Welcome to Derry,” the latest adaptation of Stephen King’s epic 1986 novel about a deadly clown named Pennywise, has already ...

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However, it's the cannibal, Hannibal Lecter, who ranks as one of the best horror villains of all time. For his performance as ...

Alex Barasch A culture editor and horror-movie aficionado.

Some filmmakers have no qualms about sending audiences out on the bleakest note; others famously watered down their ...

Perhaps humans have always been so enamored with horror stories because, as a species, we are built for threat detection. We can’t help but imagine all of the potential horrors in store for us, but in ...

Effects artist Bob McCarron pulled out all the stops for this tusked tyrant, designing six animatronics, including one ...

Another notorious horror movie villain inspired by Gein is Leatherface in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. The inspiration came from Gein’s use of real human body parts after he would kill his victims.

Radio Silence is set to direct. The filmmaking team of Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett broke through with the clever ...

Halloween 2025 has arrived, and here are some of the best horror movies your kids can watch to make their day better!

Slowly, steadily, a small but quite lively patchwork of horror-and-gothic-themed shopfronts and cafes and restaurants and ...

On streamers like Netflix, Prime Video and HBO Max, you can watch great horror movies like 'Weapons,' 'The Descent,' 'The ...