Here Are the Best Horror Movies of 2018 (So Far)!
This time last year horror already had huge successes at the box office with Alien: Covenant, Split, and Get Out, only setting the pace for the second half of the year with massive hits like Happy...
View ArticleVogue Writer Slams Horror: “Where Have All the Good Horror Movies Gone?”
“Remember when horror was good?” asks one of Vogue‘s writers, who proclaims 2018 void of any good horror movies in an article published this week, yet still works in mentions of Hereditary and A Quiet...
View ArticleBrad Picks the Best Horror Films of 2018!
*Keep up with our ongoing end of the year coverage here* Previous Year’s Lists: 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 After a less-than-stellar 2014, the past few years...
View ArticleThe Horror Coming to Hulu in January 2019 Includes ‘Annihilation’ and ‘Cujo’
You’ll have a hard time finding a year-end “best of” list that doesn’t include Alex Garland’s Annihilation, and if you haven’t yet had a chance to head into the Shimmer for yourself, you’ll be happy to...
View ArticleWe Pick the 15 Best Monsters from Horror Entertainment in 2018
*Keep up with our ongoing end of the year coverage here* As 2018 comes to a close, we take a look at the very best monsters from the year’s film, television, video games, or wherever! 2018 was one of...
View ArticleHorror’s 10 Most Disturbing Moments of 2018!
*Keep up with our ongoing end of the year coverage here* Horror films seek to evoke fear in a variety of ways; some opt for creeping dread, some for unbearable mounting tension, and others employ jump...
View ArticleThe Screaming Bear Attack Scene from ‘Annihilation’ Was One of This Year’s...
*Keep up with our ongoing end of the year coverage here* When the opportunity to write about the best horror of the year came up, my thoughts immediately turned to Annihilation, which has occupied the...
View ArticleLetterboxd’s List of the 10 Highest Rated Horror Films of 2018 May Surprise You
Letterboxd kicks off every year by putting together a multi-faceted look at the movies their users collectively rated highest from the previous year, and they break down the films into various...
View Article‘Annihilation’ and the Adaptive Legacy of H.P. Lovecraft’s “The Colour Out of...
A meteor crashes to Earth, emits strange colors in the perimeter around the crash, and begins altering the flora and fauna in bizarre ways that defy Earthbound science. In H.P. Lovecraft’s popular...
View ArticleOscar Winners 2019: Bloody Disgusting’s All-Horror Edition!
The 91st Academy Awards ceremony has officially come and gone, and with it a whole new slew of upsets, disappointments, and of course, the usual exclusion of the horror genre. Well, except for that...
View ArticleTurns Out, That Nightmarish Bear Creature from ‘Annihilation’ Kinda Existed...
One of the best movie monsters in recent years was found in Alex Garland’s Annihilation last year, its arrival described by our Joe Lipsett as being one of 2018’s scariest horror moments. In a scene...
View ArticleAvengers Dismember: The Best Horror Movies Starring Your Favorite ‘Avengers’...
The Avengers have saved the world from robots and aliens, but who do you call when you’ve got serial killers, zombies, vampires or evil mirrors? You also call The Avengers, because most of the cast and...
View ArticleThe 13 Scariest CGI Monsters in Movies! [Editorial]
Let’s be honest here: everybody loves a good, old-fashioned practical effects monster. Films like John Carpenter’s The Thing feature effects so detailed, so tactile, so gooey and strange that they look...
View ArticleThree Films That Could Become Great Video Games by Learning From ‘Alien:...
As I wrote earlier this week, Alien Isolation was a perfect example of adapting a movie to the video game medium. Not only was the game strong in terms of quality, but it also managed to accurately...
View ArticleTechnique & Themes: Exploring the Cinematic Elements of ‘Death Stranding’
Hideo Kojima’s cinematic eye has been critical to his work. Metal Gear Solid not only redefined what developers could do with their games, but also elevated the emotional potential that games could...
View ArticleMeagan Slices Up the Top 10 Horror Movie Kills of the Decade!
*Keep up with our ongoing end of the decade coverage here* Of all the many reasons we adore horror, spectacular character deaths rank high among them. One solid, gruesome kill can go a long way in a...
View Article10 Great Horror Movies Inspired By the Writings of H.P. Lovecraft
With the inaugural season of Lovecraft Country well underway and Color Out of Space now available on Shudder, the Year of Lovecraft remains in full swing. H.P. Lovecraft‘s works tapped into the fear of...
View ArticleBeware the New Flesh: ‘Gaia’ and the Return of Body Horror!
Few subgenres evoke revulsion and cringe-inducing terror quite like body horror. Becoming a stranger in your own body as it mutates or transforms in grotesque ways is inherently terrifying. But, as...
View ArticleBefore ‘Cocaine Bear’: Five of the Most Horrifying Bear Attack Movie Moments
Cocaine Bear is being unleashed in movie theaters this weekend and we’re all very excited. Who doesn’t want to see a killer bear do hardcore drugs and go on a murderous rampage? It’s the Catalina Wine...
View ArticleLady Scientists and a Mutant Bear in Alex Garland’s ‘Annihilation’ [Horror...
Refraction action. After closing out April with a look at the hagsploitation classic What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, we kicked off May with a deathly serious look at Gus Van Sant’s pseudo-Columbine...
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