40 Hygge Movies to Get You Through the Long Dark Winter
There’s comfort viewing, and then there are movies in which the characters are comfortable. They’re not always the same thing. Some of these movies are comfy, cozy watches—though tastes vary…
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…
The 23 Gayest Horror Movies Ever Made
Just a few short years ago, the pickings were extremely slim for horror movies with explicitly queer characters and themes—plenty of great movies with subtext (some of which we’ll get…
15 of the Best Indie Games to Play on Your New PS5
AbzuScreenshot: Giant Squid Studios The PlayStation Store is flush with hundreds of awesome indie games featuring unique gameplay styles, imaginative art, and genre-pushing experimentation that provide a refreshing change from…
15 Horror Movies Based on True Events (More or Less)
The Stepfather (1987) Trailer #1 | Movieclips Classic Trailers Released at the height of the 1980s slasher-movie trend, you’d be forgiven for thinking The Stepfather’s ominous title character was an…
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…
15 Slasher Movies That Are Smarter Than You Think
In the spirit of the latest Halloween reboot, there’s a new straight-to-Netflix Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie out this week that, like the 2018 Michael Myers movie, ignores all of the…
10 of the Best Long-Awaited Sequels That Aren’t ‘The Matrix Resurrections’
Twin Peaks, the revival of a beloved early ‘90s TV property, succeeds as a triumph of anti-nostalgia—or, more accurately, as a show that radiates ambivalence about revisiting the past. Kyle…
25 Movies That Could Never Be Made Today
Screenshot: The Last Samurai/Warner Bros. There’s been a sea change in the way Hollywood makes theatrical movies. COVID has altered the landscape in ways I’m not sure we can foresee,…
10 Slasher Movies That Are Actually Good
Halloween is the first slasher movie. Yeah, I know about Black Christmas, The Town that Dreaded Sundown, Peeping Tom, Texas Chainsaw, and so on, and those flicks are awesome and…