Jim, Jason, and Jason's dad channel the spirit of Halloween to ward off evil brain surgeons and the A-list cast of The Black Sleep
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The Silence of Survival: ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers’
The corollaries between today’s world and Body Snatchers don’t diminish the film’s horror. It makes reality that much more frightening.
Full StoryThis Is Where It All Ends: Roger Watkins’ ‘The Last House on Dead End Street’ (1977)
The Last House on Dead End Street is a very real glimpse of hell on Earth. It shows happens when a horror film gives you all you could ask for.
Full StoryThe Devil’s Work: Benjamin Christensen’s ‘Häxan’ and the Limits of “Director as God”
Other directors have played God on and off screen, but no one has more thrillingly played the part of the Devil than Benjamin Christensen.
Full Story15 Essential Films About Witchcraft Through the Decades
Before launching an essay series about witches in film, Logan Ann Taylor presents a list of 15 must-see films about witchcraft.
Full Story10 Macabre Animated Films to Watch Before Halloween
These creepy animated features from around the world highlight the medium's ability to unsettle us in a multitude of ways
Full Story‘A Chinese Ghost Story’ (1987): Confronting the Unknown
The romantic-horror-comedy is often dismissed as a product of the '80s, but A Chinese Ghost Story grapples with a complex way of the world.
Full StoryReel Rap: Mike Nichols’ ‘Wolf’ (1994)
The Reel Rap boys howl into the mics as they discuss Mike Nichols’ baffling 'Wolf' (1994) with Jack Nicholson going full wolf-mode.
Full StoryThe Tragic Ghost-Hunter Hero of ‘Noroi: The Curse’ (2005)
Kōji Shiraishi's Noroi: The Curse assembles a journalist's final documentary about tracking down a missing girl and an demon ancient
Full Story‘Event Horizon’ and the Familiarity of Disaster
Paul W.S. Anderson's allusion-heavy Event Horizon (1997) mines terrors of the past to show that the horrors we know have always been around — and always will be
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