Horror films often leave a stronger impression when they tap into atmosphere, tension, and psychological discomfort rather than relying solely on visual shocks. Over time, audiences develop personal thresholds for fear, shaped by the first movies that genuinely unsettled them. In discussions about the scariest films ever experienced, certain titles appear repeatedly across different generations and viewing contexts. These films tend to create lasting memories, influencing how viewers approach the genre afterward. Whether through pacing, imagery, sound design, or narrative intensity, they manage to stay in the mind long after the credits roll, often becoming reference points for fear itself.…

Many of us find the idea of a summer beach trip exciting. Crystal blue waves to cool you off, soft sand between your toes, getting some sun on your skin—it’s all pretty standard holiday bliss.  Captain America, on the other hand, seems to have gotten a little too carried away with the summer spirit, arriving at the shoreline with a level of enthusiasm that has had Marvel Rivals players looking further below the shield.  To kick off the summer, NetEase Games released a batch of swimsuit skins, bringing beach-ready looks to Loki, White Fox, and Captain America. While the lineup…

Horror fans have been eating good recently. From breakout indie films to blockbuster revivals and a new wave of video games, the genre has been firing on all cylinders. Now, one of YouTube’s most influential horror series is making the leap to Hollywood, marking yet another mainstream milestone for horror.  According to Deadline, Steven Spielberg is producing a feature film adaptation of The Mandela Catalogue, with Amblin Entertainment, United Artists, and Amazon MGM Studios set to produce it “following a highly competitive 11-studio bidding war.” The series creator, Alex Kister, is set to direct the film based on a screenplay…

This article contains spoilers for Supergirl. Even those of us who liked Supergirl can’t call the movie a coherent vision. In the same way that Supergirl herself was constantly depowered, Milly Alcock’s vulnerable and ferocious take on the Maid of Might was undercut time and again by clunky story choices, a bland aesthetic, and distracting needle drops, culminating with a rendition of Jimmy Eat World’s “The Middle” by indie artists Kelty Greye and KidMotel. Those last two points highlight the feeling that director Craig Gillespie was doing his own cover, emulating the work of DCU co-head James Gunn. Turns out,…

From Resident Evil Requiem to Pragmata, Capcom has been having a banner year of delivering top-tier games that have been well-received by fans and critics alike. Now Capcom is looking to extend this trend with its next major title of the year, Onimusha: Way of the Sword, out this September for all major modern gaming platforms and the first brand-new title in the franchise in 20 years. While attending Summer Game Fest 2026, we got to play a new build of Way of the Sword three months ahead of the game’s launch and speak to director Satoru Nihei and producer…

This review contains spoilers for House of the Dragon season 3 episode 3. You ever of have of those days? Well, Rhaenyra Targaryen – Queen on the Iron Throne, former Princess of Dragonstone, the Realm’s Gods Damned Delight – is having one of those days. Not even 24 hours since the taking of King’s Landing, Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy) discovers that King’s Landing is very annoying. Before getting lost at sea in heavy armor, master of coin Ser Tyland Lannister emptied the Red Keep’s treasury and now the crown has no money. King Aegon II remains missing in action but his…

This article contains spoilers for My Adventures With Superman season 3 episode 4. The reign of the Supermen is upon us. By the end of “Guess Who’s Slammin’ to Dinner?” both Superboy and the Cyborg Superman had entered the world of My Adventures with Superman. With John Henry Irons a.k.a. Steel introduced in previous seasons, and the Cyborg Superman also borrowing elements from the Eradicator, all four characters introduced in the 1993 DC Comics crossover Reign of the Supermen are now accounted for, setting up an epic battle that will play out in the next episode. The Cyborg Superman isn’t…

First of all, congratulations. You did it. Two-hundred and fifty years ago, you adopted the Declaration of Independence and ditched Great Britain. You put your foot down. And you were right to do it. We were toxic and we weren’t making you happy. I’d love to say we learned, healed, and grew from the experience, but honestly, we didn’t. In the interest of transparency, we were down bad for some time. Oh, we carried on bossing other countries around for a while, doing despicable things. We pottered around with our little inventions, like steam engines, the National Health Service, and…

The Star Trek franchise’s fingerprints are all over basically every piece of contemporary science fiction. From an idea as large as an intergalactic government system to a design as commonplace as a spaceship that doesn’t just look like a saucer, Star Trek’s innovation is the foundation for tropes and machinery across the genre. But the standout piece of technological advancement, the “Transporter,” has spread across works in the genre. The Transporter, a method of transportation that dematerializes its users and sends their molecules across the galaxy to another location, is easily Star Trek’s most recognizable invention. It utilizes quantum teleportation…

This article is presented in partnership with JOYCITY The popular mobile game Resident Evil Survival Unit, published by Aniplex and co-developed with JOYCITY, is about to get a lot bigger thanks to a collaboration with the fan-favorite Monster Hunter property. For a limited time only, Resident Evil Survival Unit players can battle fan-favorite monsters and earn exclusive gear from the Monster Hunter franchise. We’ve got a sneak at what players can expect when this collaboration launches in Resident Evil Survival Unit on July 2 for iOS and Android devices. Through the familiar gameplay mechanics of Resident Evil Survival Unit, players…

Independence Day weekend can be a huge opportunity for movie studios and theaters. If they’ve got a genuinely good movie lined up, butts can easily start filling seats when people have more free time during the holiday. Tentpole movies can also win big, and it stands to reason that if a studio has spent a lot of money on a project, they’ll want the best possible chance of recouping it, even if all they’re offering is just another underwhelming sequel fresh off a CGI assembly line. Yet some Independence Day weekend releases have become genuine classics over the years, and…

Apollo Creed has a problem. In his first proper scene during the seminal 1976 sports classic, Rocky, Sylvester Stallone’s budding antagonist is introduced not as a villain or, necessarily, a fair-minded athletic rival. He’s a businessman sweating bullets because his upcoming New Year’s Day fight on the year of America’s bicentennial just imploded. The man he was supposed to fight has an injury, and there’s no time left to field a credible challenger. So he comes up with an idea; an innovation; a fine example of American entrepreneurship. “This is the land of opportunity, right?” Apollo, a Black man living…

You wouldn’t think it would take too much to make a good G.I. Joe movie, right? The concept’s pretty simple: you’ve got the Joes, an American military unit filled with people who each have their own gimmick fighting a terrorist organization also filled with people who each have their own unique, and also a legion of faceless soldiers and/or robots. Just make them fight! And yet, even though directors The Mummy‘s Stephen Sommers and Wicked‘s Jon M. Chu squeezed plenty of that goofiness into their films, no G.I. Joe flick has managed to connect with the public. Paramount is hoping…

Sherlock Holmes is a name that has dominated the mystery genre since the late 1880s, taking on many new incarnations and seeing many canon changes in the past 140 years. One notable recent change to the Sherlock universe has been the introduction of the rest of the Holmes family. American author Nancy Springer joined in on this Holmes expansion in 2006, with the creation of the book series The Enola Holmes Adventures. Enola, the rambunctious younger sister of Sherlock and Mycroft Holmes, was raised by their mother Eudoria Holmes in a progressive household that valued independence and intelligence, a rare…

Movies don’t necessarily need to answer every single question they pose, since what we can imagine can often fill the gaps. These mysteries stay with us far longer than any definitive answer can, letting fans discuss the film for decades rather than just having an opinion on the solution. We do admit that, sometimes, that can be frustrating. Some mystery is fine, but when you don’t have anything to hold on to form a theory, you’re just shooting in the dark. These following movies present questions without clear answers, although if they do it well or not, that’s up to…

This article contains some Minions & Monsters spoilers.  Minions & Monsters is the third Illumination film to bear the title of the devious, banana-shaped critters who were first dreamed up by filmmaker Pierre Coffin and collaborators Chris Renaud and Eric Guillon. It is also the seventh film to showcase these animated hybrids between Oompa-Loompas and the Keystone Cops. Yet while devising a new film about the little guys, writer-director Coffin wasn’t so much thinking about their future as he was their past. Plus his own. It’s a fact that becomes obvious before the finished film even starts. When families and…

A hero or protagonist of a film is often the one that solves the problems being thrown at them by the plot, and seeing how they can triumph at the end tends to be the point of the story. Some tales, however, involve heroes that, through their very own actions, made their lives so much harder than needed. The way they act is oftentimes why their tales are so successful, but it doesn’t stop us from feeling frustrated at how their lives could’ve been much easier. An easy life doesn’t make for good content, but we like these characters enough…

Writer Kelly Thompson and artist Mattia De Iulis, who gained recent success in DC’s Absolute Universe with Absolute Wonder Woman, are transitioning from stories inspired by twisted Greek mythology to a story from dark film mythology. Thompson and De Iulis will be taking their talents to a new adaptation of the Bride of Frankenstein story as a part of the Universal Monsters comic anthology series based on the Universal Monsters franchise. Universal Monsters: Bride of Frankenstein joins Skybound and Image Comics’ pantheon of adaptations centering on classic Hollywood movie monsters, including Dracula, The Mummy, and Frankenstein’s Monster himself, hitting comics…

Sony announced Wednesday that it will stop making discs for its PlayStation games beginning in 2028, in the name of “consumer preferences.” Instead of finding their releases in retailers, PlayStation fans will have to purchase games in the PlayStation store on their consoles. This announcement came right after Rockstar Games informed fans that GTA 6, the biggest incoming release of the year, will not have a physical release and instead will only be available digitally (though they will sell game boxes with codes inside for those who want a box). By doing this, PlayStation is not only betraying the tradition…

This article contains spoilers for X-Men ’97 season 2 episode 2. X-Men ’97 isn’t just concerned with adapting comic book stories from the ’90s or telling stories about the X-Men in 1997. The animated series also gives attention to characters who reached their peak in the 1990s, characters who embodied the edgy attitude that defined the era, guys like Gambit, Bishop, and Cable. As popular as these characters were in their heyday, they were divisive, drawing just as many haters, who resented characters like Bishop and Cable for drawing attention from their favorites in New Mutants and Uncanny X-Men. The…