horror

Indonesian Virtual-Production Horror Feature ‘Whispers of Fatimah’ Sets September Release, Unveils First-Look Video (EXCLUSIVE)

Mystery horror feature “Bisikan Desa Gringsing: Whispers of Fatimah” has released its first-look video and locked in a September Indonesian theatrical opening, producers Mandela Pictures and Oceanus Media Global (OMG Studios) have revealed. The story centers on Hesti, a young woman hunting for her missing father who finds herself drawn into the terror surrounding Fatimah’s…

The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – review roundup

The Editorial Team3 days ago04 mins

Sublimation by Isabel J Kim (Picador, £18.99)This debut novel from an award-winning Korean-American short fiction writer is a fantastical reimagining of the immigrant experience. Here, anyone who crosses a border not intending to return creates an “instance”: a duplicate self who continues life at home. Reintegration into one body is possible, but after years of…

The Black List and Zando are hunting for the next great horror novel.

The Editorial Team3 weeks ago02 mins

The winner of the Evil Twin Manuscript Initiative will secure a $25k publication deal. Attention, thrill-seekers. The Black List and Zando are teaming up on a mission to identify the next great horror novelist. Could it be you? The inaugural Evil Twin Manuscript Initiative will select an unpublished or self-published horror novel for a $25,000…

‘Backrooms’ and ‘Obsession’: The Lessons Behind These Horror Hits

The Editorial Team1 month ago011 mins

There’s a lot to unpack with the massive success of “Backrooms” and “Obsession”: how these two low-budget movies both soared past $100 million at the box office; the YouTube-to-cinema pipeline; and what these films say about the anxieties of a younger generation. Alissa Wilkinson, a Times movie critic, and Jason Zinoman, a Times critic at…

Euronews Culture's Film of the Week: 'Backrooms' – Liminal space horror you'll want to get lost in

The Editorial Team1 month ago05 mins

Ever stood in an empty corridor which seems to stretch on forever, or found yourself in a deserted room that feels “off”? ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Chances are you have encountered these spaces of transition like a hotel hallway, an airport gate, or a Severance-style office corridor which seems simultaneously familiar and eerie. It’s as if time…

‘An endless silent scream feeling’: artist Roni Horn on horror, hope and landing in a lake in Iceland

The Editorial Team1 month ago08 mins

A few weeks ago, Roni Horn, 70, was removed from her flight, just before takeoff from the US to Germany. A male steward was so irritated when he asked her to adjust her seat – and she politely refused to move it any further, since it was already as upright as she could get it…

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In ‘Rocky Horror,’ Luke Evans Finds His Ballad of Sexual Liberation

The Editorial Team2 months ago09 mins

There’s a Hollywood action star, standing in silhouette at the top of a creepy manor’s staircase, dressed in a corset and jockstrap, thighs fitted into fishnets and hair secured under a wig that could have been scalped from Charli XCX. “I’m just a sweet transvestite,” the action star, Luke Evans, croons, suggestively caressing his nipples….

‘Death Whisperer’ Filmmaker Thai Horror ‘1 After One’ Boards Chada Entertainment for Sales Ahead of Cannes Market (EXCLUSIVE)

The Editorial Team2 months ago03 mins

Chada Entertainment has taken on international sales rights to Thai supernatural horror “1 After One” ahead of the Cannes Film Market, with a first-look image unveiled. The project is produced by Taweewat Wantha – whose “Death Whisperer” franchise ranks among the highest-grossing Thai films ever made – alongside Sangar Chatchairungruang of Transformation Films. Wantha built…

Apple TV Horror Comedy ‘Widow’s Bay’ Walks a Tonal Tightrope to Bewitching Effect: TV Review

The Editorial Team2 months ago05 mins

The blend of horror and comedy — two genres driven by tension that culminates in a cathartic payoff — has thrived in recent years at the box office, championed by auteurs like Jordan Peele and Zach Cregger. With the droll, authentically creepy Apple TV series “Widow’s Bay,” creator Katie Dippold has successfully transplanted the hybrid to…

‘Pragmata’ review: ‘The Last Of Us’ meets ‘Alien’ in surprisingly wholesome space horror

The Editorial Team3 months ago04 mins

Dystopian sci-fi adventure Pragmata starts like an ‘80s horror movie. You find yourself in control of astro-engineer Hugh as he cautiously makes his way through an eerily quiet lunar research station called The Cradle, trying to uncover why the base’s communications with Earth have been shut off. Just as the rest of his team realise…

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Indonesian Virtual-Production Horror Feature ‘Whispers of Fatimah’ Sets September Release, Unveils First-Look Video (EXCLUSIVE)

The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – review roundup

‘Backrooms’ and ‘Obsession’: The Lessons Behind These Horror Hits

Euronews Culture's Film of the Week: 'Backrooms' – Liminal space horror you'll want to get lost in

‘An endless silent scream feeling’: artist Roni Horn on horror, hope and landing in a lake in Iceland

In ‘Rocky Horror,’ Luke Evans Finds His Ballad of Sexual Liberation

‘Death Whisperer’ Filmmaker Thai Horror ‘1 After One’ Boards Chada Entertainment for Sales Ahead of Cannes Market (EXCLUSIVE)

Apple TV Horror Comedy ‘Widow’s Bay’ Walks a Tonal Tightrope to Bewitching Effect: TV Review

‘Pragmata’ review: ‘The Last Of Us’ meets ‘Alien’ in surprisingly wholesome space horror