A Grab Bag of Horror News, 24 to 30 Mar 2024

A selection of things that caught our attention in the world of horror this week

Bite-Sized Horror News

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Condolences to family, friends, and fans of James A. Moore. Moore wrote plenty of his own unique horror stories, long and short, and frequently collaborated with other horror authors. He received three Bram Stoker Award nominations: Serenity Falls (Best Novel), Bloodstained Oz, co-written with Christopher Golden (Best Long Fiction), and The Twisted Book of Shadows, co-edited with Christopher Golden (Superior Achievement in an Anthology). Moore also wrote horror movie and TV novels, including Alien, Predator, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Another good one, gone too soon. RIP.

Horror Book Bits

Congratulations to all the finalists in the 2024 Imadjinn Awards, especially the horror authors that made the list. The winners will be announced and presented at the Imaginarium 2024 Awards Banquet on Saturday 20 July 2024.
Maniac 2: Roadkill, the comic-book sequel to the 2012 movie, Maniac, will see a limited 1,500 copy release on 1 April 2024. The series will come in a boxed set of 4 individual comics plus a bunch of bonus items.
Congratulations to all the finalists in the 2024 Lambda Literary Awards. The winners will be announced on 11 June 2024 in New York City.

Horror Movie Morsels

Courteney Cox may be returning as Gale Weathers in the seventh movie of the Scream
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire is bringing in the big money, making $10M in previews. This beats the $9.3M made by Godzilla in 2014, the first movie in the series.
The final cast has been set for Final Destination: Bloodlines.
Filming has wrapped on The Monkey, an adaptation of a Stephen King short story.
Principal photography for Primitive War will begin soon on Australia’s Gold Coast. The movie is a sci-fi horror adaptation of the sci-fi military book series by Ethan Pettus.
Scott Derrickson will direct a Universal Pictures adaptation of the 1953 serial killer novel The Night of the Hunter by Davis Grubb.
The cast has been set for Fear Street: The Prom Queen, the latest in the R.L. Stine Fear Street franchise.
Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 3 has been confirmed. It will have a bigger budget than the previous two movies and will introduce new characters, such as Rabbit, heffalumps, and woozles.

Horror TV Treats

Dan Stevens, Liv Hewson, and Kimiko Glenn have all joined the cast of the animated series Among Us, based on the space horror game. There are no release details at this time.
George R. Stewart’s 1949 post-apocalyptic novel Earth Abides is becoming a limited series for MGM+. It looks like it’ll be 6 episodes about a young geologist who wakes up from a coma to find that he is only one of very few scattered survivors left.

Horror Game Goodies

Lunacy Games has acquired a license to make a new Hellgate game.

“The rabbit of Easter. He bring of the chocolate.”
David Sedaris, Me Talk Pretty One Day

Writing Horror

Some places accepting submissions.

Western and historical novella (Undertaker Books)
Pays: 50% of profits
Looking for: 15,000 to 30,000 word novella, preferably Horror Western or Historical Horror
Submissions close: 10 April 2024
Just Chills podcast
Pays: $50
Looking for: First-person horror fiction between 4,000 and 7,000 words
No submission deadline

“There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.”
Linda Grayson

Trailer Horror

A taste of things to come.

Horror TV Trailers

Them: The Scare. Supernatural horror. A LAPD homicide detective investigates the gruesome murder of a foster home mother, but as she draws closer to the truth, something ominous and malevolent grips her and her family. Premieres on Prime Video on 25 April 2024.
Jurassic World: Chaos Theory. Animated dinosaur horror. Six years after ‘Camp Cretaceous’, the group is reunited to find themselves caught up in a conspiracy that threatens humans and dinosaurs. Premieres on Netflix on 24 May 2024.

Horror Movie Trailers

Bloodline Killer. Killer horror. A woman tries to rebuild her shattered life after her family is murdered by her deranged cousin. Releases on VOD on 26 April 2024.
Anaconda. Chinese creature horror. Remake of 1997 movie about documentary filmmakers in search of a giant snake in the Amazon. Release date TBA.
Cinderella’s Curse. Supernatural horror. Cinderella summons her fairy godmother from an ancient flesh-bound book to get revenge on her evil stepsisters and stepmother. Release date TBA.
Humanist Vampire Seeks Consenting Suicidal Person. Vampire romcom horror. Sasha is a young vampire who cannot kill people. When her exasperated parents cut off her blood supply, her life is in jeopardy until she meets Paul, a lonely teenager with suicidal tendencies who is willing to give his life to save hers. But their friendly agreement soon becomes a nocturnal quest to fulfill Paul’s last wishes before day breaks. Release date TBA.
Monsters on a Plane. Creature horror. An exotic animal turns into a monster and becomes a deadly danger for all passengers. Release date TBA.
The Sin. South Korean supernatural horror. Si-yeong is chosen to play the lead role in an experimental art film. She and her college friend perform geometric dance routines as part of a shamanic ceremony as instructed by the film’s director. Their world is turned upside down when a production team member suddenly falls from the roof but their seemingly lifeless body begins to move and come to life. Release date TBA.
You Shall Not Sleep Tonight. Supernatural horror anthology. A boy is haunted by nightmares in which a monster lurks inside the closet. His father appears in the middle of the night to help him to face his fears, but the boy begins to question the true nature of these apparitions, having to face the truth about his father’s destiny and the evil force that threatens to consume him. Release date TBA.

Horror Game Trailers

Dollhouse: Behind The Broken Mirror. Psychological horror. Enter the broken mind of a once-celebrated singer, now trapped in the labyrinth of her own forgotten memories. With the help of a new medicine, will you be able to piece together the mystery of your past? Release date TBA.

“Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.”
John Steinbeck

A Selection of Horror Books Released this Week

8 horror books this week. Themes: Supernatural, psychological, haunted house, cursed object, space, western zombie vampire, and slasher horror

See: A Selection of Horror Books Released, 24 to 30 Mar 2024

“One good thing about losing your memory: You can hide your own Easter Eggs!”
Willard Howe, Sticks in the Clouds

A Selection of Horror Movies Released this Week

7 horror movies this week. Themes: Supernatural, creature, space, and slasher horror

See: A Selection of Horror Movies Released, 24 to 30 Mar 2024

“Miracles are like meatballs, because nobody can exactly agree on what they are made of, where they come from, or how often they should appear.”
Lemony Snicket, The Carnivorous Carnival

A Selection of Horror TV Shows Released this Week

1 horror TV show this week. Themes: Slasher horror

See: A Selection of Horror TV Shows Released, 24 to 30 April 2024

“Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.”
Albert Einstein

What We Were Thinking About this Week

9 Horror Books to Indulge in this Easter
Penpal by Dathan Auerbach (novel)

Apartment 16 by Adam Nevill (novel)
Dead Letters: Episodes of Epistolary Horror (anthology)

Horror Fonts Part 4 by Seth M Sherwood (Scary Movie School Substack)
Font Copyright Laws for Books: Your Print Book Could be in Violation by Dave Chesson
Thumper’s Revenge (horror short film, Sean Haitz YouTube channel)

“We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.”
Chuck Palahniuk, Diary

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