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Resident Evil 4 Remake ‘Chapter 0’ Released to Bring Back Cut Content
A fan-made mod, “Chapter 0”, has reconstructed an unused prologue for Capcom’s Resident Evil 4 remake, placing Ashley Graham in the village before Leon’s arrival. It offers a rare playable glimpse of abandoned game material and expands on Ashley’s role, though the cut sequence may have been removed to preserve the remake’s slower, more ominous…
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Pokémon Champions review: Peak monster battling
Pokémon Champions is presented as a focused competitive battling platform that makes player-versus-player Pokémon battles more accessible. The reviewer says its streamlined approach revived their interest in competitive play by removing much of the time-consuming preparation traditionally required to assemble a viable team. Rather than catching or breeding Pokémon for ideal statistics, players recruit them…
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I found solace from Silent Hill: Townfall’s stealthy horror in the soothing Britishness of its abandoned homes
Silent Hill: Townfall appears to shift the series towards a more stealth-focused form of survival horror, leaving its protagonist Simon ill-equipped for direct combat in the abandoned Scottish village of St. Amelia. The preview argues that this vulnerability creates stronger tension, while the setting’s recognisably 1990s British details provide an unexpectedly comforting contrast to the…
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Children’s books roundup – the best new picture books and novels
This roundup recommends a wide range of new children’s books, from colourful board books and poetry collections to historical nonfiction, fantasy, thrillers and young-adult fiction. It highlights books designed to entertain while also exploring subjects including friendship, foster care, migration, history and war. Selections are organised broadly by age, beginning with toddler-friendly *Small Monster, Big…
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7 Years Later, This Stephen King Psychological Thriller Remains a Near-Perfect Sequel
Polygon argues that Mike Flanagan’s 2019 film Doctor Sleep remains an exceptionally effective Stephen King adaptation because it successfully follows both King’s novel The Shining and Stanley Kubrick’s influential 1980 film. The sequel matters, the article says, because it reconciles elements King disliked in Kubrick’s version with the imagery and atmosphere audiences admired. Doctor Sleep…
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Australian Supernatural Horror ‘Effigy’ Wraps, Unveils First Looks (EXCLUSIVE)
Australian supernatural horror film “Effigy” has finished production and released its first-look images. Set in 1989 England, it follows the Marsh family after they uncover a mysterious doll and suffer a violent haunting, with the threat becoming increasingly focused on their daughter. The project matters as an emerging Australian genre production aiming for a festival…
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Aussie teacher describes split-second ‘left hook’ that saved her life during great white shark attack
Australian teacher Leah Stewart has described fighting a great white shark during an attack at Coogee Beach, saying she chose to strike it with her left hand to protect her face. The attack left the 34-year-old mother of one in a coma for two weeks and resulted in the amputation of an arm, highlighting the…
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Toy Story 5 Date, Cybersecurity Warning and Birth Tourism Subpoena
Disney Plus confirms Toy Story 5’s September arrival as researchers flag supply-chain risks. US House Republicans subpoena a Florida birth-tourism entrepreneur, while Robert Carlyle recalls The Full Monty’s terrifying finale.
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The Creator of Too Many Cooks Explores the Horror of Children’s Television with Buddy: Review
Buddy is a comedy-horror film from Casper Kelly, creator of Too Many Cooks, that turns the cheerful conventions of children’s television into an increasingly unsettling mystery. The review finds it effective as a puzzle-box story, using the disappearance of children from the world of a singing orange unicorn to explore darker shifts in reality, though…