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Horrific History Comes to Life: ‘731’ is Coming to Blu-ray

The horrific human experimentation conducted by Japan’s covert biological warfare division during World War II remains one of the darkest, most brutal chapters in human history. Shifting away from standard Hollywood blockbusters, Well Go USA Entertainment is bringing this crucial, harrowing, horrific history to home video with the release of 731. Written and directed by Zhao Linshan (The Assassins), the Chinese film anchors its massive historical scope in a deeply intimate, human perspective. The cast features Wu Jiang (Dragon, A Touch of Sin), Zhiwen Wang (Battle of the Warriors), and Naiwen Li (The Adventure). Qian Sun (Three Weddings) and Ziye Lin (My Blue Summer) round out the cast. Suffering and Survival Behind the Wire Set inside the notorious, hidden complex of the Japanese Imperial Army’s Unit 731, the film confronts the reality of prisoners. Victims were held captive and subjected to torturous medical experiments aimed at developing advanced biological and chemical weaponry. At the center of this nightmare is Wang

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 29, 2026

Portland Horror Film Festival Reveals Fear-Filled Lineup for Its 2026 Edition

Portland Horror Film Festival holds its 11th annual edition from June 3-7, 2026, at Portland, Oregon’s Hollywood Theatre and Clinton Street Theater. The fest also offers a virtual version for those who wish to watch from the comfort of their homes. Either way, you’ll be treated to a top-notch selection of scare fare from around the world. Following is the official press announcement. The 11th annual Portland Horror Film Festival returns June 3-7, 2026, bringing five days of independent and international horror cinema to Portland’s historic Hollywood Theatre and Clinton Street Theater. This year’s festival will feature a special 45th Anniversary screening of My Bloody Valentine with director George Mihalka and Rue Morgue Executive Editor and “Faculty of Horror” co-host Andrea Subissati, and a live performance by Aurelio Voltaire, alongside a massive lineup of feature films, short films, premieres, and special events celebrating the best in contemporary horror filmmaking. Known as Portland’s premier festival dedicated to all genres of independent

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Joseph Perry
May 22, 2026

Spoiler-Free Review: Personhood (MidWest WeirdFest)

Official Synopsis In a near-future world, a lonely, physically challenged man purchases a companion robot to escape his isolation. But his own insecurities and a jealous brother threaten his chances of ever finding love. Review Films about robots interacting with humans and the possible dangers that could bring have been with us since the silent era. Technology brings such fare ever closer to science fact than science fiction. With his intriguing feature Personhood, writer/director/editor Richard Jordan examines emotional problems that may occur when “artificial humans” become lovers with human beings. Waylen (Elliot Harris) is a physically challenged man who viewers learn right away craves intimacy, and that initial scene shows him going about things in a privacy-invading manner. He seems to be highly successful in his professional life and he lives in a beautiful, spacious, well-appointed home. The beautiful Gala (Agathe Levi) arrives at his front gate and proclaims that she will be very happy. Because the synopsis states that

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Joseph Perry
May 21, 2026

No Safe Spaces: Moroccan Folk Horror ‘The Curse’ Set for a June Release

If you think your worst bouts of cabin fever were bad, wait until you see what’s lurking in Yara’s apartment. Freestyle Digital Media—the digital film distribution division of Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group—has officially locked down the North American VOD rights to The Curse. This psychological folk-horror film gives “staying inside” a terrifying new meaning. Agoraphobia Meets Ancient Evil The film follows Yara (Lina El Arabi), a young Moroccan woman who leaves her homeland to study in Paris. Unfortunately, the standard stress of student life is the least of her problems. Severe, lifelong agoraphobia keeps her entirely cloistered inside her apartment. But her reality begins to splinter under the weight of childhood trauma and monstrous, waking visions. Things go from an unhealthy coping mechanism to absolute madness when a mysterious apparition shows up one evening. Yara is forced into a corner where she must either confront the supernatural forces invading her space or lose her mind entirely. Tapping into Moroccan

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 16, 2026

The ‘Nesting’ Trailer Turns Motherhood into a Psychological Nightmare

If you thought the scariest thing about a newborn was the 3:00 AM diaper changes, think again. Breaking Glass Pictures has announced the North American release of Nesting, a haunting psychological thriller from director Chloé Cinq-Mars that gives “sleep training” a terrifying new meaning. Home (Un)Sweet Home Nesting (French with English subtitles) follows Pénélope (Rose-Marie Perreault), a new mother who is dealing with the standard “bundle of joy” package: postpartum depression, crushing sleep deprivation, and the lingering trauma of her sister’s death. As the boundary between dreams and reality begins to dissolve—as it tends to do when you haven’t slept since the mid-2020s—Pénélope falls into a paranoid spiral. It’s an intimate, suffocating look at identity and mental health that suggests the most dangerous thing in the house isn’t the unanchored bookshelf, but the fragility of the human mind. Award-Winning Pedigree This isn’t just another jump-scare flick; it’s a critically acclaimed slow-burn. After making its World Premiere at the Fantasia Film

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 14, 2026

Spoiler-Free Reviews: Earth to Colby and The Killing Cell (Calgary Underground Film Festival)

Earth to Colby (Canada, 2026) Official Synopsis An aspiring vlogger discovers a notebook detailing hidden portals in her hometown, leading her on a journey to discover the city’s supernatural history. After paranormal vlogger Colby vanishes, a documentary crew digs through her content and recovered footage to uncover the truth. What they find is her growing obsession with a strange coil-bound book and the escalating hauntings that followed. As Colby searches for a sign from her late father, friends and family reveal the chilling descent that led to her disappearance. Review Director/cowriter/cinematographer/editor Rino Mioc serves up an intriguing high strangeness faux documentary with Earth to Colby. Saylor McPherson gives a thoroughly engaging star performance as Colby, a young woman so fascinated with the paranormal that she centers her life around her vlog on the topic, despite the skepticism of her best friend Derrick (Casey Coston) and her mother Denise (Anne Hawthorne, McPherson’s real-life mother). Mioc, who cowrote the screenplay with Stephanie

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Joseph Perry
May 12, 2026

Movie Review: The Ugly (1997) – Unearthed Films Blu-ray

One rainy eve, Dr. Karen Schumaker (Rebecca Hobbs) arrives at a dilapidated high-security mental institution to begin her assessment of serial killer Simon Cartwright (Paolo Rotondo)… and what an institution it is, ruled over by orderlies that look and act like thugs and watched over by the strange Dr. Marlowe (Roy Ward) who’s odd demeanor, outre fashion sense, and opulent koi pond-surrounded office make him a real stand out among the peeling paint and exposed wires of his stompin’ grounds. Anyway, our heroine goes on a journey through Simon’s troubled past… a past that includes an absolute aversion to being picked on, an abusive mother, and a high body count… which truth be told aren’t unreasonable things to encounter in a serial killer’s past… but what really begins to make Karen’s ears stand up is Simon’s insistence that some outside force whispers in his ears to do all that murder biz! Writer/Director Scott Reynolds delivers a stylish thriller (with a

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DanXIII
May 9, 2026

Dive into the New Trailer for Kraken!

Norway has already mastered the art of the mountain troll and the tunnel collapse; now, it’s coming for the coastline. Kraken, the latest creature feature from the land of the midnight sun, has just dropped its first trailer, proving that some legends are better left at the bottom of a fjord. Something Fishy in the Fjord The trouble starts with the salmon. When wild salmon begin exhibiting “unnatural behavior”—which, in horror movie terms, is the universal signal to move inland—inexplicable deaths begin piling up in Norway’s deepest fjord. The culprit? An ancient, multi-armed nightmare that has decided its centuries-long nap is officially over. This isn’t just a giant squid; it’s a sentient, crushing machine that reacts to movement and sound. If you breathe too loudly, you’re sushi. The Creative Team behind the Chaos Director Pål Øie, who mastered the art of claustrophobia with The Tunnel, shifts his focus from suffocating concrete to the crushing pressure of the abyss. The script

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 8, 2026

Chillian Phycological Horror ‘A Yard of Jackals’ Is Out Now

In Pinochet’s Chile, silence isn’t just a virtue; it’s a survival tactic.A Yard of Jackals is a claustrophobic masterclass in psychological dread, proving that the most terrifying thing about a dictatorship isn’t just the man at the top—it’s the man living in the apartment next door. The Story: Set during the biting winter of 1978 in Santiago, the film follows Raúl Peralta (Néstor Cantillana). He’s a disabled architectural model maker who builds tiny, perfect worlds to escape a crumbling reality. Raúl’s life is a study in isolation. He cares for his ailing mother, talks to his canary, and keeps his head down. However, his carefully scaled life begins to fracture when new neighbors move in. Their “extracurricular” activities are less about neighborhood potlucks and more about the sinister machinery of the regime. Enter Guillermo, a mysterious man in dark glasses. He drags Raúl from his miniature sanctuary into a nightmare of surveillance, moral rot, and political terror. It’s a film

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 8, 2026

Movie Review: Exorcismo: Defying A Dictator & Raising Hell In Post-Franco Spain Boxset – Severin

After the Franco dictatorship ended ‘round about the mid ‘70s, Spanish cinema found themselves with a new freedom, through which filmmakers could now express themselves via tales of sin n’ Satan (and death… lots of it) all over that silver screen! Recently, Severin boxed up a selection of those fearless flicks (and a doc to bring us all up to speed on the genre)… so why not dip our terror toes into Exorcismo: Defying A Dictator & Raising Hell In Post-Franco Spain! Things kick off with that aforementioned documentary, Exorcismo: The Transgressive Legacy of Clasificada ‘S’ from Director Alberto Sedano. Exorcismo takes the viewer on a journey through just what we can expect from the features contained in this box-set (bet you couldn’t have guessed that one), and gives us both a historical understanding of the heavily censoring of filmmakers work under the regime of Francisco Franco, as well as the unbridled freedom they received after Franco’s death in 1975,

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DanXIII
May 7, 2026

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Horrific History Comes to Life: ‘731’ is Coming to Blu-ray

The horrific human experimentation conducted by Japan’s covert biological warfare division during World War II remains one of the darkest, most brutal chapters in human history. Shifting away from standard Hollywood blockbusters, Well Go USA Entertainment is bringing this crucial, harrowing, horrific history to home video with the release of 731. Written and directed by Zhao Linshan (The Assassins), the Chinese film anchors its massive historical scope in a deeply intimate, human perspective. The cast features Wu Jiang (Dragon, A Touch of Sin), Zhiwen Wang (Battle of the Warriors), and Naiwen Li (The Adventure). Qian Sun (Three Weddings) and Ziye Lin (My Blue Summer) round out the cast. Suffering and Survival Behind the Wire Set inside the notorious, hidden complex of the Japanese Imperial Army’s Unit 731, the film confronts the reality of prisoners. Victims were held captive and subjected to torturous medical experiments aimed at developing advanced biological and chemical weaponry. At the center of this nightmare is Wang

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 29, 2026

Portland Horror Film Festival Reveals Fear-Filled Lineup for Its 2026 Edition

Portland Horror Film Festival holds its 11th annual edition from June 3-7, 2026, at Portland, Oregon’s Hollywood Theatre and Clinton Street Theater. The fest also offers a virtual version for those who wish to watch from the comfort of their homes. Either way, you’ll be treated to a top-notch selection of scare fare from around the world. Following is the official press announcement. The 11th annual Portland Horror Film Festival returns June 3-7, 2026, bringing five days of independent and international horror cinema to Portland’s historic Hollywood Theatre and Clinton Street Theater. This year’s festival will feature a special 45th Anniversary screening of My Bloody Valentine with director George Mihalka and Rue Morgue Executive Editor and “Faculty of Horror” co-host Andrea Subissati, and a live performance by Aurelio Voltaire, alongside a massive lineup of feature films, short films, premieres, and special events celebrating the best in contemporary horror filmmaking. Known as Portland’s premier festival dedicated to all genres of independent

Continue reading →
Joseph Perry
May 22, 2026

Spoiler-Free Review: Personhood (MidWest WeirdFest)

Official Synopsis In a near-future world, a lonely, physically challenged man purchases a companion robot to escape his isolation. But his own insecurities and a jealous brother threaten his chances of ever finding love. Review Films about robots interacting with humans and the possible dangers that could bring have been with us since the silent era. Technology brings such fare ever closer to science fact than science fiction. With his intriguing feature Personhood, writer/director/editor Richard Jordan examines emotional problems that may occur when “artificial humans” become lovers with human beings. Waylen (Elliot Harris) is a physically challenged man who viewers learn right away craves intimacy, and that initial scene shows him going about things in a privacy-invading manner. He seems to be highly successful in his professional life and he lives in a beautiful, spacious, well-appointed home. The beautiful Gala (Agathe Levi) arrives at his front gate and proclaims that she will be very happy. Because the synopsis states that

Continue reading →
Joseph Perry
May 21, 2026

No Safe Spaces: Moroccan Folk Horror ‘The Curse’ Set for a June Release

If you think your worst bouts of cabin fever were bad, wait until you see what’s lurking in Yara’s apartment. Freestyle Digital Media—the digital film distribution division of Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group—has officially locked down the North American VOD rights to The Curse. This psychological folk-horror film gives “staying inside” a terrifying new meaning. Agoraphobia Meets Ancient Evil The film follows Yara (Lina El Arabi), a young Moroccan woman who leaves her homeland to study in Paris. Unfortunately, the standard stress of student life is the least of her problems. Severe, lifelong agoraphobia keeps her entirely cloistered inside her apartment. But her reality begins to splinter under the weight of childhood trauma and monstrous, waking visions. Things go from an unhealthy coping mechanism to absolute madness when a mysterious apparition shows up one evening. Yara is forced into a corner where she must either confront the supernatural forces invading her space or lose her mind entirely. Tapping into Moroccan

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 16, 2026

The ‘Nesting’ Trailer Turns Motherhood into a Psychological Nightmare

If you thought the scariest thing about a newborn was the 3:00 AM diaper changes, think again. Breaking Glass Pictures has announced the North American release of Nesting, a haunting psychological thriller from director Chloé Cinq-Mars that gives “sleep training” a terrifying new meaning. Home (Un)Sweet Home Nesting (French with English subtitles) follows Pénélope (Rose-Marie Perreault), a new mother who is dealing with the standard “bundle of joy” package: postpartum depression, crushing sleep deprivation, and the lingering trauma of her sister’s death. As the boundary between dreams and reality begins to dissolve—as it tends to do when you haven’t slept since the mid-2020s—Pénélope falls into a paranoid spiral. It’s an intimate, suffocating look at identity and mental health that suggests the most dangerous thing in the house isn’t the unanchored bookshelf, but the fragility of the human mind. Award-Winning Pedigree This isn’t just another jump-scare flick; it’s a critically acclaimed slow-burn. After making its World Premiere at the Fantasia Film

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 14, 2026

Spoiler-Free Reviews: Earth to Colby and The Killing Cell (Calgary Underground Film Festival)

Earth to Colby (Canada, 2026) Official Synopsis An aspiring vlogger discovers a notebook detailing hidden portals in her hometown, leading her on a journey to discover the city’s supernatural history. After paranormal vlogger Colby vanishes, a documentary crew digs through her content and recovered footage to uncover the truth. What they find is her growing obsession with a strange coil-bound book and the escalating hauntings that followed. As Colby searches for a sign from her late father, friends and family reveal the chilling descent that led to her disappearance. Review Director/cowriter/cinematographer/editor Rino Mioc serves up an intriguing high strangeness faux documentary with Earth to Colby. Saylor McPherson gives a thoroughly engaging star performance as Colby, a young woman so fascinated with the paranormal that she centers her life around her vlog on the topic, despite the skepticism of her best friend Derrick (Casey Coston) and her mother Denise (Anne Hawthorne, McPherson’s real-life mother). Mioc, who cowrote the screenplay with Stephanie

Continue reading →
Joseph Perry
May 12, 2026

Movie Review: The Ugly (1997) – Unearthed Films Blu-ray

One rainy eve, Dr. Karen Schumaker (Rebecca Hobbs) arrives at a dilapidated high-security mental institution to begin her assessment of serial killer Simon Cartwright (Paolo Rotondo)… and what an institution it is, ruled over by orderlies that look and act like thugs and watched over by the strange Dr. Marlowe (Roy Ward) who’s odd demeanor, outre fashion sense, and opulent koi pond-surrounded office make him a real stand out among the peeling paint and exposed wires of his stompin’ grounds. Anyway, our heroine goes on a journey through Simon’s troubled past… a past that includes an absolute aversion to being picked on, an abusive mother, and a high body count… which truth be told aren’t unreasonable things to encounter in a serial killer’s past… but what really begins to make Karen’s ears stand up is Simon’s insistence that some outside force whispers in his ears to do all that murder biz! Writer/Director Scott Reynolds delivers a stylish thriller (with a

Continue reading →
DanXIII
May 9, 2026

Dive into the New Trailer for Kraken!

Norway has already mastered the art of the mountain troll and the tunnel collapse; now, it’s coming for the coastline. Kraken, the latest creature feature from the land of the midnight sun, has just dropped its first trailer, proving that some legends are better left at the bottom of a fjord. Something Fishy in the Fjord The trouble starts with the salmon. When wild salmon begin exhibiting “unnatural behavior”—which, in horror movie terms, is the universal signal to move inland—inexplicable deaths begin piling up in Norway’s deepest fjord. The culprit? An ancient, multi-armed nightmare that has decided its centuries-long nap is officially over. This isn’t just a giant squid; it’s a sentient, crushing machine that reacts to movement and sound. If you breathe too loudly, you’re sushi. The Creative Team behind the Chaos Director Pål Øie, who mastered the art of claustrophobia with The Tunnel, shifts his focus from suffocating concrete to the crushing pressure of the abyss. The script

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 8, 2026

Chillian Phycological Horror ‘A Yard of Jackals’ Is Out Now

In Pinochet’s Chile, silence isn’t just a virtue; it’s a survival tactic.A Yard of Jackals is a claustrophobic masterclass in psychological dread, proving that the most terrifying thing about a dictatorship isn’t just the man at the top—it’s the man living in the apartment next door. The Story: Set during the biting winter of 1978 in Santiago, the film follows Raúl Peralta (Néstor Cantillana). He’s a disabled architectural model maker who builds tiny, perfect worlds to escape a crumbling reality. Raúl’s life is a study in isolation. He cares for his ailing mother, talks to his canary, and keeps his head down. However, his carefully scaled life begins to fracture when new neighbors move in. Their “extracurricular” activities are less about neighborhood potlucks and more about the sinister machinery of the regime. Enter Guillermo, a mysterious man in dark glasses. He drags Raúl from his miniature sanctuary into a nightmare of surveillance, moral rot, and political terror. It’s a film

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 8, 2026

Movie Review: Exorcismo: Defying A Dictator & Raising Hell In Post-Franco Spain Boxset – Severin

After the Franco dictatorship ended ‘round about the mid ‘70s, Spanish cinema found themselves with a new freedom, through which filmmakers could now express themselves via tales of sin n’ Satan (and death… lots of it) all over that silver screen! Recently, Severin boxed up a selection of those fearless flicks (and a doc to bring us all up to speed on the genre)… so why not dip our terror toes into Exorcismo: Defying A Dictator & Raising Hell In Post-Franco Spain! Things kick off with that aforementioned documentary, Exorcismo: The Transgressive Legacy of Clasificada ‘S’ from Director Alberto Sedano. Exorcismo takes the viewer on a journey through just what we can expect from the features contained in this box-set (bet you couldn’t have guessed that one), and gives us both a historical understanding of the heavily censoring of filmmakers work under the regime of Francisco Franco, as well as the unbridled freedom they received after Franco’s death in 1975,

Continue reading →
DanXIII
May 7, 2026
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