Shudder has become an essential destination for horror fans. Since launching in 2015, the AMC-owned streaming service has built a strong reputation for offering genre classics, a slew of exclusive films, and original content from the likes of Joe Bob Briggs, Eli Roth, and the Boulet Brothers. Specials featuring Elvira, the history of black people and horror, and films with “cursed” reputations round out their ever-growing catalog of material curated by individuals as passionate about horror as the subscribers themselves. […]

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Thomas Marchese’s From Black is a pretty bland experience, and even commits the cardinal sin of being dull occasionally. The plot concerns Cora (Anna Camp), a recovering junkie whose son has been missing and presumed dead for a couple of years. After nodding off on her couch one afternoon, her kid walks out the door, and is never seen again. Enter Abel (John Ales), a man who leads a local grief counseling group. He claims to know a way to […]

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Cannibal Holocaust is generally considered to be the first found footage horror movie. It deserves a place among the best found footage movies, but for many, this subgenre didn’t really enter popular culture until 1999. That would mark the release of The Blair Witch Project, which Roger Ebert later called one of the 10 most influential films of the century. Success gave way to imitation, and it wasn’t long before a slew of found footage films left many feeling as […]

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We love to talk about why there are so many horror movies featuring demonic or otherworldly possession. Stories of demonic possession go back centuries, with everything from the Roman Ritual of 1614 to the novella The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde touching on our fear of completely losing control to something powerful and insidious. This collection of the best possession horror movies ever made barely scratches the surface of what’s out there. Possession horror movies get a […]

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Speak No Evil, the first horror film from Danish actor/director Christian Tafdrup, is almost literally painful to watch. From its opening moments when a Danish family are on vacation in Italy, an ominous score blares over images of the beautiful countryside, immediately instilling a sense of dread. That dread only grows when the Danes, dad Bjørn (Morten Burian), mom Louise (Sidsel Siem Koch), and daughter Agnes (Liva Forsberg), meet a Dutch family who strike a strange balance between friendly and […]

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Things aren’t great for Wes (Ryan Kwanten): he’s living out of his car, throwing up excessively in toilets, and, oh, he’s encountered an ancient god in a bathroom stall, who needs him for some mysterious purpose. When Wes first strikes up a conversation with Ghat (J.K Simmons), the god seems well meaning and concerned about Wes’ incessant puking. But things quickly escalate after Ghat reveals his true identity, and Wes finds himself unable to leave the bathroom stall. Kwanten does […]

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Any list of the best home invasion movies is going to reveal just how far-reaching this genre can get. There are few basic plots that can hit closer to real fears shared by many of us, as no one is too terribly concerned about actual zombies, ghosts, dream demons, or mask-wearing mass murder enthusiasts. We understand that even with locks and security measures, someone with enough ambition can probably work around our best defenses. Unless you’re exceptionally wealthy, your protections […]

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“Paranormal” as its own genre can sometimes be difficult to pin down, as there really isn’t a neat definition for what qualifies as a paranormal movie. While often focusing on the horror side of things, the best paranormal movies can in fact be told in a variety of formats, across numerous genres. There are love stories dealing in paranormal elements, comedies that don’t have a hint of horror, and other types of films that deal in ghosts, witches, demons, and […]

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In retrospect, it doesn’t seem like it took very long for Battle Royale to become one of the most influential and entertaining movies of the 2000s. Based on a 1999 novel by Koushun Takami, the movie adaptation was immediately met with rave reviews and controversy. It received an R+15 age rating, one of Japan’s sternest movie ratings up to that time. It would be a full decade before the film was even given a proper release in the west, although […]

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April 2022 had plenty of exciting movie releases: there was Michael Bay’s Ambulance, Robert Eggers The Northman and the meta Nicolas Cage movie The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. May 2022, on the other hand, is a tad less exciting. I mean, there’s some good stuff, don’t get me wrong, and fans of the MCU are certainly writhing about in anticipation. The A24 move gang will also be especially pleased, considering how well-fed we’ve been this year thus far. Overall, […]

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