An animal attack movie pushes all of the human-against-nature buttons.
Dates in horror are worst-case scenarios that go way past awkward silences.
Mavens selects 13 movies that have been forgotten, overlooked, unfairly maligned, or are hard to find.
The vastness of space, the claustrophobia of space travel, and the inconceivable horrors that might lurk in the void make for spine-tingling filmmaking.
Creepy houses, murderous rednecks, final girls: horror films often rely on these tried-and-true storytelling devices, and audiences have come to expect them; here are the most common genre tropes and clichés and how modern filmmakers subvert them.
Nearly a century after King Kong first ran amok, images of giant marauding monsters continue to enthrall; Godzilla is hotter than ever, and filmmakers like Bong Joon-ho, J.J. Abrams, and Jordan Peele have all added their unique spins to the genre.
Horror comedies make people laugh at things they might recoil from in real life; they come in many flavors, including splatstick (Evil Dead II), high camp (M3GAN), subversive family entertainment (Gremlins) and classics (Shaun of the Dead).
Stephen King's stories attract the world's greatest filmmakers, and have been the basis of over a dozen horror classics - and at least as many failures; many elements need to come together to successfully adapt King on the page to King on the screen.