Horror

Midnight movie sendup Popcorn bears all the hallmarks of an ’80s horror movie. Fueled by nostalgia, the slasher features haunting vignettes, films within movies, a melodramatic killer, and a jovial tone amplified by its atypical filming location. Released on February 1, 1991, Popcorn brought the ’80s spirit into the ’90s and delivered one of the most entertaining slashers to
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Cinema has a long history with bad seeds or sociopathic children with a vicious streak. The archetype boasts no shortage of iconic children with corrupted innocence, and coming-of-angst only further compounds the potential for evil in youth. John and the Hole’s eponymous character seeks to join the ranks, but a relatively toothless fable undoes an unnerving
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Steven Spielberg’s Jaws, a seminal horror classic, notoriously made people afraid to go into the water. The blockbuster’s live shark sequences were filmed by legendary marine pioneer Valerie Taylor and her husband, Ron. Their role in the film led to regret once the blockbuster inspired a wave of shark slaughter. It sparked an enduring dedication by
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It’s been quite the journey for Rose Glass‘s feature debut. After a highly successful and buzz-worthy festival run, her psychological, religious horror film was scheduled for U.S. release in April last year. Thanks to a pandemic, the release date shifted to July, then the film was pulled from the schedule entirely. Meanwhile, its October 2020 release
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The film has been bumped all over the release calendar ever since it was announced, and today Adam Robitel‘s Escape Room 2 once again has a brand new release date. Columbia Pictures will now release the film in theaters on January 7, 2022. Escape Room stars Logan Miller and Taylor Russell will be returning for the sequel. Isabelle Fuhrman (Orphan), Holland Roden (“Channel
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Haunted hotels are nothing new in the realm of horror. Even the mere mention of the phrase instantly brings the likes of The Shining to mind. While it’s likely inevitable to draw comparisons to the Kubrick classic when watching The Night, the Farsi-language horror-thriller forges its own path by infusing mind-bending psychological thrills with cultural identity and folkloric
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One of the big rumors in regards to Godzilla vs. Kong has centered on Mechagodzilla, with many fans speculating that the film will bring the Kaiju character into Legendary’s MonsterVerse. Mechagodzilla first appeared in1974’s Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla, presented as a sort of mechanical anti-Godzilla who has frequently served as Godzilla’s adversary. You may have spotted
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The ‘90s often ranks among the worst decades for horror, and if we were judging solely on 1991’s output, then the reputation would make sense. Strictly in terms of theatrical showings, the year’s biggest genre releases belonged to franchise sequels, a satirical Wes Craven horror-comedy, and an Oscar-winning film that still elicits debate about whether
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From Image Comics and “The Walking Dead” creator Robert Kirkman comes Amazon Prime’s animated series “Invincible,” which adapts Kirkman’s violent superhero comic books. “Invincible” is an adult animated superhero series that revolves around 17-year-old Mark Grayson (Steven Yeun), who’s just like every other guy his age — except his father is the most powerful superhero on the
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Earlier today it was revealed that Resident Evil Village would be packaged with something called Resident Evil RE:Verse, and we remarked that it was likely to be the multiplayer game Capcom had beta tests for recently. At the Resident Evil Showcase, it was confirmed with a first look trailer, and it’s…definitely different. Featuring a cel-shaded
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While we know them as distinct monsters nowadays, most tales of bogeymen tend to converge the further back you go. Vampires, werewolves and undead ghouls may have developed their own individual nuances and mythologies, but they’re really just variations of the same primitive human fears adjusted for different cultural climates. However, even among these infinite
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Kenny Caperton’s “On Set Cinema” is an ongoing film series that presents movie screenings of cult favorites and horror classics at their actual filming locations, and one of this year’s events will take Friday the 13th fans back to the real-life Camp Crystal Lake/Camp Forest Green from Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives, which is
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The ‘70s consistently ranks among the very best decades for horror. The genuine horrors of the Vietnam war permeated pop culture, which, along with other socio-political anxieties, massively fueled the genre’s evolution. The decade introduced a generation of maverick filmmakers like Tobe Hooper, Wes Craven, and Brian de Palma, who embraced the era’s unrestrained and
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