Vincent Price

May 28th 2024

This Vincent Price Figure Comes With a Tiny Cookbook and True Fans Know Why

The Hollywood legend wasn't just a horror guy... though, of course, that aspect of his career is also a big part of this very cool new NECA release.

Toys & Collectibles Cheryl Eddy May 28

May 17th 2024

17 Roger Corman Movies You Should Watch Right Now

The recently deceased filmmaker was responsible for releasing droves of motion pictures throughout the decades he was active.

Culture Lucas Ropek May 17

April 22nd 2024

1999’s 15 Most Essential Horror Movies, 25 Years Later

Twenty-five years ago, audiences saw The Sixth Sense 's dead people, hunted the Blair Witch , witnessed high school hell, fought crocs and Bats , and so much more.

Movies Cheryl Eddy Apr 22

February 14th 2024

10 Nerdy Movies to Stream on Valentine’s Day

All you need is love—and ghosts, time travel, space travel, mermaids, parallel universes, witches, and mannequins that come to life.

Movies Cheryl Eddy Feb 14

December 13th 2022

The Best Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror io9 Rewatched in 2022

io9 reveals all the pop culture we had fun revisiting—or finally catching up on—over the past year.

io9 Justin Carter, Linda Codega, Cheryl Eddy, Sabina Graves, Germain Lussier, James Whitbrook Dec 13

March 16th 2022

Let Nic Cage Play Egghead in The Batman Sequel, You Cowards

The actor thinks he can make the goofy '60s villain "terrifying," and I believe him.

Movies Rob Bricken Mar 16

December 27th 2021

12 Horror Anthology Movies That’ll Haunt Your Nightmares

Why watch a movie that'll scare you with one story, when you can watch an anthology packed with a whole variety of frights?

Movies Cheryl Eddy Dec 27

October 29th 2021

Image: Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Studios, Lucasfilm, and Paramount+

The Nerd’s Watch: Best Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Streaming in November 2021

io9 picks the best genre titles coming to Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Disney+, and more in November 2021.

Movies Germain Lussier & Jill Pantozzi & James Whitbrook & Charles Pulliam-Moore & Cheryl Eddy & Rob Bricken Oct 29

October 6th 2021

Mike Flanagan. Edgar Allan Poe. Netflix.

The Haunting specialist and horror aficionado has chosen his next tale of terror for Netflix, that is, after The Midnight Club .

Television James Whitbrook Oct 6

September 15th 2021

Shudder Is Teaming Up With Horror Hostess Elvira for Some Seasonally Appropriate Programming

The legendary Mistress of the Dark will present a quartet of chillers as part of Shudder’s “61 Days of Halloween” celebration.

Television Cheryl Eddy Sep 15

August 31st 2021

The Nerd’s Watch: Best Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Streaming in September

io9 picks the best genre titles coming to Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Disney+, and HBO Max in September 2021.

Movies Germain Lussier Aug 31

July 24th 2021

The Simpsons Brought an Early Taste of Halloween to SDCC 2021

Maurice LaMarche does Vincent Price in this sneak peek at the show's beloved spooky staple, Treehouse of Horror.

Television James Whitbrook Jul 24

May 22nd 2020

12 Delightfully Freaky Horror Movies From the 1960s

You’ve seen Night of the Living Dead, Psycho, and Rosemary’s Baby. But have you seen a pre-Star Trek William Shatner being chased by a succubus in a movie filmed entirely in Esperanto? Or a made-in-Japan (with a non-Japanese cast) alien creature feature with the grooviest theme song ever? Read on! 12) Incubus (1966) Leslie Stevens, the…

Movies Cheryl Eddy May 22

January 10th 2019

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 Jan 10

October 19th 2018

Horror Icon Vincent Price’s 14 Most Legendary Performances

’Tis the season to blast “Thriller” and binge-watch all your favorite scary movies. Naturally, the mind drifts to one of the greatest talents the genre ever knew: Vincent Price. The actor had a long, varied career—he was also an art expert and a cookbook author!—but here are our favorite spooky and offbeat highlights. 1) “Thriller”…

Movies Cheryl Eddy Oct 19

October 11th 2018

Know Your Haunts: A Crash Course in Horror’s Most Confusingly Similar Ghostly Titles

On Friday, Netflix debuts a new series based on The Haunting of Hill House, the third adaptation of Shirley Jackson’s classic horror novel. That’s a lot of Hauntings—on top of certain other, confusingly similar titles like The House on Haunted Hill. Get your ghosts in order with our handy cheat sheet. The Haunting of Hill…

Movies Cheryl Eddy Oct 11

October 26th 2016

A Costumed Gang Plots to Steal Vincent Price’s Skull in Funny Short ‘Spooky Club’

Welcome to Spooky Club, where all the members have eerie-yet-useless “talents,” and activities include a scheme to steal Vincent Prince’s skull and cremate it according to his last wishes. Clever editing, rocking music, a retro vibe, and some killer deadpan acting make this short lean more comedy than horror. But make no mistake. To quote…

io9 Cheryl Eddy Oct 26

May 17th 2016

Unless the Witchfinder General Remake Stars a Resurrected Vincent Price, I Don’t Want to Hear About It

Yesterday, we learned that the Nicolas Winding Refn-produced remake of legendary B-movie Maniac Cop was zooming full steam ahead. And now the Danish filmmaker is throwing his weight behind a remake of 1968 British historical horror film Witchfinder General. What’s next? Shriek of the Mutilated? Food of the Gods? Better not be. At least—at the…

io9 Cheryl Eddy May 17

December 9th 2015

25 Years Ago, Edward Scissorhands Changed Monster Movies Forever

Tim Burton’s Edward Scissorhands, which came out 25 years ago this week, is more than just an updating of Frankenstein. It’s the story of a gentle robot who tries to live among regular people—and when I saw it as a little kid, this movie meant everything to me. Spoilers for a quarter-century-old film follow. I…

Movies Bryan Lufkin Dec 9

September 10th 2013

10 Biggest Dodged Bullets in the History of Doctor Who

Over its 50 years, Doctor Who has had plenty of mortifying incidents here and there. But things could have been way, way worse. Here are 10 occasions where Doctor Who narrowly avoided a shattering disaster. https://gizmodo.com/12-most-mortifying-moments-in-the-history-of-doctor-who-461118771 1. Sydney Newman’s Instructions One of the main creators of Doctor Who was Sydney Newman, a brash Canadian executive…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Sep 10

Vincent Price

This Vincent Price Figure Comes With a Tiny Cookbook and True Fans Know Why

17 Roger Corman Movies You Should Watch Right Now

1999’s 15 Most Essential Horror Movies, 25 Years Later

10 Nerdy Movies to Stream on Valentine’s Day

The Best Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror io9 Rewatched in 2022

Let Nic Cage Play Egghead in The Batman Sequel, You Cowards

12 Horror Anthology Movies That’ll Haunt Your Nightmares

The Nerd’s Watch: Best Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Streaming in November 2021

Mike Flanagan. Edgar Allan Poe. Netflix.

Shudder Is Teaming Up With Horror Hostess Elvira for Some Seasonally Appropriate Programming

The Nerd’s Watch: Best Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Streaming in September

The Simpsons Brought an Early Taste of Halloween to SDCC 2021

12 Delightfully Freaky Horror Movies From the 1960s

The Biggest Horror Movie Milestones Coming in 2019

Horror Icon Vincent Price’s 14 Most Legendary Performances

Know Your Haunts: A Crash Course in Horror’s Most Confusingly Similar Ghostly Titles

A Costumed Gang Plots to Steal Vincent Price’s Skull in Funny Short ‘Spooky Club’

Unless the Witchfinder General Remake Stars a Resurrected Vincent Price, I Don’t Want to Hear About It

25 Years Ago, Edward Scissorhands Changed Monster Movies Forever

10 Biggest Dodged Bullets in the History of Doctor Who

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