Annabelle

In Blumhouse’s Imaginary, coming out this week, a tattered old teddy bear hiding a spooky secret befriends a little girl. Things soon escalate from innocent to terrifying because let’s be real: a possessed toy is a scary as hell concept. This childhood nightmare is fueled by movies like Chucky from Child’s Play (a…Read more... In Blumhouse’s Imaginary, coming out this week, a tattered old teddy bear hiding a spooky secret befriends a little girl. Things soon escalate from innocent to terrifying because let’s be real: a…

Image: Supermassive Games/Sony Computer EntertainmentUnlike certain other io9 staffers, I’m not too much of a gamer—but I am a big horror fan, and that’s what made me interested in 2015's Until Dawn, an interactive tale about a bunch of kids stranded on a mountain haunted by past tragedies and crawling with menacing creatures. It’s like being inside a horror movie! Which is presumably why it’s now being adapted into one.Spoilers of the Week: July 29thYou can safely assume the just-announced movie version of Until Dawn…

Kid Cudi is working on a wild new monster movie. Mahershala Ali offers a tiny update on Marvel’s Blade movie. Plus, there’s good news for Foundation and Fionna and Cake, with confirmations of new seasons on the way. Spoilers, now!Zillow Says You’ll Buy Your Next House With… AI? | AI UnlockedSlimeDeadline reports Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi will star in and produce Slime, “a classic monster movie decked out in fashion-forward video game skins that are wickedly satirical, scary as hell and trippy AF” directed by animator Jeron…

The teddy bears are coming! The teddy bears are coming! Dear God watch out, the teddy bears are coming!Dominic Monaghan on Attending Fan ConventionsThe odd exercise in bankrupt creativity started at 8:12 a.m. when I received the following email “Watch: Trailer for Blumhouse Original Horror Imaginary.” Imaginary is a movie about a killer teddy bear from the team at Blumhouse, who last year made M3gan. Twenty-two minutes later, I got a second email: “Peacock’s Ted From Seth MacFarlane Releases Date & First Look.” Ted,…

Time to travel into the Further, one more time.Image: SonyHe did it with Saw, he did it with The Conjuring, and now producer James Wan is expanding Insidious too. Even though the franchise’s fifth film, Insidious: The Red Door, is hitting theaters this summer, the next installment of the Insidious series is already gearing up. It’s called Thread: An Insidious Tale and it’ll star Mandy Moore and Kumail Nanjiani.Spoilers of the Week | June 3rdJeremy Slater, a producer and writer of Marvel’s Moon Knight and The Exorcist TV…

The Child’s Play franchise, as with all the best slasher series, is all about the villain. The “Good Guy” doll is occupied by the soul of a serial killer, and thanks to his being voiced by the great Brad Dourif (one of the few actors to take on a slasher movie role after they became famous), has more personality than the likes of Jason Voorhees and Michael Myers laid end to end.Now Chucky can add a documentary to his ever expanding filmography (to date: seven films and a TV show, plus a non-canon reboot). “I do remember…

When it comes to any professional creative endeavor, few moves are smarter than playing to your strengths. After all, any writer will tell you that “write what you know” is one of the most evergreen pieces of advice out there. James Wan is a creative that struck gold in this department, quickly carving out his bread and butter in the form of horror films starring killer dolls, with perhaps his most prominent franchise being The Conjuring, which turned the demonic Annabelle into a household name and nightmare for…

What is it with the fight club culture surrounding some of horror’s most heinous children’s toys? We previously heard whispers that Chucky, the patron saint of killer dolls, could end up going toe-to-toe with Universal monsters, and that’s assuming that newcomer M3GAN, the murderous robot from the upcoming film of the same name, doesn’t make mincemeat out of his relevancy first. Now, producers James Wan and Jason Blum are hyping up another killer doll match-up that, according to them, their beloved AI-powered antagonist…

We’re just a few weeks away from the release of Blumhouse’s M3GAN, a killer doll story about a life-like android who befriends the niece of a brilliant roboticist and becomes far too overprotective of her new companion. It’s essentially Annabelle meets The Boy with a more fresh and modern spin. Directed by Gerard Johnstone and starring Allison Williams as Gemma, M3GAN’s creator, the horror is helmed by Jason Blum and the Blumhouse team, all of whom are responsible for the likes of Paranormal Activity, Insidious, The…

Chucky may be currently terrorizing the airwaves, but another distressing toy is making her presence known: the high-tech robot creation poised to trigger all your uncanny valley fears in M3GAN. The movie’s coming in January from producers James Wan (The Conjuring) and Blumhouse (Halloween), but you can get your recurring nightmares started with today’s trailer.M3GAN - official trailerWhat if Small Wonder’s disobedient android was the whole show instead of just a special guest star? Except with sinister dance movies and…