In a year where smaller studios, like A24 (Civil War, Heretic) and Neon (Longlegs, Cuckoo), saw critical and box office success, horror stalwarts Blumhouse Productions faltered. While Speak No Evil was a successful remake, Night Swim and Imaginary were lackluster entries following on the disappointment of The Exorcist: Believer. Despite its timely subject matter, techo-horror thriller…

As the year winds down, a handful of recently released horror movies have made waves. While big studio release Smile 2 may have improved on its predecessor while succeeding at the box office, The Substance stood out as the 'little horror movie that could'. Like Terrifier 3, director Coralie Fargeat's follow-up to Revenge was an unlikely box office success story.

It's been a pretty good year for found-footage movies. Earlier in 2024, Late Night with the Devil and Mind, Body Spirit impressed audiences and critics alike. While it may not have delivered on its promise, Frogman found a few fans - at least enough fans to warrant an upcoming sequel. October saw Shudder release another entry in the V/H/S serie…

Following a successful career producing feature-length movies and documentaries, writer and director Jane Schoenbrun scored a critical hit with indie horror We're All Going to the World Fair. Earlier this year, Schoenbrun's follow-up project, I Saw the TV Glow premiered at the Sundance Film Festival followed by a small theatrical release. Similar in style and tone to We're All Going to the World Fair…

In a year where Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and the A Quiet Place prequel are among the most anticipated horror movies, In a Violent Nature has generated a lot of buzz. Much of the buzz followed on its simple premise of a slasher movie seen largely from the perspective of its killer. That initial eerily quiet trailer promised something that mixed old-fashioned slasher with…

Nicolas Cage stars in a lot of movies. Andy Samberg and Saturday Night Live were poking fun at this fact over a decade ago with their Get in the Cage skits. Cage himself has poked fun at his habitual habit at starring in ... well, just about anything. While it's fun to make light of Cage's B-movie credits, let's not forget that he's starred in some of the better horror movies in the last decade.

Among one of the greatest horror franchises, the Alien series has seen its share of highs and lows. Following Ridley Scott's classic Alien, James Cameron delivered one of the best sequels of all time in Aliens. Cameron respected the lore established in the original movie as he leaned more heavily into action. Poor David Fincher got saddled with studio interference resulting in flawed…

And from the dustbins of 80s horror, Fatal Games makes its way into the Shudder streaming library. Plenty of horror movies from the 80s came with titles that started with 'Final' or 'Fatal'. But if you're not familiar with this low-budget 1984 release, you're probably not alone. Its premise sounds suspiciously similar to Graduation Day, another low-budget slasher that managed a small cult following.

M. Night Shyamalan has been a pretty busy filmmaker the last few years. In addition to directing Old and Knock at the Cabin in 2021 and 2023, respectively, he's served as produced on Apple TV+ series Servant and daughter Ishana Night Shyamalan's The Watchers. Now Shyamalan's back with psychological thriller, Trap. Not surprisingly, his latest release has a unique premise that goes something like this - …

Perhaps one of the more surprising success in horror this decade has been Ti West's slasher trilogy. Released just several months apart, both X and its prequel, Pearl, were among the best horror movies of 2022. Just two years later, West wraps up his trilogy with MaXXXine, which follows directly from X. Once again Mia Goth returns, reprising her role as Maxine Minx (Miller), but finds herself in 1980s Hollywood.

No one likely pegged John Krasinski to be the guy who would direct one of the best post-apocalyptic monster movies in recent memory. Nevertheless, A Quiet Place proved to be a hallmark of big budget monster movies, capitalizing on its unique premise balanced with emotional storytelling. And then Krasinski followed it up with the equally good sequel, A Quiet Place II…

Two-thirds of the way through 2024 and we've already had several big horror movies released. While Immaculate and The First Omen scored early hits, Longlegs became a surprise box office success while Alien: Romulus reinvigorated the Alien franchise. But we've also had a handful of small movies take the horror genre by storm, including In A Violent Nature. Perhaps the biggest surprise for horror this summer was a little movie released onto…

With Halloween less than a week away, Smile 2 and Terrifier 3 are still scaring up box office dollars. Meanwhile, streaming and VOD platforms have offered up some diverse genre fare. From the Salem's Lot remake to the latest chapter of the V/H/S franchise, Halloween season has been busy. Not wanting to be left out in the cold, Netflix…

Damien Leone's Terrifer franchise likely go down as one of the stranger stories in horror movie history. After first appearing in the 2013 horror anthology All Hallow's Eve, Art the Clown got his first solo feature-length movie with Leone's grimy, low-budget Terrifier. Somehow six years later a sequel, Terrifier 2, didn't just get a theatrical release - it actually made money.