Horror

Here you'll find coverage of all things horror, from jump-scare movies to frighteningly psychological games.

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A close-up shot of a man looking frightened against a yellow wall in a cropped version of the Backrooms poster
New Backrooms trailer shows just how unsettling and scary empty spaces can be

And how garish yellow wallpaper is

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bone temple
You’re officially out of excuses to not watch 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

Maybe if everyone streams it on Netflix we'll get another sequel

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An image featuring Michael Rooker with sores over his face and a deformed nose.
Before Marvel and Superman, James Gunn let his freak flag fly with this disgusting sci-fi classic

Grossest movie ever? Absolutely

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Primate movie
Johannes Roberts is one of our best B-movie craftsmen

Primate, now on streaming, is a well-crafted killer-chimp B-movie

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dangerous animals
Dangerous Animals is the scariest shark movie since Jaws, and it's finally on streaming

It took half a century for anyone to come up with an idea that could match Steve Spielberg's masterpiece

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Chris Pratt in Mercy
The wildest sci-fi thriller of the year is finally on streaming

Plus: A time-travel gangster comedy and the latest entry in the scary movie 'Poohniverse'

Alpha (Mélissa Boros), a French teenager, lies on her back in profile, in a party scene from the film Alpha (2025).
Gen Alpha's first body horror film is here

Alpha is the perfect title for a movie about a contemporary teenager haunted by a mysterious virus

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Dimension 20: City Council of Darkness group shot
Dimension 20 returns with a Vampire: The Masquerade twist and a bloodier vibe than ever

Welcome to Purpee, Oregon, a small town where vampires hunger for blood

Sasha (Charlize Theron) sits with her back to a tree, her arms tied together above her head. A man (Taron Egerton) holding a metal basket with something inside leans close to her. From Netflix's Apex
Netflix calls its new Charlize Theron movie an action-thriller — but c'mon, this is horror

The first Apex trailer does look thrilling, but Taron Egerton hunting a woman for sport is pure horror

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The kids from Stranger Things cluster together and stare with horror at something off-screen
10 TV shows that should have been just one season

Hear us out on Stranger Things

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Buffy
Are we really ready for the return of the Joss Whedon cinematic universe?

In the wake of some major news about Buffy and Firefly revivals, it’s worth asking what we actually want out of these beloved relics of another era

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Glinda (Ariana Grande) and Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) face off in a deserted Munchkin town in Wicked: For Good
The biggest fantasy epic of 2025 is finally available to stream

Plus: Peaky Blinders and Now You See Me return

An image of Max Caulfield from Life is Strange. She is above a pink background, which is semi transparent to show off the cast of Yellowjackets.
Amazon's Life is Strange adaptation just added the perfect director

If anyone can understand showcasing the horrors of being a teenage girl, it's this director

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Vi (Felicia Day) in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, a young woman with bobbed red hair, sitting on a floor, wearing a quirky striped knitted cloche hat and matching striped shirt
Felicia Day shares her Buffy reboot experience: 'Incredibly disappointed the show is not moving forward'
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The author and actor says the showrunners informally discussed bringing her back to reprise her Buffy role

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Michael B Jordan raising a stake in Sinners
Sinners led a massive Oscar night for horror, even if it lost Best Picture

Academy Awards voters showed a thirst for genre blood on Sunday night

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The stars of The Lost Boys musical, lit in dark neon colors, pose in front of a painted image of a boardwalk
The writers behind The Lost Boys Broadway show explain the resurgence of vampire musicals

They want their show to be more like Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, less like Dracula, the Musical

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The best sci-fi action movie of the year is finally available to stream

Plus: A record-breaking Disney film and Luc Besson’s spin on Dracula

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The 12th Doctor tries to press a door closed while monster hands reach for him
I turned D&D’s Death House into a Doctor Who time-loop nightmare

To celebrate Curse of Strahd's 10th anniversary, here's how you can do it too

The villain in The Funhouse
45 years later, Tobe Hooper's underrated slasher deserves another look

The director of Texas Chainsaw Massacre delivered plenty of scares with this follow-up film

Grace (Samara Weaving), a woman wearing a bloodstained wedding dress and a suit jacket, holds a shotgun while hiding in a hotel kitchen in Ready or Not 2
Ready or Not 2 is bigger but not better

This overstuffed sequel has the same problems as Knives Out 2

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