The honour of opening this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) goes to Edinburgh-born director Louis Paxton and his debut ...

Edinburgh International Film Festival returns with new films from Nicolas Winding Refn, Greg Araki and Paul Wright and on-stage talks with Ewan McGregor, Kenneth Branagh and Bruce Dern.

Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF, August 13-19) has selected 38 new feature films for its 2026 edition, with 21 world premieres including Simon Ryninks’ UFO conspiracy feature Out There ...

When you think of what makes a great horror movie, what springs to mind? A likable protagonist, such as a kick-ass scream queen or final girl? A spine-tingling score or a fear-inducing soundscape, ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick Sam Pinkleton’s new revival at Studio 54 gives us the big gay mayhem we want while also maintaining some order via Rachel Dratch’s droll ...

This weekend’s “The Mummy” – excuse us, “Lee Cronin’s The Mummy” – is the latest scary movie to open in 2026. It seems like almost every week there’s a spine-tingling new horror either opening in ...

From genre-defining hits ('Sinners') and surprise breakouts ('Weapons') to hidden gems ('Dead Mail') and auteur-driven awards contenders ('Frankenstein'), these were the best scares studios and ...

You wouldn’t call 2025 an “off” year for horror — more like an odd one. Both A24 and Neon continued to back several scary-movie auteurs (the prolific Osgood Perkins, the brothers Danny and Michael ...

'A Nightmare on Elm Street,' 'The Conjuring' and 'Friday the 13th' (New Line Cinema/Warner Bros.) Motion picture franchises have been around almost as long as movies themselves, because if audiences ...

From razor-edged satires to dark fairy tales, inspired haunted house riffs and nerve-shredding accounts of supernatural possession, the 2000s have been a goldmine for fright freaks. By David Rooney ...