Malignant Review - A Strong Return to Horror For James Wan
Malignant won't be everyone's favorite film, but it's a damn strong film that will make any fan of Wan's work thrilled to see him return.| But Why Tho?
Malignant won't be everyone's favorite film, but it's a damn strong film that will make any fan of Wan's work thrilled to see him return.| But Why Tho?
Rachel Harrison’s Cackle starts out feeling surprisingly cosy and familiar: a girl breaks up with her long-term boyfriend (who clearly doesn’t appreciate her enough), and strikes out on her own to […]| Nicky @ The Bibliophibian
A great start to a MG horror series centred around folklore| Sifa Elizabeth Reads
A historical horror around the occult| Sifa Elizabeth Reads
Kat Ellis shows exactly why she is a force to be reckoned with in YA horror with her latest offering.| Sifa Elizabeth Reads
A slow build horror about coercive relationships| Sifa Elizabeth Reads
A fun 1980s murder mystery take on Dracula| Sifa Elizabeth Reads
A fun horror perfect for fans of DREAD WOOD| Sifa Elizabeth Reads
Freddy Fazbear and his animatronic friends are on the loose in the deadly and delightful trailer for Five Nights at Freddy's 2. The post FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY’S 2: Casting News, Trailer, Release Date appeared first on Nerdist.| Nerdist
“If you can’t play with the language, you are not reinventing the language.” This is what Argentine director Gaspar Noé told me when I interviewed him fifteen years ago about his 2009 masterpiece…| Cinema Femme
There's never been a better time to study the most ground-breaking subgenre in indie horror.| Galleries – IndieWire
What to read this Spooky Season? The post Spirits & Ghostly Books to Check Out This Spooky Season appeared first on Armed with A Book.| Armed with A Book
The Abominable Dr. Phibes was one of my very favorite 2024 Horror Bingo movies, so I knew without a doubt that I’d be nominating its sequel—Dr. Phibes Rises Again—for this year’s list. (This trailer is funny, but it also spoils, like, nearly every death in the film. You probably shouldn’t click if you’re actually planning … Continue reading Horror Bingo 2025: Dr. Phibes Rises Again| My Geek Blasphemy
Friends and foes and fellow nerdy people googling Halloween activity ideas … it is time for Horror Bingo 2025 to commence! If you don’t know what Horror Bingo is, check out the link where I explain it and how to play along, should you so wish. Today we discuss our Free Space movie, a film … Continue reading Horror Bingo 2025: Heart Eyes| My Geek Blasphemy
I occasionally get these ‘Bots that try to communicate with me. usually disguised as a woman. With the standard boiler-plate profile; single-mother two kids (usually boys), and wants to know me, as they found what I had to say about XXXX so great. Then they plot themselves down and try to maintain a conversation. Today, … Continue reading They are no longer mere undergarments—they are masterpieces| Metallicman
Jason Voorhees might be the best slasher in history, but his mother Pamela Voorhees also deserves a place among horror's greats. The post An Ode to FRIDAY THE 13th’s Pamela Voorhees, an All-Time Great Slasher Villain appeared first on Nerdist.| Nerdist
I recently received a lovely email from a pal of mine, Ian Franklin. We met when I investigated alleged ghostly… Read More The science of ghost hunting| Richard Wiseman
Monday Moods is a weekly bookish meme created and hosted by Unwrapping Words (aka, me!). The premise is simple: every week, there’s a new ‘mood’, ranging from tropes to genres or actual moods (happy, sad, etc). On a Monday, feel free to post about books on your TBR, books you’d recommend, or a mix – whatever youContinue reading "Monday Moods: Werewolves"| Unwrapping Words
Gushers is bringing back some strange '90s nostalgia with FruitHead, a short horror film based on those infamous commercials. The post Gushers’ FRUITHEAD Horror Film Revives Your ’90s Nightmares appeared first on Nerdist.| Nerdist
These five horror villainesses got punished for desire but, thankfully, bad girls always find a way to burn brighter.| Nerdist
Research from the BBFC shows that two in five young people (45 per cent) have watched a film or TV series that negatively affected their mental wellbeing. Of those, almost all (97 per cent) said the content had some impact on them with nearly half (46 per cent) saying it stayed with them for a […]| Advanced Television
Birdeater confronts toxic masculinity and looks at the role friends play when relationship secrets are revealed.| But Why Tho?
The past decade of horror films has given us our fair share of new and memorable icons. Here are our top 10 favorites from 2015-2025. The post The Top 10 Horror Movie Icons of the Past 10 Years appeared first on Nerdist.| Nerdist
Horror has ruled movie screens for over a century, giving us many iconic villains. But which ruled supreme each decade of the past 100 years? The post The Greatest Horror Villains Each Decade of the Past Century appeared first on Nerdist.| Nerdist
Exciting news for Dexter fans today, as Dexter Morgan himself, Michael C. Hall, has confirmed that Showtime and Paramount+ are officially moving forward with a second season of Dexter: Resurrection...| Comic Book Movie
The director of erotic thriller Bone Lake has weighed-in on the movie's shocking and bizarre ending, as well as her cast's reaction to the graphic sex scenes...| Comic Book Movie
The Lantern’s Sweep follows the season’s turn, gathering reviews that trace a feeling and follow a thread. This autumn, the light falls on horror: small-press RPGs, misfit adventures, and strange things that gather at the edge of play. The rest of the series can be found here. Reivdene-Upon-The-Moss is a folk horror sandbox adventure, written […]| Taskerland
The Lantern’s Sweep follows the season’s turn, gathering reviews that trace a feeling and follow a thread. This autumn, the light falls on horror: small-press RPGs, misfit adventures, a…| Taskerland
I'm not quite sure what to make of this one. It seems like it's supposed to satirize reality TV, particularly The Bachelor type shows. In this case, the show is called The Catch, and we're down to the final 4 contestants competing for a scummy D-lister. I think my problem is that the book didn't go| Cannonball Read 17
The sinister little insects known as earwights are thought to have once been earwigs who fed on the decaying flesh of revenants or other matter suffused with necromantic energy. Now much prized by assassins and occasionally by adventurers, earwights have developed the unique ability to burrow into the brain matter of a corpse and secrete […]| BEARDED DEVIL
Classic low-budget horror/noir done right.| Cinema Sentries
Welcome back readers. We’ve got nineteen new-and-cool selections for you this week. If this is your first visit, we have a Patreon that has helped us bring you a slice of online games crit each week for (counts on fingers, runs out...| Critical Distance
20 years after Dying Light 1, a new hero finds himself leaping and beating through an open world city, this time with disappointingly well-behaved zombies and m| Rock Paper Shotgun
Oh hey, there’s a blog under all this dust. I wonder what might fall out if we give it a good shake? If it’s spiders, I’m screaming and running, no apology – the real ones a…| onemore.org
The Strangers: Chapter 2 manages to take a step in the right direction, giving us some solid chase scenes and actual answers. Is it worthy of YOUR next watch? Let's find out... The post Spoiler-Free Review of “The Strangers: Chapter 2” in Theaters: A Vast Improvement Over Chapter 1 appeared first on TV Fanatic Girl.| TV Fanatic Girl
Welcome to the weekend! After last week's controversial and over-sized post, I decided to dial it back a bit with this one. Let's take it a ...| wastelandandsky.blogspot.com
The new spring is a small convention for Norwegian roleplaying game designers and other enthusiasts. The concept is somewhat similar to the Finnish Alfacon, but more limited, in that the event is targeted to game designers and has a focus on playtesting, rather than being a general gathering of people active in the hobby. The […]| ropeblogi
A pitch-black, gnarly, body-horror heavy retelling of the Brothers Grimm version of the Cinderella fairytale from Norwegian filmmaker Emilie Blichfeldt. The terminally shy Elvira (a mesmerising Lea Myren) competes with her beautiful new stepsister Agnes (Thea Sofie Loch Næss) and … Continue reading →| SSP Thinks Film
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I received a review copy from the publisher. This does not affect the contents of my review and all opinions are my own. The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre by Philip Fracassi Mogsy’s Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars Genre: Horror Series: Stand Alone Publisher: Tor Nightfire (September 30, 2025) Length: 416 pages Author Information: Website Slashers aren’t generally my go-to […]| The BiblioSanctum
I received a review copy from the publisher. This does not affect the contents of my review and all opinions are my own. Widow’s Point by Richard Chizmar and W.H. Chizmar Mogsy’s Rating (Over…| The BiblioSanctum
A young Victorian woman unwittingly unleashes a monster into being in this gothic tale of medical mystery and sinister suspense, perfect for fans of DON’T LET THE FOREST IN and BELLADONNA. Wh…| Books and Such
In post-war Paris, a young photographer captures haunting images of the city’s ruins, only to find a shadowy figure drawing closer in every frame. As the lens brings it nearer, she learns too late that some subjects step out of photographs to claim their own. Please enjoy this horror short, part of a series experimenting […]| M.A. Kleen
by Grace F. Hopkins It was hotter than seven hells outside, but they kept the windows closed. Mrs. Abernathy—Widow Abernathy now—didn’t want...| www.mysteriononline.com
Hey guys!It’s October so obviously we need to find some spooky things to read. I’ve enjoyed Grady Hendrix novels a lot in the past, so I decided to check out a few more of his books. So, let’s talk about The Final Girl Support Group! The Plot (as found on Goodreads): Lynnette Tarkington is a […]| The Punk Theory
Read Fear by L. Ron Hubbard, a classic psychological horror novel that influenced Stephen King, Philip K. Dick, and Ray Bradbury. The post <em>Fear</em> by L. Ron Hubbard: A Classic Psychological Horror appeared first on Galaxy Press.| Galaxy Press
People fear what they don’t know or don’t understand and that includes things that go bump in the night. Read on to find out if fear is the mind killer or not.| Galaxy Press
More than just a gimmick.| AIPT
Stories I Told My Dead Lover Thank you to libro.fm for providing me with an ALC of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review. Perfect for fans of Carmen Maria Machado and Kelly Link, Jo Paquette’s Stories I Told My Dead Lover contains eight searing tales of […]| Leah's Books
We rank the Conjuring Universe from worst to best. Find out where the latest film, 'The Devil Made Me Do It' lands on the list!| DiscussingFilm
The Conjuring has always been a consistent feast for Horror fans over the last decade, and this third film is no different.| DiscussingFilm
A year and a half ago, I wrote the post “Searching for the American Folk Horror Zine: An Investigation,” in which I lamented the lack of a US counterpart to popular British zines such as Hellebore, Hwaet, Psychick Albion, Weird Walk and so many others. While some of the zines have occasionally dipped into American […]| The Harvest Maid’s Revenge
Or should I say sub-sub-genre? There’s nothing more American than a movie that showcases both our obsessive car culture and sprawling highway system. In 1956, President Eisenhower signed the Federal Aid Highway Act with the goal of building an interstate highway system that would link all cities (defined as having a population of 50,000 or […]| The Harvest Maid’s Revenge
So here I am crying in the dark of the movie theater as the trailers play. It’s all so perfectly American, the wild swings and creative risks, the power and money of Hollywood, the onscreen representations that minority groups fought for, tooth and nail, for decades. As I recline in my comfortable seat and take […]| The Harvest Maid’s Revenge
Recently, I got up the nerve to watch I Spit on Your Grave, one of the more notorious rape-revenge movies from the 1970s. Despite its reputation as a rough watch–and it is indeed rough—-I found myself oddly moved by the film, and it made me think about the fraught relationship that female characters in the […]| The Harvest Maid’s Revenge
The HBO Max October 2025 list of new arrivals includes the highly anticipated horror prequel series, IT: Welcome to Derry, just in time for Halloween. The post New Arrivals for HBO Max October 2025 appeared first on DiscussingFilm.| DiscussingFilm
There’s no way to sugarcoat it: 2024’s The Strangers: Chapter 1 was a debacle. Despite its impressive $48.2 million box office return on an $8.5 million budget, the first installment in a reboot trilogy of 2007’s The Strangers was torn apart by critics and fans alike. The Strangers – Chapter 2 (2025) aims to correct the complaints [...] The post ‘The Strangers – Chapter 2’ Review – Slasher Sequel is Too Basic for its Own Good appeared first on DiscussingFilm.| DiscussingFilm
2025 has been a significantly strong year for original horror. Movies like Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, Zach Cregger’s Weapons, Michael Shanks’ Together, and Danny and Michael Philippou’s Bring Her Back have received both widespread acclaim and notable box office returns. Heck, Sinners and Weapons far exceeded all expectations and are two of the best films of [...] The post ‘HIM’ Review – Football-Themed Horror Film Fails to Make a Clean Touchdown appeared first on DiscussingFilm.| DiscussingFilm
The story so far: the Virgin New Adventures have wound their way through numerous story arcs and phases – the Timewyrm saga, the Cat’s Cradle trilogy, the arc surrounding Ace’s departure and return and Benny’s arrival, an era of tension among the TARDIS crew, the alternate history crisis, an experimental period, the build-up and aftermath … Continue reading The Virgin New Adventures: From Happy Endings To Damaged Goods| Jumbled Thoughts of a Fake Geek Boy
I’m taking part in the Readers Imbibing Peril (RIP) challenge for the fifth time this year! This challenge runs from 1st September to 31st October, and involves reading books classified as mystery, suspense, thriller, dark fantasy, gothic, horror or supernatural. You can find my earlier round-ups here: 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024. To kick off, I’m reviewing two … Continue reading RIP XX: Short Reads| Laura Tisdall
Canon Fodder is an occasional series in which I write about classic works of horror fiction. This particular part of the series is devoted to the complete published works of Thomas L…| Taskerland
The Alien television series Alien: Earth officially brought the sci-fi horror franchise to the small screen. Now that the first season has concluded, showrunner Noah Hawley has opened up about the show’s ending, while also addressing the potential plans for Alien: Earth Season 2. For those who watched the season finale of Alien: Earth Season [...] The post ‘Alien: Earth’ Showrunner Teases Potential Season 2 Plans appeared first on ScreenGeek.| ScreenGeek
The new Stephen King adaptation The Long Walk has outperformed a classic movie adaptation of King's work at the box office.| ScreenGeek
The Blancheville Monster is a 1963 Italian/Spanish horror film directed by Alberto De Martino [as Martin Herbert] (Formula for a Murder; Blood Link; Holocaust 2000; The Antichrist) from a … The post THE BLANCHEVILLE MONSTER aka HORROR ’60s Euro horrror – free online appeared first on MOVIES & MANIA.| MOVIES & MANIA
Terror in the Crypt is a 1964 Italian-Spanish horror film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque [credited as Thomas Miller] (An Angel for Satan), from a screenplay written by Ernesto Gastaldi and … The post TERROR IN THE CRYPT aka CRYPT OF THE VAMPIRE Christopher Lee Euro horror – free online appeared first on MOVIES & MANIA.| MOVIES & MANIA
‘Terror you won’t want to remember – in a film you won’t be able to forget.’ Messiah of Evil is a 1973 horror film about a young woman who goes … The post MESSIAH OF EVIL – Free on Pluto TV, Tubi and YouTube appeared first on MOVIES & MANIA.| MOVIES & MANIA
‘The monster movie’ Prophecy is a 1979 sci-fi horror film about the dangers of industrial pollution. The movie was directed by John Frankenheimer (Seconds; The Manchurian Candidate) from a screenplay … The post PROPHECY Reviews of eco-horror monster movie – free on Pluto TV and YouTube appeared first on MOVIES & MANIA.| MOVIES & MANIA
Satan's School for Girls is an early example of the kitschy titling that would later bring us the likes of Satan’s Cheerleaders, and is one of the few TV movies to have been remade (in 2000, with Shannen Doherty in the lead role). The original stars Pamela Franklin as Elizabeth Sayers, a woman whose sister committed suicide under mysterious circumstances while attending Salem’s School for Girls... The post SATAN’S SCHOOL FOR GIRLS ’70s TV movie classic – free online appeared first o...| MOVIES & MANIA
Scurry is a 2025 Australian horror film about a man and a woman trapped underground whilst being menaced by an unseen monstrous threat. A city under attack from a monstrous … The post SCURRY Claustrophobic Aussie creature feature – trailer appeared first on MOVIES & MANIA.| MOVIES & MANIA
The troubling of domesticity in gothic novels pairs perfectly with the quiet, suffocating horror of compulsory heterosexuality.| BOOK RIOT
Gran Shirley Bartram, 69, lost fingers and toes after a sepsis misdiagnosis and antibiotic blunder left her in a coma - now she seeks answers and warns of sepsis dangers.| Need To Know
Parenting coach Anouska Cassells, 41, recalls a terrifying surfing accident where a rip current nearly drowned her before friends saved her in a dramatic rescue.| Need To Know
Influencer Paola Caldera, 30, who fled Venezuela to pursue the American Dream and inspired 237k TikTok fans, has tragically died of cancer in the US leaving two children.| Need To Know
A reckless van driver went the wrong way down the A12 in Leytonstone before mounting the pavement - police rammed the vehicle to end the chase and made arrests.| Need To Know
Doctors in India removed 29 spoons, 19 toothbrushes and 2 pens from a man’s stomach after he swallowed them in frustration at a rehab centre, leaving him in agony.| Need To Know
Tesco shoppers stunned as every bottle of alcohol including £13 Baileys is security tagged in north London store amid rising theft concerns during the festive season.| Need To Know
Aviation influencer Tang Feiji tragically died in front of 1,000 fans when his ultralight aircraft crashed and burst into flames during a livestream in central China.| Need To Know
Terrified passengers screamed as a ferris wheel tipped sideways at a fair in Madhya Pradesh after a hook snapped - all were rescued safely as police vowed safety checks.| Need To Know
di Fosca Gallesio Può rivelarsi interessante un’analisi comparata tra due horror d’autore recenti, che rappresentano un’esplorazione profonda della sessualità e della complessa relazione tra maschile e femminile. Beau ha paura (2023) di Ari Aster e Men (2022) di Alex Garland possono sembrare due film piuttosto diversi: il primo racconta il viaggio surreale e allucinato del suo protagonista maschile (interpretato da un ottimo Joaquin Phoenix) costretto a fare i conti con la difficile r...| Carmilla on line
Welcome back readers. I’ve been away for a couple of weeks! While I always take one week off around the holidays, this year I was persuaded (by myself) to extend that holiday to two weeks on account of catching COVID (Curator’s note:...| Critical Distance
1987 horror comedy, dir. Joel Schumacher, Jason Patric, Corey Haim: IMDb / allmovie. You're a creature of the night, Michael. You wait 'till mom finds out!| RogerBW's Blog: Latest posts
You knew I’d be back for spooky season, right? In the past, I’ve given a couple of watch lists for Halloween, all based on things I’d already seen. This year, I want to focus on t…| KnotMagick Studios
Während in den goldenen 20ern in Prag das Leben gefeiert wird, entdecken vier Menschen eine unheimliche Schatulle, deren Geheimnis sie zurück in die dunkle Vergangenheit führt. Ebenholz ist das Prequel zum FHTAGN-Szenario Block B und führt die Spieler*innen an den Ursprung des Grauens.| Teilzeithelden
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! I hope you’re all doing well. I feel like I’ve been slacking on reading and therefore, slacking on posting lately, but that is life sometimes! I’m finally back with a review of Rachel Caine’s Bitter Falls, the fourth novel in her Stillhouse Lake series. You can read my review of book… Continue reading Review: Bitter Falls| Meghan's Whimsical Explorations & Reviews
Things Resurface is an occasional series in which I write films and TV series from in and around the ‘Folk Horror’ genre. While the spine of this series comes from the Severin films’ ‘All The Haunt…| Taskerland
Monday Moods is a weekly bookish meme created and hosted by Unwrapping Words (aka, me!). The premise is simple: every week, there’s a new ‘mood’, ranging from tropes to genres or actual moods (happy, sad, etc). On a Monday, feel free to post about books on your TBR, books you’d recommend, or a mix – whatever youContinue reading "Monday Moods: Friendship(s)"| Unwrapping Words
“If they be two, they are two so / As stiff twin compasses are two: / Thy soul, the fixed foot, makes no show / To move, but doth, if the other do.” — Andrew Marvell The horror movie Together is many things, but it’s not like the other movies by that title, such as…| Fort Worth Weekly
Spitfire Audio Tenebra is their new collaboration with The Newton Brothers, composers at the forefront of the horror and thriller genres. Here's our hands-on review... The post Spitfire Audio Tenebra Review: Newton Brothers’ Dark Textures appeared first on AudioNewsRoom (ANR).| AudioNewsRoom (ANR)
Literary rating: ★★★★½ Kick-butt quotient: ☆☆☆☆☆ From what I can tell, Arisen is a massive zombie apocalypse saga, with a heavy military focus, by Fuchs and Glyn James. There are fourteen books in the main series, but Fuchs has also spun off related sets to tell other stores set in… Continue reading| Girls With Guns
The design he came up with is below. Within horror there are many sub-genres, including cosy, extreme, folk, literary, etc. There is a coding for these in cover art also, for example extreme/splatterpunk often have cartoonish grotesque painting. My book is in the psychological/literary horror genre so the cover hints at a slow-burn book. I love the theme of seven (there are 7 recluse rules), and the coding of objects that arise in the novel. If you’re so inclined, you can pre-order the book...| The Ed Techie
A Lakelands setting post| Advantage on Arcana
Am 10. September 2025 wurde Charlie Kirk, einer der bekanntesten konservativen Aktivisten der Vereinigten Staaten, während einer Veranstaltung an der Utah Valley University,... The post Konservativer US-Aktivist Charlie Kirk ermordet first appeared on TFP Deutschland.| TFP Deutschland
Following my little saga with the iPad OS beta, I upgraded a few of my Apple devices, including one of my Macs, to the final release version...| Tao of Mac
Welcome back readers. If you haven’t already seen it, Kaile’s latest Patreon recap is live–we made the difficult decision to delay it so as not to compete with the release of Hollow Knight: Silksong. Does that also explain the string of Tuesday...| Critical Distance
A few months ago, I wrote about the prevalence of sequels in contemporary cinema. There has been a glut of follow-on movies in 2024, and the reason is straightforward: by making a sequel, you tap into an established audience and proven intellectual property. The public already knows what it can expect, so half of the […]| Culturall
For many years, Jim Rockhill has been a staunch advocate for the work of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, most probably Ireland’s premier writer of supernatural tales and the uncanny. Between 2002 and 2005, Rockhill edited a major three-volume collection of Le Fanu’s supernatural fiction for Ash-Tree Press, writing a highly informative introduction for each volume. … Continue reading →| John Kenny
The Conjuring: Last Rites is advertised as the last film of the franchise, but does it do enough to close the book on the Warren family in a proper way? Let's find out...| TV Fanatic Girl
I received a review copy from the publisher. This does not affect the contents of my review and all opinions are my own. Fiend by Alma Katsu Mogsy’s Rating: 2 of 5 stars Genre: Thriller, Mystery Series: Stand Alone Publisher: Penguin Audio (September 16, 2025) Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins Author Information: Website | Twitter I went into Fiend by Alma […]| The BiblioSanctum
I received a review copy from the publisher. This does not affect the contents of my review and all opinions are my own. Play Nice by Rachel Harrison Mogsy’s Rating: 4 of 5 stars Genre: Horror Series: Stand Alone Publisher: Berkley (September 9, 2025) Length: 336 pages Author Information: Website Rachel Harrison writes what I like to call “chick lit horror,” which […]| The BiblioSanctum
PC In 2020, adventure game developer Octavi Navarro released The Supper, a fifteen-minute-long point-and-clicker about a strange lady–Ms Appleton–who runs a small restaurant that kills and cooks all its customers. It was odd, peculiarly unsettling, and gruesomely entertaining. It now has a sequel! A far bigger game, set a few decades later, and it somehow […]| Buried Treasure
