The streaming era of horror is starting to wear me down.
With Halloween looming closer, both the Sarah Paulson-led “Hold Your Breath” and body-swap blast “It’s What’s Inside” debuted exclusively on Hulu and Netflix, respectively, this October — despite holding their world premieres at Toronto International Film Festival and Sundance. This furthers a recent trend of horror movies bypassing theaters altogether and getting sent straight to streaming — making a select few festival audiences some of the only people to experience these films on the big screen.
I find horror films to be a wonderful merchant of empathy and understanding. Even through all the gore and terror, they still serve as a way for viewers to feel seen and heard, as well as supplying some much-needed escapism every now and then.
The movie "Doctor Sleep" is an exercise in withstanding a sluggish first half for a solidly suspenseful second half.
The story follows a grown-up Dan Torrance (Ewan McGregor), who clearly remains...
When “It” hit theaters two years ago, it quickly became a critical and commercial success, becoming the highest grossing horror movie of all time. When it was revealed that the 2017 film would only be the first installment in a two-part series, fans began anxiously awaiting the sequel.
A bloodbath will ensue onstage at the the Tsai Performance Center as one 16-year-old straight from a popular horror novel faces the trials and tribulations of puberty and teenagedom. BU On Broadway performs the musical tale “Carrie” from Thursday to Saturday.
In ninth grade, I wanted to write a book about real life. I must have been tired of UFOs and werewolves and happy things in general — I was suddenly preoccupied with somber scenes set to somber music,...
I have no idea why the movie “It” came out this fall. With other movies, I can usually at least accept the release date without question (although maybe it’s best to question these, too). But something...
In the tradition of “Carrie” and “The Shining,” Stephen King brings us another thrilling narrative in which an ordinary, unsuspecting person navigates through a grotesque alternate reality.
“11.22.63,”...
In commemoration of the 165th anniversary of Boston native Edgar Allan Poe’s death, the Edgar Allan Poe Foundation of Boston unveiled a life size statue of the poet Sunday at the intersection of Boylston...
