The 24 Best Horror Comedies Streaming Right Now
Author Robert Block (Psycho) described comedy and horror as “opposite sides of the same coin.” Since the silent days, movies have blended the styles, and, by 1948, Abbott and Costello…
22 of the Scariest Horror Movies Streaming on Netflix
For some, spooky season begins sometime in late August—at least, that’s when Target puts out the animatronic skeletons and ghost projectors, and it’s not long after that your favorite old…
The Out-of-Touch Adults’ Guide to Kid Culture: What Is ‘Gas Station Heroin’?
When I was younger, I vowed I’d never be end up a clueless old jerk with no idea what was going on in the world, but I realized today that…
16 Post-Apocalyptic TV Shows, but Zombies Had Nothing to Do With It
Screenshot: The Handmaid’s Tale/Hulu Though end-of-days narratives date back to ancient Mesopotamia at least, the pop culture of past few decades has us convinced there’s at least a 70% chance…
15 TV Shows You Didn’t Know Were Movies First
Screenshot: Westworld/MGM After years at the bottom of a contractual pond, the rights to the Friday the 13th horror franchise have landed in a truly fascinating new home: A24, producers…
30 of the Scariest Non-English Language Movies Ever
As English-speaking fans of Japanese horror have known for decades, the genre exports itself particularly well. Scary movies are often built on shocking visuals, which means when done well, horror…
10 of the Most Underrated Stephen King Adaptations
Needful Things Official Trailer #1 – Max von Sydow Movie (1993) HD Based on: The novel Needful Things. There’s a new arrival in Castle Rock: Leland Gaunt (Max von Sydow),…
20 of the Most Misunderstood and Misinterpreted Movies Ever Made
It’s that spinning top, right? Totems like the metal top let characters in Christopher Nolan’s mind-bending modern classic know if they’re awake or deep within their own subconscious. In the…
12 of the Spookiest (or Funniest) New Halloween ‘Specials’ to Watch This Year
Halloween fans: Have you ever wanted to see the how the lesser-known survivors of the first Halloween movie would take on Michael Myers now that they’re middle-aged or geriatric? Me…
20 of the Best Ghost Movies of All Time
It’s surprising that, before 1944, ghost stories were hardly a presence at all in feature films, and were overwhelmingly played for laughs when they did appear. The Uninvited’s cool, serious…