Nostalgia
The horror we grew up on: the hits, the cult favorites and the cast reunions.
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Even Devon Sawa Sees Everyday Dangers Differently After Final Destination
Sawa says the cast didn’t realize how powerful the death scenes were while making Final Destination. Years later, an ordinary drive can still remind…
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Ryan Gosling Gained Weight to Play the Grieving Father in The Lovely Bones, Then Left the Film Before Shooting Began
Ryan Gosling gained weight to play the grieving father in The Lovely Bones, then left the film before shooting began. Mark Wahlberg took over…
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In Mad Monster Party? (1967), Rankin/Bass Gives Its Stop-Motion Monsters a Reason to Gather
In Mad Monster Party? (1967), Rankin/Bass gives its stop-motion monsters a reason to gather: Dr. Frankenstein has a destructive new weapon to show off…
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Ginger Snaps Was the Cult-Horror Predecessor to Jennifer’s Body
Ginger was Jennifer’s cult-horror predecessor. Their stories share a striking shape: each teen becomes a monster who preys on boys, and someone close to…
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Trick ’r Treat Gets Its First All-Original Graphic Novel in a Decade, With 4 New Sam Stories
Legendary Comics will release Trick ‘r Treat: Witching Hours, a 168-page anthology with 4 never-before-published Sam stories, on October 13, 2026. It’s the first…
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Noomi Rapace Says Producers on The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Wanted Her to Make Lisbeth Salander “More Likable,” and She Refused
Weeks into filming the 2009 Swedish adaptation of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Noomi Rapace says she faced 4 men who wanted Lisbeth…
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The Biggest Jumpscare in the IT Miniseries Is When Richard Thomas Turns His Head and Reveals His Ponytail
Horror journalist BJ Colangelo has found a different kind of scare in the 1990 *It* miniseries: Richard Thomas’s ponytail. The moment comes during Bill’s…
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Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer Will Be in Theaters October 14, Ahead of a New 4K Blu-ray Release
Dark Sky Selects is releasing a new 4K UHD special edition of the 1986 classic, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer. The disc will…
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Before There Was ‘Primetime’, There Was ‘Hard Candy’
Both Hard Candy (2005) and Lance Oppenheim’s Primetime (2026) occupy a dark, deeply unsettling corner of cinema that explores the exploitation of internet predators…
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The 8 Scariest Episodes of ‘The X-Files’
Everyone always talks about the alien conspiracy, but true X-Files fans know that the standalone “Monster of the Week” episodes are where the show…
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Tim Roth Says Making ‘Funny Games’ Traumatized Him So Much That He’ll Never Watch It
Tim Roth has said he will never watch Funny Games because filming it left him traumatized. Two decades on, the movie still ranks among…
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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…
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Shut Up and Drink Your Kool-Aid: The Brilliant Black Comedy of ‘The Slumber Party Massacre’ (1982)
In 1975, Amy Jones served as Martin Scorsese’s assistant while he directed Taxi Driver. A few years later, she turned down the chance to…
