Horror is the one genre that never really goes out of style. Every few years somebody declares it dead, and then a low-budget nightmare comes along, makes a mint, and keeps an entire theater awake at night. It has been…
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Horror is the one genre that never really goes out of style. Every few years somebody declares it dead, and then a low-budget nightmare comes along, makes a mint, and keeps an entire theater awake at night. It has been…
Three of the first five books in Lauren Kate’s Fallen series hit #1 on the New York Times Best Seller list, and the fourth still made the list. For a young adult paranormal romance series, that’s a serious run. Kate’s…
American presidential history reads a lot like a very long, very messy, occasionally brilliant TV series. There are founding-era heroes, one-month wonders, impeachment cliffhangers, a few genuine villains, and enough plot twists to keep a writers’ room busy for decades.…
Nobody forgets their first anomaly. You toss a bolt, it hangs in mid-air, and a game just taught you its entire rulebook with a piece of scrap. That’s S.T.A.L.K.E.R., the first-person survival horror series from Ukraine’s GSC Game World (published…
October is the one month where “I’m just going to watch one scary movie” is a lie we all tell ourselves. Three streamers are doing their best to make that lie easy. HBO Max is adding The Shining, The Exorcist…
Most books that get labeled “horror” aren’t actually scary. They’re atmospheric, maybe a little eerie, dressed up with a creepy cover and a vaguely unsettling premise, but they never really get under your skin. This list isn’t that. These are…
In 2008, Stephenie Meyer pulled off something almost no author has managed before or since: all four Twilight novels sat at the top of USA Today’s year-end bestseller list at the same time. The series has since sold more than…
Ask anyone who owned a PS3 in 2009 what changed their mind about superhero games, and there’s a decent chance they’ll say the same three words: Arkham Asylum. Before it, “Batman game” was a punchline. After it, Rocksteady had essentially…
There’s a reason the slasher movie has survived nearly five decades of horror trends that came and went while it just kept on cutting. Strip away the sequels and the mythology, and you’re left with the simplest, most durable formula…
Movies and books can only get you so far into the Halloween spirit. There’s something uniquely terrifying about horror you actually have to control, where every decision to open a door or turn a corner is yours and yours alone.…