Based on the title alone, you’d be forgiven for dismissing formerly titled Boyz in the Wood as a non-genre riff on 1991’s acclaimed Boyz n the Hood. Even...
At the conclusion of Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey, Death (William Sadler) joined the Wyld Stallyns band after aiding Bill (Alex Winter) and Ted (Keanu Reeves) in...
Horror remakes often get a bad rap. For fans, nothing draws ire as fast as a remake announcement of a highly regarded original. In other words,...
If anyone has their life together, it’s probably an author of a self-help book. The cool confidence and know-how wisdom needed to give readers advice to...
If you took The Village and Rosemary’s Baby and tossed them into a blender, you’d have the moody aesthetic of The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw. An opening text scroll delivers setup...
In a modern age where we’re glued to our phones and always on the go, road rage is no longer a cute term for inconsiderate drivers....
At least once per decade since his feature debut, The Last House on the Left, Wes Craven shook up the horror genre. Especially in the slasher realm,...
The premiere of HBO’s Lovecraft Country wasted no time getting straight to the horrors of this ’50s set world. On their road trip in search of a missing...
Upon theatrical release on August 18, 2000, The Cell proved deeply divisive despite its strong showing at the box office. While most agreed that the visual style was...
The ’90s tend to be considered the worst decade of horror, but it’s more accurately a transitional period. The VHS craze winded down and gave way...
The mere mention of The Exorcist III tends to bring to mind two things: one of the most effective and iconic jump scares of all time, and Brad...
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...
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