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Jordan Peele's proves that Get Out was not a fluke. Us is a beautifully scripted, funny, thrilling, and surprisingly heady film, with a performance for the ages from Lupita Nyong'o and brilliant comic timing from Winston Duke.
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The First Purge has a lot to say, but it does it with a rather ham-fisted approach. There isn't much subtlety to this movie. It is an interesting but flawed social commentary concept piece.
When at a comic convention, you've got to talk comics! The last of our Wizard World interviews is with Ben Goldsmith, author of the just released horror comic The Seance Room from Source Point Press. This was a fun interview!
In space, no one will see your fan-made homage to Alien.
That is, unless 20th Century Fox funds your film as a winner in their 40 year anniversary of the landmark Ridley Scott movie! Catch the trailer for the upcoming short film releases.
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A cab driver witnesses a serial killer murdering one of his victims, and finds herself his next target. She's much tougher than she looks though, in this smartly scripted thriller with strong statements about culture, family, responsibility and raw courage.
Keeping it Weird at Wizard World! Mike is joined by Brian "The Unipiper" Kidd and Todd Werkhoven, hosts of Portland at the Movies to talk about some oddball horror movies shot in Portland.
Make a great movie, and great things are expected. Ari Aster's follow-up to Hereditary is a pagan cult movie that will be released this year, and the trailer just dropped. It is Aster's prove it moment!
Wizard World 2019 gave The Scariest Things an opportunity to meet some of our Oregon sibling horror organizations, and in this interview we got a chance to sit and talk with Lee Despain of the Dread Fright & Brew Podcast and Brandy Dixon of The Theatre of Horrors cosplay for charity organization.
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This oddly creepy Japanese Golem movie has some great individual moments, with a treatise that art can be so bad that it will devour its creators.
Chucky is back, and this time he's got wifi. OOOOOO! Scary! Nothing is scary as new untested technology! Production conflicts lead to some interesting questions.
The Scariest Things had the good fortune at Wizard World Portland to get a quick interview with Xander Harris himself, Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Nicholas Brendon. As a bonus, Nicholas even sang for us!
At Portland Wizard World we were fortunate enough to do a panel in front of a live audience, where we got to be your discount Rick Steve's travel guides for a trip around the globe and looking at other countries through their horror films!
★★★★ out of ★★★★★ Monstrous body horror meets a fantasy hero’s tale in this Medieval England tale of stubborn honor,...
Wow! Did we have some fun at Wizard World this year or what? Big takeaway? We made a lot of new friends!
Our big public event approaches, and there's lots of cool news announcements surrounding it. Two days and counting until the fun begins. Check out what new news we've got!
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Happy Death Day 2U not surprisingly repeats much of what made it good the first time, but to less effect.
Happy Death Day 2U not surprisingly repeats much of what made it good the first time, but to less effect.
Happy Death Day 2U not surprisingly repeats much of ... hey, wait a minute!
We're talking Cults in episode 54! Mike and Eric are joined by our Patron pal Matt Howl for this episode. Start the Satanic Panic Propaganda!
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Two great tastes that go great together: Teen coming-of-age movies and body horror. Blue my mind explores a Swiss girl's transformation into a mermaid while trying to win over the cool kids at her new school in a cycle of self-destructive behavior.
We have been lying in wait for a number of these films to show up streaming and I'm happy to say that they're now available for streaming! You can stop your video pirating now...
★★★★1/2 out of ★★★★★
A definitive portrayal of a descent into madness.
Eric and Mike examine the late 60’s, getting beyond Night of the Living Dead and Rosemary’s Baby to recommend some...
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The horror of bullying in many forms, as cannibalistic ghouls battle real monsters: a gang a deviant Taiwanese prep school kids.
The Scariest Things is proud to announce the winners of the Best of the Horror Genre for 2018! We honor all the films, big and small from the year that was.
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A largely forgotten 1967 horror at the circus movie, starring the legendary Joan Crawford as the ringmaster trying to keep her show and her performers, alive during a spate of grisly deaths under the big top.
A fabulous little black comedy about pets and death and life lessons...narrated by Lance Henriksen.
A timely tale of modern immigration, organ harvesting, and witchcraft, and is one of the best Horror Shorts of 2018.
The Sixties is when Horror grew up. And the international scene led the way to a more sophisticated palette... for the most part. Eric and Mike break down some of our favorites from the front end of the 1960's.
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Welcome to the horror movie party, Argentina! Paranormal nastiness infects the whole neighborhood in this bloody South American take on hauntings.
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A haunted WWII U.S. submarine. A great premise, but in the end: Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda.