Thirty years ago, in the sleepy community of Waterbury, a killer known as "The Executioner" murdered Sarah Bennett's parents. Now Sarah and her husband Dylan have returned to town, only to find herself the centerpiece in a series of horrifying murders centered around the seven deadly sins. It seems "The Executioner" is back. But if Tom Winston - the original Executioner - is behind bars, who is the new person behind the mask? As the murders escalate, long-buried secrets are revealed, making everyone around Sarah a suspect
Chromatic Theatre & University To Present HOOKMAN - A Slasher Comedy In Time For Halloween
by A.A. Cristi - October 05, 2022
Just in time to get in the Halloween spirit, imagined by award-winning playwright Lauren Yee, Hookman is an existential slasher comedy that brings students and professional actors to the stage at the University of Calgary's Reeve Theatre from October 21 - 29, presented in-collaboration with Chromati...
D'Arcy Drollinger Presents SQREAM At Oasis, Beginning October 5
by A.A. Cristi - September 23, 2022
Find out in a night of singing, dancing, blood-drenched comedy that's as campy, sexy, & gory as your millennial adolescence. ...
Jet City Improv Presents THE EMERALD CITY SLASHER Next Month
by Stephi Wild - September 16, 2022
Jet City Improv will present its first new show of the fall season: The Emerald City Slasher, produced in association with the Theatre Off Jackson. Join us for an improvised PNW murder mystery where you create the characters and follow them as they find out who the menace is or if they're the next...
BRING IT ON: CHEER OR DIE to Premiere on SYFY in October
by Michael Major - September 15, 2022
'Bring It On: Cheer or Die' follows team co-captains Abby (Kerri Medders) and McKayla (Tiera Skovbye) and their Diablos teammates who are forbidden from doing any risky cheer stunts by their overly cautious school principal (Missi Pyle) and fear that they will be laughed out of the upcoming regional...
Staged Reading Of SONS OF LEVI at Urban Foxes To Benefit The LGBTQ Fund Of Mississippi
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 14, 2022
To celebrate and benefit THE LGBTQ FUND OF MISSISSIPPI, Jackson favorite URBAN FOXES will host a reading of SONS OF LEVI, Randy Redd's stage adaptation of Mississippi writer Nick White's novel HOW TO SURVIVE A SUMMER....
HBO Max Renews PRETTY LITTLE LIARS: ORIGINAL SIN For A Second Season
by Michael Major - September 07, 2022
HBO Max has renewed the original drama PRETTY LITTLE LIARS: ORIGINAL SIN for a second season. The series was co-created by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Lindsay Calhoon Bring. The cast includes Bailee Madison, Chandler Kinney, Zaria, Malia Pyles, Maia Reficco, Mallory Bechtel, Sharon Leal, Elena Goode,...
VIDEO: Peacock Releases THEY/THEM Film Trailer
by Michael Major - July 20, 2022
Watch Kevin Bacon play Owen Whistler in this slasher horror film set at an LGBTQIA+ conversion camp. Several queer and trans campers join Whistler for a week of programming intended to “help them find a new sense of freedom”. When a mysterious killer starts claiming victims, things get even more...
Review: MUSICAL COMEDY MURDERS OF 1940 at Searcy Summer Dinner Theatre keeps us guessing to the very end
by Theresa Bertram - July 18, 2022
What did our critic think of MUSICAL COMEDY MURDERS OF 1940 at Searcy Summer Dinner Theatre? She thought it was creative, well delivered, funny, and the dinner was delicious....
VIDEO: Peacock Releases New Teaser THEY/THEM Horror Film
by Michael Major - June 22, 2022
Kevin Bacon plays Owen Whistler in this slasher horror film set at an LGBTQIA+ conversion camp. Several queer and trans campers join Whistler for a week of programming intended to “help them find a new sense of freedom”. When a mysterious killer starts claiming victims, things get even more dang...
HALLOWEEN's Michael Myers Makes His Return to Universal Studios' Halloween Horror Nights
by Michael Major - June 09, 2022
As the franchise’s latest trilogy concludes with Universal Pictures’ release of Halloween Ends on October 14, guests will venture back to where it all began in “Halloween” – eerily authentic haunted houses that depict the most chilling moments from the critically-acclaimed original film. C...
Otherworld Theatre Announces 2022-23 Season Featuring Chicago Premiere of PUFFS & More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 08, 2022
Otherworld Theatre Company, the premier science fiction and fantasy production company in North America, today announced its 10th season in 2022-23, including original works, classic stories, immersive live-action role playing weekends, special events, and the continuation of fan favorites....
Photos: Peacock Sets Premiere Date for Original Film, 'They/Them'
by Marissa Tomeo - May 12, 2022
Peacock announced today its new original film THEY/THEM, pronounced “They-slash-Them,” from Blumhouse will premiere Friday, August 5. The LGBTQIA+ horror film, formerly known as ‘Whistler Camp,’ is a queer empowerment story set at a gay conversion camp. ...
Birmingham Rep Announce Additional Shows For 2022
by Stephi Wild - May 05, 2022
Birmingham Rep, the city's only major producing theatre, have announced a range of additional new productions to their 2022 season. ...
Assembly Announces New Late-Night Venue for 2022
by Stephi Wild - May 04, 2022
Diane Chorley and Berk's Nest in association with Assembly Festival are delighted to announce the addition of a new late-night venue, The Flick, in the Underground space beside Assembly George Square Gardens. Debuted in 2019, The Flick will return as an immersive performance venue and late-night de...
Pop-Up Escape Room Comes to MEGACON Orlando
by Marissa Tomeo - April 30, 2022
Join the exclusive Pop-Up Escape Room HAUNTED HINTS, as they make their thrilling debut at MEGACON Orlando 2022 with 'OUT OF THE WOODS, INTO THE FEAR'. An Escape Room with TWO Escape Games and ONE haunting good time. ...
SCREAM Sets Digital, DVD & Blu-Ray Release
by Michael Major - February 28, 2022
Twenty-five years after a streak of murders in the quiet town of Woodsboro, Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell), former sheriff Dewey Riley (David Arquette), and reporter Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox) find a way to stop a killer when everyone is a suspect. The film also stars Melissa Barrera, Mason Good...
Award-Winning Indie Film WILDFLOWER Starring Kristi Roosmaa Delivers An Emotional Immigrant Story
by Gigi Gervais - December 11, 2021
Inspired by real-life events, Wildflower centers around an immigrant woman struggling to make a heartbreaking choice while pursuing her life-long dream of 'making it' as a professional singer in New York. The celebrated short film is now available across all media....
THE MUSICAL COMEDY MURDERS OF 1940 Comes to Gettysburg Community Theatre This Month
by Stephi Wild - October 08, 2021
Gettysburg Community Theatre, the non-profit 501c3 organization located at 49 York Street in historic downtown Gettysburg, PA, reopened in April for in-person public performances after being shuttered for a year with nothing but “zoom shows”. Now in its 13th season, GCT continues to offer educat...
SCREAM Will Return to Theaters for 25th Anniversary
by Michael Major - October 05, 2021
“Scream,” the iconic 1996 thriller from director Wes Craven, returns to select movie theaters nationwide for two nights in celebration of its 25th anniversary, courtesy of Fathom Events and Paramount Pictures. ...
Replay Lincoln Park Invites Fear Fanatics To “Slasher Museum” Pop-Up Throughout October
by A.A. Cristi - October 04, 2021
Fear not, Halloween fans. Chicago's favorite pop-up bar, Replay Lincoln Park, 2833 N. Sheffield, has announced their latest pop up installment, Slasher Museum. ...
VIDEO: Nessa Barrett Releases New Music Video for 'pretty poison'
by Michael Major - September 28, 2021
Earlier this month, Nessa released her anxiously awaited debut pretty poison EP, which featured hit single “i hope ur miserable until ur dead.” This is the second of 5 special videos that Nessa’s created for the EP....
Fathom Events Announces Fright Fest 2021 Movie Theater Lineup
by Michael Major - September 14, 2021
Headlining the lineup is Carrie, which will return to theaters for its 45th anniversary. Also included are Scream, Silence of the Lambs, The Evil Dead, and Dracula and Frankenstein Double Feature....
SCREAM Returns to the Big Screen on Oct 10 & 11
by Sarah Jae Leiber - August 11, 2021
Find out where the film is playing and how to get tickets to Scream. Directed by Wes Craven (“A Nightmare on Elm Street”) and written by Kevin Williamson (“I Know What You Did Last Summer”), “Scream” is a brilliant deconstruction of the horror genre that pays homage to the conventions of...
Ten Horror Titles From The Terror Films' Library Move To Crackle
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 06, 2021
In yet another move to expand their digital footprint for their ever-growing and popular library of diverse horror films, indie genre distributor TERROR FILMS is heading to the premium AVOD platform CRACKLE!...
San Francisco Playhouse Announces Casting For SHOOT ME WHEN…
by A.A. Cristi - April 23, 2021
San Francisco Playhouse has announced casting and streaming dates for Shoot Me When…, a new play written by Ruben Grijalva and commissioned by San Francisco Playhouse. ...
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