A Grab Bag of Horror News, 16 to 22 Jun 2024

A taste of things to come.

Horror Movie Trailers

• Hopeless. South Korean psychological horror. After spending his childhood in a town riddled with crime and violence, a teenage boy saves up his money in hopes of someday moving with his mother to start a new, happier life. But after he crosses paths with a local gangster intent on helping him, he is drawn into increasingly dangerous situations that leave him questioning whether his attempts to escape his hellish reality will instead ensnare him in it permanently. Releases on VOD on 25 June 2024.
• Tastes of Horror. South Korean horror anthology. A compilation of six short films directed by five of the most acclaimed directors of the genre in South Korea. Releases on VOD on 25 June 2024.
• The Blue Rose. Crime horror. Two rookie detectives set out to solve a seemingly clear-cut homicide, only to find themselves in an alternate reality of their worst nightmares. Releases on VOD on 12 July 2024.
• The Inheritance. Supernatural horror. On the eve of his 75th birthday, billionaire Charles Abernathy invites his estranged children back home out of fear that tonight someone or something is going to kill him. He puts each of their inheritances on the line, to ensure they’ll help keep him alive. Releases on VOD on 12 July 2024.
• The Abandon. Psychological horror. A wounded soldier awakens in a strange cube that tests his physical and mental limits as he attempts to find a way to escape against a ticking clock. Limited release on 19 July 2024.
• The Hyperborean. Sci-fi horror. When a seasoned crisis manager injects himself into a dysfunctional family, and their faltering whiskey company, he must navigate through a public relations nightmare involving a triple homicide, an Arctic ice mummy, and a batch of intergalactic moonshine. Releases on VOD on 19 July 2024.
• The Beast Within. Werewolf horror. After a series of strange events leads her to question her family’s isolated life on a fortified compound deep in the English wilds, 10-year-old Willow follows her parents on one of their secret late-night treks to the heart of the ancient forest. Upon witnessing her father undergo a terrible transformation, she too becomes ensnared by the dark ancestral secret they’ve tried so desperately to conceal. Limited release on 26 July 2024.
• Stream. Killer horror. When Roy and Elaine Keenan realize their family is drifting apart, they decide that something needs to be done. They seize the opportunity to recreate a vacation from their past. A peaceful stay in a quaint hotel is just what they need, however that is not what they get. Releases in cinemas on 21 August 2024.
• Place of Bones. Western horror. On a remote ranch, a mother and her daughter fight for survival when a wounded outlaw seeking refuge brings a notorious bank robber and his ruthless gang, all desperate to reclaim a stolen fortune, right to their doorstep. Releases in cinemas and on VOD on 23 August 2024.
• The Front Room. Psychological horror. Everything goes to hell for newly-pregnant Belinda after her mother-in-law moves in. As the diabolical guest tries to get her claws on the child, Belinda must draw the line somewhere. Releases in cinemas on 6 September 2024.
• Smile 2. Psychological horror. About to embark on a new world tour, global pop sensation Skye Riley begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events. Overwhelmed by the escalating horrors and the pressures of fame, Skye is forced to face her dark past to regain control of her life before it spirals out of control. Releases in cinemas on 18 October 2024.
• Project Silence. South Korean sci-fi horror. An accident occurs on a foggy bridge and an unknown beast is unleashed. Release date TBA.
• The Soul Eater. French supernatural horror. When violent and gruesome deaths start plaguing a small mountain village, an old legend about a malevolent creature resurfaces. Release date TBA.

Horror Game Trailers

• Vampire: The Masquerade: Reckoning of New York. Vampire horror. Play as one of the members of the Vampire Clans in a shifting political landscape between the Camarilla and the Anarchs while trying to survive. Release date TBA.
• Dollhouse: Behind the Broken Mirror. Psychological horror. Enter the broken mind of Eliza de Moor, a once-celebrated singer, now trapped in the labyrinth of her own forgotten memories. Piece together the secrets of your past by exploring two nightmarish realities, all with the help of an experimental medicine. Release date TBA.