A Grab Bag of Horror News, 18 to 24 Aug 2024

A taste of things to come.

Horror TV Trailers

• Alien: Earth. Sci-fi horror. Set 30 years before the original Alien movie, tells the story of the emergence of the Weyland-Yutani Corporation and the race between corporations to create new android life. FX, release date TBA.

Horror Movie Trailers

• Azrael. Supernatural horror. Set in a world in which no one speaks, a devout female-led community hunts down a young woman who has escaped her imprisonment. Recaptured by its ruthless leaders, Azrael is due to be sacrificed to pacify an ancient evil deep within the surrounding wilderness, but she has other ideas. Cinema, 27 September 2024.
• Broken Bird. Gothic horror. Sybil works at an undertaker’s. It’s a lonely job, with few perks. So, she takes solace where she can. Opened London’s FrightFest, wider release date TBA.
• Children of the Pines. Psychological horror. A college junior visits her estranged parents, but finds out that they’ve developed an unsettling friendship with her high school ex and strange children are living in the house. VOD, 18 October 2024.
• Creeping Death. Cosmic horror. While trying to enjoy a peaceful Halloween with his mother, Tim’s up-for-anything friends turn up. But, one of their Halloween pranks breaks a sacred tradition kept between humans and otherworldly deities. Screambox, 10 September 2024.
• Crust. Creature horror. A depressed washed-up child actor who owns and lives in a rundown laundromat. His tears turn a pile of socks into a loving monster named Crust, who protects him and begins to eliminate his enemies. VOD, 13 September 2024.
• Curse of the Sin Eater. Supernatural horror. A poor construction worker makes a deal with a dying business mogul to inherit his billions. He soon discovers that the deal also means that he has been cursed to inherit the man’s terrifying sins. VOD, 6 September 2024.
• Down Below. Supernatural horror. On the 20th anniversary of the gruesome Christmas Eve murders, a demonic preacher returns to haunt that same town’s residents. VOD, 1 October 2024.
• Frankie Freako. Dark fantasy horror. After calling a late-night party hotline that promises out-of-this-world fun, uptight yuppie Conor Sweeney must battle the pint-sized forces of evil unleashed through his phone line, led by the maniacal rock n’ roll goblin Frankie Freako. Limited release, 4 October 2024.
• The Funeral. Turkish vampire horror. A lonely hearse driver secretly carries the body of a young girl to her family in the east. During the night, he finds the dead girl making strange noises and falls in love with her, but as she awakens from her eternal sleep, so does her appetite. Release date TBA.
• Hauntology. Supernatural horror. An older sister takes her runaway sibling on a road trip, to share the most chilling tales surrounding their hometown. VOD, 17 September 2024.
• I’ll Play Mother. Psychological horror. After the death of their birth mother, two young children are placed in the care of prospective adoptive parents, however, it’s not long before the new family begin to question if something more sinister is at play. VOD, 24 September 2024.
• The Radleys. Vampire comedy horror. The Radleys are an ordinary family who are abstaining vampires. As if being a teenager wasn’t bad enough, bloodthirsty instincts take over the teens of the family, revealing the terrifying truth and opening the door for an extended family member to re-enter and upend The Radleys’ once perfect slice of suburbia.  UK cinemas, 18 October 2024 (US TBA)
• Y2K. Sci-fi comedy horror. Two high school nobodies crash the last major celebration before the new millennium on New Year’s Eve 1999. The night becomes even crazier than they could have ever dreamed when the clock strikes midnight. Cinemas, 6 December 2024.

Horror Game Trailers

• A.I.L.A. AI horror. Play as the sole game tester for a revolutionary new fictional AI. Survive intense horror experiences that prey on your deepest fears as the lines between virtual and reality begin to blur. Release date TBA 2025.
• Worshippers of Cthulhu. Cosmic horror. Decide the fate of your followers, perform eldritch rituals, and master the art of city-building in a world where the line between sanity and madness blurs. PC, 21 October 2024.