horror

Contains Mild Spoilers

Contains Spoilers

In 2022’s Scream — the fifth installment of the meta slasher franchise — the new killer, like all the predecessors, likes to play with his food before eating it. As a throwback to 1996’s Scream, he primes his target victim by asking her about her favorite horror movies. For any horror fan, it’s a bit […]

David Cronenberg’s cult classic horror was a box office bomb in 1983, but its warning signs ring truer in 2021.

There were horror writers before Stephen King, and there will almost certainly be horror writers after Stephen King, but there will never be another writer as able to capture the world’s imagination so thoroughly with his ability to terrify in one moment and inspire hope in the next. Not only has King written nearly 90 […]

One of the ideas explored by HBO’s Lovecraft Country was the meta-boundary between fiction and reality—not only for the characters of the show, but also for us, the viewers.

From cute family-friendly flicks to horrifying slashers, there’s a movie for everyone.

Life imitates art?

What’s a good scary movie without an equally spooky score? Great horror can’t always rely just on blood, demons, and jump scares. It takes a village—or, rather, the addition of a good composer—to create films that hold the power of keeping their viewers awake at night, and one of the most effective ways to instill […]

Quarantine is many things, but it’s definitely a good time to catch up on movies.