Image: Francois G. Durand/Getty Images (Getty Images) There’ve been a lot of versions of Dracula running around in pop culture. Within the past decade, he’s been on a boat, ran a hotel, and been incredibly depressed after his wife was murdered, and we eat it up (almost) every time. Folks love themselves some Drac, and … Read more
Just before the weekend, Universal finally pulled back the curtain on its cryptic horror movie from filmmaking duo Radio Silence. The resulting film is Abigail, which sees Melissa Barrera and Dan Stevens headline a team of kidnappers who snatch up a kid to hold her for ransom. The twist? The titular Abigail, played by Alisha … Read more
Is “read more books” on your list of New Year’s resolutions? If it isn’t, you’ll surely be tempted to make room for it—and form a new habit that’ll last through 2024—once you see all the new sci-fi, fantasy, and horror titles hitting bookshelves in January. What Makes Immortal Longings an Epic Fantasy? | io9 Interview … Read more
Bendy and the Ink Machine is headed to the big screen. Pixar’s Jay Ward teases the future of Cars. Could the Quantum Leap revival actually give Ben his happy ending? Plus, get a look at the car-themed heroes of the next Super Sentai series. Spoilers now! Making the Freddy Fazbear Pizza Band Come to Life … Read more
Saw XPhoto: Alexandro Bolaños Escamilla/Lionsgate Horror is, shall we say, a genre that’s very fond of sequels. We’re all for it when a part two (or a part 10) honors its inspiration while also justifying its own existence by delivering a satisfying, thrilling story. This year, the unkillable Saw franchise delighted fans by dreaming up … Read more
Here’s some nightmare material courtesy of V/H/S/85.Image: Shudder Did you check out V/H/S/85, the latest entry in the long-running found-footage horror anthology series, when it hit Shudder last week? A hell of a lot of people did: it was the most-watched film premiere of the year for Shudder and AMC+. It comes as no surprise … Read more
Nocturne, the new successor series to Netflix’s excellent animated Castlevania adaptations, plays with its legacy in some truly smart ways—both as a successor show metatextually, and narratively as its heroes navigate being part of a generational supernatural conflict. But one of its greatest moments is a fascinating mirror to one in the original series, and … Read more
Think about this—you’re a schlubby professor, an everyman, the form of dad who makes folks roll their eyes and say, “okay, Boomer,” and also you’re okay with it. After which, all of a sudden, you start showing in folks’s goals. Not simply the individuals who know you—everybody begins to see you of their goals. And … Read more
How’s this for a novel strategy to adapting a traditional story? Somewhat than take, say, a breezy youngsters’s story like “The Hobbit” and stretch it previous its breaking level into an epic trilogy of flicks, “The Final Voyage of the Demeter” follows a really totally different mindset altogether. By increasing on a surprisingly brief chapter … Read more