Few films in recent memory have defied box office expectations quite like Obsession. Curry Barker’s supernatural horror thriller arrived in theaters this May on a budget of just $750,000, positioned as a minor curiosity in a crowded summer slate. Instead, the Focus Features release managed to increase its weekly box office haul in its second […]
Spoof movies seem to be enjoying a bit of a renaissance recently. Last year saw the releases of The Naked Gun and Spinal Tap II: The End Continues. Scary Movie earned over $230 million worldwide this summer, and Spaceballs: The New One is scheduled for release in 2027. With all these parodies making their way […]
While Buffy the Vampire Slayer was never outright bad, the show did fall off after its fifth season finale, and, in the process, proved that this acclaimed episode would have been a more fitting ending than the eventual series finale. The success of The X-Files has a lot to answer for. The classic ‘90s show […]
The hype for American Horror Story Season 13 has been real for some time, in part because the seasons themselves haven’t been able to hit their annual release cadence that was once there, but also because of the lingering allure of that number to the spooky season. Production is already well underway for the series’ […]
Although Widow’s Bay season 1 was basically perfect, the second outing of the Apple TV horror/mystery/comedy hybrid needs to highlight one underrated supporting character from season 1. Some shows come burdened with a lot of hype pre-release, while others arrive seemingly out of nowhere and stun viewers with their unexpected success. Apple TV’s utterly unique […]
1989 was a big year for movies. Landmark films like Tim Burton’s Batman and When Harry Met Sally would define the superhero and rom-com genres, respectively, with Burton’s take on The Dark Knight shaping blockbusters for the decades to come. No matter the genre, audiences had multiple reasons to come to the cinema, and there […]
There’s a new Resident Evil movie coming, and it’s already causing some controversy with fans of the games. That’s because director Zach Cregger isn’t adapting one of the Resident Evil games directly or telling a new story featuring major characters from the games – quite the opposite, in fact. Cregger’s Resident Evil will follow a […]
Few horror icons are so ingrained in the collective imaginary as Chucky, the diminutive killer doll who has terrorized audiences since 1988. What began as a low-budget slasher premise, a serial killer’s soul trapped inside a Good Guy doll, evolved into one of the genre’s most enduring franchises, spanning seven feature films, a spin-off television […]
Although Mike Flanagan’s upcoming Stephen King adaptation was already exciting enough on its own, the news that the Prime Video horror miniseries will fix one of the iconic author’s oldest mistakes makes it even better. Even though shows like Under the Dome and movies like The Running Man prove that Stephen King is an underrated […]
Wes Craven’s A Nightmare on Elm Street changed the slasher genre when it introduced the meta-horror killer Freddy Krueger, turning a razor-gloved dream stalker into one of horror’s most enduring icons across seven sequels, a television series, and multiple crossover events. New Line Cinema built its reputation as a horror powerhouse around the character before […]