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Five killed in horror head-on crash that saw flames engulf two cars and trap passengers inside
Five people have died after a horror head-on collision in the Northern Territory, Australia, in which two vehicles caught fire and trapped passengers inside. The crash occurred on a highway near Darwin, and the scale of the death toll has shocked local police and emergency services, prompting warnings about road safety in the region. Northern…
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TV tonight: Gugu Mbatha-Raw stars in a supernatural horror drama
Tonight’s TV picks are led by Possession, a new supernatural drama on Sky Atlantic starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw as British lawyer Claudia, who travels to Jamaica to challenge an inheritance claim on a former plantation. As she investigates, she becomes haunted by the estate’s dark history, with flashbacks gradually revealing how the past connects to the…
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Cops reveal house of horror toddler may be the only witness after a pregnant mum was killed in a suspected murder-suicide during a seven-hour siege in tiny rural town
Detectives in Queensland have revealed that a toddler is the sole survivor and only witness to a murder-suicide during a seven-hour police siege in the small rural town of Charleville. The bodies of a pregnant 23-year-old woman and a 45-year-old man were found inside a property on King Street early on Thursday morning, with the…
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‘Monsters of God’ Review: ‘Tiger King’ Director’s HBO Docuseries About Reptile Trafficking Is (Relatively) Sober and Nuanced
The HBO documentary series “Monsters of God” marks a notable shift for director Eric Goode, who previously made the sensationalist hit “Tiger King” and the more nuanced “Chimp Crazy.” This five-part series about reptile trafficking is described as his most sober and measured work yet, trading the gawking tone of his earlier films for a…
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An off-grid AI sounds like a great survival assistant, but is better left to roleplaying the zombie apocalypse
An opinion piece in The Register argues that off-grid, locally run AI language models—while a fun novelty for zombie-apocalypse roleplay—would be a poor and potentially dangerous choice as a real-world survival tool. The author warns that marketing small local LLMs (running on devices like a Raspberry Pi or Nvidia Jetson Orin Nano) as bug-out-bag essentials…
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Vampire Mockumentary ‘I Love Paris’ Takes Top Honors at 2026 Fantasia Film Festival Audience Awards
The French-Australian vampire mockumentary “I Love Paris,” directed by Nicky Murphy, won the top audience award for best international feature at the 2026 Fantasia International Film Festival, while Masanao Kawajiri’s “Cherry and Virgin” took the audience prize for best animated feature. The festival, held in Montreal from 16 July to 2 August, announced these audience…
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This K-Pop Star Looks Just Like Ada Wong and Her Fanbase Can’t Unsee the Resemblance
K-pop star Asa, main rapper of BABYMONSTER, has drawn widespread comparisons to Resident Evil’s Ada Wong after posting selfies in a look that closely echoes the video game character’s signature style. Fans of both the band and the Resident Evil franchise quickly flooded social media with side-by-side comparisons, coining the nickname “Asa Wong” to capture…
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10 Most Disturbing Horror Books of All Time
Collider has published a ranked list of the most disturbing horror novels of all time, aimed at readers who feel horror films, TV and games no longer unsettle them. The list spans several decades and subgenres, mixing literary vampire fiction with apocalyptic and supernatural horror, and highlights books whose intensity has held up even as…
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Monster Hunter Wilds gets a free demo ahead of next year’s expansion, but there’s a catch
Capcom has released a free demo for Monster Hunter Wilds, giving undecided players a chance to try the game before committing to the full purchase, though the trial has a notable restriction: it cannot be played online. Progress made in the demo does, however, carry over to the full game. The release comes as Capcom…
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7 Horror Books More Terrifying Than Any Scary Movie
Collider has published a listicle recommending horror novels considered scarier than their film adaptations, arguing that books allow readers’ imaginations to conjure more personal, lingering dread than cinema can achieve visually. The piece frames written horror as building slow, psychological terror through implication rather than explicit imagery, making the reading experience more unsettling despite well-regarded…