Hello, horror fam! And, welcome to a very different Cutting Edge Horror blog. If you have been here before, then you might have noticed that Cutting Edge Horror is taking a bit of a different and exciting turn. Instead of focusing solely on film, book, and trailer reviews, the focus is expanding to include horror …
The Story The Girl Next Door, by Jack Ketchum, is about a young boy who witnesses the torture of a young girl. The girl, Meg, along with her younger sister, are left to the care of their aunt, Ruth Chandler, after a car accident killed both of their parents. Things seem to start off well, …
The Story Veronica, directed by Paco Plaza (REC), is about a teenager who holds a seance during a solar eclipse. She and her friends try to reach the spirit of her father, who recently passed away. They end up summoning something far more sinister. According to Bloody Disgusting, Veronica is based on true events, about …
The Story The Ritual, directed by David Bruckner and written by Joe Barton, begins when a group of men plan to take a holiday together by hiking. Tragedy strikes and one of the group is killed in a robbery. In order to honor his memory, the rest of his friends follow through with their plans …
The Story The Devil Crept In, by Ania Ahlborn, begins when Stevie’s cousin and only friend, Jude, goes missing. The cops cannot find him, and Stevie suspects that they are not even trying. Feeling that the adults have given up hope, he takes matters into his own hands and sets out to find Jude. What …
The Story The Babysitter, directed by McG, follows twelve-year-old Cole. He is unpopular and afraid of everything, and is also in love with his babysitter, Bee. She is cool and confident, and is the envy of many a male gaze. One evening, while Bee is babysitting, she sends Cole to bed. A short while later, …
Blumhouse does it again, with what looks to be another terrifying movie. Truth or Dare stars Lucy Hale (Pretty Little Liars), Landon Liboiron (Hemlock Grove), and Tyler Posey (Teen Wolf). It is directed by Jeff Wadlow (Consulting Producer for Bates Motel). Truth or Dare is about a game that comes to life in a startling …
Slender Man is the new movie from the director of I’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer, Sylvain White. It stars young actors such as Joey King (Independence Day:Resurgence and The Conjuring) and Julia Golandi Telles (The Affair). The tale of Slender Man comes to life for four young girls in a rural town. They summon Slender …
The Story My Best Friend’s Exorcism, by Grady Hendrix, begins when two girls, Abby Rivers and Gretchen Lang, become best friends. They meet at Abby’s unsuccessful birthday party, where only newcomer Gretchen shows up. The story moves forward and follows the duo as they grow up, and enter sophomore year of high school. They are …
The Story Darling, the first horror novel by Brad C. Hodson, is set in the mysterious Raynham Place, an apartment complex in Tennessee with a dark and complex history. The lands were once a site of a battlefield during the Civil War, and then became a tuberculosis hospital. In the present day, dark and mysterious …
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