Horror

Our Spoiler-Free First Impressions of Campy Slasher Comedy Scream Queens

Scream Queens’ Jamie Lee Curtis is perfection. On the gory new campus comedy from Glee’s Ryan Murphy, the horror legend plays a deliciously arch, newly-promoted Dean of Students who haaates sororities. We saw the first episode, and wondered: can the rest of the show keep up with Curtis? We’re cautiously optimistic. The show, described at…

The Most Terrifying Zombie Experiences We Saw At Comic-Con

Zombie lovers were welcomed with open arms (covered with open, rotting sores) at Comic-Con, where TV’s undeadliest shows pulled out all the stops for their fans with elaborate, interactive, in-your-face experiences. Here are the coolest zombie installations we sat at Comic-Con. The Walking Dead’s set-up featured a short, yet full terrifying stroll through a garage…

The first red-band trailer for Sinister II is here, if you were waiting to check out the movie’s levels of blood, violence, and bloody, violent children before deciding whether you were going to go see it. Suffice it to say, Danny from The Shining should probably lead a support grup for these kids. Contact the…

The New Republic has an excellent look at Shirley Jackson and why she is “in the class of writers who require fierce advocates to keep her work alive. Her horror is domestic; it takes place in the familiar world of the kitchen, the family, and known and loved objects. It unsettles too much to be…

Thresher Is A Horrifying Tale Of Inter-Dimensional Terror

Fans of Lovecraft and Weird Fiction will get a kick out of this short film by Mike Diva: Thresher. Following an man trying to get into a locked room, we find that there’s just some doors that shouldn’t be opened. The film was one of the top five finalists in a contest that Guillermo del…

Scared Of Going To The Dentist? This Short Film Will Make It Even Worse

Short horror film The Root of the Problem takes us to a dentist’s office in the 1950s, where a nervous housewife is waiting to have her wisdom teeth pulled. Once the anesthesia kicks in, things start getting very sinister. And it’s not just because that dentist looks like he wants to make love to her…

When It First Came Out, Jaws Got Savaged By the L.A. Times

Jaws turned forty this weekend, which led L.A. Times’ Hero Complex to dig up the paper’s original review. Charles Champlin … wasn’t a fan. “Exploitative,” “broad and obvious” are only a few of his choice words. Go read the whole thing here. And say hello to an old friend while you’re there. Contact the author…

Why Space Is The Scariest Place To Encounter The Supernatural

A wise tagline once said “In Space, no one can hear you scream”. And it’s no surprise that space horror is a popular genre, since space is already kind of terrifying by itself. Space madness! But you know what’s really scary? Encountering a supernatural force in space, where there’s no place to run. Above: The…

A “Zombieroo” Terrorizes The Outback In This Ghoulishly Fun Short

A mysterious contaminant in an Australian town’s water supply unleashes delightful kangaroo zombie carnage in Waterborne, a nine-minute prequel to a planned feature film. This is good news, because after this short, you’ll be as hungry for more of that adorably lo-fi “zombieroo” as he is for brrraiiinnss. [Via Geek Art Gallery]

Mark Duplass Is The World’s Most Alarmingly Manic Host In Creep Trailer

Mark Duplass and first-time director Patrick Brice co-wrote and co-star in Creep, a psychological thriller about a videographer who’s hired to document a dying man’s life for his yet-to-be-born child. Or so he thinks, until the man’s behavior starts to get ever-more erratic and terrifying. Creep, which is produced by horror guru du jour Jason…

Insidious 3 Offers A Textbook Lesson In How To Kill A Horror Franchise

Insidious and its sequel were enjoyably frightening tales of a family haunted by parasitic spirits — and the medium, Elise (Lin Shaye), who sets them free. Insidious: Chapter 3 introduces a new ghostly dilemma, then pastes Elise into the narrative — like an afterthought, who also happens to carry the entire story. Some spoilers follow.…

The Play’s The Thing (That Gets You Killed) In Trailer For The Gallows

On the heels of its jarring teaser from April, the full trailer for The Gallows — about a cursed high-school play — offers a lotta night vision and shaky-cam, a haunted VCR (?), a slowed-down version of “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” and a spirited prayer that found-footage horror still has one last breath in it.

What Is The Best Spooky Story To Tell Around The Campfire?

It’s Memorial Day weekend in the US, a time when many folks head out into nature to camp — and enjoy scary stories around a campfire. What story is even creepier when it’s told out in the woods, far from electric lights and civilization? Gif from the intro to Are You Afraid of the Dark?…

First Cooties Trailer Chronicles The Dawn Of The Tweenage Dead

Here’s a twist on the zombie genre we haven’t seen before. In the horror comedy flick Cooties, only those who haven’t been hit by puberty can be infected by the zombie virus, forcing the teachers of this school to take a stand against their once-adorable students. Prep your cootie shot and watch the first trailer…

An Undead Ex-Girlfriend Makes A Strange Bedfellow In Nina Forever

The self-proclaimed “fucked-up fairy tale” Nina Forever has been making the festival rounds with fairly good reviews. And now the first trailer is out, showing off just what makes this film so very, very odd. It’s hard to put to words, really. Directors Chris Blaine and Ben Blaine setsthe scene in the depressed bed of…

Poltergeist Clips Show How The Reboot Is Different From The Original

However these new clips reveal CG scares, and a lot more modern day intensity in the new Sam Rockwell starring version. On the surface, the new Poltergeist reboot is strikingly similar to the original. However, these new clips reveal CG scares, and a lot more modern-day intensity in the new Sam Rockwell-starring version. The premise…

First Scream Queens Trailer Is Ridiculous, We’ll Watch It

Glee meets American Horror Story meets our DVR, because there is no way in hell we’re missing this schlock fest of tropey horror gags. The first trailer for Scream Queens is out, and it is ridiculous. Good. Icing on the cake, it stars Jamie Lee Curtis. The original Scream Queen, ladies and gentleman. The Fox…

Watch A Hilariously Awful, Never-Before-Seen Horror Film With Adam West

Nearly fifteen years ago, Corey Feldman and Adam West appeared in Seance (a.k.a. Killer in the Dark), a so-bad-it’s-funny horror film made for just a million dollars. The film was never released, but now the whole thing is online for our chuckling pleasure. Here are the details from the YouTube page: “Seance” (aka Killer in…

New Crimson Peak Trailer Reveals Guillermo Del Toro’s Latest Monsters

Tom Hiddleston, Charlie Hunnam, Jessica Chastain and Mia Wasikowska star in Guillermo del Toro’s “kinky” new gothic horror movie Crimson Peak. This new trailer finally pulls back the dusty tapestry on this haunted house picture and reveal the supernatural entities that lurk inside. This is our first real taste of a plot from this feature,…

Schwarzenegger Flexes His (Acting) Muscles In Somber Zombie Tale Maggie

If the phrase “Arnold Schwarzenegger Zombie Movie” calls to mind action-movie insanity, with catchphrases and machine guns and exploding corpses, Maggie — a quietly dark study of grief, terminal illness, and the bond between parent and child — is not the Arnold Schwarzenegger Zombie Movie you’re looking for. Though he does wield an axe in…