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A Grab Bag of Horror News, 23 Feb to 1 Mar 2025

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

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  • Condolences to family, friends, and fans of actor Michelle Trachtenberg. Trachtenberg played Dawn, Buffy’s younger sister, in Buffy the Vampire Slayer from season 5. Other horror-related roles included Black Christmas (2006), two episodes of Sleepy Hollow (2015), and host and narrator of Truth or Scare (2001-2003). RIP.
  • Condolences to family, friends, and fans of actor Olivia Sturgess. Sturgess played Vincent Price’s daughter in 1963’s horror comedy The Raven. RIP.

Horror Book Bits

Horror Movie Morsels

Horror TV Treats

Horror Podcast Pieces

Horror Game Goodies

Horror Festival Fare

“A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.”

William Styron, Conversations with William Styron

Writing Horror

Some places accepting submissions

Where Connections Lead anthology
Pays: $50 following a successful Kickstarter
Theme: Explore the connections between things, computers, people, events, ideas, or places, and the paths they create
Submissions close: 31 Mar 2025

When Vampires Save the (Day) Night anthology (Eternal Haunted Summer)
Pays: Royalties
Looking for: Non-traditional vampire stories
Submissions close: 31 Mar 2025

Wyrd West – Rawhide Revenants (Raconteur Press)
Pays: Royalties
Looking for: Fantastical adventures on the frontier of the Old West
Submissions close: 4 Jun 2025

“Begin at the beginning," the King said, very gravely, "and go on till you come to the end: then stop.”

Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

Trailer Horror

A taste of things to come.

Horror TV Trailers

The Last Drive-In with Job Bob Briggs. Joe Bob and Darcy the Mail Girl kick off Season 7 with an all-new double feature, including a 100th birthday celebration of the first great American horror film. Shudder, 7 Mar 2025

Sanctuary: A Witch’s Tale, season 2. Witch horror. It’s time to return home. AMC+, TBA

The Walking Dead: Dead City, Season 2. Zombie apocalypse horror. Maggie and Negan travel into a post-apocalyptic Manhattan long ago cut off from the mainland. The city is filled with the dead and denizens who have made New York City their own world. AMC, AMC+, 4 May 2025

Horror Movie Trailers

The Assessment. Psychological dystopian horror. In a not-so-distant future, where resources are scarce and tightly controlled, Mia and Aaryan are allowed to take an assessment for the right to have a child. The trials unravel into a psychological nightmare, forcing them to face their deepest insecurities. VOD, 8 Apr 2025

Cannibal Comedian. Cannibal comedy horror. A psychopathic cannibal takes a stab at stand-up comedy in an attempt to chase both his dreams and his victims. VOD, 4 Mar 2025

Control Freak. Parasite horror. After a motivational speaker contracts a mysterious infection, she desperately attempts to halt the parasitic creature’s torturous control over her mind and body. Hulu, 13 Mar 2025

Fear Street: Prom Queen. Slasher horror. When the girls competing for prom queen at Shadyside High start to disappear, a gutsy outsider discovers she’s in for one hell of a prom night. Netflix, 23 May 2025

Heresy. Dutch folk horror. In a medieval Dutch village, a young woman is caught between her faith, fanatic townsfolk, and dark forces. Release date TBA

I See the Demon. Supernatural horror. After seeing a strange object floating in the sky, Lucy comes home to a surprise birthday party. When asked about her day, she can’t remember anything about it. Her loved ones assure her it’s nothing to worry about, but as more unsettling things occur that only she seems to notice, they keep telling her to relax… Release date TBA

Nyaight of the Living Cat. Japanese animated cat horror. A virus which turns anyone who touches a cat into a cat has spread into a worldwide nyandemic. Release date TBA

Operation Undead. Thai zombie horror. Inexperienced Thai soldiers battle a growing undead menace after a Japanese military experiment turns men into monsters. VOD, 25 Mar 2025

Revelations. South Korean psychological horror. A pastor is convinced that a divine revelation has called him to punish the person guilty of a missing person case, while a detective assigned to the case is haunted by her dead sister’s shadow. Netflix, 21 Mar 2025

Revenge of the Boogeyman. Supernatural horror. A group of friends retreat to a secluded cabin in the woods, hoping to help one of their own overcome a battle with substance addiction. But their plans take a dark turn as strange, unsettling events unfold. VOD, 18 Mar 2025

The Rule of Jenny Pen. Psychological horror. A former judge must stop an elderly psychopath who employs a child’s puppet to abuse the residents of their shared rest home with deadly consequences. Cinema, 7 Mar 2025

Screamboat. Slasher horror. A mischievous mouse stalks a group of New Yorkers on a late-night ferry ride, unleashing murderous mayhem on a relaxing commute. Limited release, 2 Apr 2025

Horror Game Trailers

Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3. RPG comedy horror. Match DNA bubbles in an underground lab to keep your psychic clone from invading your mind and turning you into a cannibal. Steam, Apr 2025

Total Chaos. Survival horror. Shipwrecked and wounded, a Coast Guardsman washes up on the shores of Fort Oasis, a long-abandoned mining colony consumed by decay and an eerie, inescapable presence. Free demo available on Steam

“There is no real ending. It’s just the place where you stop the story.”

Frank Herbert

A Selection of Horror Books Released this Week

7 horror books this week. Themes: Psychological, folk, extreme, biome, revenge, and body horror

See: A Selection of Horror Books Released, 23 Feb to 1 Mar 2025

“Ending a novel is almost like putting a child to sleep – it can't be done abruptly.”

Colm Tóibín

A Selection of Horror Movies Released this Week

8 horror movies this week. Themes: Supernatural, psychological, slasher, werewolf, and witch curse horror

See: A Selection of Horror Movies Released, 23 Feb to 1 Mar 2025

“All endings are also beginnings. We just don't know it at the time.”

Mitch Albom, The Five People You Meet in Heaven

What We Were Thinking About this Week

And She Had Been So Reasonable by Rachel Bolton (short story, Apex Magazine) – 2024 Bram Stoker Awards® finalist

Ten Thousand Crawling Children by R.A. Busby (short story, Nightmare Magazine) – 2024 Bram Stoker Awards® finalist

She Sheds Her Skin by Raven Jakubowski (short story, Nightmare Magazine) – 2024 Bram Stoker Awards® finalist

To the Wolves by Sasha Brown (short story, Weird Horror Magazine) – 2024 Bram Stoker Awards® finalist

“Stories make sense when so much around us is senseless, and perhaps what makes them most comforting is that while life goes on and pain goes on, stories do us the favor of ending.”

John Hodgman

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Published: 1 March 2025

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