Admit it, every time you watch a scary movie you’re like, “What a dummy, I could totally survive this killer.” It is much easier said than done when you’re just sitting on your couch shoving your face with popcorn or ice cream or maybe both — hey, no judgement.
In case you ever find yourself in a horror movie, we have the explicit instructions on what you definitely should NOT do.
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Guillermo Del Toro‘s deliciously Gothic horror film “Crimson Peak,” starring Mia Wasikowska as an innocent who falls for charming but penniless Brit Tom Hiddleston, is heavily influenced by some of his (and our) favorite horror classics, including “The Innocents” (1961), “The Haunting” (1963), and “The Shining” (1980).
The film also draws on some Hitchcock classics: Might the elaborate hairdo of Jessica Chastain (who plays Hiddleston’s sinister sis) be inspired by the frightening Mrs. Danvers in “Rebecca?”
And all those metaphoric butterflies (featured in the film’s posters) can’t help but remind us of another Victorian tale, “Angels & Insects.”
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Horror’s not just for Halloween: Every night is a good night to get the sh** scared out of you.
Whether your nightmare of choice is ghosts, vampires, zombies, demons or heavily-armed psychos, there’s something good on Netflix right now you can stream (if you dare).
We’re here to help guide you through the dozens of horror flicks to the good stuff, from extreme gore to psychological terror to tastefully artistic horror and, of course, the best in horror-comedies.
You can also pay homage to the late horror master Wes Craven, whose iconic classics “A Nightmare on Elm Street” and “Scream” are streaming right now.
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Everyone needs to start somewhere and for a lot of Hollywood stars, their first big break was in a low-budget horror film.
You already know that Kevin Bacon got skewered in the first “Friday the 13th,” and that Jennifer Aniston had to defend herself from a murderous sprite in “Leprechaun.” But you might not have seen some of these future Oscar winners and superheroes’ early films where they had to pretend to be terrified of parasites, critters, vampires and (the horror!) evil corn.
If “The Crucible” and “The Village” had an evil, terrifying, but critically-adored baby … it might look something like “The Witch.”
And then that baby might get stolen by a witch, as teased in the horror film’s unsettling first trailer.
“The Witch,” the feature film debut of writer-director Robert Eggers, was a smash at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize and won the Directing Award. It promises to be a hit with the horror set when it arrives in 2016, although we’ll have to wait for a more specific release date.
“The Witch” follows a 1630s colonial New England family who are forced to leave their town due to the parents’ devout religious beliefs. They create a new home on the edge of a wood, but when their newborn son goes missing, religious hysteria takes over, and the family members turn on each other as they unravel.
As Entertainment Weekly noted, director Robert Eggers previously worked as a production designer, costume designer and art director, and you can see the influences in the stunning visuals of the trailer:
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The ’90s gave us many things: the Game Boy, boy bands, “Boy Meets World” — basically, anything with “boy” in the name. More importantly, the ’90s also delivered a commendable resurrection of the slasher sub-genre of horror moviemaking. Starting in 1996 with “Scream” (and slowly devolving from there), the latter half of the Decade of Grunge saw all sorts of deranged killers hit the cineplex, from knife-wielding maniacs to slicker-clad hook-killers — you’ve probably seen them all. But is your knowledge of ’90s slasher movies strong enough for you to escape death in a real-life scenario? Take the quiz below to find out.
Author Stephen King knows horror — he’s been writing it for decades — and his books have steadily crept into our collective unconscious through their many (many) words and countless movie adaptations. But how well do you really know the supernatural stories that hit the silver screen? Here’s a handy-dandy little quiz that’ll test your knowledge of Stephen King movies once and for all. Sleep tight.
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Horror filmmakers have a special fondness for shedding teenage blood.
After all, teens are horror’s primary audience, so it’s especially frightening — and cathartic — to see teens like themselves targeted by deadly evil, often just for behaving like normal adolescents. In the last four decades, movies about teens targeted by slashers have become the mainstay of movie horror.
With “The Gallows” hitting theaters this Friday — a teen horror movie with echoes of “Carrie,” “Prom Night,” “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” and more — it’s worth looking back at some of the most celebrated teen horror movies of all time. Just remember, don’t separate from the group, and don’t have sex.
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Writer Stephen King is regarded as one of the great masters of suspense (no disrespect to Mr. Hitchcock, of course) and his contribution to entertainment over the five decades has been huge. His thrilling, spooky, and often campy stories have been turned into countless film and TV projects, delighting horror and sci-fi fans alike on-screen since “Carrie” got doused in pig’s blood back in 1976.
King has dozens of TV adaptations to his credit, including current CBS hit “Under the Dome,” so we think now’s a great time to look back at a few standouts. Here are 9 creep-tastic Stephen King TV adaptations worth getting scared by. (Spoiler alert: If you live in a small and sleepy New England town, prepare to be extra freaked out.)
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Dermot Mulroney has played many different characters — including the handsome older boyfriend, a police captain and now the father to a teenage girl being targeted by a supernatural entity in “Insidious: Chapter 3.”
To celebrate the release of his first horror film, Dermot told us the five scary movies that left a mark on him — and he’s got pretty great taste.
“Insidious: Chapter 3” hits theaters nationwide on Friday, June 5.
