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I’m old enough to remember when Jacques Rivette films were the domain of dark-web networks and substandard DVD rips, a conspiratorial network worthy of his cinema. It’s still a little strange seeing that April will feature a 10-film, one-short Criterion Channel program that combines of his canonized masterpieces with decidedly lesser-seens––plus Va Savoir, which I really hope is the recently unearthed four-hour cut for which there’s no substitute. Penélope Cruz is also subject of a retrospective in April, which––more than making me pine for a Rivette collab that never was––will include both Abre Los Ojos and Vanilla Sky, some Almodóvar, and another in the Channel’s ongoing let’s-add-a-Woody-Allen-movie campaign, Vicky Cristina Barcelona.

For themed series, J. Hoberman has curated a series on the dangers of ’60s and ’70s New York that runs from Michael Roemer’s recently restored The Plot Against Harry and...

Female-facing horror finds a striking new voice in Julia Max, making her feature debut at SXSW with The Surrender, which, if you can accept the interpretation of David Cronenberg’s The Brood as his idea of a body-horror Kramer Vs Kramer, functions similarly as a bloody genre reworking of Postcards from the Edge. Notionally, it’s a film about grief and how the death of a father reverberates around a tight-knit family that has drifted apart. Max handles that very well, but the real meat is in the story of a mother and daughter who find that his sudden absence opens up a whole other can of worms.

To keep you on your toes, Max opens the film with a bang; following a trail of blood on what looks to be floor of a cave or crypt, the camera finds a frightening demonic creature gnawing away at a human body.

Seth Rogen as a newly-installed film studio head panics over whether art and commerce can co-exist in Hollywood in the latest trailer for Apple TV+’s The Studio, which dropped on Friday.

Rogen plays Matt Remick, head of Continental Studios, the fictional movie maker at the center of the Apple series and finds himself forever fighting and debating with his fellow creatives and demanding actors over whether art and commerce can co-exist in Hollywood.

“I love movies, but now I have this fear that my job is to ruin them,” Rogen as Remick tells Patty Leigh (Catherine O’Hara) during a Hollywood Hills meeting, with Los Angeles stretching well into the distance. The latest trailer comes before a premiere of The Studio at SXSW on Friday night and illustrates a comedic series about movie studio execs having to juggle corporate demands with creative ambitions.

“If it was up to me, we...

At the 2025 Academy Awards, Demi Moore was nominated for the Best Actress award for her work in Coralie Fargeat's feminist body horror masterpiece The Substance. Although Moore didn't win, she is still a sentimental favorite as a veteran performer with a storied career. She made a big splash after years of smaller roles and personal projects. Her brilliant performance carries more than a little autobiography to it by playing an aging celebrity who turns to a terrifying method of rejuvenation to prolong her career.

Horror movies are rarely Oscar darlings, often viewed as too base and puerile for the Academy elites. Still, every now and again, a particularly strong performance in a particularly good horror movie will win them over. While Moore not winning the Academy Award for Best Actress is one of Hollywood's biggest missed opportunities to recognize the horror genre as something more than silly, it's still...

Editor’s Note: This review was originally published during Fantastic Fest 2024. IFC Films opens “The Rule of Jenny Pen” in select theaters Friday, March 7, with a Shudder premiere on March 28.

When recommended a beach-read by a roommate he doesn’t want, the academic Judge Stefan Mortensen (Geoffrey Rush) scoffs, “All those books say the same thing.”

10 years after Julianne Moore won her Oscar for “Still Alice,” moviegoers could argue something similar about an indie drama casting an elite actor as a dementia patient in rapid decline. Those audiences will be the least prepared for “The Rule of Jenny Pen” and may feel its singular wrath stronger than most. That’s an enviable position to be in for one of recent memory’s more unusual thrillers — even if its lack of narrative convention veers more vexing in the end.

Directed by James Ashcroft, this punishing dark genre blend acquired by Shudder...

The horror film genre has been a staple of entertainment for over a century and it continues to evolve daily. Typically, a horror film explores darker themes which include but are not limited to monsters, religion, and apocalyptic events. Horror reflects societal issues while examining moments in history.

With such a wide variety, horror can be overwhelming to keep up with. In this dense and oversaturated genre, some films emerge that showcase how perfectly they fit within the horror world. A select few horror movies stand out as truly flawless through their rewarding payoffs, familiar horror tropes, and compelling stories.

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Shaun of the Dead Is a Genre-Bending Horror Comedy Classic Rotten Tomatoes Score: 92%

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Stars: José María Guillén, Mariana Karr, Ángel Aranda, Sandra Alberti | Written and Directed by Carlos Puerto

Carlos Puerto’s Satan’s Blood, originally released in 1978, is an eerie and unsettling Spanish horror film that taps into the rising wave of supernatural and occult-themed cinema of the era. Produced by Juan Piquer Simón, the film blends elements of satanic panic, psychological terror, and eroticism, creating a disturbing experience that lingers long after the credits roll. While Satan’s Blood may not be as widely recognized as other European horror classics, it remains an atmospheric and effective shocker that deserves more attention from genre aficionados.

The story follows a young couple, Andrés (José María Guillén) and Ana (Mariana Karr), who encounter an older, seemingly friendly couple, Bruno (Ángel Aranda) and Berta (Sandra Alberti), while on a drive through the countryside. After a chance meeting, Bruno claims to know Andrés from years past and invites...

The Academy Awards aren’t exactly an objective measure of cinematic quality, but it’s always gratifying to see hard-working artists be rewarded for their output – especially when those artists happen to work in the horror genre. And in honor of Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance being nominated for a whopping five Oscars this year, we’ve decided to look back on the small selection of horror movies that have managed to win Academy Awards.

Of course, the lines separating one genre from another can sometimes be hard to define, so don’t be surprised if we end up disagreeing on what does or doesn’t count as a proper horror picture. That being said, don’t forget to comment below with your own Oscar-winning favorites if you think we missed a particularly good one.

With that out of the way, onto the list…

14. Rosemary’s Baby (1968)

Often cited as one...

With over a century’s worth of cinematic witches, Ruth Gordon’s turn in Rosemary’s Baby as Minnie Castevet broke the mold. To be fair, the reveal that the disarming, matronly Manhattanite serves Satan comes as a late-game twist, but even then, Minnie doesn’t revert to an archetypical witch form. Minnie Castevet remains as effervescent, stylish, and unflappable as she is from the start, even as Rosemary’s Baby ends on its iconic shocking final shot.

That is by design, of course. The very notion that the Devil’s most loyal followers aren’t physical monsters or social outcasts but everyday people who sold their souls for money and status is the audacious foundation for Rosemary Woodhouse’s (Mia Farrow) harrowing plight, after all. While writer/director Roman Polanski, adapting Ira Levin’s bestselling novel, effectively lays the groundwork to ensure this reveal achieves its seismic intended impact, much...

Basada en la novela homónima de 1976 del escritor estadounidense Ira Levin. © Getty Images

De acuerdo con Deadline, Netflix ha fichado a Jeremy Strong para protagonizar Los niños del Brasil, basada en la novela de culto de Ira Levin (La semilla del diablo), que será adaptada por Peter Morgan, el aclamado guionista que nos trajo The Crown.

Para los que no hayan visto la adaptación cinematográfica de Franklin J. Schaffner de 1978, Los niños del Brasil sigue a Lieberman, un legendario cazador de nazis –papel que interpretará Strong en la serie y que en la película llevó a los Oscar a Laurence Olivier– que recibe un soplo de que el médico asesino nazi Josef Mengele, el infame «Ángel de la Muerte» del campo de concentración de Auschwitz, sigue vivo en Paraguay urdiendo un plan para resucitar el Tercer Reich… mediante la clonación.

Esta será la primera serie de Strong tras Succession, donde...

A young woman's pregnancy takes an unexpected turn when she discovers she's carrying a bloodthirsty demonic entity in the new horror film The Fetus. Starring Lauren Lavera, Julian Curtis, Amy Arena, and Bill Moseley, The Fetus recently screened at Orlando's Megacon and enjoyed a red-carpet premiere in Los Angeles before it heads to select theaters in partnership with Emagine Entertainment, Mjr Theatres, Malco Theatres, and Santikos Entertainment on March 7th. Daily Dead caught up with writer/director Joe Lam to discuss collaborating with his skilled cast to develop their characters, the two most memorable moments that stand out from the making of the movie, and working with a talented effects crew behind the scenes of The Fetus.

Thanks for taking the time to answer questions for us, Joe, and congratulations on your new film The Fetus! How did you initially come up with the idea for this movie?

Joe Lam:...

Robert De Niro’s “Goodfellas” reunion is now an official Tribeca event.

De Niro, who cofounded the festival and organization with producer Jane Rosenthal, leads the upcoming mob true story “The Alto Knights” in dual roles: De Niro portrays real-life mafia dons Vito Genovese and Frank Costello, with “Goodfellas” screenwriter Nick Pileggi penning the script.

IndieWire can announce that Tribeca members will be the among the first audiences for the feature, which will have its U.S. premiere March 15 as part of the membership program. “The Alto Knights” debuts in theaters March 21.

“The Alto Knights” is more than just a “Goodfellas” reunion for De Niro: he also is back with director Barry Levinson, who he previously collaborated with on the HBO TV movie “The Wizard of Lies” (2017) and the 1997 political satire film “Wag the Dog.” Levinson also produced “The Sopranos” and “The Wire.”

“The Alto Knights” centers on the 1950s rivalry between Genovese and Costello,...

The 1975 adaptation of Ira Levin’s influential sci-fi thriller has its share of unnerving moments but its brainwashed housewives concept is still in search of a better vehicle

The funniest running joke in The Stepford Wives, a horror/satire about a village teeming with glamorous homemakers with pristine kitchens and serene grins, is that the men are all wildly overmatched. They’re like the nerds who got the prom queens, except even nerds have an expected level of intelligence and personality, however socially awkward they might appear. These drips are better understood as nondescript: a few of them are balding and another has a speech impediment, but they are united mostly in feeling entitled to the docile beauty their junior executive salaries should afford them. When two women new to town overhear a Stepford wife in the throes of passion – “You’re the king, Frank!” – they know something’s up.

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Japan Society

A six-film Nobuhiko Obayashi retrospective, featuring imported 35mm and 16mm prints, begins (watch our exclusive trailer debut).

Anthology Film Archives

Willem Dafoe: Wild at Heart features films by Ferrara, Lynch, Scorsese, and Kathryn Bigelow.

Film at Lincoln Center

A highlight of Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu inspirations includes David Lean, Jean Cocteau, and more.

Museum of the Moving Image

Snubbed Forever brings The Magnificent Ambersons and 3:10 to Yuma, as well as 35mm prints of The Quiet Man and Rosemary’s Baby.

Roxy Cinema

Paris, Texas and a 35mm print of Girl, Interrupted play on Saturday.

IFC Center

A new 4K restoration of Picnic at Hanging Rock continues; Eraserhead, Inland Empire, Fire Walk with Me, Lost Highway, and Mulholland Dr. screen; Fargo, Misery, and House show late.

Museum of Modern Art

A Jerry Schatzberg retrospective continues.

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The horror genre has given audiences all kinds of different scares and shivers over the years. According to Metacritic, however, one particular pulse-pounder still hits the sweet spot of scaring the heck out of us several decades after its initial release. Needless to say, it also made /Film's rundown of the best horror movies of all time.

The aggregator website's own top 10 horror films list is a great collection of true classics, with the most recent entry being John Carpenter's trail-blazing 1978 slasher "Halloween." Nevertheless, there's one horror film that towers above the likes of 1931's "Frankenstein," the 1956 sci-fi horror gem "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," and even the masterful 1968 horror drama "Rosemary's Baby" -- namely, the Alfred Hitchcock masterpiece and benchmark in terror that is "Psycho."

Released in 1960, "Psycho" might not be generally considered the best Hitchcock movie, but it's certainly one of his most beloved and well-known bits of work.

Actress Julia Garner, aka ‘Silver Surfer’ in the Marvel Studios feature “The Fantastic Four: First Steps”, poses for the January 2025 issue of “Who What Wear” magazine, wearing Rokh, Vaillant, Patrizia Pepe and a whole lot more, photographed by Morgan Maher:

Garner is best known for her starring role as ‘Ruth Langmore’ in the Netflix crime drama series “Ozark” (2017–present)…

…winning two ‘Primetime Emmy Awards’ for ‘Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series’ in 2019 and 2020.

Garner also had roles in the FX drama series “The Americans” (2015–18), the Netflix miniseries “Maniac” (2018)…

….the Bravo true crime series “Dirty John” (2018–19), and stars in the Netflix miniseries “Inventing Anna” (2022).

In feature films, Garner appeared in “Martha Marcy May Marlene” (2011), “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” (2012), “Sin City: A Dame To Kill For” (2012), "We Are What We Are” (2013), “Grandma” (2015), and The Assistant (2019).

She starred in the movie “The Royal Hotel” (2023) and the “Rosemary’s Baby” remake...

Through their company BoulderLight Pictures, producers J.D. Lifshitz and Raphael Margules have been involved with several of the most surprising and original genre films of the last 10 years, from the wildly unpredictable horror flick “Barbarian” to the blood-drenched and relentlessly intense — yet grimly funny — thriller “Becky” and its sequel. Their latest movie, “Companion” (co-produced with Roy Lee and “Barbarian” director Zach Cregger), is their most entertaining yet, an unclassifiable blend of sci-fi, rom-com, horror, and action in which writer-director Drew Hancock sustains his tonal high-wire act from beginning to end.

Lifshitz and Margules have managed to sustain a career producing original movies that don’t always have obvious comps — something that can make their films tricky from a marketing standpoint — by keeping their budgets modest enough to allow their directors maximum creative freedom. “A lot of people say, ‘You’ve got to reign in filmmakers,'” Lifshitz told IndieWire. “It’s the opposite,...

It’s a family affair like no other in the hilariously horrid comedy horror Mother Father Sister Brother Frank written and directed by Caden Douglas, this award-winning, laugh-out-loud darkly comic horror has won numerous awards and is now being served up on digital making it the perfect time to talk to the man behind it all.

The Jennings family look the picture of suburban normalcy as they gather for their weekly Sunday dinner. As usual the table is set for four… mum Joy, dad Jerry, sister Jolene and brother Jim (Iain Stewart – Star Trek: Strange New Worlds), but this week an uninvited guest arrives… and it’s going to get bloody messy.

When Uncle Frank turns up out of the blue, it’s clear he’s not here for a cosy family catch up. When Jolene and Jim discover Frank’s been blackmailing their parents, they see red and are...

What do Kim Novak, Jim Carrey, John Turturro, and the late Donald Sutherland all have in common? Well, aside from being acclaimed actors, these stars have never (we repeat: never) been nominated for an Academy Award. And that crime is now being celebrated by the annual anti-awards season festival, hosted by the Museum of the Moving Image.

The beloved museum announced its third iteration of the popular “Snubbed” screening series, which reexamines films that have been overlooked by the Academy. The 2025 theme is centered on actors and titled “Snubbed Forever: Great Actors, No Nominations.” The program will run February 1 through March 9, and feature 21 films starring actors who have never been nominated for an Oscar.

Highlights include Kim Novak in the enduring “Vertigo,” John Turturro and John Goodman in “Barton Fink,” Rita Hayworth in “The Lady from Shanghai,” Jim Carrey in “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” and Danny DeVito in “Batman Returns.

In a pivotal scene from Dario Argento's thriller, The Bird With the Crystal Plumage, Sam Dalmas is helpless as he stands behind a glass door, watching a victim writhing in agony from what appears to have been an attempted murder. The aspect of voyeurism is closely tied to the thriller, especially in classics such as Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window. Sliver, released in 1993 during the short-lived run of erotic thrillers that found varying levels of success following Basic Instinct, encompassed themes of voyeurism and obsession that have always been prominent in the genre.

Dismissed by many critics at the time of its release, Sliver is one of many erotic thrillers that deserves far more praise than ridicule. Some who had seen Sharon Stone's performance as femme fatale Catherine Tramell in Basic Instinct were taken aback by what some described as a more "passive" role. While Stone's portrayal of...

Hereditary is now streaming on Netflix and quickly made it to the top charts, and this is a great reminder to watch this 97% horror movie from 57 years ago, which got a prequel in 2024. Ari Aster’s filmmaking career began in the late 2000s, gaining recognition for his 2011 short The Strange Thing About the Johnsons. Seven years later, Aster made his feature-directorial debut with Hereditary, a psychological horror movie starring Toni Collette. Hereditary was a critical and commercial success, turning Aster into one of the modern masters of horror.

Hereditary introduces the audience to Annie Graham (Collette), her husband Steve (Gabriel Byrne), their 16-year-old son Peter (Alex Wolff), and their 13-year-old daughter Charlie (Milly Shapiro). After the death of Annie’s secretive mother and another major family tragedy, disturbing family secrets are revealed. Annie soon realizes her family is being watched, and there are some sinister plans that put them in great danger.

Mom tells the chilling story of a struggling mother, portrayed by Hampshire, who is abandoned by her family and partner after a harrowing incident. Isolated and vulnerable, she begins to experience haunting encounters with a sinister entity that forces her to relive her darkest memories. The psychological and supernatural elements of the film make it a deeply unsettling exploration of postpartum struggles.

Directed by Adam O’Brien in his feature debut and written by Philip Kalin-Hajdu, the film also features François Arnaud (Marlowe) and Christian Convery (Cocaine Bear). It is a collaborative production by Delirium Pictures and Kinetic Film Group. The movie has already garnered attention on the festival circuit, earning critical praise for its atmospheric tension and Hampshire’s standout performance.

Keith Leopard, president of Uncork’d Entertainment, expressed his enthusiasm, saying, “Adam and Philip have crafted a sophisticated and edge-of-your-seat supernatural thriller that will satisfy anyone looking for a creepy,...

The horror genre is often the perfect home for tackling the anxieties of motherhood and all that comes with it throughout its various stages, from Rosemary's Baby to The Babadook. Now, a new film featuring Schitt's Creek star Emily Hampshire is tackling the darker side of becoming a mom in the months after birth and Collider can exclusively share the official trailer. Simply titled Mom, the feature centers on a mother who's falling apart at the seams postpartum when a horrific incident causes her family, including her husband, to abandon her. In her loneliness, she's increasingly haunted by a malevolent entity that recreates her darkest moments to no end. However, the trailer leaves it ambiguous whether the being is real or entirely in her head.

When it comes to terrifying horror movies, many horror fanatics love the blend of suspense, gore, and jump scares. Some of the most successful horror movies and franchises center around thrills and bloodshed. Audiences love the shock factor and excitement that comes from gore. But looking past the blood, some of the creepiest horror movies center around a horrifying journey and psychological torment.

A good horror story shines on its own and allows audiences to immerse themselves in the creative storytelling without needing the extra, over-the-top violence. Overlooked suspenseful horror movie The Others centers around a haunting atmosphere and creates an overwhelming sense of dread without needing a single drop of blood added to the story. Well-written creepy narratives and empathetic characters make the perfect blend for a compelling horror plot.

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Warning: Spoilers ahead for Hereditary.

Director Ari Aster's 2018 film Hereditary remains one of the most divisive horror movies in modern history. Though not all audiences liked the movie when it premiered, it's no surprise that Netflix recently released Hereditary for streaming. Produced by acclaimed studio A24, Hereditary was hyped as an instant modern horror classic before its premiere, drawing in plenty of viewers who wanted to experience this frightening phenomenon for themselves.

Though A24's Hereditary delivered plenty of scary scenes and an engaging story, the film had a shocking reception in theaters after it split general audiences down the middle. Hereditary has its fair share of fans and haters, but it ended up being one of the most popular, profitable, and disputable films ever produced by A24. All in all, this film's reputation is expected to make Hereditary a top viewing choice on Netflix.

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At the 82nd annual Golden Globes held on January 5, Demi Moore, who has been working steadily in Hollywood for decades, won her first ever competitive acting award thanks to Coralie Fargeat's body-horror hit "The Substance."

Moore beat out some stiff competition to win Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy award, including Cynthia Erivo in "Wicked: Part One" and Mikey Madison in "Anora," and her powerful speech about how women in the entertainment industry are constantly trying to measure up to a truly impossible standard was nothing if not deeply inspiring. Despite apparently being told that she would never be anything more than a "popcorn actress" by some foolish studio executive, Moore proudly stood on stage at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles, telling women all over the world, "In those moments when we don't think we're smart enough or pretty enough or skinny enough or successful enough or...

The surprise success of Nosferatu means the timing couldn't be better for Hammer Horror to stage a glorious resurrection. Gothic horror movies like the classic Universal Monsters or the output of Britain's Hammer Films used to dominate the genre, once upon a time. Hammer franchises like the Christopher Lee Dracula movies or their Frankenstein series leaned into their Gothic origins, but the arrival of more modern, psychological chillers like Rosemary's Baby left the genre very dated in later years.

Modern horror tends to be defined by the likes of A24, but the occasional Gothic horror effort like Crimson Peak or even The Fall of the House of Usher occasionally breaks through. That's what makes the success of Robert Egger's Nosferatu remake so exciting. On the surface, the movie's retro feel and Gothic tone would have been considered offputting to modern viewers; instead, Nosferatu has grossed over $100 million worldwide (via...

The horror genre is known for its scares and tension, but many incredible horror movies are more atmospheric than they are inherently scary. In fact, some of the best horror movies of all time are known for their terrifying environments. While these horror movies do not suffer in any way by having such engaging environments, there are several in which the fear factor of the setting stands out against the story.

This is incredibly common in horror films with the most wild premises, but it includes more horror than just the most incredulous. In fact, this extends to films in all sorts of genres, including different obscure horror genres. Regardless, the environments built up in horror films like The Ritual and Rosemary's Baby are legendary, even more frightening than the actual films themselves.

The Ritual (2017) The Monster Is More Terrifying Than The Movie Itself

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After watching the scene in “The Substance” where Elisabeth Sparkle, played by Demi Moore, repeatedly applies and wipes off lipstick in front of a mirror — a chilling metaphor for identity, erasure and self-loathing — I couldn’t have imagined that critics and awards voters would embrace it. Yet here we are, with Moore emerging as a frontrunner in the Oscar race for her career-defining performance in Coralie Fargeat’s provocative body horror film. Her Golden Globes win Sunday not only cements Moore’s legacy but also shines a long-overdue spotlight on horror as a genre worthy of awards season acclaim.

At 62, Moore is on the verge of earning her first-ever Oscar nomination for best actress. Her haunting and multilayered portrayal of an aging star who takes a mysterious serum to regain her youth — only for the experiment to spiral into a surreal nightmare — has been hailed as a masterclass in physical and emotional transformation.

The Rookie star Shawn Ashmore's hit horror outing The Ruins officially has a new streaming home.

2008's The Ruins has officially made its streaming debut on Paramount+, giving fans of horror and Shawn Ashmore alike a whole new reason to subscribe to the platform. The Ruins is just one of several classic horror and thriller features to make the move to the platform this month, with hits such as Rosemary's Baby and the Paranormal Activity franchise also joining the Paramount+ library.

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Written by Scott B. Smith and based on his 2006 novel of the same name, The Ruins stars Shawn Ashmore, Laura Ramsey, Jonathan Tucker, and Jena Malone as Eric,...

Joe Lam’s upcoming movie The Fetus blends horror and comedy, diving into the rising trend of body horror. The story follows Alessa and Chris, a couple uncovering the terrifying truth about their pregnancy, only to discover a demonic entity growing inside her. Promising a fresh take on natal horror, the film offers a mix of scares and blood-soaked twists.

Lauren Lavera, a rising star after her breakout role in Terrifier 3, plays Alessa, while horror icon Bill Moseley stars as her father, Maddox. Julian Curtis (Are You Afraid of the Dark? Ghost Island) joins the cast as Chris, her partner.

The trailer teases a gripping story: Alessa, defying medical warnings, discovers she’s pregnant. Desperate for answers, she and Chris turn to Maddox, who seems to have sinister motives of his own, locking them away. Alessa soon realizes her unborn child is demonic, demanding human sacrifices to survive.

Director Joe Lam,...

Joe Lam’s upcoming movie The Fetus dives into the growing trend of body horror, offering a chilling mix of horror and comedy. The story follows a couple, Alessa and Chris, as they try to uncover the unsettling truth behind their pregnancy, only to discover that a demonic entity is growing inside her. The film promises a fresh, blood-soaked twist on the natal horror genre.

Lauren Lavera, known for her standout performance in Terrifier 3, takes the lead as Alessa. Her recent success has made her a rising star in the horror world, and The Fetus seems like another great opportunity for her to showcase her talents. Joining her is horror legend Bill Moseley as Alessa’s father, Maddox, and Julian Curtis (Are You Afraid of the Dark? Ghost Island) as her partner, Chris.

The first trailer hints at a thrilling and grotesque journey. It opens with Alessa’s shocking discovery that she’s pregnant,...

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Most horror movies are already terrifying enough on screen to leave the audience shaking with fear, but sometimes, the terror sadly does not stop there. Some of the most hauntingly scary movies hide behind-the-scenes stories that are just as unnerving as the films themselves. Sometimes, these off-screen details end up becoming part of the movie's pop culture impact, even though often due to misinformation and urban legends.

From apparently cursed productions to mysterious, eerie occurrences, many of the horror movie classics that defined the history of the genre are associated with behind-the-scenes tragedies or at least strange cases. While no movie production is immune to those types of occurrences, they ended up becoming even more noticeable when tied to the production of a horror film.

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This January, Paramount+ is bringing you a ton of entertainment with the highly anticipated new film in the Star Trek universe alongside a great new series based on Sherlock by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Paramount+ this month and have a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the 8 best films coming to Paramount+ in January 2025 with a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

Arrival (January 1) Rotten Tomatoes Score: 94% Credit – Paramount Pictures

Arrival is a sci-fi drama film directed by Denis Villeneuve from a screenplay by Eric Heisserer. Based on the 1998 short story titled Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang, the 2016 film follows Louise Banks, a linguistic expert tasked with interpreting the language of aliens who have come to Earth in a giant spaceship.

In 1999 “The Sixth Sense,” a spooky-ooky movie involving ghosts and a freaky little kid who sees them, opened theatrically and quickly became a cultural sensation and a box office juggernaut. It would end up earning $672 million at the global box office and garnering six Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. Its signature line of dialogue (“I see dead people”) would enter the lexicon, endlessly quoted, parodied and spoofed.

But there was another, very similar, equally wonderful movie that opened in 1999 that didn’t get nearly the attention that it deserved – or, indeed, the attention that was bestowed upon “The Sixth Sense.”

That movie was writer/director David Koepp’s “Stir of Echoes,” which recently celebrated its 25th anniversary and as such has a brand-new 4K Uhd Blu-ray disc out (available exclusively through Amazon). And, incredibly, one of the new special features details how Koepp was...

The Ninth Gate is a deemed cult classic supernatural thriller from 1999 that has pretty much been forgotten by many. That is perhaps why the Johnny Depp-led occult movie has scaled the Tubi movie chart 12 days after landing on the platform. Of course, there is also the fact that the film is now somewhat controversial when taking into account it is directed by the polarizing Roman Polanski, and stars Depp – we don’t need to tell you about that court case again, do we? – and Frank Langella, who became a Hollywood outcast following his firing from Netflix’s The Fall of the House of Usher after allegations of on-set inappropriate behavior.

The Ninth Gate delivered a stylish but ultimately hollow horror story 25 years ago, with Depp playing rare book dealer Dean Corso, who is hired by Langella’s wealthy collector Boris Balkan to authenticate a mysterious book called The Nine...

Fire up your ultra-high-definition televisions and Blu-ray players. One of the spicy films from the 90s’ most notorious screen vixen, Sharon Stone, is getting a new 4K remaster. Blu-ray.com has just revealed that the 1993 thriller, Sliver, which stars Stone, William Baldwin, Tom Berenger, Polly Walker and Colleen Camp. Vinegar Syndrome will be distributing the physical media release and it’s been scheduled to hit retailers on January 28.

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“Carly Norris, a new resident of the chic, high-tech, and ultra-thin (like a sliver) Manhattan apartment building 113, is a divorcee looking for a good time. She finds that in her neighbor Zeke, a wealthy video game designer-cum-playboy who harbors a dark secret which her other neighbor Jack is all too willing to go into detail on. As Carly navigates her sexual tryst with Zeke and Jack’s increasing paranoia, deaths in 113 begin to pile up as do revelations about...

Actress Julia Garner, aka ‘Silver Surfer’ in the upcoming Marvel Studios feature “The Fantastic Four: First Steps”, poses for the January 2025 issue of “Marie Claire” (Australia) magazine, photographed by Regan Cameron:

Garner is best known for her starring role as ‘Ruth Langmore’ in the Netflix crime drama series “Ozark” (2017–present), winning two ‘Primetime Emmy Awards’ for ‘Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series’ in 2019 and 2020.

Garner also had roles in the FX drama series “The Americans” (2015–18), the Netflix miniseries “Maniac” (2018), the Bravo true crime series “Dirty John” (2018–19), and stars in the Netflix miniseries “Inventing Anna” (2022).

In feature films, Garner appeared in “Martha Marcy May Marlene” (2011), “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” (2012), “Sin City: A Dame To Kill For” (2012), "We Are What We Are” (2013), “Grandma” (2015), and The Assistant (2019).

She starred in the movie “The Royal Hotel” (2023) and the “Rosemary’s Baby” remake “Apartment 7A” (2024).

Besides her upcoming starring role in “Wolf Man...

The Costume Designers Guild has fashioned its 2025 Spotlight Award recipient. Emilia Pérez co-star and Lioness lead Zoe Saldaña will pick up her prize at the 27th annual CDG Awards hosted by Jackie Tohn on February 6 at The Ebell in Los Angeles.

The Spotlight Award celebrates an actor whose talent and career personify an enduring commitment to excellence, including a special appreciation of the importance of costume design. The guild notes that Saldaña is a fitting honoree in that she can inhabit a costume and make the character come alive no matter how elaborate or otherworldly — from Neytiri in the Avatar films to Gamora in the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise and beyond.

She plays cartel lawyer Rita Mora Castro in Jacques Audiard’s Spanish-language musical crime comedy Emilia Pérez, which is riding huge awards-season buzz. Saldaña is nominated for Golden Globe, Critics Choices and other awards for the role. She...

Zoe Saldaña, who is currently enjoying a high-profile awards season for her performance in Emilia Pérez, will be honoured with the Derek Malcolm Award for Innovation at the 45th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards in February, 2025.

The actress is the second recipient of the award created in the memory of film critic Derek Malcolm, who died aged 91 in August 2023, after actor and filmmaker Colman Domingo who was feted at the 44th London Critics’ Circle Awards.

“I’m honored and thrilled to receive the Derek Malcolm Award for Innovation from the London Film Critics’ Circle, a group I greatly admire and respect,” said Saldaña.

“This has been a wonderful year for film with so many striking and indelible roles for women. To have had the opportunity to work in this industry for twenty-five years has been a privilege and to perform the role of Rita in Emilia Pérez has been the opportunity of a lifetime.

Zoe Saldaña, whose busy year has culminated in awards buzz for her leading role in Emilia Pérez, will be honored with the Derek Malcolm Award for Innovation at the 45th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards.

The actress will pick up the prize at the Feb. 2 ceremony and become the second recipient of the annual award, named in memory of critic Derek Malcolm, who died at 91 in August 2023. Sing Sing‘s Colman Domingo was the inaugural recipient earlier in the year.

“I’m honored and thrilled to receive the Derek Malcolm Award for Innovation from the London Film Critics’ Circle, a group I greatly admire and respect,” Saldaña said. “This has been a wonderful year for film with so many striking and indelible roles for women. To have had the opportunity to work in this industry for 25 years has been a privilege and to perform the role of Rita in Emilia...

Make-up design doesn’t always mean prosthetics or extremes — that’s why the Emmy Awards smartly single out contemporary make-up design as its own category. But too often, those more immediately arresting designs are the ones that get all the attention. Not anymore. Join IndieWire in celebrating the make-up artists creating subtle, character-specific work for contemporary characters with our series, “Making Up Is Hard to Do.”

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“What We Do in the Shadows” has always been the rare delight of a comedy set in a contemporary setting that still gets to play with a cornucopia of mixed-up period details and fantastic monsters. It is as big and broad as it can be, in part because the comedy lives in its contrast between ordinary Staten Islanders and the Vampire Residence that has so fascinated us, and also, apparently, the Maysles brothers.

For six seasons, the...

Beware, reader! There are spoilers ahead for the "What We Do in the Shadows" series finale, bleh bleh bleh!

Much like "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," "Fargo," and "M*A*S*H," it didn't take long for the "What We Do in the Shadows" TV series to justify its existence, step out of its movie counterpart's shadow, and turn into one of the best comedies on television. For six seasons, the show has followed the misadventures of a group of horny and buffoonish vampires who had long given up their mission to conquer the new world and simply lead static lives of hijinks, as well as the quest of their familiar Guillermo (Harvey Guillén) to become a vampire despite discovering he has Van Helsing blood in him. Season 5 even had Guillermo finally turning into a creature of the night, only to realize that it was not for him and transform back into a human.

The New Hollywood era -- which began with the release of the true story-based "Bonnie and Clyde" in 1967 before breathing its last in 1981 with Michael Cimino's notorious bomb "Heaven's Gate" -- was one of the most exhilarating artistic movements of the 20th century. It came after a fallow creative period for the major studios, which were mostly run by old moguls who'd lost the pulse of the moviegoing public. They didn't get the Baby Boomer generation, so when a younger, hipper group of executives and producers demonstrated a knack for packing the nation's theaters with movies like "Rosemary's Baby," "The Exorcist," and "The Godfather," there was a sudden changing of the guard (and mindset).

This mindset had nothing to do with the types of films being made. It was just as the great screenwriter William Goldman once quipped: when it came to what worked, nobody knew anything. What they did know,...

Writer/director Natalie Erika James made her feature debut with the psychological horror drama Relic and followed that up with the Rosemary’s Baby prequel Apartment 7A. Now, Deadline reports that filming is underway on James’ third feature, a psychological horror film called Saccharine, and Midori Francis of Grey’s Anatomy and The Sex Lives of College Girls has the lead role.

Anna McLeish and Sarah Shaw are producing Saccharine, which is a Carver Films and Thrum Films production. Production investment came from Screen Australia, XYZ in conjunction with Ipr.Vc, and Stan, in association with VicScreen. Ben Morgan is a co-producer. Deadline notes that the film will be distributed theatrically in Australia and New Zealand by Maslow Entertainment and will launch as a Stan Original Film on Stan.

Francis is taking on the role of Hana, a lovelorn medical student who becomes terrorized by a hungry ghost after taking part in an...

After breaking out in 2020 with Relic and helming this year’s Rosemary’s Baby prequel Apartment 7A, filmmaker Natalie Erika James is now filming supernatural body horror movie Saccharine, per Deadline.

Midori Francis will play the lead.

Saccharine follows “Hana (Francis), a lovelorn medical student who becomes terrorised by a hungry ghost after taking part in an obscure weight-loss craze: eating human ashes.”

Opposite Francis are Danielle Macdonald (Patti Cake$) playing Josie, Hana’s best friend, and Madeleine Madden (The Wheel of Time) as Alanya, a personal trainer and fitness influencer.

“There is so much toxic messaging around weight and appearance that permeates every corner of our culture. Saccharine is an intimate look into one woman’s struggle with body image, self-worth, and shame-driven compulsion, told through a supernatural body-horror with a queer lens and an edge of the absurd,” Natalie Erika James said of the project.

In other words, it...

2018's Hereditary ranked as one of the decade's scariest horror films; like The Babadook, it explored layered themes of grief and mental health. Director Ari Aster also staked his claim in the genre with his massively successful debut film.

Hereditary joins Netflix's streaming library this January. Grossing $87.8 million against its $10 million budget, director Ari Aster's first feature-length film is also one of A24's biggest hits; Hereditary currently ranks fourth in the studio's most successful releases. The film is psychological horror told in the same vein as The Lighthouse and The Babadook, both blurring the line between insanity and the supernatural. Hereditary is considered a modern horror classic with the cult appeal of Carrie, Rosemary's Baby, and The Exorcist. Aster says that at its core, his film is really a family drama with a horrific end.

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In the late 1960s, Paramount Pictures was getting a young-gun makeover with upstart producer Robert Evans taking the reins of the struggling studio. With the New Hollywood movement exploding thanks to provocations like "Bonnie and Clyde" and "Easy Rider," Evans was keen to hire exciting young filmmakers to apply their unique talents to the day's bestsellers. When he hit critical and commercial paydirt with Roman Polanski's "Rosemary's Baby," he turned his attention to another hot novel owned by the studio, one that had the potential to revitalize the gangster film.

Author Mario Puzo hadn't even finished "The Godfather" when Paramount executive Peter Bart offered him $115,000 for the manuscript. His instincts proved spot-on. Within two years of its 1969 publication, "The Godfather" had become a phenomenon, selling in the neighborhood of nine million copies. A feature film adaptation was inevitable. All Evans and Bart had to do was find the right...

As the U.S. prepares for another four years of Trump presidency, issues surrounding abortion access and the future of women’s bodily autonomy are at the forefront of everyone’s mind. Naturally, as these discussions reached a fever pitch outside of the studio lots, they also bled into the cinematic narratives of this year,...

The independent production company A24 has developed a reputation for releasing a wide variety of widely acclaimed films, but A24 horror movies remain a highlight for the company. It’s unlikely that any company can claim to have had a bigger impact on the horror genre in the past decade than A24. After putting its name on the map in the 2010s, A24 went on to release several different movies each year, but it remains mostly known for its contributions to the horror genre.

A24 releases include some of the most talked-about horror movies of the past decade, such as Hereditary, Midsommar, and The Lighthouse. A24 horror movies have revolutionized the horror genre in the post-2010 years, bringing a new era to horror and introducing social and cultural themes that are highly relevant to modern society. When it comes to A24 horror movies, they specialize in both smart and high-brow...