The roaring 20s: how the current decade revolutionised cinema

YouTubers weren’t dominating the box office, video game spin-offs rarely made an impact and Winnie-the-Pooh wasn’t yet the star of a slasher movie. Why such a flurry of innovation – and what will be ...

Hollywood wants the internet’s next horror hit

The Mandela Catalogue and Siren Head are the latest viral horror creations headed to theaters as Hollywood searches for another "Backrooms." ...

15 major video games getting movie and TV adaptations

Controller-clutching players of a certain age may lament the mediocre (at best) video game movies of the '80s and '90s, but ...

Verity Minecraft mod surpasses 4.9 million downloads in under a month as viral horror sensation continues

Verity continues to create a spin outside of the series itself, with mods amassing millions of downloads collectively in just ...
Dexerto

Minecraft YouTubers hit out at Technoblade larper for “impersonating our dead friend”

Minecraft YouTubers have criticized Technolarp, a creator who imitates the late Technoblade, as backlash against the growing “Larptuber” trend intensifies. Technolarp has built his channel around a ...
The Hollywood Reporter

‘Freddy the 13th’ Animated Horror-Comedy From Dan Trachtenberg Sets 2028 Release

Paramount's untitled feature adapts Yehudi Mercado's comic about a mishap during a family vacation. By Ryan Gajewski Senior Entertainment Reporter Paramount Pictures‘ forthcoming animated feature ...
Dread Central

Dan Trachtenberg Adapting Horror Comedy ‘Freddy the 13th’ for Paramount Animation

Dan Trachtenberg revitalized the Predator franchise with Prey, Predator: Badlands and Predator: Killer of Killers. Now, he’s set to take on Friday the 13th…well, sort of. Paramount Animation has ...
Deadline.com

Dan Trachtenberg To Direct Comedy-Horror Based on Yehudi Mercado’s ‘Freddy The 13th’ For Paramount Animation – Annecy

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Animation has announced an untitled Dan Trachtenberg animated comedy horror based on the indie comic Freddy the 13th by Yehudi Mercado. The project announcement comes four months ...
Forbes

‘Obsession’ And ‘Backrooms’ Prove YouTube’s A Powerful Pipeline For Filmmakers

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Deal writes about entertainment, marketing and technology. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice ...
Bleeping Computer

Over 116,000 Minecraft systems infected in WeedHack malware campaign

A large-scale malware campaign dubbed WeedHack is targeting Minecraft players and has infected more than 116,000 systems since January. The malware is distributed through Minecraft-related malicious ...
USA Today

What the 'Backrooms' and 'Obsession' successes mean for Hollywood

The young folks have spoken. They want Backrooms; they want One Wish Willows. They want them at the movies. The fount of recent box office success for Backrooms and Obsession, two well-reviewed ...
New Scientist

Horror video game gets its creepiness from a quantum computer

A quantum computer has been used to create a horror video game called Quantum Backrooms – and it’s available to play online. The game draws inspiration from “the Backrooms,” a horror legend developed ...