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Warhead: The World Is No Longer Ours: HP Lovecraft Film Festival 2026

⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 out of ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Intensity: 🩸🩸1/2 out of 🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸

The Brazilian cosmic action/horror film Warhead: The World is No Longer Ours feels like it stepped out of Heavy Metal Magazine. It vacillates between stunning visuals and scenes that show the limits of a micro-budget. The story is a post-apocalyptic tale in media res that, overall, feels like the middle of a much larger story. It offers familiar science fiction beats and some terrific, escalating monster moments, but rushes to a very open-ended conclusion.

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Oddities (2026) Review: H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️out of ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Intensity: 🩸🩸1/2 out of 🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸

In Oddities, two young addicts flee from the scene of a crime and take shelter in a roadside antique store that they expected to be a refuge. It's not. The shopkeeper is more than she seems. This film hides its cosmic-horror roots until well into the third act, but it builds tension tightly from the start. The movie overcomes some unlikeable protagonists by developing a clever, ever-evolving story. Adrienne Barbeau and Xander Berkeley add star power and gravitas that elevate the production.

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Other Mommy review (2026)

⭐️.5 out of ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Intensity 🩸🩸 out of 🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸

Other Mommy weirdly and jarringly dumps the audience into the third act of the film at the very start of the film. There’s no languid pacing. No exposition. No breathing room. It’s just an oddball other mommy hellbent on terrorizing a young family. Mind you there's no first or second acts. The entire film unfolds as an overly long third act.

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Trailer Alert! Exorcist: Martyrs

Here's what we know! There are stairs. Creepy stairs. That's Good. There's no Tubular Bells. That's bad. But there's Scarlett Johansson! There's no Linda Blair, but there is a new director, Mike Flanangan. That's probably good too. On par, we're thinking the pros outweigh the cons!
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Horror History – The Late Eighties Franchise Era: Episode 217

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Welcome to the late eighties, a much-revered era in the horror genre, and for many horror fans, the foundation of their love for it. The period from 1985 to 1989 was filled with fun, gory, and very rewatchable movies. It was also the era of the unstoppable (and highly profitable) horror franchises. Join the Scariest Things for our deeper dive into the late eighties in Episode 217.
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Infirmary review (2026)

⭐️.5 out of ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Intensity 🩸 out of 🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸

There are many films of this ilk. Ghost hunters in mausoleums, film crews at abandoned mental institutions, and even the exceptional, Last Shift follows similar themes and tropes. But be warned, horror hounds, Infirmary is not worth your time.

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Bloody Tennis review (2026)

⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 out of ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Intensity 🩸🩸 out of 🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸

If you’re looking for originality you may have to look elsewhere. Bloody Tennis is a literal homage to Suspiria. Replace ballet with tennis and you’ve effectively got the exact same film.

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Deathgasm II: Goremageddon (2026): Review

★★★1/2 out of ★★★★★

Intensity 🩸🩸🩸🩸1/2 out of 🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸

Deathgasm II: Goremageddon serves up all of gore you could want in a splatterfest horror comedy but is light on the charm that made Deathgasm such a fun, surprising watch.

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Resident Evil review (2026)

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ out of ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Intensity 🩸🩸🩸🩸 out of 🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸

The most recent entry into the fold is not only the best Resident Evil film made, it’s also one of the most pop-corn-chomping film that’s hit the screens in years. This is a five out of five with no notes. Well maybe one or two notes.

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The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival Full Lineup Press Release

The killer Brooklyn Horror Film Festival is preparing to kick off its 2026 program. If you are a New York horror fan, head to the Nitehawk Cinema in Williamsburg for a spooky season film spectacular! Come see a bevy of independent horror films that are early in their festival circuit run. Check out the official press release for the full roster of films coming to this year's festival.
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Exploring Liminal Horror: Episode 216

Who would have guessed that the hot trend in the 2020s would be liminal space horror? Always visually arresting, but often slow, bleak, and depressing, this subgenre has become an out-of-nowhere genre favorite thanks to the wild success of Backrooms. In addition to smashing the box office with over $360 million in earnings, it also attracted young moviegoers, which runs counter to what most marketing experts would expect younger audiences to flock to. The Scariest Things took some time to figure out why this unlikely trend has become so popular in Episode 216: Liminal Horror.
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Saccharine review (2026)

⭐️⭐️⭐️ out of ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Intensity 🩸🩸 out of 🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸

Frayed parent-child relationships! Academic imposter syndrome! Sexual identity uncertainty! Failed expectations! Body image regrets! It’s a trauma smorgasbord.

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Ithaqua (2026): Tubi FrightFest Review

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️out of ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Intensity 🩸🩸🩸1/2  out of 🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸

Hammer serves up frontier fear fare with ITHAQUA, which debuted at Tubi FrightFest.

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Penny Lane is Dead review (2026)

⭐️⭐️⭐️ out of ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Intensity 🩸🩸🩸 out of 🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸

Penny Lane is Dead is one of the newer offerings from Shudder that doesn’t fit neatly into the horror category, and if we’re being honest, is probably more of a thriller. Alas, it’s a revenge-based thriller, so we’re claiming it in the name of all things HORROR.

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Woman in vintage white dress with veil in dimly lit setting.

Horror History – The Early Eighties: The VHS Era: Episode 215

For many fans, this is their favorite period of horror movies. It marks the peak of slasher and werewolf movies and the dawn of franchise horror. B-Movies were moving from the drive-in and sleazy, dilapidated downtown theaters, and were now coming to your home, by way of the VHS player. For Gen X, this is the formative period for horror. It also represents the re-introduction of heavy-handed censorship. Welcome to the early eighties, and enjoy Episode 215 as The Scariest Things mines this iconic period for hidden horror treasures.
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The Passing of an Icon: Tim Curry 1946-2026

Tim Curry passed away on August 27, 2026, at the age of 80. Curry didn't perform in many horror productions, but when he did, they had a lasting impact. In all his horror films, he spent hours in a makeup chair, whether it was under cakes of makeup or full-on prosthetics. He hasn't been credited as much as Karloff, Doug Jones, or Lon Chaney, but Curry should go down as one of the all-time greats for costume/makeup acting. His over-the-top personality and hugely expressive face shone through any prosthetics he worked with.
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Armageddon Road (2026): Popcorn Frights FF Review

★★★1/2 out of ★★★★★

Intensity: 🩸1/2 out of 🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸

Take a road trip to the end of the world, with a dying angel of war as your companion in the surreal Armageddon Road. This adventurously spirited horror-romance follows a Las Vegas mob chauffeur who gets in way over his head when his assigned passenger dies and becomes possessed by one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. This curious film substitutes miniature model cars for its chase sequences and conjures nostalgic images of a Vegas of ages past. A wholly original concept that struggles with plot pacing, but manages to amuse throughout.

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Nightborn review (2026)

⭐️⭐️⭐️ out of ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Intensity 🩸🩸🩸 out of 🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸

Sometimes mothers have their children’s best interests at heart. Sometimes this is a purely hateful and resent-filled relationship. And sometimes it’s a work in progress. Mind you, mothers are trying their best, but often the strange and oedipal relationship with the children can fray the rearing process.

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