The echoes of colonialism lurk in the backdrop of Jorge Thielen Armand’s psychological thriller, starring Asia Argento as a grieving woman who returns to Venezuela to sell her late father’s cacao plantation. An international co-production of Venezuela, Canada, Italy, and Luxembourg, Death Has No Master (2026) follows Caro (Argento), who finds herself in a tricky

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Kylgor in the Grisly Abyss is a 2026 Canadian stop-motion/puppet horror film written and directed by Mason Newton DeRushie. Working mostly as a special effects assistant, Mason has provided practical special effects work on several horror films, including Monster Brawl (2011), Septic Man (2013), and What Keeps You Alive (2018), to name a few. Outside

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Harbinger is a 2026 English supernatural slasher horror film written by Harry Boxley and Simon Cluett and directed by James Crow. Cutting his teeth as a writer/director in 2010 with the shorts Playtime and Cold Turkey, James continued to create a slew of short films from 2012 to 2014 until his first feature-length film, Curse

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Azerbaijani Parasite-Horror Feature OBITUS Unveils Official Teaser Trailer Recfilms has released the official teaser for OBITUS, an upcoming Azerbaijani survival / parasite-horror feature directed by Rec Revan. The 105-minute film is in the Turkish language and is scheduled for theatrical release in Azerbaijan on 19 November 2026. In the aftermath of a devastating natural disaster,

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DEATHGASM 2: GOREMAGEDDON SET FOR ONE-NIGHT THEATRICAL EVENT, DIGITAL AND PHYSICAL RELEASE THIS FALL FANTASTIC FEST PRESENTS SCREENINGS HIT ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE THEATERS NATIONWIDE SEPTEMBER 29 AHEAD OF OCTOBER 13 DIGITAL DEBUT Raven Banner Releasing has set the U.S. rollout for Deathgasm 2: Goremageddon, the blood-soaked sequel to Jason Lei Howden’s 2015 cult classic Deathgasm. The film

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Ground Zero Hero is an action roguelite, bullet-heaven video game developed by Rowan Edmondson and published by Acclaim, Inc. Rowan is an Australian indie game developer who originally developed the game under the name RAD Survivor; however, after this version’s demo was met with little to no fanfare, Rowan set out to redesign the game

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Remember the graphic stories you were told at high school assemblies meant to dissuade reckless driving? Maybe the stories were accompanied by crime scene photos or grainy school pictures of teens who were killed in drunk driving accidents. The stories were always told by someone involved in an accident somehow; a parent who lost their

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Altitude Zero is a short atmospheric and unsettling horror experience developed and published by Italian indie dev Pierpiero.  Known for creating minimalist, PS1-inspired retro-throwback games, Pierpiero has previously developed the first-person action arcade game Too Many Bots (2025) and the horror puzzle game Masy (2026). A mysterious anomaly appeared deep within a lake. A scientific

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HORROR ISLAND 2026 EXPANDS ITS INTERNATIONAL NETWORK WITH NEW PARTNERSHIPS, AN OUTSTANDING JURY AND EXCLUSIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FILMMAKERS Founded by Italian filmmaker Domiziano Cristopharo (Red Krokodil, House of Flesh Mannequins), Horror Island International Horror Film Festival continues to strengthen its position as an international platform dedicated to independent, underground and transgressive horror cinema. For its

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Cinephobia Releasing is proud to announce the North American release of director Jose Maria Cicala’s (Shadow of the Cat, Sola) latest feature, The Dollmaker, on VOD and digital on August 25. ”The Dollmaker is creepy, bloody and surreal…and I loved every minute of it”, said Ray Murray, President of Cinephobia Releasing. “Cinephobia Releasing is excited to

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