Horror

Halloween‘s Producer Is Eager to Get His Hands On Another Classic Horror Property

Jason, you’re up. Ryan Turek, producer on the new Halloween film, is no stranger to rebooting old horror properties. And so far as we were concerned, Halloween was pretty successful. When asked by Comicbook.com (hat tip to Cinema Blend for pulling out the great quote) what franchise he’d like to work with to give a…

Movies Julie Muncy

James McAvoy on Standing Next to Pennywise: ‘I Don’t Like Being Here’

Gonna have to agree with my fellow James here. I would also not like arriving at work and being immediately placed next to a petrifying killer clown. Appearing on Good Morning America recently, McAvoy discussed his time on the set of It: Chapter 2. And while Bill Skarsgård was more than happy to hang out…

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Drunk History Resurrected the Tale of How Mary Shelley Brought Frankenstein to Life

Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society: Drunk History tells the true story of how an opium-fueled sex party inspired not one—but two—of history’s greatest fictional monsters. Comedy Central’s Drunk History opened its latest season with an entire episode dedicated to the story of how Mary Shelley (played by Westworld’s Evan Rachel Wood) came…

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This Deleted Scene From Halloween Makes Michael Myers Even More of a Monster

No one watches a Halloween movie and thinks, “You know? I think Michael Myers is too deranged.” But if this deleted scene was kept in the recent movie, there’s a chance that could’ve happened. io9 is excited, and a little bit terrified, to exclusively debut the scene. Before you click to watch, please note the…

Movies Germain Lussier

Jake Gyllenhaal and Velvet Buzzsaw Ensure You’ll Never Look at Art the Same Way Again

The art world can be pretentious, but it can also be deadly, as the first trailer for Netflix’s new thriller, Velvet Buzzsaw, reveals. It puts Jake Gyllenhaal right in the middle of an artistic mystery that threatens the minds and lives of everyone around him. Velvet Buzzsaw is the latest thriller from Nightcrawler’s Dan Gilroy,…

Trailers Beth Elderkin

The Biggest Horror Movie Milestones Coming in 2019

There are some huge 40th anniversaries coming up this year for horror fans; as you’ll see (and probably already realized), 1979 was a mighty big year for the genre. But that’s not all. As long as you’re planning one party, might as well recognize these other spooky classics that are marking milestones in 2019. 1929…

Movies Cheryl Eddy

Can You Guess What’s Wrong With This Phone?

While working on a property in Sydney, Australia, a man says he found a wall-mounted phone that “looked dirty and was not working.” Luckily for us, he filmed his subsequent investigation. Can you guess what was wrong with the phone? Well, can you? It was bugs. Lots and lots of bugs.

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Inspired by Bird Box, Netflix Asked Artists to Share Their Deepest Fears

Ask anyone what their biggest fear is and no two answers will be exactly the same. That’s why Netflix’s hit movie, Bird Box, doesn’t show its villains. Nothing is scarier than what lives deep in our own imaginations. Inspired by that thought, Netflix’s sci-fi/genre NX social channel asked several artists to use the medium of…

Movies Germain Lussier

The Creatures in Bird Box Could Have Looked Like Creepy, Adult-Sized Babies

In Bird Box, people kill themselves after they see…something. We’re told each person sees their own deepest fear—but that fear presumably looks like something on its own. The finished film never reveals what that could be, but work was done on the subject. “There was a point where we were like, ‘Do we need to…

Movies Germain Lussier

Bemused Blogger Boggled by Baby Jack Black’s Behemoth Full-Grown Head

Eli Roth’s The House With a Clock in Its Walls has all kinds of special effects you’d expect from a big-budget project, but one of its most startling achievements was pulled off with a good, old-fashioned animatronic nightmare. As the title of the film suggests, the fantasy epic—starring Jack Black, Cate Blanchett, and Kyle MacLachlan—plays around…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore

A Creepy Fable Becomes a Little Too Real in This Witchy Horror Short

If someone says you shouldn’t light candles, lest you summon a witch, you best listen. In “The Candlelight Witch,” they didn’t listen. This new horror short film, directed by Becca Flinn-White, stars three young siblings trading scary stories, stories that, as these things often do, prove more truth than fiction. Courtesy of the Midnight Video…

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Another Character Is Jumping From The Walking Dead to Fear the Walking Dead

Burned face and all, Dwight is heading to Fear the Walking Dead. Negan’s former right hand man, played by actor Austin Amelio, was last seen being banished from Alexandria by Darryl at the end of The Walking Dead season eight. He didn’t return for the start of season nine and now we know why. He’s…

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This Mashup Reimagines Jordan Peele’s Us as a Disney Channel Movie

We don’t really know all that much about the plot of Jordan Peele’s new horror project Us, but the film’s first trailer provided just enough inspiration for one clever video editor from Yeek Studios, who drew some interesting comparisons between the live-action thriller and The Proud Family Disney Channel Original movie. The Proud Family Movie tells…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore

Bird Box‘s Director Wanted the Film to Feel Like the Best Part of Horror Movies

With the goal of making her film as suspenseful as possible, Bird Box’s Susanne Bier wanted to take the best part of a horror movie and stretch it as far as it could go. “I’ve always felt the point in scary movies before you see the monster is the most scary,” Bier, the director of Bird…

Movies Germain Lussier

John Krasinski Was ‘Mind-Tricked’ Into Writing A Quiet Place 2

After A Quiet Place came out, writer/director/star John Krasinski was adamant he wouldn’t be returning for a sequel. He’d be happy to see one made, but his involvement was going to be minimal. That, uh, changed, and now Krasinski is writing the sequel himself. What happened? According to a new interview with Deadline, it was…

Movies Julie Muncy

Director Sophia Takal Talks Blumhouse and Her Episode of Hulu’s Horror Anthology Into the Dark

The Hulu-Blumhouse holiday horror anthology series Into the Dark returns today with a new episode in honor of New Year’s Eve, a searing takedown of social media, toxic friendships, and wellness culture titled “New Year, New You.” It’s a suspenseful entry with an all-female cast, directed by Sophia Takal. Those who’ve been following Blumhouse news…

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Bird Box Director Susanne Bier Discusses the Film’s Unique, Potentially Divisive Take on Motherhood

Many things about the new film Bird Box may make you uncomfortable. There’s the obvious stuff, like a terrifying menace taking over the world that kills you if you simply look at it, as well as how that menace impacts different people in surprising and scary ways. Then, most interestingly, there’s how the film portrays its…

Movies Germain Lussier

A Grim Reaper Is Haunted by Someone Else’s Life in This Beautiful Short Film

We often imagine the Grim Reaper as this cloaked, hooded figure who carries a scythe and beckons you to the beyond—or maybe it’s Nicolas Cage. But what if the Grim Reaper was just a desk job? Grim Film’s The Last 7 is a beautiful Malaysian horror short that centers around a Grim Reaper named Michael,…

Movies Beth Elderkin

Artist Laz Marquez Celebrates Buffy the Vampire Slayer in His Epic, Ongoing Poster Series

The lushly detailed work of pop-culture artist Laz Marquez is familiar to many genre fans—he’s done stunning box art for Scream Factory, and covetable, collectible posters for some of our favorite horror movies. His latest project highlights the ultimate cult TV show: Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Similar to a series he did illustrating individual episodes…

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Jordan Peele’s Us Reveals Its Scary Secret in a Creepy First Trailer

Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and Friday the 13th are all horror classics—and, if Jordan Peele has his way, Us will soon join them. The first trailer for Peele’s follow-up to Get Out is here, and with this film, the writer-director had some lofty goals. “It’s a horror film [and] I dedicated a lot…

Trailers Germain Lussier

Halloween‘s Producer Is Eager to Get His Hands On Another Classic Horror Property

James McAvoy on Standing Next to Pennywise: ‘I Don’t Like Being Here’

Drunk History Resurrected the Tale of How Mary Shelley Brought Frankenstein to Life

This Deleted Scene From Halloween Makes Michael Myers Even More of a Monster

Jake Gyllenhaal and Velvet Buzzsaw Ensure You’ll Never Look at Art the Same Way Again

The Biggest Horror Movie Milestones Coming in 2019

Can You Guess What’s Wrong With This Phone?

Inspired by Bird Box, Netflix Asked Artists to Share Their Deepest Fears

The Creatures in Bird Box Could Have Looked Like Creepy, Adult-Sized Babies

Bemused Blogger Boggled by Baby Jack Black’s Behemoth Full-Grown Head

A Creepy Fable Becomes a Little Too Real in This Witchy Horror Short

Another Character Is Jumping From The Walking Dead to Fear the Walking Dead

This Mashup Reimagines Jordan Peele’s Us as a Disney Channel Movie

Bird Box‘s Director Wanted the Film to Feel Like the Best Part of Horror Movies

John Krasinski Was ‘Mind-Tricked’ Into Writing A Quiet Place 2

Director Sophia Takal Talks Blumhouse and Her Episode of Hulu’s Horror Anthology Into the Dark

Bird Box Director Susanne Bier Discusses the Film’s Unique, Potentially Divisive Take on Motherhood

A Grim Reaper Is Haunted by Someone Else’s Life in This Beautiful Short Film

Artist Laz Marquez Celebrates Buffy the Vampire Slayer in His Epic, Ongoing Poster Series

Jordan Peele’s Us Reveals Its Scary Secret in a Creepy First Trailer

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