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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Disney’s 1999 Movie About a Hockey Player Who Sells His Soul for the Stanley Cup Has Nowhere to Stream Today
For one Sunday night in 1999, the company behind The Little Mermaid put a children’s movie on ABC about a hockey player who signs…
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Clayface’s First Reactions Call DC’s New Horror Film Hard R, and One Scene with Sewing Scissors Had Even the Crew Looking Away
The early buzz for DC Studios’ Clayface, its first theatrical horror film, is landing on one word: ick. Collider’s Steve Weintraub called it “hard…
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Carrie’s Blood-Soaked Prom Scene Gets Compared to a Gustave Moreau Lady Macbeth Painting, but Sissy Spacek Named a Different Artist as Her Reference
Sissy Spacek’s blood-covered stillness in Carrie (1976) has a striking parallel in the pale figure of Lady Macbeth painted by Gustave Moreau. The pairing…
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Inde Navarette Says She’s Worn Wigs to Sneak into Screenings and Watch Fans React to ‘Obsession’
Inde Navarrette says she’s only watched “Obsession” with an audience, hiding under wigs so she can hear a theater react without being recognized. “I…
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The Real Case Behind the Horror Film Verónica Still Divides Estefanía’s Family, and One Brother Admits What He Did During the Police Visit
The police report linked to Paco Plaza’s 2017 horror film Verónica was written more than a year after Estefanía Gutiérrez Lázaro died. Her brothers…
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‘Clown Panic’ Documents the String of Viral, Creepy Clown Sightings That Took Place in 2016, and It’s Now Streaming on Hulu
It’s hard to believe it’s been a decade since the clown sightings happened. But that’s how long it’s been. Long enough for a documentary…
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Diver Who Was Stuck Inside a Whale’s Mouth Says He Can ‘Totally Relate’ to New Movie ‘Whalefall.’
A Massachusetts diver who once found himself trapped inside a whale’s mouth now has a movie that hits uncomfortably close to home. Michael Packard…
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Before Gremlins Used Puppets, Joe Dante Tested a Real Monkey in a Gremlin Head, and It Went Badly
A terrified monkey helped settle how Joe Dante’s Gremlins (1984) would bring its creatures to life. During a test with a Gremlin head, the…
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A Man Promoted the Spider Horror Movie ‘Crawlers’ at Screamfest with a Box of Tarantulas on His Head
Live tarantulas and a professional animal wrangler were part of the Crawlers promotion at Screamfest on Oct. 14. A man in a yellow hazmat-style…
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Mike Flanagan Was So Scared of Killer Klowns from Outer Space as a Kid That He Refused Its Haunted House as an Adult
Mike Flanagan was so scared by Killer Klowns from Outer Space as a kid that he refused its haunted house as an adult. He…
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Betsy Palmer Invented a Tragic Backstory for Mrs. Voorhees That Was Never Shared Onscreen
A class ring helped Betsy Palmer find her way into playing Pamela Voorhees in Friday the 13th. With only a few personal details in…
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Zendaya Will Star in an Alex Garland Sci-Fi Film for A24
Zendaya’s next sci-fi role will take her into an untitled Alex Garland film that’s scheduled to shoot in 2027. Garland will write and direct…
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Why Carrie Keeps Getting Remade, and the Stephen King Story That Has Been Adapted Even More
Carrie has been remade again and again. Its screen and stage history spans 6 major productions, counting the sequel: Brian De Palma’s 1976 film,…
