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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Haunting Japanese Ghost Movie ‘Never After Dark’ is Now Playing in Limited Theaters
A medium who specializes in helping spirits move on faces a new challenge in the haunting ghost story NEVER AFTER DARK, now playing in limited theaters. Airi is a traveling medium who ushers lost spirits into the next world. She’s accompanied in her journeys by the spirit of her dead sister, and despite her sister’s…
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Death-Game Slasher ‘Hellbilly Hollow’ is Now Out in a Limited Theatrical Release
Paranormal YouTubers are forced into games of death while investigating a haunted attraction in HELLBILLY HOLLOW, now playing in limited theaters. Filmed at the real Hellbilly Hollow haunted attraction in Alabama, the movie follows YouTubers as they visit the haunt. When they begin to uncover a story about a death tied to the location, the…
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‘Family’ Turns a Child’s Hopeful Ritual Into a Supernatural Threat, and It’s Now Available on VOD
A young girl thinks her parents are trying to kill her in FAMILY, now on VOD. Johanna is eleven years old, and her father is dying of cancer. She attempts to use a birdhouse to catch a benevolent spirit to protect her father, but when his condition worsens, Johanna suspects she’s caught something malevolent instead.…
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Killer A.I. Movie ‘C.O.G.’ is Now Available on VOD
An A.I. chatbot with no safety guardrails turns to murder to ensure its release into the world in C.O.G., now on VOD. Ethan and his team at CognAItive have created a revolutionary and highly advanced new A.I. The day before the worldwide rollout of CognAItive, the team discovers that the safety parameters they’ve created have…
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Tubi’s Slasher Comedy ‘Buzzkill’ is Now Streaming
The more Nora drinks, the closer she gets to finding the killer in the slasher comedy BUZZKILL, now streaming on Tubi. Siena Agudong (Carrie 2026, Resident Evil 2022) stars in Buzzkill as Nora. She is a member of a sorority, and she thinks she remembers seeing her sorority’s president get murdered. The only way she…
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‘Bloody Tennis’ Is Now Streaming on Shudder and AMC+
Only the most dedicated and brutally competitive will survive the tennis academy in BLOODY TENNIS, now streaming on Shudder and AMC+. A young woman from the United States, Sophie, travels to a remote part of Southern Europe to attend an elite training academy. She wants to be the best tennis player in the world, and…
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The Asylum’s Latest Disaster… Movie, ‘Arctic Annihilation’, is Now Available on VOD
The world is freezing at an alarming rate because of black holes or something in ARCTIC ANNIHILATION, now on VOD. Arctic Annihilation is the latest micro-budget disaster movie from The Asylum, the studio that brought you instant-classics such as Alien Disclosure Day, Resident Dead, and The Last Hail M.A.R.Y. The story of Arctic Annihilation appears…
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Begotten Built Its Cult Status on VHS and DVD. Now It’s Getting a 4K Theatrical Release
Begotten was brought into this world in the 1980s by writer and director E. Elias Merhige. The degraded black and white imagery makes the film feel like something that came from a time long ago, and the scenes depicted make it feel like a nightmare. The story of Begotten is one of death and rebirth.…
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Here’s Every Horror Title Coming to Shudder This October for Halloween 2026
Shudder is stacking its October under the banner of Season of Screams, and while the month is packed with premieres, the real event lands early: V/H/S/Mixtape arrives Oct. 9. The ninth entry in the found-footage anthology series builds itself around music and sound as the weapon, with GWAR hosting the wraparound as an MTV-style broadcast…
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‘Gremlins 3’ Just Got Pushed Back Nearly a Year, to October 6, 2028
Bad news for anyone counting down to the Mogwai’s return: Gremlins 3 is going to make you wait. Warner Bros. has pushed the film from November 19, 2027, to October 6, 2028, delaying the franchise’s comeback by nearly a year. The studio confirmed the new date with a 10-second teaser featuring Gizmo and the caption,…
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8 Horror Movies Set in the Scariest Location of All: Work
When “this could have been an email” turns into a fight for your life. We’ve all had those days where the fluorescent lights hum a little too loudly, the corporate buzzwords feel soul-crushing, and the clock seems to tick backward. But for the characters in these films, a toxic workplace is a literal death trap.…
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Zach Cregger Has an Idea for Turning His Wife Sara Paxton’s 2006 Teen Fantasy Aquamarine into a Horror Movie: Bring Her Back as “A Really Deadly Mermaid.”
Zach Cregger has an idea for turning his wife Sara Paxton’s 2006 teen fantasy Aquamarine into a horror movie: bring her back as “a really deadly mermaid.” The subject came up during a 2026 podcast interview promoting Resident Evil, when Cregger was asked about the small online movement calling for him to reimagine Aquamarine as…
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Austin Abrams Says His Signature High-Pitched Scream in ‘Resident Evil’ Just Came Out That Way, and It Mortified Him
Austin Abrams didn’t plan the high-pitched scream that became part of Bryan Hodukavich’s panic in Resident Evil (2026). During a Fantastic Fest interview with Collider’s Perri Nemiroff, the actor said it was “just what comes out” when he played the medical courier trapped in Raccoon City’s early T-Virus outbreak. Director Zach Cregger, who joined Abrams…
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8 Horror Movies to Watch If You Loved ‘Resident Evil’ (2026)
Imagine working overtime and winding up in a real-life video game nightmare where survival depends on your (not some jacked up movie hero, but an everyman/everywoman) skills. That agonizing, claustrophobic tension is exactly why Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil (2026) is so successful with horror fans. By stripping away decades of convoluted franchise lore, the film…
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Hideshi Hino’s ‘The Living Corpse’ Was Adapted Into a Film Made Entirely With Generative AI
An movie adaptation of horror manga creator Hideshi Hino’s THE LIVING CORPSE was made entirely with generative AI. If you want, you can watch it on Prime Video in the U.S. now. The Living Corpse was originally released in 1986. The manga, written and directed by Hideshi Hino, is about a man whose body is…
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Kyle Maclachlan Was Making $185 a Week When He Was “Plucked From Obscurity” to Star in the Original ‘Dune’
When David Lynch’s Dune began casting in 1983, the role of Paul Atreides drew interest from rising stars like Tom Cruise and Val Kilmer. Instead, producer Dino De Laurentiis handed the lead to a 24-year-old Seattle theater actor with almost no camera experience: Kyle MacLachlan. At the time, MacLachlan was earning $185 a week. “I…
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Fans Are Criticizing Zach Cregger’s ‘Resident Evil’ Movie for Not Being ‘Resident Evil’ Enough
The single most repeated criticism of Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil isn’t about pacing, gore, or performances — it’s an identity question. As one widely shared line of fan criticism put it, the movie could “be renamed into anything else and make as much sense,” a jab at just how loosely tied it actually is to…
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Keanu Reeves Refused Coppola’s Order to Scream Insults at Winona Ryder on ‘Bram Stoker’s Dracula’
A story of what happened on the set of Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992) has resurfaced, and it centers on a difficult crying scene, a director’s unusual technique, and Keanu Reeves quietly refusing to go along with it. Winona Ryder was about 20 when the scene was filmed. Her character, Mina, had been discovered drinking Dracula’s…