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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How a Parody of ‘Obsession’ Became the Most Hated Golf Ad of the Year
Horror movies can be violent. Golf ads usually aren’t. That is the short version of why a Callaway campaign blew up this week. The…
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Maisie Williams Paid Homage to Sandra Bullock at the ‘Practical Magic 2’ London Premiere
Maisie Williams didn’t just play Sandra Bullock’s on-screen daughter — she dressed like one. On the London red carpet, she stepped out in a…
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Chris Hansen Is Weighing Legal Action Against A24 Over Robert Pattinson Movie
Chris Hansen isn’t thrilled about A24’s upcoming film, Primetime, and he’s floating the idea of doing something about it. “You could have done the…
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The Frantic Third Act of ‘Clue’ (1985) Left Tim Curry So Breathless a Doctor Put Him on Blood Pressure Medication
Tim Curry spends the last stretch of Clue (1985) sprinting from room to room, reconstructing every murder in real time. The movie had three…
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Tim Curry and Why ‘Beep Beep Richie’ Became the Scariest Line in ‘IT’
“Beep beep, Richie” starts as a Losers Club in-joke. In Stephen King’s novel, the phrase belongs to the Losers Club. Richie never stops talking.…
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Watch Some Behind-the-Scenes Footage of ‘Godzilla Minus Zero’!
Toho and Gkids have released a new behind-the-scenes video for Godzilla Minus Zero! Clips include set building, filming on location and in the studio,…
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Full Moon’s Head of the Family Sequel Is Finally Getting Underway After Nearly 30 Years
Head of the Family was released in 1996 by low-budget genre studio Full Moon. The movie is about a family of mutants led by…
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Tim Curry Wasn’t a Conventional Leading Man — and That Was the Point
Most actors who break through with a striking screen presence spend the rest of their careers chasing the romantic lead — the polished, handsome…
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Pennywise Is Gone: Tim Curry, Horror Icon of ‘IT’ and ‘Rocky Horror,’ Dies at 80
Tim Curry, who terrified a generation as the child-eating clown Pennywise and made a cult legend of himself as Frank-N-Furter, died Tuesday at his…
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A shark/werewolf Hybrid Terrorizes a Resort Town in the No-Budget Movie ‘Wereshark’, Now on Fandango at Home
I’m not sure this one needs a ton of explaining, but here goes: Wereshark is about a part-werewolf part-shark monster that attacks and kills…
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Two Thieves Are Trapped Inside a House with a Man Slowly Turning into a Zombie in ‘Turning Point’, Now Available on VOD
Two thieves break into a house for a bit of burglary. They’re inside when the owner gets back home, but what they don’t know…
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The Directors of ‘Tomorrow, You Pretty Ghost’ Call It “a Sincere Film About Insincere People.” Now on VOD.
Tomorrow, You Pretty Ghost is described as a horror comedy about keeping in touch with your high school friends. Theater kids Haley and Chas…
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A Cryptozoologist and a Detective Hunting for One Monster Find Two in the Micro-Budget Creature Feature ‘Mothman vs Bigfoot’, Now on VOD
Mothman vs. Bigfoot is a no-budget monster movie from prolific micro-to-no budget filmmaker Dustin Ferguson (Space Sharks, Quakeasaurus, and well over 100 additional movies).…
