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Give Your Attention Span a Break With These 7 Short Sci-Fi and Horror Movies

Sometimes, you’re in the mood for three hours of Marvel superheroes, or 90 minutes of battles in Westeros. Other times…doesn’t a fast-paced short film that makes you laugh, think, or shriek in terror (or some combination thereof) sound kind of nice for a change? If that’s the case, io9 has you covered. Here’s our latest…

Movies Cheryl Eddy

The Twilight Zone Has Been Hitting Us Over the Head a Little Too Hard

Though Rod Serling’s original Twilight Zone explored fears that are still potent today (personal ruin, sinister invaders, self-aware ventriloquist dummies), his show’s obviously a product of the past. Jordan Peele’s new version, however, couldn’t be more of the moment—which has proven to be both a strength and a weakness. If you haven’t watched through last…

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Everything You Need to Know About Lucifer Before Its Season 4 Premiere on Netflix

As the tagline for Lucifer’s fourth season—“He has risen”—suggests, the supernatural cop show very loosely based on a character co-created by Neil Gaiman (after the Good Book, of course) is here thanks to the power of resurrection. If you’re planning on diving right into the new season on Netflix (or if the finer points of…

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A Hellraiser Reboot Is Coming From Batman and Superman Writer David S. Goyer

David S. Goyer has already helped reboot Batman and Superman. Next, he’ll do the same for Pinhead. Hellraiser rises, anyone? Spyglass Media Group just announced it has hired Goyer to produce and write the story for a “loyal, yet evolved reimagining” of Hellraiser, the classic 1987 horror film from Clive Barker about a mysterious puzzle…

Movies Germain Lussier

This Lego Artist Created the Ultimate Horror Movie Haunted House

Lego is the perfect medium for playful sculpture, and it’s also great for pop culture pastiche. This haunted house, created by Reddit user @Kreimkoek, is both. Channeling every creepy abode from television and film into one ur-mansion, this creation features a ton of references to iconic horror properties, from The Exorcist to Evil Dead. There’s…

Movies Julie Muncy

Summer Movie Preview: 37 Movies to Watch Out For

It’s going to be a hell of a summer. Hollywood’s biggest season just got underway with the record-shattering release of Avengers: Endgame, and Disney alone is following that up over the next few months with Aladdin, Toy Story 4, The Lion King, and Artemis Fowl, some of which are sure to be among the most…

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James Gunn Thinks Brightburn Is a Perfect Memorial Day Movie

Brightburn, produced by James Gunn, is a dark take on superhero mythology. What if Superman wasn’t a nice, innocent, helpful child, but instead absolutely terrifying? The moral of the story, says director David Yarovesky, according to Entertainment Weekly, is simple, and not exactly a spoiler. “Maybe adopting an alien baby you find in the woods…

Movies Julie Muncy

Dennis Quaid Is Terrifying as the Worst Former Occupant Ever in The Intruder

Dennis Quaid has had a long, storied career. He’s done some great movies in his time, and he’s also done some stranger ones. The Intruder is probably in that latter category. The Intruder is another in the recent trend of movies about how scary neighbors are, starring Quaid as a dude who sells his house…

Trailers Julie Muncy

Santa Clarita Diet Won’t Be Eating Its Way Into a Fourth Season

The zombie comedy (zom com is, yes, the correct term) Santa Clarita Diet has, unfortunately, been cancelled. The wacky show about a suburban couple, played by Drew Barrymore and Timothy Olyphant, who must deal with the aftermath of the wife becoming afflicted with a hunger for flesh, recently released its third season on Netflix, which…

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In the Campy First Trailer for Critters Attack!, an ’80s Monster Returns to Terrorize a New Generation

Fans of gory yet goofball 1980s creature horror, rejoice: Critters are back! The series, which began in 1986 with the cult classic Critters—and spawned several sequels of diminishing returns, plus a recent web series on Shudder—continues with Critters Attack!, which heads to Blu-ray, DVD, and streaming in July. This first trailer suggests the film was…

Trailers Cheryl Eddy

Guillermo del Toro’s Next Movie May Not Have a Creature in It, But It Might Have Leonardo DiCaprio

Guillermo del Toro has been very careful in selecting his follow-up to his Oscar-winning The Shape of Water, but that movie may now be solidified after landing one of the biggest stars in the world. Variety reports that del Toro is in negotiations with Leonardo DiCaprio to star in Nightmare Alley, based on the 1946…

Movies Germain Lussier

I Like Scary Movies Is a Horror Fan’s Instagram Dream

The website for the event titled I Like Scary Movies describes it as “an interactive art installation.” But what does that mean exactly? Since it’s filled with displays paying tribute to films like The Shining, Beetlejuice, A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Lost Boys, and It: Chapter One, I simply had to find out. I Like Scary Movies,…

Movies Germain Lussier

Online Shopping Takes a Sinister Turn in Eerie Short Recommended for You

When Recommended for You begins, the weirdly accurate suggestions offered up by our protagonist’s Amazon-ish shopping app are helpful, preparing him for sudden power outages and his pregnant wife’s snack cravings. But then the app, which clearly has some kind of window into the future, starts pulling up some not-so-happy things for him to purchase.…

Movies Cheryl Eddy

Two Friends Speculate About the Unknown in This Funny, Scary Clip From Something Else

Indie horror is a treasure, and Something Else, an indie horror comedy from filmmakers Jeremy Gardner and Christian Stella, seems like quite a treat. In a clip of the film, which is set to premiere at Tribeca Film Festival, two friends hunt an alien while debating what, actually, an alien is, and how justified it…

Movies Julie Muncy

Hulu’s Next Into the Dark Holiday Episode Puts a Very Twisted Spin on Mother’s Day

Hulu and Blumhouse slather horror all over yet another holiday with the latest in their delightfully grim Into the Dark series. Director Chelsea Stardust’s All That We Destroy looks to tell one of the most fucked-up Mother’s Day-adjacent tales ever, as a scientist (Samantha Mathis) tries to cure her homicidal son (Israel Broussard) by cloning…

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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 and marveling at space adventures for over 100 years. Technology may have changed rather dramatically, but a lot of the core stories are still remarkably similar. Most of these films are in the public domain, which means…

Movies Cheryl Eddy

The New Child’s Play Trailer Unveils Mark Hamill’s Dastardly Doll Voice

The Chucky renaissance plunges forth with another trailer for the upcoming movie reboot—as ever, not to be confused with the otherwise unrelated in-the-works Syfy TV series from franchise creator Don Mancini. This new trailer is the one we’ve been eagerly awaiting ever since it was announced that Mark Hamill would be voicing the murderous little…

Trailers Cheryl Eddy

What We Do in the Shadows Spotlights a Frighteningly Accurate Modern Monster

Three episodes in, it’s now confirmed that the What We Do in the Shadows series is every bit as wonderful as the film that spawned it. While the show taps into many of the elements that made the movie a success, it also brings some unique additions to the material—in particular, a new vampire that’s…

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In the Unsettling First Trailer for The Perfection, a Musical Rivalry Turns Into Something Surreal and Horrifying

After an animated audience response at the 2018 Fantastic Fest, Netflix snapped up the rights to The Perfection, and now there’s a trailer for rest of us to see what all the fuss was about. You might hear “cellist feud” and think, “how could a story like that give me nightmares?” Fair enough—but while we’re…

Trailers Cheryl Eddy

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 genre fans, we thought it might be nice to celebrate the horror-centric parts of his career. It’s important to note, however, that Cohen didn’t only make “garish horror classics,” as the New York Times…

Movies Cheryl Eddy

Give Your Attention Span a Break With These 7 Short Sci-Fi and Horror Movies

The Twilight Zone Has Been Hitting Us Over the Head a Little Too Hard

Everything You Need to Know About Lucifer Before Its Season 4 Premiere on Netflix

A Hellraiser Reboot Is Coming From Batman and Superman Writer David S. Goyer

This Lego Artist Created the Ultimate Horror Movie Haunted House

Summer Movie Preview: 37 Movies to Watch Out For

James Gunn Thinks Brightburn Is a Perfect Memorial Day Movie

Dennis Quaid Is Terrifying as the Worst Former Occupant Ever in The Intruder

Santa Clarita Diet Won’t Be Eating Its Way Into a Fourth Season

In the Campy First Trailer for Critters Attack!, an ’80s Monster Returns to Terrorize a New Generation

Guillermo del Toro’s Next Movie May Not Have a Creature in It, But It Might Have Leonardo DiCaprio

I Like Scary Movies Is a Horror Fan’s Instagram Dream

Online Shopping Takes a Sinister Turn in Eerie Short Recommended for You

Two Friends Speculate About the Unknown in This Funny, Scary Clip From Something Else

Hulu’s Next Into the Dark Holiday Episode Puts a Very Twisted Spin on Mother’s Day

8 Silent Films Every Sci-Fi and Horror Fan Should See

The New Child’s Play Trailer Unveils Mark Hamill’s Dastardly Doll Voice

What We Do in the Shadows Spotlights a Frighteningly Accurate Modern Monster

In the Unsettling First Trailer for The Perfection, a Musical Rivalry Turns Into Something Surreal and Horrifying

5 Essential Larry Cohen Cult Movies

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