Welcome back to Shadyside—where the blood never dries and the drama never ends. Fear Street: Prom Queen, the latest installment in the R.L. Stine-inspired series, hits Netflix on May 23, delivering a retro-styled slasher that plays like Carrie meets I Know What You Did Last Summer with a synth-drenched, neon glow-up. Directed by Matt Palmer and co-written with Donald McLeary, Prom Queen dives into the cutthroat world of high school royalty in 1988.
Read MoreDrop (2025) #BluRay
From the twisted mind of Happy Death Day director Christopher Landon comes Drop, a lean, adrenaline-spiked thriller that gleefully blends paranoia, tech-fueled dread, and razor-sharp tension into a brisk 95-minute ride. Now available to own physically for the first time, Drop gets the kind of home release that enhances its already tense atmosphere, delivering strong visual and audio presentation alongside compelling bonus content that fans of the film will genuinely appreciate. The story centers on Violet, a widowed mother whose attempt at reentering the dating world turns nightmarish when a romantic dinner with the seemingly perfect Henry is interrupted by a series of sinister, anonymous messages.
Read MoreRuss Meyer’s Motorpsycho and Up! (2025) #BluRay
Severin Films continues its inspired partnership with The Russ Meyer Charitable Trust, this time resurrecting two more fever dreams from the vault of cinema’s most notorious breast-centric auteur. Following the impressive release of The Vixen Trilogy, Severin’s new 4K and Blu-ray box sets of Motorpsycho and Up! are packed with extras, archival features, and fresh restorations that make them essential for longtime fans and newcomers alike. While both films reflect different ends of Meyer’s career, they each stand as bizarrely entertaining entries in his canon of carnality, chaos, and camp.
Read MoreStir of Echoes: 25th Anniversary 4K UHD SteelBook #BluRay (2024)
As someone watching Stir of Echoes for the very first time, I can't think of a better introduction than Lionsgate’s new 25th Anniversary 4K UHD Amazon Exclusive SteelBook. While the film may have flown under the radar compared to some of its late-’90s contemporaries, this newly restored release offers the perfect opportunity to rediscover—or, in my case, discover—a surprisingly eerie and engaging psychological thriller that deserves more attention. Kevin Bacon stars as Tom Witzky, an average working-class dad whose life spirals after he’s hypnotized at a party, unlocking a latent ability to see disturbing visions and ghostly apparitions.
Read MoreHell of a Summer (2023)
Hell of a Summer, directed by Billy Bryk and Finn Wolfhard, offers a familiar blend of slasher horror and comedy with a modern twist. The film centers on Jason Hochberg, a 24-year-old camp counselor who feels out of sync with his younger colleagues at Camp Pineway. However, his sense of disconnection soon takes a backseat when a masked killer starts picking off the counselors, leading to a tense, bloody showdown in the woods.
Read MoreSynthesize Me (2025) #SXSW
In Synthesize Me, director Bear Damen crafts an intimate and haunting tale of grief, memory, and connection through music. Set in April 1989 in a liminal town near Mexico City, the short film follows young teenager Violeta as she attempts to bring her late mother’s synthesizers back to life—only to unleash disastrous consequences for both her and her father. Delivered in a visually striking 4:3 aspect ratio, Synthesize Me feels both classic and timeless, immersing viewers in its vintage aesthetic while maintaining an emotional core that is deeply resonant.
Read MoreShucks (2017)
Ty Brueilly’s debut film, Shucks, is an ambitious and surreal experience that challenges conventional storytelling through its experimental approach. Originally released in 2017, this black-and-white silent short film has recently gained renewed attention, thanks to the growing popularity of its ever-expanding lore. With ten sequels already released and three more in various stages of production, the Shucks universe has clearly struck a chord with audiences.
Read MoreThe Damned (2024)
Maritime folk stories and sea-fairing tales have long been a fascination of mine, especially adventure classics like Ernest Hemingway’s “The Old Man and the Sea,” or Jules Verne’s “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.” But Robert Egger’s 2019 nautical nightmare “The Lighthouse” has seemed to bring horror back into the ocean's shores. Here we have “The Damned,” an Irish and Icelandic period film that drips with salty terror and dread onto a fishing outpost in Iceland in the 1800s.
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