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Always bet on dead. Army of the Dead is a 2021 American zombie heist film directed by Zack Snyder from a screenplay he co-wrote with Shay Hatten and Joby Harold, based on a story he also created. The film features an ensemble cast consisting of Dave Bautista, Ella Purnell, Omari Hardwick, Ana de la Reguera, Theo Rossi, Matthias Schweighöfer, Nora Arnezeder, Hiroyuki Sanada, Tig Notaro, Raúl Castil...

No one gets out alive. Doom is a 2005 science fiction horror film directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak. It is loosely based on the video game series of the same name by id Software, however, the film adapts elements from Doom 3. The film stars Karl Urban, Rosamund Pike, Razaaq Adoti, and Dwayne Johnson (credited as The Rock). In the film, a group of Marines are sent on a rescue mission to a facility on...

Evil lives within you. The Taking of Deborah Logan is a 2014 American found footage supernatural horror film. It is the feature film directorial debut of Adam Robitel, who co-wrote the screenplay and edited the film with Gavin Heffernan. The film stars Jill Larson, Anne Ramsay, and Michelle Ang. Set in Virginia, it tells the story of a documentary crew making a film about Alzheimer's patients who...

Imagine your worst fear a reality. The Howling is a 1981 American horror film directed by Joe Dante and starring Dee Wallace, Patrick Macnee, Dennis Dugan, and Robert Picardo. Based on the novel of the same name by Gary Brandner, the film follows a television newswoman sent to a remote mountain resort after a near-fatal incident with a serial killer, unaware that the resort's residents are werewol...

The Gate is a 1987 supernatural horror film directed by Tibor Takács and starring Stephen Dorff in his film debut. The film follows two young boys who accidentally release a horde of demons from their backyard through a large hole in the ground. Podcast - https://podlink.to/horrorhangout​​​ ​ Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/hawkandcleave... ​ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/hawkandcleaver ​...

Adventure lives forever. Van Helsing is a 2004 American action gothic horror film written and directed by Stephen Sommers. It stars Hugh Jackman as monster hunter Van Helsing, and Kate Beckinsale as Anna Valerious. The film is a homage and tribute to the Universal Horror Monster films from the 1930s and 1940s (also produced by Universal Studios which were in turn based on novels by Bram Stoker and...

Humans are such easy prey. From Beyond is a 1986 American science-fiction body horror film directed by Stuart Gordon, loosely based on the short story of the same name by H. P. Lovecraft. It was written by Dennis Paoli, Gordon and Brian Yuzna, and stars Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton, Ken Foree and Ted Sorel. From Beyond centers on a pair of scientists attempting to stimulate the pineal gland wit...

A god incarnate. A city doomed. Shin Godzilla is a 2016 Japanese kaiju film directed by Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi, with a screenplay by Anno and special effects by Higuchi. Produced by Toho Pictures and Cine Bazar and distributed by Toho, it is the 31st installment in the Godzilla franchise, the 29th Godzilla film produced by Toho, Toho's third reboot of the franchise, and the first film in...

When there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth. Dawn of the Dead is a 2004 American action horror film directed by Zack Snyder and written by James Gunn. It is the remake of George A. Romero's 1978 film, and stars Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Weber, and Mekhi Phifer. A nurse, a policeman, a young married couple, a salesman and other survivors of a worldwide plague that is produ...

Men cannot resist her. Mankind may not survive her. Species is a 1995 American science fiction horror film directed by Roger Donaldson and written by Dennis Feldman. It stars Natasha Henstridge (in her film debut role), Ben Kingsley, Michael Madsen, Alfred Molina, Forest Whitaker and Marg Helgenberger. The film's plot concerns a motley crew of scientists and government agents who try to track down...

The most frightening thing about Jacob Singer's nightmare is that he isn't dreaming. Jacob's Ladder is a 1990 American psychological horror film directed by Adrian Lyne, produced by Alan Marshall, written by Bruce Joel Rubin, and starring Tim Robbins, Elizabeth Peña, and Danny Aiello. In the film, Jacob Singer's experiences before and during his service in Vietnam result in strange, fragmentary vi...

A feminist Iranian vampire Western? SOLD! A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night is a 2014 American horror Western film written and directed by Ana Lily Amirpour. Promoted as "The first Iranian vampire Western", it was chosen to show in the "Next" program at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. In the Iranian ghost-town Bad City, a place that reeks of death and loneliness, the townspeople are unaware they a...

(!SPOILERS!) This land is their land. Wrong Turn (also known internationally as Wrong Turn: The Foundation) is a 2021 horror film directed by Mike P. Nelson and written by Alan McElroy. The film is a reboot and the seventh installment of the Wrong Turn film series. The film stars Charlotte Vega, Adain Bradley, Emma Dumont, Dylan McTee, Daisy Head, Bill Sage and Matthew Modine. It is an internation...

THEY EAT AND THEY ARE EATEN! Cannibal Holocaust is a 1980 Italian cannibal film directed by Ruggero Deodato and written by Gianfranco Clerici. It stars Robert Kerman as Harold Monroe, an anthropologist from New York University who leads a rescue team into the Amazon rainforest to locate a crew of filmmakers. Played by Carl Gabriel Yorke, Francesca Ciardi, Perry Pirkanen, and Luca Barbareschi, the...

It comes to life! The Mummy is a 1932 American horror film directed by Karl Freund. The screenplay by John L. Balderston was from a story by Nina Wilcox Putnam and Richard Schayer. Released by Universal Studios, the film stars Boris Karloff, Zita Johann, David Manners, Edward Van Sloan and Arthur Byron. In the film, an ancient Egyptian mummy named Imhotep is discovered by a team of archaeologists...

Ben chats with writer/director Jordan Graham about his new movie, supernatural horror Sator, a deeply personal and mostly one-man venture that has been 7 years in the making. Secluded in a desolate forest, a broken family is observed by Sator, a supernatural entity who is attempting to claim them. Sator is a 2019 American supernatural horror film written and directed by Jordan Graham and stars Mic...

Killer looks. American Psycho is a 2000 American black comedy slasher film co-written and directed by Mary Harron, based on Bret Easton Ellis's 1991 novel of the same name.[5] It stars Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Josh Lucas, Chloë Sevigny, Samantha Mathis, Cara Seymour, Justin Theroux, Guinevere Turner, Reg E. Cathey and Reese Witherspoon. A wealthy New York City investment banking e...

(!!!SPOILERS!!!) Little girl. Big psycho. PG: Psycho Goreman, or simply Psycho Goreman, is a 2020 Canadian science fantasy horror-comedy film written and directed by Steven Kostanski. It stars Nita-Josee Hanna and Owen Myre as a young sister and brother who unwittingly resurrect an ancient extraterrestrial overlord (voiced by Steven Vlahos and played by Matt Ninaber). Podcast - https://podlink.to/...

Before man walked the earth it slept for centuries. It is evil. It is real. It is awakening. Prince of Darkness is a 1987 American supernatural horror film directed, written and scored by John Carpenter. Starring Donald Pleasence, Victor Wong, Jameson Parker and Lisa Blount, the film is the second installment in what Carpenter calls his "Apocalypse Trilogy", which began with The Thing (1982) and c...

In every neighbourhood there is one house that adults whisper about and children cross the street to avoid. The People Under the Stairs is a 1991 American horror comedy film written and directed by Wes Craven and starring Brandon Adams, Everett McGill, Wendy Robie, and A. J. Langer. The plot follows a young boy and two adult robbers who become trapped in a house belonging to a strange couple after...

Where YOU are the endangered species! Congo is a 1995 American science fiction action-adventure film loosely based on Michael Crichton's 1980 novel of the same name. The picture was directed by Frank Marshall starring Laura Linney, Dylan Walsh, Ernie Hudson, Grant Heslov, Joe Don Baker, and Tim Curry. The film was released on June 9, 1995, by Paramount Pictures. After swapping bodies with a derang...

Luke and Ben and Andy discuss their top 5 horror movies of 2020, honourable mentions, best new discoveries, disappointments, TV and games plus releases they're most looking forward to in 2021. Podcast - https://podlink.to/horrorhangout​ Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/hawkandcleaver​ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/hawkandcleaver​ Twitter - https://twitter.com/hawkandcleaver​ Website - http:...

THE BIG FAT HORROR MOVIE QUIZ returns for an end of year special with question master Andy Conduit-Turner! This time it's regular hosts Ben Errington and Luke Kondor taking on Zoë Smith and John Crinan of the A Nice Chianti podcast. Can the Horror Hangout boys maintain their unbeaten run? Podcast - https://podlink.to/horrorhangout Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/hawkandcleaver Facebook - https:/...

She's evil... and not just high school evil. Jennifer's Body is a 2009 American supernatural horror black comedy film written by Diablo Cody and directed by Karyn Kusama. The film stars Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Johnny Simmons, and Adam Brody. A newly possessed high school cheerleader turns into a succubus who specializes in killing her male classmates. Can her best friend put an end to the horr...

Basic switch. Killer new look. Freaky is a 2020 American comedy horror film directed by Christopher Landon, from a screenplay by Michael Kennedy and Landon, and starring Vince Vaughn, Kathryn Newton, Katie Finneran, Celeste O'Connor, and Alan Ruck. After swapping bodies with a deranged serial killer, a young girl in high school discovers she has less than 24 hours before the change becomes permane...