Mandy is an action horror film that was directed and co-written by Panos Cosmatos, it premiered in 2018 at Sundance Film Festival. Taking place in 1983, Nicolas Cage stars as a man seeking total retribution on a cult who murdered the love of his life.
Who doesn’t love a horror movie set in the 80s? Alright, the decade in which a movie is set doesn’t automatically make it great. Still, it usually adds a little something, at least to me. Summer of 84 is a horror-mystery film that was directed by François Simard, Anouk Whissell and Yoann-Karl Whissell. It premiered at Sundance Film Festival in 2018.
“Soma is an underrated Sci-Fi masterpiece.”
Soma is a science fiction survival horror-adventure game that was developed & published by Frictional Games. The game takes place in an underwater research facility known as PATHOS-II. Unexpectedly, the crew of PATHOS-II became the last people to exist on Earth after a comet impact caused a major extinction event. There, the last humans survive on a day-to-day basis, attempting to fight the negative effects of their collective isolation. During this period, the machines in PATHOS-II begin to develop human characteristics and a consciousness.
Don’t Leave Home is a horror/thriller that was written & directed by Michael Tully, it released in 2018. Melanie Thomas is an artist who specializes in miniatures or dioramas. She’s about to unveil her new sculptural exhibit on Irish urban legends. However, she receives a negative review from a well-known critic during a preview event. Melanie is devastated until she is contacted by Father Alistair Burke. He’s a reclusive Irish priest who allegedly once painted the portrait of a young girl who later disappeared on the very day her image vanished from the painting.
Onrush is an arcade-style vehicular combat game that released in 2018. It was developed by Codemasters and published by Deep Silver for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Windows. Onrush is a departure from more traditional racing games in that none of the game modes involve reaching the finish line first.
Ruiner is a cyberpunk top-down, twin stick-esque shooter video game developed by Reikon Games and published by Devolver Digital. The game takes place in 2091 and is set in a metropolis known as Rengkok. The player takes control of a silent, masked protagonist who attempts to rescue their kidnapped brother from a failing conglomerate, known as Heaven.
Castle Rock is a horror anthology web series that premiered on Hulu in 2018. It is based on characters and settings from the stories of Stephen King. The series stars André Holland, Melanie Lynskey, Bill Skarsgård, Jane Levy, and Sissy Spacek. It intertwines characters and themes from the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine.
Upgrade is set in the near, technologically advanced future. It focuses on Grey Trace, a self-proclaimed technophobe. One day, his entire world is turned upside down when he is left paraplegic after a horrific mugging. Not only that but he was forced to watch his wife bleed out & die before his eyes. Contemplating suicide, Grey is given a lifeline in the form of an experimental computer chip implant called STEM.
