Hypochondriac XYZ Films In Hypochondriac, Will (an electric Zach Villa), a young gay potter, seemingly has it all: a great boyfriend, an artistic life, everything a creative individual could want. Whe...
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Blumhouse’s ‘The Black Phone’ shows that horror, and original storytelling, has a place at the box office
Any apprehension Jason Blum had about the future of the box office has been quelled now that “The Black Phone” has surpassed $150 million at the global box office. Blum was one of many tha...
Paul W. Anderson Revisits ‘Event Horizon’ As The Sci-Fi Classic Turns 25
Director Paul W. Anderson’s ‘Event Horizon’ involved sets that were both elaborate in scale and … [+] visually stunning. Paramount Pictures It turns out Kurt Russell knew somet...
Netflix may be missing an opportunity in horror movies
A button for launching the Netflix application is seen on a remote control in this photo illustration in Warsaw, Poland on April 25, 2019. Jaap Arriens | NurPhoto | Getty Images There’s a big mo...
They/Them Has Strong Leads And Stronger Potential, But It Fails To Land
They/Them Peacock Sometimes a movie has everything going for it: a wonderful cast, a top tier writer behind it, some great ideas, and a premise that’s literally to die for. Sometimes, despite all that...
The Sandman Is One Of Netflix’s Best, Boldest, Most Creative Series Yet
The Sandman Netflix The Endless: Death, Delirium, Desire, Despair, Destiny, Destruction, and Dream. Seven siblings, embodiments of the forces of nature, each with their own kingdoms and vast power. Th...
Prey Is A Star-Making Outing and The Best Predator Film Since the Original
Prey 20th Century Studios As far as franchise concepts go, Predator is perfect. A species lands that is our superior in every way: strength, intelligence, technology, longevity, and worst of all, its ...
The Weeknd’s ‘After Hours’ Nightmare Becomes A Reality At Halloween Horror Nights
Global music phenomenon and multi-award-winning artist, The Weeknd, collaborates with Universal … [+] Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights to create an all-new haunted houses inspired by his record-...
Vanguard Tells Investors Bonds Are Attractive After First-Half ‘Horror Show’
(Bloomberg) — Investors should look to bonds for income and as a hedge to equities again after fixed-income assets suffered a “horror show” first half, Vanguard Group Inc. said. Most Read from B...
‘Glorious’ Is A Fun Weird Horror Outing with a Wonderfully Unhinged Central Performance
Glorious Shudder If you’re heartbroken, hungover, or drowning in self-hatred, it doesn’t matter… never converse with a voice in the adjacent stall of a truck stop bathroom. It’s a lesson that he...
Nope Finds Refreshing Surprises in Classic Tropes in One Stellar Horror Entry
Nope Universal Pictures From Roswell to The Twilight Zone to so many 1950’s sci-fi classics, the image of the ‘flying saucer’ has burned itself onto the collective consciousness of Hollywood and the p...
‘The Black Phone’ Tops $100 Million In Latest Win For Horror
The Black Phone © Universal Studios As Paramount justifiably celebrates Top Gun: Maverick crossing $601 million domestic, passing the $600 million-grossing initial theatrical run of Titanic to become ...
‘A horror story’. These 3 charts show just how historically bad markets performed in the first half of 2022
Stocks, corporate debt, sovereign bonds, cryptocurrencies—there was no safety for investors in the first half of 2022. Nearly every asset class finished deep in the red as a perfect storm of runaway i...
The Black Phone Is A Top-Shelf Throwback Thriller With Great Leads [Review]
The Black Phone Universal In a film seemingly designed to destroy the radio-play options of The Goo Goo Dolls’ song Black Balloon, The Black Phone is finally coming to theaters. Based on the Joe Hill ...
‘Stranger Things 4’ Lead Sound Effects Editor Reveals How ‘The Omen’ Inspired Vecna’s Sinister Clock Chime
STRANGER THINGS. Natalia Dyer as Nancy Wheeler in STRANGER THINGS. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2022 Courtesy of Netflix If you recently found yourself on Stranger Things TikTok, then you probably know t...
‘Huesera’ Showcases The Horrors Of Domestic Entrapment With A Frightening Twist
Huesera XYZ Films Motherhood is tough. Motherhood in the context of both inescapable trapped feelings and supernatural menaces? Even tougher. Huesera, premiering at the TribeTRIBE2 ca Film Festival, s...
OG Michael Myers Set To Slay At Universal Studios’ ‘Halloween’ Horror Nights
‘Halloween’s relentless slasher Michael Myers makes his vengeful return to Halloween Horror Nights … [+] in haunted houses inspired by the classic 1978 film. Universal Studios Michae...
‘Vecna’s Curse’ Amps Up The Horror
Stranger Things 4, Episode 2 Credit: Netflix Stranger Things 4 is a real return to form for the Netflix show, which was a little uneven throughout Seasons 2 and 3. What I’ve seen of Season 4 so far I ...
The horror story about Bitcoin dipping below $22K
I love Bitcoin. It holds down a position in my portfolio, and I don’t intend to sell it anytime soon. I may or may not even dabble with the odd laser eyes profile picture on my Twitter account. Noneth...
After 11 Weeks, Will The Mariupol Siege End With Honor Or Horror?
Two Russian soldiers patrol in still contested Mariupol. AFP via Getty Images The ongoing Ukrainian defense of Mariupol, a port town of some 400,000 Ukraine citizens, is an epic feat of arms. As surre...
Horror Ape Club Debuting With Giveaways of 26 NFTs on Telegram
Horror Club recently conducted a giveaway event with several projects from the BNB Chain. The event took place on Horror Ape Club’s Telegram channel, and it gathered more than 150 participants trying ...
‘Men’ Is A Challenging Vision That Will Likely Divide Audiences
Jessie Buckley in a scene from writer-director Alex Garland’s ‘Men.’ A24/Kevin Baker Director Alex Garland’s Men is not a movie I can say I liked or enjoyed, and I would consider mys...
How Bill Posley And Jonathan Colomb Created An Innovative New Horror Antagonist In ‘Bitch Ass’ [Interview]
Bitch Ass Courtesy of SXSW SXSW 2022 saw the premiere of one of the more interesting independent horror movies in years with Bitch Ass. Directed by Bill Posley and co-written by Posley and Jonathan Co...
‘Umma’ Is A Rich, Nuanced Supernatural Fright-Fest
My mother was always fond of the insight found in the phrase “hurt people hurt people,” whatever its mysterious origins are. Umma, a haunting new horror outing from writer-director Iris K. Shim, exemp...
Ti West Talks ‘X’ And His Return To Horror Being A Crash Course In Filmmaking
Ti West attends a photo call for the Los Angeles premiere of A24’s ‘X’ at TCL Chinese 6 Theatres in … [+] Los Angeles, California. WireImage Director Ti West’s return to horror...
Hollywood’s Nice Guy Steve Guttenberg Talks Turning Nasty And Tackling Horror In ‘Heckle’
Steve Guttenberg attending the 2018 Sarasota Film Festival in Sarasota, Florida. Getty Images for Sarasota Film F Steve Guttenberg is a legend. The actor’s body of work spans movies and TV with a resu...
‘X’ Is A Smart, Sexy, Scary Ode to Old-School Risqué Cinema
X A24 Ti West (The Innkeepers, The House of the Devil) knows how to do throwback horror. The House of the Devil, for example, takes us back to a 1980’s babysitting job with a catch, and it absolutely ...
Slash/Back Is A Smart Alien Invasion Flick With Effective Body Horror
Slash/Back cr: SXSW / Mongrel Media Indigenous and First Nations filmmakers have really been rising in the ranks in genre cinema, with a number of talented projects coming to the fore. Slash/Back, pre...
‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Is A Bloody, Bleak Train To Murderville
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022) Netflix The original 1974 Tobe Hooper classic The Texas Chain Saw Massacre sees Sally Hardesty, her brother Franklin, and their friends cross paths with the cannibalisti...