Awesome Horror

This incredible mod for the old Duke Nukem’ 3D – Atomic Edition turns your PC into a virtual version of Kubrick’s Overlook Hotel, complete with an axe-wielding Jack Nicholson, and the garden maze.

James Wan’s Insidious is the terrifying story of a family whose home is possessed by dark spirits. With their son in an inexplicable coma, they soon discover that it’s not their house that’s haunted.

Stevan Mena’s Bereavement relates the horrific account of 6 year old Martin Bristol, abducted from his backyard swing and forced to witness the brutal crimes of a deranged madman. Coming 2/11.

In 1348, as Europe falls under the shadow of the Plague, a fearsome knight is charged by the church to investigate talk of a necromancer who is able to bring the dead back to life in Black Death.

An skeptical American priest travels to Italy to study at an exorcism school and gets just a little bit more than he bargained for in Mikael HÃ¥fström’s The Rite, starring Anthony Hopkins. Coming 1/11.

David Cronenberg’s creepy, provocative 1983 horror film gets the HD treatment in Criterion’s new release. The moral of the story – you can love your television – just don’t love your television.

The director of District 9 is up to something, but we don’t know what. This hidden teaser showed up in the latest iPad issue of Wired, and all we know is that it’s creepy, and leaves us wanting for more.

If you can endure 20,000 spoonfuls of terror, watch Richard Gale’s short, The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon: an epic tale of one man’s encounter with a tenacious murderer.

This short by Ariel Lopez gives us a peek at his quirky animation style, and a creepy zombie flick lurking around the corner. Too bad the full film won’t be ready for tonight’s Halloween festivities.

If you can’t wait until Halloween for the premiere of Frank Darabont’s new zombie show on AMC, we’ve got a 5-minute sneak preview to tide you over while you hold out for more braiiiiiiins.

If you don’t know who – or what – this is, watch this. This 7-inch action figure of Regan MacNeil has multiple points of articulation. We doubt you can come up with a scarier pose though.

If clowns already give you nightmares, you’ll want to turn away from this preview if you ever hope to sleep again. There’s no indication Eli Roth is really working on this, so we think it could be a fan fake.

You’ve gotta hand it to the Japanese. They sure know how to make exploitation flicks. If you have a weak stomach, turn away. Otherwise, please enjoy the most ridiculous movie trailer you’ll see today.

Didn’t fall for Paranormal Activity‘s passive brand of horror? Yeah, you’re not alone. So instead of watching the sequel, save yourself some grief and just watch this hilariously honest trailer.

EA has revealed this action-horror game, made by a veritable who’s-who of Japanese game creators. If you like slashing and shooting your way through rooms full of demons, this game is for you.

Sam Raimi’s gore-fest finally makes its way to Blu-ray today (8/31/10). If you’ve never seen Bruce Cambpell in his original turn as Ash, you must watch this low-budget horror classic.

In the creepy Case 39, Renee Zellweger stars as family services social worker Emily Jenkins, who thinks she’s seen it all until she meets her most mysterious case, 10-year old Lilith Sullivan.

Master of horror Wes Craven has been working on this creepy teen flick about a serial killer who swore he’d one day return to kill the 7 children born the night he died. You can guess the rest.

If Free Willy went something like this horror version, we probably would have seen it when it came out. You gotta love it when Willy jumps out of the pool like that bull that jumped into a crowd.

Watch out! The gators have company. Kristy Swanson and DB Sweeney make their respective comebacks in the adequately named Swamp Shark, coming to the SyFy channel next summer.

Guillermo del Toro co-wrote and produced this remake of a 1973 horror classic in which a girl moves in with her dad and his girlfriend, and finds demons in the house who want her for themselves.

Any movie with vampires, guns, mutants, and fistfights on moving vehicles needs to go on our “ones to watch” list. Scott Stewart, the film’s creator, did effects for Sin City and Iron Man.

NSFW. The first out of town gig of The Brain Deads is not going well – the venue sucks, the promoter is a creep and their bassist is missing. Also their audience is a pack of bloodthirsty demons.