Cinema is filled with memorable performances, iconic characters, and actors let loose to chew-scenery like there’s no tomorrow. Just recently, Anna Hathaway went full-throttle on the...
November becomes Noirvember, as the month’s viewing habits are dedicated to film noir for many cinephiles. The loosely defined genre emerged in the ‘40s, linked to...
The latest by director Christopher Landon revives that same blend of humor, horror, and heart that made his Happy Death Day films so endearing and entertaining. Co-written with...
Watching horror movies as an effective means of reducing anxiety and stress has been a frequent subject of study over the years, and we’re all probably...
With all episodes of The Boys’ second season now available on Amazon Prime Video, we’re already counting the days until season three. It doesn’t help that exciting...
November is here, which means Halloween has come and gone far too quickly as usual. This week, we’re chasing the post-Halloween blues away with a whole...
Filmmaker Bryan Bertino made it clear right out of the gate that he was uninterested in happy endings or tidy explanations. Shaking audiences to their core...
There’s a long history in horror of fractured minds that blur the lines between fact and fantasy and serial killers that can’t quite tell what’s real...
Part of Netflix’s packed Halloween lineup, dubbed “Netflix and Chills,” the streaming platform fittingly saves its most chilling entry for release on Devil’s Night. Merging real...
Filmmaker Christopher Landon showcased his ability to merge the slasher with ’80s movie charm in Happy Death Day and its sequel Happy Death Day 2U. Both gave the slasher...
When it comes to the rules of Halloween, Trick’ r Treat serves as an entertaining, definitive rulebook to keep Samhain at bay. Keep your jack o’ lantern...
It’s surprising that voodoo or hoodoo-based horror movies aren’t more prominent. The most notable entries in this niche subgenre are imbued with mystery, the mysticism of...
Filmmaker Jacob Chase caught notice with the 2017 short film Larry, a creepypasta-like tale that saw a man in a parking lot booth terrorized by an entity...
For anyone who grew up with 1996’s The Craft, especially young women, it became a formative film. It wasn’t just that the four teens dabbled with...
Long before Disney’s Halloweentown became requisite Halloween viewing for a generation, there was The Midnight Hour. First airing on ABC on November 1, 1985, the made-for-television movie was the Halloweentown...
With Boys in the Trees, director Nicholas Verso spun a coming-of-age tale steeped in dark fantasy and Halloween. The festival favorite captured the ‘90s, but more importantly, it showcased...
Many of horror’s most memorable villains have an uncanny ability to charm. Their winsome smiles or sympathetic nature creates a deceptive mask that effectively hides the...
Halloween is nearly upon us! But in a year where nothing is normal and trick-or-treating is among the many holiday festivities severely impacted, Halloween for the...
If you grew up in the ’90s, chances are the TGIF programming block on ABC every Friday night was part of your regular viewing rotation. Family-friendly...
Horror is filled with curses that unleash boogeymen on unsuspecting souls after they’re dared to do the one thing that invokes them. Those evil entities don’t...
There are few Halloween traditions in the realm of television as reliable or long-running as the annual Treehouse of Horror episodes of The Simpsons. For almost as long as...
Folklore is filled with horror. For centuries, stories of ancient demons and monstrous creatures lurk in the dark, waiting to punish misdeeds by the young and...
Ask anyone who grew up with Nicolas Roeg’s adaptation of Roald Dahl‘s The Witches, and they’ll fondly recall Anjelica Huston’s imposing portrayal of the Grand High Witch...
It’s Halloween; everyone’s entitled to one good scare. With this week’s streaming picks, expect many potent chills. Ghosts and hauntings tend to frighten more effectively than...
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