3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (166+ words) Twenty years after Black Sheep, Jonathan King is returning to genetically modified animal horror with Black Sheeps, which will have its world premiere at the Sitges Film Festival this October. The sequel heads back to New Zealand for another round…...

1+ week, 17+ hour ago   (309+ words) EXCLUSIVE: Dread Central can exclusively report that Kane Parsons has officially signed on to direct Backrooms 2 for A24, sources tell us. An official announcement is imminent. We now know Backrooms 2 will be Parsons’ next movie. It’s still pretty remarkable how quickly…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (242+ words) Here at Dread, we’ve been pushing for star Inde Navarrette to receive an Oscar for her role as Nikki in Curry Barker‘s hit horror movie, Obsession. Now, Variety reports that Focus Features is officially pushing forward with a wide-ranging…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (670+ words) Dread Central ‘Nervous’ Review: An Enigmatic Mystery Which Requires You To Fill In The Blanks [FrightFest] The opening film of this year’s FrightFest was Nervous, a deep and moving psychological horror drama from director Abner Pastoll (Road Games, A Good…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (161+ words) Ten years after Train to Busan, director Yeon Sang-ho is back in the zombie business with Colony, and a new clip begs for the elevator doors to close. Ahead of the film’s U.S. theatrical release tomorrow, we have a new…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (175+ words) Yes, Hope will now be unleashed on Monday, September 7th for the special event. The film will screen at 175 PLF locations across the country in six premium formats, including Dolby, 4DX, ScreenX, Barco HDR, D-BOX and Dolby Atmos, with participating theaters in…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (275+ words) Filmmaker Agnieszka Smoczynska‘s (The Lure) dystopian sci-fi thriller, Hot Spot, lands in theaters this weekend via Focus Features (read my review). With that, she’s already thinking about her next movie. While sitting down with Dread, Smoczynska offered that she’s…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (248+ words) EXCLUSIVE: An audience member was transported by ambulance to a local hospital after losing consciousness during an intense scene at the Los Angeles red carpet premiere of Dark Sky Films’ Blood Shine Wednesday night at the Lumiere Cinema in Beverly…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (360+ words) The prime suspect in Djonny’s investigation? Rana (Rapace), the leader of an anti-A.I. religious group. Some call her a cyber witch. But is she truly a killer? That’s the question that Rapace balances brilliantly with her performance. I sat…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (162+ words) Fantastic Fest is returning to Austin, Texas, this fall, taking over the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar from September 17-24, 2026. As always, the festival is packed with world premieres, major genre releases, and the kind of completely unexpected discoveries that make it…...