Good morning,
It's August. The Halloween stores are opening, pumpkin spice is lurking just around the corner, and somewhere a skeleton decoration is already judging your life choices. Welcome to Summerween.
🩸SHOULD WE BE SCARED?
Not if you join us Saturday August 8th at 8PM EST (5PM PST) for our 1000 Subscriber Celebration. Our special guest is filmmaker, Will Lee who will introduce the screening of his award winning horror short Ringworms. Signup here. Read below for more.
🩸RECENT HORROR NEWS
Fantasia proves indie horror is still the place to discover tomorrow's stars
This year's Fantasia International Film Festival was packed with ambitious horror, body horror, experimental thrillers, and breakout filmmakers. If you're a true horror fan, this festival is practically a preview of where the genre is headed next.Screamfest wants your nightmares
The 2026 Screamfest Horror Film Festival is officially accepting screenplay and film submissions. Every year careers begin here. Your script or film can't get rejected if you never send it...Even the crew looked away
The new trailer for DC's R-rated body horror film Clayface includes a transformation sequence so gruesome that crew members reportedly couldn't watch parts of it being filmed. If your own cast and crew are squeamish... you're probably doing body horror correctly.
Mike Flanagan explains why Stephen King said "yes" to Carrie... again
Reboot fatigue is real, but Mike Flanagan says he only agreed to remake Carrie after finding a completely new way into the story—and apparently Stephen King agreed, signing on as an executive producer. Flanagan says the goal isn't to outdo Brian De Palma's classic, but to uncover parts of King's novel that have never made it to the screen. That's a pretty good reminder that audiences don't always want new stories... sometimes they just want a new perspective.
🩸TAKE THE GRUDGE POLL
This week we’re asking you to tell us: What is Your Most Underrated Horror Film?
Is there a movie horror fans need to know about? Is it something everyone hates and you love!? Or is it a movie so creepy you can’t stop thinking about it? Here’s your chance to tell us what movie you think needs to get its flowers and why. Top 5 answers will be revealed at the 1000 Subscriber Celebration. There will be prizes. Send your underrated movie choice here: [email protected]. Subject: Underrated
🩸 T- BONE’S TOP MOVIE PICKS
The weather is hot and sticky this week, and T-Bone is not letting you get away from it. He’s chosen three terrific horror movies guaranteed to make you feel the heat.
🩸NEWSWORTHY NUMBER
10%
Roughly 1 in 10 Americans has a genuine fear of the number 13—a condition called triskaidekaphobia. Researchers estimate the superstition costs the U.S. economy hundreds of millions of dollars every year as people avoid traveling, doing business, getting married, or making major decisions on Friday the 13th. Turns out the scariest slasher isn't Jason... it's the calendar.
🩸HORROR IN THEATERS.
Nothing new in the horrorverse this week. Still in theaters:
Her Private Hell — (July 24) A hypnotic, unhinged, thriller promising lots of sex, glamor and violence…Not recommended as a date night... unless the relationship is already doomed. Trailer
Evil Dead Burn — (July 10th) After the loss of her husband, a grieving woman seeks solace with her in-laws at their secluded family home. However, it soon becomes a reunion from hell as the Book of the Dead unleashes demonic forces that transform them into Deadites one by one… Because there’s nothing like visiting a secluded farmhouse… in the woods, to handle grief. Trailer
The Town That Takes — (July 10th) directed by Britt Bankhead and inspired by the legend of Croatoan… I had to look up “Croatoan.” Apparently, Supernatural did an episode about it. Who knew. Trailer
Lockbox — (July 3rd) (Select theaters) Based on the Knifepoint Horror podcast.
Coming soon
Teenage Sex And Death Camp Miasma – (Aug. 7th) A queer director making a slasher franchise sequel becomes obsessed with casting the original film's "final girl," leading both women into psychological and sexual chaos… Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson star. Hacks meets the X-Files. Yep, that sounds like chaos.
Keep an eye our for
The Ice Cream Man — (Aug. 7th) This summer the children are having a meltdown with Eli Roth’s new movie… Good Humor has officially left the building. Trailer
Resident Evil – (Sept. 18) From the director of Barbarian and Weapons (Zach Cregger) comes a reboot about a medical courier who is caught in a viral outbreak of infected monsters in Racoon City. Trailer
🩸THE 1000 SUBSCRIBER CELEBRATION — SATURDAY AUGUST 8th AT 5 PM 🩸
Meet the film maker before he becomes THE NEXT BIG THING. Our not so surprise guest, Will Lee, will be in attendance for our 1000 Subscriber Virtual Celebration. Meet him Saturday August 8th (via ZOOM) at 8PM EST (5PM PST). This way you can brag to your friends that you knew him before he became the next Kane Parsons. There will be conversation, an underrated movie reveal, prizes, and a screening of Will’s award winning short, Ringworms. Don’t miss out. Sign up HERE.
🩸HORROR TO WATCH ON STREAMERS
What’s Worth The Watch — a mix of hidden gems, buzzy titles, comfort horror, underseen picks, and classics worth revisiting
“She’s baack!”
Soulm8ate — Streaming on: Premium VOD
The latest nightmare from the M3GAN universe bypassed theaters to ask an important question: What if your perfect companion developed... opinions?
“Freddy clocks in for another shift”
Five Nights at Freddy's 2 — Streaming on: Netflix
Five Nights at Freddy's 2 arrives this week, bringing everyone's favorite homicidal animatronics back for another round of night shifts with absolutely terrible employee retention.
💎 Hidden Gem
“The monster you never see”
10 Cloverfield Lane — Streaming on: Paramount +
this remains one of the smartest tension-builders of the last decade. Three actors. One bunker. Endless paranoia. Proof that imagination is often scarier than CGI.
Comfort Horror Pick of The Week
“Creepy, horrific fun”
The Frighteners (1996) — Streaming on: Tubi
Peter Jackson's supernatural comedy-horror somehow manages to be creepy, funny, heartfelt, and wildly entertaining all at once. Michael J. Fox hunts ghosts... and occasionally gets outsmarted by them. It's horror comfort food with ectoplasm.
🩸FINAL SIP
The best part of August isn't the heat…
It's knowing Halloween is finally close enough to start making irresponsible purchases at Spirit Halloween without having to explain yourself.
Don’t forget to sign up for our 1000 Subscriber virtual celebration. Until next time…
Stay spooky. 🎃
We’d love to hear from you. Drop us a line about anything horror related. I will read and respond. email me at: [email protected].
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