Movies
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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Joel McHale Says to Watch Session 9 Alone with the Lights Off
Joel McHale recommends total darkness and no company for Session 9, a horror film about an asbestos-removal crew working inside an abandoned psychiatric hospital.…
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In 1977, Karel Zeman Made His Darkest Film Out of Paper, Real Fire and a Working Mill Wheel
In 1977 Karel Zeman made his darkest film, Krabat, a cutout-animated tale of a hungry orphan who follows a raven to a sorcerer’s mill.…
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Max Minghella Says Clayface Would Have Fallen Apart Without Tom Rhys Harries
Max Minghella says the DCU body horror film Clayface would not have held together without its lead, Tom Rhys Harries. “He gave it his…
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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Shows Almost No Gore. Here’s How Tobe Hooper Made It Feel So Brutal
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), directed by Tobe Hooper, has a reputation as one of the most brutal horror films ever made, yet…
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Halloween Premiered 48 Years Ago Today, Made for About $300,000 with Jamie Lee Curtis in Her First Film
When Halloween premiered on October 25, 1978, Jamie Lee Curtis was making her film debut in an independent horror movie made for roughly $300,000.…
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The Cabin in the Woods Villain Who Treats Murder Like an Office Shift
Bradley Whitford’s Steve Hadley makes The Cabin in the Woods scarier by treating murder like an office job. The snarky, bureaucratic puppet-master’s casual attitude…
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Why So Many Young TV Stars Ended Up in Late-’90s Horror Movies
Scream’s box-office success in 1996 made teen horror a big opportunity for young stars and the agents representing them. Studios wanted recognizable faces who…
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How Gage’s Death Became the Turning Point of 1989’s Pet Sematary
The family is having a picnic outside their home when Gage follows his drifting kite toward the busy road. Louis and the others scramble…
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Rock, Fantasy, and Devilry Come Together in the Experimental Film ‘Magick Mtn.’, Now Available on VOD
From co-directors Hana Mae Lee and Hal Satin, Magick Mtn. is a “rock ‘n roll fairytale” made up of three dark fables. With music…
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New/Upcoming Horror Movies
A tracker of all the new and upcoming horror movies coming out in 2026 and beyond.
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Quentin Tarantino Named the Australian Horror Film Whose Tone Comes Closest to the Shining
Quentin Tarantino singled out the 1982 Australian horror film Next of Kin for a quality he associated with The Shining: its unsettling tone. He…
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Fugitives Fleeing an Authoritarian Rule Stay at a Safe House That Is Anything but Safe in ‘The Exit State’, Now on VOD
Write-ups for The Exit State refer to it as a political-horror horror movie. It is set in a near-future where an authoritarian United States…
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Estranged Friends Are Trapped in a Deadly AI-Powered Escape Room in ‘Facade’, Now Available on VOD
A decade ago their friendship was destroyed by a controversy over an AI experiment. Now, they’re reuniting, but the escape room they hoped would…
