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The Overlook Film Festival 2026 Recap: Ep. 211
Revenge Horror! : Episode 210
Looking Forward To in 2026: Episode 209
- Spooky Time
Reviews
Reviews
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!

Dolly review (2025)
Parasomnia (2026): Overlook Film Festival Review
Goody Goody (2026): Overlook Film Festival Review
Top 100
Top 100

The Best 25 Horror Movies of the 21st Century : Episode 200
The BEST Horror Movies of 2024: Liz’s List
The Top 500 Horror Films of All Time (2022 Edition)
Festivals
Festivals
Information about our favorite Film Festivals and the great features and shorts they’re showing.

Parasomnia (2026): Overlook Film Festival Review
Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival Unveils Official Posters for Its 30th Edition
Goody Goody (2026): Overlook Film Festival Review
Dead Lists
Dead Lists
The Scariest Things favorites list. If you would like to post a list to us, contact us and send us your favorite horror movies.

The Worst Horror Movies of 2025: Episode 208
The Best Horror Movies of 2025: Robert’s List
The Best Horror Movies of 2025: Eric Li’s List
Posters
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!

Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival Unveils Official Posters for Its 30th Edition
Trailer Alert! Vampire Zombies . . . From Space! (2025)
Trailer Alert! LILY’S RITUAL
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.

Our Frightening Five: A Quintet of Recommended Panic Fest Short Films
Recommended Short Shockers for SXSW 2026
Our FilmQuest Sinister Seven: Recommended Shorts from the Chilling to the Chuckle-Inducing, Part 2
Movie News
Movie News
What’s new in the horror movie world? Stay tuned here for the latest.

Trailer Alert Hungry (Hungry Hippo)!
Trailer Alert! Passenger (2026)
Trailer Alert! Ice Cream Man (2026)
Site Stuff
Site Stuff

The Final Girl – Final Four Battle Royale Bracket
Lucia Granja: A New Scariest Things Staff Writer !
The Best Horror Movies of 2024: Episode 192
Brackets
Brackets
Find out who’s the big winner in these horror themed bracket fights!

The Final Girl – Final Four Battle Royale Bracket

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