Good morning,
A few weeks ago the Met Gala was held and once again horror was underrepresented. Actually, horror wasn’t represented at all. We, at The Grudge are doing our part to celebrate horror fashion. So all you horror cosplayers out there, get ready for your closeup.
🩸TODAY’S TERROR — BERRIES
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I don’t want to go all Body Snatchers on you, but what is it with berries? According to The Hustle berries are America’s top selling fruit, and every parents nightmare. What are in these berries that are making us CRAVE them. And when did berries overtake apples, oranges and bananas? Something is horrifically amiss here. While you mull that over, read on.
🩸RECENT HORROR NEWS
“Ice Cream Man” just got creepier (because of course it did)
Eli Roth’s upcoming slasher Ice Cream Man is shaping up to be exactly what your childhood warned you about: frozen treats and bad decisions. New details continue to emerge around the film ahead of its August release, with Roth promising one of his most unhinged horror outings yet. Somewhere, the neighborhood ice cream truck just lost all innocence.Alexander Skarsgård returns to creepy territory
Alexander Skarsgård stars in the gothic horror film The Wolf Will Tear Your Immaculate Hands, arriving this month. The title alone sounds like someone fed a poetry book into a nightmare machine. Early buzz points to folk-horror vibes and emotional trauma (the horror genre’s favorite seasoning).Horror is absolutely owning May
May 2026 is turning into a ridiculously stacked horror month with theatrical releases like Hokum, Obsession, and Backrooms hitting theaters in rapid succession. Horror fans eating well. Sleep? Maybe not.
🩸 HORROR TRIVIA QUESTION
Recognize this police officer? Where did you first see him? Do you know the actor’s name?
Answer at the bottom ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Don’t cheat.
🩸NEWSWORTHY NUMBER
72%
That’s the percentage increase in people searching online for “analog horror” over the past year. Grainy VHS footage, distorted voices, emergency broadcasts, creepy mannequins — apparently we all decided regular anxiety wasn’t enough anymore.
Nothing says “relaxing evening” quite like voluntarily watching a fake public access tape that ends with:
“DO NOT LOOK OUTSIDE.”
🩸HORROR MOVIE TRIVIA NIGHT — SATURDAY MAY 23rd 8PM (EST) 5PM (PST)
We’re hosting our first ever virtual event this coming Saturday night and we NEED you to be there. Seriously, you will kick yourself if you miss this. You do not need to be a horror expert to play along. The evening is optimized for fun. When you sign up you’ll be instructed on how to grab your Buzzer of Doom! It’s your gateway to riches or ruin. Yes, we’re giving away some wonderful prizes. It will be an evening of fun, horror trivia, a chance to win stuff including Amazon Gift Cards, and a few surprises. Signup now.
🩸HORROR IN THEATERS.
Obsession — (May 15th) Supernatural horror from director Curry Barker about a lonely music store employee who uses a cursed novelty toy to make his childhood crush fall in love with him,… I tried that once with a Big Mac—didn’t work.
Affection — (May 8th) Sci-Fi/Horror. Ellie Carter suffers from violent memory-resetting seizures, causing her to distrust her own reality… Not sure what that means, but I hear it’s freaky. Trailer
Hokum –- (May 1st) A haunted inn. Creepy guests. Growing paranoia. Adam Scott looking increasingly sleep-deprived. Trailer
Coming Soon
Saccharine — (May 22nd)
Passenger — (May 22nd)
Corporate Retreat — (May 22nd) Corporate executives on a team building retreat face a deadly struggle when the team leader turns ugly. My Middle School nightmare.
Backrooms — (May 29th) Backrooms brings the viral-liminal horror web series to the big screen.
Look out for these
Scary Movie 6 — (June 12th) The Wayans Brothers send-up of recent horror movies... Not horror, not scary, but could be fun for horror fans Trailer
Alpha — (July 10th) blending body horror and grief.
🩸COSPLAY CORNER
Featured above is one serious horror costumer who got all dressed up as Marion Crane for our VIRTUAL Midsummer Movie Madness screening of Psycho. If you look carefully you’ll notice she’s wearing the shower curtain. That’s commitment. Clever, girl.
If you love Halloween like we do but you don’t want to wait til Halloween to get all Halloweened up, you’re in luck. We LOVE costuming and this summer we’ll be hosting a virtual costumed event for you to show off your costuming talents.
Next week, I’ll show you my clever take at a costume [*Disclaimer-at least I thought it was clever] lookout for me all Halloweened up in next week’s Cosplay Corner.
🩸HORROR TO WATCH ON STREAMERS
Black Phone 2 — Shudder
The phone rings again, because apparently trauma has voicemail. If you liked creepy kids, masked nightmares, and emotional damage, congratulations: your weekend plans are set.
Send Help — Hulu
A new horror entry from Sam Raimi has quietly crept onto Hulu. Which means at least one innocent person is about to make a terrible decision in a dimly lit room. As tradition demands.
The Terror: Devil in Silver — Shudder / AMC+
A psychiatric hospital. Human monsters. Non-human monsters. The unsettling realization that nobody is leaving anytime soon. Basically, a cheerful little palate cleanser
🩸FINAL SIP
Until next week, keep the berries under surveillance, and don’t forget your Buzzer of Doom! 👀
Trivia Question Answer: You first saw him in: Terminator 2: Judgement Day. The Actor: Robert Patrick
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