There's something instinctual about the way most of us react when horror movies put animals at the center of the terror. For me, it's desperation—keep that precious ...

IFC Films and AMC Networks’ streamer Shudder have acquired “Dangerous Animals,” Sean Byrne (“The Devil’s Candy”)’s buzzy movie from LD Entertainment, for the U.S. Pairing the serial killer genre with ...

Olga Artemyeva is a film critic, screenwriter and film curator based in NYC. She has a PhD in Art History and teaches Film Studies. Her dissertaion was dedicated to the evolution of horror, and it ...

Sean Byrne knows how to show an audience a bad time. Sixteen years ago, the Australian filmmaker launched onto the scene with “The Loved Ones,” his proudly grisly debut about a misfit teenager who ...

Horror fans worldwide are flocking to this unconventional serial-killer story.

Premiering out of competition at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, Dangerous Animals marks the splashy and brutal return of Australian horror master Sean Byrne, the madman filmmaker behind cult classic ...

It must be January, because someone’s pet chimpanzee has contracted rabies and is going on a killing spree. That’s the premise for Primate, the January horror du jour that’s actually a very solid year ...

Australian director Sean Byrne is one of horror’s premiere mixologists. His debut, 2009’s The Loved Ones, meshed teen romance with gruesome Hostel-style extremism. 2015’s The Devil’s Candy put a heavy ...

The first trailer for an intriguing-looking coming-of-age romantic horror called My Animal is now online. Directed by Jacqueline Castel, the story focuses on Jonny (Bodies Bodies Bodies star Amandla ...

At this point, most of you are probably well aware of the Animal Crossing: New Horizons/DOOM Eternal informal crossover event happening all over the internet. The two titles shared the same March 20th ...

Sean Byrne knows how to show an audience a bad time. Sixteen years ago, the Australian filmmaker launched onto the scene with “The Loved Ones,” his proudly grisly debut about a misfit teenager who ...