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Screaming Soon (2021)
A list of films that will be released in 2021.
(1) The films whose dates are TBA can be found toward the bottom of the list in alphabetical order).
(2) This list will be updated as needed to reflect updates, new releases, etc.
Stories
‘Faces of Death’ Reboot in the Works from ‘Cam’ Filmmakers Bloody Disgusting
Jason Blum's (Blum)House of Horrors: A Decade of Terror Dread Central
Reese Eveneshen's Top 10 Horror Films
As his chamber-horror For the Sake of Vicious lands in select theaters and on VOD, Reese Eveneshen shares his top ten horror films—making no excuses for his populist leanings. “I don’t care. This what I grew up on!”
Wanted! Your Questions for the Ben Wheatley Letterboxd Q&A
With Ben Wheatley’s new pandemic thriller In the Earth landing in theaters this week, the director will be answering your burning questions about his filmmaking process.
The Big Wait: Devereux Milburn on First Drafts, Famous Cameos and Euphoric Conclusions
Writer-director-editor Devereux Milburn tells Horrorville’s Aaron Yap about the creative decisions and filmic influences behind his new hillbilly nightmare, Honeydew.
Lists
25 Body Horror Movies That Make Our Bones Hurt 25 films
25 Body Horror Movies That Make Our Bones Hurt via SYFY
The 17 Sharpest, Most Terrifying Horror Movies By Women On Shudder 17 films
The 17 Sharpest, Most Terrifying Horror Movies By Women On Shudder via Refinery29
Horror’s History With Scary Mermaids 7 films
Horror’s History With Scary Mermaids via Bloody Disgusting
The 26 best horror films on Netflix UK 26 films
The 26 best horror films on Netflix UK via Stuff
The 5 Favorite ‘SAW’ Traps of ‘Spiral’ Director Darren Lynn Bousman! 4 films
The 5 Favorite ‘SAW’ Traps of ‘Spiral’ Director Darren Lynn Bousman [Video]! via Bloody Disgusting
Note: Darren's top two choices…
All 8 ‘Saw’ Movies, Ranked 8 films
All 8 ‘Saw’ Movies, Ranked From Worst To Best via Forbes
Liked lists
Letterboxd's Top 250 Horror Films
Darren Carver-Balsiger 250 films
Four-hundred 20 Horror Films
CB 34 films
Influences for CREEPSHOW’s “Pipe Screams” episode
Joe Lynch 7 films
Kier-La Janisse’s Top Ten Folk Horror Movies
Festiville 10 films
So Many Movies About The Amityville Horror
Carolann 29 films
March 2021: Horror Films Coming to Shudder
Shudder 24 films
Liked reviews
Well those traps were gnarly!
SAW7EN meets FRIDAY THE 13th: A NEW BEGINNING.
7/10
The Leprechaun's Game is a new movie brought to us by the UK-based company responsible for bringing us plenty of movies I've reviewed previously such as the Bad Nun films, but most recently-reviewed being a trio of Scarecrow-themed movies, of which the director of those returns for this one. Now it's pretty clear this killer Leprechaun-after-his-stolen-gold movie is pretty heavily inspired by the official and infamous Leprechaun movies, but seeing as how that franchise has yet again stopped in…
Not to victim blame but there’s no way I’d ever take psychiatric advice from David Cronenberg.
Glad you fuckers finally realized Samara Weaving is a Fucking MOVIE STAR.
I viewed this film via VOD.
I spent the entirety of For the Sake of Vicious trying to place Lora Burke (she's the titular character in the superb Poor Agnes, by the way). This is a brutal and, well, vicious gorefest with some gruesome, splattery, yet still hyper-realistic special effects.
It's also a lowkey Halloween movie, which is always fun.
"Nine, ten, never sleep again..."
I feel like I know this place.
-Jess
One of the rare films that I wanted to rewatch as soon as my initial viewing was over. Marketed as a horror film, it's much more of a psychological thriller that concerns itself with being a great original film rather then simply something that would appeal to the masses. That is also the reason why this film has mostly lingered in obscurity while bad films that are considered the same genre got…
It’s March 17th so let the Lepre-thon begin.
Saw this tidbit... I don’t know the validity of it but here goes: ‘One scene required the Leprechaun to find and eat Lucky Charms cereal, which the company gave them permission to do. Upon seeing the finished film, the company was displeased and would not allow them to use the scene and the film makers had the choice to either cut the scene or to re-shoot it, costing them more money. They…