Reggie Bannister, best known for playing Reggie in Don Coscarelli’s Phantasm series, has died at age 80. His wife reported he passed in his sleep at the family home in Crestline, California.
Exclusive Promo Clips Tease 1950s-Style Mayhem in THE EYE FROM BEYOND
Rue Morgue has obtained promo videos for Justin M. Seaman’s THE EYE FROM BEYOND, a practical-effects creature feature starring William Ragsdale and featuring a Fourth of July–set invasion.
Award-winning short THE BABYSITTER MURDERS: TIMING’S OFF arrives on Crypt TV August 28
The festival-winning horror short THE BABYSITTER MURDERS: TIMING’S OFF, directed by Orin Black, will begin streaming on Crypt TV on August 28.
Photos, poster and premiere dates revealed for crime-thriller THE DESPERATE, starring Lisa Wilcox
Cut 2 the Chase Entertainment’s THE DESPERATE — directed by Chase Dudley and starring Lisa Wilcox — has unveiled promotional photos, a poster, and world premiere screenings in Elizabethtown, KY.
Final Girl No More: Sisterhood Is Becoming Central to Contemporary Horror
A trend in recent horror films shifts the lone-survivor final girl into paired or familial female bonds, with sisterhood surfacing as a recurring emotional and narrative engine.
Review: Hell’s Highway Reconstructs Notorious Driver’s Ed Films — In Select Theaters Aug. 8
Director Bret Wood’s Hell’s Highway examines the real-life driver’s education shorts that gained a fearsome reputation, pairing archival classroom footage with interviews and a newly reconstructed, remastered presentation.
Screamify Green-Lights ASMR Medical-Horror ‘Crack’ Starring Peyton Grace Bell, Alexander Molina and Tuesday Knight
Screamify has approved production on Crack, an ASMR-themed medical horror feature directed by Calvin Morie McCarthy. The film follows a celebrity chiropractor whose live spine-adjustment stream ends in a fatal on-camera incident. Principal photography is scheduled for this fall in Portland, Oregon, with the film set to premiere exclusively on Screamify later this year.
Review: Eli Roth’s Ice Cream Man Delivers Relentless Practical-Effects Mayhem
A splatter-forward entry from Eli Roth, Ice Cream Man trades subtlety for nonstop gore, inventive kills and a brisk runtime—designed for fans who want their horror loud and messy.
American Horrors to Release Early Billie Eilish Footage on Patreon August 7
American Horrors will publish rare behind-the-scenes footage featuring a young Billie Eilish on its Patreon on August 7 as part of the channel’s 15th anniversary programming.
Review: Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma — A Dazzling, Oddball Slasher with Heart
Jane Schoenbrun’s Camp Miasma blends slasher tropes, queer romance and cosmic weirdness into a visually sumptuous, emotionally charged picture anchored by Gillian Anderson and Hannah Einbinder.