In the 20th century, this was a reasonably consistent figure, staying between 37 and 41 on a decade-long basis. However, in ...

From the macabre stories of Edgar Allen Poe to Jordan Peele's award-winning filmography, the horror genre has a long history of evoking jump scares and nightmares from its audiences. Yet despite the ...

In another recent Halloween-themed post here, I discussed the psychology behind the nature of ghost stories and, to a degree, ...

Sidney Prescott famously summed up in Scream what many think about a certain horror subgenre: “Some stupid killer stalking some big-breasted girl who can’t act, who is always running up the ...

First off, most studio horror films don’t take anywhere near the kind of risks that this daring genre flick takes. Second, horror prequels are very rarely good. This one is great. Nell Tiger ...

Still, horror geeks who happen to have a Hulu subscription actually have access to a surprisingly large library of quality films. Kudos to Hulu for eventually creating a horror-specific ...

The Lure is an intoxicating and original horror-musical genre mash-up that draws you in much like the poor men feasted on by the mermaids. One of the best Netflix movies of 2020 (and, arguably ...

Why it matters: Jason Blum has become the king of movie horror, turning Five Nights at Freddy’s, M3GAN and more into ...

Whether it’s something gory and macabre, silly and irreverent, or eerie and unsettling, the genre of horror is as rich and varied as the multitude of ghosts, ghoulies, and homicidal maniacs that ...

Following its release in 2004, “Saw” redefined the horror genre with its focus on tools used to harm people and continues to ...

That’s a hard balance to strike in the genre, but a vital one. —Pete Volk One of the most fascinatingly unique horror movies of the last decade, The Wailing is half a dozen movies all wrapped ...