A Grab Bag of Horror News, 14 to 20 Jul 2024

A taste of things to come.

Horror TV Show Trailers

• Stranger Things 5, behind the scenes. Paranormal horror. Filming is halfway done. Release date 2025,

Horror Movie Trailers

• Alien: Romulus final trailer. Sci-fi horror. While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonizers come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe. Releases in cinemas on 16 August 2024.
• Art of a Hit. Rock and roll horror. Ryan, the lead singer of a late-90s rock band is haunted by irrelevance and struggling to regain visibility a decade after the band’s prime. An eccentric super-producer invites the band to his 1000-year-old French chateau to record a comeback album. But as tensions rise and tempers flare, Ryan and his bandmates realize they’re up against more than just the pressure to succeed. Releases on VOD on 20 August 2024.
• Beetlejuice Beetlejuice trailer 2. Ghost comedy horror. After an unexpected family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by Beetlejuice, Lydia’s life is turned upside down when her rebellious teenage daughter discovers the mysterious model of the town in the attic and accidentally opens the portal to the Afterlife. Releases in cinemas on 6 September 2024.
• Catnado. Comedy weather horror. The world faces a horrific onslaught of tornadoes, each unleashing hordes of enraged and deadly cats upon humanity! As chaos reigns, a disparate group of individuals have one mission: to stop this feline fury. Releases on VOD and DVD on 22 October 2024.
• Crescent City. Serial killer horror. A small town in the south is ravaged by a serial killer, with everyone being a suspect including the police. Releases in cinemas and on digital on 16 August 2024.
• Dark Match. Pro-wrestling horror. A small time wrestling company accepts a well-paying but too good to be true gig in a backwoods town only to learn, too late, that the community is run by a mysterious cult leader, and their event is now a pay-per-view fight to the death. Premieres at Fantasia Film Festival on 21 July 2024.
• Deadly Endings. Anthology horror. Three stories. A victim gets supernatural powers and seeks revenge on his bullies. A suicide victim, stuck in limbo in his house, fights an evil that he thinks has attached itself to a child. A dealer comes across a designer drug that might allow him to create his own army of undead. Release date TBA.
• The Deliverance. Supernatural horror. After moving into a mysterious house, a struggling mother must face down her demons in order to save her children’s souls. Releases on Netflix on 30 August 2024.
• A Different Man. Body horror. After undergoing a facial reconstructive surgery, Edward becomes fixated on an actor in a stage production based on his former life. Limited release on 20 September 2024.
• Dr Jekyll. Psychological horror. A modern reimagining of the Robert Louis Stevenson classic story. Releases in cinemas and on VOD on 2 August 2024.
• The Exorcism of Saint Patrick. Supernatural horror. A pastor takes a young gay teen to a cabin to perform conversion therapy. When the pastor’s harsh tactics bully the teen into taking his own life, the ghosts of the conversion camp’s many victims return for vengeance. Releases on VOD on 27 August 2024.
• Monster Summer. Family monster horror. When a mysterious force begins to disrupt their big summer fun, Noah and his friends team up with a retired police detective to embark on a monstrous adventure to save their island. Releases in cinemas on 4 October 2024.
• Pater Noster and the Mission of Light. Cult horror. A record store clerk finds her “holy grail” album in a thrift store that leads her to the 1970s commune who released the record. A journey to the aging cult’s compound results in a surreal, harrowing, and grisly experience for her and her friends. Release date TBA.
• Red Rooms. Psychological horror. Kelly-Anne wakes up every morning by the courthouse to secure a seat at the high-profile trial of Ludovic Chevalier, a serial killer she is obsessed with. As the proceedings drag on and she spends more and more time in the courtroom with the victims’ families, she finds it increasingly difficult to maintain her psychological balance and assume her morbid fixation with the killer. She will do whatever it takes to get her hands on the final piece of the puzzle: the missing video of a murdered 13-year-old girl, to whom Kelly-Anne bears a disturbing resemblance. Limited release on 6 September 2024.
• Solitude. Supernatural survival horror. A social media influencer ventures into the wilderness for a survival competition. However, her solitary experience takes a terrifying turn when she believes she’s not alone, and a malevolent presence lurks in the desolate landscape. Limited release on 21 September 2024.
• Wolves Against the World. Supernatural horror. Two members of a defunct neo-Nazi metal band reunite at the site of their bandmate’s suicide. One sinks into depravity and grievance and one tries to atone for what he has done. What ensues is an occult battle of wills between two men who have done terrible things as one tries to lure the other back into the movement, unleashing the animals that hide inside them. Releases on VOD on 3 September 2024.

Horror Game Trailers

• The Casting of Frank Stone. Horror movie horror. The shadow of Frank Stone looms over Cedar Hills, a town forever altered by his violent past. As a group of young friends are about to discover, Stone’s blood-soaked legacy cuts deep, leaving scars across families, generations, and the very fabric of reality itself. Releases on 4 September 2024.
• Nobody Wants to Die. Dystopian serial killer horror. Welcome to the dystopian world of New York, 2329. Playing as Detective James Karra, you investigate crime scenes using time manipulation and advanced technology to uncover clues and unmask a killer. Available now on Xbox Series X|S, PS5 (PlayStation 5), and PC via Steam.