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Scream Factory’s April home video line-up consists of 4K upgrades for Renfield, Sorority House Massacre, The Hunt, and Timecop.

2023 horror-comedy Renfield sinks its fangs into 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray on April 1.

Chris McKay (The Tomorrow War) directs from a script by Ryan Ridley (“Rick and Morty”), based on an idea by The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman.

Nicholas Hoult and Nicolas Cage star with Awkwafina, Ben Schwartz, and Adrian Martinez.

Disc 1 – 4K Uhd:

Presented In Dolby Vision And Dolby Atmos Audio: DTS-hd Master Audio 5.1 Surround, DTS-hd Master Audio 2.0, Dolby Atmos Audio Commentary With Producer Samantha Nisenboim, Screenwriter Ryan Ridley, Post-Production Editor Noah Cody, Supervising Sound Editor Nancy Nugent, Supervising Sound Editor John Marquis, Digital Colorist Supervisor David Cole, Visual Effects Supervisor Jamie Price, And Makeup Effects Artist Christien Tinsley

Disc 2 – Blu-ray:

Audio: DTS-hd Master Audio 5.1 Surround, DTS-hd Master Audio 2.0, Dolby Atmos Audio Commentary With Producer Samantha Nisenboim, Screenwriter Ryan Ridley,...

Television and films all share one thing in common: they all rely on tropes that have existed for years, decades, and even centuries. There are popular tropes that everyone loves, including but not limited to The Final Girl, The Cavalry, and The Animal Companion, among many others. TV tropes are what makes television and film interesting; it is the anticipation of how certain tropes will play out or how writers might put a spin on their series.

Today, horror remakes are still a popular trend in Hollywood. Sure, the early 2000s craze was notable for its massive relaunches of our favorite IPs: Halloween, Dawn of the Dead, The Amityville Horror, and many more. These retellings reeled in horror fans eager to see what new elements had been added to their favorite classics. One of the first remakes to set the trend in motion was 2003's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

The film was part of the Platinum Dunes catalog when it launched to stir things up in the horror community. Michael Bay, one of the founders, was responsible for giving thumbs-up to remake projects like A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, The Hitcher, and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, with only a few giving people anything to talk about. The Leatherface-starring one is one of the good ones in the universe of remakes.

Update September 21, 2023:...

Horror movies, particularly slasher movies, often contain a strange paradox. They depict women as two-dimensional victims, often punished for their autonomy and enjoyment of sex. Yet, they often end with a female survivor triumphing against the monster. Author Carol J. Clover discussed the trend in her book Men, Women, and Chainsaws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film, and coined the term "final girl" to describe it.

The term stuck, and today, final girls are a recognized part of the horror movie landscape. More recent movies have explored the idea in depth, both enhancing and subverting it in the process. There have even been films dedicated solely to the idea, such as The Final Girl and Final Girls, both released in 2015. But the trope itself is more complicated.

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American Horror Story‘s next death could be its own. In the wake of Tuesday’s Ahs: 1984 climax (read our recap), franchise overlord Ryan Murphy says he’s already “working on an idea” for the 10th and potentially final season of the FX juggernaut.

In an interview with our sister site Deadline, the series’ co-creator and Ep reveals that fans “will love [Season 10] because it’s about reuniting fan-favorite actors… because it might be our last season. It’s the last season we have contracted [at FX]. So, I’ve been quietly reaching out to various people. Some people I haven’t reached...

It's hard to believe it, but there's just one installment of American Horror Story Season 9 remaining. 

FX dropped the official trailer for American Horror Story Season 9 Episode 9, titled "The Final Girl," and it features the return of another fan-favorite. 

Finn Wittrock, who previously appeared on American Horror Story Freak Show, Hotel, and Roanoake is staging a comeback to the franchise for one episode. 

In the teaser, Montana and Trevor have fun scaring him, but it sure looks like those particular scenes could be taking place years into the future.

If that is the case, it means there's a chance he will have a connection to one of the other characters. That connection could be to Benjamin. 

What if Benjamin's son survived, and returned to the place of his family's despair looking for answers? It would be an interesting hook and would make sense given that Benjamin's storyline seemingly wrapped on...

In this exclusive clip from the ’80s horror documentary In Search of Darkness, Caroline Williams (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2), Kelli Maroney (Night of the Comet), and Fangoria Editor-in-Chief Phil Nobile Jr. discuss their thoughts on the popular ’80s horror phrase "the final girl."

It was a time when horror reigned supreme, when slasher icons stabbed their way through cinemas, when practical effects oozed from the pores of mind-bending creations that had to be seen on the big screen to be believed. It was the ’80s, and this magical era of horror is dissected with more than 40 top-level interviews in the new film In Search of Darkness: The Definitive ’80s Horror Documentary.

Featuring Monster Squad: Celebrating the Artists Behind Cinema's Most Memorable Creatures author and Daily Dead Managing Editor Heather Wixson as one of the documentary's interviewees and producers, In Search of Darkness recently had its premiere at Beyond Fest.

In honor of Women's History Month, this March, Syfy Fangrrls is launching a new limited podcast dedicated to women in genre films whose accomplishments have gone unrecognized or have been forgotten. In today's Highlights, we also have details on the California run of Evil Dead The Musical and Popcornflix's first wave of streaming movies with Terror Films.

Syfy Fangrrls Presents Limited Podcast Series Forgotten Women of Genre: "Syfy Wire Fangrrls present: Forgotten Women of Genre.

March is Women's History Month and while Syfy Fangrrls celebrates women's achievements throughout the year, they’re going above and beyond for the upcoming month with a limited podcast series called Forgotten Women of Genre.

Science fiction, fantasy, and all associated genres have finally evolved from a niche interest into a mainstream staple. But the women who have been instrumental in creating and shaping the nerdverse have largely gone unrecognized. Until today. Forgotten Women...

Shout Factory is kicking off the New Year in style, announcing the return of a classic horror thriller that has only continued to gain a cult following since its release way back in 2001. Valentine is coming back in a big way, and this new edition is packed full of special features.

'Roses are Red. Violets are Blue. Sweet extras you'll find on this slasher film for you!' Revenge is sweet, just like Valentine's Day chocolates. At least, that is what a vengeful, Cupid-masked killer thinks. Be my Valentine ... or else. Broken hearts and other mortal wounds await a cast of contemporary young stars when they play dating-scene veterans dying for love in this humor-laced, twist-filled thriller cleverly directed by Jamie Blanks (Urban Legend) and starring David Boreanaz, Denise Richards (Starship Troopers), Marley Shelton, Katherine Heigl (Grey's Anatomy) and more. Cards, candy and flowers are nice. But for fans of stalker-shocker terror,...

"Hearts don't just break... they get even." Perhaps more popular now than its initial release in 2001, and featuring one of the most memorable morgue scenes in any horror movie, Valentine (based on Tom Savage's novel of the same name) is coming to Blu-ray in February with a new Collector's Edition from Scream Factory, and the special features will include a new audio commentary with director Jamie Blanks and legendary filmmaker Don Coscarelli.

From the Press Release: "Revenge is sweet, just like Valentine’s Day chocolates. At least, that is what a vengeful, Cupid-masked killer thinks in the teen slasher Valentine. Making its Blu-ray debut February 12th, 2019 from Scream Factory, this Collector’s Edition of Valentine also includes a plethora of new bonus features, including an audio commentary with director Jamie Blanks and filmmaker Don Coscarelli moderated by author Peter Bracke, new interviews with actresses Denise Richards, Marley Shelton, Jessica Cauffiel,...

(Welcome to The Final Girl, a regular feature from someone who has steered clear of horror and is ready to finally embrace the genre that goes bump in the night. Next and last on the list: Looking back at my horror journey through the 1977 and 2018 Suspiria.) Well, here we are, old friend. You […]

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(Welcome to The Final Girl, a regular feature from someone who has steered clear of horror and is ready to finally embrace the genre that goes bump in the night. Next on the list: A24’s unique brand of existential horror.) For years, I was one of the many people who avoided horror. To me, the genre meant grotesque schlock made […]

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I always love new websites that celebrate the art of short films. Short of the Week is a nice new site that features some great stuff, including, yes, short films, but also news and updates. Go bookmark this one. Congrats to Bad Lit fave Jef Taylor for a successful Sundance romp! (You usually hear so little about short films at these kinds of events.) His After You Left got some nice reviews, first at Reel Guys and then at College Movie Review. It was sad to hear that Random Lunacy star Poppa Neutrino passed away last week. The New Yorker‘s Alec Wilkinson, who wrote a book on Poppa, has a wonderful remembrance. Rupert of SnuffBox Films keys us into a great new web video tool, Vid.ly, which converts video into every playable online video format possible. The sample played really great. Mike White posted up an amazing list...

A look at what's new on DVD today:

"Red Riding Trilogy" (2010)

Directed by Julian Jarrold, James Marsh, and Anand Tucker

Released by IFC Films

Jarrold ("Brideshead Revisited"), Marsh ("Man on Wire") and Tucker ("Shopgirl") take on the epic true crime story of the Yorkshire Ripper, the serial killer that haunted England throughout the '70s and '80s in this three-part series of films: Jarrold's "1974," which stars future Spider-Man Andrew Garfield as a journalist investigating the crime, Marsh's "1980," which follows Paddy Considine's veteran cop who suspects corruption within his own department, and Tucker's "1983," which tracks David Morrissey's detective as he makes the connection between a current kidnapping and those of years ago. (Aaron Hillis' interview with James Marsh is here.)

"Beatdown" (2010)

Directed by Mike Gunther

Released by Lionsgate

Don't you hate it when your brother's murdered, leaving you to make up his debt to a local gangster by...