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Dec 17, 2021 · Nightmare Alley: Directed by Guillermo del Toro. With Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe. A grifter working his way up from low-ranking carnival worker to lauded psychic medium matches wits with a psychologist bent on exposing him.
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Last year’s indie horror sensationearned its reputation as one of the most frightening films of modern times. A stressed widow named Amelia (Essie Davis) is raising a paranoid problem child (Noah Wiseman), who counters imaginary threats to his safety by creating dangerous, Rube Goldberg-esque contraptions that put others in danger. One night she re...
The Woman In Black not only resurrected the declining fortunes of the legendary studio Hammer Films, it did so by outmatching the house of horror’s best films scare-for-scare. The Woman In Blackpits Arthur Kipps (Daniel Radcliffe, fresh off his final outing as the world’s most famous boy wizard), a young widow, against a malevolent spirit occupying...
Breakout art horror hit It Followswound up in multiplexes despite a too-respectable festival pedigree and purposely formalistic style for one reason: it’s absolutely bone-chilling. High school student Jay (Maika Monroe) has the worst date of her life when her would-be suitor (Jake Weary) sleeps with her, then drugs her and ties her up. But that’s o...
I know what you’re thinking. Which one? The charming 1982 original, or the slick, sick 2013 remake. Pick either and walk away with interrupted sleep. The films both concern a group of unknowing tourists who unthinkingly read from the Necronomicon, the Book of the Dead. The original film prizes tactile grotesquerie, pitting a then-unknown Bruce Camp...
Fans of the insanely popular survival horror video game series Silent Hill were crushed when it was announced that the latest installment of the game, starring Walking Dead heartthrob Norman Reedus, was pulled from development. If you don’t know why fans would be crestfallen to lose another chapter in the ongoing saga, give Christophe Gans’ 2006 fi...
When Gil Kenan’s reboot of Poltergeist hit theaters earlier this year, the question most frequently posed in reviews was: why do we need a new Poltergeistwhen we already have a perfectly good one? The 1982 film is suburban horror at its finest. Combining the doe-eyed wonder of producer Steven Spielberg with the surgically precise brutality of direc...
Guillermo Del Toro’s success as the director of singular blockbusters like Pacific Rim, Hellboy and Blade 2has allowed him to become one of the most distinct producers in the world. In between the massive productions of his own projects, he’s overseen a handful of ghost stories that unmistakably bear his imprint. The most effective of these films w...
There’s just no beating practical effects for an old-fashioned scare. Master director John Carpenter’s best film is comprised of an isolated, claustrophobic location, eleven of the greatest character actors in America led by Kurt Russell at his most magnetically unkempt, and a rogue’s gallery of monster effects created by special effects guru Rob B...
Producer J.J. Abrams, writer Drew Godard and director Matt Reeves (responsible for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Cabin In The Woods and Dawn of the Planet of the Apesbetween them) had more than a few tricks up their sleeve when they conceived Cloverfield. First there was the brilliant ad campaign, which teased only that something rather large would...
Alfonso Gomes-Reyes, director of the Sundance darling Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, made the jump to feature films (from episodes of American Horror Story) with a remake of this cult horror film, justifiably revered by fans of 70s horror. Based on a spate of bizarre, unsolved murders in Texarkana, independent trailblazer Charles B. Pierce’s The T...
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- A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) Of course, the most recognizable horror film centering around nightmares is none other than A Nightmare on Elm Street.
- Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994) Following on the tails of A Nightmare on Elm Street's success, Wes Craven's New Nightmare is a meta masterpiece. Bringing back a cast of original actors, who play themselves as they're thrown back into the fray again, this film positions the events of Nightmare within the real world as Freddy's evil spirit comes back through the portal of bad dreams for more murder.
- Last Night in Soho (2021) A time capsule capturing the creative and cool feel of the decade, Last Night in Soho transported audiences into the shimmering '60s within an increasingly horrific atmosphere.
- Insidious (2010) Insidious is an excellent example of the horror renaissance of the 2000s, filled with iconic, standard-setting scenes and the unforgettable red demon creeping over Patrick Wilson's shoulder.
Nightmare Alley is a 2021 neo-noir psychological thriller film co-written and directed by Guillermo del Toro, and based on the 1946 novel of the same name by William Lindsay Gresham. It is the second feature film adaptation of Gresham's novel, following the 1947 film.
Oct 17, 2022 · Here are the most hair-raising horror movies ever made, whether you seek things that go bump in the night or a psychological thriller.
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Dec 17, 2021 · With the virtuous Molly (Rooney Mara) loyally by his side, Stanton plots to con a dangerous tycoon (Richard Jenkins) with the aid of a mysterious psychiatrist (Cate...
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Aug 14, 2024 · Nightmares must play an important role in the plot of the film. When thinking about the best nightmare movies, the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise certainly comes to mind but this list proves there are other great movies that feature bad dreams.