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Pacific Northwest Horror: Episode 198
Our Favorite Jump Scares: Episode 197
The Overlook Film Festival Recap 2025
- Spooky Time
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Need a recommendation? We consume as many movies, TV shows, and books as we possibly can and let you know what we thought of them!

Dooba Dooba (2025) Review: Portland Horror Film Festival
House of Ashes (2025) Review: Portland Horror Film Festival
Thinestra (2025) Review: Raindance Film Festival
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Top 100

The BEST Horror Movies of 2024: Liz’s List
The Top 500 Horror Films of All Time (2022 Edition)
The Scariest Things Podcast Episode 157: Insights from Our Top 100 Horror Film List
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Festivals
Information about our favorite Film Festivals and the great features and shorts they’re showing.

FrightFest Brings on the Fear with Its 2025 Line-up Announcement
First Look! Fantasia World Premiere Feature THE UNDERTONE
Dooba Dooba (2025) Review: Portland Horror Film Festival
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A Horror Romance Movie Chill Menu: A Dead List in Love
The Worst Horror Movies of 2024: Episode 193
The BEST Horror Movies of 2024: Liz’s List
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Posters
Horror movies, even the bad ones… sometimes particularly the bad ones… have great movie posters. From the very first with The Phantom of the Opera and Nosferatu up to the modern masters of today, horror movie posters have been luring matinee-goers for a century. Check out our favorites here!

Poster Reveal! THE OBSERVANCE
Trailer Alert! BA
The Worst Horror Movies of 2024: Episode 193
Infographics
Infographics
Our favorite charts and graphs of the genre. Sometimes, you just need a map or a bloody pie chart…

The Scariest Things Podcast Episode 171: The ABC’s of Horror
Horror Infographics: The Most Popular Movie Genres 1910-2021
The Scariest Things Podcast Episode CXXXVII: The Psychology of Horror Movies
Shorts
Shorts
Sometimes, you can boil down a horror trope into a single short story. These films have successfully brought the spooky by boiling down the story to a single moment.

Horror Shorts Filmmaker Roundtable: Overlook Film Festival 2025
Watch Gripping Horror Short STRANGE CREATURES Now!
Horror Short: Halloween ’63
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Movie News
What’s new in the horror movie world? Stay tuned here for the latest.

FrightFest Brings on the Fear with Its 2025 Line-up Announcement
First Look! Fantasia World Premiere Feature THE UNDERTONE
Poster Reveal! THE OBSERVANCE
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The Best Horror Movies of 2024: Episode 192
The BEST Horror Movies of 2024: Eric’s List
Meet The Scariest Thing’s newest critic, Heather Alexander!
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