Chrissy Stockton
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What Became of Lizzie Borden After Her Murder Trial?
Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story ends by offering a dramatized answer to who killed Andrew and Abby Borden. The historical record leaves that question unresolved. Lizzie Borden left court a free woman in June 1893, but suspicion followed her for the remaining 34 years of her life. No one else was convicted of killing her…
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Stephen King Called This One of the Best Horror Novels Ever Written. Most People Have Never Heard of It
Ask a horror fan to name the scariest haunted house novels of all time, and you’ll almost certainly hear The Haunting of Hill House or The Shining. Rarely will you hear The House Next Door, Anne Rivers Siddons’ 1978 novel that Stephen King himself singled out as one of the best genre novels of the…
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Henry Winkler Played the Principal in ‘Scream,’ but the Studio Refused to Put His Name on the Movie’s Poster
Henry Winkler earned decades of goodwill playing the Fonz on “Happy Days,” but that beloved image nearly kept his name out of one of horror’s most famous slasher films. The studio behind the original “Scream” believed Winkler’s sitcom past would weaken the movie’s scares — even though audiences applauded when his character appeared during test…
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Three Years After “Scream” Cut Her Over Gaza Posts, Melissa Barrera Says the Support for Macklemore Proves “Things Have Changed.”
Melissa Barrera got emotional watching Finneas, Aaron Rowe and other opening acts walk away from Ed Sheeran’s tour in support of Macklemore — because when she was fired from the “Scream” franchise in 2023 over posts criticizing Israel’s actions in Gaza, no one did the same for her. “It was so beautiful to see Finneas…
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Zach Cregger’s ‘Resident Evil’ Reboot Opened to $60 Million, the Biggest Debut in the Franchise’s 24-Year History
Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil reboot didn’t just meet expectations this weekend — it blew past them. Projected for a $40 million to $50 million opening, the film pulled in $60 million domestically, then added $48.3 million overseas for a $108.3 million global start. That $60 million haul is the biggest opening in the series’ 24-year…
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Zach Cregger’s ‘Resident Evil’ Isn’t Trying to Please the Purists — And That’s Exactly Why It’s Working
Zach Cregger’s new “Resident Evil” is already making history, and it’s doing it by ignoring the rulebook that’s dogged video game movies for decades. Rather than delivering a scene-for-scene translation of Capcom’s games, Cregger — the writer-director behind horror hits “Barbarian” and last year’s “Weapons” — built an entirely new story around Bryan, a medical…
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What Is the Point of Aileen Wuornos Appearing in ‘Monster: the Lizzie Borden Story’?
If you’ve started watching Ryan Murphy’s “Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story” and found yourself doing a double take at Sarah Paulson’s Aileen Wuornos wandering through a series set in 1892 Fall River, you’re not imagining things — and the show isn’t being subtle about it either. Wuornos, the real-life Florida serial killer convicted of murdering…
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Dear Zachary (2008) Begins as a Love Letter and Turns Into a Crushing Tragedy
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008) began as a home-movie love letter to Zachary Turner, the infant son of Kurt Kuenne’s murdered childhood friend, Dr. Andrew Bagby. Kuenne set out to assemble interviews and old footage so the boy could one day know the kind, funny man his father was.…
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Brad Pitt Is Officially Returning for a ‘World War Z’ Sequel, More Than a Decade After the First One Made $540 Million
Brad Pitt will reprise his role as former United Nations employee Gerry Lane in Paramount’s long-awaited “World War Z” sequel. Edward Berger — the director behind “All Quiet on the Western Front” and “Conclave” — has signed on to direct from a script by Dennis Kelly. The plot is still under wraps. Pitt will produce…
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9 Experienced Hikers, Bones Broken Like a Car Crash, and Nobody Else’s Footprints in the Snow
In the winter of 1959, nine experienced hikers set out on one of the Soviet Union’s hardest winter routes. They were skilled, well-prepared, and their final diary entries showed no sign of distress. Then something drove all nine of them to abandon the shelter and equipment they needed to survive temperatures as low as -40°F…
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Werner Herzog’s Grizzly Man Captured Timothy Treadwell’s Death by Bear on Tape, Then Refused to Play It
Werner Herzog’s Grizzly Man (2005) is built from more than 100 hours of footage Timothy Treadwell shot over thirteen summers living among brown bears in Alaska’s Katmai National Park, convinced he was their protector and friend. Treadwell and his girlfriend, Amie Huguenard, were passionate grizzly activists and wildlife preservationists who spent long camping trips among…
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Did the Maid Kill Lizzie Borden’s Father and Stepmother?
Bridget “Maggie” Sullivan was the only person besides Lizzie Borden known to be at the Borden home when Andrew and Abby Borden were killed on August 4, 1892. That fact has kept the family’s live-in maid at the center of an alternate theory about the still-unsolved Fall River murders. Abby was struck about 18 or…
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Duncan Sheik, ‘Barely Breathing’ Singer Who Wrote the Music and Lyrics for the ‘American Psycho’ Musical, Dies at 56
Duncan Sheik, the Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter who later reinvented himself as a Tony Award-winning Broadway composer, has died at 56. His mother, Suzanne Sheik, confirmed his death to The New York Times, saying he passed away Thursday from organ failure. Sheik had reportedly been hospitalized in critical condition earlier in the week, with an update posted…
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Joe Hill Said the Trailer for Mike Flanagan’s ‘Carrie’ Brought Tears to His Eyes
Joe Hill wasn’t expecting a horror trailer to get to him. But watching the preview for Mike Flanagan‘s ‘Carrie’ on Instagram, the author found himself fighting back tears — and he took to Threads to say so. “Never had that happen before, watching a preview. Maybe I’m getting a bit soggy in my fifties, I…
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Denise Richards’ Forgotten Gem of a Slasher Movie Is Now Streaming on Netflix
Before she was a Bond girl, before Grey’s Anatomy, before Buffy wrapped up for good, there was Valentine (2001) — the deliciously campy slasher that’s just found new life on Netflix. If you missed it the first time around, or wrote it off when critics did, now is the perfect moment to give this holiday-themed…
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Hideo Kojima Cast Bill Skarsgard as the Lead in ‘Physint,’ the Game He Calls the Culmination of His 40-Year Career
Hideo Kojima has found the face of what he’s calling the crowning work of his career. Bill Skarsgård will lead the acclaimed designer’s action-espionage game “Physint,” joining previously announced cast members Charlee Fraser, Don Lee and Minami Hamabe. Kojima confirmed the casting Thursday during Xbox’s Tokyo Game Show 2026 broadcast. “I’m delighted to confirm the…
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Lizzie Borden Was Acquitted of an Ax Murder 130 Years Ago. The Internet Still Isn’t Convinced
In 1892, Andrew and Abby Borden were found hacked to pieces with an axe in their own home in Fall River, Massachusetts — Andrew struck roughly 10 times as he napped on the couch, Abby even more upstairs. The prime suspect: Andrew’s own daughter, Lizzie, a 32-year-old Sunday school teacher with a bitter relationship with…
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Now Streaming on Netflix: Ryan Murphy’s Take on Accused Ax Murderer Lizzie Borden
Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan return with the fourth installment of their anthology franchise, and this time the “monster” at the center is one of America’s most enduring true crime figures. Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story, now streaming on Netflix, dramatizes the 1892 killings of Andrew and Abby Borden — and hands newcomer Ella Beatty…