Two of Haruki Murakami’s classic tales of ennui and ambivalence – Scheherazade and Sleep – gain new life in this impressive manga adaptation. The right story...
There’s at least one more season of American Horror Story on the horizon and details about the upcoming Season 13 are starting to come in. It’s...
Netflix’s ‘Devil May Cry’ is the latest video game adaptation to hit its mark through subversive storytelling and kinetic combat that’s full of demon-slaying bliss. “Mythology...
Steven Soderbergh’s stripped down ghost story, ‘Presence,’ is an impressive evolution and subversion of the popular low-budget found-footage ghost trend. “My boy…he came back to save...
‘Heart Eyes’ continues horror’s successful tradition of terrifying tales and extreme slashers that take advantage of the year’s most romantic holiday. Holidays can be a wonderful...
Castlevania: Nocturne works out its freshman growing pains with a more focused and emotionally powerful second season that’s rich in monsters, mayhem, and dark magic. “Despair...
Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu has redefined the iconic vampire story, but Buffy tackled comparable territory 25 years earlier with its subversive Dracula episode. “Your power is rooted...
2024 was a breakout year for horror films from across the globe, the likes of which deserve just as much attention and accolades as any domestic...
2024 was a crowded year for television that had its share of misfires, but among the droves of disposable content was some stellar horror programming –...
Casper Kelly, the writer and director of Adult Swim Yule Log 2, opens up on his surprise sequel, genre mash-ups, the joys of practical effects, and...
Adult Swim once again defies expectations with a bold, brilliant genre experiment that transforms a yule log video into a horror/Hallmark hybrid about second chances. “I...
The Simpsons’ Ray Bradbury-inspired horror and sci-fi anthology episode strikes gold with clever parodies, concise writing, and hilarious gags. The Simpsons’ “Treehouse of Horror” specials were...
The Simpsons’ annual “Treehouse of Horror” Halloween specials were a seasonal highlight and a strong opportunity for the animated series to truly let loose and explore...
Ryan Murphy, Jon Robin Baitz, and Joe Baken’s Grotesquerie started in a rather unassuming fashion, but it was clear that a palpable darkness was brewing under...
Psychonaut begins with a concise definition of its titular concept — a person who explores altered states of consciousness within the human mindscape — only to...
Gazer, at its core, is a film about voyeurism and humanity’s innate compulsion to not just want to be voyeurs, but to understand and make sense...
It’s incredibly human to want to be seen and accepted, warts and all. It’s a deeply vulnerable experience and territory that can be ripe for horror...
Revenge stories are one of horror’s most popular sub-genres that range from arthouse endeavors, to gritty grindhouse fare, to pulpy “torture porn” and everything in between....
There’s been an exciting influx of female transformation horror films in recent years, such as The First Omen, Smile 2, The Substance, and Titane. All these...
‘American Horror Stories’ delivers five uniquely alarming tales of terror that tackle liminal spaces, clones, Leprechauns, and more. “You know, we invented hell.” There was a...
“What is our current dark purpose?” Each What We Do in the Shadows season has been interested in the unique growing pains experienced by Staten Island’s...
Netflix’s animated Tomb Raider series captures the essence of the popular gaming franchise and delivers an action-packed adventure that’s ripe with mysticism and monsters. Netflix has...
Despite an evocative atmosphere and a rewarding embrace of folk horror, Brian Taylor’s take on the big, red paranormal detective feels creatively lost in limbo. Hellboy...
Chuck Palahniuk’s latest novel is an experimental and subversive coming of age satire that skewers an increasingly commodified society through hallucinogenic hubris. “Clarity is paramount. Even...
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