SXSW review of the superb short horror film VIDOE BARN, a valentine to video rental stores and a fine entry in the cinematic subgenre of high strangeness involving videotapes.
Looking forward to the horror offerings of 2025, The Scariest Things anticipates what will be our favorite horror films this year. The festivals are rolling out the best indie films, and the sequel slates have been set. Let's get scary!
The Overlook Film Festival, the annual celebration of all things horror, announced today the first wave of the lineup for its 2025 edition. Taking place April 3 – April 6 in New Orleans, Louisiana at the Prytania Theatres, the horror festival will welcome audiences back to America’s most haunted city with a terrifying selection of new and classic films as well as the extensive offscreen offerings including interactive events, live performances, immersive programming and special guests that the annual horror staple has become known for.
Memories of abuse are not the only things haunting an elderly mother and her adult son in the disquieting supernatural chiller THE HOME.
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The stakes are as high as the coke-snorting estate agent protagonist in director Gerard Johnson’s suspenseful thriller ODYSSEY.
Dorset’s very own indie horror and genre film festival returns for its sophomore edition following a lively and successful debut in 2024. Full program and schedule right here!
Here are some more films we can't wait to watch for SXSW 2025!
Happy New Year! It's a little late, but the Lunar New Year celebrations go on for weeks, so we're still in celebration mode, even as the calendar turns from February to March. 2025 marks the year of the snake, and one of our fans, John Foley, suggested that we do a snake-themed horror movie podcast. We'll do that one better—we're going to find representatives for all the critters of the Lunar Zodiac Horrorscope!
The Scariest Things previews some of the SXSW 2025 films to which we are looking forward.
A Night of Horror Film Festival brings you the best and bloodiest new horror films from America and the world March 6-9, 2025. We've got all the details you need!
It's that time again! The ninth annual MidWest WeirdFest will blast off with its undeniably eclectic mix of cinematic excellence March 6-9, 2025. We've got the full schedule and program right here!
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The Gorge is the ultimate mash-up film. Science fiction, romance, war, and horror are all bottled into one package. What The Gorge does best is character building. Anya Taylor-Joy and Miles Teller have real star power and great chemistry. The action sequences rock, with great choreography and impressive production values. The monsters, though, are a mixed bag and are window-dressing MacGuffins to the main event, romance.
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All 57 inhabitants of a tiny town on the Mexico/Arizona border are murdered in a single night. Was it the barbaric work of a lone drifter? Or is the truth even stranger? This documentary dives in to shed some light on the mystery.
All 57 inhabitants of a tiny town on the Mexico/Arizona border are murdered in a single night. Was it the barbaric work of a lone drifter? Or is the truth even stranger? This documentary dives in to shed some light on the mystery.
Valentine's Day is here, and for some weird reason, some people want to Netflix and chill with a... horror movie! It makes sense, as a horror movie gets the emotions stirring. And sometimes, you can get just the right alchemy of love and terror. Kissing turns to killing, and then maybe kissing again. It's all about the passion, right? No matter what, a Valentine's Day horror movie will need to deliver the love.
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Companion is one big love triangle. Literally and figuratively. It deftly balances a series of human and non-human relationships, while at the same time trying to thread a very delicate needle between comedy, horror, and the sci-fi thriller genres.
Who needs your fancy schmancy elevated horror?!? Turn the page back to when real horror villains had no feelings or emotional depth other than deep blood lust. Join us, won't you, as we tour the sordid world of exploitation, lesbian vampires, biker gangs, and grimy savagery. It's Grindhouse time at The Scariest Things Podcast!
trailer alert for Mickey Keating's home invasion horror film INVADER
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Here for Blood mixes wrestling suplexes and a murderous KISS-like death cult with a babysitting plot. Surprisingly, the movie pulls it off. The movie's action pounds through the plot with splattery glee and aplomb. Moreover, the unlikely partnership between hulking Shawn Roberts and 10-year-old Maya Miseljevic is pure magic.
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When the world begins to fall apart, civilizations do some pretty crazy shit. Caitlin Cronenberg's first feature film, Humane, explores the possibilities in this dark satire. The Canadian government offers compensation for voluntary euthanasia. A prominent and wealthy family patriarch intends to make a grand political, patriotic gesture, but it goes horribly, bloodily wrong.
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A summoned creature. A history of genocide. A hotbed of disappearances. The sleepy little town of Newport's Valley has a lot going for it. Why not book a room at the Barn Owl Inn and see for yourself?
The 32nd Annual SXSW lineup is here!
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Don't Move is a surprisingly tight and tense thriller that knows the story it wants to tell and keeps its focus. The result is a highly stressful viewing that keeps you calculating the odds in anticipation of escape from our heroine who spends a large portion of the movie paralyzed.
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There’s only question that needs to be asked about 2024’s remake of Speak No Evil. Why?
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Brimming with inventive promise, Never Let Go is a movie of half-moves that never resolves its post-apocalyptic and psychological horror concepts. Halle Berry tries her best, but it becomes a frustrating endeavor by its conclusion.
Sigh. Here are our Worst Horror Movies of 2024. It's an annual obligation. You can't win them all, and it is time to reveal the losers from 2024.
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This is the first horror film in 2025 that you can safely skip. To be clear, it’s a good looking production with a great soundtrack, but The Wolf Man is one of the poorest excuses for a werewolf you’ll ever lay your eyes on.
A Night of Horror International Film Festival announces its first programming wave for 2025
2024 was a solid year for horror on all screens.