After a family tragedy, an estranged brother and sister set out to repair their relationship—but they pick the wrong place for a fresh start. In 825 Forest Road, the new narrative film from found-footage favorite Stephen Cognetti (Hell House LLC), the siblings move into a vintage house being sold for a surprisingly low price, in […]
Linda Cardellini Will Be Jason’s Murderous Mom in the Friday the 13th TV Show
As every slasher fan knows, the killer in Friday the 13th isn’t Jason Voorhees—that unkillable hockey-masked maniac would come later. In the 1980 original film, the camp-counselor body count is all due to his mother, Pamela, seeking vengeance against those she blames for her son’s drowning death. We’ve long suspected she’ll be the central figure […]
10 Shudder Original Double-Features to Freak Out Your Next Movie Night
Shudder‘s library of horror movies is huge—and its exclusive and original sub-category is no slouch, either. If you’re looking for a spooky, freaky, unsettling, gruesome, or otherwise genre-perfect pair of films for your next movie night, here are some curations to start with. Get Away and Black Cab Have yourself a Nick Frost mini-festival and […]
A Brief Taxonomy of Phone Calls in Horror Movies
Characters in horror movies often find themselves in situations involving the urgent need to make or receive phone calls—a simple enough task that’s inevitably complicated by the monster that’s after them. This trope especially thrives in media set during the age of land lines, but it’s followed the genre into the smart-phone era, too. Let’s […]
10 Romantically Ghoulish Horror Movies to Stream for Valentine’s Day
You could scroll straight to any “romance” movie section and sit through another round of The Notebook or When Harry Met Sally. But if you want some devilish delights mixed in with your declarations of love and make-outs in the rain, why not try a horror romance instead? Here are 10 on streaming services or […]
Shudder Just Got One of the Wildest Retro Zombie Movies Ever
You can keep your fast-moving zombies, 28 Years Later. The slowest zombies to perhaps ever feature in a movie can be found in Tombs of the Blind Dead, a 1972 cult film that takes many cues from George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead but also weaves in plenty of European sleaze. These hungry […]