The Family Unit Is the Most Powerful Force in Us
When evil pervades the quintessential American family in horror, the result is more likely a family terrorized beyond…
Babadook Director Addresses Her Character's Gay Icon Status: 'Ah, You Bastard'
While promoting her new film at Sundance, the thus-far-well-received revenge flick The Nightingale, director Jennifer…
Watch the Trailer for Sandra Bullock's Post-Apocalyptic Blindfold Horror Flick
If you liked A Quiet Place but were hoping for another version where treacherous forces destroy people when they open…
The Scariest Movies Ever Made, According to the Wikipedia Plot Summaries I Read Instead of Watching Them
I don’t like watching horror movies. I scare easy and feel anxious enough in my daily life that the idea of feeling…
The New Halloween May Be More Sensitive Than Ever, But It's Also More Brutal
We shouldn’t ask art to be emblematic of the #MeToo movement, but sometimes its makers tell us that it is, regardless.…
The Pet Sematary Remake Is Coming for You, Rachel
“Sometimes dead is better” goes a line from Pet Sematary, but Pet Sematary no longer practices what it preaches.…
Slender Man Doesn't Have the Range
When Sony Pictures announced that a movie based on Slender Man—a piece of Internet folklore circulated online around…
Guess You Might Have to See Unfriended: Dark Web Twice!
Oh, you’re only going to see Unfriended: Dark Web once in theaters? Well, think again, because there are reportedly two…
Jessica Chastain and 6 Dudes Are It's New Grown-Up Losers Club
When last we saw the Losers Club, they were fighting off Pennywise the clown and NOT at all taking turns having sex…
Hereditary Director Ari Aster on Taking Family Tragedy and Curdling It Into a Nightmare
Last week, I met Ari Aster, the writer and director of the horror film Hereditary, in the A24 office. For about 20…
The First Suspiria Trailer Is Here, Let the Nightmares Begin
A dialogue-free teaser for Luca Guadagnino’s riff on Dario Argento’s 1977 classic Suspiria has arrived. While both take…
Jordan Peele Wants Lupita Nyong'o and Elisabeth Moss for His New Thriller Us
Ever since Jordan Peele released his Academy Award-winning Get Out (and, frankly, set off 2017's incredible horror…
That Terrifying Story About the 'Worst Roommate Ever' Is Becoming a Movie
I can never get enough horrible roommate stories (hello, remember Lo Mein man?), and I certainly can never get enough…
What Makes a Horror Movie Good?
Horror movies—schlocky, gory, full of jump scares, and shrieking violins—are rarely “good” by critical standards. But…
The Trailer for Toni Collette's New Familial Horror Film Will Leave You Shaking in Your Doll Shoes
Anytime a trailer begins with a violent spike of strings, you know you’re not exactly in for something pleasant or…
A Film Executive Told Tracy Oliver That Black Women Don't Watch Horror Movies
Girls Trip writer Tracy Oliver recently announced she was writing and directing a horror movie based on the novel Surviv…
Here's a Movie About Playing Truth or Dare to Your Death
In the past few years there have been movies about haunted dolls, haunted picture books, and haunted boardgames. And…
This Questionable Slender Man Movie Looks Scary as Hell
The inevitable Slender Man horror movie is finally here, because apparently the fact that he inspired a real life…
Nicolas Cage Is In Full Nicolas Cage Scream Mode in a Movie About Killer Parents
The only sell you need for this movie is that Nicolas Cage scream-sings “Hokey Pokey” while cursing and wielding a…