No one with any good sense…Shirley Jackson’s 1959 novel The Haunting of Hill House – and The Haunting, the classic 1963 film which adapted it – unfolds in one of horror’s least desirable residences. So expect to encounter spirits in Hill House – like the creepy “Bent Neck Lady”. “When you get to episode 5 you’ll see Russ Tamblyn, who played Luke in the Robert Wise film,” Flanagan reveals. One of my favourite parts of production was giving him a tour of Hill House – that was absolutely surreal!

Another week, another Fortnite patch, alongside promises of yet more to come via the in-game News section of the free-to-play battle royale shooter. According to its News entry, the Quadcrasher lets its pilots “Charge the boost to crash through structures or get some air”, though that’s all the information we have to go on right now. Read more 13 awesome battle royale games like PUBGThat said, the ability to “crash through structures” poses some very interesting implications for Fortnite Battle

Case in point: these Avengers 4 toys not only show off new costumes for Thor and Rocket Raccoon, it also has a squint-and-you’ll-miss-it reference to new Avengers 4 villains. As discovered by ComicBook.com, the toy leak – which you can see below – comes packed with some, let’s just say, interesting white Avengers costumes which appear to be rejects from a Tron sequel that never quite made it to the silver screen. If that’s true, then Thanos might be sidelined for an even bigger threat to the MCU

Using the right track is crucial to making sure a game’s trailer sticks in your mind, and the Music Week’s Sync Awards will recognize that next week in London. Massive Attack and Metro Exodus will fight it out with Take Me Home, Country Roads and Fallout 76 and Leonard Cohen and Assassin’s Creed Origins. The ceremony will take place in London on October 18, and will be hosted by British comedian Tom Ward. Stormzy & Skepta took home the prize. Find out more at the official site.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 is out today, and players are already worried about the state of its multiplayer. Twitch streamer Passi49 recently shared some footage of Black Ops 4’s sprays and emotes on Reddit (spotted by Dexerto ), and several of those emotes switch to a third-person camera when used. So, many players are now worried that in a competitive first-person shooter like Black Ops 4, the broader third-person perspective these emotes provide will be abused to peek around corners, especiall

Funko Pocket Pop! Harry Potter advent calendar for $54.99 on Amazon: Count down the days until Christmas with an advent calendar featuring miniature collectibles from J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World. Some advent calendars open to reveal a tableau of art, while others hide chocolates and other treats or, in the case of the Harry Potter Funko one, small toys. line, meaning each figure is about an inch to an inch and a half tall – they aren’t the larger Funko Pop! It’s like The Twelve Days of Christ

As of Tuesday, October 16, Destiny 2’s Curse of Osiris and Warmind DLCs will come bundled with its new Forsaken expansion, Bungie announced in a recent blog post. Bungie says it’s put them together to “make it less complicated for other Guardians to begin their journey in Forsaken.” Note that Destiny 2’s annual pass, which covers three smaller DLCs starting with this winter’s Black Armory , is still sold separately. Even so, it’s nice to see Destiny 2’s underwhelming year one DLC blended into Fo

Look out Conan O’Brien, Ellen DeGeneres is jumping aboard the ” clueless gamer ” train, and she’s doing it with the help of one of the most popular games in the world: Fortnite . This week, the popular talk show host invited Fortnite streamer Tyler ‘Ninja’ Blevins onto her set so he could give her a quick lesson in the art of battle royale. Ellen is known for making dancing a big part of her show – she does it, her guests do it, the audience does it, even her staff does it. When Ellen Show DJ St

Former id Software designer John Carmack has finally settled his $22.5 million lawsuit against ZeniMax, which he filed in March 2017 on the grounds that ZeniMax owed him a chunk of change resulting from its 2009 acquisition of id Software. Carmack’s lawsuit was filed shortly after a jury ruled in favor of ZeniMax in its lawsuit against Oculus VR , where Carmack now works as CTO. A court found that Oculus co-founder Palmer Luckey broke an NDA with ZeniMax, who collaborated with Oculus on its Rift

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 launches on October 12 and brings some significant, and some controversial, changes to a formula that’s overdue for a proper shakeup. Gone is the single-player campaign; instead, Treyarch has focused on the multiplayer, a heaping helping of Zombies, and the marquee battle royale Blackout mode . Call of Duty Black Ops 4 Special EditionsSpecialist EditionThis one is only available through GAME in the UK, but it comes with 1,100 Call of Duty Points and some TBA digital bon

In a recent interview Flanagan spoke about making a “family horror” story, making it a rival of the best horror movie of the year so far, Hereditary. Rachel WeberWhat: The Haunting of Hill HouseWhere: NetflixWhen: October 12The 25 best horror movies on Netflix3. Will the Jump Force beta reveal it to be a competitive game, or a just-for-fun fighter? Either way, anime and manga fans should be happy – but I don’t know if Jump Force will have the kind of competitive, spectator-esport appeal as Drago

But such was the case while demoing Magic Leap , an augmented reality headset that debuted earlier this year. It’s hailed as an immensely exciting frontier for interactive entertainment, yet I just can’t envision the day when Magic Leap’s AR is a must-have for the gaming populace. In other words, Magic Leap’s experiences can’t stand on their own – they need a backdrop. After I fought Dr. Grordbort’s Invaders, I also got to try a demo of Angry Birds built for Magic Leap. For comparison, the first

West Virginia’s businesses have latched onto Fallout 76 in a big way, with many hoping the game’s setting will drive people to visit the state itself. West Virginia’s tourism office, for example, has partnered with Bethesda to create Fallout 76-themed guides and activities which not only showcase the state’s beauty, but also shed new light on the locations and monsters in the game. The headliner is an image gallery showing state landmarks as they appear in real life and in the game. The most str

When director Julius Avery was making new horror movie Overlord, he wanted to use practical effects instead of the standard CGI. That might look great on film, but according to star Jovan Adepo in a new interview with SFX Magazine , it was also a little unnerving to see on set. “I was easily grossed out by them,” he says of the prosthetic creature effects used in the movie. Avery revealed that Adepo’s audition made him cry, and once he was hired, Adepo had to go through a real boot camp with the

The Black Armory, the first DLC in Destiny 2’s post- Forsaken Annual Pass, is due this winter, and according to recent leaks it will add three fan-favorite Exotic weapons from the original Destiny, plus a new tier of gear. However, The Black Armory is explicitly about rebuilding the finest weapons ever crafted, which fits with the leaks. The Last Word, meanwhile, would sit nicely alongside the Huckleberry, Prospector and Chaperone, Destiny 2’s other Tex Mechanica-made weapons. This fit with the

The great news: Ryan Coogler, the director and co-writer of Marvel’s breakout hit Black Panther, has signed on to direct and write the sequel, according to The Hollywood Reporter . After Black Panther grossed over $1.3 billion worldwide and vaulted the oft-forgotten hero into the limelight, Coogler no doubt has the clout to do anything he damn well pleases with whatever comes next for T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman) in Black Panther 2. But we can always speculate, and the biggest questions we have r

Forget the best horror movies , I was freaked out by the sharks in Finding Nemo. In that case, consider the following list of scary movies, which definitely fall into the horror genre category, but are slightly more wholesome, lighthearted, and viewer-friendly than the more purist and extreme horror movies out there. ScreamScare-rating: 3/10Do you like scary movies? But it is just as much a nostalgic, Amblin-inspired coming of age story as it is a scary movie. 28 Days LaterScare-rating: 6/10Zomb

“This is gonna work,” Maggie beams during The Walking Dead season 9 detour to a museum just outside Washington D.C. She’s not far wrong. After all, who doesn’t want to see The Walking Dead return to its golden days? The scene in question, all 11 minutes and 48 seconds of it at the beginning of The Walking Dead season 9 premiere, is a case study in just how the show should move forward without Rick. Rick isn’t gunning people down here, nor is he getting in a dick-measuring contest with Negan in a

Override: Mech City Brawl isn’t technically a Pacific Rim game, but also, it definitely is. players) control each mechanised limb from the inside. There are no combos or force multipliers to rack up during each of the five to 10 minute long battles. “Just like Pacific Rim, Override is unashamedly big, dumb, if somewhat unremarkable fun.” As something that can intermittently be booted up at parties, social gatherings, and family get togethers, I’m pretty confident Override will satisfy.

Netflix’s The Haunting Of Hill House starts on October 12, and to mark the creepy occasion SFX Magazine has an interview with showrunner and director Mike Flanagan. In it he explains why the focus of the new series is “family horror,” and what that means for the unlucky inhabitants. “This was always a show about family, grief and trauma,” he tells SFX . To me, it’s more interesting to be in that world and let the horror elements creep into that space than it is to just go for the jolt.”Flanagan