Between surprise hit Train to Busan and its animated prequel Seoul Station, director Yeon Sang-Ho proved the zombie apocalypse remains fertile ground for thrills, social commentary, and emotional depth....
Note: This review covers the first five episodes screened. H.P. Lovecraft unleashed cosmic horrors, elder things, and countless indescribable beasties on the world, but the author...
Before the advent of the digital age in media, made-for-television movies were event TV. They were a smart way to get family and friends to stay...
In a genre where the imagination runs wild, and anything goes, some horror movies are so far out there that they immediately beg the question of...
Ridley Scott’s Alien left an indelible mark on horror set in space. It’s hard not to default and defer to Alien whenever there’s a particularly nasty extraterrestrial in horror, especially...
The haunted house is a staple of horror for a good reason. Not much is more inherently terrifying than spaces meant to provide security, comfort, or...
Very few horror franchises manage to retain consistency throughout. Writers and directors change, usually altering continuity and mythos in the process. On-screen, the torch between protagonists...
There’s something inherently scary about bugs and creepy crawlers before you even apply them to horror. Rationally, they’re so much smaller than us, so we shouldn’t...
La Llorona, or the Weeping Woman, is one of the most well-known figures in Latin American folklore. The details of her origins may differ, but the...
The 2007 killer croc movie Black Water drew inspiration from a true story in which a pregnant woman, her boyfriend, and her sister were terrorized by a crocodile...
There’s something vastly appealing, on an international scale, about giant monster movies. For nearly as long as film has existed, there’s been massive-sized beasts decimating cities...
The Marvel Cinematic Universe may have popularized the use of post-credits scenes, but they’ve been around for decades. One of the earliest appearances of the post-credit...
Writer/director Amy Seimetz couldn’t have anticipated that her film about contagious fear would release amidst a pandemic. Still, it’s hard to dismiss the strangely prescient layer...
If ever there was a horror movie that exemplified then used the current pandemic lockdown situation to its full advantage, it’s this one. Early on in...
For many of us, Netflix’s recent addition of Hannibal means an easy binge of one of horror’s best television shows of all time. The three-season run...
Throw up some devil horns, this week’s streaming picks are dedicated to one of the genre’s most prominent villains: the Devil. There are endless horror movies...
Between last summer’s Crawl, Shudder’s recent release of The Pool, this summer’s Black Water: Abyss and the lethal lion feature, Rogue, man versus apex predator horror movies are on...
Joko Anwar’s Satan’s Slaves presented endless chills and spooky atmosphere when a family matriarch unleashed a family curse. Anwar’s latest once again explores the theme of inherited curses...
Renny Harlin’s 1999 big-budget feature, Deep Blue Sea, reintroduced the shark to the summer blockbuster with grand spectacle and a heavy emphasis on action. Its direct-to-home release...
It’s been five years since the stateside release of [REC] 4: Apocalypse, the closing entry to a standout franchise in modern horror. Starting with 2007’s [REC], this unique...
With the popularity of online vacation rental companies like Airbnb, it’s a little surprising that very few horror movies have taken inspiration from it. Though it’s...
Now just over halfway into 2020, it’s difficult not to think back to almost seven months ago and remember the optimism that the start of a...
It’s been a little over a decade since Eric Bress last turned in a horror screenplay, the pleasantly surprising The Final Destination, and over fifteen years...
Among the many things keeping us sane these days, besides movies, of course, are games. Video games, board games, virtual escape rooms, and even jigsaw puzzles...
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