A Grab Bag of Horror News, 11 to 17 Aug 2024

A taste of things to come.

Horror TV Trailers

• Grotesquerie. Supernatural horror. A series of crimes unsettle a small community. Detective Lois Tryon feels these crimes are eerily personal, as if someone, or something, is taunting her. With no leads and unsure of where to turn, she accepts the help of Sister Megan. However, they find themselves ensnared in a sinister web that only seems to raise more questions than answers. FX, 25 September 2024.
• Hysteria! Supernatural horror. When a beloved varsity quarterback disappears during the “Satanic Panic” of the late 1980s, a struggling high school heavy metal band of outcasts capitalizes on the town’s sudden interest in the occult by building a reputation as a Satanic metal band. A bizarre series of murders, kidnappings, and reported “supernatural activity” triggers a leather-studded witch hunt that leads directly back to them. Peacock, 18 October 2024.
• Teacup, Season 1. Supernatural horror. A disparate group of people in rural Georgia come together in the face of a mysterious threat. Peacock, 10 September 2024.

Horror Movie Trailers

• Abruptio. Puppet animated horror. A guy down on his luck wakes to find an explosive device has been implanted in his neck. Limited, 27 September 2024.
• Cursed in Baja. Crime horror. An ex-lawman, travels to Mexico searching for the heir to a Los Angeles fortune, while confronting his own complicated past. But what he finds in Baja challenges him to the core. Frightfest, 23 August 2024. Wider release date TBA.
• 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. Cinema, 6 September 2024.
• Grafted. Body horror. When a brilliant but disfigured Chinese scholarship student is shunned by her fellow classmates at a prestigious New Zealand university, she decides to achieve the popularity she so desperately craves by putting her science studies to a new and terrifying use. New Zealand cinemas, 12 September 2024.
• It’s Me, Billy: Chapter 2. Serial killer horror. Sequel to It’s Me, Billy (2021). Both movies are unofficial sequels to Black Christmas. Free on YouTube and Vimeo, 11 October 2024.
• The Monkey. Psychological toy horror. When Hal and Bill discover their father’s old monkey toy in the attic, a series of gruesome deaths starts occurring around them. The brothers decide to throw the monkey away and move on with their lives, growing apart over the years. But when the mysterious deaths begin again, the brothers must reunite to find a way to destroy the monkey for good before it takes the lives of everyone close to them. Cinema, 21 February 2025.
• Onlyfangs. Vampire horror. A wanna-be monster hunter helps a blood thirsty gang of vampire chicks expand their business by creating a new app to turn their victims into customers. Releases 2025.
• The Shade. Psychological horror. After his father’s death, twenty-year-old Ryan struggles with a debilitating anxiety disorder. He and his two brothers fight to break the destructive cycle threatening their family as ancient darkness closes in on them. Limited release, 20 September 2024.
• Sleep. South Korean psychological horror. The domestic bliss of newlyweds Hyun-su and Soo-jin is disrupted when Hyun-su begins speaking in his sleep, stating, “Someone’s inside.” From that night on, whenever he falls asleep, Hyun-su transforms into someone else, with no recollection of what happened the night before. Cinema and VOD, 27 September 2024.
• Strange Darling. Serial killer horror. Nothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer’s vicious murder spree. Cinema, 23 August 2024.
• The Substance. Body horror. Have you ever dreamed of a better version of yourself? You should try this new product. With The Substance, you can generate another version of yourself, younger, more beautiful, more perfect. Just share the time. One week for one, one week for the other. A perfect balance of seven days. Easy, isn’t it? If you follow the instructions, what could go wrong? Cinema, 20 September 2024.
• Woman of the Hour. Serial killer horror. Rodney Alcala was a killer in the midst of a killing spree when he brazenly took part and won a date on the popular TV game show “The Dating Game”. Release date TBA.
• The Zombie Wedding. Zombie comedy horror. Based on the hit interactive play (premiered in 2015). The first-ever wedding between a Human Bride and a Zombie Groom. The human guests need to learn how to behave. WWN reporters cover the wedding – while trying to get out alive. VOD, Limited cinema, 13 September 2024.

Horror Game Trailers

• Karma: The Dark World. First-person psychological horror. Set in a dystopian world where the Leviathan Corporation is omnipresent. The time is 1984, the place is East Germany, and things are not quite what they seem. Release date TBA.
• The Lacerator, Body horror. Lose a limb? You’ll adapt. Release date TBA.
• Until Dawn. Survival horror. Graphics comparison trailer featuring scenes from the new version and the 2015 original version of the game. PS5 and PC, 4 October 2024.