55%
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Plenty of movies use the “storyteller” frame. One character, in one world, will begin a tale that transports us, the...
55%
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80.5%
Horror has played with depicting the world of dreams before. The most iconic foray into the horrors of our sleeping...
86.75%
I love a good haunted house film — the genre is my ghost loving horror fan addiction. But as rich a sub-genre as it is, it sometimes feels like there’s only so many ways to tell a haunted house story. That’s why it’s such a treat when you happen upon...
77.5%
You might think comedy is the genre for “weird families,” but I’d argue it’s horror. From The Texas Chainsaw Massacre...
77.75%
The uncomfortable silence of an awkward pause, the suspicion that someone might be talking about you when you leave the...
86.5%
Natasha Kermani and Brea Grant’s Lucky enters familiar territory while also breaking new ground. On top of work troubles, author May (Grant) is caught in an unusual situation at home. Each night, she and her partner Ted (Dhruv Uday Singh) are attacked by a masked intruder. Those around her fail...
97.5%
The law is intended to maintain order and protect civil liberties. It may not always work out that way, but...
77.5%
Death as a career makes for an interesting life. It’s like holding the great beyond with oven mitts, the corners...
87.5%
The Brothers Grimm and the like laid the groundwork for modern storytelling. From damsels in distress to wicked parental figures who sacrificed their own young, these antique fables have shaped today’s narratives in countless ways. Although their undiluted forms can be entirely too gruesome for younger listeners, these often morbid...
63.25%
Plague doctors are due for a resurgence. And no, I’m not saying that because we’re six months into the pandemic...
82.5%
Hear me out: every musical genre has a vampire film to match it. Bela Lugosi’s OG Dracula pairs with something...
93.75%
Can you whodunnit when the dunnit is a recurring nightmare and the who is maybe not a who at all? The answer is yes because Germany’s Sleep (Schlaf) does just that. Sleep is a Nancy Drew-esque rabbit hole mystery hops from nightmare to nightmare like frogs on a lilypad infested pond....
