It might have come out all the way in 2007, but the book How To Survive A Horror Movie by Seth Grahame Smith was hugely formative on my love of horror films. Let's flashback to my 7th grade year. I didn't know jack shit about horror movies. I was terrified of The Exorcist after my sister made me
NBC has closed a Stephen King deal just in time for Halloween. The crime thriller Mr. Mercedes will move to Peacock in October. The first two seasons will premiere on the streaming platform October 15. The premiere for season 3 will be announced later. Mr. Mercedes previously aired on AT&T
Yes, the gang is back from the first Babysitter film. That's not quite the spoiler that you'd think it is. As part of the first Friday in THS Fright-A-Thon, we're going over a new horror film. The Babysitter: Killer Queen just recently came out on Netflix. The first film, The Babysitter was a
It’s that time of year again folks! Freeform has dropped its official “31 Nights of Halloween” lineup. This year’s schedule seems more well-rounded than last year’s. (I love Hocus Pocus, but did it really need to air 30 times??) Fans can look forward to favorites like The Nightmare Before
The history of movie vampires stretches back almost as long as cinema itself. THS's Fright-A-Thon is built upon these ideals and the want for more great horror content. If 2020 is going to be the year we all stayed in (I sure hope so for some of my readers at least), then we'll all need some good
Murder in the Woods is your basic teen slasher flick. It follows a group of college kids partying it up in a remote cabin in the woods. Until they start getting killed off, anyways. Uh...people get murdered? Look. Murder in the Woods isn’t some kind of subversive horror masterpiece. You’re not
Jordan Firstman's Club Kid was the talk of the town at this year's TIFF. As well as Telluride. And Cannes. Whatever film festival this film goes to, it invites the kind of enthusiasm that can shake mountains. Going in, I was nervous that Club Kid wouldn't live up to the lofty expectations I had set
Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother is a grounded, pulse pounding gut-punch of a film. A wholly unique experience that proves that you can still iterate on conventions and present them with a sense of newness.
What happens when you make a movie that's about four years too late on its subject matter? You get The Social Reckoning. At this point in our lives, we all know that social media is a cesspool and that a lot of that is Facebook/Meta's fault. They chose to act like the silent arbiter and actively
