A Grab Bag of Horror News, 6 to 12 Oct 2024

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

Bite-Sized Horror News

Horror Book Bits

Aperture Entertainment has bought the movie rights to Andrew Pyper’s horror book, William (written under the pen name Mason Coile), about a house haunted by AI.
Gretchen Felker-Martin’s post-apocalyptic novel Manhunt is being adapted for TV.

Horror Movie Morsels

The Fangoria Chainsaw Awards are streaming live on Shudder on 13 October 2024.
The movie adaptation of Matt and Harrison Query’s novel Old Country has gained some big names, the latest being Drew Hancock who will write and direct. The movie will be called My Wife and I Bought a Ranch.
Sarah Michelle Geller will not be back for the I Know What You Did Last Summer
Scream TV launches on 13 October 2024. The channel is free and is dedicated to delivering the best horror movies, from old classics to modern day ones.
A group of Christians protested outside a theater in Kansas City where Terrifier 3 is playing.

Horror TV Treats

Fans are hoping that a #SaveChucky social media campaign might stop Chucky’s cancellation.
Velma may not be getting a 3rd season.

Horror Music Munchies

Watch Ice Nine Kills’ 15-minute music video, A Work of Art.

“I am terrified by this dark thing that sleeps in me.”
Sylvia Plath, The Collected Poems

Writing Horror

Some places accepting submissions

Cosmic horror anthology (Graveside Press)
Pays: 2 cents per word
Looking for: Cosmic horror stories that emphasize the terror of the unknowable and incomprehensible
Submissions close: 31 October 2024
Loki anthology (Flame Tree Publishing)
Pays: 8 cents/6 pence per word for new stories, 6 cents/4 pence for reprints
Looking for: Stories that explore the many facets of Loki – shapeshifting Norse god, at once an ally of and at odds with the other Aesir. His tempestuous relationship with the likes of Odin, his many forms and offspring, and his ambivalent character make him a classic trickster figure and inspiration beyond Norse mythology into the modern day.
Submissions close: 24 November 2024
Between Dystopias: The Passage to Caribbean Pantheology (OD Ekpeki Presents)
Pays: 8 cents per word up to 1,000 words, 1 cent per word for longer stories, $50 for poems, essays, articles, reviews
Looking for: Stories spoken, sung, or written that evoke the wonder, horror, and joy of the Caribbean experience created by Caribbean people or anyone with ancestral or migratory ties to the region.
Submissions close: 1 December 2024
Spring in the City anthology (Rudán Books)
Pays: 10 cents per word
Looking for: Fantastical and horrific elements within the City (the title of each story will be the City name)
Submissions close: 31 January 2025

“Don't do what you want. Do what you don't want. Do what you're trained not to want. Do the things that scare you the most.”
Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters

Trailer Horror

A taste of things to come.

Horror TV Trailers

Goosebumps: The Vanishing (Season 2). YA supernatural horror. Twins Devin and Cece are sent to spend a summer in Gravesend, Brooklyn, with their divorced dad. A threat is stirring, and they quickly realize that dark secrets are among them. Disney+, Hulu, 10 January 2024
Hellbound, Season 2. South Korean supernatural horror. As the chaos deepens, lawyer Min Hyejin, The New Truth and Arrowheads get entangled anew amid the sudden resurrections of the formerly condemned. Netflix, 25 October 2024

Horror Movie Trailers

Beehive. Sci-fi horror. After an unexplainable cosmic event, a curious young woman discovers what she assumes is a large beehive growing on a branch of a tree. She documents its unusual growth and discovers it’s not what she thought it was. Release date TBA
Devon. Found footage horror. Years after a girl goes missing from an asylum, a cryptic website recruits five courageous individuals to explore the now-abandoned asylum and discover what happened to her. VOD, 12 November 2024
Drive Back. Supernatural horror. A couple returning from their engagement party must escape a sinister and seemingly endless road. VOD, 8 November 2024
He Never Left. Serial killer horror. After hearing disturbing noises from the next motel room, a fugitive on the run and his girlfriend become prey to the notoriously brutal ‘Pale Face’ killer, whose legend has haunted the local community for decades. VOD, 5 November 2024
Heretic, trailer 3. Supernatural horror. Two missionaries become ensnared in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse after they knock on the wrong door. Cinema, 15 November 2024
Piper. Supernatural horror. Liz and her daughter Amy move to Hamelin where a dark secret in Liz’s past is uncovered by the restless spirit of the Pied Piper, who seeks out those who have gotten away with a crime, and punishes them by taking away their children. Release date TBA

Horror Game Trailers

Ghost Frequency. Ghost horror. Ghost-hunting game featuring real-life ghost hunters, PIT (Paranormal Investigation Team). Demo on Steam, 14 October 2024
A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead. Apocalypse horror. A young college student suffering from asthma struggles to survive the end of the world alongside her boyfriend. PC, PS5, Xbox, 17 October 2024
Terrifier: The ARTcade Game. Slasher horror. Play as Art in this four-player local co-op brawler. Release date 2025

“True terror isn’t being scared; it’s not having a choice on the matter.”
John Green, Turtles All the Way Down

A Selection of Horror Books Released this Week

7 horror books this week. Themes: Supernatural, psychological, slasher, gothic, sci-fi, and survival horror

See: A Selection of Horror Books Released, 6 to 12 Oct 2024

“Don't be afraid of being scared. To be afraid is a sign of common sense. Only complete idiots are not afraid of anything.”
Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Angel's Game

A Selection of Horror Movies Released this Week

16 horror movies this week. Themes: Supernatural, psychological, ghosts, werewolf, found footage, slasher, comedy, serial killer, witch, and Halloween horror

See: A Selection of Horror Movies Released, 6 to 12 Oct 2024

“I write to give myself strength. I write to be the characters that I am not. I write to explore all the things I'm afraid of.”
Joss Whedon

A Selection of Horror TV Shows Released this Week

3 horror TV shows this week. Themes: Supernatural, killer, and reality baking horror

See: A Selection of Horror TV Shows Released, 6 to 12 Oct 2024

“Never run when you're scared. Rule 7.”
Steven Moffat

What We Were Thinking About this Week

Sheep’s Clothing by Hannah Birss (short story, Dark Winter)
A Stranger Knocks by Tananarive Due (short story, Uncanny Magazine)
Don’t Tell Authors You Hate Their Work by Oren Ashkenazi (Mythcreants)

“The best books, they don't talk about things you never thought about before. They talk about things you'd always thought about, but that you didn't think anyone else had thought about. You read them, and suddenly you're a little bit less alone in the world. You're part of this cosmic community of people who've thought about this thing, whatever it happens to be.”
Tommy Wallach, We All Looked Up

And Now For Something Completely Different

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