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For decades, various kinds of disability have been used as ‘scary’ metaphors in horror. But a new wave of filmmakers is challenging this problematic framing.
These stories have to be read aloud to scare friends or read under the covers with a flashlight.
From 1980s sci-fi films to today’s blockbusters, filmmakers have wrestled with questions about what happens when humans rely on intelligent machines.
A response to the effects of the Vietnam war on young men, this tale gains new relevance in a climate of growing nationalistic fervour
From Carrie to The Shawshank Redemption, there are now more than 50 Stephen King film adaptations - making him one of the most adapted authors alive.
Samuel Van Grinsven’s film follows a man and his estranged mother’s widow, as both are drawn into a haunting possession that forces them to confront their pasts.
The film illustrates how someone’s own brain can transform them from a decent person into the villain in someone else’s story.
Eat-the-rich films expose upper-class immorality and entitlement and offer revenge fantasies where those normally crushed by the system fight back or burn it all down.
Long before zombies were stars on the big screen, they roamed medieval Europe.
The Philippou brothers have done it again. You won’t be able to watch – but you won’t be able to look away.
Only seven horror films have been nominated for best picture at the Oscars since the first ceremony in 1929.
Playing on a sort of fabricated nostalgia for the 80s, this film presents a version of the period that lacks any real insight or depth.
All of these games are easy to get hooked on. And best of all, they don’t require hours of commitment or any prior gaming experience.
A scholar of Tibetan Buddhism discusses how she challenges her students to rethink their preconceived notions of death, the afterlife and the concept of the ‘other.’
One of the horrors of the film is the musical theatre industry itself, which gets a brutal but well-deserved bashing.
Jon Bell’s film is a blend of parental anxiety, Indigenous lore and class tensions – and the first half had me thinking it might earn its place in Australia’s horror ranks.
Quiet horror prizes suspense and subtlety over graphic bodily violence.
Warner Bros. assumed ‘Trick ‛r Treat’ would be such a bust that the studio released it straight to DVD in 2009. Here’s how it became a holiday classic.
A new film adaptation of Stephen King’s ‘Salem’s Lot’ swaps in an owl for the book’s haunting whip-poor-wills, showing how species loss is also tied into cultural loss.
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