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Whispers surrounding a remake of gruesome 1987 franchise-starter Hellraiser have been haunting Hollywood now for 15 years, indicative not just of how generally onerous these things can be to get off the ground but also of a certain tone that feels so other in today’s horror landscape. The original, based on Clive Barker’s novella The Hellbound Heart, was a nasty little nightmare steeped in hokey lore yet taken with stone-faced seriousness, a tale of sadomasochistic monsters using a puzzle box to torture curious minds and…

Image via A24 Happy Monday, horror fans! As the mugs of pumpkin spice lattes continue to flow and the crisp autumn breeze slowly blows in, there’s no time more perfect than now for a roundup of the latest horror news. This past weekend, the realm of horror was electrified with stories, including Ti West’s horror extravaganza Pearl helping to catapult genre star Mia Goth as a certified Scream Queen. On top of that, blood-soaked genre fans debated which found footage films are the absolute best. So, before you…

Image: A24 Mia Goth has confirmed herself as the new scream queen for the 2020s, as Pearl makes a sizable splash at the box office. The prequel to Ti West’s divisive horror flick X has made a name for itself within its opening week, fueling the fire of 2022 being a year for non-franchise films. Off a reported budget of $1 million, the sequel has grossed $6 million domestically making its money back comfortably before any international release. Pearl’s predecessor X was a similar success with a $1 million…

I’m watching a trailer for the newly reedited “Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths,” wondering about borrowing true genius to prop up indulgence and how pretty much any movie, no matter how insufferable, could be made to look appealing by coopting a Beatles song.But, hey, it brought the brilliant nonsense of “I Am the Walrus” into my day, so there’s that. I’m Glenn Whipp, columnist for the Los Angeles Times, host of the Envelope’s Friday newsletter, currently sitting on a cornflake, waiting for the van to come.…

The Venice film festival is springing some surprises on us, and one of the biggest and nicest has been the news that Mia Goth is an actual superstar: she is fiendishly good in this outrageous shocker from director Ti West, an origin-myth prequel to his previous film X, shot back-to-back on the same location. Goth starred in that one too, of course, but is now a co-writer on the followup; she takes her performance to the next level: Goth is now the Judy Garland of horror. Her work on the closing credits sequence alone…

Photo via A24 A new poster has arrived for Pearl, the horror prequel to X, which is sure to give slasher film fans goosebumps, in the best possible way. You may have already seen the poster, which features star Mia Goth wielding an axe, at a movie theater near you lately. This writer even came across the poster at a movie theater when he saw Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero this past weekend, indicating it is the genuine article. But the image has only just now surfaced online, thanks to an Instagram fan account…

In Ti West’s X—a sleeper hit after its release earlier this year—a late-1970s porn shoot goes terribly wrong when the filmmakers decide a rural Texas farm is the perfect place to shoot their raunchy masterpiece. Now the slasher sensation is getting a prequel, and honestly, we did have some lingering questions about the character it’ll be focusing on.It’s called, of course, Pearl, and it brings back the hardworking Mia Goth (who co-wrote with West) as the young version of her (spoiler alert!) elderly character in X. (Not…

A Plague Tale Publisher Team17 has announced that its upcoming action-RPG Thymesia has been pushed back by a little over a week, just missing its initially scheduled August 9 launch date. The grin ‘n’ gloomy-looking adventure will now launch August 18 on PS5, PC, and Xbox Series X. Developer OverBoard Studio chose the push the release back a few days after considering recent demo feedback. “After listening to the community feedback from the recent Steam demo, we’ve made the difficult decision to push the launch date for…

The Sims 4 developer Maxis has given the game’s Goth family a visual update, though fans are divided on whether the new look works. Yesterday (May 25), Maxis shared a before-and-after clip to reveal a makeover for The Sims 4‘s Goth family. “Grab the fruitcake & welcome wagon  – the new & improved Goth family is available now in every new game start in The Sims 4,” announced Maxis. Grab the fruitcake & welcome wagon 👋 – the new & improved Goth family is available now in every new game start in The Sims 4…