What Creepy Video Game Sounds Do to Your Brain
If you want to know what it sounds like to root around in someone’s chest cavity without the bloody mess, a grapefruit will do just fine. Tear, compress, and squish it…
‘The Last of Us,’ and 11 Other Things to Never Watch If You Hate Body Horror
The Brood (David Cronenberg) – Trailer David Cronenberg is the king of body horror. Almost every one of his films could be included on a list like this, but I…
The Best Movies You Missed in 2022—and Where to Watch Them
Even if James Cameron had not popped up in the final two weeks of the year to drop another $1.4 billion into global box office coffers with Avatar: The Way of…
The Singularity of Allison Williams
On a chilly but humane November night in Toronto, Allison Williams and I slip into an expansive conversation about the polite ways one can manipulate an audience. Williams is an…
Elevator-Pitch Horror Is Here to Stay
It’s been creeping up for a while now, an old breed of horror. A movie here, another there. But now, in 2022, the time has come to give it a…
Shudder Is Transforming the Scary Movie
Craig Engler says these are boom times for horror. Then again, he would say that. Engler is the general manager of Shudder, a streaming service that is focused on the…
The 12 Best Horror Shows to Binge for Halloween
It used to be that horror on television was tame. It was PG-ish stuff like Scooby-Doo and The Twilight Zone. Good fare, but these shows all held horror at arm’s…
Daytime Horror Returns with the ‘Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ Game
My heart races and palms drip with sweat as I mash my mechanical keyboard in an effort to escape the house. When a piercing chain saw roars nearby, minutes of…
14 of the Best Horror Movies for Couples
THE LOVE WITCH Trailer (2016) There’s no nudity here, but The Love Witch is porn for couples who get off on visual ingenuity—it’s so cool-looking, it’s hard to believe it…
‘Nope’ Rightly Challenges Our Love of Spectacle
Fame eats. It’s a monster. In fact, it’s the ultimate monster in Nope, Jordan Peele’s full-throttle third feature, a sci-fi western about a mysterious UFO haunting the skies of a…