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The best classic slasher movie you’ll never watch
The article explores how Jane Schoenbrun’s new film, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, makes its invented slasher franchise feel convincingly real. Its opening titles use fictional posters, VHS tapes, toys, reviews and news reports to show Camp Miasma’s rise from a 1980 hit to a declining direct-to-video series, establishing the emotional and cultural…
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10 Best Vampire Movies in Film History
Collider ranks vampire films as a genre-spanning list, arguing that vampires remain adaptable figures in horror, romance and comedy. The selection highlights both classic portrayals that shaped Hollywood’s image of Dracula and newer films that relocate or reinvent vampire mythology. – ‘Sinners’ (2025) is placed first for Ryan Coogler’s original, 1932 Mississippi Delta-set take on…
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HBO Max’s Forgotten 111-Minute Monster Epic Is Taking Over the Streaming Charts
Pacific Rim: Uprising, the 2018 sequel to Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim, has become one of HBO Max’s most-watched films in the United States despite its disappointing critical and commercial reception on release. The renewed interest appears partly linked to growing attention around actor Cailee Spaeny, whose recent work has prompted viewers to revisit her…
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The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – review roundup
A review roundup of four recent speculative novels, ranging across apocalyptic fantasy, crime fiction, occult horror and contemporary witchcraft. – The Salt King by Natasha Pulley blends folk horror, faith and romance around a salt-mining community in the East Anglian fens. – A Trade of Blood by Robert Jackson Bennett follows detectives investigating a murder…
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After 11 Years, The 5-part Cult Classic Thriller That’s Hannibal Meets Buffy Is Officially Free on Streaming
iZombie, a five-season supernatural crime drama that premiered on The CW in 2015, is now available to stream free on Pluto TV from 1 August. The move gives a wider audience access to a series that blended zombie horror, comedy and procedural mystery, but remained less prominent than other shows from the network’s era. Rose…
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Trying to explain One Night Only’s tech-enforced sex dystopia
The article examines the absurd premise of One Night Only, a romantic comedy set in modern New York where unmarried people may legally have sex only once a year. It argues that the film does not ignore this dystopian rule, but treats its implications mainly as a source of comic and romantic complications rather than…
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“I want you to be big”: Stanley Kubrick, Vincent D’Onofrio, and a silent horror icon
Stanley Kubrick asked Vincent D’Onofrio to become “Lon Chaney big” for his role as Private Leonard Lawrence in *Full Metal Jacket*, invoking the silent-era actor renowned for extreme physical transformations. The request helped shape one of the film’s most memorable performances and illustrates how Chaney’s influence continued well beyond early horror cinema. D’Onofrio gained about…
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Mia Goth’s Breakout Horror Franchise Officially Slashes Its Way Onto a New Streamer
Ti West’s X horror trilogy, starring Mia Goth, is arriving on Hulu in August 2026, giving the franchise a new streaming home. The move highlights the continuing appeal of the series, which has won praise for Goth’s performances and its modern take on 1970s-style slasher cinema. The trilogy began with 2022’s X, in which young…
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3 Perfect Movie Masterpieces Streaming on Netflix This Weekend (Aug 8-9)
Collider recommends three films on US Netflix for the 8–9 August weekend, highlighting accessible at-home viewing after a reportedly record-breaking cinema weekend. – ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s 2’ (2025): a sequel based on Scott Cawthon’s horror games, following Abby as she investigates Freddy Fazbear’s origins a year after the first film. – Josh Hutcherson returns…