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8 Horror Movies to Welcome Spring’s Arrival

Killer plants, deadly getaways, and sinister rituals await.

Movies Cheryl Eddy Mar 23

12 Scary Ecological Horror Movies to Watch This Halloween

Bad things happen when nature decides to fight back.

Climate Change Angely Mercado Oct 18

The Major Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Anniversaries of Summer 2022

Robocop, Hellraiser, Bambi, Solaris and Transformers are among the films celebrating milestones in the next few months.

Movies Germain Lussier Jul 7

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The 14 Best (and 9 Worst) Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror, and Superhero Movies of 2021

It's time to take a look back at the cinematic highs and lows of the year.

io9 James Whitbrook & Cheryl Eddy & Germain Lussier & Rob Bricken Dec 27

M. Night Shyamalan’s Sci-Fi and Fantasy Films, Ranked

His latest film, Old , is now in theaters—so we decided to rank the director's previous features from the sci-fi and fantasy realm.

Movies Germain Lussier Jul 23

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13 Things M. Night Shyamalan’s Movies Are Afraid Of

From The Sixth Sense to Glass and Old , here are 13 fear-based themes in his two decades of films.

Movies Beth Elderkin Jul 16

Creepy Eco-Horror Film Gaia Reminds You Not to Mess With Earth

The great thing about horror is it can come from anywhere. Sure, we’re familiar with gore, monsters, and murderers, but truly anything can scare you or kill you. Case in point, the burgeoning genre of eco-horror, which makes it very clear that the world we live in right now will eventually kill us all due…

Movies Germain Lussier Mar 22

10 Cult Sci-Fi Movies About Environmental Revenge

Nature strikes back! That’s the shared theme of these 10 eco-horror movies we’ve compiled in honor of Garbage Week, all tales of terrible punishments that transpire when the environment lashes out against evil, wasteful, and destructive humans. Read on, and be warned: Mother Earth is growing weary of your shit. 10. Day of the Animals…

io9 Cheryl Eddy Mar 6

Let Us Brighten Your Day By Reminding You The Happening Happened

Later this week, M. Night Shyamalan is releasing a new movie called The Visit. And it’s actually pretty great. Scary, unpredictable, kind of like the movies that made him a household name. It’s unlike The Happening, the movie that almost killed his career. Released in 2008, The Happening stars Mark Wahlberg and Zooey Deschanel as…

Movies Germain Lussier Sep 9

High-res Ted photos show you how to party like a teddy bear

Looks as though the magically animated teddy bear gets his party on, big time, in Seth MacFarlane’s Ted, judging from a dozen high-res photos that just came out. There is something about the sight of a teddy bear in a suit, or a teddy bear on a couch with four hot babes, that leaves you…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jun 15

Crappiest “Save The Earth” Movie Messages Of All Time

Happy Earth Day, you disgusting mass of consumers! What better way to celebrate than with a round-up of the worst eco-friendly, lecturing movies? We also include a few “green” films that won’t make you feel bludgeoned by a tree. Worst Earth Day Messages In Movies, Ever The Day After Tomorrow Movie Message: Your polluting lifestyle…

io9 Meredith Woerner Apr 22

io9 March Movie Madness: Pick more of the worst science fiction movies ever made!

Vote now on the rest of science fiction’s worst movies for our March Movie Madness first round. Today’s craptacular selection includes Attack of the Clones Star Trek: Nemesis, The Last Airbender, Green Lantern… and sentimental favorite Manos: The Hands of Fate! This year, you are tasked with crowning the world’s worst science fiction movie ever…

Movies Alasdair Wilkins and Meredith Woerner Mar 16

io9’s March Movie Madness: Pick the worst science fiction movie ever made!

The most important tournament of our time has returned: io9’s March Movie Madness. Last year the bracket of doom bestowed the honor of greatest science fiction movie ever made on Serenity. Much to the surprise of many of us, Whedon’s space adventure beat out Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back in the final round. But…

Movies Alasdair Wilkins and Meredith Woerner Mar 14

The Happening is happening in Cambodia: mob of fainting teenagers blamed on oxygen-stealing trees

Craziness en masse and high schoolers have gone hand-in-hand since the Great Sarsaparilla Kerfuffle of Umpteen-Lickety-Sixty. https://gizmodo.com/out-of-control-hypnotism-ruins-high-school-fun-day-5837382 The latest report of teenage weirdness comes to us from Cambodia, where a fainting spell is being chalked up to breath-stealing trees with murder in their bark. Reality, you just got Shyamalanized. Contrary to everything you’ve learned in…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Oct 26

10 Greatest Rappers Who Starred in Science Fiction and Fantasy Films

In space, nobody can hear you freestyle. But that hasn’t stopped some of hip-hop’s greatest legends from appearing in some classic science fiction and fantasy movies. From battling killer sharks to fighting off ghosts on Mars, some of our favorite rappers have also become some of our favorite SF heroes. Check out our definitive list…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 17

Crappiest “Save The Earth” Movie Messages Of All Time

Happy Earth Day, you disgusting mass of consumers! What better way to celebrate than with a round-up of the worst eco-friendly, lecturing movies? We also include a few “green” films that won’t make you feel bludgeoned by a tree. Worst Earth Day Messages In Movies, Ever The Day After Tomorrow Movie Message: Your polluting lifestyle…

io9 Meredith Woerner Apr 22

Disaster Movie Moments That Pissed Us Off The Most

Sure, disaster movies are just empty calories of mass destruction — but even when you don’t take them seriously, there are always some scenes that you just can’t excuse. We’ve collected the most infuriating moments from the biggest disaster movies. Disaster: Volcano Our Breaking Point: The Subway Scene How long do you think the people…

Movies Meredith Woerner Nov 12

What If The Happening Was A Novel? (And Quite Good?)

Pity David Oppegaard. His debut novel The Suicide Collectors – about almost everyone deciding to commit suicide for mysterious reasons – just came out, while memories of The Happening remain pungent. But it’s worlds better. Oh, and there are spoilers, although I won’t give away the novel’s ending or anything. As in The Happening, people…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Dec 28

Did Fear Of Science Fiction Kill “Dave”?

You may have thought Meet Dave bombed because it’s the latest in a long string of unfunny Eddie Murphy movies… but it turns out there’s another reason. The movie bombed, at least in part, because Fox refused to market it as science fiction, believing that nobody likes SF, and especially not SF comedies. Whether or…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 15

Rest Of The World Prefers Green Message To Green Monster?

Is the rest of the world more ready for depressing ecological dystopias that fail to scare or thrill than the US? That would appear to be the message from this weekend’s international movie box office results, where – unlike in the United States – M. Night Shyamalan’s The Happening outgrossed rival The Incredible Hulk. But,…

io9 Graeme McMillan Jun 17

The Happening

8 Horror Movies to Welcome Spring’s Arrival

12 Scary Ecological Horror Movies to Watch This Halloween

The Major Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Anniversaries of Summer 2022

The 14 Best (and 9 Worst) Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror, and Superhero Movies of 2021

M. Night Shyamalan’s Sci-Fi and Fantasy Films, Ranked

13 Things M. Night Shyamalan’s Movies Are Afraid Of

Creepy Eco-Horror Film Gaia Reminds You Not to Mess With Earth

10 Cult Sci-Fi Movies About Environmental Revenge

Let Us Brighten Your Day By Reminding You The Happening Happened

High-res Ted photos show you how to party like a teddy bear

Crappiest “Save The Earth” Movie Messages Of All Time

io9 March Movie Madness: Pick more of the worst science fiction movies ever made!

io9’s March Movie Madness: Pick the worst science fiction movie ever made!

The Happening is happening in Cambodia: mob of fainting teenagers blamed on oxygen-stealing trees

10 Greatest Rappers Who Starred in Science Fiction and Fantasy Films

Crappiest “Save The Earth” Movie Messages Of All Time

Disaster Movie Moments That Pissed Us Off The Most

What If The Happening Was A Novel? (And Quite Good?)

Did Fear Of Science Fiction Kill “Dave”?

Rest Of The World Prefers Green Message To Green Monster?

The ‘Mass Effect’ Show is Getting Rewritten to Get Greenlit

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