From genre-defining hits ('Sinners') and surprise breakouts ('Weapons') to hidden gems ('Dead Mail') and auteur-driven awards contenders ('Frankenstein'), these were the best scares studios and ...
From a sticky meditation on relationships to a Valentine's Day slasher, there was a lot to love this year. By most metrics, 2025 was a brutal year to be alive — but a comparatively gentle one for ...
As usual, there were a bunch of horror movies to check out in 2025. The genre never has a lack of new contributions, thanks in part to its relatively low bar of entry for up-and-coming filmmakers, as ...
You wouldn’t call 2025 an “off” year for horror — more like an odd one. Both A24 and Neon continued to back several scary-movie auteurs (the prolific Osgood Perkins, the brothers Danny and Michael ...
It’s hard to look at the astounding box-office and critical success of Sinners and Weapons and say 2025 was not a great year for horror. And yet, here I am, bravely doing it anyway: 2025 was not a ...
A young boy holds a door closed, scared, in Weapons Image via Warner Bros. Boasting the likes of the Naomi Scott-led Smile 2 and the Academy-recognized body horror hit The Substance, 2024 was, without ...
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All of those movies are either very good or excellent, and they all contributed something to two genres simultaneously. But the following 10 movies? They contributed even more. What makes Killer ...
Let’s evaluate 2025's fine crop of horror releases. This year, like most years, highlighted the dependability of Hollywood’s favorite cash-cow genre. As theaters struggle to draw pre-lockdown box ...
The Game Awards season is upon us, and the 2025 nominees have been announced to the usual mix of adulation and consternation. But right now, I'm not especially focused on who was or wasn't nominated.
How precise are satellite collision-avoidance platforms? Artificial intelligence is helping space trackers get a handle on increasingly congested orbits, but physics and math are only part of the ...