The term “Final Girl” refers to the female protagonist in a slasher film, creature feature, or almost any other kind of ...

EJ Moreno looks back on the 2001 slasher film Valentine… The slasher genre reigned as the horror go-to for decades. Starting sometime in the mid-70s, slashers films dominated popular culture with ...

Stephen King’s Danse Macabre (1981) argues that horror serves a cathartic function, allowing creators and audiences to confront fears safely, providing an emotional “workout” that helps individuals ...

Guest columnist Salamishah Tillet explores what happens when Hollywood heroines subvert societal expectations of gender norms ...

Robert Eggers confronts the corrosive effects of power through his depiction of an unspeakable erotic bond.

The Philadelphia Eagles steamrolled the Kansas City Chiefs for a decisive victory in Sunday’s Super Bowl, but the battle for ...

A new study finds that the same percentage of Hollywood films in 2024 featured female protagonists as those that had male ...

Sosie Bacon impressed me when she played a traumatized character in the 2022 horror film Smile, and I'm curious about her ...

In a decade of work, Taylor-Joy has devoted much of her filmography to horror roles, or at least roles that traffic in horror elements, making her one of the genre’s most visible talents, a scream ...

Jünglinge Film is set to tackle right-wing violence with a new legal thriller while developing series projects with X Filme ...

Josh Ruben's 'Heart Eyes' is an inventive twist on the genre that could pave the way for more horror-romantic comedies in the ...

Filled with pulse-pounding moments and a cast of characters you can't help but get attached to, "A Quiet Place Part II" delivers far more than just cheap thrills—it's a horror film with depth ...