Who says the season of scares ends after Halloween? When you really think about it, Christmas is terrifying. And the...
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It only took one film for comedy veteran Jordan Peele to become Horror’s darling. Get Out catapulted him into an...
73.75%
Pizza, Satan, and secret societies. I’m hard-pressed to think of a horror-cocktail more universally inviting. It’s no surprise Chelsea Stardust’s Satanic Panic was the top of Overlook 2019 festivalgoer’s Must-See lists. Pizza and mayhem are our kryptonite. Written by spooky wordsmith Grady Hendrix (author of Paperbacks From Hell, Horrorstor, My...
There are few villains as iconic as The Ring’s Sadako. With her contorted crawl, low crackling growl, and waterfall of front-flipped...
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The deadly game that destroyed the lives of five high school students is far from over in the first half...
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Shark movies. It’s kind of hard to mess them up. You take your camera-happy (or shy, if you’re Steven Spielberg) sharks, throw them in some sun infested waters (or not, if you’re the 47 Meters Down franchise), and pull out an iron-clad audience pleaser. “47 Meters Down: Uncaged channels Jason...
78.75%
Here’s the thing about parasites: when it comes to the movies, they just don’t die. In that sense, you might...
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What would you do to ensure your family’s financial security? Steal? Lie? Murder? In Bong Joon-Ho’s Parasite, he asks this...
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On a stormy night recently, I revisited Clue (1985), an essential dark comedy and murder mystery based on the popular board game of the same name. After 34 years, that film not only remains hilarious (Flames! On the side of my face!), but it also feels socially relevant in ways...
Neasa Hardiman’s Sea Fever is a bit of a fever dream, the kind of film that blends reality (life on...
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Cult films are so hot right now. Midsommar madness dominated our summer, Quentin Tarantino rewrote the history of the Manson...
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In the face of prevalent everyday violence, desperate people search from something to blame. Grasping at straws, they blame video games for inspiring shootings, stating their simulated violence infiltrate the minds of youth. This claim is ridiculous, which is why director Jason Lei Howden (Deathgasm) stretches it to the ultimate...
