A meet-cute goes terribly wrong in Strange Darling, a new horror-thriller flick delivered by the producers of Late Night With the Devil and Barbarian. Rolling Stone exclusively debuts the trailer today, which features stars Willa Fitzgerald(Reacher, Screamseries)andKyle Gallner(Smile, 2022 Scream) rendezvousing for a one-night stand amid a serial killer’s murder …
Read More »'The Watchers' Turns a Gothic Fable Into a 'Gotcha!' Horror Movie. Viewer Discretion Advised
Deep in the woods of West Ireland — in “a forest that does not appear on any map” — there is a house. A steel door, blessed with numerous locks and bolts to keep its occupants safe, is the most prominent feature up front. The back of the house appears, …
Read More »'In a Violent Nature' Is Sick, Unsettling, and Once-in-a-Generation Slasher Flick
Imagine the Dardenne brothers got very high one night on some primo hash, then directed a slasher flick. That may be the best way to describe In a Violent Nature, and yes, we admit that this review has already drawn battle lines: You can sense jump-scare purists scoffing, arthouse habitues …
Read More »Jane Schoenbrun is Flipping the Script in Horror
W HEN JANE SCHOENBRUN was in high school, they spent hours devouring Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Schoenbrun watched Sarah Michelle Gellar play Buffy, who over the course of seven seasons, figures out who she really is — a powerful woman chosen to fight evil forces. And Schoenbrun imagined how they …
Read More »'Abigail' Is Scary, Gory, and a Fresh-Blood Transfusion of Vampire-Ballerina Fun
Stop me if you think that you’ve heard this one before: Some criminals abduct a rich guy’s child and demand a hefty sum to give the youngster back. The “victim” then proceeds to make life hell for the kidnappers. It’s more or less the plot of The Ransom of Red …
Read More »'Immaculate': Sydney Sweeney's Catholic Horror Movie Is Pure Nunsense
Maybe it’s best to begin at the end of Immaculate, the religious horror flick starring white-hot movie star, Euphoria‘s resident crying MVP and current savior of the rom-com Sydney Sweeney. You’ve likely heard about the last 10 minutes, even if you don’t know the plot surprises and spoilers regarding the …
Read More »How Zelda Williams Found Humor in Trauma
Z elda Williams has wonderful memories of being on film sets as a kid, watching her father, Robin Williams, shoot movies like Hook and Bicentennial Man. But that doesn’t mean she inherited his bombastic sense of humor. “I’m a bit darker,” says Williams, 34. “I’m the person who laughed during …
Read More »Jane Schoenbrun Made Sundance's Hottest Horror Movie About Their Trans Experience
In the fall of 2021, filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun found themselves back in their hometown, walking the streets of Ardsley in Westchester County, New York, with a disposable camera in hand. They’d taken a day trip up from Brooklyn in the hopes of revisiting the places that had once defined their …
Read More »'Night Swim' Is a Bizarrely Intriguing Swimming Pool Horror Movie
A luxury item that seemingly every warm-weather homeowner covets, the swimming pool has somehow become troubled waters for a wide range of movie and TV characters. In The Swimmer, it’s a symbol of personal decay for Burt Lancaster’s alcoholic suburbanite. In the simply-titled Swimming Pool it’s the stuff of Franco-British …
Read More »The Devil Gets a Due Date in Sinister New Trailer for 'The First Omen'
Something evil is afoot in the hallowed halls of the church in the new trailer for The First Omen, the upcoming prequel to the supernatural horror classic, The Omen. The film stars Nell Tiger Free as Margaret, a young woman who travels from America to Rome, prepared to dedicate her …
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