Author: Ada Blood

1980s throwback A Man in the Woods With an Axe has been in production since April. Horror Dadz Productions recently shared some bloody first-look images of the upcoming slasher on social media.  Written and directed by Dillon Brown (Primal Darkness), it’s a genre-twisting homage to the beloved slashers subgenre. Starting in 1987, A Man in the Woods With an Axe looks like your by-the-numbers horror film. A group of young people ventures out into the woods only to start being hunted down by the titular killer. However, this won’t stay that formulaic.  “This is an unapologetic love letter to the…

We are very sorry to report the passing of legendary Japanese writer, director, special effects, and makeup artist Yoshihiro Nishimura. The news first broke late yesterday by Azz, a French YouTuber who specializes in horror movies and friend of Nishimura. It is being reported that he passed away due to “liver cirrhosis“ after a 2 week hospitalization. At just 59 years old Nishimura had a 3 decades long career and is an icon in the J-splatter scene. Writing and directing larger than life titles like Tokyo Gore Police, Helldriver, Meatball Machine Kodoku, and “The Hell Chef” segment in The Profane…

The line between horror and adult films is often a thin one. While projects have blurred the lines over the decades, none have done it quite like Blowie.  Dark Star Pictures’ upcoming slasher has just gotten its first trailer.  “A sexy, bloody slasher – starring real porn stars,” the synopsis reads. “The film follows a group of sex workers who rent a remote mansion to shoot OnlyFans content…until a tragic accident unleashes Blowie: a doll-faced killer with a thirst for vengeance.” While having adult performers in horror movies certainly isn’t new, having a blowup doll killer isn’t something you see…

Curry Barker’s Obsession is a huge hit with critics and fans alike. Audiences have been raving about a particularly creepy scene where Nikki (Inde Navarrette) ominously stares at a sleeping Bear (Michael Johnston). Her face seems distorted and demonic, which many chalk up to subtle but effective CGI.  The film’s key makeup artist, Kate Oja, recently shared behind-the-scenes images showing that the look was from makeup inspired by a TikTok trend.  The uncanny valley is the name given to the negative emotional response towards robots that seem almost human. When humanoid things don’t appear human enough, but are very close,…

In 2016, it was announced during Cannes that John Hyams (Sick) would direct a remake of William Lustig’s 1988 cult classic Maniac Cop. By 2019, the project went from being a movie to a series for HBO produced by NWR Originals. Then, as these things often go, silence. Cut to almost 7 years later and… Nicolas Winding Refn (Her Private Hell), founder of NWR, announced during Cannes that he would be directing the remake. Maniac Cop The original movie follows a killer dressed in a police uniform as he goes on a killing spree on the streets of New York City. However, the series was…

Comedies and cannabis go together like snacks and cannabis, but Scary Movie 6 may be taking the idea a bit too literally. Paramount’s marketing campaign for the upcoming comedy is undeniably pot-centric. However, a possible popcorn bucket shaped like a water pipe may be a bit too much for many states.  Scary Movie 6 will see Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Anna Faris, and Regina Hall together for the first time since the franchise’s inception in 2000. The first trailer clearly shows a bong and a jar of weed. And it’s not like previous entries haven’t made plenty of jokes and…

Production has officially wrapped on the upcoming mockumentary horror comedy See Bot Run. Directed by James Slaven, from a script by Kevin Noonan, both of whom are making their feature-length debuts.  Amita Rao (Adults) stars in this comedic take on AI and the horrors of the corporate landscape.  See Bot Run See Bot Run takes place at a struggling tech startup on the day of a high-stakes AI product launch. It doesn’t take long before the company’s secretive invention turns against its employees, who must now fight for survival. “On the surface, ‘See Bot Run’ is a chaotic workplace horror-comedy, but…

Since 1979, the Choose Your Own Adventure gamebooks have been supplying readers with a wide assortment of imagination-fueled tales. Radio Silence’s Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett (Ready or Not) will direct and produce an adaptation of the series for the big screen from a script by Tom Bissell (Andor). 20th Century Studios is backing the upcoming film. This unique series of gamebooks was mostly aimed at children. They tell nonlinear stories that allow readers to make choices that will affect the book’s overall outcome. The idea was first used in Bantam Books’ The Cave of Time by Edward Packard. But…

NKY Films and Mediatrix Films are teaming up for the upcoming slasher Run!. The film will see the return of Giovanni Frezza, who played Bob in The House by the Cemetery, in his first acting role in 40 years! The cast is also set to include Andrew Thorp (Chicago Fire), Gary Kroeger (Saturday Night Live), and wrestlers Sean Stewart, Marti Belle, Larkan Danielle, and Aaron Williams. Ricky Glore (Sweet Meats) directs from a script he co-wrote with Eric M. Hunter and Gage Dailey. Run! Follows a masked slasher trough the decades of their carrer. “from the gritty 70s homestead killings…

Production on the latest season of American Horror Story is already underway, and the cast will have some returning and all-new faces. John Carroll Lynch (Ballard) and Matt Fraser (Gangs of London) will be coming back for season 13. Mena Suvari (American Beauty) and Berto Colón (The Night Agent) will be joining the cast. They will star alongside the previously announced Ariana Grande, Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Angela Bassett, Kathy Bates, Jessica Lange, Emma Roberts, Billie Lourd, Gabourey Sidibe, John Waters, and Leslie Grossman. Lynch and Fraser will be reprising their respective roles as Twisty the Clown and Paul the…