#‘The Thing With Feathers’ Review: A Go-for-Broke Benedict Cumberbatch Unravels in a Movie Stuck Awkwardly Between Horror and Psychodrama

#‘The Thing With Feathers’ Review: A Go-for-Broke Benedict Cumberbatch Unravels in a Movie Stuck Awkwardly Between Horror and Psychodrama

While many films have conjured terrifying physical manifestations of grief, one that set a notably high bar for hand-crafted horror exploring that fecund strand was Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook. The specter of that brutally effective 2014 shocker proves inescapable for writer-director Dylan Southern in The Thing With Feathers, right down to a malevolent figure haunting…

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#Robert Eggers Has No Interest in Making Contemporary Films: “The Idea of Having to Photograph a Car Makes Me Ill”

#Robert Eggers Has No Interest in Making Contemporary Films: “The Idea of Having to Photograph a Car Makes Me Ill”

Robert Eggers has zero plans to make contemporary movies, featuring modern-day inventions and technology. The Nosferatu director recently told Rotten Tomatoes that the idea of making such projects makes him feel “ill.” “The idea of having to photograph a car makes me ill,” Eggers said. “And the idea of photographing a cellphone is just death. And…

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#‘Rabbit Trap’ Review: Ineffectual Welsh Folk Horror Drops Dev Patel and Rosy McEwen Into Ancient Woodland Hokum

#‘Rabbit Trap’ Review: Ineffectual Welsh Folk Horror Drops Dev Patel and Rosy McEwen Into Ancient Woodland Hokum

A tradition stretching back to genre pioneers like 1973’s pagan freakout The Wicker Man, British folk horror can be bonkers (Alex Garland’s Men), hypnotically abstract (Mark Jenkin’s Enys Men) or disorienting (Ben Wheatley’s In the Earth). What it ideally shouldn’t be is boring. Bryn Chainey’s Rabbit Trap has a creepy sense of dread, striking images…

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      Dollhouse: Behind the Broken Mirror launches March 28

# Dollhouse: Behind the Broken Mirror launches March 28

First-person horror adventure game Dollhouse: Behind the Broken Mirror will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam on March 28, publisher SOEDESCO and developers Indigo Studios and Grindstone announced. Here is an overview of the game, via SOEDESCO: About Dollhouse: Behind the Broken Mirror is a terrifying first-person horror adventure game that…

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      Whisper Mountain Outbreak launches in Q3 2025

# Whisper Mountain Outbreak launches in Q3 2025

Isometric cooperative player-versus-environment multiplayer survival horror game Whisper Mountain Outbreak will launch for PC via Steam in Q3 2025, developer Toge Productions announced. Here is an overview of the game, via its Steam page: About Whisper Mountain Outbreak is an isometric cooperative player-versus-environment multiplayer survival horror game where you and your friends must work together…

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      The Exit 8 now available for Xbox Series

# The Exit 8 now available for Xbox Series

Acclaimed walking simulator game The Exit 8 is now available for Xbox Series via Microsoft Store for $3.99, publisher PLAYISM and developer KOTAKE CREATE announced. The Exit 8 first launched for PC via Steam on November 29, 2023, followed by Switch on April 17, 2024, and PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 on August 8, 2024….

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      The Exit 8 live-action movie announced

# The Exit 8 live-action movie announced

TOHO has announced a live-action movie adaptation of infinite loop escape adventure game The Exit 8. It will premiere in 2025. “The Exit 8 is being adapted into a live-action movie!” game creator KOTAKE CREATE said in a message. “I never expected a movie to be announced just about a year after the game’s release…

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      SHINONOME ABYSS: The Maiden Exorcist delayed to 2025

# SHINONOME ABYSS: The Maiden Exorcist delayed to 2025

Publishers Kadokawa Corporation, Kadokawa Game Linkage, and ABC ANIMATION, and developer WODAN have delayed roguelike horror action game SHINONOME ABYSS: The Maiden Exorcist from its previously planned fall 2024 release window to 2025. It will be available for Switch and PC via Steam. Here is an overview of the game, via its Steam page: About…

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