The Others (2001) Official Trailer 1 – Nicole Kidman Movie The Others sometimes gets unfairly tabbed as a Sixth Sense rip-off, since it came out a few years after that 1999 hit and features a similar twist. But this moody tale—which was also a box-office smash—is definitely notable on its own, drawing on melodrama as … Read more
Stage Fright (1987) Trailer After an auspicious early career assisting, acting for, and/or otherwise working with the likes of Lucio Fulci, Joe D’Amato, Dario Argendo, and Terry Gilliam, Michele Soavi made his own cinematic mark, directing cult favorites like 1989’s The Church, 1991’s The Sect, and perhaps his best-known work, 1994’s Dellamorte Dellamore (aka Cemetery … Read more
After two months of cheerful and merry holidays with family and friends, the January winds are on the horizon with an assortment of dark and wintery horror movies to get the taste of gingerbread and peppermint out of your mouth. Shudder is a great way to snap out of the festive mentality and embrace the … Read more
At a boarding school in the early 1970s, a student who’s been eagerly awaiting winter vacation gets a call with bad news: they’ll be spending Christmas at school instead of with their family. Is it Alexander Payne’s new Oscar-buzz movie The Holdovers—or Jenn Wexler’s new Shudder release The Sacrifice Game? Zillow Says You’ll Buy Your … Read more
Christine Nyland and Larry Fessenden in Summoners.Image: Nightstream Nightstream began as a virtual film festival in 2020, aimed at film fans hungry for new content during the height of the pandemic. But it’s now shifted its focus to better reflect the current entertainment landscape, and today announced a re-launch as a “year-round curated genre film … Read more
Ever wondered where the creepy clowns—the most unsettling part of Stephen Cognetti’s Hell House LLC found-footage horror series—came from? Enter Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor, the fourth film in the series, which follows an internet sleuth whose cold-case digging unearths fresh frights. Spoilers of the Week | June 3rd Released in 2015, Hell … 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
The V/H/S series has enough built-in fans by now that it’s barely necessary to review the latest release. But anyone feeling ambivalent about the found-footage horror franchise should make it a point to seek out its sixth entry (eighth, if you count the two spin-off films), because V/H/S/85 is excellent. Spoilers of the Week | … Read more
The Big Picture Joe Bob Briggs will be hosting a new season of The Last Drive-In on Shudder, presenting over thirty horror movies. The new season will have a different format, featuring one movie per episode and airing bi-weekly, but it will be a longer season overall. Joe Bob Briggs is a well-known horror host … Read more
Nightmare has an unfortunately generic title, but it’s the word in its most literal usage, referring to the “Mare”—a creature from folklore thought to torment sleepers. In Norwegian writer-director Kjersti Helen Raasmussen’s new film, coming to Shudder this week, it takes the form of a particularly nasty dream demon. Vizio’s Latest TVs Go All Quantum … Read more