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> The new horror movie Terrifier 3 comes with a warning, telling viewers that they might feel “unwell” during the slasher from director Damien Leone, with the opening scene already prompting walkouts and vomiting. > >The Terrifier films, which follow the exploits of serial killer Art the Clown, have earned a reputation with viewers for the film’s extreme levels of violence and gore. > > The previous film reportedly made people “pass out” in theatres which Leone denied was a “marketing ploy” created to promote the independent movie. > > ... > > An image shared on the film’s X/Twitter account shows a note on a cinema door telling people: “Warning! This film contains extreme violence and excessive gore. If you are feeling unwell, please find a member of staff. Staff trained in first aid are on site.” > > The image is captioned with, “Don’t say we didn’t warn you…” > >Of course, while most people would be horrified by the sound of film that might cause you to need first aid, horror fans are seemingly gleeful at the thought. 
Well the scariest month of them all is upon us, what horrors have you seen?
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> Horror is arguably the most versatile genre of movies. A good horror movie does what it can to elicit feelings of fear, shock or disgust from its audience. Whether it's copious amounts of gore, jump scares or establishing a general aura of dread, there are countless methods by which horror movies can frighten their viewers. Effective horror movies attack the senses and play tricks on the mind. > > In regards to horror, every decade has its fair share of standouts that adopted certain trends and stylings of the period. The 2010s was a particularly great decade for the genre; a healthy variety in the horror movies of the time kept things interesting, and independent horror efforts saw the breakouts of many talented filmmakers. From a decade chock-full of choices, these ten offerings are the most frighteningly effective horror movies of the 2010s. The ranking will be according to their overall quality and effectiveness as horror vehicles, taking into consideration how visceral and impactful their scaryness is. 1. 'Sinister' (2012) 2. 'Hereditary' (2018) 3. 'The Babadook' (2014) 4. 'The Autopsy of Jane Doe' (2016) 5. 'Green Room' (2016) 6. 'It Follows' (2014) 7. 'Under the Skin' (2013) 8. 'Creep' (2014) 9. 'The Ritual' (2017) 10. 'The Conjuring' (2013)
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>Say this for The Platform 2: it gets right to it. Without so much of a recap of its predecessor – a sci-fi horror parable that became a Netflix hit a few years back – characters are debating philosophies of law and economics inside of 10 minutes. By the 40-minute mark, a major character has already committed self-immolation. It’s remarkably fast-paced for a movie set in a series of unadorned rooms that make up an enormous vertical prison...
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>There are some incredible monster movies that everybody will recognise, such as Alien, Predator, The Thing, and Frankenstein. Should you delve a little deeper, films like Pumpkinhead, Mimic, or Dog Soldiers may spring to mind. >The casual crowd may not have heard of those second batch of films, though any horror veteran worth their salt should be familiar with these classics. Such creature features failed to make a splash at the box office, but have since been elevated to cult status. Thanks to the wonders of the internet, it's easier than ever to spread the word on an underrated monster flick to ensure it receives the love it's owed. >And yet, there are plenty of shudder-inducing features involving aliens, zombies, or even alien zombies that remain mostly forgotten. Despite boasting astounding visuals, nightmarish gore, and scares that are bound to last a lifetime, the entries on this list never broke into the mainstream. >However, it's never too late for a movie to develop a cult following. These beast-filled films may not be universally known, but they are overflowing with so much creativity and innovation, it's only a matter of time before they become iconic... - Cub - Late Phases - Tales From The Darkside: The Movie - Waxwork - Grabbers - Silver Bullet - The Wretched - Demons - His House - Tumbbad
>It’s 1933. The Oklahoma Panhandle is ravaged by dust storms and droughts so insidious that its occupants are forced to shelter inside, leaving them alone with nothing but a steady, seeping film of particulate matter and their thoughts. >This tension defines the crux of “Hold Your Breath,” a psychological thriller, and the feature debut from Karrie Crouse and Will Joines. Helmed by a lead performance from the reigning scream queen and "American Horror Story" alumn, Sarah Paulson, the film, which premieres on Hulu on October 3, is perfectly positioned to offer a novel take on gothic horror, down to its muted palette and stifling, isolated atmosphere...
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>Since it's the beginning of October, I thought it would be helpful to share what people believe to be some of the scariest movies ever created, just in case you're looking to have a frightful night in this month...
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>Kate Siegel is happy to get very real about extraterrestrial life very quickly. When asked if she believes in aliens, she offers a specific and chilling response. >“I’m a huge sci-fi reader…Ray Bradbury is one of my favorite authors of all time,” she says. “In the world right now there’s a lot of discourse about aliens being real. The needle is turning towards, ‘Yes, aliens exist.’ It’s a matter of when and where we will contact them, and not if they exist. I imagine that aliens are here on this planet and we’ll end up realizing it’s something obvious, like an octopus or a fungi structure is actually an alien that had been here forever. I think the most terrifying realization would be that they were under our noses all the time.” >This analysis makes Siegel the perfect contributor to “V/H/S/Beyond,” the seventh chapter in the horror anthology series, and the first solely devoted to sci-fi tales...
It was what seemed like a made for TV movie. Women has a man redoing apartment, but they make tunnels in the walls and stalk her. Eventually she finds out and he can close off rooms with large steel doors falling from the ceiling. It has something in the title to do with The Eye of Providence and one window in the apartment has it in the window.
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> Announced way back in 2016, David Lee Fisher was directing a new take on the horror classic Nosferatu, with Doug Jones (Hellboy, The Shape of Water) starring as Count Orlok. > > Eight years later, the film finally has a title and release date. > >Doug Jones stars as the titular Nosferatu in David Lee Fisher’s Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, a remix of the 1922 original with new actors, dialogue, sound, and musical score. > >Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror premieres October 18 on Apple TV+. > >This movie is scene-for-scene the same story as the original silent film, but with a new cast and a green screen element for every frame of the movie. “What will be filled in that green screen is a digitally created backdrop from the original film,” Bloody Disgusting has been told.
>Now that we're officially in October, horror fans are scouring all of their services to try to find the best movies that will help prepare themselves for Halloween. Between the number of horror services out there and the vastness of these libraries, many of which are underwhelming titles, it can be a bit tricky to find something a subscriber might not actually be familiar with that's worth investing time in. While a variety of services offer up a long list of classic films that are well worth revisiting, some viewers who might be newer to the genre have the opportunity to check out under-seen experiences that are bound to become classics. >It might be hard to find horror titles the horror fanatics haven't already seen, but for anyone who might skip over some lesser-known titles to just look for recognizable experiences, we've got you covered. Whether we're looking at foreign horror, movies that never earned major promotional campaigns, or earlier efforts from filmmakers who have been given exciting opportunities in recent years, we know just what you should check out this October to celebrate some off-the-radar titles that are just as effective as major releases... - The Autopsy of Jane Doe - Netflix - Creep and Creep 2 - Netflix - Drag Me to Hell - Prime Video - The Eyes of My Mother - Hulu - Hagazussa: A Heathen's Curse - Prime Video - The House of the Devil - Prime Video - I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House - Netflix - I Saw the TV Glow - Max - Immaculate - Hulu - The Invitation - Prime Video - The Killing of a Sacred Deer - Max - Mandy - Hulu - Monster Inside: America's Most Extreme Haunted House - Hulu - Paranormal Activity 3 - Max - Ready or Not - Hulu - Saint Maud - Prime Video - Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark - Netflix - Trick 'r Treat - Max
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>Not counting a couple of spin-offs, this is the seventh feature in the V/H/S horror franchise, which since the first edition in 2012 have packaged together short films by different directors to tell creepy tales involving found footage or aliens (or both) as well as lots and lots of gore. Usually anything this many generations into its evolution is pretty exhausted – but this is pretty good, or at least in parts. It probably helps that Brad Miska, the producer behind the original concept, is still involved. More importantly, Miska has kept things fresh by finding new directors and writers for each edition, some of whom have gone on to make films on a bigger scale (such as Joe Swanberg, Ti West and Adam Wingard, all of whom contributed to the first V/H/S) or came aboard after having already become relatively successful just for the fun of it (Scott Derrickson). >Naturally, this latest package is a pretty mixed bag...
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> It’s surprising just how many cult-favorite horror movies were significantly influenced by earlier films and, when it really comes down to it, were totally unoriginal. While this may seem like a point of criticism, paying homage to horror movies of the past or filmmakers wearing their influences on their sleeve was never a bad thing, and just because a movie was derivative does not mean it’s bad. In fact, many of the biggest cult hits took premises already explored in other movies and expanded upon them to create something even better. > > Some of the best cult horror movies owe a lot to classic films of times past, as actors, directors, and writers have shamelessly ripped off well-worn tropes and clichés to create great B-movie favorites, satirical commentaries, or just plain laugh-out-loud hilarious horror comedies. As a genre known to repeat itself, it’s almost impossible to make a slasher movie these days without copying aspects from Halloween or The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. The incredible history of horror has informed plenty of great movies, and a knowledge of horror classics can make watching cult favorites even more enjoyable. 1. Scream (1996) 2. Friday the 13th (1980) 3. Lake Placid (1999) 4. Night of The Creeps (1986) 5. Sleepaway Camp (1983) 6. Sharknado (2013) 7. Galaxy of Terror (1981) 8. Chopping Mall (1986) 9. The Stuff (1985) 10. Piranha (1978)
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>A good scary movie makes us afraid of its ghosts. A great one sees ghosts for what they are—specters of the past. That past can be horrific, filled with darkness we can never quite outrun. Ghosts can also be seductive, drawing us back to a past that we ought to have outgrown, teasing us with the idea that we can visit long-dead people and abandoned places, if only in shadow. We love ghost stories, perhaps, because we love the idea that there’s life beyond the grave, and that the past is never really gone. But the logic of story ensures that the gift of that reassurance comes with a price, and reminds us to be careful what we wish for. >With the caveat that neither The Uninvited nor The Innocents, two of the absolute best of the genre, aren't streaming anywhere, here are a handful of the best and most interesting ghost stories... - Dead of Night (1945) - Blithe Spirit (1945) - Carnival of Souls (1962) - The Haunting (1963) - Kwaidan (1964) - Kuroneko (1968) - The Stone Tape (1972) - House (1977) - The Changeling (1980) - Beetlejuice (1988) - Pet Sematary (1989) - Candyman (1992) - Ghostwatch (1992) - Beloved (1998) - The Sixth Sense (1999) - The House on Haunted Hill (1999) - The Others (2001) - Spirited Away (2001) - The Devil’s Backbone (2001) - Session 9 (2001) - A Tale of Two Sisters (2003) - Lake Mungo (2008) - The Innkeepers (2011) - The Conjuring (2013) - Personal Shopper (2016) - A Ghost Story (2017) - La Llorona (2019) - His House (2020) - I Was a Simple Man (2021) - Deadstream (2022)
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>Hang on to your Jack-o'-lanterns, Netflix subscribers; Halloween month is here and the streaming service is serving up one of the year’s most anticipated horror sequels this Friday. >In March 2020 – yep, that memorable month – Netflix blessed its catalogue with a Spanish dystopian horror that became a regular fixture in its global ‘Top 10’ list over the following weeks – no doubt popularised in part due to its close-to-home social commentary during that difficult lockdown period for humanity. It was a bleak and disgusting yet captivating watch that combined political and social-economic allegory with human gluttony – and was not one for an empty (or for that matter, very full) stomach. Put your guess in the hat? >It was The Platform, ladies and gentlemen. The movie has a current Rotten Tomatoes score of 81 per cent, with its Critic Consensus describing it as “ an inventive and captivating dystopian thriller”. The Guardian called it a “gruesomely effective Spanish fable”, while The New York Times heralded it as “a gnarly mash-up of midnight movie and social commentary”. >On Friday, the sequel lands on Netflix to put you royally off your weekend takeaway. So what can we expect?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqmnKToYBjM&t=3429s 31 Horror Movies list: 1. Willard (2003) 2. The Blob (1988) 3. Incantation (2022) 4. The Sadness (2021) 5. Audition (1999) 6. The Wailing (2016) 7. The Hills Have Eyes (2005) 8. The Fly (1986) 9. The Lighthouse (2019) 10. Martyrs (2008) 11. Stay Alive (2006) & Jason X (2001) 12. From Beyond (1986) 13. Cabin Fever (2002) & Raw (2016) 14. V/H/S/94 (2021) & Trick 'R Treat (2007) 15. REC (2007) & When Evil Lurks (2023) 16. The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007) & Leslie Vernon Behind The Mask (2006) & Man Bites Dog (1992) 17. Final Prayer (2013) 18. The Tunnel (2011) & Lake Mungo (2008) 19. Tucker & Dale Vs Evil (2007) & Shaun Of The Dead (2004) 20. Tales From The Crypt (1989) & The Twilight Zone (1959) 21. The Bay (2012) & Blair Witch Project (1999) 22. The Shining (1980) & The Eyes of My Mother (2016) 23. Silence of The Lambs (19910) & Zodiac (2007) 24. Ritual (2017) & The Wicker Man (1973) 25. Nightmare on Elm St 2 (1985) & Friday The 13th Part 2 (1981) 26. Hellraiser (1987) & Dead Alive (1992) 27. Creepshow (1982) & V/H/S/2 (2013) 28. Exorcist 3 (2013) 29. IT (1990) & Fright Night (1985) 30. Scream (1996) & Cabin In THe Woods (2011) 31. Halloween 3: Season Of The Witch (1982) & The Thing (1982) Bonus from Isaiah Eight Legged Freaks (2002)
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> Neve Campbell is back as Sidney Prescott in the upcoming Scream VII, and it’s been officially announced today that the seventh installment will hit theaters on February 27, 2026. > > Original Scream scribe Kevin Williamson will direct Scream 7. The film, which is currently untitled, was written by Guy Busick from a story by James Vanderbilt & Guy Busick. > >Courteney Cox is expected to return as Gale Weathers, but hasn’t yet signed on. > >The franchise has been mired in controversy in the past several months, with new series leads Melissa Barrera and Jenna Ortega both exiting the project. Barrera was fired, while it was subsequently announced that Ortega wouldn’t be returning. At this time, we still don’t know if Jasmin Savoy Brown or Mason Gooding will be returning for Scream 7. > > According to Neve Campbell, the upcoming seventh installment will be a return to the franchise’s roots in the sense that Sidney Prescott will be the central character of the movie.
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>Bob Clark’s “Black Christmas” (1974) is a petrifyingly scary film, easily one of the all-time most unsettling to take place during the yuletide holiday season. >While not a hit upon release (it left a very small impression), it was among the first of the Canadian Tax Shelter films made, so called because a budget was established to help create a Canadian film scene and allow budgets for films with commercial potential. >“Black Christmas” and the early works of David Cronenberg were among the Canadian Tax Shelter films; while Cronenberg eventually broke through to widespread success and acclaim, neither his earliest works nor “Black Christmas” were hits in their day. >The film that wound up super-charging the Canadian film industry was none other than Ivan Reitman’s “Meatballs” (1979). >Decades later, not only does “Black Christmas” stand out for being one of Clark’s best two Yuletide films (more on that later), but it also influenced dozens of subsequent horror films...
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>The leaves are changing, the neighborhood decorations are getting spooky, and the air is (hopefully) getting crisper. It’s the Witching Season! And Halloween is finally upon us. Which means, more horror movies! So, with that in mind… here is your guide to seventeen brand new horror movies coming your way this Halloween season by theater, streaming, and video on demand. - Salem’s Lot - House of Spoils - Hold Your Breath - Monster Summer - V/H/S Beyond - The Platform 2 - Things Will Be Different - Frankie Freako - Spin the Bottle - Little Bites - Caddo Lake - Terrifier 3 - Smile 2 - Die Alone - Your Monster - Don’t Move - Rippy
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>The rise of Spiritualism in the mid-19th century saw with it an increase in the popularity of seances. The belief system and its practices offered something more present and tangible than the clear fiction of the Romantic and Gothic literature of prior years, a push for supernatural belief during a period of technological and scientific innovation, and a way to contact loved ones who had been killed in the wars that enveloped much of the western world. >These otherworldly endeavors took various forms. Sometimes, these would be stage performances where a medium would communicate with spirits related to members of the audience–for those in my particular age group, this would be like Crossing Over with John Edwards. Oftentimes they would have a small group in a single dark room, and the medium leading the seance would fall into a trance that allows spirits to communicate with the other participants vocally or through methods like automatic writing; or they would guide the spirits into performing acts like rapping on the walls or ground to communicate, or levitation of objects. And then there’s the looser seances, where there is no specific medium but groups use Ouija boards and similar methods to communicate, and have become more popular since the Victorian era... >... Although it is the time for horror and there is little more horrifying than an unwanted history lesson, I will cut short this deep dive into the practice and shift over to how it is depicted on screen–a juicier topic that offers examples of many of the aspects of historic seances, as well as modernized versions of them. There’s such a variety of methods for the seance, and those are amplified and made even more compelling either due to the narrative stakes provided by these films or the style in which they’re done. I’d like to briefly explore some great examples of seances on screen–from the traditional to the modern, the fraudulent to the unguided nightmare scenarios...
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>Thanks to both the low cost and high competition 0f streaming content, the lead-up to Halloween has become increasingly congested in recent years, each platform attempting to outdo the other with scares for all kinds of horror fans. This year, those looking for blood-sucking (Salem’s Lot), reality-shifting (Caddo Lake), body-swapping (It’s What’s Inside), footage-finding (V/H/S: Beyond) and dystopia-sequeling (The Platform 2) will be satiated – while this week, a more unusual horror fan is being targeted. House of Spoils, a low-budget Blumhouse offering for Amazon, is for the one who’s more affected by the fear associated with restaurant-opening, whose idea of a perfect night in involves oscillating between Food Network and Shudder...
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> Writer/director Damien Leone had a budget of around $55,000 to work with on his breakout horror film Terrifier, and a budget of “a little over” $250,000 for Terrifier 2, which was a massive hit when it was released in 2022, earning $15.1 million at the box office. Since the second film did so well, Terrifier 3 has a substantially higher budget. A “couple million” is going into this one, and we’re going to get the chance to see how that translates to the screen when the film receives a theatrical release on October 11th… but before we reach that date, Leone has already confirmed that he intends to make a Terrifier 4. This one might be the last, though, because Leone doesn’t want his franchise to wear out its welcome. > > "The whole reason why this was successful is because it's just been very true to me," Leone tells SFX magazine in the new issue, which features Terrifier 3 on the cover and hits newsstands on October 2."I've been able to just be autonomous with it. Really, it's my true vision, for better or worse, but I really do believe that’s one of the reasons why it's successful, that there's no interference. Hopefully it's just the singular vision of the artist that's really coming through." > >"My big fear is of going on too long and wearing out my welcome," he considers. "Because that does happen to all of my favourites. Almost always it happens to the slasher franchises where they make 10 of them. I want to have a solid franchise, whether it be a trilogy – or maybe a quadrilogy if I have one more in mind – where it starts, where it ends, and you can walk away with a satisfying conclusion and closure and say that was pretty cool. I know what that is. So that would be the goal." > > Leone suggests that a fourth instalment of Terrifier could be the last, however. "I think so," he says. "I have the whole story mapped out. I had it mapped out since part two, honestly, which is huge. Knowing where you're going to end it is probably the hardest thing and I figured out the ending to this a while ago."
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> Thommy Hutson, the producer behind comprehensive horror documentaries Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy and Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th, is back, this time helming Doc of Chucky, a documentary exploring the killer doll’s franchise and legacy. > > Doc of Chucky is an upcoming Shudder Original that will debut on the streaming service on November 1. > > The new comprehensive documentary “tells the story of the cult horror empire through interviews with cast, crew, and horror icons such as Don Mancini, Brad Dourif, Jennifer Tilly, Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, John Waters, Fiona Dourif, Perrey Reeves, Gerrit Graham, David Kirschner, and dozens more. Directed by Thommy Hutson (the producer of documentaries Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy and Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th), this is the ultimate account of the Child’s Play film franchise, and Chucky with clips, photographs, archival documents, behind-the-scenes footage, and more.”
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> One of the most trailblazing and exciting decades in horror history was the 1990s. It was a phenomenal time to be a fan, an era that saw the likes of Scream, The Silence of the Lambs, Tremors, and Sleepy Hollow. Stories were getting bolder and more imaginative, and it saw the rise of newer, more creative filmmakers who were pushing the genre to new heights. While it was a fun time, unfortunately, the decade still had its fair share of flops. > > The following ten entries are horror films from the '90s that stand out as the worst of the worst.Despite being one of the best decades for the genre, it proved to be a mixed bag in terms of quality, with notable stinkers that are remembered today for being spectacularly bad. Some could qualify as so bad they're good, while others are just straight-up disappointments. Here are the ten worst horror movies the 1990s had to offer. 1. 'Psycho' (1998) 2. 'I Still Know What You Did Last Summer' (1998) 3. 'Carnival of Souls' (1998) 4. 'The Island of Dr. Moreau' (1996) 5. 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation' (1994) 6. 'The Haunting' (1999) 7. 'Candyman: Day of the Dead' (1999) 8. 'The Fear' (1995) 9. 'Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return' (1999) 10. 'Night of the Dribbler' (1990)
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> October is here! Which means peak Halloween season is now underway, and that includes the launch of “No Sleep October,” a month-long celebration for Halloween and horror fans alike at Max. Max’s brand new exclusive films, a best-in-class horror library, imaginative curations, and specially designed art featuring iconic stars will keep you busy all month long. > > Look for new Max Original Film, Salem’s Lot on October 3. In the film, “Author Ben Mears returns to his childhood home of Jerusalem’s Lot in search of inspiration for his next book only to discover his hometown is being preyed upon by a bloodthirsty vampire.” > >Max Original Film Caddo Lake arrives on October 10. “When an eight-year-old girl mysteriously vanishes, a series of past deaths and disappearances start to link together, forever altering a broken family’s history.” Celine Held & Logan George (Topside) wrote and directed for New Line Cinema, and the film is produced by M. Night Shyamalan. > > Need more M. Night Shyamalan on your Halloween watchlists? Look for Trap to arrive on Max on October 25, which sees “A father and teen daughter attend a pop concert, where they realize they’re at the center of a dark and sinister event.” > >To help viewers plunge into the wide array of films on Max, the platform will feature a lineup of creatively curated film selections including “Screaming Now: Essential Picks,” “Pure Nightmare Fuel,” “Stephen King’s Universe,” and more. Within these choices, fans will find some of their favorite Halloween movies, such as The Shining, The Exorcist, and Scream, all month long. These picks will also include M. Night Shyamalan films along with A24 spine-chillers such as X and MaXXXine, available to stream alone on Max on October 18.
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>Do you feel that? That chill in the air, that tingling sensation at the back of your neck? It can only mean one thing. That’s right: Halloween season is once again upon us! >Here at Polygon, we love horror. We cover it all year round, whether it’s ranking the scariest new releases of the year or curating lists of the spookiest horror movies to watch on Netflix. >We especially love Halloween, though, a holiday dedicated to all things scary and spooky. Which is why, every year for the past four years, Polygon has put together a Halloween countdown calendar, selecting 31 of our staff’s top horror-themed or Halloween-adjacent picks across movies, TV, and online videos throughout the month of October, all available to watch at home. It’s been so much fun, in fact, we’re doing it again — with an all new batch of films, shows, and videos to choose from. >Every day for the month of October, we’ll add a new recommendation to this countdown and tell you where you can watch it. So curl up on the couch, dim the lights, and grab some popcorn for a spine-tingling marathon of Halloween-adjacent delights...
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> Production is now under way in New Zealand on “Marama,” a gothic horror film from Māori writer-director Taratoa Stappard (“Taumanu, Emkhatsini”). Production is taking place around Auckland on New Zealand’s North Island and in the South Island’s Otago region. > >Set in North Yorkshire, England, in 1859, “Marama” is the story of a young Māori woman’s fight to reclaim her identity and indigenous culture in Victorian-era Britain. The film title comes from the woman’s name. > >The film features Māori actor Ariana Osborne (“Madam,” “In A Flash”) in the lead role, alongside British actor Toby Stephens (“Black Sails,” “Die Another Day,” “Percy Jackson and The Olympians”) who has recently wrapped principal photography on the project. > > ... > > “This film will be confronting, bloody and entirely unique, and I’m excited to be forging a new genre: Māori gothic horror,” said Stappard, who lives in the U.K. and whose lineage includes the Māori tribes Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Raukawa and Ngāti Tuwharetoa. [IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15284556/)
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>Horror streamer Screambox, in collaboration with Cineverse and its horror division Bloody Disgusting, has unveiled “Tales From the Void,” a new horror anthology series based on stories from the subreddit page r/NoSleep. Two episodes will premiere exclusively on Screambox every Sunday from Oct. 13-27. >According to the official logline, “‘Tales From the Void’ covers a wide spectrum of horror, from creepy dolls to unborn children, unsolved mysteries to serial murders, and unexplained phenomena to creatures that stalk the night. Each unnerving tale blends genre thrills with social commentary to explore the darker side of the human psyche. Each episode of the series is accompanied by a post-show interview with the original r/NoSleep story author, hosted by ‘The No Sleep Podcast’ creator David Cummings”...
https://collider.com/best-halloween-movies-list/ ***The Spooky Season is here at last! With Halloween on the way, now's the perfect time to brush up on your spooky, seasonal, and downright scary movies!*** - The Addams Family (1991) - The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949) - Army of Darkness (1992) - Beetlejuice (1988) - Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) - Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) - The Blair Witch Project (1999) - Candyman (1992) - Casper (1995) - The Conjuring (2013) - Coraline (2009) - The Faculty (1998) - Frankenstein (1931) (... more movies in the article) (A family safe list)
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> A new body horror film is causing walkouts in cinemas across the world due to its extreme gore. > >Those in attendance of screenings of the new film have been sharing their experience of sitting through the two-hour plus title while audience members around them decided enough was enough. > >The film in question is The Substance, which is directed by Coralie Fargeat and was named one of the best titles at this year’s Cannes Film Festival by The Independent, who predicted its thrills would receive “a love it or hate it” response upon release. > > ... > > Its enticing plot has lured in cinemagoers who clearly weren’t prepared for how extreme things get; The Independent previously called The Substance “a body horror that goes places even body horror aficionados will be shocked by”. > > After seeing the film, a cinemagoer wrote: “My review of The Substance is that people walked out of our screening and as far as I’m concerned we don’t have enough movies where that might happen,” with another stating: “Some people walked out of the screening of The Substance we were at last night. One of the most violent films I've ever seen.” > >One person added: “I’ve seen thousands of films and it’s very hard to shock me, but this gloriously demented movie was cray-cray on 11. ‘The Substance’ is not for the faint of heart (during my viewing, several people walked out mid film), but is an instant cult classic. You’ve been warned.”
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>From slashers to comedies, 2024 continues to be a strong year for horror movies, and I've had fun checking out the latest releases, including Blumhouse's remake of Speak No Evil. There's an upcoming Netflix horror movie called Time Cut that also looks promising, but I have some thoughts about the plot and the main trope that it's using. >Time Cut stars Madison Bailey as a teenage girl named Lucy Fields who travels back in time to stop her sister, played by Antonia Gentry, from being murdered. The two leads are strong actors who are both known for their main roles on Netflix shows. Bailey plays Kiara "Kie" Carrera on Outer Banks and Gentry plays Ginny Miller on Ginny and Georgia, which is getting a third season. While I'm excited to check out Time Cut, I don't always enjoy the way that the horror genre uses time travel tropes...
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> After a disappointing few years, the vampire sub-genre of horror is at a crossroads with three high-profile movies on the horizon in Nosferatu, Salem's Lot, and Sinners. Vampire movies have evolved over the years, ranging from the gothic horror of Bela Lugosi's Dracula, to the fantasy romance of Twilight. In recent years, there have been a slew of satirical vampire projects, including highly-rated TV shows What We Do in the Shadows and Reginald the Vampire alongside several comedy-horror movies as well. > > However, many of the most prominently-featured movies of the last few years have been major disappointments, either with critics, at the box office, or both. That could signal a major shift in how the best vampire movies are positioned, and what type of audience they are targeted towards. Vampires are so ingrained in the global culture that the horror sub-genre will never go away completely, but a major shift in strategy may be necessary. Fortunately, the three big vampire movies coming out in the next six months represent a departure from the recent norm. > > After several years of satire at the forefront, the three big vampire movies set to release in the next six months can truly bring terror back to the vampire sub-genre. > > ... > > While there are many high-quality vampire movies loved by horror fans over the decades since Nosferatu first landed, the last few years have yielded more big-budget disappointments than hits. In just the last two years, The Last Voyage of the Demeter, Renfield, and Abigail have all been box office misses, and while Abigail received positive reviews from critics and moviegoers, the other two were resounding critical failures. Each movie was based in part on the original Dracula story, and had significant star power attached to it. > > ... > > The future of vampire movies may come down to how these three big movies perform at the box office. If Sinners and Nosferatu can find their way to legitimate profitability, it could inspire studios to continue putting effort behind bigger-budget vampire movies. The same goes for Salem's Lot; if it's a streaming hit, that could open up the door for more high-quality vampire projects to find a home on streaming platforms. > > The tone of future vampire movies may also be dependent on the performance of those three movies. While the creative minds of Hollywood (and beyond) will no doubt keep looking for alternative ways to tell stories using the familiar vampire tropes, the success of three straightforward, scary vampire stories could encourage future projects to move in that direction. Sinners in particular could be a difference-maker to the genre given its unusual horror setting and what projects to be heavy metaphorical content.
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>The appeal of disturbing horror movies is one of the few aspects of the horror community that has remained alive throughout the evolution of the genre. Trends and filmmakers have sailed through decades where censorship has tried to avoid the consumption of graphic horror movies and has often failed. It seems there's always a new way to shock, and viewers are always exploring new ways to be shocked. >However, in the case of the following movies, you may find yourself witnessing films that are not only hard to endure, but they're also movies where excessive violence has a purpose. Regardless, you will probably only watch them once and then deal with the aftermath of such a horror experience in your own way. Fortunately, streaming service Shudder has made them available, even if you will most likely cover your eyes from the carnage and gore. - Zombi 2 (1979) - Faces of Death (1978) - Hunter Hunter (2020) - The New York Ripper (1982) - Nekromantik (1987) - Speak No Evil (2022) - When Evil Lurks (2023) - Mandy (2018) - The Sadness (2022) - Kidnapped (2010)
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>The inevitability of even more Stephen King adaptations, in the wake of It’s record-breaking success back in 2017, has rarely felt associated with all that much necessity. There have been about 13 on the big and small screens in the years since, mostly a mix of sub-par second-go reworks of classics (Firestarter, Pet Sematary, The Stand) and an unnecessary stream of little-known short stories (The Boogeyman, Mr Harrigan’s Phone, Chapelwaite), with only the odd bright spot in-between (Doctor Sleep, The Outsider). >The more we’ve seen of him, especially in his lesser works, the more we’ve been made keenly aware of his recurrent themes and tropes. They’re front and centre in a new take on his 1975 novel Salem’s Lot, the third adaptation after two miniseries attempts. It was supposed to be the first big-screen transfer but the film has had a rather cursed journey, announced in 2019, shot in 2021, moved off a 2022 release date, moved again from a 2023 slot and then finally downgraded to a streaming premiere in the US (it will hit cinemas in the UK the week after). It’s not quite the ungainly disaster that timeline would suggest but it’s also not really distinctive enough to warrant much fanfare, the strategy to offload it (especially during a difficult year for big-screen horror) making perfect sense. >It’s a musty grab bag of Kingisms – small town, plucky kids, male novelist, age-old evil – that would have felt fresher back in the 1970s but at this point in the adaptation cycle, it’s just all too familiar. There’s maybe a more vibrant remix to be done but it’s not what The Nun and Annabelle director Gary Dauberman has in mind, giving us a competently made yet hugely uninvolving retread that never once finds a way to explain why this particular novel needed a third adaptation...
bloody-disgusting.com
>Fans of mockumentary horror such as Ghostwatch or the more recent Late Night With the Devil prepare to add another to your nightmarish collection with Haunted Ulster Live, which takes viewers back to Halloween night, 1998, where a live broadcast from a haunted house in Belfast goes hauntingly wrong. The footage is so disturbing that it hasn’t been seen in 25 years. >Bloody Disgusting is excited to share the trailer for Halloween-themed horror that will release across all platforms...
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>Strange Darling—Willa Fitzgerald and Kyle Gallner’s critically acclaimed serial killer thriller—debuts this week on digital streaming. >The film opened in limited release in theaters on August 23. Written and directed by J.T. Mollner, Strange Darling features actor Giovanni Ribisi’s debut as a cinematographer. >Told is a fractured narrative format akin to Pulp Fiction, Strange Darling is presented in six chapters out of order. >The film begins with Chapter 3, where a character only identified as The Lady is seen running in slow motion through an open field. As it turns out, The Lady is being chased by a man with a shotgun called The Demon (Gallner) and he is determined to kill her. >As the chapters unfold, it’s revealed that the cat-and-mouse chase at the beginning of the film stems from an erotic encounter between The Lady and The Demon that’s spun out of control. >In addition, as each chapter is told, it becomes apparent that the scenario in Strange Darling isn’t as cut-and-dry as it seems...
bloody-disgusting.com
> The horror classic Nosferatu gets a brand new makeover from acclaimed director Robert Eggers (The Witch, The Lighthouse) this holiday season, and Focus Features invites you to sink your teeth into the official trailer this morning. Succumb to the darkness down below. [Trailer](https://youtu.be/nulvWqYUM8k)
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>To the outside observer it may seem like every single year is called “one of the best years for horror ever,” but I’m going to let you in on a little secret: It’s never a bad year for horror. The entertainment industry damn near runs on scary movies, which are cheap to produce and able to take artistic risks that bigger budget genre films — the ones that have to sell tickets to everybody just to break in — are too timid to even consider. You can always find great horror movies. The trick is knowing where to look. >And that right there is the trick, because smaller movies don’t have huge advertising budgets, and they don’t drive traffic so publications can’t always allocate the resources to cover them. Great horror movies fall through the cracks all the time. Heck, even major theatrical releases don’t get their just desserts a lot of the time, vanishing from theaters if they’re not hits right away, and getting a bad reputation just because some critics just didn’t get it. >So let’s take a moment to look back at the best horror movies that 2024 has already had to offer, that weren’t huge hits. They may be obscure, they may just be underrated, but one thing’s for sure: They aren’t “Longlegs.” You already know about “Longlegs” — and probably “Immaculate” and “Late Night with the Devil.” >Let’s give these other scary movies some (digital) ink, shall we? “Abigail” “Arcadian” “Cuckoo” “The Devil’s Bath” “Exhuma” “The Front Room” “I Saw the TV Glow” “In a Violent Nature” “Infested” “Lisa Frankenstein” “Oddity” “Red Rooms” “Stopmotion” “Strange Darling” “Under Paris”
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> As the V/H/S franchise expands under Shudder's banner, the quality of its miniature found-footage shockers continues to reach new heights. The same goes for the characters of V/H/S/Beyond: The seventh film in the horror-anthology series keeps things fresh by connecting each of its segments with a science fiction theme, bringing spaceships and aliens (among other genre-appropriate threats) into the mix. More importantly, this is the most consistent and polished V/H/S installment to date, representing one giant leap from the solid steps forward of period-piece predecessors V/H/S/99 and V/H/S/85. The energetic compilation starts with a bang that resounds through the pacing, sequencing, and momentum of the remaining chapters. There’s room for debate over which is the best, but unlike other years, there's no glaringly weak link.
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