Hellraiser: Inferno is the fifth film in the Hellraiser series, and it represents a dramatic shift from the bloody gothic horror of its predecessors. Released direct-to-video in 2000, the film trades in the franchise’s elaborate mythos for a darker, more introspective story — one that feels closer to Jacob’s Ladder …

David Lynch’s The Elephant Man is a film that cuts straight to the core of what it means to be human. Starring John Hurt as Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film) and Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Frederick Treves, it tells a true story that’s as harrowing as it …

After waking up hungry, hungover, and next to a murdered stranger, Jill’s (Ruby Modine, Silent Night, Deadly Night, Shameless) day goes from bad to apocalyptic. Between a tied-up man in her closet, an unconscious roommate, and a knife to her best friend’s neck, her only mission is somehow to make …

Composer Barry J. Neely has never been afraid to bend sound into unexpected shapes. From building rhythms out of soda cans in the offbeat comedy Dick Bunny, to drilling through a dulcimer to capture the unease of Slapface, to weaving delicate piano with complex rhythms in Somewhere Slow, his scores …

Written and directed by Racheal Cain, Somnium is led by Chloë Levine (The Sacrifice Game, The OA). She’s joined by Peter Vack (Mozart in the Jungle), Will Peltz (Unfriended), Johnathon Schaech (Suitable Flesh, Blue Ridge: The Series), and Grace Van Dien (Stranger Things, Redux Redux). You can now rent or …

Roger Corman’s Little Shop of Horrors (1960) is the kind of movie that proves how far ingenuity can stretch a dollar. Shot in just two days and one night on leftover sets from Corman’s earlier film A Bucket of Blood, this scrappy black comedy has grown into one of cinema’s …

The Exorcism of Emily Rose, directed by Scott Derrickson, isn’t your typical horror film. Marketed as a supernatural drama, it pulls from the real-life case of Anneliese Michel — a young German woman who underwent Catholic exorcisms in the 1970s and later died. Her story set off firestorms of legal, …

Psycho is a classic psychological thriller and horror film that has become iconic in the history of cinema and has forever etched itself into horror and pop culture. Regarding the success of the film, Hitchcock said, “Thirty-three percent of the effect of Psycho was due to the music.” However, in …

In the summer of 1990, director Joel Schumacher released Flatliners, a stylish psychological sci-fi horror-thriller that asked one dangerous question: what really happens after death? The film hit U.S. theaters on August 10, bringing neon shadows, gothic set design, and a cast of rising stars who would become household names …

Let’s look at how one film shaped a nation’s cinema and left its mark on the psyche. Peter Weir’s Picnic at Hanging Rock isn’t just a film — it’s a mood, a myth, and a milestone. Adapted from Joan Lindsay’s 1967 novel, this eerie tale of missing schoolgirls in the …