When you think of what makes a great horror movie, what springs to mind? A likable protagonist, such as a kick-ass scream queen or final girl? A spine-tingling score or a fear-inducing soundscape, ...

If 2025 proved anything, it's that horror is no longer confined to one dominant style. The genre spent much of the late 2010s and early 2020s obsessed with internal suffering, but 2025 signaled a ...

This weekend’s “The Mummy” – excuse us, “Lee Cronin’s The Mummy” – is the latest scary movie to open in 2026. It seems like almost every week there’s a spine-tingling new horror either opening in ...

Following the release of 2025's psychological horror "Exit 8," and with A24's "Backrooms" set to bring liminal horror to the masses, many will be wondering about this emerging sub-genre and its online ...

From genre-defining hits ('Sinners') and surprise breakouts ('Weapons') to hidden gems ('Dead Mail') and auteur-driven awards contenders ('Frankenstein'), these were the best scares studios and ...

You wouldn’t call 2025 an “off” year for horror — more like an odd one. Both A24 and Neon continued to back several scary-movie auteurs (the prolific Osgood Perkins, the brothers Danny and Michael ...

J. Scott Thurlow is a Senior Contributor based in the NYC Metropolitan Area. While he is not actually Alan Wake, Scott has been ranting about games since falling in love with them at a young age.

This is embarrassing, but scary movies freak me out so much, I watch with my hands covering my eyes. More embarrassing still? I keep going back for more. We all know that feeling of being terrified by ...

'A Nightmare on Elm Street,' 'The Conjuring' and 'Friday the 13th' (New Line Cinema/Warner Bros.) Motion picture franchises have been around almost as long as movies themselves, because if audiences ...

Warning: Gross imagery and descriptions follow. Obviously! The human body is a mystery. A mass of tissue, muscles, vascular systems, and 70% water? Are we just walking flesh balloons filled with ...

From wide releases such as 'Longlegs' and 'Nosferatu' 'to indie and streaming gems such as 'The Substance' and 'It's What's Inside,' Hollywood Reporter columnist Richard Newby looks back at the year ...

2024 has been an excellent year for horror. The genre has steadily risen in critical perception (and box-office performance) for years. It's no surprise that studios — both indie and mainstream — want ...