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Faces of Death review – rework of notorious video nasty turns horror voyeurism into moral panic fable
By Mike McCahill

A retelling of the 1978 ‘video nasty’ follows an online content moderator faced with steadily more appalling footage but reverts to generic bloodletting

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/04/faces-of-death-review-rework-of-notorious-video-nasty-turns-horror-voyeurism-into-moral-panic-fable

#Film #Horrorfilms #Culture #TheGuardian #MikeMcCahill

Hungry review – hippo horror sees multi-ton mammal run amok among bayou boat-trippers
By Leslie Felperin

A group of thinly drawn characters on a Louisiana tour fight for survival against a rampaging vegetarian

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/02/hungry-review-hippo-horror

#Film #Horrorfilms #Culture #TheGuardian #LeslieFelperin

Onslaught review – super soldier slasher doesn’t go hard enough
By Benjamin Lee

There’s a committed performance from a spunky Adria Arjona in the Guest director Adam Wingard’s decent B-movie but it’s missing some sharper weaponry

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/31/onslaught-movie-review-adria-arjona-adam-wingard

#Thrillers #Actionandadventurefilms #Film #Culture #RebeccaHall #DanStevens #Horrorfilms #TheGuardian #BenjaminLee

Onslaught review – super soldier slasher doesn’t go hard enough https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/31/onslaught-movie-review-adria-arjona-adam-wingard #Thrillers #ActionAndAdventureFilms #Film #Culture #RebeccaHall #DanStevens #HorrorFilms

Parasomnia review – sleep-schedule horror conjures up a succubus on the loose in waking nightmare
By Phil Hoad

Debut director James Ross II shows promise in this gore fest, but the fear factor suffers from an overly complex plot

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/31/parasomnia-review-sleep-schedule-horror-conjures-up-a-succubus-on-the-loose-in-waking-nightmare

#Film #Horrorfilms #Sleep #Culture #Lifeandstyle #TheGuardian #PhilHoad

For no reason whatsoever... hey, horror crew: join the BFS!

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A little public service announcement for the horror community: You are always welcome in the British Fantasy Society. We exist to celebrate and support ALL of speculative fiction - including horror, dark fantasy, paranormal and supernatural, and crime stories - across the spectrum.

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#horror #horrorcommunity #hwa #horrorwritersassociation #horrorFam #horrorbooks #horrorfilms #horrorfiction

When you want to be seen in traffic so you wear bright colors.

#horrorMovies #horrorfam #horrorFamily #movies #movie #moviestill #cinema #cinemastodon #Film #films #filmmastodon #horrorCommunity #horrorMovie #horrorMovies #horrorFilm #horrorFilms #horrormastodon

#Watching BUDDY

I'd still trust Buddy with my kids more than a Catholic priest.

https://letterboxd.com/noeljpenaflor/film/buddy-2026/

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Oops I put up the wrong clip - this my horror movie poem with Jakko, Isaac and Steve - a very improvised joyous moment celebrating Ingrid Pitt, Bela Lugosi and more

https://www.patreon.com/RobinInce/posts/found-festival-168023206

#horrorfilms #movies #poetry #poem

Memo to Ridley Scott: no one needs more Alien: Covenant movies – get the franchise back to stalk’n’slash https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/28/ridley-scott-alien-covenant-follow-up #Film #Alien #RidleyScott #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #HorrorFilms #Television #Culture #TelevisionRadio #MichaelFassbender

Memo to Ridley Scott: no one needs more Alien: Covenant movies – get the franchise back to stalk’n’slash
By Ben Child

News that Scott is working on a follow-up to his maligned 2017 film leaves me worried the franchise has run out of shocks

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/28/ridley-scott-alien-covenant-follow-up

#Film #Alien #RidleyScott #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #Horrorfilms #Television #Culture #Televisionradio #MichaelFassbender #TheGuardian #BenChild

‘He could arch both eyebrows and curl his lips in every direction all at once’: Tim Curry’s five best screen roles https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/27/tim-curry-five-best-screen-roles-rocky-horror-picture-show #Film #TimCurry #Culture #TheMuppets #HorrorFilms #Musicals #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #ComedyFilms #Comedy #StephenKing #Books

‘He could arch both eyebrows and curl his lips in every direction all at once’: Tim Curry’s five best screen roles
By Laurence Phelan

The actor fully embraced his physical talents and outsized personality with a line in theatrical baddies teetering deliciously on the edge of serious and silly

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/27/tim-curry-five-best-screen-roles-rocky-horror-picture-show

#Film #TimCurry #Culture #TheMuppets #Horrorfilms #Musicals #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #Comedyfilms #Comedy #StephenKing #Books #TheGuardian #LaurencePhelan

Colony review – zombies return to the mall with a fresh and frenzied range of scares
By Laurence Phelan

This time the ranks of the undead have acquired a hive mind, making them even more formidable adversaries. Can a maverick academic save the day?

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/27/colony-review-zombies-yeon-sang-ho

#Horrorfilms #Film #Culture #SouthKorea #Zombies #Actionandadventurefilms #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #TheGuardian #LaurencePhelan

#Watching BUFFET INFINITY

Best movie with a burger on its onesheet since Richard Attenborough's Gandhi.

https://letterboxd.com/noeljpenaflor/film/buffet-infinity/

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Kirsty Mann: Corpse review – a comedy so creepy you’ll fear the next revelation
By Chris Wiegand

Summerhall, Edinburgh The comedian brings a calm authority to her tale of a haunted house and digs out maximum horror from a minimal staging

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/aug/26/kirsty-mann-corpse-review-summerhall-edinburgh-fringe

#Edinburghfestival2026 #Theatre #Comedy #Comedy #Culture #Edinburghfestival #Stage #Horrorfilms #TheGuardian #ChrisWiegand

Penny Lane Is Dead review – Aussie slasher comedy zips from Neighbours to nasty
By Leslie Felperin

Mia’Kate Russell’s 80s-set Ozsploitation horror is a tad slapdash, but the grungy gore and seething catfights save it from dud status

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/25/penny-lane-is-dead-review-aussie-slasher-comedy-zips-from-neighbours-to-nasty

#Film #Horrorfilms #Australianfilm #Culture #Worldnews #TheGuardian #LeslieFelperin

‘A bit like meditation’: why Saw is my feelgood movie
By Emma Madden

The latest in our series of writers picking their go-to comfort films is a grimy and gory trip back to the start of a surprisingly uplifting torture porn franchise

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/24/my-feelgood-movie-saw

#Horrorfilms #Thrillers #Film #Culture #TheGuardian #EmmaMadden

Illicit deeds have just gotten a new Halloween video game banned in Australia – and it’s not because of the violence https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/aug/24/michael-myers-halloween-video-game-banned-in-australia-drugs #Games #Culture #AustraliaNews #Halloween2018 #HorrorFilms

Illicit deeds have just gotten a new Halloween video game banned in Australia – and it’s not because of the violence
By Jackson Ryan

Academics – and a former director of Australia’s Classification Board – say Halloween: The Game’s ban due to ‘incentivised drug use’ highlights an incoherent set of standards

https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/aug/24/michael-myers-halloween-video-game-banned-in-australia-drugs

#Games #Culture #Australianews #Halloween2018 #Horrorfilms #TheGuardian #JacksonRyan

#Watching PASSENGER

Features a titular villain (Iggy Pop?) that's a lot less frightening than your average Catholic priest.

https://letterboxd.com/noeljpenaflor/film/passenger-2026/

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Crybabies: The Scaring review – chills and laughs abound in twisty tale of demonic possession
By Brian Logan

Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThis fantastic comic play from the Radio 4 trio unleashes a torrent of great gags and illusions

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/aug/20/crybabies-the-scaring-review-pleasance-courtyard-edinburgh

#Edinburghfestival2026 #Stage #Culture #Edinburghfestival #Comedy #Radio4 #Theatre #Comedy #Horrorbooks #Horrorfilms #TheGuardian #BrianLogan

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma review – Gillian Anderson superb in queer slasher spectacular
By Peter Bradshaw

Young indie film-maker Kris tracks down Anderson’s Final Girl for a remake of a beloved horror, to find fantasy and reality collapsed

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/14/teenage-sex-and-death-at-camp-miasma-review-seductive-gillian-anderson-fulfils-a-rapturous-slasher-fan-obsession

#Film #Culture #Festivals #GillianAnderson #Horrorfilms #Cannesfilmfestival #TheGuardian #PeterBradshaw

It Ends review – gripping micro-budget horror ranks among the year’s best https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/20/it-ends-horror-movie-review #HorrorFilms #Film #Culture #Thrillers

It Ends review – gripping micro-budget horror ranks among the year’s best
By Owen Myers

Led by a stellar cast of gen-Z newcomers, Alex Ullom’s directorial debut is an expertly crafted nightmare about a road trip gone wrong

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/20/it-ends-horror-movie-review

#Horrorfilms #Film #Culture #Thrillers #TheGuardian #OwenMyers

Insidious: Out of the Further review – evil returns but so does boredom https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/19/insidious-out-of-the-further-review #HorrorFilms #Film #Culture #Thrillers

Insidious: Out of the Further review – evil returns but so does boredom
By Scott Tobias

Uninteresting mythology and junky effects push a once-promising horror franchise further from what it once was

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/19/insidious-out-of-the-further-review

#Horrorfilms #Film #Culture #Thrillers #TheGuardian #ScottTobias

‘I’ve always been fond of hairy creatures!’ Visual effects maestro Rick Baker on a monstrously good career https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/18/rick-baker-interview-visual-effects-makeup-gremlins-thriller #Film #FilmIndustry #Culture #TheExorcist #HorrorFilms #AwardsAndPrizes #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #Business #KingKong

‘I’ve always been fond of hairy creatures!’ Visual effects maestro Rick Baker on a monstrously good career
By Rory O'Connor

Rick Baker helped define Hollywood’s creature features with his wild makeup effects skills. From Locarno, he talks Gremlins, his love of simians– and why AI will never replace expert design

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/18/rick-baker-interview-visual-effects-makeup-gremlins-thriller

#Film #Filmindustry #Culture #TheExorcist #Horrorfilms #Awardsandprizes #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #Business #KingKong #TheGuardian #RoryOConnor

Chris Carter is mistaken if he thinks more gore will bring The X-Files: I Want to Believe back to life https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/17/chris-carter-x-files-i-want-to-believe-directors-cut-critique-spoilers #Film #Culture #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #HorrorFilms #DavidDuchovny #GillianAnderson

Lesbians, latex and $2,000 condoms: why are this summer’s movies so obsessed with sex? https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/10/sex-film-one-night-only-the-invite-camp-miasma #Film #Culture #Sex #LifeAndStyle #OliviaWilde #GreggAraki #SethRogen #RoeVWade #RomanceFilms #HorrorFilms #ComedyFilms #GillianAnderson #PenlopeCruz #EdwardNorton

Lesbians, latex and $2,000 condoms: why are this summer’s movies so obsessed with sex?
By Rafaela Bassili

From One Night Only to The Invite, a wave of new movies are a raunchy antidote to gen Z celibacy

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/10/sex-film-one-night-only-the-invite-camp-miasma

#Film #Culture #Sex #Lifeandstyle #OliviaWilde #GreggAraki #SethRogen #RoevWade #Romancefilms #Horrorfilms #Comedyfilms #GillianAnderson #PenlopeCruz #EdwardNorton #TheGuardian #RafaelaBassili

We both enjoyed the unique new horror film "BACKROOMS." It's the first movie I've ever seen in which the set was the main character. Intriguing from start to finish. #movie #movies #film #films #horror #horrorfilm #scary #scaryfilm #horrorfilms #scaryfilms #backrooms #liminal #liminalspaces #liminalspace #quirky #original #entertaining #edgeofonesseat #ChiwetelEjiofor #RenateReinsve #MarkDuplass #FinnBennett #LukitaMaxwell #avanjogia #RobertBobroczkyi #KristaKosonen #KaneParsons #furniture

Film posters for The Mummy banned from public display in the UK
By Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent

Watchdogs say adverts in London tube stations broke its rules with ‘realistic impression of a dead child’ – warning: graphic image

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/05/film-posters-for-the-mummy-banned-from-public-display-in-the-uk

#Film #Horrorfilms #AdvertisingStandardsAuthority #Advertising #London #LondonUnderground #TheGuardian #NadiaKhomamiArts #culturecorrespondent

See what female directors I picked. #horror #horrormovies #horrorfilms #femaledirectors #womendirectors #movie #film #director #female #women

#NowWatching 🎃

Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama (1988)

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HERE WE GOOOOOO!!

Some of Shudder UK's festive offerings for this year 🎄

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Don't ghost your vote! 👻 Avoid the tricky misinformation that's out there. Treat yourself to some unbiased info about the candidates and propositions on your ballot. Then cast a spell by getting your vote in before the deadline!

https://lwvsf.org/vote

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The Whispering was the third film for a our Spooptober group watch, and it was baaaaad. A bunch of teens just making dumb decisions, not really scary when it should have been, and the ending was terrible.

The only thing I give the movie credit for is atmosphere and aesthetics. They did silence really well, so you really heard the creepy noises and sounds.

Final rating: 3 / 10

#Spooptober #HorrorMovies #HorrorFilms #KoreanFilm #TheWhispering #MovieNight #Movies

One more day until #ShudderUK release their #Halloween listings 🎃

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Here is the September line-up for #ShudderUK (the only streaming service you need)

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As #AncientAliens month draws to a close on #TheHistoryChannel, it is time for me to get back onto #ShudderUK and oooooh they've got some treats lined up for September 🎃

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Hannah Lauren Murray writes about GET OUT (2017) & Robert M. Bird’s Sheppard Lee (1836) in which Black bodies unwillingly "bolster Whiteness" by helping escaping it. "Get In and Get Out..." is #OpenAccess in Humanities from MDPI. #horror #horrorfilms #horrormovies #horroracademia
https://doi.org/10.3390/h12060129

Horror fans, grab your smelling salts. Barbara Creed's seminal book "The Monstrous Feminine" is out in a 2nd Edition & now in multiple formats. Expanded w/Creed's thoughts on post-2000 films such as GINGER SNAPS, ATLANTICS, BORDER & TITANE. #horror #horrorfilms #horrormovies #horroracademia
https://www.routledge.com/The-Monstrous-Feminine-Film-Feminism-Psychoanalysis/Creed/p/book/9780367209452

Two more new books to cure your candy hangover: "Queer Gothic," tackling everything from wolf-boyz on TV to AIDS art & "Transgressive Art Films," a look at today's extremes in sex and violence on screen. From Edinburgh UP. #horror #horrorfilms #horrormovies #horroracademia
https://tinyurl.com/3re2ntt3
https://tinyurl.com/3j6rbcrf

🧛Fangs for frosh🧛 "Queering the Vampire Narrative" is new from Brill w/classroom-ready essays on gender, family & identity in VAMP, BUFFY, THE HUNGER, TWILIGHT, Anne Rice + more. Eds Amanda Hobson & U. Melissa Anyiwo. #horror #horrorfilms #horrormovies #horroracademia #vampires
https://brill.com/display/title/69517

Tod Browning's LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT is "Lost, but Not Dead." Gary D. Rhodes walks thru the history of the film's reception in the 1920s and its many reanimations, both legit and fraudulent. #openaccess in Film International. #horror #horrorfilms #horrormovies #horroracademia
https://filmint.nu/london-after-midnight-gary-d-rhodes

CINEJ journal is all new and #openaccess with thoughts on THE HANDMAIDEN and visual pleasure, THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER as myth adaptation, & the female gaze of THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT. Authors Javier Zapata Claveria, Poya Raissi, Morteza Ghaffari, Emily Moeck. #horror #horrorfilms #horrormovies #horroracademia
https://cinej.pitt.edu/ojs/cinej/issue/view/23

Studies in the Fantastic is dressed up for Halloween! The new issue has essays on haptics in the ANNABELLE trilogy, patriarchy in THE WITCH & THE LOVE WITCH, plus reviews of Gen Z critique BODIES BODIES BODIES & Lenzi's BLACK DEMONS. Access via @ProjectMuse. #horror #horrorfilms #horrormovies #horroracademia
https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/51732

The new Science Fiction Film & Television issue has essays on the kaiju-human connection in SHIN GODZILLA (2016) and the feminist liberation, or lack thereof, in MEDUSA (2020). Timothy S. Murphy, Phillip Zapkin, access via #ProjectMuse. #horror #horrorfilms #horrormovies #horroracademia #kaiju #godzilla
https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/sfftv/16/3