'The Changeling' Remains One of the Scariest Movies Ever Made

Why do you remain?

Decades Later, A Disappointing Slasher Sequel Is Full Of Important Lessons

The Candyman can’t.

With 'Vampires,' John Carpenter Wanted to Make the Anti-'Buffy.' It Didn’t End Well

Carpenter may have been master of horror, but he couldn’t master vampires.

How 'The Boondock Saints' Became the Ultimate Cautionary Tale of '90s Indie Cinema

Be careful what you wish for.

This Holiday Season, Make Sure to Watch Girls Slaughter Zombies

Get your makeup and your machine gun.

How a Classic Sci-Fi Movie Changed the Future By Trying to Predict It

Meet me at Cafe 80s.

What Makes 'Uzumaki' (and Junji Ito) So Damn Scary?

The new Adult Swim anime adaptation of Junji Ito’s horror classic chills you to the bone.

The Warring Exorcist Prequels Failed in Very Different Ways

20 years after The Exorcist: The Beginning, it and its dueling prequel Dominion leave a fascinating legacy.

Park Chan-wook Gave the New Korean Wave Its Great Vampire Movie

15 years later, Thirst remains disturbing, gruesome, and oh so sexy.

The Weirdest Werewolf Movie of the ‘90s Was the Apex, and End, of a Surreal Subgenre

Jack Nicholson played a werewolf in a movie directed by Mike Nichols. The result is fascinating.

In 2004, an Infamous Sci-Fi Remake Reimagined the Horror of Patriarchy as Camp Satire

Stepford’s men are from Mars. Don’t ask where the women come from.

'Knock at the Cabin' Proved M. Night Shyamalan’s Comeback is Legit

Shyamalan once again warns us about the dangers of taking a vacation.

19 Years Later, Star Wars' Most Important Scene is More Relevant Than Ever

Freedom is fragile.

Time Travel on a Budget

Why indie sci-fi loves to go back in time.

With 'House on Haunted Hill,' the Horror Movie Gimmick Became Iconic

Ever have an inflatable skeleton fly at you?

'Invasion of the Body Snatchers' is the Great Political Sci-Fi Story of the 20th Century

How do you update a Cold War classic for the post-Cold War world?

How Horror Movies Made 3D Mainstream

15 years ago, My Bloody Valentine was just the latest in a storied tradition.

One of the Scariest Movies of All Time Helped Create a Prolific Horror Subgenre

Grief comes for us all.

David Cronenberg’s Subtlest Horror Remains Terrifying — And Prescient

The infamous gore fiend dialed it back 35 years ago, and in doing so he only got scarier.

The Biggest Cinematic Event of 2023 Proves a Brutal Truth About Superhero Movies

After Barbenheimer we need more standalone movies.