PARASOMNIA is a solid entry in the horror subgenre of night terrors.
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The Scariest Things has our first installment of short film recommendations from FilmQuest 2025!
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Edgar Allan Poe's The Oval Portrait is an adaptation of one of Poe's shortest works. It visits the intersection where life, art, and death collide. The story is brought to modern times, where a thief, an artist, and an art dealer are all drawn into the influence of a spirit bound to a remarkable portrait. As is the tradition for translations of Poe's stories, the film is suitably melancholy, but it injects some welcome humor into the proceedings, while maintaining the core theme of the original story.
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Betrayal. At its core, A Blind Bargain is a movie about the worst kind of betrayal you can imagine. Desperation and greed convince a young and troubled Vietnam veteran to submit his own mother to the schemes of a mad scientist. This groovy '70s retro thriller takes a cosmic turn through life-extending experimentation. This was the centerpiece movie of the 2025 H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival.
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Curiosity is a dangerous thing. In cosmic horror, the exploration of truths can lead to fates worse than death, and yet, people will still seek to know things they really should leave alone. In Tribe, a man lost in the remote badlands in the southern Sierras is going through a horrible physical transformation. His hope is that some media drives he found in his Airstream trailer will tell him why he is in the predicament he is in. His salvation may come in the form of his own found footage material, but it also may foretell his own doom.
EDGAR ALLAN POE'S "THE OVAL PORTRAIT" premieres this weekend at Portland's H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival before its October 10 wide release --- here's the new trailer!
The Dead And SudBuried Horrorthon returns for its 9th year and we've got all the frightening details right here.
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Slayings! The supernatural?!? A child in peril! Seth Daly's gripping feature debut THE ROWS offers all this and more.
The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival Announces its Full 2025 Program! The East Coast Genre Fest Resurrects for 10th Anniversary.
Australia's Dark Nights Film Fest announces its eerie 2025 lineup!
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Crossword (2024) is a psychological thriller that pays close attention to the smallest details and is rich in symbolism. James is struggling to come to terms with the drowning of his young daughter, Lily. His grief is expressed through the daily crossword puzzle, which he believes is an omen communicating with him.
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Being an independent horror movie maker isn't easy. Eddie Mathews sacrifices everything in his power to keep his directing dreams alive. If that means living in his disapproving mother-in-law's house and pitching presidential bobbleheads as a side hustle, then that's what he has to do. The horror must be made!
The Scariest Things presents a FrightFest curtain raiser preview.
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What the Tide Dragged In (Lo Que Trajo La Marea) is an emotionally charged, Chilean tale of sisterhood and loss. Two sisters go to the coast to comply with their mother's wish to have her ashes cast to the sea. Their mom warned them of the mysteries of the sea, and it has a vast power that will come to claim what it wants.
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Teacher's Pet goes back to school and follows Clara, an overachieving foster care teenager who has become the target of a serial killer masquerading as a substitute teacher. The characters are compelling, even if the plot has some blind spots regarding distinctive red flags that should have exposed the villain's deception.
Here's the pster debut and premiere information about new folk horror feature BLOOD SHINE.
Last, but certainly not least. The final content announcement for the much-anticipated Popcorn Frights Film Festival 2025. They're pullin' out all the stops!
The Closing Night selection has just been announced for the Florida-based Popcorn Frights Film Festival and it's a doozy!
18 years and counting! Atlanta's Buried Alive Film Festival is back for its 2025 season and it's better than ever. This year the 13-day Sinema Challenge festival/contest stands on its own!
One of the biggest, one of the best! Florida's Popcorn Frights Film Festival returns for its 11th season of shocks, scares, and screams. We've got the official Second Wave announcement giving even more fantastic details about the upcoming event!
The vengeful spirit of a hitman possesses a university student in the fun Japanese genre-mashup GHOST KILLER.
This summer, it’s bigger, bloodier, and bolder than ever as the 11th Annual Popcorn Frights Film Festival returns August 7-17 for an electrifying 11-day takeover of South Florida.
The Scariest Things presents six Fantasia 2025 selections that have our keen attention!
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Are you a fan of obscure and cheesy cult films? Odds are, you would appreciate the efforts of Sinister Cinema, the Medford, Oregon-based distribution company that lovingly restored and distributed thousands of almost-forgotten films. This documentary from Jack Perez goes in-depth on the company that wouldn't let these films die.
The Scariest Things brings you the droolworthy lineup from London's FrightFest 2025!
The Scariest Things presents a first look at Fantasia premiere THE UNDERTONE.
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How is it that babysitting, traditionally the lowest common denominator flexible starter job, is so dangerous? Dooba Dooba is a lo-fi found footage film exploring the perils of a woman babysitting an odd girl full of tricks and dark secrets. If you think you know babysitter horror, think again; this movie has some wild twists. The film creates a moat of anxiety which will have you twitching from the dramatic irony of knowing too much, while the characters head blindly into awful decisions.
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In a slightly dystopian future, Mia Sheldon finds herself imprisoned at home for the crime of having a miscarriage. She has been acquitted of her husband's death, which was ruled a suicide. What opens as a promising premise slides into the overly familiar. Unfortunately, the film dodges what could have been a fascinating sociological critique. House of Ashes contains some humorous and chilling moments, but overall, the film fell a little flat.
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The Scariest Things reviews director Nathan Hertz's dark-humored body horror THINESTRA.