Dark

If you think New Zealand horror tends to be light-hearted, Coming Home in the Dark is here to shake that idea right out of you. This incredibly grim and vicious …
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Arguably the most legendary of all the horror monsters, vampires are typically shown one of two ways in film and literature.

The more popular and entertaining approach is …
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I was a big fan of Servant when it initially hit Apple TV+. The first season was mysterious and interesting, sure, but it was also an exercise in viewer patience. …
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I’ve seen dozens of “haunted house” movies–maybe hundreds. You probably have as well. But with The Dark and The Wicked, Bryan Bertino (The Strangers, The Monster) offers up what is …
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Mental illness on film is a tricky thing.

When it’s told in a straight-forward linear manner, it can feel hollow or disingenuous (looking at you, Ron Howard). But if it …
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Taiwanese director Giddens Ko absolutely crushes his first horror film. In an era when ‘high school’ films trend toward uplifting, heartwarming stories about overcoming odds, Ko wasn’t afraid to go …
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Theatrical horror releases aren’t always our bag over here at The Modern Horrors Podcast, but with the tsunami of chatter around Jordan Peele’s GET OUT, we had to weigh in.  For science. …
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