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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. friday night movie club
    Get in the Tub, We’re Watching What Lies BeneathWe deserve to see more class and trash collide in mid-tier-budget movies with stars of a certain age giving us their best spurned-spouse meltdowns.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  2. now streaming
    A Spooky Guide to All the New Horror Streaming This OctoberGenre fans with hefty streaming budgets are in for a treat this year.
    By Brian Tallerico
  3. twist endings
    Let’s Discuss That The Haunting of Bly Manor EndingLots of spoilers, obviously.
    By Jen Chaney
  4. friday night movie club
    The Liberating Beauty of the Final Destination MoviesThe many dangers of our sad little lives are weaponized by this horror franchise. Which might be one reason why it’s so strangely cathartic.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  5. hello fellow wimps
    A Scaredy-Cat’s Guide to The Haunting of Bly ManorEndure the terror with the help of our episodic breakdown of all of this season’s jump scares, alarming dolls, and weird cracks in the wall.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  6. peek-a-boo!
    All the Haunting of Bly Manor Hidden Ghost Sightings You May Have MissedSure, that plague doctor seems to be lurking around every corner, but he’s far from alone.
    By Brian Tallerico
  7. horror
    Which Welcome to the Blumhouse Movies Should You Watch?A guide to Jason Blum’s new horror anthology series on Prime Video.
    By Noah Berlatsky
  8. remakes
    Hope There’s Still Room in That Creepy Old Mansion for a Remake of The OthersHaunted houses are the gift that keeps on giving (to horror fans).
    By Halle Kiefer
  9. trailer mix
    Promising Young Woman Trailer: Carey Mulligan Says Yes, Actually, It Is All MenShe’s hunting down your crushes.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  10. friday night movie club
    Children Can Have a Little Nightmare Fuel, As a TreatThis Halloween season, we’re rewatching Coraline until our eyes are sewn over with buttons.
    By Rebecca Alter
  11. movie review
    The Antenna Mixes Body Horror, Building Horror, and Political AllegoryThis is one deeply creepy movie.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  12. friday night movie club
    In The Ring, the House Haunts YouBefore you die, you see The Ring … by joining us this October 2 for a live tweet as part of Vulture’s Friday Night Movie Club.
    By Alison Willmore
  13. a closer look
    Your Guide to Rewatching Millennium-Era Horror MoviesWhat better time than a pandemic to reappraise a 2000s micro-genre marked by tank tops, inexplicably attractive casts, and copious amounts of gore.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  14. endings
    Let’s Talk About the Antebellum TwistThis movie cares little for its characters, who are brutalized in the filmmakers’ pursuit of one thing: tricking the audience.
    By Robert Daniels
  15. trailer mix
    Freaky Trailer: Vince Vaughn and Kathryn Newton Face Off and Face/OffFrom the maker of Happy Death Day.
    By Rebecca Alter
  16. trailer mix
    Come Play Trailer: What If the Babadook Was in an iPad?Starring the “Wells for Boys” boy.
    By Rebecca Alter
  17. phew
    Despite What You May Have Heard, Annabelle Has Not Escaped Her Museum DisplayWouldn’t put it past her, though.
    By Halle Kiefer
  18. movie review
    Sputnik Is a Thoughtful, If Modest, Russian Riff on AlienWe’ll take it.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  19. obits
    Nightmare on Elm Street Actor John Saxon Dead at 83His career spanned 60 years in film and TV.
    By Charu Sinha
  20. deep dives
    The Women of Relic Will Bring You to TearsPersonal pain is woven into the year’s most despairing and disturbing horror movie yet.
    By Alison Willmore
  21. movie review
    Relic Is a Wrenching, Frustrating Horror Story of DementiaThe performances in writer-director Natalie Erika James’s debut film are haunting, but the movie seems hesitant to push its genre’s potential.
    By Angelica Jade Bastién
  22. movie review
    I Should Have Skipped You Should Have LeftIt might have worked as drama. But as horror, it’s a disaster.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  23. trailer mix
    You Should Have Left Trailer: Kevin Bacon Stays in the World’s Worst AirbnbFirst of all, someone is using the bathtub…forever.
    By Halle Kiefer
  24. exclusive
    Watch This Exclusive Clip From New Amazon Sci-Fi Movie The Vast of Night“Ma’am, is this an emergency?”
    By Rebecca Alter
  25. diversifying assets
    Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead Getting a Self-Described ‘Diverse Remake’Okay.
    By Rebecca Alter
  26. summer 2020
    19 Horror Movies We’re Excited to See This SummerFrom Prime Video’s The Vast of Night to the Janelle Monáe–starring Antebellum to A Quiet Place sequel.
    By Alison Willmore and Angelica Jade Bastién
  27. horror
    Doctor Sleep’s Mike Flanagan to Breathe Life Into Stephen King’s RevivalIf Stephen King keeps writing ’em, we’ll keep seeing ’em.
    By Halle Kiefer
  28. chat room
    Don’t Be Afraid of Caleb Landry Jones (at Least Not His Music)The Get Out actor on his debut album and why he’s really not as scary as his movies make him seem.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  29. it’s so… metaphorical
    He Made an Apocalypse Movie to Watch the System Fall. Then a Pandemic Hit.For Blood Quantum director Jeff Barnaby, record unemployment and rampant disease are nothing new: “It’s the way Native people have always lived.”
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  30. best of 2020
    The Best Horror Movies of the Year (So Far)If a pandemic isn’t scary enough, frighten yourself with 2020’s best horror: The Invisible Man, Swallow, The Lodge, Blood Quantum, and more.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  31. don’t open the box
    Cenobites To Takeover Your TV in David Gordon Green-Directed HBO Hellraiser ShowA whole lot of Hellraiser is coming your way.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  32. roll clip!
    Underwater’s Alternate Ending Brings Peace to My Weary MindLong live Kristen Stewart’s deep-sea heroine!
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  33. trailer mix
    A Girls-Only Brood of Queer Vampires Is Eating Boys in The Bit TrailerStarring Supergirl’s Nicole Maines.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  34. horror
    David Bruckner Will Open the Box and Direct the New Hellraiser MovieThis one is being dubbed a “reimagining.”
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  35. chat room
    We Summon the Darkness’s Alexandra Daddario on the Joy of Going Insane OnscreenVulture spoke to the actress ahead of her movie’s VOD release about the freedom of not playing the girl “that everyone falls in love with.”
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  36. right click
    The Weeknd Is a Crazed Serial Thriller In His New ‘In Your Eyes’ Music VideoHe wants you to be his (final) girl.
    By Halle Kiefer
  37. self-isolation
    Should You Watch Netflix’s New Horror Movie The Platform?It’s such a grotesque spectacle about being imprisoned, it’s either perfect for our pandemic times or absolutely terrible.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  38. chat room
    Horror Legend Robert Englund on What Triggers ‘Our Most Primal Fears’From Freddy Krueger to the new docuseries True Terror, the actor has made a long career of exploring the underside of the American psyche.
    By Keith Phipps
  39. a closer look
    Haley Bennett’s Horror DiaryThe actress took diligent notes while shooting the explosive thriller Swallow. Here is a glimpse into the toughest scene she shot.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  40. trailer mix
    We Summon the Darkness Trailer Has Satanic Panic and a Pastor Johnny KnoxvilleAnd yes, that is Austin Swift.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  41. horror
    Scream to Be Resurrected by the Ready or Not DirectorsDo you like scary movies?
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  42. chat room
    The Hunt Director Craig Zobel Found His Movie’s Cancellation to Be ‘Very Meta’“I hesitate to say the word amusing … It was just a unique experience to be like, Wow, no one actually knows what this movie is.”
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  43. trailer mix
    Are Jellyfish Monsters Coming To Kill These People In The Sea Fever Trailer?And if they’re not jellyfish, then what the hell is going on?
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  44. trailer mix
    The Platform Trailer: A Grotesque Vertical Prison Brings Out Humanity’s WorstHope you’re not hungry.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  45. horror
    James Wan Is Piecing Together Universal’s Next Classic Monster MovieSeems the success of The Invisible Man has left the lab door open for all sorts of creatures to stagger out.
    By Halle Kiefer
  46. trailer mix
    These Cult Women Are in Big Trouble in The Other Lamb TrailerStarting to think this Svengali doesn’t have his followers’ best interest at heart.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  47. horror comedy
    Courteney Cox Moves from Cougar Town to Shining Vale In Horror-Comedy PilotRelocating your dysfunctional family to a small town is never the answer, unless the question is, “How can I get ghosts?”
    By Halle Kiefer
  48. a closer look
    Director Leigh Whannell Talks How to Make an Invisible Man“I wanted people to be stressed from the first frame.”
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  49. trailer mix
    Blood Quantum Trailer: First Nations People Are Fighting A Ton of White ZombiesFrom writer and director Jeff Barnaby.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  50. trailer mix
    The Run Trailer Stars Sarah Paulson As a Smothering, Terrifying MotherBoundary issues.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
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