Many horror fans have been left disappointed by movies which veer too far into the supernatural. But these twists have a purpose.

While spanning 9 films, The Nightmare on Elm Street franchise is often divided into trilogies based upon the stories they tell.

The Vultures Remain by Rebecca Cuthbert from Self-Made Monsters The vultures show up on the Sunday of my mother’s funeral: dark blots of ink lining the roof of the church. Letty hasn’t been at the …

A mostly-forgotten slasher, Don't Go in the Woods is worth a watch for its eerie feeling of isolation.

Arkham Asylum: Living Hell explores life in Arkham through the perspective of inmates and staff. Batman: Arkham Asylum takes direct influence from the comic.

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dangerous humans The newspapers will remark on how he was born just before Christmas; December 24, the time doesn’t really matter. His mother, a Catholic, will visit a psychic for reassurance. The …

Despite a perceived lack of literary value, Goosebumps drew in readers with its absurdist, darkly comedic portrayal of adolescence.

The quest to understand Michael Myers in David Gordon Green's Halloween trilogy comes with a heavy critique of true crime's obsession with killers.

having to pissnever helpeda goddamn thing. — John Sara

for a brief moment, you saw the world

At its core. The Friday the 13th franchise is a revenge story, kickstarted by the traumas born at Camp Crystal Lake.

Its publisher, Hachette, will not release the novel in the United States and will discontinue its U.K. edition, citing its commitment to “original creative expression and storytelling.”

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by John Sara “I’m 20 and Batman emerges through / my window. It’s raining and he’s grimacing. / He says there are other ways to help, / as if writing can bring down / The Joker and / The Penguin / a...

Despite its reputation as “torture porn,” the Saw franchise has cultivated a fiercely loyal fandom — one that has reinterpreted its gore-soaked world in surprising, transformative ways.

by John Sara “I’m on my deathbed and the doctor / whips out a skull; some cheap Halloween prop / he thrifted from Goodwill, making a garbled / whooooooo before it runs out of batteries.”