Our cultural obsession with serial murderers isn’t going anywhere any time soon, and in recent years the public appetite for gruesome details about our most notorious criminals has only intensified.… Continue reading "Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Dull: ‘Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman’"
Sure to be a highlight of this year’s Grimmfest, When the Screaming Starts is a horror comedy that follows budding serial killer Aidan and pretentious documentary filmmaker Norman. With plenty of… Continue reading "Filmmakers Conor Boru, Ed Hartland, Jared Rogers and Dom Lenoir on Horror Mockumentary ‘When the Screaming Starts’"
For all of its murderous pretensions, When the Screaming Starts is a surprisingly gentle comedy. It has as much to say about unlikely friendships and thwarted ambitions as it does… Continue reading "Making a Murderer: ‘When the Screaming Starts’ Shows the Lighter Side of Serial Killing"
Welcome back for part three of our killer content list (get it?), brought to you by The Squid. This week, we’ll be putting the spotlight on some truly shocking tales… Continue reading "Creepier Than Fiction: Binge-Worthy Crime Content That Will Keep You Up at Night (Part 3)"
The masked and hooded spectres that haunt the slasher genre with blood-soaked implements of death always beg the question: how did they get to this point? While part of their… Continue reading "Falling Through the Cracks: Slasher ‘Killer Therapy’ Sees a Serial Killer Failed by the System"
Dennis Nilsen was a Scottish serial killer and necrophile who murdered at least twelve young men and boys between 1978 and 1983 in London, England. Two years after his death… Continue reading "David Tennant to Play Serial Killer Dennis Nilsen in Upcoming Adaptation ‘Des’"
Quentin Tarantino‘s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood has spent the past few months adding to its ever-growing cast list and now finally the role of Charles Manson has been cast.… Continue reading "Quentin Tarantino Has Found His Charles Manson for ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’"
An adaptation of Charles Graeber‘s serial killer novel, The Good Nurse, has been on the cards for a while now. While Darren Aronofsky (Mother!) was originally pegged to direct, it turns out… Continue reading "Eddie Redmayne and Jessica Chastain in Talks for ‘The Good Nurse’"
Lars von Trier is a provocative and somewhat controversial director with an inconsistent filmography. Films such as Dogville and Antichrist are experimental, enticing, and visually engaging, but they’re also unpleasant… Continue reading "Lars von Trier’s ‘The House That Jack Built’ Shocks at Cannes Film Festival"
The highly anticipated Ted Bundy biopic Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile has the kind of all star cast that practically guarantees an impressive film. From Metallica frontman James Hetfield… Continue reading "Zac Efron Drops First Images of Jim Parsons and Kaya Scodelario in Ted Bundy Biopic"
Yesterday we reported that Hilary Duff has been confirmed to star as Sharon Tate in The Haunting of Sharon Tate, a film documenting the pregnant actress’s final days leading up to her… Continue reading "Sharon Tate’s Sister Slams Hilary Duff Film as “Tasteless” and “Exploitative”"
Michael Werwie‘s upcoming Ted Bundy biopic, Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, is shaping up to be an all-star project. With a line up including John Malkovich as Judge Edward Cowart and Zac Efron… Continue reading "Zac Efron Drops First Look at Lily Collins in ‘Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile’"
John Carpenter’s Halloween is making a comeback in 2018, this time written and directed by David Gordon Green. Fans can look forward to re-visiting Smith Groves Sanatorium, the notorious infirmary that… Continue reading "Jamie Lee Curtis Prepares for a Final Showdown in ‘Halloween’ Reboot"
The trailer for upcoming documentary Charles Manson: The Final Words has just been released. Narrated by musician and director Rob Zombie, the documentary is due to air this weekend following Manson’s… Continue reading "Trailer Released for Rob Zombie’s ‘Charles Manson: The Final Words’"
Known the world over as the Co-Ed Killer, Edmund Kemper committed his first murders at the tender age of fifteen. Over the course of nine years, he killed ten people,… Continue reading "SERIAL KILLER OF THE WEEK: Edmund Kemper"