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Independent films
fromInverse
6 hours ago

'Faces of Death' Will Make You Feel Like You Need a Shower - And That's a Good Thing

The reboot of Faces of Death critiques society's desensitization to violence through a fictional narrative about content moderation.
#horror
fromIndieWire
1 week ago
Boston

Terrified of Commitment? The Creator of Netflix's 'Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen' Has the Horror Series for You

Film
fromInverse
11 hours ago

Kelly Marie Tran's Eerie New Ghost Movie Unearths A Forgotten Piece Of American History

Emily and her family confront grief and historical trauma in Rock Springs, where a ghost story intertwines with the legacy of a past massacre.
Film
fromABC7 Los Angeles
3 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.'
Boston
fromIndieWire
1 week ago

Terrified of Commitment? The Creator of Netflix's 'Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen' Has the Horror Series for You

The series 'Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen' combines humor and horror as it explores a wedding filled with ominous events and family secrets.
Independent films
fromVulture
1 week ago

Sure, They Will Kill You, But Can They Get On With It Already?

They Will Kill You satirizes rich Devil worshippers while contrasting them with the mundane lives of actual Satanists, challenging stereotypes and societal fears.
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.
#true-crime
London politics
fromSlate Magazine
1 day ago

The Author of Say Nothing Has a New True-Crime Book. It's Remarkable.

Patrick Radden Keefe's 'London Falling' investigates the death of Zac Brettler, exploring themes of tragedy, blame, and urban decay.
Podcast
fromABC7 Los Angeles
1 week ago

ABC takes true crime storytelling to new levels with 'Betrayal: Secrets and Lies'

The series 'Betrayal: Secrets and Lies' showcases true stories of deception, including paternity fraud and domestic abuse.
London politics
fromSlate Magazine
1 day ago

The Author of Say Nothing Has a New True-Crime Book. It's Remarkable.

Patrick Radden Keefe's 'London Falling' investigates the death of Zac Brettler, exploring themes of tragedy, blame, and urban decay.
Podcast
fromABC7 Los Angeles
1 week ago

ABC takes true crime storytelling to new levels with 'Betrayal: Secrets and Lies'

The series 'Betrayal: Secrets and Lies' showcases true stories of deception, including paternity fraud and domestic abuse.
SOMA, SF
fromsfist.com
4 days ago

8 Years on, SF Woman Convicted of the Grisly Murder and Dismemberment of Roommate Who Wouldn't Leave

Lisa Gonzales was convicted of murdering and dismembering her roommate Margaret Mamer in 2018.
fromInverse
6 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
UK news
fromIndependent
1 week ago

From nerd to cold killer: colleague of murderer Stephen McCullagh reveals chilling transformation of monster he thought he knew

A former colleague recalls a haunting clue related to the murder suspect, Stephen McCullagh, linked to a Coke bottle.
#horror-films
Television
fromEsquire
1 week ago

Why Is Horror TV So Complicated Right Now?

Modern horror films have become overly complicated, straying from classic survival rules established in the 1996 film Scream.
Film
fromIndieWire
4 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.
US news
fromBoston.com
3 days ago

New DNA testing confirms serial killer Ted Bundy killed a Utah teen in 1974

New DNA testing confirmed Ted Bundy killed 17-year-old Laura Ann Aime in 1974, linking him to another unsolved murder.
Books
fromSlate Magazine
1 week ago

Netflix's New Crime Thriller Is So Deep in Sicko Territory It's Almost Funny

Norwegian author Jo Nesbø's adaptation of his Harry Hole novels struggles to translate complex narratives into a coherent screen format.
fromHyperallergic
1 week ago

Anki King's Nordic Noir

Anki King's work suggests an intimate engagement with New Image painting, particularly the later work of Susan Rothenberg, but she took it in a direction that is recognizably hers.
Arts
#cape-fear
fromInverse
5 days ago
Independent films

35 Years Later, A Classic Scorsese Thriller Is Getting A Modern TV Reboot

Cape Fear is being adapted into a miniseries by Apple TV, following a pair of public defenders facing a vengeful murderer they once defended.
fromEsquire
5 days ago
Independent films

Javier Bardem Is Absolutely Terrifying in the 'Cape Fear' Trailer

Javier Bardem stars as a darker Max Cady in the upcoming Apple TV series remake of Cape Fear, premiering June 5.
Independent films
fromInverse
5 days ago

35 Years Later, A Classic Scorsese Thriller Is Getting A Modern TV Reboot

Cape Fear is being adapted into a miniseries by Apple TV, following a pair of public defenders facing a vengeful murderer they once defended.
Independent films
fromEsquire
5 days ago

Javier Bardem Is Absolutely Terrifying in the 'Cape Fear' Trailer

Javier Bardem stars as a darker Max Cady in the upcoming Apple TV series remake of Cape Fear, premiering June 5.
fromInverse
1 week ago

How A Trashy 2000s Teen Slasher Predicted 'Dead by Daylight'

Looking back from 2026, it's almost impossible to believe that video games were once treated as a flippant, dead-end hobby reserved for burnouts and social outcasts.
Video games
#duffer-brothers
fromInverse
1 week ago
Television

Netflix Just Quietly Released The Twistiest Horror Series Of The Year

The Duffer Brothers' new series offers a shocking twist on marriage, blending horror with dark humor and a supernatural element.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago
Television

Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen: the Duffer brothers' horror series is absolutely terrifying

The new series by the Duffer brothers combines horror elements with a wedding setting, creating an unsettling atmosphere filled with eerie occurrences.
Television
fromInverse
1 week ago

Netflix Just Quietly Released The Twistiest Horror Series Of The Year

The Duffer Brothers' new series offers a shocking twist on marriage, blending horror with dark humor and a supernatural element.
Television
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen: the Duffer brothers' horror series is absolutely terrifying

The new series by the Duffer brothers combines horror elements with a wedding setting, creating an unsettling atmosphere filled with eerie occurrences.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
2 weeks ago

Why Our Brain Tells Us Horror Stories at Night

Nighttime cognition shifts toward rumination and catastrophic thinking due to reduced prefrontal cortex efficiency, causing minor problems to feel like existential crises that resolve with daylight.
Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

The best recent crime and thrillers review roundup

Killing Me Softly and Whidbey explore complex themes of trauma, morality, and systemic failures in healthcare and society.
fromPsychology Today
2 weeks ago

When We Assume Psychopathy Is Involved in Serial Murders

When the topic of serial murder comes up, almost reflexively, the diagnosis of psychopathic personality is given as an explanation for the offender's behavior. Question: "Why did he kill all these people?" Answer: "He's a psychopath." It seems that once it is proclaimed that the serial killer is a psychopath, everything is understood. This assertion has gained such widespread acceptance that its validity is never questioned.
Psychology
#thriller
Film
fromThe Verge
1 week ago

Red Rooms makes online poker as thrilling as its serial killer

Red Rooms effectively combines realistic technology with expert tension building, creating an unpredictable thriller that keeps viewers engaged and questioning character motives.
fromBustle
2 months ago
Television

'Vanished' Starts Sweet, Then Drops You Into A Twist-Heavy Mystery You'll Devour

Film
fromThe Verge
1 week ago

Red Rooms makes online poker as thrilling as its serial killer

Red Rooms effectively combines realistic technology with expert tension building, creating an unpredictable thriller that keeps viewers engaged and questioning character motives.
fromBustle
2 months ago
Television

'Vanished' Starts Sweet, Then Drops You Into A Twist-Heavy Mystery You'll Devour

Arts
fromwww.npr.org
3 weeks ago

'Scarpetta' is a captivating murder mystery and a high-wire balancing act

Scarpetta alternates between two timelines with different actresses portraying Kay Scarpetta, supported by strong ensemble performances from established television actors.
Women
fromSilicon Canals
4 weeks ago

Psychology says the true crime audience is overwhelmingly women not because women are morbid but because women are the primary targets of the crimes being described - and learning the patterns isn't entertainment, it's threat intelligence dressed up as a podcast - Silicon Canals

Women's high consumption of true crime content represents threat assessment and safety education rather than morbid entertainment preference.
MMA
fromSherdog
1 month ago

'The Killer' plans to execute infamous 'Hannibal Lecter' at Oktagon 85

Khurshed Kakhorov faces Igor Severino for the vacant Oktagon bantamweight title, promising a violent performance to end Severino's controversial Hannibal persona.
#black-dahlia-murder
Books
fromThe New Yorker
3 weeks ago

Patricia Cornwell on Crime and Creativity

Fear is the primary obstacle to creativity; overcoming it and persisting through rejection enables successful creative work.
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
fromSlate Magazine
3 weeks ago

Nicole Kidman's New Crime Show Is Surprisingly Captivating-and Goes Unexpected Places

Nicole Kidman stars as Kay Scarpetta in Amazon Prime's new series adaptation, blending family drama with forensic investigation as Kay confronts a murder matching a serial killer she caught 25 years ago.
LA real estate
fromLos Angeles Times
10 years ago

Tragic past haunts so-called 'Murder House' in Los Feliz

A Los Feliz mansion where a doctor murdered his wife and daughter in 1959 is now for sale at $2.75 million, having remained largely vacant for over 60 years.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

The Value of True Crime

Evolutionary psychology explains true crime fascination as a survival mechanism for identifying threats, yet successful predators still evade detection through deception and social bonding.
Television
fromBustle
1 month ago

Prime Video's Scarpetta Is Here To Save Your Spring Watchlist

Prime Video's Scarpetta, starring Nicole Kidman as forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta, premieres March 11 with all eight episodes, following her investigation into a potentially wrongful conviction from 27 years ago.
Television
fromEsquire
1 month ago

You Should Read the True Crime Story That Inspired HBO's 'DTF St. Louis'

HBO's DTF St. Louis, a prestige drama based on a true murder case involving a dentist, weatherman, and poisoned drink, has evolved into a standalone story diverging significantly from its source material.
Podcast
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

The occult-tinged murder that rocked a quiet Welsh village: best podcasts of the week

Recommended podcasts present sensitive true-crime, Holocaust-family memoir, arts critique, community innovation stories, and balanced technology coverage with strong sound design and accessible reporting.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Monsters and madness and men, oh my! The Terror is the unsung treasure of peak television

Based on the bestselling book of the same name by Dan Simmons, it chronicles a doomed Royal Navy expedition dispatched to the Arctic in search of the fabled Northwest Passage. Under the leadership of Captains Sir John Franklin and Francis Crozier, the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, manned with 129 crew, set sail from England in 1845. They became locked in pack ice off King William Island in the winter of 1846.
Television
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.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

The best recent crime and thrillers review roundup

Obnoxious jewellery dealer Rodney Manderson has been killed outside the Bowery auction rooms, stabbed through the eye with the Victorian hatpin that his boss, Rose Bowery, has brandished in front of the nation on Bargain Hunt. As she discussed the pin's virtues as a deadly weapon as well as its millinerial uses, the fiercely loyal Rilke decides while feeling grateful to have skipped lunch and trying not to think of jelly to remove it before calling the police.
LGBT
Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

The best recent crime and thrillers review roundup

Two contemporary novels probe suburban domesticity, revealing secrets, manipulation, and moral ambiguity through slow-burn suspense and darkly comic plotting.
Video games
fromKotaku
1 month ago

Cult-Classic '90s Horror Game Comes To Steam With Bizarre Title

The 1995 cult game The Dark Eye returns to Steam as Edgar Allan Poe's Interactive Horror: 1995 Edition, restored via ScummVM with Burroughs narration.
Podcast
fromwww.ocregister.com
2 months ago

Michael Connelly says same killer committed Black Dahlia, Zodiac murders

A researcher links the 1947 Black Dahlia murder and the Zodiac killings to one suspect, prompting Michael Connelly's podcast and renewed investigation.
Film
fromInverse
1 month ago

40 Years Later, The Weirdest '80s Horror Movie Is Still Full Of Surprises

House is a 1986 horror-comedy that blends haunted house, Vietnam War trauma, and sitcom elements into an intentionally absurd and chaotic film that achieved cult classic status despite critical confusion.
LGBT
fromQueerty
1 month ago

WATCH: A gay love affair leads to a scandal that shocks a community in this sordid, Southern true-crime tale - Queerty

Louisville's vibrant queer community earned the nickname 'Glitter Ball City,' but the city also endured the 2010 Pink Triangle Murder investigated in an HBO documentary.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

I'll Be the Monster by Sean Gilbert review are they fantasists or psychopaths?

Glimpse them chatting in a restaurant or posing on Instagram, and you might think they have it all. The pair live in London but often travel, drawing the eyes of other guests, their skin glowing, their limbs artfully at ease. She writes affirmations on hotel stationery; he claims to taste notes of bark and tobacco in his chianti. As Sean Gilbert's dark, observant debut opens in Istanbul, this apparently perfect couple bicker and sweat, for secrets lurk behind their facade and one of them might be murder.
Books
Video games
fromGameSpot
2 months ago

Here Are The Best Detective Games To Check Out

Industry layoffs and studio closures coincide with major game updates, gameplay impressions, character trailers, and recommendations including Steam Detective Fest deals and free PC games.
US news
fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

The Guthrie Case Is a Made-For-TV Horror

Media-driven true-crime fascination alters public expectations and attention, intensifying national focus on Nancy Guthrie's apparent abduction and complicating real-world justice.
Video games
fromKotaku
2 months ago

Living In Gotham City Is Wild, According To New Arkham City Video

A modded Batman: Arkham Knight recreates daily life of a Gotham NPC, showing civilian encounters with Batman and varied reactions to superhero presence.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Did She Die the Way They Say?

Psychological autopsy clarifies equivocal manners of death but lacks standardized protocols, challenging reliability; qualitative forensic mental-state assessments deserve standing.
Books
fromEngadget
1 month ago

What to read this weekend: The unsettling new horror novel, Persona

A trans woman uncovers non-consensual pornography of herself and is drawn into escalating horrors involving identity, exploitation, internet influence, and economic precarity.
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.
Books
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Curing Zombies in "The Bone Temple"

Monsters evolve to mirror the cultural anxieties and ambitions of their eras, revealing societal fears about race, empire, mental health, and scientific cure.
Television
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

I'm a crime writer. Here's why we make the best Traitors contestants

Crime fiction specialists' observational, empathetic, and deceptive-character skills make them natural contestants and formidable analysts on The Traitors.
fromScary Mommy
2 months ago

'Fear Not': Anne Hathaway Set To Star In Chilling New True-Crime Series

You're probably (unfortunately) at least vaguely familiar with some pretty infamous serial killers in the U.S., like Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer. However, you may never have heard of Stephen Morin, even though his suspected crimes rival both Bundy's and Dahmer's in number. And although none of these pieces of sh*t deserve to be immortalized, what makes Fear Not unique is that it tells Morin's story through the lens of a survivor's lived experience.
Television
Television
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Eternally spellbinding': the TV shows that baffle you but you can't get enough of

Catterick, Monkey Dust, The OA, and Mrs Davies deliver surreal, darkly comic, and increasingly bizarre narratives blending crime, dreamlike animation, sci‑fi, and oddball humor.
Film
fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago

An undying trend: How vampires hold a mirror to society

Vampires in storytelling symbolize societal fears and reflect historical social and racial violence, as shown by a 1930s-set horror about community-targeted vampires.
Television
fromVulture
1 month ago

This Serial-Killer Thriller Looks So Kidmanian

Nicole Kidman headlines Scarpetta, a Prime Video detective series premiering March 11, playing retired medical examiner Kay Scarpetta returning for one final case.
Film
fromVulture
1 month ago

Why Are So Many Movies About Kidnappings Right Now?

Contemporary hostage films use captivity to interrogate power imbalances, allowing marginalized figures to confront untouchable elites and reflect wider social anxieties.
Television
fromConsequence
2 months ago

Javier Bardem to Terrorize Amy Adams in Apple TV's Cape Fear This June

Cape Fear becomes a 10-episode Apple TV series starring Amy Adams, Patrick Wilson, and Javier Bardem, premiering June 5.
Film
fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago

An undying trend: How vampires hold a mirror to society

The vampire figure personifies societal anxieties and mirrors social and racial violence, sustaining enduring cultural relevance across myth, literature, and film.
Film
fromInverse
2 months ago

'Dead Man's Wire' Proves Gus Van Sant Movies Still Matter

Dead Man's Wire is a taut, timely crime thriller and strong Gus Van Sant comeback dramatizing a 1977 three-day hostage standoff with crowd-pleasing energy.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Hitchcock's The Lodger has been turned into a vertical microdrama. What's next Psycho on Snapchat?

Tattle TV reframes Alfred Hitchcock's The Lodger as a vertically cropped, phone-first microdrama, altering original 4:3 compositions and raising preservation and aesthetics concerns.
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.
Film
Film
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.
Film
fromInverse
1 month ago

19 Years Later, A Perfect Stephen King Thriller Is Getting A Surprising Remake

Mike Flanagan will write and adapt a new film version of Stephen King's novella The Mist, joining his roster of King adaptations.
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