Never graphically violent, [Cat People] is nonetheless shocking, especially in the stalking and pool scenes. Never graphic sexually—not the barest inch of customarily hidden skin is exposed—it’s nonetheless erotic. The heart of the film is the fear of female sexuality, the sense that, if women were to give in to their carefully repressed urges, they would throw society itself into chaos.

Author Jane Nightshade recounts seeing The Omen in theaters on its release in 1976: “In the summer of 1976, the Bicentennial Year, I was determined to see the upcoming new horror film, The Omen. I was sixteen, and it was rated R—no one under 17 admitted without an adult chaperone. Fortunately, I was able to convince my older sister to accompany me and my parents, reluctantly, allowed me to go….”

This wasn’t going to be a rehashed tale of Frankenstein and Pretorius joining forces, inexplicably transplanted into 20th century America. This was beginning to look like Sid & Nancy. This was Bonnie and Clyde. Or more accurately—this is Nancy. This is Bonnie. This is The Bride!

Stop in to Pittsburgh’s Vinegar Syndrome - the best place to grab your horror, thriller, smut, and hard to find films on DVD and VHS.

“You’re going to need a bigger boat,” Chief Martin Brody (Roy Scheider) trembles, having seen the great white shark Quint (Robert Shaw) and Matt Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss) have been collectively searching for—hunting for—for the first time since the people of Amity Island started being consumed by the eating machine.

Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho continues to be tumultuous ground for trans authors and viewers. In Private Traps, Dave Riser posits questions around the transphobic and ableist histories that force us to contend with this beloved classic film.

Cinematic trilogies are common, but few tell the epic anti-hero story as well as the Friday The 13th films. These beloved movies capture one of the most iconic horror characters of all time: Jason Voorhees.

Great Britain has, of course, a strong pedigree when it comes to classic horror films, so it's nearly impossible to narrow down to the ten best, but we gave it a shot.

In John Carpenter's Halloween, there is a thematic throughline of Michael Myers as the Boogeyman, and also as revenant.

Since all of us are choking on inflation and likely aren’t going anywhere anytime soon, let’s take a look at the top road trip horror movies to watch this summer.

The real horror behind The Shining is the emotional labor of Wendy Torrance. Wendy Torrance is the ultimate Final Girl and the heroine we didn’t know we needed.

Suspiria engages with color and atmosphere, and in this examination of Dario Argento’s use of the color yellow, we see Suspiria mirrored with the work of Vincent Van Gogh.

Marking Women in Horror Month, we dive into the maternal and monstrous of Annie Wilkes in Misery.

In this 40th anniversary review, Ande revisits one of the most iconic scenes in body horror in Scanners, the film that brought David Cronenberg international attention.

Just over 60 years after its original release, Psycho truly held up, focusing on the film’s cinematography, use of orchestra, and Hitchcock’s desire for secrecy.

We look at how Charles Dickens’ classic tale, A Christmas Carol, has been repeatedly adapted, but continues to teach us the same lesson.

Twenty-five years after release, The Prophecy both remains a cult fixture in the film landscape and a compelling take on religious horror.

There is a perpetual and cyclical bleeding out of color and emotion in the Rothko paintings, such that the viewer is easily overwhelmed. In Suspiria, it is unabashedly intentional. This is the first of a 3-part series on the colors of the original Suspiria.

What it may lack, for some viewers, in pacing, it more than makes up for in creativity.

While protestors fight tooth and nail for a better future where Black lives are protected, cherished and uplifted, we sit squarely at a cultural crossroads where the U.S. has the chance to reckon with the atomic graveyard of its past.