This was a tremendous year for horror in the theaters, and further proof that yes, we are in a golden age. Here are Eric Li's top 10 feature and short horror films of 2018.
Horror films are ripe with characters that you just want to die horribly in the movie. Mike and Eric discuss some of Horror's most despicable characters.
★★★ out of ★★★★★
Murder, ghosts, and astral projection!
A slick take on the Escape Room craze that makes the puzzles lethal and personal. Escape Room Arrives theatrically on January 3.
★★ out of ★★★★★ A Wicker Man rip-off with some surprising and enjoyable twists and turns. Directed by Richard Rountree. Allegedly Dogged...
Blue Holocaust, Buio Omega, Beyond the Darkness, In quella casa Buio omega, the Third Eye…doesn’t matter what you call this 1979...
The pressures of college Greek pledging comes to a terrifying twist in the first big horror movie of 2019.
★★★★ out of ★★★★★ A strange and visionary tale of strange visions and a chainsaw fight. Directed by Panos Cosmatos There...
Oats Studios brings you wacky and disturbing horror comedy takes on those awful 80's infomercials.
C'mon, BRING IT! It's a monster rumble, and I want to be there!
★★★1/2 out of ★★★★★
Follow Penpal author Dathan Auerbach on a harrowing search for Eric in his latest novel, Bad Man.
★★★★ out of ★★★★★
A landmark LGBT horror/thriller film, wherein the relationship is both necessary and coincidental to the story.
Maybe Lex Luthor was right... an upcoming movie from producer Peter Gunn is coming that asks what if "Superman" was monstrous.
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Plucky young teenage boys suspect a local cop of being a serial killer in this 80's throwback thriller. Sound familiar?
So this is what Neil Blomkamp has been up to! A Spectacular vision of what is to come for the horror short film medium.
The Scariest Things normally doesn't post YouTube funny animal videos... but c'mon! Khaleesi is so awesome! She's a fan like you and me, barking warnings at the characters on screen.
A 2018 Horror Movie Retrospective! Blockbusters. Indies. Short Films. And we saw a whole bunch of em. Mike and Eric break down their fearsome foursome for 2018.
★★★★ 1/2 out of ★★★★★
This is the Unicorn of International horror movies: The Great Bollywood horror film.
Restart that deadly causality loop! The Happy Death Day 2U trailer has been released. Rinse and repeat!
★★1/2 out of ★★★★★
Intensity: 🩸🩸 for light body horror and paranoia
There are elements of a great survival horror tale here, but the end product is inconsistent in this half-thawed stew of madness and isolation.
Candyman... Candyman... Candyman... Candyman...
The Dollmaker is a brilliant little Faustian dark fantasy tale, that cautions against the treachery of desperation and wish fulfillment. If you enjoy the themes in Pet Sematary, this will be right up your alley!
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A sad and bleak little independent coming-of-age story of a would-be little urban vampire, whose pushes back against his miserable life in the New York ghetto in a very strange and sociopathic way.
Get ready to stuff your stocking with the new short story collection Hark! The Herald Angels Scream from Blumhouse Books.
Some movies are so odd that they've only been done once, and are not at risk of being remade. Here are some of the best oddball horror movies we've seen, in Episode 46 of The Scariest Things Podcast!
★★.5 out of ★★★★★ It should come as no surprise, but technology’s bad. It’s, well, surprising how many times we...
Eric and Mike have seen so many good horror movies that we figured we would recap some of our favorite films we've seen this year... but not from this year, if that makes sense.
Looking to get someone a fun horror-themed gift for Christmas? It's a golden age of both horror and board games, why not mix the two?
★★ out of ★★★★★ It’s weird to think that the year 1986 is considered to be a throwback, or alternatively...