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To paraphrase Doctor Frankenstein … the horror hub is alive. (Published.) Here’s our collection of all things creepy and crawly, spooky and scary. These are the articles and lists that go “bump” in the night, collecting all the best horror movies, TV shows, video games, books, and more. Brush past the metaphorical spider-webs and sink your fangs into some of Vulture’s best horror stories, including a dive into the 100 Scares That Shaped Horror, roundups of the best scary movies you can stream, and plenty of spine-tingling interviews.

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21 Great Movies Exploring the Unique Horror of Being a Woman

 This Halloween, the call is coming from inside the house, and by “the house,” we mean the patriarchy. By Martha Polk
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The 100 Scares That Shaped Horror

 From Frankenstein to Freddy to the “sunken place,” the terrifying moments that formed the genre (and our nightmares). By Jordan Crucchiola
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The 30 Most Influential Slasher Movies of All Time

 A guide to the horror subgenre with game-changing, rule-breaking, and absolutely terrifying films. By Meagan Navarro

Your Halloween Plans

  1. The 50 Scariest TV Episodes to Watch This Halloween By Brian Tallerico
  2. 21 Horror Games to Play This Spooky Season By Mike Rougeau
  3. Every Simpsons ‘Treehouse of Horror’ Segment, Ranked By Joshua Kurp

Scary Movies Streaming

  1. The 20 Best Horror Movies on Netflix Right Now By Brian Tallerico
  2. The 20 Best Horror Movies on Hulu Right Now By Brian Tallerico
  3. The 20 Best Horror Movies on Max By Brian Tallerico

For The Faint of Heart

  1. 21 Great Halloween Movies for Scaredy-cats By Marianne Eloise
  2. 25 Great Halloween Sitcom Episodes to Stream During Spooky Season By Jen Chaney
  3. 25 Horror-Comedies That Are Actually Funny By Bethy Squires

If You Cover Your Eyes at The Scary Part

  1. 5 Spooky Podcasts to Listen to Right Now By Nicholas Quah
  2. The Best Horror Novels of 2022 By Emily Hughes
  3. When Real Life Is Scarier Than a Slasher Movie By Grant Sutton

More Bloodshed

  1. overnights
    Resident Evil Recap: 3 DaysBillie’s not looking so great.
    By Jesse Hassenger
  2. overnights
    Resident Evil Recap: Save the CatWe all know where the T-virus is headed.
    By Jesse Hassenger
  3. overnights
    Resident Evil Series-Premiere Recap: The Beginning of the EndNetflix’s video game adaptation attempts something more narratively ambitious with dual timelines pre- and post-apocalypse.
    By Jesse Hassenger
  4. trailer mix
    Eddie Munster Conspicuously Missing From The Munsters TrailerWhat We Do in the Shadows called. They want their lighting back.
    By Rebecca Alter
  5. overnights
    Evil Recap: Head of MisinformationSheryl is in deep now.
    By Maggie Fremont
  6. overnights
    Evil Recap: Highway to HellThat’s right, baby, Evil is taking us to church court!
    By Maggie Fremont
  7. overnights
    Evil Recap: Horny As HellA demon in the sheet and a new cryptocurrency? This is literal hell.
    By Maggie Fremont
  8. coming soon
    A New Trailer for Nope? Yep!Jordan Peele’s upcoming horror movie is not of planet Earth … get it?
    By Charu Sinha
  9. the industry
    Neve Campbell Says She Won’t Return to Scream 6 Over Slashed Pay“I felt the offer that was presented to me did not equate to the value I have brought to the franchise.”
    By Justin Curto
  10. movie review
    The Horror of Men Doesn’t Go Far EnoughAlex Garland’s latest body-mangling film lacks the depth and bravado it needs to succeed.
    By Angelica Jade Bastién
  11. movie review
    The Lifeless New Firestarter Will Leave You ColdThey took a Stephen King novel and turned it into a hostage video starring Zac Efron.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  12. this bites
    Karyn Kusama’s Dracula Movie Has Been Killed OffMina Harker was reportedly supposed to start production in May.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  13. the crypt keeper
    Horror Anthologies to Watch When Even a Short-Ass Movie Is Too MuchFrom Tales From the Crypt and Creepshow to Tales From the Hood and V/H/S/94.
    By Brooke Knisley
  14. movie review
    Sex Gets You Killed in Horror Movies, But the Slasher X Wants to Reexamine WhyTi West’s clever new film pits a porn shoot against the conservative clichés of the genre.
    By Alison Willmore
  15. exclusive clip
    See a Terrifying (for Anxious Folks) Clip From All My Friends Hate MeWarning: This clip will make you remember “Sandstorm,” by Darude.
    By Anne Victoria Clark
  16. movie review
    The New Scream Is No ScreamSequel, remake, reboot, requel, legacyquel … Who cares? Why can’t these movies be scary anymore?
    By Bilge Ebiri
  17. tv review
    Beneath the Clichés, Archive 81 Is a Slow-Burning Horror ScorcherRebecca Sonnenshine’s podcast-inspired Netflix series effectively chips away at the conviction of our senses.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  18. trailer mix
    Dave Grohl Is Less Pretender and More Demon in the Studio 666 TrailerYes, he will decapitate you with a cymbal.
    By Devon Ivie
  19. this isn’t a dream
    New Yorkers Will Endure Any Apartment Nightmare to Live HereRosemary’s Baby, Dark Water, and more films in the distinct subgenre of New York Apartment Horror.
    By Bridget Read
  20. trailer mix
    Watch Trailer for Texas Chainsaw Massacre Sequel, If You DarePremiering February 18, 2022, on Netflix.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  21. can’t keep a good guy down
    Chucky Will Come Back to Play for Season TwoComing sometime in 2022.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  22. fangs for reading
    Vampire Veek Will Never DieVulture turned nocturnal for just one week, but our stories will be bloodthirsty forever.
    By Vulture Editors
  23. movie review
    Last Night in Soho Is a Mostly Intoxicating AffairStarring Anya Taylor-Joy and Thomasin McKenzie, Edgar Wright’s freewheeling, pop-drenched homage to Swinging London is buoyant and brutal.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  24. vulture lists
    Every Slasher Released in 1981, RankedForty years since the genre’s peak.
    By Gem Seddon
  25. now streaming
    A Spooky Guide to All the New Horror Streaming This OctoberHorror fans with big streaming budgets are in for a treat this year.
    By Brian Tallerico
  26. halloween
    Dancing With the Stars Horror Night Is Frightfully Entertaining TVHas Jordan Peele seen this?
    By Rebecca Alter
  27. close reads
    Chucky Turns a Tired Horror Cliché on Its HeadAs the first Child’s Play installment with a gay lead, the new TV series is reclaiming a harmful trope that’s dogged the slasher genre for decades.
    By Louis Peitzman
  28. vulture lists
    8 Travel-Horror Movies That Will Make You Want to Stay HomeMaybe cancel that leaf-peeping trip.
    By Brooke Knisley
  29. vulture recommends
    Make Brand New Cherry Flavor Your Next Netflix Horror BingeDropped in August, the series is perfect for spooky season.
    By Sean T. Collins
  30. haunted pixels
    When Video Games Feel Haunted: Inside the Low-Res Horror BoomIndie designers are conjuring meta-scares with fuzzy pixelated graphics.
    By Luke Winkie
  31. scary
    Adele’s ‘Easy On Me’ Is a Song About Her PoltergeistMany people, including Adele, are saying that her new song, “Easy On Me,” is about her divorce. Unfortunately, it is about a vengeful demon.
    By Rachel Handler
  32. movie review
    Halloween Kills Is Afraid of ItselfIt wants to be a gonzo send-up and a social-message movie at the same time. It winds up being neither.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  33. trailer mix
    Horror Noire Trailer: Six Scary Movies for the Yikes of OneBecause nothing’s scarier than an ominous white dude with a fiddle.
    By Rebecca Alter
  34. trailer mix
    The Black Phone Trailer Is a Stranger-Danger PSAEthan Hawke stars as a kidnapper masquerading as a magician.
    By Justin Curto
  35. horror
    Jamie Clayton Will Get Sadomasochistic As Pinhead in the New Hellraiser MovieProduction has wrapped on the “reimagining” of the horror classic.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  36. trailer mix
    Watch the Trailer for Amazon’s I Know What You Did Last Summer SeriesPremieres October 15 on Amazon Prime Video.
    By Bethy Squires
  37. trailer mix
    Watch Kyle Richards et al. Get Menaced in the Halloween Kills TrailerStarring Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, and the resilience of IP.
    By Bethy Squires
  38. spooky season
    Boo! New Paranormal Activity Movie Announced on Paramount+The Paranormal Activity Cinematic Universe lives on
    By Alejandra Gularte
  39. 👨‍👧 spoilers ahead 👨‍👧
    Good Idea: A Malignant Couple’s Costume This HalloweenThe movie is a future cult classic, and its antagonist is a horror mascot to rival The Babadook.
    By Rebecca Alter
  40. switched on pop
    John Carpenter’s Influence Is Inescapable on Chvrches’ Screen ViolenceThe synthpop revivalists even got the horror master to remix one of the songs on their new album, which prods the dark depths of online abuse.
    By Charlie Harding, Megan Lubin, and Nate Sloan
  41. horror
    Guillermo del Toro Assembling a Monstrous Team for Cabinet of CuriositiesStarring Andrew Lincoln, F. Murray Abraham, Glynn Turman, Essie Davis, Ben Barnes, Tim Blake Nelson, and way more.
    By Justin Curto
  42. casting
    LaKeith Stanfield and Melina Matsoukas Team for The Changeling A new drama series based on the Victor LaValle novel.
    By Zoe Haylock
  43. movie review
    Candyman Is a Soulless, Didactic ReimaginingNia DaCosta and Jordan Peele’s horror sequel gravely misunderstands the allure of the original and has nothing meaningful to say on its own.
    By Angelica Jade Bastién
  44. trailer mix
    Candyman Is Trying to Get You to Say His Name With a New Trailer“Black people don’t need to be summoning.”
    By Jordan Crucchiola and Zoë Haylock
  45. movie review
    Of Course the Murdering Rapist From Don’t Breathe Is the Protagonist NowWe love to make a horror villain into someone you’re meant to root for — the thrills of the genre make it irresistible.
    By Alison Willmore
  46. trailer mix
    Midnight Mass Is Netflix’s Latest From the Haunting Of CreatorYour latest entry in the hot priest canon.
    By Rebecca Alter
  47. scary stories
    Netflix’s Cinematic, Blood-Soaked Fear Street ExperimentHow a horror trilogy meant for theaters survived the pandemic-era streaming shake-up.
    By Isaac Feldberg
  48. box office
    M. Night Shyamalan’s Old Gives Us the Pandemic Era’s First Big Box-Office UpsetIt arrived as the lowest-grossing July No. 1 in a quarter-century.
    By Chris Lee
  49. trailer mix
    The Walking Dead Season 11 Trailer Has Reapers and CreepersJosh Hamilton welcomes you to the Commonwealth.
    By Rebecca Alter
  50. endings
    Let’s Talk About the Twist Ending of M. Night Shyamalan’s OldWhat’s up with that island?
    By Robert Daniels
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