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A Grab Bag of Horror News, 2 to 8 Feb 2025

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

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Bite-Sized Horror News

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  • Condolences to family, friends, and fans of South Korean actress Lee Joo-Sil. Her six-decade acting career included roles in Squid Game and Train to Busan. RIP.

Horror Book Bits

Horror Movie Morsels

Horror TV Treats

Horror Game Goodies

“Don't think you haven't lived long enough to have a story to tell.”

Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

Writing Horror

The Horror Writers Association’s Scholarship From Hell is open for applications from to 10 February to 10 March 2025.

Some places accepting submissions

OTHER: the 2025 fantasy short story anthology (Bannister Press)
Pays: 8 cents CAD per word
Looking for: Short stories that are visually evocative (or character/narrative focused) and that leave the reader thinking about the story long after closing the book.
Submissions close 31 Aug 2025

Novels (Bannister Press)
Looking for: Supernatural and fantasy stories

Upcoming submission calls

Plott Hound Magazine
Pays: 8 cents per word
Looking for: Animal-centric speculative fiction (fantasy, science fiction, horror) with anthropomorphized animals as protagonists.
Submissions open 1 Mar and close 15 Mar 2025

Astrolabe
Pays: $50
Looking for: Work of all genres, with a particular fondness for anything that moves beyond realism in form or content or spirit
Submissions open 20 Mar and close 20 Apr 2025

“I mean, most people want to escape. Get out of their heads. Out of their lives. Stories are the easiest way to do that.”

Victoria Schwab, This Savage Song

Trailer Horror

A taste of things to come.

Horror Movie Trailers

All that is Evil. Witch curse horror. In the wake of a witch’s curse, both a sheriff and a widow grapple with the responsibility of protecting an uneasy community from the annual onslaught that plagues the town. Release date TBA

The Buildout. Psychological horror. A friendship is tested as two women experience something strange in the desert. VOD, 25 Feb 2025

The Containment. Supernatural horror. A young girl is consumed by a terrifying entity, its grip tightening with every passing day as she desperately fights to reclaim her soul. Her mother turns to doctors, exorcists, and so-called experts, but none can expel the darkness festering within her, until a devout nun steps forward. Release date TBA

Delicate Arch. Psychological horror. Four college kids take a camping trip to escape an ecological disaster. Alone in the desert, they begin to suspect that their reality might not be as it seems. Release date TBA

Demon City. Japanese supernatural horror. Sakata, the ‘Immortal Hit Man’, revives from the depths of hell and unleashes his inner demon to avenge the murders of his wife and daughter. Netflix, 27 Feb 2025

Final Destination: Bloodlines. Supernatural horror. Plagued by a violent recurring nightmare, college student Stefanie heads home to track down the one person who might be able to break the cycle and save her family from the grisly demise that inevitably awaits them all. Cinema, 16 May 2025

Gator Creek. Alligator horror. Kyle and her friends survive a plane crash in the desolate Louisiana bayou, only to discover there’s something infinitely more dangerous lurking in the shallows. Release date TBA

The Grove. Psychological horror. When a Black Ops soldier goes under an experiment to create a better life for him and his fiancée, his homecoming turns tragic when he stops taking medication, descending into feral madness. Cinema, 4 Apr 2025

Invader. Home invasion horror. A young woman arrives in Chicago and begins to suspect that something terrible has happened to her missing cousin. Limited release, 21 Feb 2025

Jurassic World Rebirth. Dinosaur horror. Five years post-Jurassic World Dominion, an expedition braves isolated equatorial regions to extract DNA from three massive prehistoric creatures for a groundbreaking medical breakthrough. Cinemas, 2 Jul 2025

M3GAN 2.0. Doll horror. Two years after M3GAN’s rampage, her creator, Gemma, resurrects her to take down Amelia, the military-grade weapon who was built by a defense contractor who stole M3GAN’s underlying tech. Cinema, 27 Jun 2025

Play Dead. Supernatural horror. A woman wakes up injured in a basement surrounded by corpses. To survive, she pretends to be dead while a grotesque ritual unfolds in the house above. Release date TBA

Shiver Me Timbers. Comedy Popeye horror. What starts as a serene evening of stargazing quickly turns into a harrowing nightmare when a meteor transforms Popeye into a terrifying and unstoppable killing machine. VOD, 1 Apr 2025

Horror Game Trailers

Beneath. Cosmic horror. A diver battles nightmarish creatures, creeping madness, and an ancient evil to save humanity. Release date TBA

Liminal Point. Survival horror. Players receive a mysterious voicemail taking them to Ashen Point where they confront deadly creatures, explore the desolate town, and reveal the truth behind the night that changed everything for Lyra. Releases 2026

“What would an ocean be without a monster lurking in the dark? It would be like sleep without dreams.”

Werner Herzog

A Selection of Horror Books Released this Week

6 horror books this week. Themes: Supernatural, psychological, and ghost horror

See: A Selection of Horror Books Released, 2 to 8 Feb 2025

“The beautiful thing about books was that anyone could open them.”

Victoria Schwab, This Savage Song

A Selection of Horror Movies Released this Week

4 horror movies this week. Themes: Supernatural and slasher horror

See: A Selection of Horror Movies Released, 2 to 8 Feb 2025

“The monster showed up just after midnight. As they do.”

Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

A Selection of Horror TV Shows Released this Week

1 horror TV show this week. Themes: South Korean zombie horror

See: A Selection of Horror TV Shows Released, 2 to 8 Feb 2025

“We stopped looking for monsters under our bed when we realized that they were inside us.”

Charles Darwin

What We Were Thinking About this Week

“When did the future switch from being a promise to being a threat?”

Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters

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Published: 8 February 2025

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