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Wonka Debacle Is Being Made Into a Horror Flick

Its villain, 'The Unknown,' will star

(Newser) - Glasgow's unfortunate Wonka experience is coming back to haunt us, only this time in the form of a feature-length film. If you missed the story, the Scottish city experienced the children's version of Fyre Fest in February when parents forked over $45 per ticket to what was billed...

Here Are the 10 Best Horror Movies Ever

Be prepared to scream (or at least hide under the covers)

(Newser) - In between those Halloween calisthenics of jumping up from the sofa to hand out candy to trick-or-treaters, you might want to squeeze in a horror flick or two to get into the holiday spirit. Time Out has some recommendations, thanks to its writers and "horror experts" who compiled a...

Critics Praise the 'Fabulous Beast' of Cocaine Bear
Cocaine Bear Is a Surprising High
MOVIE REVIEW
Feb 24, 2023 10:57 AM CST

Cocaine Bear Is a Surprising High

She 'rocks harder than each and every one of the snakes' in 'Snakes on a Plane'

(Newser) - There's an apex predator high on blow terrorizing the woods of Georgia in Elizabeth Banks' Cocaine Bear , which despite its outrageous premise has a warm 72% rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes . Filmed in the early days of the pandemic, the horror-comedy is very loosely based on a 1985...

'Rock-Bottom' Flick Finds Winnie the Pooh Out for Blood
Winnie the Pooh Critics
Are Delightfully Spiteful
MOVIE REVIEW
Feb 17, 2023 11:23 AM CST

Winnie the Pooh Critics Are Delightfully Spiteful

Critics pan Rhys Frake-Waterfield's depiction of beloved characters as 'lowest-hanging fruit'

(Newser) - Christopher Robin returns from five years of medical school to find the creatures of 100 Acre Wood transformed into blood-thirsty killers, first forced to eat Eeyore to stave off starvation and now bent on vengeance, in Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey . The movie has critics cringing in horror, and...

The New Chucky Is a 'Mean-Girl Machine'
Horror Film M3GAN Gives Us
a New 'Classic Character'
MOVIE REVIEW
Jan 6, 2023 10:16 AM CST

Horror Film M3GAN Gives Us a New 'Classic Character'

Movie has a 95% rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes

(Newser) - January is known as a dump month at the theater, with the perception that films released this month are destined for cinematic oblivion. According to critics, Gerard Johnstone's M3GAN , out Friday, is a clear exception. The PG-13 horror film—in which a roboticist (Allison Williams) enlists the help of...

Halloween Ends 'More With a Sizzle Than a Bang'
Halloween Ends
With a Thud, Apparently
MOVIE REVIEW
Oct 14, 2022 10:52 AM CDT

Halloween Ends With a Thud, Apparently

One critic calls it 'a fitting farewell to Laurie Strode,' another calls it 'tedious'

(Newser) - Touted as Laurie Strode's last stand against Michael Myers, her slasher enemy of 44 years and 13 movies, Halloween Ends ... with a thud. That's according to critics who give the final installment in the David Gordon Green trilogy based on the original 1978 film a poor 47% rating...

This Isn't Your Mother's Winnie the Pooh
This Isn't Your Mother's
Winnie the Pooh
MOVIE TRAILER
Sep 2, 2022 10:02 AM CDT

This Isn't Your Mother's Winnie the Pooh

Public domain rules allow for this gory adaptation

(Newser) - This is why you should always read the reviews carefully before taking your kids to the theater. The trailer for a new Winnie the Pooh movie, based on the lovable bear created by UK author AA Milne, dropped Wednesday. But in this nearly two-minute sneak peek at Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and ...

What Critics Are Saying About the New Scream
What Critics Are
Saying About
the New Scream
MOVIE REVIEW
Jan 14, 2022 12:02 PM CST

What Critics Are Saying About the New Scream

It's just what you've come to expect—though 'blunter' and 'bloodier'

(Newser) - Ghostface is back in fictional Woodsboro, Calif.—and on the big screen—in Scream , the latest flick in the long-running horror series and the first not directed by the late Wes Craven. Following 2011's Scream 4 , the film introduces itself as a "requel"—meaning sequel and...

These 2 Gigs Will Pay You Big Bucks to Get Scared

Watch 13 horror movies, pocket $1,300 (if you're selected)

(Newser) - Done with the beach and ready for fall? A financial advice website is offering a an easy way to transition into the Halloween season, with big bucks for one lucky fan who can hunker down and watch 13 horror flicks in nine days' time, reports UPI . FinanceBuzz will pay $1,...

This Is 'Everything You Want a Summer Horror Movie to Be'
Brace Yourself for 
A Quiet Place Part II
MOVIE REVIEW
May 28, 2021 9:02 AM CDT

Brace Yourself for A Quiet Place Part II

It 'never lets up,' according to one critic

(Newser) - Writer-director John Krasinski's followup to 2018's "masterful" A Quiet Place arrives in theaters only on Friday, ahead of an expected streaming release this summer, and critics are raving once again. The movie has a 90% rating on Rotten Tomatoes . Apart from the first scene, which serves as...

10 Best Horror Movies in History
10 Best
Horror Movies
in History
in case you missed it
Oct 31, 2020 2:30 PM CDT

10 Best Horror Movies in History

'Stacker' ranks them, and Hitchcock reigns supreme

(Newser) - If your Halloween plans involve binging classic horror flicks, Stacker has you covered. The site has ranked the 100 best scary movies of all time, with an Alfred Hitchcock entry taking top honors. In Psycho, when Janet Leigh's character checks in at the Bates Motel, "the plot shifts...

The Scene Was Terrifying. Now You Can Live in the House

A location from 'The Silence of the Lambs' goes up for sale

(Newser) - Sleeping too well? You can always drop $298,500 for a house used in the iconic 1991 horror film The Silence of the Lambs, Fox Business reports. The 3-story home in Perryopolis, Pennsylvania was built in 1910, sits on 1.76 acres of land, and is said to be in...

Filmgoers Don't Fear The Curse of La Llorona
The Curse
of La Llorona
Terrifies
America
box office
Apr 21, 2019 1:06 PM CDT

The Curse of La Llorona Terrifies America

The Warner Bros. horror flick wins the weekend box office

(Newser) - The Curse of La Llorona had only good fortune at the box office. The Warner Bros. horror film based on a Mexican legend about a woman who murdered her children and wanders the world looking for them brought in $26.5 million as the weekend's top film, the AP...

Your 'New Best Friend' Is an Old One in Horror Film Reboot

Chucky is headed back to the big screen this summer in 'Child's Play'; get a taste with this trailer

(Newser) - Whether you missed Child's Play the first time around (and/or any of its six sequels) or you're a Chucky superfan, a reboot of the 1988 film is on its way to movie theaters this summer—and a new trailer promises the creepy thrills you're hoping for. The...

Poltergeist 's 'Mr. Teague' Dies
Actor With Incredible
Resume Dies at 94
OBITUARY
Oct 26, 2018 1:28 AM CDT

Actor With Incredible Resume Dies at 94

James Karen was a beloved character actor

(Newser) - James Karen, a prolific and beloved character actor whose hundreds of credits included memorable appearances in Poltergeist and The Return of the Living Dead, has died. He was 94. Karen's friend Bruce Goldstein tells the AP that he died Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles. He had been...

Halloween Is a 'Killer of a Movie' Thanks to Curtis
Halloween Is a
'Killer of a Movie'
Thanks to Curtis
MOVIE REVIEW
Oct 19, 2018 9:39 AM CDT

Halloween Is a 'Killer of a Movie' Thanks to Curtis

She's 'moving' in her return as Laurie Strode

(Newser) - Four decades after she first encountered Michael Myers, Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) meets the killer for what is said to be the final time in David Gordon Green's Halloween , a follow-up to John Carpenter's 1978 horror classic that overrides all the other sequels that have come before....

'Terrifying' Doll Gets Spotify Ad Banned

Even 'Havana' couldn't keep a UK watchdog group from banning it

(Newser) - Spotify's latest ad features a catchy popular pop tune and "a medley of horror film tropes" in the lead-up to its final tagline, per NPR : "Killer songs you can't resist." But it's just that horror theme, along with what Billboard calls a "terrifying...

4 Best Slams About Slender Man
4 Searing Reviews
of Slender Man
MOVIE REVIEW
Aug 10, 2018 9:30 AM CDT

4 Searing Reviews of Slender Man

'No one cares,' writes one critic

(Newser) - The reviews are in for Slender Man , the faceless character's jump from the Internet to the big screen thanks to Sony Pictures and director Sylvain White, and they're nearly universally awful. Four zingers summing up critics' 11% rating on Rotten Tomatoes :

A Quiet Place Is 'Masterful'
A Quiet Place Is 'Masterful'
MOVIE REVIEW
Apr 6, 2018 10:06 AM CDT

A Quiet Place Is 'Masterful'

Critics are wowed by the John Krasinski horror film

(Newser) - Make a noise, get hunted. That's the premise of A Quiet Place, set in a world ravaged by sound-sensitive aliens. Directed by John Krasinski (yes, Jim from The Office), the film follows a family led by Krasinski and his real-life wife, Emily Blunt, and has an impressive 96% rating...

The 15 Worst Horror Films Ever Made
The 15 Worst
Horror Films Ever Made
Oct 21, 2017 4:13 PM CDT

The 15 Worst Horror Films Ever Made

They're scary bad

(Newser) - As anyone familiar with the works of Uwe Boll can attest, there are no shortage of atrocious horror films out there. And 24/7 Wall St. reports that's no accident. Horror films can be successful on a small budget—see Blair Witch Project or Paranormal Activity—but can also crash...

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