horror film
Think you’ve solved the ending of 1982’s The Thing? John Carpenter says nope
John Carpenter has lifted the lid on his gaming obsessions and the 'true ending' of 1982’s The Thing — but not in the way you might expect.
October 19, 2026 5:23 pm
Four X-Men films, and James McAvoy's steadiest pay cheque comes from a cheap Shyamalan thriller
Blockbusters make the headlines; cheap thrillers pay the bills. James McAvoy just explained Hollywood accounting better than any studio ever would.
October 16, 2026 5:11 pm
Ben Affleck fears Tom Cruise's Digger flop means samey films — he sold Netflix an AI company
Reddit has a one-line reply to his defence of risky cinema, and it comes with a $587 million price tag. On Digger itself, though, he may have a point.
October 16, 2026 12:31 pm
Clayface's best shot at the box office is audiences not realising it's a DC film
A $40 million Batman villain film whose best customers may be people who have never heard of Batman's villains. Warner Bros. can't exactly say that out loud.
October 15, 2026 2:03 pm
Clayface opens before Matt Reeves's paused Batman sequel — and Reeves and Gunn disagree on its origin
One man pitched it, another built it into his universe. The man who actually wrote it says he hasn't even seen it.
October 14, 2026 2:07 pm
Jessica Chastain buried Jeremy Strong's Sorkin film — her Molly's Game co-star texted her the headline himself
Twenty years of friendship, two films together and one emoji you would not send your boss. And she still found a way to twist the knife.
October 13, 2026 2:47 pm
‘Should’ve Been a Comedy’ — Jessica Chastain’s Other Mommy is catching heat
Jessica Chastain’s new horror, Other Mommy, has hit cinemas to mixed reactions — and you might even side with those saying it ‘should’ve been a comedy’.
October 12, 2026 8:01 pm
DC's Clayface just got its best marketing from another studio's horror flop
DC's body-horror gamble spent months being written off as a curiosity. Then Universal's big Halloween rival bombed with audiences, and Clayface's presales started climbing.
Twelve days
October 11, 2026 7:21 pm
Mike Flanagan swore off franchises — now he wants Jaws and Jurassic Park too
The director who planned a career without sequels has a Carrie series out and an Exorcist on the way. Next on his wish list: Jaws, and dinosaurs that actually frighten people.
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October 11, 2026 3:08 pm
Alfonso Cuarón flirting with a horror movie — maybe sooner than you think
Alfonso Cuarón, the visual mind behind Gravity and Children of Men, says his next move is into darker territory — and he’s teaming with his son again.
October 11, 2026 1:18 pm
Sorkin's Social Network sequel got his worst audience grade — and lost to a film audiences hated more
Aaron Sorkin's The Social Reckoning got a B- CinemaScore and an estimated $6 million opening, losing the weekend to Jessica Chastain's D+ horror Other Mommy.
October 10, 2026 7:34 pm
Mike Flanagan wants a Jaws sequel — and a horror Jurassic Park sequel
Stephen King’s go-to adaptor Mike Flanagan has his sights on sequels to two stone-cold classics — and he reckons one should go full horror.
October 10, 2026 11:21 am
That unmade horror monster movie Martin Scorsese hoped to make? It might still happen
A newly uncovered decades-old letter reveals Martin Scorsese once chased a monster-movie with a legendary British horror studio — and that long-shot dream looks back on the table.
October 6, 2026 7:21 pm
Other Mommy director swings big — wants his horror movie to introduce next generation’s Freddy Krueger
Other Mommy’s director is angling to give horror fans a new horror icon with his movie — one he hopes could stand shoulder to shoulder with Freddy Krueger.
October 6, 2026 4:39 pm
Funny Games: does the dog die? You'll know within the first half hour — and it's the mildest thing that happens in that house
Haneke's home invasion picture has a reputation for cruelty, and the family dog is where it starts collecting. Here's exactly when it happens in both versions, how much you see, and what the film is doing with it.
October 4, 2026 4:12 pm
Mike Flanagan’s Carrie is at 84% on Rotten Tomatoes, the lowest score of his TV career
First reviews suggest Mike Flanagan’s Carrie is struggling on Rotten Tomatoes — though the picture isn’t quite so straightforward.
October 2, 2026 5:21 pm
One Battle After Another’s Chase Infiniti will star in Sam Raimi and Jordan Peele’s horror film about what God looks like
Dylan Clark is turning his viral 2022 short Portrait of God into a feature for Lionsgate, with Sam Raimi and Jordan Peele producing and Chase Infiniti in the lead.
October 2, 2026 2:21 pm
Disney has found who to blame for the live-action Moana flop: its own Moana 2
Disney’s Dana Walden says the live-action Moana suffered from arriving just 18 months after Moana 2 — it took $323 million on a $250 million budget.
October 2, 2026 12:26 pm
Disney has rescued the Sam Raimi horror film Netflix sat on for five years
If you thought Sam Raimi’s Every House is Haunted was lost to Netflix limbo, think again — it’s back in play under Disney, but via which banner?
October 1, 2026 3:17 pm
Who is the Mystery Man in Lost Highway? Start with the party scene where he's also at the other end of the phone
He turns up at a party, tells you he is already inside your house, and then hands you a phone to prove it. Here's how the Mystery Man functions in Lost Highway and what the film actually gives you to identify him with.
September 26, 2026 2:32 pm
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