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"These gays are trying to murder you!" A sneak peek inside UNREAL's PSYCHO HOMO ISSUE, on newsstands now.

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November 26, 2025 at 11:15 AM
UNREAL’s Editor-in-Mischief watched FRANKENSTEIN (dir. Guillermo del Toro, 2025) over the weekend. He’s asked us to let you know he’s logged it on Letterboxd, and invites you to follow him there for more insightful film observations.

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November 24, 2025 at 11:29 AM
THE FIRST OMEN duo have a new A24 horror film in the works — here’s what we know (and what we’re manifesting): "...a bachelor-party-gone-feral is intriguing. A hyper-masculine setting filtered through female and queer sensibilities? Inject it.”

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November 24, 2025 at 10:25 AM
On our Slasher Slag Slaydar this week: asymmetrical horror games, B-movie fandom, and SCOOBY-DOO-coded Canadian ghosthunters.
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November 21, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Oh wow — we think they call this a murderers’ row. Arkasha Stevenson’s “UNTITLED A24 HORROR FILM” is firmly on our slaydar. deadline.com/2025/11/emma...
Emma Corrin, Hunter Schafer, Havana Rose Liu And Sophie Wilde Join New Horror Pic From A24 And Arkasha Stevenson
Emma Corrin, Hunter Schafer, Havana Rose Liu And Sophie Wilde are set to join an untitled A24 horror pic from Arkasha Stevenson and Tim Smith.
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November 20, 2025 at 8:10 PM
A queer reading of 1987 blank-from-hell thriller THE STEPFATHER: “The unruly beard doesn’t match the conservative father role he’s desperate to perform. It’s the first clue he’s not just hiding crimes — he’s hiding himself."
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November 20, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Everything we know (so far) about Eli Roth's ICR CREAM MAN: "We’re getting Willy Wonka-meets-Silver Shamrock Novelties vibes. And judging by the young cast listed on IMDb, there’s also a faint, moldy-chicken-nugget whiff of COOTIES."
whatmonster.substack.com/p/everything...
November 20, 2025 at 4:53 PM
KEEPER (2025): "Mind blown — he’s Donald Sutherland’s 47-year-old, oh-so-hot son!"

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A ★★★ review of Keeper (2025)
Can’t lie — I was a little distracted by how amazing the house was, and a little annoyed we didn’t get a better look at it. Loved both Tatiana Maslany (ORPHAN BLACK) and Rossif Sutherland (mind blown ...
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November 19, 2025 at 1:10 PM
THE STEPFATHER (1987): "Jerry only marries women who already have children. He doesn’t need to father kids — just to look like he has." whatmonster.substack.com/p/hes-giving...
"He’s giving bubble-butt bear energy"
A rump-ranger’s reading of THE STEPFATHER (1987)
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November 19, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Just one episode in — we're hooked. It's joyous.
THE VANITY PROJECT PODCAST: TAKE A DEEP DIVE INTO THE STORY BEHIND STUDENT CONFIDENTIAL!
November 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
"We expect Eli Roth’s trash talk to translate into an escalation of gore, shock, and provocation. ICE CREAM MAN arrives at a moment when extreme horror is sliding back into the mainstream."

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Everything we know (so far) about Eli Roth’s ICE CREAM MAN (2026)
Production’s wrapped, rumours are swirling — here’s the scoop on the splat-packer’s next chiller
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November 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM
@madefortvmayhem.bsky.social Hey Amanda. Hope you're well. Big fan of your slasher podcast. Any news on the next episode... love, love, love THE NIGHT BRINGS CHARLIE.
November 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
On our Slasher Slag Slaydar this week: serial killers, UFOs, gothic vibes… and a new issue of UNREAL magazine.

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"It's serving total DeFeo déjà voodoo"
On our Slasher Slag Slaydar this week: serial killers, UFOs, gothic vibes… and a new issue of UNREAL magazine
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November 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Hunter Schafer and Théodore Pellerin among the all-star cast of Tom Ford’s “horrific, violent, sad, and oh-so-queer” third film. We're hyped!

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News: CRY TO HEAVEN (2026) cast announced
Hunter Schafer and Théodore Pellerin among the all-star cast of Tom Ford’s “horrific, violent, sad, and oh-so-queer” third film. We're hyped!
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November 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
One horror movie that changed you? Maybe even saved you. For us, it’s FRIDAY THE 13TH (1980). For Daniel Kraus, it’s NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968). His new book PARTIALLY DEVOURED promises a CINEMA SPECULATION–style deep dive and memoir. Preordered.
www.counterpointpress.com/books/partia...
Partially Devoured
“A stroke of genius! This is the definitive love letter to the film, written with such meticulous passion and demented glee that you feel yourself standing on the set during the shoot.”…
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November 13, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Hold on, wot? A Charli xcx/John Cale gothic folk-horror collab was not on our bingo card. Ok, now we’re sat for WUTHERING HEIGHTS (dir. Emerald Fennell, 2026). Fingers crossed it’s capital-B bleak! youtu.be/Xgp7wlBfASA?...
Charli xcx - House featuring John Cale (Official Video)
YouTube video by Charli xcx
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November 13, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Tin-foil hats at the ready. This week's episode of UNCANNY (series five, case three: 'The Devil's Den UFO') involves a UFO craft the size of a Walmart. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
BBC Sounds - Uncanny - Available Episodes
Listen to the latest episodes of Uncanny on BBC Sounds.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Are you hearing this? Episode four nearly finished us. Reminiscent of the DeFeo case — you know, the IRL murders that inspired THE AMITYVILLE HORROR (dir. Stuart Rosenberg, 1979). No ghosts here (obvs), but maybe the wrong person was convicted. We’ve got chills.
www.newyorker.com/news/press-r...
In the Dark Releases “Blood Relatives,” an Examination of a Notorious British Crime
The New Yorker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative podcast returns with a six-part series that asks whether one of the U.K.’s most famous murder cases ended with a wrongful conviction.
www.newyorker.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM
A new issue of UNREAL has gone to press (more details soon). In true slasher-sequel style, we’ve taken Randy Meeks’s advice from SCREAM 2 (dir. Wes Craven, 1997): expect a bigger page count and more elaborate specs — thicker paper, and yes, a spine.

All killer, no filler. Total franchise vibes.
November 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The vibe at UNREAL HQ: battered, but still smiling. :) Issue two just went to press! (More details soon.)

Behind-the-scenes snapshot of Laurie Bartram on the set of FRIDAY THE 13TH (1980).
November 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
"If you’re a regular reader of this column, you know that I have a soft spot for oddball movies that look like they were made for five dollars by 5-year-olds in five days." Love Erik Piepenburg's regular NYT horror movie column! www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/m...
Five Horror Movies to Stream Now
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November 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
If 1988 Bruce Willis and 2005 Ryan Reynolds had a love child it would be 2025 Glen Powell. boxd.it/bC9jFP
A ★★★ review of The Running Man (2025)
If 1988 Bruce Willis and 2005 Ryan Reynolds had a love child it would be 2025 Glen Powell.
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November 5, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Sat. 🔥👻🔪
November 1, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Love! Like, OMG love. (We demand a season three of Scream Queens, with Hunter Schafer joining the cast.) youtu.be/877sg39dyWA?...
2025 Fall Campaign THE HUNT with Hunter Schafer
YouTube video by GENTLE MONSTER
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October 30, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Recommended! Especially enjoyed the chapters on horror movie fans and empathy, and the effects of watching horror underage. Fascinating! open.spotify.com/show/2lZfiVt...
Morbidly Curious
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October 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM