Scary Movies

5 Movie Characters That Freaked Me Out as a Kid

J.L. Sirisuk | Posted 05.21.2012

J.L. Sirisuk

Halloween isn't anywhere in sight, but that doesn't matter because I've decided to reflect on the movie characters that traumatized me as a child and caused a few issues and fears.

A Is For...

Mallika Rao | Posted 03.28.2012

Here's a video for anyone who misses getting good and scared at the movies. French production company La Pompadour came up with a visual alphabet that...

WATCH: Top 10 Creepiest Bad Guys In Hollywood Movies

Posted 02.21.2012

Some movie villains seem to haunt film-goers more than others. These guys are the stuff of nightmares: the characters who give us skin crawling flashb...

Sundance 2012: The Pact

Heather Donahue | Posted 03.22.2012

Heather Donahue

I've been here before. Not just Sundance, but a midnight screening of a horror movie at the Egyptian. That was almost thirteen years ago to the day, f...

Sundance 2012: The Pact

Heather Donahue | Posted 04.02.2012

Heather Donahue

The Pact's genre vocabulary is vast and fluid, held taut by Nicholas McCarthy's masterful sense of tone. But, really, who cares? The scares are awesome.

Horror Movie Trailers Should Be Banned

Julian Sancton | Posted 03.28.2012

Julian Sancton

The great thing about America is that I can choose not to go see The Devil Inside. The terrible thing about America is that I can't choose not to see the trailer for The Devil Inside. To be honest, I had it coming.

WATCH: Every Scary Girl Ever

Posted 12.31.2011

If you've seen a scary movie made in the last ten years, you may have noticed a pattern in the casting. Whether it's "The Ring" or "The Grudge," it se...

What Scares Writer Of 'The Exorcist'?

Posted 12.03.2011

The book "The Exorcist", famously made into a movie in 1973, came out 40 years ago. To celebrate this anniversary, the author William Peter Blatty...

Scariest Space Movie Ever?

Posted 10.29.2011

You may think you know why we stopped making lunar landings, but there's always another narrative lurking in the great beyond. According to NASA, A...

Halloween DVDs: The Exorcist, Psycho, Troll 2 and More

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.25.2011

Michael Giltz

Boo! Did it work? Did I scare you? If that didn't do the trick, try some of these new DVDs that came out in the last few weeks.

Just in Time for Halloween: 10 of the Scariest Horror Films of the Last 20 Years (VIDEOS)

Scott Mendelson | Posted 05.25.2011

Scott Mendelson

2010-10-26-halloween.jpgI'm sure we're all sick and tired of seeing countless "scariest movies of all time" lists every Halloween. By limiting the list to the last twenty years, we automatically discount most of the staples that usually fill up such lists.

Halloween Double Features (VIDEO)

Ben Tripp | Posted 05.25.2011

Ben Tripp

Come with me, kiddies, down to my dungeon of cinematic despair. There's something here for every palate.

Halloween Special: Scary Movie Remakes

Dan Persons | Posted 05.25.2011

Dan Persons

Halloween's a-comin': Time to bar the door, darken the lights, wring out the cat and scare the holy crap out of you and your main squeeze with some ex...

7 Spooky Movies Based On Books (PHOTOS, POLL)

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Many of the best and scariest movies out there were first books, though it's easy to forget sometimes. Just in time for Halloween, here are 7 scary mo...

Just in Time for Halloween: The 10 Best Modern 'Direct-to-DVD' Horror Films

Scott Mendelson | Posted 05.25.2011

Scott Mendelson

The Children isn't the most violent film, nor the goriest or showiest. It haunts because it boils itself down to an unanswerable question: would you kill your own sick children to prevent them from killing you?

Trick or Treat or Terrify?

Jamie Lee Curtis | Posted 05.25.2011

Jamie Lee Curtis

Halloween is a breeding ground for a seemingly unending gruesome gore fest. Being a mother I've had to make the hard choices of what scary images my young children digested.

An Afternoon with Hitchcock

One For The Table | Posted 11.17.2011

One For The Table

After you've seen one severed head you've seen them all. I prefer to be scared with style... and Hitchcock was the master. If you don't believe me, you should see my electric bill.

My Idea for a Really Cool Slasher Movie

Ken Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

Ken Levine

My idea is to hire Gordon from SESAME STREET as the psychopath. Can you imagine how disturbing THAT would be to anyone who grew up with that show?