8 Silent Films Every Sci-Fi and Horror Fan Should See
Genre films have been around basically as long as cinema itself—which means audiences have been shrieking at monsters…
Horror
5 Essential Larry Cohen Cult Movies
B-movie auteur Larry Cohen passed away March 23 at the age of 82, leaving behind a truly unique cinematic legacy. As…
Follow the Giant Footprints to These 8 Superior Bigfoot Movies
You don’t have to venture too deep into the Hollywood forest to find a crummy take on Bigfoot. But the hairy cryptid…
This Overlook Hotel Welcome Mat Is the Best, Least Inviting Way to Greet Your Friends
The idea of a welcome mat, generally, is to make someone feel invited into your home. It’s a form of greeting for your…
Stephen King's Proposed New Ending For Pet Sematary Is Surprisingly Hopeful
Stephen King is not exactly known for things turning out all right. But the ending he suggested for the new film…
Dave Bautista Will Battle Zombies in Zack Snyder's Army of the Dead
With Avengers: Endgame arriving in a few short weeks, and Denis Villeneuve’s much-anticipated Dune now in production,…
8 Movies Featuring Reanimation (That Aren't About Zombies)
It’s aliiiiive! The Bible gave Jesus an encore after death, but Frankenstein is what really brought reanimation to the…
Beverly's Return to Derry Is Terrifying in the First Footage From It: Chapter 2
A trailer for It: Chapter 2 should be coming fairly soon—but, at CinemaCon 2019, director Andy Muschietti shared…
Saturday Night Live’s Us Parody Will Only Make Sense If You’ve Seen the Movie
Saturday Night Live often goes pretty broad with their parodies, striking at absurd instead of on point, at least…
The New Trailer for Annabelle Comes Home Is an Object Lesson in Leaving the Door Locked
Sometimes, you really should just not go into the room.
Child's Play Nabs Mark Hamill to Voice Chucky
Chucky is a chaotic legend, and to really sell the new Child’s Play, the film’s creators had better shell out for a…
The Original Pet Sematary Movie Is All About Good People Making Shitty Choices
Don’t do it. Just don’t. And then if you end up doing it anyway, for the love of Stephen King, don’t do it again. And…
Guillermo del Toro Explains the Difficulty of Adapting Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
For generations, the book series Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark has haunted kids and adults alike. On name…
io9 Roundtable: Us Is So Much More Than a Horror Movie
Jordan Peele’s Us is the kind of horror movie that lingers with you long after you’ve seen it. The commentary baked…
7 Perfectly Fine Songs Made Scary by Horror Films
If you’ve seen Us, you’ve had Luniz’s “I’ve Got 5 on It” stuck in your head ever since. Though it’s initially framed in…
A New Version of The Craft Is Moving Forward at Blumhouse, with a Female Director [Updated]
For the past few years, there have been talks of a remake/sequel of the 1996 teen witch classic, The Craft. Now, it…
Let's Talk About Jordan Peele's Us
Holy shit, y’all. Hopefully, you saw Jordan Peele’s Us this weekend—and, if you did, odds are you can’t stop thinking…
Here’s Why Hellboy Is a Reboot Instead of a Sequel
The short answer: they wouldn’t do a third movie without Guillermo.
A High School in New Jersey Turned Alien Into a Gigerific Stage Play
Generally speaking, creating unlicensed adaptations of film properties is frowned upon in local theater scenes. But…
Key & Peele’s YouTube Did Something Special for the Release of Us
Before Jordan Peele was one of the best horror directors in the business, he was one half of the comedy duo Key &…