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The movie section aims to catalog, editorialize and analyze every scary movie, fantasy and sci-fi film ever made. Any movie that frightens, thrills the senses from action/violence, contains mysterious creatures, folklore, and anything generally creepy from thrillers to psychological torment. Readers will find this category helpful for research and for figuring out what to stream on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon or to buy on Blu-ray.
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Melissa Joan Hart Will Play ‘Black Widow’ Killer Judy Buenoano in a New Lifetime Movie
Melissa Joan Hart will star as the title character in Black Widow Killer: The Judy Buenoano Story, a true-crime Lifetime movie set for release…
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Rohan Campbell and Olivia Holt to Star in a New Horror Movie from Director Scout Taylor-Compton
The movie is titled Survive: The Game, and it’s about a group of friends who find an ancient board game in an old cabin.…
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A Medium Who Guides Spirits into the Next World Might Have Met Something She Can’t Handle in ‘Never After Dark’, Now on VOD
Airi is a traveling medium who makes a living ushering unwanted spirits out of the world of the living. Along with the spirit of…
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A Young Woman’s New Landlords Are Vampires in ‘The Teenage Vampire’, Now Available on VOD
Sandra moves into a new house in the Hollywood Hills. It’s her dream house, and she got a great deal on rent. But something…
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Bigfoot Fights to Protect a Woman from an Egyptian Death Cult in ‘Mummy Vs. Bigfoot’, Now on VOD
An Egyptian death cult seeks a sacrifice to give the mummy Sekinfu near-unlimited power. But their chosen victim has Bigfoot as her protector. Now…
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‘Mum, I’m Alien Pregnant’ Is Now Available to Rent or Buy on Prime Video and Fandango at Home
I’ve posted about Mum, I’m Alien Pregnant before, but that’s because it was apparently set loose on streaming too early a few weeks ago.…
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Paranormal Investigators Visit a Haunted Attraction and Are Terrorized by a Giant Clown and His Brother in ‘Hellbilly Hollow’, Now on VOD
Filmed on location at the real Hellbilly Hollow haunted attraction park in Alabama, the movie version of Hellbilly Hollow follows a group of YouTubers…
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Joko Anwar’s ‘Ghost in the Cell’ Is Now on Prime Video and Fandango at Home
A journalist is thrown in prison for a horrific crime he didn’t commit. As he adjusts to his new life (and new threats to…
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Fairy Tale Themed Killers Are Loose in ‘Ever After’, Now on VOD
In Ever After, friends celebrating a bachelorette party at a cabin in the woods are attacked by pig-masked killers. As the surviving women flee…
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Anne Hathaway Stars in Colleen Hoover’s Erotic Thriller ‘Verity’, Now on VOD
Verity stars Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson, and Josh Hartnett. Based on the book of the same title by Colleen Hoover, the film is an…
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A Cursed DVD Brings Its Movie’s Horrors into Real Life in ‘Dead Media’, Now Available on VOD
Friends Maggie, Brenda, and Daniel plan to spend their night streaming a horror movie from the 90s. But when Maggie’s uncle comes over with…
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A Documentary About a Town Flooded with Poop Turns into a Path of Bloody Revenge in the Found Footage Movie ‘a Bloody Mess’, Now on VOD
A Bloody mess is a satirical and darkly comedic pseudo-documentary. The film follows a documentary filmmaker, Violet, who is investigating the truth behind a…
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Bonnie Aarons Stars in Creepy Short Film ‘The Mortician’s Daughter’, Streaming Now
The short, which is about 20 minutes long, is about Violet, a woman who struggles to fulfill her mother’s wish to be embalmed by…
