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On January 1, 2024, the earliest versions of Mickey Mouse – seen in the animated shorts Plane Crazy, The Gallopin’ Gaucho, and most famously Steamboat Willie – became public domain… which, of course, means we’re now going to get multiple horror movies that feature characters inspired by Mickey Mouse. Within the first three days of the year, we saw the short film The Vanishing of S.S. Willie, a trailer for the slasher movie Mickey’s Mouse Trap, and an announcement that Terrifier 2 producers Steven Della Salla and Michael Leavy and director Steven Lamorte, who previously made the Grinch-inspired horror movie The Mean One, were teaming up for a Steamboat Willie-inspired horror flick that we now know is titled Screamboat. The film had been aiming for a January 2025 release, but Iconic Events Releasing recently announced that they’ll be releasing it on April 2nd. With that date nearly upon us, the final...

Director Steven Lamorte’s (The Mean One) new horror movie Screamboat is embarking on its theatrical release on April 2 from Iconic Events Releasing, and the final trailer has been unleashed this week. Watch the trailer below and get your tickets to Screamboat now.

David Howard Thornton stars as Steamboat Willie in Screamboat, a twisted version of the black-and-white Mickey Mouse that was introduced in Disney’s animated short in 1928.

How is this possible?! Well, that original animated cartoon entered the public domain here in the United States on January 1, 2024, allowing for films such as this one to exist.

It’s not the first unofficial Mickey horror movie. And it won’t be the last…

In the film, “Be our guest on a NYC ferry ride that turns into a hilarious nightmare when a mischievous mouse named Steamboat Willie becomes a monstrous reality. As passengers set sail, their trip turns deadly...

Art the Clown has become one of the most unexpected and shocking horror icons of modern cinema in the Terrifierfranchise. However, he was around long before he became the record-breaking masochistic killer audiences have come to love in his three movies, but a gut-wrenching moment involving actress Catherine Corcoran and a hacksaw turned him into one of the most unpredictable villains to have graced screens in years. Now, almost a decade after being murdered in the most brutal and graphic way possible, the actress has reflected on her part in making the unrated killer a worldwide phenomenon.

Corcoran is hosting the first episode of Shout! TV’s Double Take on March 21, which features two movies in honor of Women’s History Month, and ahead of that she spoke to ComingSoon about working on Damien Leonie’s Terrifer and how it became something so much more than it was ever meant to be.

David Howard Thornton, best known for his role as the sadistic Art the Clown in Terrifier and its brutal sequel, is set to terrorise audiences once again—this time as a rampaging rodent in Screamboat, a horror-comedy that transforms a harmless ferry ride into a nightmarish bloodbath. The film is set to hit Vue cinemas on 2nd April before arriving on digital platforms on 28th April and DVD in May, courtesy of Signature Entertainment.

Directed by Steven Lamorte (The Mean One), Screamboat takes the playful charm of classic animated mascots and distorts it into something far more menacing. The film follows a group of late-night commuters in New York who find themselves trapped on a ferry with an unexpected predator—a seemingly mischievous mouse that quickly reveals its far deadlier intentions. As the body count rises, the passengers must band together to survive against the pint-sized terror before their journey...

The Steamboat Willie horror movie Screamboat is setting sail in just a couple short weeks, and star David Howard Thornton presents a brand new fresh look at the movie this week.

Screamboat will be released only in theaters on April 2, 2025 from Iconic Events Releasing. Check out our exclusive sneak peek below, which features new footage from the movie.

David Howard Thornton teases, “I hope you all are laughing and screaming and just having a wonderful time. And remember boys and girls… a scream is a wish your heart makes.”

Get your tickets to Screamboat now!

In the film, “Be our guest on a NYC ferry ride that turns into a hilarious nightmare when a mischievous mouse named Steamboat Willie becomes a monstrous reality. As passengers set sail, their trip turns deadly when the tiny terror unleashes murder and mayhem.”

From the producers of Terrifier 2 and Terrifier 3, Screamboat is...

In addition to Damien Leone’s box office record-breaker Terrifier 3, the Bloody Disgusting-powered Screambox is now the exclusive streaming home of Art Attack! The Dissection of Terrifier 3, the Only official making-of documentary for the Christmas slasher sequel!

The 98-minute documentary features insights from Damien Leone, David Howard Thornton, Lauren Lavera, and many more members of the Terrifier 3 cast and crew, with Art Attack! exploring Art the Clown’s cultural impact through exclusive interviews and behind-the-scenes footage from the entire Terrifier saga – and of course, Terrifier 3 in particular.

Damien Leone’s Terrifier 3 was released in theaters this past October by Cineverse and Bloody Disgusting, becoming the highest grossing non-rated movie in the history of cinema. Art the Clown’s Christmas massacre scared up an incredible $53 domestically and $90 million worldwide, solidifying the killer clown as one of the big time horror icons of the modern era.

Within Art Attack!

Elliott Fullam, known for going up against Art the Clown as Jonathan Shaw in Terrifier 2 and Terrifier 3, will star in the surreal coming-of-age horror short Wolf in Crown.

He’ll play Steven Brown, a young musician who sees beyond the mortal world. As his beloved Sophia loses grasp on her fading soul, an unknowable evil suffocates reality itself.

Josie Dubree, Fullam’s real-life muse, will co-star in the project, with production set to begin next month.

“I’m really excited to be working with our awesome little team for this exciting project! And I’m really looking forward to working with Josie for this, as I feel like she has something really special to bring to her character,” Fullam tells Bloody Disgusting.

“This short is the beginning of a coming-of-age story between two lost souls who are experiencing the horrors of the world. We’re hoping that people can connect to this story,...

Clowns are scary. Despite largely being associated with children's entertainment, people have a deep-rooted fear of these painted performers, so, naturally, quite a few horror movies have made good use of that over the years. In recent years, "Terrifier" slasher Art the Clown has become a straight-up horror icon. All of this to say, the scary clown sub-genre is an enduring one. And now "Clown in a Cornfield" instantly makes a case for being one of the best scary clown movies ever.

I had the good fortune of catching the world premiere of this one at SXSW in Austin, Texas. Directed by Eli Craig, known best as the man behind "Tucker and Dale Vs. Evil," this adaptation of Adam Cesare's popular novel of the same name is nothing shy of a horror/comedy delight. It's funny, it's gory, it's well crafted, and it occupies a unique space in the scary clown sub-genre.

As David Howard Thornton continues to gain notoriety for his role as Art the Clown in the popular Terrifier movies, his fans and slasher movie fanatics should book a ticket for Screamboat, a new killer cruise-ride horror movie opening in the U.S. in April 2025. Thornton portrays a murderous version of Mickey Mouse in the subversive slasher movie, building on a new disturbing Disney horror trend after last year's The Mouse Trap.

With obvious nods to Jason Takes Manhattan, a classic slasher on a cruise ship stopping in New York, Screamboat turns a touristy ferry ride into a fiendish and ferocious course through hyperviolent hell. Yet, with Thornton leading the way, Screamboat is the perfect alternative and/or placeholder to keep fans busy until Art the Clown returns for a fourth Terrifier film. All aboard!

'Screamboat's Premise, Explained

Steven Lamorte directed Screamboat from a screenplay he co-wrote with Matthew Garcia-Dunne.

We’re now less than a month away from the exclusive theatrical release of Screamboat, which shrinks David Howard Thornton (Art the Clown in the Terrifier movies) down to the size of a mouse to play a twisted version of public domain icon Steamboat Willie.

Screamboat will be released only in theaters on April 2, 2025 from Iconic Events Releasing. A digital and home video release will follow at a later date from DeskPop Entertainment.

Check out the exclusive official theatrical poster reveal below!

In the film, “Be our guest on a NYC ferry ride that turns into a hilarious nightmare when a mischievous mouse named Steamboat Willie becomes a monstrous reality. As passengers set sail, their trip turns deadly when the tiny terror unleashes murder and mayhem.”

The team promises, “Packed with big kills, big laughs, and a miniature menace, Screamboat is a cinematic thrill ride that re-imagines Steamboat Willie like never before!

The big winner of Toy Fair 2025 on the horror front may very well be Trick or Treat Studios, who brought some big time surprises to the convention floor this morning.

Upcoming licensed toys from Trick or Treat Studios include Maniac Cop, Hellraiser, Leprechaun, Terrifier 2, Killer Klowns from Outer Space, and Army of Darkness!

The most surprising reveal has to be the Maniac Cop action figure, which is headed our way in 2026. This marks the first officially licensed Maniac Cop figure we have ever seen.

Trick or Treat’s Hellraiser wave, meanwhile, will include Pinhead, Chatterer, Butterball, and Female Cenobite, with unpainted prototypes on display at Toy Fair this weekend.

And yes, we’re even getting a Warwick Davis Leprechaun figure from Trick or Treat Studios, along with a wave of toys based on George A. Romero’s zombie classic Day of the Dead.

Other upcoming figures from the company...

Watch the Trailer for Screamboat: "Steven Lamorte's Screamboat, a hilariously violent take on Steamboat Willie set aboard the Staten Island Ferry, arrives in cinemas on April 2nd - and to celebrate, IndieWire has debuted the first theatrical trailer for the "splatstick" comedy earlier today!

Be our guest on a New York City ferry ride that turns into a hilarious nightmare when a mischievous mouse named Steamboat Willie becomes a monstrous reality. As passengers set sail, their trip turns deadly when the tiny terror unleashes murder and mayhem. Packed with big kills, big laughs, and a miniature menace, Screamboat is a cinematic thrill ride that re-imagines Steamboat Willie like never before!

From the producers of Terrifier 2 and Terrifier 3, Steamboat is written and directed by Steven Lamorte, who created "The Mean One", 2022's blockbuster horror parody of The Grinch Who Stole Christmas.

The Screamboat cast includes David Howard Thornton...

On January 1, 2024, the earliest versions of Mickey Mouse – seen in the animated shorts Plane Crazy, The Gallopin’ Gaucho, and most famously Steamboat Willie – became public domain… which, of course, means we’re now going to get multiple horror movies that feature characters inspired by Mickey Mouse. Within the first three days of the year, we saw the short film The Vanishing of S.S. Willie, a trailer for the slasher movie Mickey’s Mouse Trap, and an announcement that Terrifier 2 producers Steven Della Salla and Michael Leavy and director Steven Lamorte, who previously made the Grinch-inspired horror movie The Mean One, were teaming up for a Steamboat Willie-inspired horror flick that we now know is titled Screamboat. The film had been aiming for a January 2025 release, but Iconic Events Releasing recently announced that they’ll be releasing it on April 2nd. With that date right around the corner, a...

David Howard Thornton (Art the Clown in the Terrifier movies) shrinks down to the size of a mouse to play public domain icon Steamboat Willie in the horror movie Screamboat, which has received an official trailer this afternoon along with a theatrical release date.

Screamboat will be released only in theaters on April 2, 2025 from Iconic Events Releasing. A digital and home video release will follow at a later date from DeskPop Entertainment.

Watch the official trailer for Screamboat starring David Howard Thornton below.

Thanks to Indiewire for debuting the trailer today.

In the film, “Be our guest on a NYC ferry ride that turns into a hilarious nightmare when a mischievous mouse named Steamboat Willie becomes a monstrous reality. As passengers set sail, their trip turns deadly when the tiny terror unleashes murder and mayhem.”

The team promises, “Packed with big kills, big laughs, and a miniature menace, Screamboat is...

On January 1, 2024, the earliest versions of Mickey Mouse – seen in the animated shorts Plane Crazy, The Gallopin’ Gaucho, and most famously Steamboat Willie – became public domain… which, of course, means we’re now going to get multiple horror movies that feature characters inspired by Mickey Mouse. Within the first three days of the year, we saw the short film The Vanishing of S.S. Willie, a trailer for the slasher movie Mickey’s Mouse Trap, and an announcement that Terrifier 2 producers Steven Della Salla and Michael Leavy and director Steven Lamorte, who previously made the Grinch-inspired horror movie The Mean One, were teaming up for a Steamboat Willie-inspired horror flick that we now know is titled Screamboat. Another Mickey Mouse-inspired horror film that’s heading out into the world is called I Heart Willie, and a press release recently let us know that I Heart Willie is set to...

Creepy Duck Design‘s official artwork for Damien Leone‘s Terrifier 2 is being turned into a screen print with several variants.

The standard 24×36 screen print is a hand-numbered edition of 200 for $75, while the holographic foil variant is limited to 125 for $85.

A 24×36 print on an 2mm thick aluminum panel will also be available for $175. Limited to 20, a digital numbered certificate authenticity is included.

Three-layer acrylic panel prints will be up for grabs in two sizes. 24×36 is limited to 25 for $175, and 7×10.5 is limited to 50 for $75.

All versions go on sale tomorrow, February 25, at 12pm Et from Bottleneck Gallery.

“We’ve teamed up with the Terrifier team and artist Creepy Duck to bring Terrifier 2’s iconic movie poster back to life as a screen print,” Bottleneck writes. “Creepy Duck’s art for Terrifier 2 helped set the mood for Art the Clown’s riveting return to the big screen back in...

Going to see a movie in the theaters can be a fantastic experience, whether one watches alone, they're on a movie date, or they're just hanging out with their friends. While this era of streaming services has perhaps decreased the number of people leaving their homes to see a feature, movie theaters are not yet obsolete. However, popcorn and folding chairs don't always guarantee a cozy experience.

A good movie should make an audiencegoer leave the theater feeling something, whether it's heartbreak from a sad romance movie, joy from a fun comedy, confusion from a bizarre sci-film, an adrenaline rush from action, or terror and dread from a horror flick. Sometimes, it goes beyond emotional experiences, though, with movies occasionally causing physical reactions from viewers. For around a century now, people have left motion picture screenings complaining about vomiting, fainting, having panic attacks, and experiencing other medical emergencies as adverse...

The world of Damien Leone’s Terrifier 3 (now streaming on Screambox!) will expand with the official novelization from author Tim Waggoner, Cineverse has announced today.

The upcoming release is part of Cineverse and Bloody Disgusting’s new publishing arm Bloody Press, focused on creating and bringing audiobooks, e-books and print editions to market.

Penned by Tim Waggoner, author of the successful Terrifier 2 novelization, Halloween Kills, and Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, the Terrifier 3 book will follow the franchise storyline that the film’s writer and director Damien Leone brought to audiences last year.

“We continue to look for new opportunities to reach fans, from novelizations to exclusive t-shirts and collectible merchandise to podcasts,” said Cineverse VP Network Strategy, Tom Owen. “When you can super-serve people who are passionate about iconic horror franchises like Terrifier, it makes it possible not only to drive revenue but to form powerful,...

A young woman's pregnancy takes an unexpected turn when she discovers she's carrying a bloodthirsty demonic entity in the new horror film The Fetus. Starring Lauren Lavera, Julian Curtis, Amy Arena, and Bill Moseley, The Fetus recently screened at Orlando's Megacon and enjoyed a red-carpet premiere in Los Angeles before it heads to select theaters in partnership with Emagine Entertainment, Mjr Theatres, Malco Theatres, and Santikos Entertainment on March 7th. Daily Dead caught up with writer/director Joe Lam to discuss collaborating with his skilled cast to develop their characters, the two most memorable moments that stand out from the making of the movie, and working with a talented effects crew behind the scenes of The Fetus.

Thanks for taking the time to answer questions for us, Joe, and congratulations on your new film The Fetus! How did you initially come up with the idea for this movie?

Joe Lam:...

One of last year’s hottest horror movies, Damien Leone’s record-breaking unrated slasher sequel Terrifier 3 is now streaming exclusively on Screambox, Cineverse’s streaming service for horror fans! The streaming release of Terrifier 3 – distributed by Cineverse and its horror division, Bloody Disgusting – arrives just in time for a Valentine’s Day rewatch.

Screambox is also now streaming a 10-minute first look at Art Attack! The Dissection of Terrifier 3 – a new behind-the-scenes documentary feature offering fans an insider’s look into the making of Terrifier 3, which will debut in full on Screambox on March 14.

If you’re looking to catch back up with Art the Clown and Sienna by revisiting Terrifier 2 before you watch Terrifier 3, you can also stream Terrifier 2 on Screambox now. We even have the option for you to stream T2 with Damien Leone’s Director Commentary Track!

Best of all?...

Exclusive: Signature Entertainment has acquired UK & Irish rights to horror-comedy Screamboat from DeskPop Entertainment.

The film stars David Howard Thornton, Art the Clown in the Terrifier franchise, as a murderous Steamboat Willie. The synopsis reads: “A late-night boat ride in New York City becomes a struggle for survival when a seemingly harmless mouse transforms into a dangerous monster.”

Also starring are Tyler Posey (Teen Wolf), Kailey Hyman (Terrifier 2), Jesse Posey (Selena: The Series), Jesse Kove (D-Day: Battle of Omaha Beach) and Brian Quinn (Impractical Jokers).

Pic is produced by Amy Schumacher, Martine Melloul, and Steven Lamorte (the team behind The Mean One) in collaboration with Steven Della Salla and Michael Leavy (Terrifier franchise) and directed by Lamorte from a script he co-wrote with Matthew Garcia-Dunn (Silent Hill: Ascension). Iconic Events Releasing is releasing in the U.S. in April.

Christian Beckman‘s Quantum Creation FX, Inc. created the creature...

Art The Clown exploded the latest quarter for Cineverse as the company’s revenue shot higher to $40.7 million in the last three months of 2024 from $13.3 million the year earlier.

Net income swing to $7.2 million (38 cents a share) from a loss of $2.9 million, (22 cents).

“The Company is now in an extremely strong financial position with more than $13 million in cash-on-hand as of today and no debt, having a zero draw on our current $7.5 million line of credit with East West Bank. We have multiple alternatives to further expand our credit if necessary and have no plans at this time to issue equity to fund our current operations.”

The shares, which at this time last year were in danger of falling short of compliance with Nasdaq market’s listing requirements, popped 5% after market to $4.75 on the numbers.

Terrifier franchise creator, writer and director Damien Leone is currently working on script for Terrifier 4,...

It's been a long time since the world heard from Mick Taylor, the Australian serial killer at the heart of one of the most brutal horror franchises ever made: Wolf Creek. All that is about to change thanks to Cineverse and Bloody Disgusting, though, as the duo are set to revive the series with a new sequel in 2026 titled Wolf Creek: Legacy.

First announced last year, Variety is reporting that the same team behind Terrifier 2 and 3 have acquired the distribution rights to Wolf Creek: Legacy, and will release it to theaters in the fall of 2026. John Jarratt will return to reprise the role of Taylor, and director Greg McLean is taking on a behind-the-scenes role as a producer this time around, with Sean Lahiff running point as director. In a statement released by Lahiff, the newly minted director said the latest entry in the franchise "will be a...

23 years after her brother vanished, a filmmaker investigates his disappearance. Uncovering evidence, she suspects he may still be alive, fueling her quest to unravel the mystery.

But not all answers want to be found in Hunting Matthew Nichols.

Currently on the festival circuit, the Canadian found footage horror mystery is launching sales at the European Film Market in Berlin this weekend with hopes for a release later this year.

Markian Tarasiuk makes his directorial debut on the pseudo-documentary. He also stars as himself in the alongside Miranda MacDougall and Ryan Alexander McDonald.

Check out the Hunting Matthew Nichols poster below courtesy of Creepy Duck Design, whose previously created official artwork for Terrifier 2, Terrifier 3, Scream, Smile, Alien: Romulus, and Late Night with the Devil

The post Not All Answers Want to Be Found in Found Footage Horror Mystery ‘Hunting Matthew Nichols’ appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.

What if the horror movie’s audience served as the monster menacing its characters in real-time? The fourth wall won’t protect you from Delicate Arch, now streaming on Screambox!

Writer-director Matthew Warren shatters reality with his feature debut in which four college kids with fracturing relationships take a camping trip in order to escape an ecological disaster. Alone in the desert, they begin to suspect that their reality might not be as it seems and soon realize they’re being watched.

William Leon, Kelley Mack (“The Walking Dead”), Kevin Bohleber (V/H/S/Beyond), and Rene Leech star.

Filmed on location in Salt Lake City and Moab, Utah, the Screambox Exclusive film leveraged the natural beauty of Arches National Park to contrast with the untold horrors that await.

Delicate Arch joins Screambox’s extensive library of unique horror content, including Terrifier 2, Street Trash, RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop,...

What if the horror movie’s audience served as the monster menacing its characters in real-time? The fourth wall won’t protect you from Delicate Arch, streaming tomorrow on Screambox.

Writer-director Matthew Warren shatters reality with his feature debut in which four college kids with fracturing relationships take a camping trip in order to escape an ecological disaster. Alone in the desert, they begin to suspect that their reality might not be as it seems and soon realize they’re being watched.

William Leon, Kelley Mack (“The Walking Dead”), Kevin Bohleber (V/H/S/Beyond), and Rene Leech star.

Filmed on location in Salt Lake City and Moab, Utah, the Screambox Exclusive film leveraged the natural beauty of Arches National Park to contrast with the untold horrors that await.

Delicate Arch joins Screambox’s extensive library of unique horror content, including Terrifier 2, Street Trash, RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop,...

Good luck trying both side-ism with a franchise famous for cutting women in half.

Since bursting onto the genre scene, Damien Leone’s “Terrifier” series has become the most controversial success story in contemporary horror. To some, it’s a revolutionary triumph of low-budget filmmaking that boomed at the box office. To others, it’s an ultraviolent slasher about a killer clown with a fondness for sexual brutality and, in “Terrifier 3,” dead children.

To those paying attention, it’s both.

Now, an ongoing PR disaster for the filmmaker is dividing American audiences even further. On Monday, Leone posted on social media proclaiming that anyone “regardless of their political affiliations” was welcome in the “Terrifier” community so long as they’re “a decent human being.”

By most accounts, the director’s remarks were a thinly veiled response to the progressive online presence of his star evil clown, David Howard Thornton,...

What if the audience watching a horror movie served as the monster menacing its characters in real time? The fourth wall won’t protect you from Delicate Arch.

Ahead of the meta mind-minder’s Screambox premiere on February 11, you can exclusively watch a desperate man burn in the fiery opening scene below.

Four college kids with fracturing relationships take a camping trip in order to escape an ecological disaster. Alone in the desert, they begin to suspect that their reality might not be as it seems, and soon realize they’re being watched.

Writer-director Matthew Warren shatters reality with his feature debut. William Leon, Kelley Mack (“The Walking Dead”), Kevin Bohleber (V/H/S/Beyond), and Rene Leech star.

Filmed on location in Salt Lake City and Moab, Utah, the Screambox Exclusive film leveraged the natural beauty of Arches National Park to contrast with the untold horrors that await.

“After...

The man of your dreams is back in Date Night with Freddy Krueger, a new comedy sketch from New York-based Sea Shelves Productions.

The first time tends to get a little messy in the three-minute short below.

Michael Leavy, who played Will the exterminator in the first Terrifier and went on to produce the sequels, dons the iconic glove and sweater as the Springwood slasher.

Sea Shelves’ Dominick Muschello, who worked on and appeared as an extra in Terrifier 2 and Terrifier 3, rocks the Johnny Depp crop top as Freddy’s catfishing victim.

“I have been a huge fan of Robert’s forever,” says Leavy. “He’s a huge reason I got into filmmaking and horror in the first place, so to be able to bring one of the best slashers back to life in my own way while paying homage, and to do it with the hilariously talented Sea Shelves Productions,...

The "Terrifier" films aren't exactly known for being indirect. Creator Damien Leone has created a saga of unrelenting barbarity, with burgeoning horror icon Art the Clown slashing his way across a handful of short films and three features. Indeed, 2022's "Terrifier 2" proved too brutal for even some seasoned horror fans, with reports of walk-outs helping propel the film to relatively impressive box office success. In 2024, Leone continued his mission to depict the most upsettingly graphic kills possible with "Terrifier 3," itself a film that prompted walkouts simply due to a stomach-churning opening sequence.

This a film series that has seen Art the Clown sever a woman in half from the pelvis up, whip a victim with their own intestines, and absolutely decimate the body of a young girl in a scene that happens to represent Leone's favorite kill and which has become the high watermark for unadulterated gore in the "Terrifier" saga.

Fall in love with Art the Clown all over again when Damien Leone‘s record-breaking Terrifier 3 streams on Screambox February 14!

If you’re not already subscribed to the Bloody Disgusting-powered horror streaming service, this Screambox Starter Pack highlights ten terrifying titles to tide you over until Terrifier 3.

Project Wolf Hunting

Project Wolf Hunting is a hyper-violent South Korean genre bender that packs action, sci-fi, horror, and thriller aspects into a gory mashup of Con Air, The Raid, and Resident Evil. According to writer-director Kim Hong-Sun, the production went through 2.5 tons of blood — enough to make Art the Clown blush.

The high-octane gorefest is set aboard a cargo ship transporting dangerous convicts who orchestrate an escape attempt against the heavily armed guards. But the fugitives aren’t the most dangerous thing aboard the ship, as below deck there lurks a superhuman killing machine dubbed Alpha.

For more hyper-violence, Screambox has Blood Feast,...

Peter Dinklage takes over the iconic role of The Toxic Avenger in director Macon Blair’s brand new reboot of the Troma classic, and Deadline has reported this morning that the new movie will be released wide in its Unrated form in theaters August 29.

We can confirm this report. Toxie will be back on the big screen for Labor Day Weekend!

Bloody Disgusting’s parent company, Cineverse had recently acquired all U.S. and Canadian theatrical, home entertainment, and streaming rights to the film through a deal with Legendary Entertainment, ensuring that The Toxic Avenger would get a mainstream theatrical release here in the United States. You guys demanded it, and we’re making it happen.

And much like Damien Leone’s slasher hits Terrifier 2 and Terrifier 3, we’re not chopping a single thing from Macon Blair’s vision. The Toxic Avenger will be released up on the...

On January 1, 2024, the earliest versions of Mickey Mouse – seen in the animated shorts Plane Crazy, The Gallopin’ Gaucho, and most famously Steamboat Willie – became public domain… which, of course, means we’re now going to get multiple horror movies that feature characters inspired by Mickey Mouse. Within the first three days of the year, we saw the short film The Vanishing of S.S. Willie, a trailer for the slasher movie Mickey’s Mouse Trap, and an announcement that Terrifier 2 producers Steven Della Salla and Michael Leavy and director Steven Lamorte, who previously made the Grinch-inspired horror movie The Mean One, were teaming up for a Steamboat Willie-inspired horror flick that we now know is titled Screamboat. The film had been aiming for a January 2025 release, but Iconic Events Releasing recently announced that they’ll be releasing it sometime in April. Earlier this month, we saw the first image...

While we wait for a full trailer, the team behind the upcoming Screamboat has unleashed a brand new image this week, giving us a fresh look at David Howard Thornton (Terrifier 1-3) as a twisted version of Disney’s Steamboat Willie. Check out the full new shot below.

Screamboat will be released in theaters in April 2025.

The film’s theatrical release is being handled by Iconic Events Releasing, with a digital release to follow from DeskPop Entertainment. Stay tuned for the at-home premiere date.

Fan of David Howard Thornton? Follow his latest career updates via the Bd archives!

In the film, “A late-night ferry ride turns deadly for a group of New Yorkers when a mischievous and murderous mouse begins a rampage, targeting unsuspecting passengers. What starts as a relaxing commute quickly spirals into a nightmarish fight for survival.”

Steven Lamorte (The Mean One) directed Screamboat.

Tyler Posey (“Teen Wolf...

A new take on the cult horror classic “Audition,” one of the more influential modern horror films in the torture-porn genre, is coming to the screen.

Focus Features is nearing a deal to produce a feature adaptation of “Audition” based on the 1997 horror-thriller novel by Ryū Murakami, which was originally brought to the screen by Japanese master Takashi Miike in 1999 starring Ryo Ishibashi and Eihi Shiina.

Focus will produce the project alongside Ashok Amritraj’s Hyde Park Entertainment and Mario Kassar Productions, who have tapped Christian Tafdrup to write and direct the film. Tafdrup is the Danish director behind the original “Speak No Evil,” which was last year adapted into English by Blumhouse and Universal. Tafdrup is co-writing the script with his brother Mads Tafdrup.

“Audition” starts as a domestic drama of a widower who is holding mock auditions in order to find a new wife, only to discover that...

Damien Leone reveals the Terrifier 4 screenplay "is in the works,” and that the next sequel will finally give the fans some inkling into Art the Clown’s (David Howard Thornton) shrouded past. In addition to presenting the serial killer's origin on-screen, Leone promises he won’t be letting his foot off the pedal when it comes to displaying the graphic violence the horror series has become synonymous with. Leone broke the news on social media while acknowledging the fandom on his birthday. The filmmaker wrote on X, formerly Twitter:

"Thank you for all the bday wishes...

Director Damien Leone is busy writing Terrifier 4 and has revealed the sequel will delve into Art The Clown’s origin story.

It’s to think of another indie success story on quite the same level of the Terrifier franchise. The films, the first of which was made on a budget of just £35,000, have grossed well over £100m at the global box office. Art The Clown’s adventures have become a word-of-mouth phenomenon, and there’s no end in sight.

As the third film was heading into cinemas in October, director Damien Leone revealed during a Q&a that Terrifier 4 was already on the way and we’re slowly approaching it.

The director took to Twitter/X to thank fans for birthday wishes – the filmmaker turned 43 on 29th January – and shared a picture of the script for Terrifier 4, complete with blood splatter on the front cover.

Leone is currently working on said script,...

‘Terrifier 4’ is officially happening, and it looks like this could be Art the Clown’s final act. Writer-director Damien Leone has confirmed that the next chapter in the ultra-violent horror franchise is in development, teasing that it will wrap up the murderous jester’s story.

Leone made the announcement on X, posting an image of the script’s cover page. “Thank you for all the birthday wishes,” he wrote. “Figure I’d give you a present in return! The script for Terrifier 4 is in the works and it’s shaping up to be a most epic, thrilling, nasty, horrifying, emotional, and utterly satisfying conclusion. P.S., I will finally reveal Art’s origin.”

Thank you for all the bday wishes Figure I’d give you a present in return! The script for Terrifier 4 is in the works and it’s shaping up to be a most epic,...

Happy birthday to Terrifier creator Damien Leone! In honor of this special occasion, the filmmaker took to X to share a special gift with his fans. The script for Terrifier 4 is officially in the works!

Leone shared a photo of the cover page, complete with some blood splatter. There's not much to go on just yet, but Leone teases that the fourth film in the slasher franchise starring David Howard Thornton as the menacing Art the Clown will be the "most epic, thrilling, nasty, horrifying, emotional and utterly satisfying conclusion."

After Terrifier 3 premiered in theaters last year, Leone mentioned wanting to end the story of Art with the fourth or fifth film. At the time, it sounded like the fourth movie would be the last, though he indicated a fifth one could be necessary if he couldn't finish telling the complete story in just one film. Now it...

After "Terrifier 2" became a surprise hit in 2022, the saga's murderous mute harlequin Art the Clown returned for more bloody mayhem in 2024's "Terrifier 3," one of the nastiest horror movies ever made. Whether you had the stomach to watch Art's unhinged killing spree unfold in that latest installment or not, you have to give it to franchise creator Damien Leone for managing to top the utter depravity of his previous effort.

The director had set a precedent with the first film in the series, 2016's "Terrifier," wherein he did everything he could to advertise the fact that his splatter-fest was not your typical Hollywood slasher. Heck, Art sawed a woman in half from the pelvic region to the head in that movie. Yet somehow every subsequent entry in the saga has managed to up the violence level, leaving fans to wonder how on earth Leone will outdo the barbarity...

Today is Damien Leone‘s birthday, but the Terrifier creator is celebrating with a present for fans.

“The script for Terrifier 4 is under way and it is shaping up to be the most epic, horrifying, thrilling, emotional and satisfying conclusion to the Terrifier saga,” he writes on Instagram. “I’ve personally never been so excited to see one of my own scripts translate to the screen like this one.”

He adds, “I will finally reveal Art’s origin in this entry.”

David Howard Thornton and Lauren Lavera are expected to return as iconic villain Art the Clown and final girl Sienna Shaw, respectively.

Leone launched Terrifier in 2016, followed by Terrifier 2 in 2022. Terrifier 3 opened at #1 at the box office last October, becoming the highest grossing unrated film of all time.

The latest installment in the slasher saga now available on Digital and physical media. It will stream on...

It's a feature, not a bug, that Damien Leone's Terrifier movies have ludicrous stories: After all, a film franchise more beholden to logic probably couldn't get away with imagery like having main series bad guy Art The Clown's severed head get birthed out of the body of one of his former victims,...

If you come to pop culture prominence by playing a blood-thirsty homicidal clown, the Joker comparisons are bound to emerge at some point. For actor David Howard Thornton, the man who has played Art the Clown in Damien Leone's "Terrifier" saga since 2016, that's apparently a welcome development.

Thornton, who landed the role of Art due to some nasty improv during his audition, has seemingly relished every second of portraying the invincible harlequin, turning Art into a burgeoning horror icon following the surprise success of 2022's "Terrifier 2". With 2024's "Terrifier 3" proving to be an even wilder splatter-fest than its predecessor, Art's pop culture standing only increased, and talk of Thornton branching out into other roles has abounded.

When you're as good at portraying a killer clown with a twisted sense of humor as Thornton, the idea of playing the Joker was always going to be part of that discourse.

On January 1, 2024, the earliest versions of Mickey Mouse – seen in the animated shorts Plane Crazy, The Gallopin’ Gaucho, and most famously Steamboat Willie – became public domain… which, of course, means we’re now going to get multiple horror movies that feature characters inspired by Mickey Mouse. Within the first three days of the year, we saw the short film The Vanishing of S.S. Willie, a trailer for the slasher movie Mickey’s Mouse Trap, and an announcement that Terrifier 2 producers Steven Della Salla and Michael Leavy and director Steven Lamorte, who previously made the Grinch-inspired horror movie The Mean One, were teaming up for a Steamboat Willie-inspired horror flick that we now know is titled Screamboat. Another Mickey Mouse-inspired horror film that’s heading our way is called I Heart Willie, and a press release has let us know that I Heart Willie is set to receive a...

The release date for the Steamboat Willie-inspired horror movie Screamboat has moved from this month to April 2025, but we’ve got a brand new preview for you this morning.

The team filmed a crowd reaction trailer at a recent advance screening of Screamboat in Las Vegas, and they’ve provided Bloody Disgusting with the exclusive debut today.

In addition to the audience reaction footage as well as fresh-out-of-the-theater reviews from fans, this video also features some tasty tidbits of brand new Screamboat footage.

“If you like the Terrifier movies,” one fan raves, “you’re gonna want to watch this one.”

David Howard Thornton (Terrifier franchise’s Art the Clown) plays the killer Steamboat Willie in the upcoming horror movie, and you can preview Screamboat down below!

Iconic Events Releasing brings Screamboat to theaters, followed by a digital and home video release from DeskPop Entertainment, who are also handling worldwide sales for the picture.

At the world premiere of the recently released Terrifier 3, franchise writer/director Damien Leone said there will be a Terrifier 4 – and he later said he thinks that will be the last entry in the franchise, because he doesn’t want it to wear out his welcome. (Although he has gone on to admit that Terrifier 5 might be required to properly wrap up the story.) Now, he has taken to social media to declare that he’s determined to find “the sweet spot” in the balance between gore and plot.

In response to an X user writer, “The Terrifier franchise would have been better if it was less plot-based and more kill-based,” Leone wrote, “Man, these guys aren’t making it easy for me are they? It’s either ‘Terrifier has absolutely no plot and is just mindless gore’ or ‘Terrifier has too much plot and not enough gore...

In this edition of Horror Highlights, we have details on Terrifier 3 coming to Screambox on Valentine's Day, the trailer for The Woman in the Yard, release details for the vampire movie Drained, a look at the trailer for Inhabitants, and details on Arrow's February streaming lineup!

Terrifier 3 Coming to Screambox on February 14th: "Cineverse, a next-generation entertainment studio, announced today that Terrifier 3, the highest-grossing non-rated film in U.S. history, will premiere Feb. 14 on Screambox, Cineverse’s streaming service for horror fans. The streaming release of Terrifier 3 – distributed by Cineverse and its horror division, Bloody Disgusting – will include a new stunt “Terrify Your Heart: Art’s Bloody Valentines.”

On March 14, Art Attack! The Dissection of Terrifier 3 – a new behind-the-scenes documentary feature offering fans an insider’s look into the making of Terrifier 3 – will debut on Screambox. An exclusive sneak peek of the feature...

After contributing the ending credits track “Dark Dreams” to Terrifier 2 and working on Screambox’s All My Friends Are Dead, which premiered last summer at Tribeca Film Festival, Slavvy is back with brand new music in Terrifier 3.

The new tracks mark Slavvy’s first release since 2023’s “Pragmatic” EP on Rosso Corsa Records, which featured vocals by Slavvy and production by Slavvy and Sighost.

“Title Credits Theme” and “Killer Theme” (listen) are both works that were made predominantly for film accompaniment, and can serve as a glimpse into the growth of Slavvy’s film-centric compositions over the past few years, hypes the press release.

Slavvy has also elected to donate any profits from the tracks to charities servicing the victims of the California Wildfires.

“This is the only meaningful way I can think to give back,” he explained. “So anything these tracks make will go to people who need it,...

Terrifier 3 has a streaming release date, and it's the most appropriate for those who like to add some spice to Valentine's Day.

The third entry of Damien Leone’s ultraviolent, ultra gory, and ultra funny franchise, will arrive on the streaming-verse on Feb. 14, 2025. Some will buy roses, teddy bears, and balloons and head out on a date. Others will stay home and watch the latest adventures of Art the Clown, aka the vilest clown in modern horror.

Per a report by Screen Rant, Terrifier 3 will stream on Screambox this Valentine's Day as a perfect treat for horror fans. The announcement was made by the Screambox account on X, formerly known as Twitter, with a caption that reads as follows:

Fall in love with Art the Clown all over again when @damienleone's Terrifier 3 streams on Screambox February 14!

It will be followed by the new documentary Art Attack! The...

On their official X account, the streaming service Screambox has announced that Terrifier 3 will debut on streaming on Valentine's Day, launching on their platform on February 14. See their post below:

Fall in love with Art the Clown all over again when @damienleone's Terrifier 3 streams on Screambox February 14!It will be followed by the new documentary Art Attack! The Dissection of Terrifier 3 on March 14. pic.twitter.com/qLTEmpU3TA— Screambox (@ScreamboxTV) January 15, 2025

More to come...

Source: Screambox/X

Terrifier 3 3/10

Terrifier 3 follows Sienna and her brother as they attempt to move past the traumatic events of Art the Clown's Halloween massacre. As they embrace the Christmas season, Art reemerges, intent on turning their holiday into a nightmare, continuing his reign of terror.

Release Date October 11, 2024Rating Not RatedRuntime 125 MinutesMain Genre HorrorGenres HorrorFranchise(s) TerrifierCast Marie Maser, Peter Mitchell, Joe Falcone, Corrine Kelly, Lisa Marie Falcone, Kellen Raffaelo,...