Tuesday 30 May 2023

The Rotting Zombie's Round-up of Horror News for May 2023


I've done the usual for this month, set myself a one hour time limit with which to write a bulked up news post about all things fictional horror. As usual, I'm playing lots of horror video games, too many to list. I will say my addiction to The Elder Scrolls Online hasn't diminished, I can never shake the feeling that I'm wasting my time on an infinite MMORPG rather than playing things I actually have a chance of finishing!

Horror action film The Flood now has an official trailer out. Described as 'Prisoners vs. Alligators', this sees five prisoners having to shelter in an old sheriff's department while being transported, due to a once in every fifty years superstorm. Eventually, they are forced to team up with the police to survive an assault by deadly alligators. This features Casper Van Dien (Starship Troopers, Sleepy Hollow), Nicky Whelan (Halloween II), Louis Mandylor (Rambo: Last Blood), and Mike Ferguson (The Last Deal). The Flood comes to theatres, On Demand, and Digital on July 14th.


Chilling Tales for Dark Nights is an audio horror channel that features some work from Steve Gray, including 'Bestial', 'The Vampire Testament' and 'Demon Doll'. 'Bestial' stars Jon Mach Maciag as The Detective and is about a girl who becomes attracted to a mysterious stranger new to the town she lives in, with the detective suspicious of the new arrival due to murders that occur the same time he appears. 'The Vampire Testament' is narrated by Gray and is about a long dead man given the opportunity to get revenge against the Holy Order who killed him. 'Demon Doll' meanwhile is a music video loosely based around the doll from the Annabelle films. To hear these, as well as plenty of other stuff then head to the channel here.


The first trailer and stills have been released for short horror Biters & Bleeders. Written by Charlie Carson Monroe, this is the debut short horror film from New 32, an independent queer-owned film company. The short is about a troubled couple who move into a stately home after the husband inherits it, hoping the move will help fix their interpersonal problems. An infestation of monstrous bed bugs tip the couple over the edge however. Biters & Bedbugs will debut on the festival circuit later this year.


A brief non-horror related bit of news now, only mentioned due to the polite email. Crush! is the latest single from Nashville rock group CHLSY. The track is described as '...the ultimate love anthem with heavy Indie Rock and Pop influences'. If you have Spotify then you can find it here. I've given it a listen on YouTube and yeah, it's a pretty good track actually.


Girls Under Glass have released a new music video for their track 'Tainted', it features the iconic Norwegian artist Mortiis. It is the first track to be taken from upcoming album 'Backdraft', which is due to release on June 2nd by Dependent Records of Germany. You can check out the new video below.

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