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Ages come and pass, and a new month has dawned — bringing with it new books! It seems like it's always a busy time in the science fiction and fantasy section of the book stores these days, with more new releases coming out every month than a mere mortal could possibly hope to read. But for those of us who love to have full shelves and even fuller Tbr piles, it's heaven.

Like January and February before it, March of 2025 contains a veritable treasure trove of new book releases. We've curated a list of 15 we're especially excited for. They include dark fantasies brimming with magic, contemplative speculative fiction, urban fantasy that takes readers to the mean streets of Boston, sequels to well-loved sci-fi and fantasy series, and debut novels to hook us in to our new favorite authors.

As always, pull up your Goodreads, and let's get to the list!

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Season 2 of the smash HBO series The Last of Usis slated for release in April of this year. Despite being just a few months away, you might be able to wait around for more Ellie (Bella Ramsey) and Joel (Pedro Pascal) venturing across a post-apocalyptic clicker landscape ravaged by a fungal plague. In that case, an excellent movie currently available on Prime Video uses many of the same plot devices and will satiate your cravings until HBO officially announces the premiere date of the highly anticipated second season. 2016's The Girl With All the Gifts stars Glenn Close, Paddy Considine, and Gemma Arterton, but it is the young Sennia Nanua as Melanie who is at the center of the plot in what is an intelligent and compelling story that currently has a score of 86% on Rotten Tomatoes. Like The Last of Us, The Girl With All the Giftsfeatures a precocious,...

Thomas Jane, best known for playing Frank Castle in The Punisher (2004), is stepping into the world of comics again. This time, he’s taking on a new role—not as an actor, but as the editor of a horror comic called The Lycan.

The six-issue series is based on a story by Jane and screenwriter David James Kelly (Robin Hood). The script is written by The Girl with All the Gifts author Mike Carey, with artwork by Diego Yapur, coloring from D.C. Alonso, and lettering by AndWorld Design. Cover art comes from Eisner-nominated artist Tim Bradstreet, known for his work on The Punisher and Hellblazer.

The first issue of The Lycan will be released on February 18 through Amazon’s Comixology Originals, partnered with Jane’s own Renegade Entertainment. New issues will follow on April 1, May 13, June 24, August 5, and September 16.

Set in 1777, the story follows a group of tough international big-game...

With nearly 200 horror films on Netflix at any given moment, there’s never a shortage of great films to induce paralytic fear. As a true fan of the macabre, that’s what you want, right? As Stephen King refers to a member of his unparalleled fandom, the Constant Reader craves that jolt to the soul.

Happily, Netlifx is delighted to scare you to your very core, night after sleepless night. I’m certain they’d like nothing better than to see you as their Constant Viewer. My apologies to Mr. King, but he cribs a lot himself, as he’s more than happy to acknowledge. Of course, when King borrows, it typically results in a towering achievement. Clowns were always scary but were never as terrifying until Pennywise entered the culture.

It is not in the following group of films. A property grossing over $1.1 billion worldwide didn’t exactly fly under the radar.

This list contains one mention of a sexual assault scene.

Horror movies are often set in the woods because we understand that the darkness and sounds of an enclosed forest can be a creepy setting, especially at night. However, while being lost in the woods is a horror trope, the trees often fade into the background unless they are central to the story. Though horror movie villains can take many forms, it is often still a surprise when a horror movie features a malevolent tree or plant. Seeing the peaceful embodiment of nature becoming bloodthirsty monsters can either make a hilarious horror-comedy or a genuinely chilling horror movie nightmare.

The central plots in biological horror movies like The Happening often involve sympathy for the plants, as they revolve around people treating nature without the necessary respect, or scientists going too far with their experiments. Alien landscapes like the one beyond...

Two years ago, it was announced that Sam Claflin, who may be best known for playing Oswald Mosley on Peaky Blinders, Finnick Odair in the Hunger Games franchise, and Billy Dunne in Daisy Jones & the Six, had signed on to star in the supernatural thriller Bagman, from Hunger Games‘ home studio Lionsgate. The finished film received a theatrical release at the end of September, but it seems that few movie-goers noticed. Maybe Bagman will catch more attention now that horror fans will have the chance to watch it in their comfort of their own homes, as the film is set to receive a digital and VOD release this Friday, October 18th. It’s available for pre-order on Amazon, going for the price of $14.99.

Colm McCarthy, who previously directed The Girl With All the Gifts, the Krypton pilot, and the entirety of Peaky Blinders season 2, took the helm of Bagman,...

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We spent the first half of September with discussions of Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice (listen) and Colm McCarthy’s The Girl With All the Gifts (listen) before celebrating our 300th episode (and the start of a six-week theme on Divas/Anniversaries) with a revisit of Karyn Kusama’s Jennifer’s Body (listen). Next up: Nicole Kidman in Jonathan Glazer‘s unfairly controversial 2004 sophomore feature, Birth.

Kidman stars as Anna, a widow who is still grieving her husband’s sudden death ten years later. Despite being newly engaged to Joseph (Danny Huston), Anna upends her entire life when 10-year-old Sean (Cameron Bright) appears in her apartment, claiming to be her dead husband.

As her concerned family, including matriarch Eleanor (Lauren Bacall) and brother-in-law Bob (Arliss Howard) question the boy, new details about Anna’s marriage emerge courtesy of dead Sean’s brother Clifford (Peter Stormare) and his wife,...

“Needs moar bewbs.”

After kicking September off with discussions of Tim Burton’s classic Beetlejuice (listen) and the modern zombie film The Girl With All the Gifts (listen), we’ve finally reached our 300th episode! To celebrate this milestone, we’re doing a 6-week theme month of Diva/Anniversary worship (running all the way through Halloween), and we’re starting by revisiting a film we covered in one of our earliest episodes so that we can give it the proper, modern HQ treatment: Karyn Kusama‘s Jennifer’s Body (2009)!

In Jennifer’s Body, When popular girl Jennifer (Megan Fox) is possessed by a demon after a botched ritual, she turns a hungry eye on guys who never stood a chance with her before. While Jennifer satisfies her appetite for human flesh with the school’s male population, her best friend Needy (Amanda Seyfried) learns what’s happening and vows to put an end to the carnage.

Hungries

Trace and I spent August discussing Paul Morrissey’s melodramatic Blood for Dracula (listen), Julia Ducournau’s body horror Titane (listen), and Stephen Herek’s family creature feature Critters (listen) before kicking off September with Tim Burton’s ode to weird, Beetlejuice (listen).

For episode 299, we’ve hopped across the pond to tackle director Colm McCarthy‘s under seen contemporary zombie classic The Girl With All the Gifts (2016). In the dystopian film, young Melanie (Sennia Nanua) is restrained in a wheelchair in a top secret laboratory run by the cruel Dr. Caldwell (Glenn Close) and watched closely by violent Sergeant Parks (Paddy Considine).

The only bright spot in Melanie’s life is Ms. Justineau (Gemma Arterton), a young teacher who is both kindly and a little naive. When a large group of “hungries” infiltrate the base, Melanie and the others must go on the run, trying to survive in...

Live in this World

After spending August discussing Paul Morrissey’s Udo Kier-starring Blood for Dracula (listen), Julia Ducournau’s Raw follow-up Titane (listen), and Stephen Herek’s comfort classic Critters (listen), we wrapped up the month with a look at Tim Burton‘s 1988 classic, Beetlejuice!

In the film, Adam (Alec Baldwin) and Barbara (Geena Davis) are perfectly content married nerds who enjoy staying at home and working on their house. When they die unceremoniously, they’re thrust into an afterlife with rules they don’t understand and horrible humans like Delia (Catherine O’Hara) and Charles Deetz (Jeffrey Jones) who take over their house.

When a bio-exorcist named Betelgeuse (Michael Keaton) offers his services to scare the living out of the house, Barbara and Adam take him up on his offer. Unfortunately, they quickly find the rambunctious spirit is completely out of control. With Betelgeuse determined to marry the Deetz’s daughter,...

In the dark horror film Bagman, a family finds themselves ensnared in a nightmare as they are hunted by a malevolent, mythical creature.

For centuries and across cultures, parents have warned their children of the legendary Bagman, who snatches innocent children and stuffs them into his vile, rotting bag—never to be seen again. Patrick McKee (Sam Claflin) narrowly escaped such an encounter as a boy, which left him with lasting scars throughout his adulthood. Now, Patrick’s childhood tormentor has returned, threatening the safety of his wife Karina (Antonia Thomas) and son Jake (Caréll Rhoden).

Directed by Colm McCarthy and written by John Hulme, Bagman is set for a release on September 20th, courtesy of Lionsgate.

First came Baghead, now get ready for Bagman. Take a look at the first trailer for Colm McCarthy’s Bagman.

Lionsgate have released the first trailer for Colm McCarthy’s Bagman, which will find Sam Claflin tormented by a mystical, terrifying creature.

Take a look at the first Bagman trailer below.

Claflin is joined by The Good Doctor’s Antonia Thomas and Aftersun’s Frankie Corio in the film’s cast. John Hulme penned the script.

The legend of Bagman is deeply rooted in folklore. Many cultures have a version of the child-snatching monster, sometimes also called Sack Man. In the film, Claflin’s Ptsd-ridden Patrick is forced to confront the Bagman after narrowly escaping his grip as a child.

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As the trailer shows, the film has a folk horror feel to it and although it seems to borrow heavily from films like It, we’re hoping that...

You've heard of Candyman. You've heard of Batman. You've heard of Bicentennial Man. But did you ever hear of Bagman? A child-snatching nightmare figure from Latin American, Eastern European, Asian, and African folklore, the Bagman — or Sack Man, as he's sometimes known — is a Pennywise-like force of evil who takes innocent kids and stuffs them, well, in his bag. And he's the central figure looming over The Girl With All The Gifts director Colm McCarthy and writer John Hulme's aptly titled folk chiller Bagman, which is set to see Sam Claflin, Antonia Thomas (The Good Doctor), and Aftersun breakout star Frankie Corio among others come face to face with the eldritch terror. Watch the creepy first trailer below:

Dutch angles. Dark caves. Flickering lights. Rusty scissors. Creepy creaking sounds. Creepier dolls. Yup — consider us spooked! Now yes, this new trailer does play many of the folk-inflected horror hits, and yes,...

Boogiemen come in all shapes and sizes. They hide beneath your bed, lurk in shadows, and patiently wait to devour you from the depths of your closet. Children try to avoid them at all costs, but now and then, one is so determined to sink its pointed teeth into your tasty meats that it’ll ignore every ward and warning to claim its prize. Today’s Bagman trailer features a sinister ghoul who snatches children and stuffs them into a haunted bag, like Krampus’s kleptomaniac cousin.

Here’s the official synopsis for Bagman courtesy of Lionsgate:

In the dark horror film Bagman, a family finds themselves ensnared in a nightmare as they are hunted by a malevolent, mythical creature. For centuries and across cultures, parents have warned their children of the legendary Bagman, who snatches innocent children and stuffs them into his vile, rotting bag—never to be seen again.

"He really does exist..." "He always knows where to find you..." Lionsgate has unveiled the official trailer for a horror movie called Bagman, set to hit theaters nationwide this fall. From the same filmmaker behind the films Outcast and The Girl with All the Gifts, plus the "Black Museum" episode of "Black Mirror". When a sinister threat from his childhood returns to haunt him, a father desperately struggles against his deepest inner fear. Only this time, the fight isn't for himself; it's for his family. For centuries and across cultures, parents have warned children of the legendary "Bagman", who snatches innocent children and stuffs them into his vile, rotting bag—never to be seen again. When the Bagman comes for his family this time, will he be able to get rid of him? From director Colm McCarthy, this horror movie stars Sam Claflin and Antonia Thomas, with William Hope, Steven Cree,...

If youre into classic horror flicks that center themselves around urban legends like Candyman, The Blair Witch Project, or the aptly titled and undersung 1998 feature Urban Legend, then youve gotta check out Colliders exclusive trailer drop for Bagman. Just days ago we brought you the debut poster for Sam Claflins (Daisy Jones & The Six) latest feature-length project, and today, were thrilled to unzip the bag and let the official teaser take front and center. Youll want to keep the lights on for this one as a terrifying culture-crossing urban legend comes to life in Colm McCarthys (The Girl with All the Gifts) Bagman.

28 Years Later and I Am Legend 2 could breathe new life into the zombie movie genre. 28 Years Later is the start of a planned trilogy, while I Am Legend 2 has the potential for sequels. If successful, Hollywood will likely want to capitalize on the newfound zombie success.

This year it was announced two of the most notable zombie movies in recent decades are receiving sequels, 28 Years Later and I Am Legend 2, and after these films premiere, there's a chance that a zombie renaissance will take over the horror scene. Among the slashers and psychological thrillers that make up the horror genre, one beloved subgenre is the zombie movie. Zombies have been done in any number of ways over the course of Hollywood history, but there are certain zombie movies that are the best, and 28 Days Later and I Am Legend are among them.

28 Years Later...

Melanie's sacrifice for her kind symbolizes a hopeful start over in a bleak zombie-infested world. The Girl With All The Gifts uses hungries as a metaphor for the future youth, showing pure intentions surviving. Dr. Caldwell's search for a cure ends tragically, leading to the conclusion that humanity's best shot was lost.

The Girl With All the Gifts largely flew under the radar when it was released in 2016, but its ending leaves a lot to unpack. The horror film, based on the novel of the same name by M.R. Carey, takes place in a grim post-apocalyptic future. Zombies, known as hungries, run rampant in this world, thanks to the mass spread of a fungal disease. But there's a hybrid second generation of young hungries that still feed on humans, while retaining their mental capabilities. These hungries attend a "school" at a military base, where a scientist named Dr.

Realistic apocalypse movies, such as I Am Legend and Train to Busan, enhance the viewing experience by combining action, realism, and emotional impact. The end of the world in a movie can occur from various catastrophic events, not just zombies or aliens, including climate change, natural disease, and human decline. Movies like World War Z and The Girl with All the Gifts offer unique takes on traditional zombie tropes, making infected individuals more human and exploring the emotional strain on characters.

Apocalypse movies that involve more realistic themes tend to be the scariest, and watching them alone could make for more sleepless nights. Many apocalypse films, from The Day After Tomorrow to War of the Worlds, delve into the aftermath of catastrophic natural disasters and alien invasions, but they focus more on the action rather than the realism. Although these movies do well in the scare factor zone, others do...

In the sprawling universe of zombie cinema, where the undead reign supreme, there’s a horde of underrated zombie movies that, despite their brilliance, have shuffled under the radar, unnoticed by many a horror fan. These are not your run-of-the-mill brain munchers; they are the unsung heroes of the genre, blending traditional horror with innovative storytelling, unique perspectives, and in some cases, a good dose of humor.

For those willing to venture off the beaten path, these films offer fresh takes on the apocalypse, compelling narratives, and unforgettable characters. Let’s unearth these hidden treasures, starting with number ten and working our way to the crown jewel of underrated zombie flicks.

IFC Midnight 10. Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead (2014)

Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead (2014) kicks off our list with a turbo-charged adventure set in the Australian outback. Imagine a world where Mad Max meets Dawn of the Dead—this is Wyrmwood.

Stars: Ma Dong-seok, Lee Hee-joon, Lee Joon-young, No Jeong-ee, Ahn Ji-hye | Written by Kim Bo-Tong, Kwak Jae-Min | Directed by Heo Myeong Haeng

Badland Hunters is the latest film starring action hero Ma Dong-seok, and that is bad news for Korea. He was in Train to Busan in which the country was overrun with zombies, and in Ashfall where a massive volcanic eruption laid waste to the entire Korean Peninsula. And the amount of property damage he wracked up in The Outlaws and its sequels The Roundup and The Roundup: No Way Out would bankrupt most insurance companies.

In the opening scenes, Seoul is levelled by a catastrophic earthquake as the military are about to arrest Yang Gi-su for the murders and human experiments he’s committed trying to bring his daughter back from the dead. The building collapses on him, but you know he’ll be back later in the film.

Horror Director Christopher Smith is getting ready to unleash arachnophobia-inducing horror-comedy madness in Spider Island. The project was announced today by Protagonist Pictures’ CEO Dave Bishop.

Spider Island “follows a group of social media influencers going to the launch party of a new luxury resort on a beautiful island. With deadly spiders.”

The film is written by Christopher Jolley (The Price We Pay) and David Quantick. Vertigo Films will produce the film, and Protagonist Pictures is handling worldwide rights, launching sales ahead of the upcoming American Film Market.

While the specifics behind these lethal spiders remain under wraps, we at least know that they’ll be handled via VFX.

From the press release: “The state-of-the-art VFX will be handled by Automatik VFX, the visual effects studio responsible for the brilliant creature design on Monsters Dark Continent, ‘Game of Thrones,’ ‘Doctor Who’ and ‘The Wheel Of Time.’ Seb Barker will serve as VFX supervisor.

Many science fiction books have successfully been adapted into popular TV series, showcasing how the medium suits the genre more than film. TV adaptations often capture more detail, nuance, and depth than movies, making them ideal for bringing sci-fi novels to life. Several sci-fi books, such as Nineteen Eighty-Four, John Dies At The End, and The Girl With All the Gifts, have great potential for TV adaptations due to their compelling content and relevance.

Some of the best, most popular television series of the past few years have been based on science fiction books. From The Man in the High Castle based on the novel by Philip K. Dick, to The Handmaid's Tale based on the novel by Margaret Atwood, to The Expanse based on a series of novels by James S. A. Corey, it's clear that turning sci-fi books into TV shows can work really well, and is often...

Bradley Quirk, who has had previous stints with Brightstar and Altitude, is joining the Netflix U.K. film team, Variety has confirmed.

Quirk joins as manager, U.K. He is part of director, U.K. Mona Qureshi’s team. Anne Mensah serves as Netflix’s U.K. content vice president.

Quirk was previously with Brightstar Film and TV, the U.K. production outfit founded by producers Tanya Seghatchian (“The Crown”) and John Woodward (“Cold War”). Earlier, Quirk was with Altitude as head of development where he worked on the films “Calm With Horses,” “Rocks” and “The Girl With All the Gifts.”

In a previous stint with Pathe, he worked on “Philomena” and in a role with the BFI Film Fund, on “Welcome to the Punch” and “Broken.”

In 2019, Quirk served as executive producer on “Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans.”

Quirk joins after Netflix’s director of U.K.

The Walking Dead was a fresh twist to the countless zombie movies in the genre, popularizing the post-apocalyptic narrative and breathing new life into the tired trope. Not many zombie movies have been nearly as successful, falling among the many films with the same themes, plots, and scare factor.

However, the break between the different Walking Dead shows is a great opportunity for fans to explore the zombie movies that stand out. Some of these movies deviate from the norm with an atmospheric angle, such as Cargo and Maggie. Others like ParaNorman and Dead Snow are a far stretch from the typical zombies. The unusual twists on these flesh-eating creatures prove there are still different stories to be told within this overused genre.

Related: 10 Best Cinematic Zombie Killers, Ranked

Cargo (2017)

There are some great zombie movies not really about zombies, but Cargo doesn't get enough attention. This Netflix Original is...

Much like the sci-fi show's ambitious plot, The Expanse cast grew larger with each succeeding season, and the sixth and last season is no exception. Based on the book series of the same name written by Ty Franck and Daniel Abraham under the pen name James S.A. Corey, The Expanse centers on the vast political conflicts between the powers of Earth, Mars, and the Asteroid Belt 300 years in the future. In The Expanse season 6, these conflicts culminate in a system-wide war waged by Belter terrorist Marco Inaros and the Free Navy, whose asteroid attack on Earth has left the planet in shambles.

Newly reinstated Un Secretary General Chrisjen Avasarala looked to coordinate the joint Earth-Mars fleet with James Holden and the crew of the Rocinante in an effort to defeat the Free Navy. Concurrently, Camina Drummer and what remained of her crew evaded Marco's forces in the Belt after betraying...

Unfortunately, HBO is as good at making fans wait as they are at video game adaptations. As is prestige TV tradition, it’ll be quite some time before we see the second season of The Last of Us. While fans can always replay the first game or wade into major spoiler territory with The Last of Us Part II, you could also opt for some lo-fi post-apocalyptic stories.

Get ready to gasp, cry, and stay up all night reading six brilliant page-turners that are perfect follow-ups to The Last of Us. The end of the world features in a huge amount of novels, but we’ve sifted through bloater-sized mountains of books to find some of the most similar in theme, tone, and sometimes plot.

The Strange by Nathan Ballingrud

True Grit meets Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles in this page-turning space Western from the Shirley Jackson Award-winning author...

This week brings the release of M. Night Shyamalan’s Knock at the Cabin, an adaptation of author Paul Tremblay’s The Cabin at the End of the World. The premise sees a vacationing family held hostage by four armed strangers that make harrowing demands under the claimed threat of an apocalypse.

This week also continues HBO’s compelling “The Last of Us,” an apocalyptic series based on the video game. The fourth episode will air this Sunday on HBO and HBO Max. Naturally, it feels apropos to continue the apocalypse theme in this week’s streaming picks.

While horror’s apocalypse starter often falls to zombies, these five apocalyptic movies showcase other means of humanity’s doom, from Gates of Hell to extraterrestrial takeovers.

As always, here’s where you can stream them this week…

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The Beyond – AMC+, Fandor, Kanopy,...

Exclusive: Antonia Thomas (The Good Doctor), Will Davis, Adelle Leonce (A Discovery of Witches), William Hope (Texas Chainsaw Massacre), Steven Cree (Terminator: Dark Fate) and Sharon D Clarke will join The Hunger Games franchise’s Sam Claflin in the Lionsgate supernatural thriller, Bagman.

The film centers on Patrick McKee (Claflin), a father who desperately struggles against his deepest inner fear when a sinister threat from his childhood returns to haunt him. Only this time, the fight isn’t for himself; it’s for his family. Thomas will play Patrick’s wife Karina, with Cree as his brother, Liam. Davis is set for the title role of Bagman, with Leonce to portray Karina’s sister Anna. Hope will play Chief Isaacs, with Clarke as the therapist, Barbara.

Colm McCarthy (The Girl with All the Gifts) is directing from a script by John Hulme, with Temple Hill...

Sam Claflin is set to star in the supernatural thriller “Bagman” for Lionsgate, according to an individual with knowledge of the project. Claflin previously starred as Finnick Odair in the “Hunger Games” franchise for the studio.

Colm McCarthy is set to direct the film, which centers on a father who struggles against his deepest inner fear when his childhood monster once again returns to haunt him. Only this time the fight isn’t for himself; it’s for his family.

The film, which Lionsgate will be launching sales for in Cannes, was written by John Hulme, and will be produced by Temple Hill’s Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey.

“Since we first worked with him on Catching Fire, Sam has grown into a compelling leading man,” Lionsgate Motion Picture Group president Nathan Kahane said in a statement. “We’re thrilled that he responded so strongly to this project and we...

It’s hard to believe that Mahershala Ali has never been the lead role in a film before, but Benjamin Cleary’s elegiac “Swan Song” is eager to make up for lost time: Not only does Ali get to play the protagonist in this , he gets to play him twice.

The original Cameron Turner is a sad-eyed illustrator whose inner warmth is only drawn out through the tip of his pencil. In fairness, this movie’s sleek and corner-less vision of the near-future seems like it would make introverts of us all, as Cleary’s debut imagines the day after tomorrow as a place so dominated by wearable tech — specifically membrane-like airpods and contact lens operating systems with UIs that make this Apple Original look as if it’s been adapted from Jony Ive’s wet dreams — that everyone is walled inside their own invisible bubbles, even when they’re...

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Halloween is just over a week away, but there’s still enough time to catch up on your favorite zombie content. From “The Walking Dead” to “Army of the Dead,” and even the popular “Resident Evil” gaming franchise, zombies are huge right now, and we’re not just talking about popular movies and TV shows.

The Center for Disease Control created an online campaign to make sure that you’re prepared in the event of a zombie apocalypse (as if a global pandemic wasn’t scary enough). Elsewhere on the internet, anti-vaxxers have been using films like “I Am Legend” (which you can stream on HBO Max) to spread false conspiracy theories about the covid vaccine.

From the gory to the eerie, horror brings us cathartic chills and gritty adventure. Here are our most-anticipated horror books coming out in September 2021 …

Summer Sons by Lee Mondelo

Type: Novel

Publisher: Tordotcom Publishing

Release date: Sept. 28

Den of Geek says: Romance-tinged horror with a strong sense of place brings a unique hook to this fantastical story.

Publisher’s summary: Andrew and Eddie did everything together, best friends bonded more deeply than brothers, until Eddie left Andrew behind to start his graduate program at Vanderbilt. Six months later, only days before Andrew was to join him in Nashville, Eddie dies of an apparent suicide. He leaves Andrew a horrible inheritance: a roommate he doesn’t know, friends he never asked for, and a gruesome phantom that hungers for him.

As Andrew searches for the truth of Eddie’s death, he uncovers the lies and secrets left behind by the person he trusted most,...

Exclusive: Paramount Pictures has picked up Mike McGrale’s original action pitch Witnessville for director Colm McCarthy and Neil Moritz’s Original Films. Details on the project are being kept under wraps. Witnessville is currently in development.

Vanessa Joyce will oversee for Paramount and Tania Landau will oversee for Original who has a first-look deal at the studio. Paramount and Original Films are currently in production on the sequel to the box office hit Sonic the Hedgehog, and Original Films is responsible for previous mega franchises Fast & Furious and 21 Jump Street. Former Ubisoft executive Matt Phelps also serves as producer.

Colm McCarthy is currently directing the pilot for Netflix’s new series, Half Bad, created by Joe Barton and produced by Imaginarium. McCarthy’s first feature The Girl With All The Gifts and his Black Mirror episode “Black Museum” were both nominated for BAFTAs, as...

Exclusive: After a worldwide talent search, Sennia Nanua has been cast as a lead opposite Samantha Morton in Starz’s The Serpent Queen, an eight-part period drama about Catherine de Medici, from writer and executive producer Justin Haythe (Revolutionary Road), Francis Lawrence & Erwin Stoff. Production is underway in France.

Based on Leonie Frieda’s book Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France. The Serpent Queen is described as “a cunning account of one of the most influential women ever to wear a crown. Considered an immigrant, common and plain, Catherine de Medici (Morton) is married into the 16th century French court as an orphaned teenager expected to bring a fortune in dowry and produce many heirs, only to discover that her husband is in love with an older woman, her dowry is unpaid and she’s unable to conceive. Yet, only with her intelligence and determination, she manages to keep...

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Zombie movies are a dime a dozen these days, which makes sense because gory and gruesome storylines never seem to get old. Regardless of how much we’ve grown to love watching our favorite movies on streaming platforms, there’s no shame in adding a few new Blu-Rays to your collection, and with summer and spring pushing more people outside, the films below are great for a spooky movie night under the stars. Even though Halloween is usually sanctioned for zombie and other horror movies, you can obviously watch these movies all year long.

Below, find our roundup of seven classic zombie movies that you should absolutely own. From “28 Days Later” to “Night of the Living Dead,...

Glasgow Film Fest Opener & Closer

The 2021 Glasgow Film Festival is partnering with 22 cinemas across the UK to reach audiences that are not unable to travel to the event due to the country’s tiered lockdown system. The fest will open on February 24 with the UK premiere of Lee Isaac Chung’s Minari and will close on March 7 with the UK premiere of Suzanne Lindon’s Spring Blossom. Each of the 22 partner cinemas will show both the opening and closing titles.

Cambridge Plans ‘Genre Neutral’ Anthology

London-based Cambridge Picture Company, which has credits including Loving Vincent, has optioned a collection of nine supernatural short stories from Mike Carey and is planning to create an anthology of one-off televisual dramas. Carey previously adapted his own novel for the screenplay of The Girl With All the Gifts. The anthology will be developed under the title Genre Neutral. It will take classic movie genres...

Time and time again during this year’s pandemic, movie studios have had to make the best of a bad situation. HBO Max’s list of new releases for December 2020 comes along with the most extreme example yet.

WarnerMedia undoubtedly had big plans for Wonder Woman 1984 when it scheduled it for a holiday release last year. After moving it to the summer, however, the conglomerate had to delay its theatrical release time and time again. Now HBO Max is the lucky winner of the saga, as it gets to premiere the long-awaited sequel on its servers on Dec. 25.

While Wonder Woman 1984 is definitely the headline this month, there are some other intriguing streaming options for HBO Max in December. The month plays host to a whole host of high-powered documentaries like Heaven’s Gate: The Cult of Cults (Dec. 3), Alabama Snake (Dec. 9), and the Tiger Woods documentary Tiger (Dec.

We’ve now got just a few days left of November, so it’s time to take a look ahead at everything that’s headed to the major streaming networks in December. As it’s Christmas, Netflix, Disney Plus, HBO Max, Hulu and Prime Video have extra special hauls ready to gift to their subscribers this holiday season, with literally hundreds of new movies and TV shows dropping over the course of the month.

All the various sites – excepting Disney Plus – are serving up a ton of newly licensed films on December 1st. Netflix, for instance, is adding such classics as E.T., Little Nicky and the first three Jurassic Parks. Meanwhile, HBO Max is offering up The Shawshank Redemption, Shaun of the Dead and a bunch of Final Destinations, while Hulu and Prime Video, which share a lot of the same movies, are treating users to a host of iconic...

Just like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon and Disney Plus, HBO Max is adding a ton of great new titles to give you some festive treats this holiday season. The Warner streaming service’s December haul isn’t necessarily full of Christmas content – there’s a lot of that already available – but there are definitely a ton of must-see films and TV shows on the lineup, so let’s take a look at the highlights.

December 1st brings a glut of newly licensed titles, including everything from horror prequel Annabelle: Creation to the original Westworld movie. In terms of franchises, you’ll be able to find a bunch of The Crown films, some Final Destinations and the whole Free Willy trilogy on the site next month. And if you’re looking to chow down on some of the best movies around, you won’t be disappointed. Just a few of the acclaimed...

Producers on the 14 projects include Singaporean filmmaker Eric Khoo and acclaimed cinematographer Christopher Doyle.

International Film Festival & Awards Macao (IFFAM) has unveiled the 14 projects that have been selected for this year’s edition of the IFFAM Project Market (IPM).

Producers on the projects include Singaporean filmmaker Eric Khoo, who is presenting Huang Junxiang’s creature feature Prisoners Of The Pacific; acclaimed cinematographer Christopher Doyle, who is reteaming with Jenny Suen on comedy Peaches; and Camille Gatin (The Girl With All The Gifts), who is producing Wang Haolu’s adaptation of Alastair Reynolds’ short story Fellow Travellers.

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The Iffam Project Market (Ipm) will return digitally this December for a fifth edition during the International Film Festival & Awards Macao (December 3-8) with projects produced by Cate Blanchett, Eric Khoo and Camille Gatin. Scroll down for lineup.

According to organizers, a total of 14 projects will comprise the “intensive program of presentations and meetings conducted digitally with members of the global industry from December 3rd – 5th”. The projects will be eligible for four cash awards (listed below).

Projects include acclaimed cinematographer Christopher Doyle’s collaboration with director Jenny Suen on Cate Blanchett-produced comedy Peaches; Eric Khoo-produced Singaporean creature feature Prisoners Of The Pacific; sci-fi Fellow Travellers from The Girl With All The Gifts producer Camille Gatin; and The Dragon Returns, in which Bruce Lee is brought back from his staged death and retirement to save his old friend Chuck Norris from imprisonment.

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What would Halloween be without zombies? Nothing, that’s what, so thankfully, Netflix has got you covered this October with a whole bunch of movies and TV shows that serve up a range of takes on the genre. The streaming service is looking to offer some of the most iconic entries in the world of zombie fiction that are always good for a watch, but also some underrated gems that you should definitely check out if you haven’t already.

In total, there are 23 zombie titles currently available on Netflix – 12 films and 11 TV series – and you can browse the full list below:

Movies

#Alive (2020) Cargo (2018) Day of the Dead: Bloodline (2018) Doom Annihilation (2019) Kl Zombi (2013) Ladromas De Almas (2015) Mad Ron’s Prevues From Hell (1987) Ravenous (2017) Rise of the Zombie (2013) Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998) The Evil Dead (1981) The Girl with All the Gifts (2016)

TV Shows

Ash vs. Evil Dead (3 Seasons) Black Summer...

“House of the Dragon,” HBO’s upcoming prequel to “Game of Thrones,” has acquired one of its leading men. Paddy Considine, who starred in HBO’s “The Outsider” and “The Third Day,” will portray King Viserys Targaryen in the upcoming series.

HBO’s description for Considine’s character reads:

Viserys was chosen by the lords of Westeros to succeed the Old King, Jaehaerys Targaryen, at the Great Council at Harrenhal. A warm, kind, and decent man, Viserys only wishes to carry forward his grandfather’s legacy, but as we’ve learned from “Game of Thrones,” good men do not necessarily make for great kings.

“House of the Dragon” was announced by HBO in November 2019. The 10-episode prequel series is co-created by George R.R. Martin and Ryan Condal, who executive produce alongside Miguel Sapochnik, Vince Gerardis, and Sara Lee Hess. Sapochnik will direct the pilot and a handful of other episodes.

Next month, Netflix is rolling out a ton of great new Halloween-themed content, including a bunch of must-see originals like The Haunting of Bly Manor, A Babysitter’s Guide to Monster Hunting and Rebecca. Unfortunately, though, it’s also losing a lot of horror films in October that would’ve made for perfect seasonal viewing.

On October 2nd, both Cult of Chucky – the last Chucky flick before the reboot – and Truth or Dare – that’s the 2017 TV movie, not the 2018 Blumhouse production – are being removed from Netflix’s library. The bulk of the horror titles leaving in October are, ironically, being removed on October 31st, though. So, if you’re hoping to do an Underworld marathon this Halloween or rewatch classics like Tim Burton’s Sleepy Hollow or The Silence of the Lambs, make sure you don’t leave it until the day itself.

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Ever since George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead shuffled onto the scene and revolutionized the zombie movie in 1968, humans fighting off hordes of the undead has firmly remained one of horror’s most popular sub-genres for over half a century. Of course, there have been numerous twists put on the formula over the decades, but the basic setup always tends to remain the same, and yet audiences can never seem to get enough of it.

Danny Boyle’s 28 Days Later and Zack Snyder’s Dawn of the Dead remake popularized the sprinting zombie, adding another new caveat that countless filmmakers repurposed again and again, but truly original titles are very difficult to come by these days. Although, there have been some low budget efforts thrown together in a matter of weeks to capitalize on current events.

In any case, as Halloween rolls ever closer, horror fans...

Lionsgate UK has launched a new trailer for ‘Summerland’ starring Gemma Arterton.

The film follows the story of fiercely independent folklore investigator, Alice (Gemma Arterton) who secludes herself in her clifftop study, debunking myths using science to disprove the existence of other-worldly forces and magic. Consumed by her work, but also profoundly lonely, she is haunted by a love affair from her past.

When spirited young Frank, an evacuee from the London Blitz, is dumped into her irritable care, his innocence and wonder unlock deeply buried and painful secrets in Alice’s past and make her re-evaluate what it really means to free your imagination. Bravely embracing life’s miraculous unpredictability, Alice learns that wounds may be healed, hope and second chances do exist, and any woman must defiantly be two things: who and what she wants.

Written and directed by Jessica Swale, the film stars Gemma Arterton (The King’s Man,...

Mentors include Becky Martin, Nia DaCosta, Bart Layton, Stephen Beresford and Michael Pearce.

The BFI and Bafta have revealed 16 emerging filmmakers and the mentors who will guide them as part of their ongoing initiative to develop talent from under-represented groups.

Veep director Becky Martin and Candyman writer-director Nia DaCosta are among those who will mentor upcoming talent as part of the second BFI Network x Bafta Crew Mentoring scheme.

Others who will provide bespoke support, advice and guidance to young filmmakers as they work toward their first feature or major commission include American Animals director Bart Layton, Pride screenwriter Stephen...

There’s so much to look forward to in our speculative fiction future. Here are some of the horror books we’re most excited about and/or are currently consuming…

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Type: Novel

Publisher: Quirk Books

Release Date: 04/07/2020

Den Of Geek says: The latest novel from Grady Hendrix is set in the same world as his masterful horror My Best Friend’s Exorcism, this time focusing on the wives and mothers of Charleston, South Carolina. Occupied with looking after their families and keeping up appearances, one group of women have to step up and fight when a charismatic stranger comes to town. A modern vampire novel packed with heart (and gore) this is another hit from one of the most exciting horror writers around.

Publisher’s summary: Steel Magnolias meets Dracula.

Another month, another slew of new content headed to Netflix.

And while 2020 has fast become one of the most troubling and downright overwhelming years in recent memory (spoilers: there are still eight months left), the Internet’s biggest platforms are still pumping out fresh material to ease the pain of social distancing.

Self-isolation is by no means easy, but there’s a camaraderie to be found online. For instance, Netflix Party is a Google Chrome extension that allows you and your friends/family to stream a movie or TV show simultaneously. It doesn’t always work seamlessly, but it’s still a fun feature to encourage communication during the Coronavirus lockdown.

And with a fresh batch of new content being added to Netflix today, April 1st, there are five films in particular that will surely stir up conversation. As spotted by Dread Central, new horror-thrillers include Mortal Kombat (1995), Killer Klowns From Outer Space...