https://www.jonathansiefer.comRSS Feed for Jonathan SieferenMon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.thehorrorlounge.com/post/shorty-dollAs of right now, Mattel is currently sold out of this product (incredibly within one minute of listing it), but confirmed restocks are on the way!Mattel, the company behind the Barbie, just released their latest addition to their Monster High line, and it’s introducing the next generation to one of the most popular cult classic horrors of the 1980s. Killer Klowns from Outer Space was released in 1988 and centered on an invasion of extraterrestrial clowns in the small college town of Crescent Cov...Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.thehorrorlounge.com/post/shorty-dollhttps://www.thehorrorlounge.com/post/what-was-teased-in-the-first-trailer-for-zach-cregger-s-resident-evilThe first teaser trailer for Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil film is here, and the vision teased from one of the genre’s breakthrough directors is one that makes us want to dust off the PlayStation 1 and find an old TV to play the first two games on.Described by Cregger himself as a love letter to the game series, the film does not adapt a storyline from the games but introduces a new story meant to exist “concurrently” with the characters and events of Resident Evil 2. Despite being longer than mo...Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.thehorrorlounge.com/post/what-was-teased-in-the-first-trailer-for-zach-cregger-s-resident-evilhttps://www.thehorrorlounge.com/post/the-yogurt-shop-murders-returns-to-hbo-max-with-a-revealing-conclusionThe Yogurt Shop Murders was released on HBO Max in August 2025, detailing the tragic quadruple homicide that occurred at the I Can’t Believe It’s Yogurt! shop in Austin, Texas in 1991. Despite a lengthy—and controversial—investigation, the case remained unsolved at the time the series premiered.Now, aligning with a great documentary trend for 2026, HBO Max will debut a fifth episode of the series as a conclusion, detailing the revelation and its ramifications on family, friends, and investigator...Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.thehorrorlounge.com/post/the-yogurt-shop-murders-returns-to-hbo-max-with-a-revealing-conclusionhttps://www.thehorrorlounge.com/post/good-boy-writer-and-director-ben-leonberg-will-be-helming-sony-s-ankle-snatcherThe 2025 experimental horror hit Good Boy came out in October, placing short-film writer and director Ben Leonberg in the feature-length horror spotlight. Now he’s stepping back into it with news that he will be directing Sony’s Ankle Snatcher, an adaptation of the Grady Hendrix short story of the same name. The original story was released by Amazon Original Stories in 2023 as part of their Creature Feature selection of horror stories, which also featured original works from authors such as Joe...Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.thehorrorlounge.com/post/good-boy-writer-and-director-ben-leonberg-will-be-helming-sony-s-ankle-snatcherhttps://www.thehorrorlounge.com/post/review-the-hive-slithers-into-our-heads-and-won-t-stop-buzzingReleased this week from Titan Books, the sprawling 768-page epic is a labyrinth in nearly every sense of the word. Each chapter is a small piece of a large cosmic puzzle that had me turning pages and racking up notes like coat hangers (you’ll have to read it).Mariner’s Cove is a lovely bayside community in Maryland. Following a violent summer thunderstorm, the residents of the cove find random inanimate objects scattered throughout (a shopping cart wheel, a colander, the rim of a basketball hoop...Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.thehorrorlounge.com/post/review-the-hive-slithers-into-our-heads-and-won-t-stop-buzzinghttps://www.thehorrorlounge.com/post/dexter-resurrection-gains-original-hannibal-lecter-actor-brian-cox-for-season-2Dexter: Resurrection premiered July 2025 on Paramount +, ushering a return of the serial-killing forensic analyst Dexter Morgan, who was last seen in New Blood, the sequel series set ten years after the original series finale. Resurrection returns for a second season this October, and it’s been confirmed that veteran actor Brian Cox will join the cast as the New York Ripper.His character is described as a serial killer who once terrorized New York years ago but is no longer active. He continues...Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.thehorrorlounge.com/post/dexter-resurrection-gains-original-hannibal-lecter-actor-brian-cox-for-season-2https://www.thehorrorlounge.com/post/south-of-midnight-weaves-into-playstation-and-switch-consoles-this-week2026 is shaping into an excellent year for horror video games. February has already displayed that, with Reanimal signifying Tarsier’s epic comeback, and Resident Evil: Requiem bringing Leon S. Kennedy back to Raccoon City. March will be closing out with a special release of South of Midnight for PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch 2. South of Midnight, a fantasy action game from Compulsion Games, was released on April 8, 2025 for Xbox Series X/S and PC. The game received particular praise towards...Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.thehorrorlounge.com/post/south-of-midnight-weaves-into-playstation-and-switch-consoles-this-weekhttps://www.thehorrorlounge.com/post/from-season-four-everything-we-know-so-far-before-its-releaseAfter a long wait, but less than a wait for other series, we have the trailer for the highly anticipated Season 4. The series focuses on the trapped residents of an inescapable supernatural town (labeled “Fromville” by fans), led primarily by Boyd Stevens (Harold Perrineau), a retired military intelligence officer whom the town accepts as their sheriff. Season 3 ended with Tabitha Matthews (Catalina Sandino Moreno) and Jade Herrera (David Alpay) realizing they are reincarnates of their past live...Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.thehorrorlounge.com/post/from-season-four-everything-we-know-so-far-before-its-releasehttps://www.thehorrorlounge.com/post/interview-ronald-malfi-discusses-his-upcoming-horror-book-the-hiveIn the aftermath of a violent storm, a collective obsession is rapidly developing among the people of this quaint suburban neighborhood. Random, everyday items left scattered upon the lawns, the streets, and the shoreline all seem to call out to them. There is an item for almost everyone, and each item has a certain hold over the person who finds it—a hold that soon turns into unwavering infatuation. They hide their items from each other, obsess over them, and they will do anything—anything—to p...Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.thehorrorlounge.com/post/interview-ronald-malfi-discusses-his-upcoming-horror-book-the-hivehttps://www.thehorrorlounge.com/post/interview-nick-apostolides-describes-working-on-cinematic-resident-evil-requiemHorror videogames have been enjoying a resurgence. Some recent testaments include Five Nights at Freddy's 2, Return to Silent Hill, and Zach Cregger's upcoming Resident Evil adaptation, slated for release on September 18, 2026. But before we head to the theaters to see Cregger's original cinematic take on the game, it's rather fitting we can play the "cinematic" ninth installment of the original game series. We recently had a chance to speak Nick Apostolides, the voice and motion capture actor f...Sat, 07 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.thehorrorlounge.com/post/interview-nick-apostolides-describes-working-on-cinematic-resident-evil-requiemhttps://www.thehorrorlounge.com/post/in-cold-light-takes-us-on-different-ridesIn Cold Light opens with local drug lord Ava, played by horror familiar Maika Monroe, lying down in the desert with drug paraphernalia in her hand. She wakes up and drives to a suburban drug house to buy some pills. Shortly after the transaction begins, amidst the sounds of muscle playing videogames and ping pong, the house is raided by the police and Ava is arrested after a brief chase. Two years later, Ava is released from prison and forced to work at a rodeo belonging to her deaf, retired bul...Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.thehorrorlounge.com/post/in-cold-light-takes-us-on-different-rideshttps://www.thehorrorlounge.com/post/dogs-and-their-contribution-to-the-horror-genreThe horror genre has more than its fair share of tropes that have garnered popularity and notoriety for the genre. From evil children to final girls, we’ve become quite familiarized. It’s for this reason we continue to see a steady stream of Scream sequels. But one trope still tugs at our heart strings despite a prolonged history in the genre—dogs. In Halloween, Lindsey Wallace’s German Shephard Lester is strangled to death by Michael Myers after continuously barking at him. In American Psycho,...Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.thehorrorlounge.com/post/dogs-and-their-contribution-to-the-horror-genrehttps://www.thehorrorlounge.com/post/remembering-the-x-files-alumni-tom-noonan-s-roles-in-horrorTom Noonan, a prolific actor with over 28 years of experience in film and television, passed away on February 14th. His cause of death is not yet public, but it was confirmed that he passed on peacefully. Standing at 6 ft 5 in, Noonan was known for playing villainous roles: The Ripper in Last Action Hero, Cain in Robocop 2. This made him a natural fit for horror that extended to both film and television. In The X-Files episode “Paper Hearts,” he portrayed serial killer John Lee Roche to critical...Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.thehorrorlounge.com/post/remembering-the-x-files-alumni-tom-noonan-s-roles-in-horrorhttps://www.thehorrorlounge.com/post/the-best-horror-movies-to-watch-this-valentine-s-dayWith a marketable holiday centralized around love, we may not expect the holiday has some rather interesting origins that don’t quite align with stuffed teddy bears and chocolate. For example, the earliest celebration that took place during the Ides of February was Lupercalia in Ancient Rome. It was a Mediterranean festival in which priests would sacrifice goats and dogs to fertility gods before two of them would fashion the hides of the sacrificed animals into whips. They would then run down th...Fri, 13 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.thehorrorlounge.com/post/the-best-horror-movies-to-watch-this-valentine-s-dayhttps://www.thehorrorlounge.com/post/the-strangers-chapter-3-will-deliver-the-final-kill-to-the-new-trilogyIt’s been less than five months since The Strangers: Chapter 2 was released, and we won't have to wait any longer for the release of the third and final installment in Renny Harlin’s standalone trilogy in the iconic franchise. Madelaine Petsch, returning as Maya, is the Final Girl trapped in the Strangers’ unceasing cycle of violence, pushed toward an inevitable face-off with the masked killers—a terrifying nightmare where the only way out is in.The Strangers: Chapter 3 was simultaneously filmed...Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.thehorrorlounge.com/post/the-strangers-chapter-3-will-deliver-the-final-kill-to-the-new-trilogyhttps://www.thehorrorlounge.com/post/stranger-things-star-finn-wolfhard-scripting-a-remake-of-90s-classic-idle-handsFinn Wolfhard, who just concluded his nine-year tenure as Mike Wheeler, has already branched out his talents with 2025’s Hell of a Summer, which he co-wrote and co-directed with Billy Byrk. He also has his hands in a remake of the 90s cult horror-comedy from director Rodman Flender called, fittingly, Idle Hands. Idle Hands, released in 1999, is about lazy teen stoner Anton Tobias (played by the iconic Devon Sawa) whose hand becomes possessed by the devil and goes on a killing spree, dragging Ant...Fri, 23 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.thehorrorlounge.com/post/stranger-things-star-finn-wolfhard-scripting-a-remake-of-90s-classic-idle-handshttps://www.thehorrorlounge.com/post/this-valentine-s-day-curl-up-on-the-couch-with-reanimalIn this co-op horror adventure game, you play as a brother & sister who go through hell to rescue their missing friends. Exploring by boat and on land, you must use your wits to survive, work together to escape the hellish island, and the dark secret that haunts you.The game had been in development since the COVID-19 pandemic, a time when the future was uncertain and the world felt like something of a shell of its pre-2020 self. Dave Mervik, a senior Narrative Designer for Tarsier Studios, expre...Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.thehorrorlounge.com/post/this-valentine-s-day-curl-up-on-the-couch-with-reanimalhttps://www.thehorrorlounge.com/post/it-welcome-to-derry-reminds-us-of-the-short-lived-hulu-series-castle-rockIt: Welcome to Derry—HBO’s prequel series to Andy Muschietti’s It film series—has been doing quite well with audiences and critics alike. The series explores both new and established lore from the Stephen King universe, with more affordances as a series rather than a constricted two-and-a-half hour film. But It: Welcome to Derry is not the first series to take place in an expansive Stephen King universe, nor is it the first to feature Bill Skarsgård. Castle Rock, a two-season series, premiered o...Mon, 29 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.thehorrorlounge.com/post/it-welcome-to-derry-reminds-us-of-the-short-lived-hulu-series-castle-rockhttps://1428elm.com/31-days-of-horror-the-mortuary-collection-resurrects-old-school-anthologyFrom Creepshow to V/H/S, anthologies have been a well-used storytelling structure in the horror genre. They provide a diverse group of uniquely terrifying segments, usually with an underlying plot. If the film is done well, the stories remain consistent. That is the case for The Mortuary Collection, a 2019 anthology written and directed by Ryan Spindell.The Mortuary Collection premiered at the 2019 Fantastic Fest before coming to the streaming service Shudder in October 2020. The film stars vete...Wed, 29 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://1428elm.com/31-days-of-horror-the-mortuary-collection-resurrects-old-school-anthologyhttps://1428elm.com/small-town-monsters-siege-of-ape-canyon-separates-truth-from-the-mythAn issue that plagues documentaries about Bigfoot, or the hunt for it, is the inevitable ending in which the creature isn’t found. This is not the case with Siege of Ape Canyon, the latest documentary from director Eli Watson. The film is not about the search for Bigfoot, but the pursuit of a local legend embroiled in the Bigfoot legend itself. The documentary, filmed in Washington and Oregon, comes to us from Small Town Monsters, who produce documentaries centered on monster folklore in rural...Tue, 28 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://1428elm.com/small-town-monsters-siege-of-ape-canyon-separates-truth-from-the-mythhttps://1428elm.com/interview-horror-author-nuzo-onoh-talks-about-her-latest-novel-futilityHalloween is less than two weeks away and we're celebrating everything that comes with it; vampires, jack-o-lanterns, werewolves, movie marathons, and vengeful spirits. But no spirit will match the vengeance of Chia and Claire; the main characters in Nuzo Onoh's upcoming novel Futility.Betrayed by the men in their lives, two women seethe with rage and bitterness. When a trickster spirit offers them the gift of revenge, they cannot resist. Chia runs one of the best restaurants in Abuja, Nigeria,...Mon, 20 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://1428elm.com/interview-horror-author-nuzo-onoh-talks-about-her-latest-novel-futilityhttps://1428elm.com/what-should-we-expect-if-a24-wins-the-rights-to-texas-chain-saw-massacreSaturn is in retrograde, and what could be better timing for an update on the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise?According to Deadline, the studio A24 is the highest bidder for the rights to the cinematic property. Given the distinctive aspects of their horror films, and the reputation of the franchise as one of the most popular slashers, our minds are revving up with wonders. As of now, the bidding is not closed, but the studio is in the lead, beating out Monkeypaw Productions and Neon in the ra...Tue, 30 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://1428elm.com/what-should-we-expect-if-a24-wins-the-rights-to-texas-chain-saw-massacrehttps://1428elm.com/this-october-netflix-explores-italian-true-crime-with-the-monster-of-florenceThis October, Netflix is once again offering us some glimpses into the minds and workings of serial killers. In addition to the third season of Ryan Murphy’s series Monster, we will be getting a look at the investigations into Italy’s most brutal serial killer with The Monster of Florence, a miniseries directed by Stefano Sollima (Without Remorse, Sicario: Day of The Soldado).The title comes from the nickname that Italian journalist Mario Spezi coined for the homicidal maniac who killed 16 peopl...Fri, 26 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://1428elm.com/this-october-netflix-explores-italian-true-crime-with-the-monster-of-florencehttps://1428elm.com/weapons-director-zach-cregger-gains-renowned-cinematographer-for-his-resident-evil-rebootWeapons has just been digitally released and director Zach Cregger is still receiving praise for it. He has his work cut out for him with his upcoming Resident Evil reboot, which he recently revealed will be an original story and not one adapted from the games. While that may be concerning, recent news helps maintain our confidence in the project.Dariusz Wolski, a renowned cinematographer whose work includes Napoleon, Sweeney Todd, The Crow, and the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, has been...Fri, 19 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://1428elm.com/weapons-director-zach-cregger-gains-renowned-cinematographer-for-his-resident-evil-reboothttps://1428elm.com/v-h-s-85-director-s-upcoming-remake-of-the-blob-resonates-with-current-timesIn an era of remakes, reboots, and revivals, a second remake of a film is still somewhat rare. The Blob is one of those instances. Having first been released in 1958, and remade in 1988, a planned second remake has been in its own blob of development hell for over 16 years. David S. Goyer, the producer of the long-awaited film, stated in an interview with ComicBook.com that, like the previous films, the new take will explore themes of its own time. The Blob (1958) centered on a gelatinous alien...Tue, 16 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://1428elm.com/v-h-s-85-director-s-upcoming-remake-of-the-blob-resonates-with-current-timeshttps://1428elm.com/him-star-marlon-wayans-adapting-south-korean-game-show-midnight-horror-story-for-the-usWith Him releasing next month, and the recent cast confirmations for Scary Movie 6, Marlon Wayans has been a trending name in horror. That trend continues with recent word from Wayans that he and frequent collaborator Rick Alvarez plan to adapt the popular South Korean game show Midnight Horror Story for US audiences through their company Ugly Baby Productions.Midnight Horror Story, now in its fifth season, comes from Munhwa Broadcasting Company (MBC). It features actors circled around a table...Fri, 29 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://1428elm.com/him-star-marlon-wayans-adapting-south-korean-game-show-midnight-horror-story-for-the-ushttps://1428elm.com/the-jester-2-will-premiere-at-a-special-two-night-screeningThis spooky season, DREAD and Fathom Entertainment are treating us to some wicked tricks with The Jester 2, Colin Krawchuk’s highly anticipated sequel to his 2023 fan-favorite. The Jester centered on Jocelyn and Emma; two sisters grieving their father’s untimely death who find themselves in a challenging game of survival against The Jester on Halloween night. Before long, The Jester begins to wreak havoc on their entire town. DREAD, in collaboration with distributor Fathom Entertainment, is rele...Mon, 25 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://1428elm.com/the-jester-2-will-premiere-at-a-special-two-night-screeninghttps://1428elm.com/anthology-based-on-stephen-king-classic-is-releasing-this-weekM-o-o-n, that spells return. This week, we’re returning to the plague-ridden world that hosted the ultimate showdown between good and evil with The End of the World as We Know It: New Tales from Stephen King's The Stand.The 800-page anthology is a collection of 34 short stories set during and after the events of The Stand, Stephen King’s post-apocalyptic epic originally published in 1978 and re-released with 400 additional, unedited pages in 1990. The sprawling dark fantasy centers on the event...Wed, 20 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://1428elm.com/anthology-based-on-stephen-king-classic-is-releasing-this-week