Dracula

There are a few Horrified variations, but film fans will want to beeline straight for this Universal Monsters-themed version. It’s a fun cooperative game (we’ve played it, and it has a refreshingly quick learning curve) for 1-5 players, with different degrees of difficulty depending on which monster you’re fighting to vanquish: Frankenstein’s monster, Bride of Frankenstein, Dracula, Wolfman, Mummy, Invisible Man, or Creature From the Black Lagoon. ($50 at Ravensburger; $36 at Amazon) There are a few Horrified…

Posted in: Comics, Dynamite, Preview | Tagged: vampirellaIn Vampirella: Dracula Rage #5, the underground gets bloody when power cuts meet vampire vendettas. Check out the preview!Published Tue, 20 Feb 2024 13:56:07 -0600 by Jude Terror | Article Summary Subway terror reigns in Vampirella: Dracula Rage #5, out 2/21/2024. Vengeance-driven Vampirella mayhem ensues during a subway power outage. Will Dracula save Vampirella from a bloody vendetta? Check the preview! LOLtron malfunctions, revealing a…

Image: Francois G. Durand/Getty Images (Getty Images)There’ve been a lot of versions of Dracula running around in pop culture. Within the past decade, he’s been on a boat, ran a hotel, and been incredibly depressed after his wife was murdered, and we eat it up (almost) every time. Folks love themselves some Drac, and you can count Luc Besson among them, because he’s be cooking up a Dracula movie of his own. Dracula Attacks In Exclusive Clip From The Voyage of the DemeterPer Variety, the Valerian director will direct an…

Just before the weekend, Universal finally pulled back the curtain on its cryptic horror movie from filmmaking duo Radio Silence. The resulting film is Abigail, which sees Melissa Barrera and Dan Stevens headline a team of kidnappers who snatch up a kid to hold her for ransom. The twist? The titular Abigail, played by Alisha Weir, is actually a vampire, and now they’re all completely screwed. Renfield's Director and Writer Talk Practical Effects | io9 InterviewMaking the monster a 12-year-old girl is a neat little twist,…

While we’ve long known Radio Silence was working on the next film in the Universal Monsters revival, and that their Scream leading lady, Melissa Barrera, was starring—the rest was just rumors. Now, we’ve got a title and a trailer that, frankly, appears to give an awful lot away about its vampire kidnapping plot.Hulu’s Hellraiser Reboot Has So-So Sights to Show YouEven still, this trailer is awesome. It has some NSFW language, but never has an f-bomb been more required than when crooks are realizing they kidnapped “a…

Is “read more books” on your list of New Year’s resolutions? If it isn’t, you’ll surely be tempted to make room for it—and form a new habit that’ll last through 2024—once you see all the new sci-fi, fantasy, and horror titles hitting bookshelves in January.What Makes Immortal Longings an Epic Fantasy? | io9 InterviewImage: Subterranean PressHeartless by H.G. ParryThis riff on Peter Pan follows a man who becomes dangerously obsessed with tracking down a long-lost childhood friend who shared his fascination with the classic…

Bendy and the Ink Machine is headed to the big screen. Pixar’s Jay Ward teases the future of Cars. Could the Quantum Leap revival actually give Ben his happy ending? Plus, get a look at the car-themed heroes of the next Super Sentai series. Spoilers now!Making the Freddy Fazbear Pizza Band Come to Life for Five Nights at Freddy’sBendy and the Ink MachineFollowing the success of the Five Nights at Freddy’s movie, the official Bendy and the Ink Machine Twitter page revealed a film is now in development at Radar Pictures.The…

Saw XPhoto: Alexandro Bolaños Escamilla/LionsgateHorror is, shall we say, a genre that’s very fond of sequels. We’re all for it when a part two (or a part 10) honors its inspiration while also justifying its own existence by delivering a satisfying, thrilling story. This year, the unkillable Saw franchise delighted fans by dreaming up Saw X, a tale that slotted into the time frame between its first and second film. The Nun II reminded us that the Conjuring Universe is still a reliable go-to for frights; Insidious: The Red…

From a lo-fi haunted house masterpiece to the big-budget return of the king of the kaiju — it was a good year to be terrified at the movies It was the creepiest of times, it was the here’s-more-comfortable-I.P.-reboots of times…. Horror continues to be one of the few Friday-night multiplex staples that’s the movie equivalent of recession-proof, one of those go-to genres that guarantees good opening weekends and the sort of thrills-chills-spills combinations that sells…

Silent horror classic Nosferatu celebrated its 100th anniversary last year, but it will have another reason to return to the spotlight in 2024, when genre craftsman Robert Eggers (The Witch, The Lighthouse, The Northman) releases his long-awaited remake. Today, we know a bit more about what to expect from the vampire tale—including that it will indeed be scary.Spoilers of the Week March 30-April 1Here’s the first-look image shared by Empire Magazine in a preview of its new issue and on X:Released at the height of German…