Screenshot of the Night House house from YouTube trailer

The trailer for The Night House begins with Rebecca Hall’s character in the movie, Beth, asking her friends, “Do you guys believe in ghosts?” The question alone is attention-getting but it becomes even more so when paired with the disturbing-looking doll or sculpture that she’s contemplating during the voiceover. It’sContinue Reading

Collage of the Banishing poster and photos of Borley Rectory

On April 15 a new haunted house horror movie of sorts started streaming on Shudder: The Banishing. I say “of sorts” because it falls into the same category as The Conjuring. Both are set in haunted houses, yes, but both also possess strong religious horror movie overtones. Another thing bothContinue Reading

Borley Rectory 1892

Two things immediately caught my eye about The Banishing, which begins streaming on Shudder on April 15. One, Jessica Brown Findlay, who played one of my favorite Downton Abbey characters, stars in it. Two, its description claimed it’s “the true story of the most haunted house in England.” Oh really?Continue Reading

Sundance theater

I found a full program announcement on the Sundance Institute’s blog for the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Out of curiosity, I took a peek. There are a total of 71 films, but it wasn’t long before I came across films that sounded interesting, especially in their Midnight category. (It’s kindContinue Reading

Vince Vaugh and Kathryn Newton in Freaky

I’ve been dying to see the horror-comedy Freaky ever since I saw the trailer for it back in the Fall. It hit theaters on Friday, November 13, 2020. I was hoping it would also release to VOD at the same time, but it didn’t. However, three weeks later it has.Continue Reading

This is Larry page from Misunderstood Monsters IMDB screenshot

One thing we know about Larry in Come Play is that he’s the main character of the book featured in the movie: Misunderstood Monsters. And one thing we know about Misunderstood Monsters is that it’s not real. Thankfully. This pandemic has been rough enough. Larry befriends lonely people. There isContinue Reading

Welcome to the Blumhouse vertical with Nocturne, Black Box, Evil Eye and The Lie posters

You might have heard that Blumhouse and Amazon Prime Video have teamed up to launch Welcome to the Blumhouse, which will consist of eight original Blumhouse films. Or maybe you didn’t and this is the first you’re hearing about it. Well, they did, and recently they announced the release datesContinue Reading

Run and Ratched staring Sarah Paulson

2020 has been a good year for Sarah Paulson releases. In addition to starring in Hulu’s limited series, Mrs. America, she also has a new Netflix series premiering this fall, Ratched, as well as a new horror movie, Run. Let’s take a look at both, which are sure to thrillContinue Reading

There's No Such Thing as Ghost poster

There’s No Such Thing as Ghosts? is a new paranormal documentary now streaming on Amazon Prime, and it’s absolutely worth renting for $4.99 or, better yet, spending the extra $1 to buy for $5.99. Psst. The link(s) above lead(s) to our Amazon affiliate. As noted in our affiliate policy, ifContinue Reading

Paranormal pioneers Ed and Lorraine Warren are the subject of Travel Channel’s “Devil’s Road: The True Story of Ed and Lorraine Warren.”

Travel Channel will journey back to the most infamous horror cases our country has ever known with Shock Docs. This new umbrella series is scheduled to air throughout the fall and will take a fresh look at true and terrifying tales of paranormal encounters. The announcement was made at TravelContinue Reading

I Still See You movie poster

I Still See You is based on the young adult supernatural mystery novel Break My Heart 1000 Times by Daniel Waters. IMDB adds to the genres somewhat by categorizing I Still See You the movie as a fantasy, horror, sci-fi, thriller. But even at its root, the movie is aContinue Reading

Ewan McGregor regards a familiar Redrum message

**Spoiler Alert** This post contains them. Read at your own risk. My husband and I took advantage of Fandango’s Advanced Screening of Doctor Sleep on October 30th. Like The Shining, it’s also based on a book of the same name by Stephen King. I haven’t read the book (yet) soContinue Reading