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Author Brian Azzarello's Wonder Woman has been one of our favorite books of the DC Comics relaunch, what with its profoundly creepy take on Greek mythology and the Olympic pantheon's political machinations. More »
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You've seen the creepy ghosts hiding beneath the water of ABC's new series, The River. But what horrors could possibly be lurking in the shadows? We chatted with actor Joe Anderson (a.k.a. the former deputy from The Crazies) about playing Bruce Greenwood's surly son and what scares him deep in the Amazon. More »
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Oh, this looks fun. Junji Ito — who you may know from such horrific manga tales as The Thing That Drifted Ashore and The Enigma Of Amigara Fault — is having his cyborg land shark tale Gyo transformed into a straight-to-DVD animated film. Watch that four-minute trailer above. It's totally fucking bonkers, like some R-rated SyFy Saturday night movie. More »
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In my opinion, the most jarringly inexplicable scene in The Shining is when Shelley Duvall stumbles upon a well-groomed man receiving fellatio from a silent individual wearing what resembles a bootleg Scooby Doo costume. More »
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With two spooky ghost movies in theaters this weekend, The Innkeepers and Daniel Radcliffe's The Woman in Black, it's only right to pay homage to the great ghost movies from the past. So here is our list of the very best spooks and hauntings to ever grace the silver screen.

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Most people cover their eyes during horror movies, which is why The Innkeepers may be one of the scariest movies you've seen in a while. In this flick, the terror creeps in through sound. It's the story of two slackers who work at The Yankee Pedlar, an old Connecticut hotel that's about to close, and their quest to record sounds from the ghosts who supposedly haunt the place. More »
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Alvin Schwartz's collection of haunting tales Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is an important gateway drug into the world of the supernatural. And as terrifying as the stories about brides locked forever in an attic trunk truly are, it's the artwork by Stephen Gammell that kept you up at night. More »
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Daniel Radcliffe could have done pretty much anything, coming off the mega-successful Harry Potter series — so why did he choose to do another supernatural movie project? We asked him, in our exclusive interview about his new horror movie The Woman In Black. The Boy Who Lived also told us which famous superhero he's always dreamed of playing. More »
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We have had it with these motherfucking ghosts on this motherfucking plane! Check out the first teaser trailer for the airplane horror flick 7500, from director Takashi Shimizu (The Grudge.) Who knew ghosts could haunt a passenger jet? And does that cost extra now too? More »
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With great power comes great responsibility, unless you're a messed-up high school kid with nothing to lose. This weekend, the found footage superhero flick Chronicle hits theaters. To tide you over until then, here's a new super-spoilery clip from the film, in which the littlest superpowered high schooler cuts loose.

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Check out an exclusive glimpse at The Dead, a zombie apocalypse film which is billing itself as the first horror movie filmed entirely in Africa. This scene gets major points for creepy claustrophobic use of a cornfield, in a manner very reminiscent of Stephen King, and the actual zombie attack is nicely disturbing. More »
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Rumor has it Daniel Radcliffe's new ghost picture The Woman In Black is exceptionally stylish, but one question still remains — is it scary? Here are three spirit-filled clips to help you decide. The Woman in Black hits theaters this Friday.

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Moviegoers are familiar with two vintages of The Wicker Man. There's Robin Hardy's 1973 still-potent horror flick and playwright Neil LaBute's accidentally hilarious 2006 remake, which is most famous for Nicolas Cage caterwauling about bees. More »
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Dear Hollywood, please stop making movie trailers. Why? The art of the preview was perfected 29 years ago in The Philippines by the 1983 horror movie The Killing of Satan. Does The Killing of Satan also win the best title of all time contest? I wouldn't bet against it. More »
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We've been waiting for this Norwegian indie movie for so long! Behold the first full-length trailer for Aleksander Nordaas' Thale, which we hope will be the next TrollHunter. The movie takes its cues from the Norwegian legend about the mythical creature called the Huldra. A gorgeous woman... with the tail of a cow. More »
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We've been loving The Midnight Archive's ghoulishly chipper web shorts (previously: 1, 2, 3). Their latest episode takes us to the studio of artist Sigrid Sarda, who specializes in creating wax mannequins. Says the show's producers, "The charmingly perverse Sarda has taught herself the ancient art of sculpting in wax and it is every bit as creepy and interesting as you might expect." For more of Sarda's malleable humanoids, see her website. More »
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It's been a long time since a zombie movie has made us laugh. Zombieland was the last great zomcom, but perhaps the undead indie A Little Bit Zombie can make us laugh while the main character falls to pieces. More »
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Behold: a totally insane sequence where HRG whacks a mostly naked, chained Tyler with an axe and yells at him to wolf out, or die. It's hard to believe that this wasn't automatically the most awesome or insane moment of last night's Vampire Diaries. And yet. More »
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Lots of teenagers dream of being told that they're special and they have a heroic destiny — but hearing it from a morbid old ghost who's blind and nearly deaf kind of puts a damper on things. In this exclusive clip from tomorrow night's episode of The Fades, Neil takes Paul to see an old fade with special insights... and somehow this leads to glittery soul-stuff oozing out of Paul's eyesockets. Fun! More »
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The fifth addition to the long legacy of ladies kicking T-Virus ass in questionable attire, better known as the Resident Evil franchise, has finally released its first trailer. More »
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The horror movie that launched our Zombie Feminism rant Deadgirl is back, sort of. The proposed sequel, Deadgirl 2, never got off the ground, but screenwriter Trent Haaga has released the entire screenplay online. How's it different? Well, instead of a hungry pack of teenage boys discovering the bound, zombiefied lady locked away, a girl finds her. More »
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The buzzy short film Cost of Living, which is about Brandon Routh and Bret Harrison as late-night security guard watching over a monster-making factory, got quite the attention at this year's Fantastic Fest. Here's new behind-the-scenes footage from writer and director BenDavid Grabinski. More »
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We've been following Legendary Pictures' Godzilla movie since the first new monster design blew the doors off Comic-Con 2010. But since then, the giant kaiju has been waiting under the sea, ready to strike with more news. And more news we have! A batch of rejected Godzilla concept art has been leaked, giving us a better idea of what kind of monster the studio is building.

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Yours truly recently discovered a treasure trove of art from 1970s Mexican horror pulps, none of which I've ever laid my eyes upon. Nonetheless, I shall attempt to relay these thrilling story beats using nothing but context clues. For example, that illustration above is from a story called The Time Santo Glued His Hands To The Sliding Door (And His Wife Was Embarrassed On His Behalf). Boom — we're off to the races.

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We can't wait for the cheesy, delicious action movie Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter. We've been stacking up rail-splitter puns for months, waiting for the first footage of Honest Abe kicking vampire ass. But until the next trailer comes out, we'll have to do with this new crop of images, posters and the first ever footage from on set, showing Abraham kicking political ass (they must be saving the vampire hatchet swinging for the trailer, we hope). More »
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In the Shaw Brother's 1983 Thai boxing film/wizardry flick/Technicolor brain colonic The Boxer's Omen, a black magic practitioner battles a meditating monk using his army of bats, crocodile skulls, and floating heads out of The Thing. It's but another beautifully baffling moment martial arts archivist Sardonicus has brought to our attention. Truth be told, I kind of wish I hadn't eaten lunch prior to watching this. More »
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Oren Peli's new ABC horror series The River, is still the Best TV Pilot We've Seen in Years. Here's a trio of clips showcasing Joe Anderson, a.k.a. our favorite nutjob deputy from The Crazies. Watch what happens when a disjointed family goes searching for their missing TV explorer father down the Amazon. The River premieres February 7 on ABC. More »
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What does it mean when tons of people take to the streets dressed as the walking dead? With no political or artistic agenda, other than to shuffle around threatening to eat your brains? In this excerpt from the academic essay collection Better Off Dead: The Evolution of the Zombie as Post-Human — which was published right around the time Occupy Wall Street got started — Sarah Juliet Lauro argues that the zombie performances are connected to the Situationist movement. More »
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American Horror Story's murder house was stuffed to the roof with hideously mangled babies (swapped with animal parts), gore, blood, carnages and burn scars. And a newly released crop of concept art gives an even better look at the horny, unforgettable monsters that haunted these walls. More »
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Did you know that Daniel Radcliffe's next horror project, The Woman in Black is part of the long, proud tradition of Hammer Films? The latest video featurette from this ghost story not only shows off a bit of new footage, but has Radcliffe and the rest of the cast reminiscing about how late night Hammer movies used to scare the piss out of them! So will this movie thrill us the same way that Christopher Lee and Ingrid Pitt used to? Here's hoping. More »
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Oh dear, we may have found a Japanese horror movie that outcrasses Big Tit Zombie. This here is Red Sword, a retelling of Little Red Riding Hood with werewolves, dime-store special effects, and blatantly hornball marketing that would give the late, great Doris Wishman a run for her money. Here's the plot synopsis, if such contrivances are important to you: More »
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In the gleefully gory 1986 Chow Yun-Fat horror flick The Seventh Curse (trailer), a heroic cursed police officer must battle an evil cult that makes juice out of babies for unholy blood rituals. More »
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Martha Marcy May Marlene star Elizabeth Olsen gets trapped inside a spooky house, with no way out, in the first trailer for Silent House, the remake of the Spanish-language cult horror hit. More »
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Is there anything creepier than a creepy doll? How about an abandoned factory filled with the dingy remains of creepy dolls? In Spain sits one the most unnerving ruined place you'll see today. More »
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Found footage exorcism flick The Devil Inside, out today, is one of those cult movie paradoxes. It has a cool premise and ultra-creepy special effects, but they're wrapped inside a shoddily-plotted mashup of The Rite and Elimidate. You'll kind of love it, especially if you're a sucker for supernatural horror - but this movie is so aggressively nonsensical that your forehead will be sore from all the slapping. More »
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The last time horror fiction was a thing, during the 1990s, the market flooded with terrible trend-following books, and the inevitable contraction killed or prevented the careers of some talented horror-smiths. Now, Jo Fletcher with Jo Fletcher Books predicts a new horror comeback, among other trends, in an interview with SFX: More »
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The dreaded Carrie remake is circling a director. Thankfully, it's Kimberly Peirce of Boys Don't Cry fame, which makes us slightly optimistic for her translation. More »
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Could this be the most horrific concept art ever created for a kiddie show? Artist Eric Canete developed these nightmarish visions for a new revival of the Cartoon Network series Ben 10, but he tweeted that they'll probably never be used "because it'll scare your childrens." No freaking kidding. More »
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We've called Xavier Gens's The Divide the most disturbing end-of-the-world movie we've ever seen — and even now when we think about it, we feel like taking a shower. Check out this exclusive clip from the post apocalyptic hellhole, otherwise known as Michael Biehn's basement. More »
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Given that Paramount is unlikely to turn their backs on the filthy lucre the Paranormal Activity franchise rakes in every Halloween, we'll be seeing a new one in 2012. What's it about? Your guess is as good as ours, but our gut tells us that this will be a webcam-centric, vlogging-style film with all new victims posting their doomed musings on a generically familiar social network site like Bookface or something. More »
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