include:

May 17-18 – Cabin Fever July 11-12 – Children of the Corn July 19 – Child’s Play 3 August 31-September 2 – Jason Lives September 13 – The Warriors October 3 – The Goonies October 4 – Dr. Giggles October 5 – The Shining October 11 – Scream November 9 – Curtains

Tickets for all events are on sale now.

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Filmmaker Eli Roth has launched The Horror Section, a new, all-encompassing horror media company that aims not just to make a killing in the independent scary movie space, but to also make horror fans an integral part of the company.

The splatter master, who has spent a most of his 25-plus year career making movies ranging from Cabin Fever and Hostel to Knock Knock and Thanksgiving, has partnered with Media Capital Technologies for the venture, which includes not only producing and distributing original films theatrically, but also carving out a place for horror television, gaming, podcasts and live events.

“I’ve done this very successfully and everything that I’ve done for this zone has made a lot of money for a lot of people,” Roth tells The Hollywood Reporter. “Now it’s time to put it all under one umbrella,...

Ahead of the film’s world premiere at Panic Fest 2025 later this month, Bloody Disgusting has been exclusively provided with the trailer reveal for indie horror film Don’t Let the Cat Out.

The movie, from the creators of last year’s festival fave Ladybug, will play alongside such eagerly-awaited genre films as David Cronenberg’s The Shrouds and Neon’s Hell of a Summer.

Anthony Del Negro, Jordan James Smith and Cerina Vincent (Eli Roth’s Cabin Fever) star in the “original, audacious horror film with a deliciously campy edge.”

“When Charlie agrees to house sit on Halloween, he expects a quiet evening alone. But the night quickly goes to hell when he is kidnapped and tortured by the deranged homeowners who plan to use Charlie’s body as a vessel to resurrect their beloved dead cat.”

Written and produced by Del Negro, the story is loosely based on...

Terror Vision Records has launched its 2025 vinyl subscription featuring six soundtracks making their vinyl debut:

The Legend of Boggy Creek (1972) composed by Jaime Mendoza-Nava (The Town That Dreaded Sundown) The Sender (1982) composed by Trevor Jones Cheerleader Camp (1988) composed by Joel Hamilton & Murielle Hamilton (Rush Week) Fire in the Sky (1993) composed by Mark Isham Cabin Fever (2002) composed by Angelo Badalamenti and Nathan Barr Immaculate (2024) composed by Will Bates

Priced at $185, the subscription includes all six releases on exclusive colored vinyl with hand-numbered packaging and a 2025 club tee.

The $225 VIP subscription includes all that plus a Terror Vision test pressing, a 2025 club tote bag, a 2025 turntable slipmat, and other goodies.

For non-subscribers, the scores will be available individually throughout the year on different color variants.

Terror Vision is celebrating 10 years of releasing horror soundtracks on vinyl, including The Monster Squad, The People Under the Stairs, Basket Case, Pet Sematary Two, Pontypool,...

In the early 2000s, at the same time directors like Eli Roth and Rob Zombie were pushing the limits of violence in American cinema with “Cabin Fever” and “The Devil’s Rejects,” a parallel movement emerged in France. Dubbed cinema du corps or “New French Extremity,” the trend was characterized by extremely confrontational horror films that assaulted the audience with their combination of filmmaking skill and visceral gore.

Many of these movies no longer feel quite so shocking, their tropes now absorbed into mainstream horror. Marina de Van’s “In My Skin,” however, retains its power to disturb 23 years after its release. The story of a young woman (played by de Van herself) whose addiction to self-mutilation escalates in increasingly graphic body horror set pieces, “In My Skin” remains profoundly unsettling because there’s no barrier between the audience and the filmmaker’s subconscious — de Van invites us into her darkest...

Starz has announced the movie and TV titles that will be available on the service in March. The Starz March 2025 schedule includes the premiere of Power Book III: Raising Kanan Season 4 and a selection of films celebrating Women’s History Month.

The Starz app expands in March with an exciting mix of films, including Fast X, Reagan, The Killer’s Game, Never Let Go, Bagman, White Bird, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever and more.

Power Book III: Raising Kanan Season 4 Starz Highlight

Power Book III: Raising Kanan Season 4

In Season Three, Kanan Stark finally stopped living in the shadow of his mother and assumed control of his life, taking matters into his own hands by orchestrating the deaths of Ronnie and Detective Howard. In season four, slates have seemingly have been wiped clean for Kanan, Raq and the rest of the Thomas family. Kanan’s drug business has hit its stride.

Survival horror movies always were staples of the genre. From the dark caves of The Descent to the shark-infested waters of The Shallows, seeing how characters could survive nature and all of its elements drew audiences in, especially in the 2000s and 2010s. 2024 brought new releases Arcadian and Never Let Go to the survival horror subgenre. The A Quiet Place franchise received universal praise from critics and audiences, and all three entries performed extraordinarily well at the box office. Seeing characters facing more realistic, terrifying scenarios could often evoke more fear than the paranormal or supernatural could. The average person was far more likely to find themselves fighting to survive the elements rather than a demon or ghost haunting their home or following them around every street corner. Broken bones, wild animal attacks, and being unable to take on Mother Nature were far more likely to have happened to the...

If you ask the millennials in your life, those at the younger age of the generation will likely be able to tell you where they were the first time their home phone rang after they saw Gore Verbinski’s The Ring. Or maybe it’s just me, but that’s trauma for ya, folks! The terrifying movie first arrived in cinemas in 2002 and kept the scary vibes of the year going, alongside other favorites like 28 Days Later and Cabin Fever. And right now, the movie that traumatized so many of us more than two decades ago is now streaming on Peacock.

In 2006, Stephen King wrote an apocalyptic horror novel that remolded the contagion metaphor into something atypical. While zombies are front and center in this paranoia-fueled tale, these creatures are not reanimated corpses who have mutated beyond recognition, à la the infected in "The Last of Us." Instead, these zombies are former cell phone users who have transformed after a global network signal called The Pulse is sent out, turning them into rabid killers. This novel, "Cell," captures the unprecedented chaos brought about by this unlikely situation, with a struggling artist named Clayton serving as our entry point into this world on the brink of collapse.

It is worth noting that King wrote "Cell" during a time when cell phones weren't as accessible as today (to the point that they have evolved into a necessity), offering a technologically-wary perspective of a phenomenon yet to happen. This pessimistic outlook serves the purpose...

George Folsey Jr., the longtime producer and film editor for director John Landis, has died at the age of 85, according to his family.

The son of 13-time Oscar-nominated cinematographer George J. Folsey, whose credits included “Meet Me in St. Louis” and “Forbidden Planet,” Folsey Jr. got his start in editing at Kabc in Los Angeles, where he edited documentaries and news reports for broadcast in the 1960s.

He then moved into cinema by learning the trade at MGM, where his father had worked, alongside “Grand Prix” Oscar-winning editor Henry Berman. His first feature film project was Alexander Singer’s “Glass Houses,” a 1972 film in which Folsey was editor, cinematographer and producer.

A year later, Folsey was hired to edit John Landis’ debut feature film “Schlock,” a sendup of “King Kong” in which an ape man chased out of his cave wanders into a Southern California neighborhood and develops an unrequited crush on a teen girl.

Eli Roth is synonymous with gruesome and gory movies. A renowned member of “The Splat Pack”, the director is known for pushing the boundaries with extensive torture sequences within his movies. Roth has often taken inspiration from real-life events, with Hostel inspired by a horrifying murder website. However, it is his directorial debut Cabin Fever that has the grossest real-life connection, with the movie’s events inspired by a real life infection Roth once contracted.

2011's The Cabin in the Woods is headed to a new streaming home in 2025.

Per Tubi, director Drew Goddard's The Cabin in the Woods is officially joining the free streaming platform's ever-expanding catalogue of films and television shows on January 1. At the time of writing, The Cabin in the Woods stands as Goddard's highest rated film per review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, with the film garnering a 92% "Fresh" rating averaged across 291 critical reviews.

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Co-written by Goddard and Joss Whedon, 2011's The Cabin in the Woods focused on a group of college students who decide to spend a weekend getaway within the walls of the film's eponymous locale. Unfortunately for them, the isolated, woodland getaway is...

Eli Roth’s trampoline scene from Grindhouse stands as one of the anthology’s most infamous moments, and the horror director returns to break down the iconic kill. Released in 2007, Grindhouse is a double feature paying homage to 1970s exploitation cinema, comprised of Quentin Tarantino's slasher Death Proof and Robert Rodriguez's zombie-comedy Planet Terror. The anthology also included faux trailers by prominent horror directors, including Roth’s Thanksgiving, a holiday-themed slasher trailer packed with over-the-top gore and satirical humor.

In a conversation with Screen Rant’s Joe Deckelmeier at Fan Expo San Francisco (where Screen Rant was a media partner), Roth revisited Thanksgiving's now-iconic trampoline gag, where a cheerleader doing a split meets a gruesome end on a knife. Roth contended that this scene became the standout gross-out moment in Grindhouse, beating the efforts of his fellow gore directors. Here's what he had to say:

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Eli Roth, the director of horror films like Hostel, Cabin Fever, and last year’s slasher gem, Thanksgiving, has offered a well-timed update about the continuation of the holiday horror movie that terrified slasher and Black Friday fans last year. The sequel to Thanksgiving was quickly greenlit in November 2023, and Roth is now preparing to begin shooting next March. He also confirms it won’t be a prequel, some characters will return, and he will not spend more money than is required to successfully bring the "John Carver" back for more.

Speaking to IndieWire one year after Thanksgiving was released to both audience and critical acclaim, Roth reveals his next step is to make an equally appealing sequel that will satisfy horror hounds. The first outing holds an 84% score on Rotten Tomatoes, and even though it’s a young movie, it has more than enough entertainment value to become a Thanksgiving horror staple.

Turkey toys with detachable heads. Coloring books about a killer pilgrim. A gruesome holiday board game that encourages you to die. Framed by a cornucopia of these twisted “Thanksgiving” keepsakes, director Eli Roth arrives on Zoom as happy as a clam.

“It’s all so perverse,” the Massachusetts native told IndieWire, festively shuffling through the collectibles on his desk in LA. “It’s this meta-absurdity of merchandising a movie that is also a comment on merchandising — but we’re totally aware of it. Everyone is in on the joke.”

Last November, Roth made his highly anticipated return to the horror genre and delivered an instant holiday classic. A vicious satire about American consumerism, “Thanksgiving” opens with a Black Friday sale that turns into a deadly stampede. If you haven’t seen it yet, the mass casualty event is bloody and brutal but not without its charms. There’s a football...

While Lost may center around the main character passengers of Oceanic Flight 815, the J.J. Abrams show featured many memorable guest stars, including the late, great Lane Reddick. The series ran for six seasons, from 2004-2010, and became an absolute water cooler show for North American audiences. Fewer shows had more fan theories than Lost, as viewers loved to debate the meaning of supernatural phenomena like the Smoke Monster and "The Others".

One of the most popular Lost fan theories is that Oceanic Flight 818's survivors are actually dead, and that the island is their purgatory. This theory is supported by the large amount of biblical references in the series, both overt and implied. For example, the beloved character John Locke is seen as a representation of Jesus Christ. Lost network ABC leaned into this in a particularly memorable piece of promotional art that depicted the show's cast posed like The Last Supper painting,...

Since its debut in 2003, NCIS has captivated audiences with its gripping naval investigations and complex characters, including Emily Fornell, whose sudden death shocked fans. Over the years, the CBS procedural NCIS universe has introduced numerous recurring characters, with Tobias Fornell and Diane Sterling being particularly memorable. FBI Agent Tobias Fornell (Joe Spano) is a close ally of NCIS Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Mark Harmon), while Diane Sterling (Melinda McGraw) is Fornell's ex-wife and Gibbs' second ex-wife. Their unique dynamic and enduring camaraderie provided a compelling backdrop, particularly when their daughter, Emily Fornell (Juliette Angelo), became involved.

As a teenager, Emily Fornell first appeared in season 4 and quickly became a beloved recurring character. Her journey through adolescence included struggles with addiction, which was poignantly explored in later seasons. Emily's relationship with her father, Tobias, was both touching and heartbreaking, as he tirelessly tried to help her through recovery. However, her...

On Friday nights, IndieWire After Dark takes a feature-length beat to honor fringe cinema in the streaming age.

In October 2024, we’re doing the Midnight Movie Monster Mash with films that challenge our understanding of evil characters and creatures just in time for Halloween.

First, read the spoiler-free Bait: a weird and wonderful pick from any time in film. Then, come back for the Bite: a breakdown of all the spoiler-y bits you’d want to unpack when exiting a theater.

The Bait: “The Cabin in the Woods” Companion You Didn’t Know You Already Had

For years, scary movie fans have been dying for a “Cabin in the Woods” sequel. There are plenty of reasons that could never and should never happen; chief among them that it’s a damn-near perfect film and ends with a planet-destroying apocalypse heralded by none other than Sigourney Weaver.

But Fran Kranz...

Sony Pictures announced the release date for its upcoming Until Dawn film adaptation. Based on the 2015 PlayStation exclusive horror game of the same title, Until Dawn follows eight friends and frenemies as they survive the night at a remote mountain retreat while a mysterious killer hunts them down. The feature, directed by David F. Sandberg, will arrive in theaters next spring, April 25, 2025.

The drama horror game was originally created by Supermassive Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. Players control the eight young adults as they explore Blackwood Mountain and fight to survive. The game received great praise for the juicy teen drama of the character stories, impressive graphics, and immersive environment. Fans loved the uniquely featured butterfly effect of the game, in which players must make choices that change the potential ending of the story. All playable characters can survive or die, depending on the decisions made. Rolling Stone called Until Dawn,...

The Cabin Fever pancakes scene might be the strangest in the Eli Roth debut horror movie, and it still makes very little sense all these years later. Roth has had a varied directorial career, and whether one loves or hates his films, it's hard to deny that they're usually at least memorable. That began with Cabin Fever (2002), a bizarre blend of horror and comedy. One minute, a character shaves their leg's skin off due to a terrifying flesh-eating virus; the next, Roth makes a cameo as a stoner. The tone of Cabin Fever is all over the place.

How much of that odd sensibility was informed by Roth himself becomes quite apparent when watching the 2016 Cabin Fever remake, which stuck to the original very closely but seemed to lack any of its charm or heart. As much weirdness as can be found in Cabin Fever, the award for the oddest scene goes to the "Pancakes!

James Watkins' Speak No Evil comes with the undetachable baggage of remaking Christian Tafdrup's Danish day-ruiner from only two years ago. Blumhouse's initial announcement made me balk — Tafdrup's Speak No Evil is a modern feel-bad destroyer of souls. Thankfully, Watkins handles this Americanization with the utmost "justification" (in remake terminology). It's Blumhouse's best movie this year by a country mile, evoking the essence of Tafdrup's vacation nightmare while swerving into a climax that aggressively differentiates itself. Watkins understands cinematic misery (see 2008's Eden Lake) but doesn't care to replicate Tafdrup's seismic shocks — 2024's Speak No Evil is its own dreadful beast.

Ben Dalton (Scoot McNairy), his wife Louise (Mackenzie Davis), and his anxious daughter Agnes (Alix West Lefler) are American transplants soaking in poolside sunshine away from their soggy London residence. Ben's been laid off recently, and Louise can't reestablish her public relations career — they're in a transitional rut.

From Evil Dead to Alien: Romulus, Fede lvarez has directed some of the best horror movies of the past decade but not all of his films have been quite that great. lvarez first caught Hollywoods attention when he dropped his short film Ataque de Pnico! on YouTube in 2009. He was quickly recruited by Sam Raimis Ghost House Pictures to develop his debut feature, and that debut feature ended up being a remake of Raimis own debut feature, The Evil Dead. lvarezs 2013 Evil Dead introduced the franchise to a whole new generation of horror fans.

Since Evil Dead put lvarez on the map as an exciting new voice in the genre, hes become one of the most sought-after horror directors in Hollywood. Hes helmed daring original projects, like Dont Breathe, and tackled other daunting reboots of legendary franchises, like his Alien movie. lvarez is a visionary filmmaker who goes all...

Eli Roth's Borderlands was a big-budget flop, missing the mark by casting against type and aiming for a PG-13 rating. Death Wish's 2018 remake lacked the passion of the original, failing to evoke the same outrage. The House with a Clock in Its Walls aimed for fun, but ended up feeling like a third-rate Harry Potter clone.

From Cabin Fever to Borderlands, Eli Roth has had a lot of ups and downs in his filmmaking career, but which one of his movies is the best (and which one is the worst)? Roth first broke out with his low-budget debut feature Cabin Fever, about a group of college kids who travel to a remote cabin in the woods, where they encounter a deadly flesh-eating virus. Cabin Fever put Roth on the map and established him as one of the most exciting new voices in horror cinema.

What followed was a surprisingly varied career.

Borderlands' Rotten Tomatoes score shouldn't shock anyone given director Eli Roth's history with critics. The movie mixes sci-fi, action, and comedy, featuring Cate Blanchett leading a ragtag crew. Despite its popularity as a video game, Borderlands flopped at the box office due to its predictable plot.

Although Borderlands might have a disastrous Rotten Tomatoes score, this shouldn't come as a surprise thanks to director Eli Roths history with critics. Borderlands is an adaptation of the video game franchise of the same name. A blend of sci-fi, action, and comedy, Borderlands sees Cate Blanchetts outlaw Lilith cobble together a mismatched crew to track down and later save Deukalian Atlas daughter Tiny Tina. This set of misfits includes Jack Blacks Claptrap, Kevin Harts Roland, and Florian Munteanus hulking Psycho Krieg. By Borderlands ending, this unlikely, dysfunctional gang ends up working together to save the universe from Atlas.

If this plot sounds derivative,...

Thanksgiving was a critical and box office success in 2023 with an impressive Rotten Tomatoes score of 84%. Borderlands, on the other hand, received negative reviews and was a commercial failure, debuting with a 0% score. Eli Roth prioritized Thanksgiving over finishing Borderlands, leading to speculation about his involvement in the latter.

It's evident that Eli Roth made his acclaimed 2023 horror film Thanksgiving at the same time he made Borderlands. Although Borderlands features a star-studded cast, including Kevin Hart, Cate Blanchett, Jack Black, and Jamie Lee Curtis, the film has become a critical and commercial failure following its wide theatrical release on August 9, 2024. Borderlands debuted with a Rotten Tomatoes score of 0% before slightly increasing to its current score of 10% as of the time of writing. Borderlands was Eli Roth's follow-up to Thanksgiving, which received much more praise from audiences and critics alike.

Roth has made several films in Borderlands including Cabin Fever, Hostel,...

It’s a bad time to be Eli Roth.

A miscalculation of near-mythic proportions, “Borderlands” has a whopping six percent on Rotten Tomatoes heading into its opening weekend. Those bad reviews (IndieWire gave it a “C-“) are the least of the “Hostel” filmmaker’s problems, as Lionsgate’s misguided video game adaptation has inspired assessments of not only the director’s filmography but also whether his impact on pop culture has been at all valuable.

This ranking can’t account for all of that. If you’re a fan of the types of genre films that Roth makes, read on. If you’re not, do not pass go, do not collect $200, and enjoy the “Borderlands” dogpile — a massive multiplayer online affair now available free of charge.

Last year, Roth’s meaty and murderous “Thanksgiving” did well for the provocateur. The seasonal holiday slasher, starring Nell Verlaque, Patrick Dempsey, and Addison Rae among others,...

Romance It Ends With Us opens in 630 cinemas through Sony at this weekend’s UK-Ireland box office, pitting lead actress Blake Lively against her husband Ryan Reynolds, whose Deadpool & Wolverine has held top spot for two weekends.

It Ends With Us is adapted by Christy Hall from Colleen Hoover’s 2016 novel, about a woman whose connection with a neurosurgeon begins to remind her of her parents’ troubled relationship.

Director Justin Baldoni stars alongside Lively having optioned the book through his Wayfarer Studios in 2019, with Jenny Slate, Hasan Minhaj and Kevin McKidd also on the cast.

Having broken out in...

In recent years the conversation around adequate representation in all aspects of filmmaking, has been gaining a new momentum. Audiences demand for a diverse range of actors onscreen and age is one of the many factors. It is a known fact that actors in Hollywood have a certain time-limit, beyond which they do not receive enough offers.

Recently director Eli Roth restarted the discussion around the industry’s treatment of older actors and stated how they tend to disregard their talent just due to age. He then proceeded to name two senior actors he approached for his movie Borderlands, further cementing that age doesn’t matter to him.

Eli Roth on Ageism: Casting senior actors in his movie

Eli Roth is known for his work in the horror genres, for films like Cabin Fever and Hostel, but he has transitioned into a new genre. The director shifted his interest to...

From premieres to existing classics, there’s something for everyone to enjoy on Paramount+ this month.

The legendary RuPaul Charles is upping the stakes with all-new franchise of the Emmy-winning “RuPaul’s Drag Race” with the premiere of “RuPaul’s Drag Race Global All Stars.” In this new show, 12 queens from all around the globe will compete for a grand prize and a place in the international pavilion at the Drag Race Hall of Fame.

And that’s not the only beloved property giving something new. The final season of the Paramount+ original series “Seal Team” is also set to hit the streamer this month.

Along with the new content, there are loads of existing films and shows coming to the platform, including family favorites like “We Bought a Zoo” and “Hotel for Dogs.” Staple movies like “Pulp Fiction” and “The Big Short” will also be available to watch.

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The Substance, a feminist horror pic where Demi Moore plays an aging Hollywood star who embraces a secret cloning procedure to save her career will open the Midnight Madness sidebar at the Toronto Film Festival with a North American premiere, organizers said Thursday.

The Cannes award winner from director Coralie Fargeat also stars Margaret Qualley and Dennis Quaid, and will hit theaters on Sept. 20.

The Midnight Madness section, which launched the career of Eli Roth with Cabin Fever and saw Sacha Baron Cohen arrive in a cart pulled by donkeys to screen Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, booked in all 10 genre movies with chills and thrills for this year’s 2024 lineup.

The program that has film buyers and Hollywood execs staying up after midnight plans world premieres for Thibault Emin’s fantasy pic Else, which stars Matthieu Sampeur and Edith Proust and imagines...

The article will contain spoilers for The Strangers: Chapter 1

The Strangers: Chapter 1 failed to justify its existence as a reboot in a long-running horror franchise. The film did not deliver on its promised backstory and failed to revamp the original story, relying on clichs. While The Strangers: Chapter 1 was a box office success, it was poorly received by audiences and critics alike, demonstrating the issue with the horror genre's overreliance on reboots and sequels.

Reboots, remakes, and sequels always existed in the horror genre. Whether it was beloved 80s classics like A Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th getting CGI-heavy remakes in the 2000s or golden age Hollywood horror flicks like House of Wax getting modern makeovers back in 2005, horror had a long history of tacking on entries to long-running franchises or remaking well-received original movies to mixed results. Some of these remakes and sequels wind up as...

Summer horror films turn idyllic vacations into terrifying nightmares, adding a sinister twist to familiar settings. The shift in tone from relaxation to survival in these films plays a trick on audiences, evoking fears of violence. Psychological battles, grotesque visuals, and eerie settings make summer horror movies like Jaws and Us chilling and unforgettable.

Summer is associated with relaxing and adventurous trips, but a few horror films have audiences reconsidering their seasonal vacation. Films such as Us and Friday the 13th place their characters in life-or-death scenarios in settings that are meant to evoke positive memories. Summer horror films are terrifying on their own, but it's because of the added element of vacation that the film's characters are caught off-guard.

What starts as a dream of an idyllic getaway is violently interrupted and a fight for one's survival suddenly becomes necessary. It's a shift in tone that happens to play...

Horror director Eli Roth might be known as a purveyor of torture porn movies like "Hostel" and "Cabin Fever," but he has a soft side when it comes to animals. Speaking to Total Film about his holiday slasher "Thanksgiving," he confessed to having a problem with movies where a murder victim has a pet. "I can't enjoy the movie until I know someone's gonna feed that pet. Even though I know it's a story, I know it's not real. I'm like, but what about the cat?"

Roth has a pet of his own -- a French bulldog -- who gave him the inspiration he needed when pitching a "Borderlands" movie to Lionsgate. "Whenever I take her for a walk and she has to go to the bathroom, she won't let me look at her," Roth explains in the latest issue of SFX magazine. "I have to look away because she gets really shy.

Woodlands and forests are effective backdrops for horror stories, offering unique close-to-nature scares and allowing filmmakers to be more provocative. The best horror movies in the woods span various sub-genres of horror and feature gore, ghosts, monsters, psychological horror, and post-apocalyptic survival horror. Movies like "Annihilation," "The Ritual," and "Tucker & Dale vs. Evil" demonstrate how a single forest location can be used in limitless ways within the horror genre.

Woodlands and forests are one of the most effective backdrops for horror stories, and the best horror movies in the woods use the unique close-to-nature scares only a forest or jungle can bring. They also tend to be more provocative, shocking, and experimental with their ideas. Some of the most well-known horror movies set in forests span various distinct sub-genres of horror and can boast some of the most notorious horror movies ever, thanks to movies like The Blair Witch Project,...

The episode of Wtf Happened to This Horror Movie? covering Seed of Chucky was Written and Edited by Jaime Vasquez, Narrated by Tyler Nichols, Produced by Andrew Hatfield and John Fallon, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.

Along with most Horror franchises that skyrocketed in the ’80s, Child’s Play had plummeted by the mid ’90s. But in 1996, Scream became a pivotal moment for the genre. Wes Craven’s self-referential slasher helped revive mainstream interest in Horror. And it gave birth to a new wave of slashers that featured characters with smarter dialogue, who made less stupid decisions (for the most part), and delivered the all-important meta humor. That wave included a bride, mostly dressed in black leather. Bride of Chucky checked all the boxes of the updated slasher formula, especially when it came to the satire. In the opening scene of Bride, you can see Freddy’s glove, Leatherface’s chainsaw,...

Eli Roth is returning to the vicious world of Hostel, as it was recently announced that Roth will be bringing the franchise to television, with an Oscar-nominated actor attached to the project as well.

Per Variety, fresh off his Academy Award nomination for his role in The Holdovers, Paul Giamatti will join Roth's Hostel TV series. The show is currently in development, and currently doesn't have a distributor yet. Roth is set to write, produce, and direct the show, with Chris Briggs and Mike Fleiss also producing. Roth is coming off his 2023 film Thanksgiving, which did fairly well at the box office, bringing in $45.5 million on a $15 million budget.

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Academy Award nominee and lifelong horror fan Paul Giamatti is set to star in a key role for new “Hostel” TV series with Eli Roth returning, THR reports today.

It’s not just Roth returning, but franchise producers Chris Briggs and Mike Fleiss as well.

No plot details as of yet as the series is still in development. But it’s described as a “modern adaptation” and an “elevated thriller” that’s also a “reinvention” of the horror franchise that launched in 2006 and spawned two sequels.

Roth and Briggs will write the script, with the former set to direct. Roth, Briggs and Fleiss will all executive produce the series.

Giamatti will star in a key role, though character details are under wraps.

The actor is a huge fan of the genre, having recently appeared as the villainous Christian Barbrow in season two of HBO Original Series “30 Coins.” Giamatti recently...

Hostel is coming to television.

Paul Giamatti has closed a deal to star in a Hostel TV series with the franchise’s Eli Roth, Chris Briggs and Mike Fleiss all returning for the project from Fifth Season, the studio behind Apple TV+’s Severance.

The Hostel show, which is currently in development and does not yet have a platform attached, is described as being a “modern adaptation” and an “elevated thriller” that’s also a “reinvention” of the horror franchise that launched in 2006 and spawned two sequels.

Roth and Briggs will pen the script, with the former set to direct. Roth, Briggs and Fleiss will all executive produce the series.

The original movie revolved around three backpackers who were headed to a Slovak city that promised to meet their hedonistic expectations, with no idea of the hell that awaited them.

Giamatti will star in a key role, with character details under wraps.

Modern horror movie remakes often tone down excessive violence from original films for various reasons. Some remakes, like Cabin Fever (2016) and Suspiria (2018), may lose impact by reducing gore. The Last House On The Left (2009) remake, while polished, may lack the shocking brutality of the original.

Warning: This article contains discussion of sexual violence and disturbing themes

Although it's often assumed that audiences' tolerance for violence has increased over the years, many horror movie remakes prove that, in reality, earlier films can be even more brutal than later projects. While, in general, it's true that viewers have become more exposed to violence than they were when cinema was in its infancy, modern horror films do not have a monopoly on brutality. In fact, some of the most violent and shocking movies ever made have been substantially toned down in their remakes.

There are many reasons why a horror movie remake might...

We all love a "fun" horror movie, right? I'm talking about horror that feels like the cinematic equivalent of a roller coaster — fast, exhilarating, scary, but ultimately harmless. You buy the ticket and take the ride. But one of the things I love about the horror genre is that it's so damn flexible. On one hand, you can have fun horror movies like I just mentioned. And then there's the complete opposite: horror movies that make you squirm. Horror movies designed to make your skin crawl. Bugs, monsters, blood, body horror — the type of stuff that makes you feel like you need to take a shower after watching it. Those are the types of horror movies we're highlighting here — gnarly stuff, gross stuff, stuff that's going to make you feel more than a little icky. Be warned: it's about to get disgusting up in here.

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2023 was not seen as a strong year for the Walt Disney Company. It was a year of underperformance as fans seemed to be demanding something fresh from the House of Mouse, leaving many marquee titles to come in well below expectations. Still, Walt Disney Pictures produced or co-produced 11 in-house movies last year, including reimaged classics like The Little Mermaid and a final outing for movie icon Indiana Jones.

Some of them were from the big-name franchises that everyone's heard of, while others dropped straight onto Disney+ without much fanfare. Many of these releases were underwhelming by most measures, but there is still a unique charm and polish to Disney movies that can make them a worthwhile watch.

Peter Pan & Wendy Was Another Live-Action Remake

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Even Eli Roth can’t believe that two-time Oscar winner Cate Blanchett was willing to learn to twirl guns and shoot baddies in “Borderlands,” the director’s gonzo adaptation of the popular video game.

Roth noted that since people loved seeing Blanchett wield a baton in “Tár,” where she portrayed a fictional world-famous conductor embroiled in controversy, the filmmaker said he might as well “put a flamethrower in her hand.”

In “Borderlands,” Blanchett sports a fiery red bob and is surrounded by the starry ensemble of Kevin Hart, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jack Black and “Barbie” breakout Ariana Greenblatt. The story follows Blanchett as Lilith, an infamous outlaw with a mysterious past. She reluctantly returns to her home planet of Pandora and forms an unexpected alliance to find the missing daughter of Atlas.

Roth shared a trailer for the film during Lionsgate’s presentation at CinemaCon, the annual convention for movie...

The auteur theory argues that certain film directors have such artistic and personal control that they are, in essence, the authors of the movie. The term is used for important filmmakers with an unmistakable style, like Alfred Hitchcock or Martin Scorsese, who have their own brand. This idea isn't limited to elite directors as it also applies to creators of trash cinema.

Cult movies are often low-budget, bizarre films that are so bad that they're good but generally a result of some kind of fluke or simply a one-off anomaly. There are, however, a select few directors who specialize in weird movie-making and have established their own unique flavor. While never gaining the recognition of their prestigious peers, these Cult Auteurs have left a zany and entertaining legacy.

Related 10 Most Bizarre Cult Classics Even by cult classic standards, some films are so bizarre that they must be seen to be believed.

Directed by Mary Robertson and Emma Schwartz, Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV brought out the ugly side of kids’ television during the ’90s and ’00s to light. In the five-part docuseries, Drake Bell, who rose to prominence following the success of Nickelodeon’s Drake & Josh, shed light on his s-xual trauma, suffered at the hands of convicted s-x offender Brian Peck.

Bell also spoke at length about the actors who signed in support of Peck during the 2004 trial, which included Cabin Fever star Rider Strong. But with the actor finally moving past this traumatic experience, he took to X to share that he has made peace with the actor.

Brian Peck Forgives Rider Strong for His Support Letter for Brian Peck

Drake Bell on Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV

Almost two decades after the conviction of Brian Peck, the 41 letters that were...

A spinoff of the film franchise, “Freddy’s Nightmares” was an anthology series starring the original Freddy Krueger, Robert Englund. Airing from 1988 to 1990, each episode told a different story of a dark rooted and grim nature that takes place in this fictitious town on Elm Street, and now a brand new book will take us deeper into the series than ever before.

Death Cult Press has announced Welcome to Primetime from authors Geoff Turner, Henrique Couto and David Denover, up for pre-order now ahead of April 1, 2024 release.

“This collection features breakdowns of each episode in the series, interviews with the show’s creators and a selected history of the bizarre world of horror anthology television.”

You can pre-order three different book bundles from Death Cult Press now.

“Freddy’s Nightmares” picked up with where the films left off, with Krueger terrorizing the citizens of his hometown and taking his revenge out through their dreams.

Quentin Tarantino is undoubtedly one of the most influential directors in Hollywood. There is one filmmaker who was influenced and guided by Tarantino and went on to become a prominent name in the horror genre. Eli Roth’s film, Restaurant Dogs, was a clear homage to the Tarantino film Reservoir Dogs. The duo later became good friends and collaborated on several projects over the years.

Quentin Tarantino found his perfect partner after watching Eli Roth’s Cabin Fever

Roth’s films had their fair share of acclaim and criticism, depending on the audience of the film. He was put on the horror genre map with his controversial film franchise, Hostel. He went on to make Knock Knock with Keanu Reeves, which some fans consider as Reeves’ most disgusting movie.

Eli Roth And Quentin Tarantino Bonded Over Their Love For Horror Films Eli Roth as Donny Donowitz in Quentin Tarantino’s...

Video game movies have come a long way in the last several years, with the likes of "Sonic the Hedgehog" and "The Super Mario Bros. Movie," among others, making great strides. As a result, many Hollywood studios are turning to the gaming world in hopes of finding the next great big-screen franchise. To that end, Lionsgate is set to release "Borderlands" as one of this summer's big blockbusters and yes, it is based on an extremely popular series of games.

This one has been in the works for a long time and even finished filming several years ago. But it's finally arriving this year and fans will soon know if this will be the next step in the right direction for video game movies. We're here to give you all of the need-to-know details about the film so you can be ready when it hits theaters -- from who is...

Eli Roth is a filmmaker whose name has become synonymous with visceral horror. He was a key figure in the loose collection of filmmakers known as the Splat Pack, which also included names like Alexandre Aja and Rob Zombie. These directors made low-budget independent horrors with tons of blood, gore, and general carnage. Roth's central contributions to the movement were his first two movies, Cabin Fever and Hostel.

In 2023, Eli Roth finally released his highly-anticipated film Thanksgiving, much to the delight of horror fans. While Thanksgiving is a gory affair, it's also a simple and fun slasher. You walk away from it with a smile on your face. The same can't be said for Roth's earlier works. His first feature film, 2002's Cabin Fever, is well crafted, but it's so dark and disturbing, with such realistic gore, that it leaves viewers shaken. Then came 2006's Hostel. Along with Saw two years before, it helped birth the unfortunate-named "torture porn" trope. Hostel, with its story of young American travelers in Europe who are abducted by rich men who pay to kill them, is as bleak as it gets. There is some hope among the bloodshed in its ending, but the original finale — one that was not only written but filmed — was so depressing that Eli Roth decided he couldn't show it.

When director Michael Winner and screenwriter Wendell Mayes adapted Brian Garfield's novel "Death Wish," it's doubtful that they had any idea they'd be launching a film franchise that would change the landscape of vigilante thrillers forever, and solidify Charles Bronson as one of the greatest stars of action cinema. The "Death Wish" films start out as a twisted character study of a man named Paul Kersey as he slowly descends into a life of vengeance and violence, bearing arms and serving as a one-man judge, jury, and executioner. There's a real allure to righting wrongs outside of the American justice system, but as Kearsey's arc shows, his desire to kill has perhaps always been a part of him -- which makes him part of the problem.

As the franchise went on, the "Death Wish" films cared less and less about the moral conundrums of its hero and instead wanted...