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fromConsequence
1 day ago

Stream On This Week: A Brain-Melting College Comedy and the Most Metal Movie of the Year (So Far)

New streaming recommendations include the comedy 'Pizza Movie' on Hulu and the sequel '28 Years Later: The Bone Temple' on Netflix.
#comedy
Film
fromConsequence
1 day ago

Gaten Matarazzo, Sean Giambrone & Lulu Wilson on Pizza Movie, Body Swaps, and Building a Cult Classic: Podcast

Pizza Movie transforms a late-night food run into a bizarre adventure with body swaps and hallucinations, showcasing intentional humor and character dynamics.
Film
fromConsequence
1 day ago

Gaten Matarazzo, Sean Giambrone & Lulu Wilson on Pizza Movie, Body Swaps, and Building a Cult Classic: Podcast

Pizza Movie transforms a late-night food run into a bizarre adventure with body swaps and hallucinations, showcasing intentional humor and character dynamics.
Independent films
fromIndieWire
4 days ago

You Can't Make a 'Cult Classic' with Marketing - Opinion

'Forbidden Fruits' faces challenges in being labeled a cult classic too soon despite initial buzz and modest box office performance.
fromInverse
5 days ago

94 Years Later, An Iconic Horror Genre Finally Reveals Its Complex Roots

The zombie was actually a Haitian Vodou metaphor for slavery. For enslaved Africans in Caribbean colonies like Haiti, the theft of one's autonomy was akin to a walking death.
History
SOMA, SF
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 days ago

Ghost Killer review fantastic karate chopping and gunslinging in in supernatural action-comedy

A college student connects with the ghost of a murdered assassin, leading to supernatural action and personal growth.
Television
fromInverse
2 days ago

The Best Paranoid Horror-Comedy That You Missed Is On Peacock

The ' Burbs explores neighborhood paranoia and microaggressions through the lens of a black mother navigating her new community.
fromInverse
1 week ago

'Forbidden Fruits' Is The Campy Gorefest Teen Girls Have Been Waiting For

Forbidden Fruits is part of a burgeoning subgenre of horror movies that engage specifically with femininity and feminine aesthetics, dubbed 'girl horror' in a recent article in Rue Morgue magazine.
DC food
#horror
fromInverse
1 week ago
Independent films

'Hokum' Is A Terrifying Contender For The Best Horror Movie Of The Year

Film
fromInverse
1 week ago

How The Bloodiest Demonic Thriller Of The Year Beat The Horror Sequel Curse

Directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett prefer standalone films but are now embracing a sequel to Ready or Not.
Film
fromABC7 Los Angeles
1 month ago

'Psycho Killer' star shares how new horror movie is a "different" "cat-and-mouse chase" thriller

A Kansas highway patrol officer hunts a satanic serial killer who murdered her husband, sparking a violent cross-country revenge pursuit.
Film
fromABC7 Los Angeles
2 days ago

'Psycho Killer' slashes onto digital, just in time to watch at home for halfway to Halloween viewing

A Kansas highway patrol officer seeks revenge on a satanic murderer in the horror movie 'Psycho Killer.'
Independent films
fromInverse
1 week ago

'Hokum' Is A Terrifying Contender For The Best Horror Movie Of The Year

Hokum effectively uses jump scares to enhance its chilling narrative, making it a standout horror film at SXSW.
Film
fromAV Club
5 days ago

Dario Argento's Inferno traps you in New York's most evil building

They Will Kill You combines horror and comedy in a gory setting, reminiscent of classic genre films featuring evil buildings and dark themes.
Film
fromConsequence
1 week ago

How Directors Like Zach Cregger and Jorma Taccone Create Horror Magic With Comedic Timing

Zach Cregger transitioned from comedy to horror, using his comedic background to enhance the impact of his films.
Film
fromInverse
1 week ago

How The Bloodiest Demonic Thriller Of The Year Beat The Horror Sequel Curse

Directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett prefer standalone films but are now embracing a sequel to Ready or Not.
Film
from48 hills
2 days ago

Screen Grabs: Aliens, witches, mermaids, and other swell company - 48 hills

Love can take unconventional forms, as seen in films featuring relationships with aliens, witches, and other offbeat characters.
fromArtnet News
1 week ago

Guillermo Del Toro Scored a Different Prize at the Oscars: A Rare Frankenstein Painting

Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein earned nine nominations ahead of the 98th Academy Awards, but he did not win the Best Picture award despite the film's success in other categories.
Arts
Independent films
fromThe Independent
1 week ago

'Eat the rich' horror They Will Kill You is all style, no substance - review

Zazie Beetz delivers a powerful performance as Asia Reaves in They Will Kill You, showcasing resilience and complexity in a chaotic narrative.
#horror-films
Film
fromABC7 New York
3 weeks ago

Something to scream about: Horror breaks through as 'Sinners' leads historic Oscar surge

Horror films are achieving unprecedented recognition at the Academy Awards, with Ryan Coogler's 'Sinners' breaking records with 16 nominations, marking the genre's rise into prestige territory.
Film
fromIndieWire
3 days ago

Horror Movies Seemed Unusually Good in Q1 - What Went Wrong at the Box Office?

Q1 2026 saw unexpected quality in horror films, contrasting with historical trends of poor releases during this period.
Film
fromABC7 New York
3 weeks ago

Something to scream about: Horror breaks through as 'Sinners' leads historic Oscar surge

Horror films are achieving unprecedented recognition at the Academy Awards, with Ryan Coogler's 'Sinners' breaking records with 16 nominations, marking the genre's rise into prestige territory.
Beer
fromFuncheap
3 weeks ago

Burton Fest: Inspired by the Mind of Tim Burton (Easy Bay)

Burton Fest celebrates Tim Burton's aesthetic with themed experiences, gothic cocktails, and whimsical attractions across multiple immersive zones.
Arts
fromSFGATE
1 week ago

Horror show shatters box office records in San Francisco

A new play, 'Paranormal Activity,' has set box office records at A.C.T. by attracting new audiences and generating significant ticket sales.
Video games
fromInverse
3 weeks ago

10 Years Later, A Legendary Horror Franchise Could Help Save Survival Games

Horror movie video game adaptations evolved from 1980s licensed tie-ins to modern asymmetric multiplayer games, with Hellraiser: Revival breaking the predictable Dead by Daylight template by returning to classic first-person survival horror gameplay.
Film
fromAnOther
4 days ago

Six Subversive Gems From Cinema's Golden Era of Trash

John Waters' film Pink Flamingos exemplifies boundary-pushing cinema that challenges conventional expectations through shock value and grotesque elements.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 days ago

Deathstalker review ludicrously enjoyable revisit of 80s swords-and-sorcery silliness

Deathstalker is a low-budget remake featuring absurd creature designs and practical effects, appealing to fans of campy fantasy films.
Television
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Carnivale revisited: is this HBO's strangest show?

Carnivale, an HBO series cancelled after two seasons, follows a carnival traveling through 1930s America while weaving parallel stories of a mysterious ex-con and a visionary preacher destined to collide in cosmic conflict.
Independent films
fromOpen Culture
2 weeks ago

Jim Jarmusch Picks His Favorite Films from the The Criterion Collection

Jim Jarmusch identifies Pier Paolo Pasolini's 1960s films and Andrei Tarkovsky's work as major influences on his directorial aesthetic, praising the Criterion Collection as his preferred source for classic cinema.
Cancer
fromThe Independent
1 month ago

Horror icon Bruce Campbell shares 'shocking' cancer diagnosis

Bruce Campbell diagnosed with treatable but incurable cancer; canceling public appearances and conventions to prioritize treatment while hoping to resume work by autumn.
Board games
fromKotaku
1 month ago

Our Dark Lord Cthulhu Awakens In This Lovecraftian Adventure

The Dark Rites of Arkham is a point-and-click adventure game set in Lovecraft's fictional city of Arkham, where Detective Jack Foster investigates ritualistic murders linked to mystical cults and ancient gods.
Television
fromIndieWire
3 weeks ago

The 'On Cinema' Oscar Specials Are the Nightmarish Awards Counterprogramming Hollywood Deserves

On Cinema at the Cinema's Oscar Special enters its 13th year as a live-streamed comedy event where characters face unpredictable fates amid fictional chaos and tragedy.
Film
fromInverse
1 week ago

Why The Most Baffling Body Horror Movie Of The Year Is Not What You Think It Is

Julia Ducournau's film Alpha uses an imaginary disease as a metaphor for paranoia during the AIDS pandemic, focusing on family trauma and coming-of-age.
Miscellaneous
fromInverse
1 month ago

90 Years Later, A Legendary Actor Still Elevates A Forgotten Horror

Boris Karloff's 1936 film The Walking Dead demonstrates his versatility beyond monster typecasting, blending gangster, horror, and morality tale genres while showcasing his emotional depth as an actor.
fromPitchfork
1 month ago

Rob Zombie: The Great Satan

Upon going solo after White Zombie's breakup in the late '90s, the one-time noise-rock underdog became metal's demonoid phenom with 1998's Hellbilly Deluxe, a monster mosh of horror-themed industrial-metal that spawned the generational vampiric speedway anthem, "Dragula," along with several other Halloween playlist essentials.
Music
#cult-cinema
Independent films
fromianVisits
1 month ago

So bad it's legendary: Plan 9 from Outer Space gets a 35mm revival in London

The BFI Southbank celebrates deliberately provocative, low-budget cinema from the 1930s-1990s, featuring a restored 35mm print of Plan 9 from Outer Space and works by transgressive filmmakers like John Waters and Herschell Gordon Lewis.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Daggers Inn review so-bad-it's-almost-good fright-flick could achieve cult status

Daggers Inn is an amateur film with unintentional hilarity, awkward performances, and bizarre creative choices that have earned it cult status comparable to The Room.
Independent films
fromianVisits
1 month ago

So bad it's legendary: Plan 9 from Outer Space gets a 35mm revival in London

The BFI Southbank celebrates deliberately provocative, low-budget cinema from the 1930s-1990s, featuring a restored 35mm print of Plan 9 from Outer Space and works by transgressive filmmakers like John Waters and Herschell Gordon Lewis.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Daggers Inn review so-bad-it's-almost-good fright-flick could achieve cult status

Daggers Inn is an amateur film with unintentional hilarity, awkward performances, and bizarre creative choices that have earned it cult status comparable to The Room.
Film
fromInverse
2 weeks ago

One Horror Legend Is About To Bring A Beloved Video Game To Life

Life is Strange's success stems from its earnest portrayal of adolescent emotional complexity and the relationship between Max and Chloe, distinguishing it from other narrative adventure games through its focus on coming-of-age themes.
fromInverse
1 month ago

Universal's Most Troubled Franchise Is Getting A YA Reboot From A Horror Icon

Netflix and Universal were very kind to let me go direct Scream VII and put some projects on hold. Now I'm focused on those. The first is a TV show based in the Universal monster land. It won't skimp on Williamson's penchant for melodrama, either: he compared the project to an adult Vampire Diaries, which we've not really gotten from him before.
Independent films
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Dead Lover review go-for-broke grotesquerie promises fragrant filth in full Stink-O-Vision

Dead Lover's heroine is odorous by trade, a lovelorn gravedigger of indeterminate age and origin. Glowicki's accent, roaming between Canada, Canvey Island and Canberra, becomes part of the fun—she's driven to extremes after her verse-spouting poet sweetheart perishes in a shipwreck. Part-Burke and Hare, part-Victor Frankenstein, she salvages what she can of the corpse.
Film
fromInverse
3 weeks ago

'Undertone' Is Scariest With What It Doesn't Show

The first thing you notice about undertone is how quiet it is; not just in its audio mix, but in how it's shot - primarily steady wide shots that slowly pan across empty rooms, allowing your eyes to frantically scan for something amiss. It's an understated form of filmmaking that allows for the movie's scares to hit all that much harder.
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fromVulture
3 weeks ago

The Bride!'s Immense Failures Are Fun, Actually

The Bride! flopped commercially but offers a deliberately chaotic, ambitious tonal experience that warrants theatrical viewing despite critical dismissal.
Film
fromThe Atlantic
4 weeks ago

Six Bizarre Movies That Are Actually Fun to Watch

Atlantic writers recommend bizarre films that balance weirdness with entertainment value, including Iron Sky about Nazis on the moon and Jupiter Ascending.
fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 months ago

A brutal and hilarious murder thriller from South Korea's master of shock review

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Film
fromInverse
3 weeks ago

Did This Infamous Sequel Really Cause A Beloved Horror Franchise's Decline?

Alan Smithee was Hollywood's official pseudonym for directors disowning their work due to studio interference, compromised productions, or genre embarrassment, exemplified by Hellraiser: Bloodline's troubled production and severe cuts.
fromPortland Mercury
1 month ago

Bruce Campbell on Death, Dying, and DIYing His New Movie Ernie & Emma

Who needs all those notes? I got tired of that. Really, really tired of that. And I'm like, man, if you're in the arts, you should do everything you can to protect your art. So Campbell knew he wanted to make a movie, and he knew he didn't want to go through the big Hollywood machine.
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fromInverse
4 weeks ago

91 Years Ago, The Original 'Bride' Electrified The 'Frankenstein' Myth

James Whale's 1935 Bride of Frankenstein smuggled complex ideas about gender and sexuality into a sequel whose reluctant director transformed a cash-grab project into a revisionist masterpiece.
Film
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

The Future of Horror Movies Is on YouTube

YouTube has become a primary platform for discovering emerging horror filmmakers who transition from short-form content to feature films with studio backing.
Arts
fromJezebel
2 months ago

Rachel Dratch, Harvey Guillen, Juliette Lewis among cast for Broadway's Rocky Horror

The Rocky Horror Show returns to Broadway for the first time in 26 years with Luke Evans starring and Rachel Dratch as narrator among a confirmed cast.
Film
fromVulture
1 month ago

No Franchise Is Safe in the Scary Movie 6 Trailer

Scary Movie returns with a new installment spoofing recent horror films like Ma, Halloween, M3gan, and Longlegs, featuring returning cast members Regina Hall, Anna Faris, and the Wayans brothers.
Film
fromQueerty
1 month ago

With its short-shorts & shocking twist ending, is this slasher problematic or a queer camp classic? - Queerty

Sleepaway Camp is a 1983 slasher featuring a controversial queer twist that has become significant in queer film history despite its problematic nature.
#horror-comedy
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fromVulture
1 month ago

Scream 7's Big Twist Is Soulless Nostalgia at Its Worst

Scream 7 resurrects deceased killers from previous films, fundamentally breaking the franchise's established logic and narrative consistency.
fromEsquire
1 month ago

How A24's Liminal Horror Movie 'Backrooms' Was Born From the Internet

Until recently, "liminal spaces" were only known to architects. But on the Internet, storytellers and amateur filmmakers have morphed these ubiquitous places you pass by on errand runs into caverns of cosmic terror. Now, a new A24 film from 20-year-old filmmaker Kane Parsons is set to kick off the summer and christen it the season of liminal horror.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

People feel like they're in on the joke': the new wave of pseudo-biopics

Filmmakers increasingly create pseudo-biopics that borrow recognizable elements from real people and events while changing names and details to avoid legal liability and maintain creative freedom.
Film
fromInverse
1 month ago

35 Years Ago, A Cult Horror Classic Got A Wildly Underrated Sequel

Jeffrey Combs dominated 1980s mad-scientist roles and returned as Herbert West in Bride of Re-Animator, conducting gruesome experiments to reanimate the dead.
Film
from48 hills
1 month ago

Screen Grabs: End of days at Fear and Faith Horror Festival-plus other new flicks to help scream it out - 48 hills

Weekend film events include films about Japanese American incarceration, Tadashi Nakamura’s Third Act, and Georges Méliès shorts with live music.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Psycho Killer review delayed satanic serial slasher is devilishly dull

Psycho Killer endured nearly two decades of failed attempts before a 2023 production, yet remains an inessential B-movie undeserving of wide theatrical release.
Film
fromInverse
1 month ago

10 Years, A Cult Director Kickstarted Their Career With A Terrifying Folk Horror

The Witch's success revitalized mainstream interest in folk horror, inspiring Hollywood, indie, and international films while highlighting pagan iconography and rural dread.
Film
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

Zombie Movies Should Always Be This Hopeful

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple presents a hopeful vision of postapocalyptic humanity, subverting the genre's expectation of survivors preying on one another.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

V/H/S/Halloween review plenty of grisly invention in latest helping of engaging horror anthology

V/H/S/Halloween is an uneven, Halloween-themed horror anthology with standout shorts like Fun Size and Kidprint, plus an absurdly funny wrap-around, Diet Phantasma.
fromConsequence
2 months ago

See Ministry's Al Jourgensen in Trailer for Comedic-Horror Film Jesus Cop

Ministry frontman Al Jourgensen's acting chops are on display in the trailer for the upcoming grindhouse comedic-horror film Jesus Cop. The industrial legend is part of an ensemble case that also includes Green Jellÿ singer Bill Manspeaker and Jackass star Bam Margera (as the voice of God). The movie, which stars Alex Petrovich as the title character, is described on its official website as follows:
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#sam-raimi
fromInverse
2 months ago

30 Years Ago, A Divisive Director's Kitschy Horror Movie Had A Weird Identity Crisis

The only way to watch today is either a little bit sleepy, a little bit hungover, a tiny bit high, or all three. It was a provocative, pseudo tongue-in-cheek movie in 1996 when it was released on January 18, and 30 years later, it feels like a surreal fever dream. In some ways, you could say is the most patient B-movie of all time, waiting for nearly an hour to actually reveal its supernatural, bloodthirsty premise.
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fromSlate Magazine
2 months ago

The Box-Office Story of the Weekend Isn't Melania. It's Something Much Weirder.

I'm talking about Iron Lung, a self-financed film by a beloved YouTuber named Mark Fischbach, who goes by the handle Markiplier, and who has more than 38 million followers to his name. The movie, an adaptation of an indie horror video game, had a budget of approximately $3 million-an amount that Iron Lung has already earned back seven times over, with a box office of $21.7 million worldwide.
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fromQueerty
1 month ago

A raunchy new Gregg Araki comedy just dropped & it's the perfect excuse to rewatch his other queer classic - Queerty

Gregg Araki's I Want Your Sex secured theatrical distribution and one of his acclaimed films will receive a restored re-release.
fromKqed
2 months ago

'Dead Man's Wire' Is a Retro Thriller That's Pertinent to the Present

The subsequent standoff moved to Kiritsis' apartment and eventually concluded in a live televised news conference. The whole ordeal received some renewed attention in a 2022 podcast dramatization starring Jon Hamm. That's owed significantly to Skarsgård, who gives one of his finest and least adorned performances. While best known for films like It, The Crow and Nosferatu, here Skarsgård has little more than some green polyester and a very '70s mustache to alter his looks. The straightforward, jittery intensity of his performance propels Dead Man's Wire.
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fromKqed
2 months ago

'Dead Man's Wire' Is a Retro Thriller That's Pertinent to the Present

Dead Man's Wire channels Dog Day Afternoon's righteous rage and contemporary echoes, propelled by Bill Skarsgård's intense performance and critique of media spectacle and capitalism.
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fromInverse
2 months ago

20 Years Ago, An Infamous Horror Movie Spawned The Worst Trilogy Ever

Uwe Boll used a German tax loophole to self-finance numerous poorly reviewed, low-grossing video-game film adaptations, with BloodRayne epitomizing his failed franchise efforts.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

The Guide #227: A brain-melting sci-fi movie marathon, curated by Britain's best cult film-maker

Ben Wheatley is a cult-status British director whose DIY sci-fi-noir Bulk blends experimental techniques, low-budget effects, and a UK–Ireland independent cinema tour.
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fromInverse
2 months ago

94 Years Later, A Classic Monster Reboot Could Correct An Original Sin

Lee Cronin's The Mummy reimagines the franchise as a darker, horror-focused origin centered on a reanimated child whose return becomes a living nightmare for her journalist father.
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fromInverse
2 months ago

20 Years Ago, A Controversial Thriller Launched A New Era of Extreme Hollywood Horror

Hostel pushes gore and human terror to extremes, depicting commercialized torture that challenges audience limits.
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fromInverse
2 months ago

The Weirdest Existential Thriller Of The 2000s Just Got A Huge Upgrade

Birth portrays a widow's unresolved grief and rising doubt when a child claims to be her late husband's reincarnation, unsettling her attempt to move on.
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fromInverse
2 months ago

'Primate' Is A Big, Dumb Chimpanzee Slasher

Primate is a tongue-in-cheek creature-feature that delivers visceral ape horror and B-movie thrills but falters with slow human-focused stretches and uneven tone.
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fromInverse
2 months ago

One of 2025's Best Movies Almost Had A Surprise Vampire Twist

Kevin O'Leary's Marty Supreme character was originally conceived as a literal vampire, and the film's ending was altered to remove that backstory.
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fromVulture
2 months ago

Which 2026 Awards Contender Will Be This Year's Oscar Villain?

Oscar villains are films singled out by online communities for collective dislike, shaped by shifting political anxieties and changes in social-media culture.
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