The opening scene makes it clear that guessing where Valdimar Jóhannsson’s feature debut will head makes for an exercise in futility. The suggestive depravity of it...
It’s officially Fall, and October is mere days away. Ahead of peak Halloween season, this week’s streaming picks celebrate autumn. The cooler weather, the turning leaves,...
The opening title card’s preceding text reads “Dario Argento presents,” which fits in a certain sense; She Will operates within the realm of dreams. It’s a story...
Lupita (Adriana Barraza) isn’t your average horror heroine. She’s a firecracker, for sure, but she’s also someone whose hot-tempered reputation precedes her. Lupita’s pissed off about...
Scream shook the slasher foundation so hard upon release that it ushered in a new wave of teen slashers eager to follow suit. The ’90s are back...
Slasher series creator Aaron Martin and showrunner Ian Carpenter understand one of the most essential elements to a slasher; the kills. And “Slasher: Flesh & Blood,” available exclusively on Shudder, delivered big...
Acclaimed horror master Álex de la Iglesia (The Day of the Beast, Witching & Bitching, The Last Circus) turned religious horror upside down in HBO/HBO Max’s series “30 Coins”...
It’s already been an insanely packed year for genre offerings, and the Halloween season is about to compound that tenfold with some major anticipated releases still...
For the most part, writer/director Camille Griffin’s feature debut, Silent Night, plays like many comedies set around holiday gatherings. It features typical awkwardness that comes from...
Corinna Faith’s supernatural chiller, The Power, takes place in 1974 London when mandated blackouts plunged the city into darkness every night. It’s the worst-case scenario for Val (Rose...
Few storytellers kill their darlings as well as Mike Flanagan. Or more to the point, few storytellers make you care so much about the story’s characters....
Sion Sono’s English-language debut, Prisoners of the Ghostland, stars Nicolas Cage in what the prolific actor describes as “the wildest movie I’ve ever made.” It’s an instantly...
Filmmaker Julia Ducournau broke out with a provocative debut feature that blended horror, comedy, and tenderness in a coming-of-age cannibal tale. It set the bar high for...
Underseen on Netflix is the Senegalese series Sakho & Mangane, a stylish crime procedural with a supernatural twist. Its creator, Jean Luc Herbulot, again displays a talent for...
Nicolas Cage described Prisoners of the Ghostland as “the wildest movie I’ve ever made.” Considering the actor’s list of genre credits, that’s an instant eyebrow-raising statement, and the plot...
Shudder proves it’s not messing around with their “61 Days of Halloween” lineup by bringing back the Halloween queen of camp, Elvira! This year marks the...
This article contains spoilers, including images. Be warned… Director James Wan‘s latest, Malignant, has set the internet ablaze with his bizarre spin on Giallo, drawing heavy inspiration from his...
Fairy tales and scary stories make for a perfect gateway into the genre for many children. Who among us isn’t familiar with the nightmarish imagery and...
The Guilty originated as a critically acclaimed, intense Danish thriller that marked the feature debut by Gustav Möller. A seemingly simple premise set entirely within a single-location...
In Universal’s Frankenstein, Boris Karloff’s breakthrough role as the Monster kickstarted his ascension into one of cinema’s greatest horror icons. The upcoming documentary Boris Karloff: The Man...
Director Michael Pearce demonstrated a keen ability to play in multiple genre sandboxes simultaneously with his feature debut, Beast, which kept audiences guessing right up until its conclusion. His...
Director Rob Savage captured that trapped feeling of lockdown with last summer’s buzziest horror movie, Host, a Zoom séance gone wrong. It established Savage as a filmmaker who wears...
Save for sunlight or perhaps a stake to the heart, vampires live forever. Instead of just one lifetime, they can experience many. That means that a...
Existing somewhere at the crossroads of Jack Ketchum’s “The Box” and Rose Glass’s Saint Maud lies A Banquet. A strange affliction wreaks havoc on the lives of a family...
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