Horror movies from every corner of the genre: new releases, indie standouts, international shocks and the classics worth your night.
Bleecker Street has unveiled the official trailer for A Talent for Murder, an atmospheric psychological thriller starring Oscar winner Helen Mirren as legendary crime novelist Patricia Highsmith. The film is directed by Anton Corbijn (The American) from a screenplay by Joanna Murray-Smith. A Talent for Murder will make its world debut at the Toronto International […]
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Director Zack Snyder’s The Last Photograph is set to make its world premiere at the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival. When? Sunday, September 13, at the John Bassett Theatre, Variety reports. The showcase highlights the festival’s prestigious lineup as TIFF returns to Downtown Toronto from September 10 through September 20. A Gripping Tale of Vengeance and […]
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I had the absolute pleasure of sitting down with writer-director James Ross II and star Jasmine Mathews to dissect Parasomnia, after giving it a spoiler-free rave review. This film made one hell of a feature directorial debut for Ross and personally cost me a night’s sleep. Mathews delivers a powerhouse lead performance as Riley. She’s […]
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Watch the Review: . The boundaries of supernatural horror are about to be completely rewritten! Fresh off its haunting debut at the Overlook Film Festival, writer-director James Ross II’s feature film directorial debut, Parasomnia, is coming home. The film is an absolute triumph that will make you terrified to close your eyes. Landing exclusively on […]
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Night After Night (U.S., 2026) Official Synopsis After his coworker vanishes, a reclusive night guard at a secluded university begins unraveling the secrets of a hidden room where an ever-changing entity reappears night after night. Review Devotees of enigmatic fear fare should have a mesmerizing time with director Josh Lobo’s chiller Night After Night. Security […]
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Just when you thought childbirth couldn’t get any more terrifying, Shudder has unveiled the first trailer and official premiere date for its upcoming horror-thriller Goody Goody. The trailer teases deeply disturbing body horror and relentless atmospheric dread. Trapped in a Snowbound Birth Nightmare The film centers on a couple and their midwife. They settle into a false sense of security amid a prolonged, grueling home birth. When a howling blizzard strikes, it seals the house off from the outside world and transforms a cozy sanctuary into a suffocating, claustrophobic trap. With nowhere to run, the trio is forced to confront escalating, otherworldly complications. That suggests this impending delivery carries a far more sinister burden than ordinary medical distress. Folklore Roots and Veteran Genre Talent Steering the icy nightmare is writer and director Raymond Creamer, who weaves a lifelong obsession with regional folklore into the DNA of his filmmaking. Drawing quiet inspiration from legendary film scholar Donald Richie, Creamer builds a
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Whenever a horror film arrives floating on a massive wave of hype, I tend to approach it cautiously. But last night, I dimmed the lights, grabbed a bag of popcorn, and pressed play on Paramount Pictures’ Passenger. What followed was a heart-pounding, highway-bound nightmare that far exceeded my high expectations. Directed by visionary filmmaker André Øvredal, this supernatural thriller delivers relentless cinematic dread that hits as fast and hard as an oncoming semi-truck. Van-Life Turns Demonic The adrenaline-fueled plot follows a young couple embarking on what should be the ultimate picturesque van-life adventure. However, their dream getaway spirals into madness after they witness a gruesome, fatal car crash on a desolate stretch of road. But before they can process the tragedy, a relentless demonic stalker locks onto their trail. This punges them into a desperate battle against an unholy entity that cannot be outrun. The film sets its nerve-shredding stage with a terrifying statistic: out of the roughly 130 million
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Epic Pictures’ horror imprint Dread is serving up a blood-soaked nostalgia trip with The Boy From Below. The film stands as a loving, retro-fueled tribute to the iconic late-1990s slasher renaissance. It blendis dial-up-era aesthetics with classic video store culture. Scream Queens and Movie-Obsessed Killers Set on Halloween night in 1997. The story follows video store clerk Quinn Curtis. As she prepares for a cozy evening of movie marathons and local festivities, her night takes a turn for the worse. Her plans collapse when a masked psychopath known as “The Boy from Below” initiates a murderous spree. Obsessed with cinema, the killer begins meticulously executing his victims in hyper-violent recreations of famous slasher scenarios. This forces Quinn to weaponize her encyclopedic knowledge of horror tropes to outthink the killer and survive until morning. The impressive ensemble features genre legends Dee Wallace (Cujo), Felissa Rose (Sleepaway Camp), and Tommy Lee Wallace (IT), as well as Jack Norman, Spooky Madison, and Chaney
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If your weekend plans involve looking for something extraordinarily bloody, wildly unhinged, and fast-paced, director Yeon Sang-ho has you covered. The workaholic maestro behind Train to Busan and Peninsula doesn’t believe in taking intermissions. Fresh off the release of The Ugly, Yeon is jumping right back into apocalyptic K-Horror. But if you think you know what a zombie outbreak looks like, Colony is here to completely rewrite the story. It swaps clumsy, lumbering ghouls for eerie, hive-like synchronization and speed. Biohazard Disasters The story wastes zero time plunging into high-octane corporate terror. Biologist Se-jeong (Jun Ji-hyun) is stuck inside a sleek corporate skyscraper for a routine job presentation, accompanied by her ex-husband Gyu-seong (Go Soo). Things quickly derail when another biologist, Young-cheol (Koo Kyo-hwan), frantically calls the police to blow the whistle on a bioterror experiment. However, before anyone can digest the claim, Young-cheol stabs the company’s CEO with a syringe. This instantly triggers a grotesque zombie transformation. Within seconds,
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If you have been sleeping a little too soundly lately, Netflix has provided the ultimate late-summer remedy. The streaming platform has officially released The Whisper Man. It’s a star-studded, deeply unsettling thriller designed to turn every nighttime creak in your home into a pulse-pounding scare. Based on Alex North’s 2019 bestselling novel, the film carries a hard R rating. In other words, viewers should double-check their front doors, lock their windows, and send their kids to bed before pressing play. Whispers at the Window and Vanished Children The harrowing mystery begins in the fragile aftermath of a personal tragedy. An eight-year-old boy is mysteriously abducted from his home. His father, a crime writer by trade, is forced to seek help from his estranged father, a retired police detective. The pair frantically trace the boy’s trail. However, their desperate search unearths a grim connection to a legendary serial killer known as “The Whisper Man.” The sinister predator targets young victims by
Continue reading →
Bleecker Street has unveiled the official trailer for A Talent for Murder, an atmospheric psychological thriller starring Oscar winner Helen Mirren as legendary crime novelist Patricia Highsmith. The film is directed by Anton Corbijn (The American) from a screenplay by Joanna Murray-Smith. A Talent for Murder will make its world debut at the Toronto International […]
Continue reading →
Director Zack Snyder’s The Last Photograph is set to make its world premiere at the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival. When? Sunday, September 13, at the John Bassett Theatre, Variety reports. The showcase highlights the festival’s prestigious lineup as TIFF returns to Downtown Toronto from September 10 through September 20. A Gripping Tale of Vengeance and […]
Continue reading →
I had the absolute pleasure of sitting down with writer-director James Ross II and star Jasmine Mathews to dissect Parasomnia, after giving it a spoiler-free rave review. This film made one hell of a feature directorial debut for Ross and personally cost me a night’s sleep. Mathews delivers a powerhouse lead performance as Riley. She’s […]
Continue reading →
Watch the Review: . The boundaries of supernatural horror are about to be completely rewritten! Fresh off its haunting debut at the Overlook Film Festival, writer-director James Ross II’s feature film directorial debut, Parasomnia, is coming home. The film is an absolute triumph that will make you terrified to close your eyes. Landing exclusively on […]
Continue reading →
Night After Night (U.S., 2026) Official Synopsis After his coworker vanishes, a reclusive night guard at a secluded university begins unraveling the secrets of a hidden room where an ever-changing entity reappears night after night. Review Devotees of enigmatic fear fare should have a mesmerizing time with director Josh Lobo’s chiller Night After Night. Security […]
Continue reading →
Just when you thought childbirth couldn’t get any more terrifying, Shudder has unveiled the first trailer and official premiere date for its upcoming horror-thriller Goody Goody. The trailer teases deeply disturbing body horror and relentless atmospheric dread. Trapped in a Snowbound Birth Nightmare The film centers on a couple and their midwife. They settle into a false sense of security amid a prolonged, grueling home birth. When a howling blizzard strikes, it seals the house off from the outside world and transforms a cozy sanctuary into a suffocating, claustrophobic trap. With nowhere to run, the trio is forced to confront escalating, otherworldly complications. That suggests this impending delivery carries a far more sinister burden than ordinary medical distress. Folklore Roots and Veteran Genre Talent Steering the icy nightmare is writer and director Raymond Creamer, who weaves a lifelong obsession with regional folklore into the DNA of his filmmaking. Drawing quiet inspiration from legendary film scholar Donald Richie, Creamer builds a
Continue reading →
Whenever a horror film arrives floating on a massive wave of hype, I tend to approach it cautiously. But last night, I dimmed the lights, grabbed a bag of popcorn, and pressed play on Paramount Pictures’ Passenger. What followed was a heart-pounding, highway-bound nightmare that far exceeded my high expectations. Directed by visionary filmmaker André Øvredal, this supernatural thriller delivers relentless cinematic dread that hits as fast and hard as an oncoming semi-truck. Van-Life Turns Demonic The adrenaline-fueled plot follows a young couple embarking on what should be the ultimate picturesque van-life adventure. However, their dream getaway spirals into madness after they witness a gruesome, fatal car crash on a desolate stretch of road. But before they can process the tragedy, a relentless demonic stalker locks onto their trail. This punges them into a desperate battle against an unholy entity that cannot be outrun. The film sets its nerve-shredding stage with a terrifying statistic: out of the roughly 130 million
Continue reading →
Epic Pictures’ horror imprint Dread is serving up a blood-soaked nostalgia trip with The Boy From Below. The film stands as a loving, retro-fueled tribute to the iconic late-1990s slasher renaissance. It blendis dial-up-era aesthetics with classic video store culture. Scream Queens and Movie-Obsessed Killers Set on Halloween night in 1997. The story follows video store clerk Quinn Curtis. As she prepares for a cozy evening of movie marathons and local festivities, her night takes a turn for the worse. Her plans collapse when a masked psychopath known as “The Boy from Below” initiates a murderous spree. Obsessed with cinema, the killer begins meticulously executing his victims in hyper-violent recreations of famous slasher scenarios. This forces Quinn to weaponize her encyclopedic knowledge of horror tropes to outthink the killer and survive until morning. The impressive ensemble features genre legends Dee Wallace (Cujo), Felissa Rose (Sleepaway Camp), and Tommy Lee Wallace (IT), as well as Jack Norman, Spooky Madison, and Chaney
Continue reading →
If your weekend plans involve looking for something extraordinarily bloody, wildly unhinged, and fast-paced, director Yeon Sang-ho has you covered. The workaholic maestro behind Train to Busan and Peninsula doesn’t believe in taking intermissions. Fresh off the release of The Ugly, Yeon is jumping right back into apocalyptic K-Horror. But if you think you know what a zombie outbreak looks like, Colony is here to completely rewrite the story. It swaps clumsy, lumbering ghouls for eerie, hive-like synchronization and speed. Biohazard Disasters The story wastes zero time plunging into high-octane corporate terror. Biologist Se-jeong (Jun Ji-hyun) is stuck inside a sleek corporate skyscraper for a routine job presentation, accompanied by her ex-husband Gyu-seong (Go Soo). Things quickly derail when another biologist, Young-cheol (Koo Kyo-hwan), frantically calls the police to blow the whistle on a bioterror experiment. However, before anyone can digest the claim, Young-cheol stabs the company’s CEO with a syringe. This instantly triggers a grotesque zombie transformation. Within seconds,
Continue reading →
If you have been sleeping a little too soundly lately, Netflix has provided the ultimate late-summer remedy. The streaming platform has officially released The Whisper Man. It’s a star-studded, deeply unsettling thriller designed to turn every nighttime creak in your home into a pulse-pounding scare. Based on Alex North’s 2019 bestselling novel, the film carries a hard R rating. In other words, viewers should double-check their front doors, lock their windows, and send their kids to bed before pressing play. Whispers at the Window and Vanished Children The harrowing mystery begins in the fragile aftermath of a personal tragedy. An eight-year-old boy is mysteriously abducted from his home. His father, a crime writer by trade, is forced to seek help from his estranged father, a retired police detective. The pair frantically trace the boy’s trail. However, their desperate search unearths a grim connection to a legendary serial killer known as “The Whisper Man.” The sinister predator targets young victims by
Continue reading →
