Christmas is a time of comfort and joy, decoration and presents, and cocoa by the tree. If you're in the mood, it's also a time for killer Santas, demonic elves, murderous prowlers and other seasonal frights. To jumpstart your annual marathon, here's the best and worst scary yuletide movies.
If you get brutal, pull out your machete, and start hacking away, eventually each decade will have one classic horror film left standing — one that pushed boundaries, impacted pop culture, and was just plain awesome.
So — you went and saw Suspiria. Maybe you even sat through the whole thing! This two-and-a-half hour journey is pretty definitely not the sort of moviegoing experience that goes down well for everybody. We're sure you have a few questions.
What makes director Dario Argento's Suspiria so important, and so strange? Come along with us as we take a look at this horror classic's decades of mystery.
The truly memorable villains haunt us because they're more than just monsters. They remind us we're mortal; that there are forces in the world that mean us harm. They play on our worst fears and make us question the things we hold most dear.
To make sure you're keeping up with the new entries in the genre, we're compiling a list of the best horror movies of 2018. Keep checking back throughout the year, whenever you're feeling the itch to make your skin crawl.
For those looking to better understand your favorite baffling moments of terror, here's a look at some of the most confusing moments in horror films — and what's behind them.
It's official: Breakout filmmaker Jordan Peele's upcoming horror flick Us will also be a Black Panther reunion. Lupita Nyong'o, who played Nakia in Black Panther, has confirmed her involvement in the film, which already has Winston Duke, who portrayed M'Baku, attached in a lead role.
J.J. Abrams is reuniting with director Julius Avery for a superhero thriller film entitled The Heavy. Avery and Abrams previously collaborated on Overlord, the upcoming World War II zombie horror film (that definitely isn't secretly the fourth Cloverfield movie).
The horror genre is full of bloodsucking vampires, flesh-craved zombies, and all sorts of ghouls, ghosts, and gremlins. But it's also packed with incredible actors and actresses giving performances that surpass almost anything you'll see in your typical hunk of Oscar bait.
2018 has already delivered a number of standout horror movies, many of them flying under the radar of most moviegoers — so we've collected our favorites in this list, making it easier than ever to find some gold in this ever-growing content heap.
Insidious elevated mainstream horror in the eyes of viewers and quietly changed the modern genre entirely, but it was so subtle about doing so you may have failed to even notice it happened.
Horror movies are always best watched in a darkened room. A first trailer has been released for In Darkness, a new thriller movie that stars and was written by Game of Thrones' Natalie Dormer. She wrote the screenplay along with director Anthony Byrne, who is also her longtime romantic partner.
Most horror movie sequels that do get made fail to live up to the films that inspired them. There are, however, some bloody wonderful exceptions to the rule.