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25 Best Scary Ocean Thriller Movies
Collider ranks 25 ocean-set thriller and horror films, highlighting fears of isolation, deep water and unseen danger. – ‘Jaws 2’ (1978) is praised as an enjoyable, campy shark sequel, strengthened by Roy Scheider’s return as Chief Brody. – ‘The Caine Mutiny’ (1954) centres on a naval commander’s instability, with Humphrey Bogart’s threatening performance driving its…
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‘Terrifying’ wildfire threatens golf club in Hollywood’s favourite Cornish village as blazes rage across drought-hit Britain
A wildfire tearing through drought-stricken Britain is threatening a golf club in a Cornish village popular with Hollywood visitors, as fire crews battle multiple blazes during one of the country’s hottest spells on record. The fire comes amid a rare amber “extreme heat” warning from the Met Office, with temperatures forecast to reach 38C (100F),…
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The mythic origins of Elden Ring’s spooky scary skeletons
The article examines how Elden Ring turns the familiar video-game skeleton into a memorable, irritating enemy, arguing that FromSoftware has refined the design of these seemingly basic foes. It places the game’s skeletons within a much older cultural tradition, showing that their appeal and symbolism extend far beyond modern role-playing games. It notes that players…
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Hellcat review – woman imprisoned in camper van in nasty survival horror
Hellcat is a survival horror thriller in which Lena, played by Dakota Gorman, wakes injured in the back of a speeding camper van and must work out how to escape. The review finds its opening tense and effectively unpleasant, using the confined setting and a mysterious voice to create suspense, though it suggests the film…
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3 Years Later, Netflix’s 8-Part Horror Series Is Even More Unsettling
Netflix’s eight-part British horror series Red Rose is presented as increasingly unsettling because its threat comes from familiar technology rather than supernatural creatures. Set near Manchester, it follows recent school-leavers whose lives are disrupted by a malicious smartphone app, highlighting anxieties around social media, surveillance and growing up online. The app initially appears as a…
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Jenna Ortega Recalls the ‘Espresso’-Inspired Name for the Chainsaw in Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘Taste’ Video
Jenna Ortega has revealed that the chainsaw used in Sabrina Carpenter’s “Taste” music video had an apparent reference to Carpenter’s hit “Espresso”, though she could not remember its exact name. The detail adds to the deliberately camp, cinematic style of the video, in which Ortega and Carpenter engage in increasingly violent comic confrontations. Ortega told…
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Pokémon Officially Unveils New Release Covering All 1,025 Monsters
The Pokémon Company has announced Pokémon — Official National Pokédex: 1996–2026, a reference book intended to mark the franchise’s 30th anniversary. It will catalogue all 1,025 Pokémon introduced since the series began with Pokémon Red and Green in 1996, reflecting the scale of a franchise that has expanded across nine generations. The book includes details…
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The 1970s Miss American Vampire contest that sought the next star of ‘Dark Shadows’
“A contest you can sink your teeth into…” The post The 1970s Miss American Vampire contest that sought the next star of ‘Dark Shadows’ first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
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After 2 Years, My Hero Academia’s Creator Finally Returns With a Near-Perfect Follow-Up
Kohei Horikoshi, creator of My Hero Academia, has returned with Quit Laughing, Shijima, a supernatural one-shot manga published in Weekly Shonen Jump. Polygon’s review finds it visually impressive and entertaining, particularly for its character work and creature designs, but argues that it falls short as horror because it relies on familiar genre ideas without building…