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Director Guillermo del Toro’s noir thriller / Best Picture nominee Nightmare Alley (watch it Here) was released into the world in December of 2021, and a black and white version of the film, called Nightmare Alley: Vision in Darkness and Light, was released soon after. Both the color and b&w versions of the film had a running time of 150 minutes – but seven months ago, del Toro revealed that he was working on an extended cut of the black and white version. Now we know when we’re going to have the chance to see it, as Criterion has announced that they’ll be bringing the new black and white extended director’s cut of Nightmare Alley to 4K on October 28th! It’s available for pre-order at This Link.

Del Toro had this to say about the black and white version of Nightmare Alley when it was first released: “Although...

To call the Criterion Collection's October 2025 lineup anything less than masterful would be doing the films and the label a disservice. It's more like: wow! The official announcement is bookended by David Cronenberg: first, a 4K of A History of Violence, then, a Blu-ray of his latest, The Shrouds. The month will lead off, though, with David Lynch's Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me in 4K, which should only enhance the film's nightmarish qualities. From one classic to another, we step back to 1960 for Georges Franju's horrifying Eyes Without a Face, then race forward for Guillermo del Toro's Nightmare Alley, which is a remake in name only, going beyond the original. We can't forget Deep Crimson, from Arturo Ripstein, nor Ken Russell's Altered...

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Criterion unveiled their titles for October 2025 and, true to form, their new releases in the month of October lean into the spooky and macabre. Among the new titles are a recent Guillermo del Toro classic, a Ken Russell favorite making its 4K debut and two gems from Canadian auteur David Cronenberg. Plus, we get 4K reissues of two of Criterion’s very best.

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Let’s start off with the David Cronenberg titles. First off is “A History of Violence,” from 2005, which gave him a great second wind after years spent offering up more obscure films. The feature, based on a graphic novel by John Wagner and Vince Locke, follows a small-town everyman (Viggo Mortensen) who, after a violent attack at his diner, unlocks his hidden past. Featuring memorable, suitably colorful supporting performances from Ed Harris and William Hurt, it’s one of Cronenberg’s very best. And the Criterion...

The Criterion Collection‘s October line-up is stacked with genre heavy hitters: Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, Eyes Without a Face, The Shrouds, A History of Violence, Altered States, Deep Crimson, and Nightmare Alley.

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me will be released on 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray on October 7.

Serving a prequel to “Twin Peaks,” the 1992 psychological horror film is directed by David Lynch from a script he co-wrote with Robert Engels.

Director-approved special features:

4K digital restoration, with 7.1 surround DTS-hd Master Audio soundtrack, both supervised by director David Lynch Alternate original 2.0 surround DTS-hd Master Audio soundtrack One 4K Uhd disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features The Missing Pieces, ninety minutes of deleted and alternate takes from the film, assembled by Lynch Interview by Lynch with actors Sheryl Lee, Ray Wise, and Grace Zabriskie Interviews with Lee and composer Angelo Badalamenti...

True to the Halloween spirit, the Criterion Collection’s October lineup is fright-filled (and 4K-heavy to boot). Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me is getting a major upgrade alongside Eyes Without a Face, while David Cronenberg’s A History of Violence represents one of the more notable recent additions to their canon.

Finishing the reclamation of a Covid casualty, Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley will release in both its theatrical cut and black-and-white Vision in Darkness and Light edition. Ken Russell’s classic Altered States and Arturo Ripstein’s lesser-seen Deep Crimson round out the month.

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We may have gotten to know him as a chef, but Anthony Bourdain became known and beloved as a kind of lover of life. Through shows like "No Reservations" and "Parts Unknown," Bourdain met with all manner of interesting people, shared his frank and insightful observations, and yes, ate a lot of great food.

Bourdain struck me as a guy who wanted to know a little about a lot, and he wanted to curate the best version of every experience on the table -- and that includes film. Heck, he called "Ratatouille" the best food movie ever made, so you know he's got cinematic taste.

Before every celebrity made a stop at the Criterion Closet as part of their publicity tour, Bourdain contributed a top 10 list to the Criterion Collection in 2011, listing his 10 favorite films available from the boutique home media label. Bourdain's list, like all of our favorites, is revealing of what he likes,...

Billy Idol launched his 2025 North American tour with Joan Jett and the Blackhearts on Wednesday (April 30th) at Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre in Phoenix.

The outing, dubbed “It’s a Nice Day To…Tour Again!,” is running in two legs, with the first one scheduled through a May 23rd show in Toronto. A second leg will launch August 16th in Philadelphia, and wrap up September 25th in Los Angeles. Tickets to both legs are available here.

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Leading up to the tour, Idol told Heavy Consequence in an interview that being paired with Joan Jett is “a fantastic combination,” adding, “I just think it’s gonna be killer.”

At the tour kickoff, Idol played a 17-song set comprised of classics and tunes from his new album, Dream Into It, which was just released this past Friday (April 25th). The punk icon started the set with his recent single “Still Dancing,...

Cyndi Lauper and Mariah Carey are your top choices to be inducted into the 2025 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The only two female artists on the final ballot received the most votes in our recent poll. Lauper led the field with 59.3 percent of support, followed by Carey with 54.6 percent. The actual inductees will be revealed this Sunday night during American Idol airing live on ABC.

SEERock & Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2025: See our voter's unfiltered official ballot

Here are the final results of our poll for the 14 artists on the 2025 ballot (seven of these will likely be chosen plus some committee selections not on the list below). As a reminder, here are some details about each finalist:

Cyndi Lauper (59.3 percent)

Eligible since 2009 (second time on ballot). Solo artist. Songs include "Time After Time," "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun," and "True Colors."

Mariah Carey (54.6 percent)

Eligible since 2016 (second time on ballot). Solo artist.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2025 inductees will be announced in late April. Who would be your top choices to be selected? Vote in our new poll below for seven of the 14 choices on this year's ballot.

As a reminder, here are some details about each finalist:

Bad Company

Eligible since 2000 (first time on ballot). Nominees are Boz Burrell, Simon Kirke, Mick Ralphs, Paul Rodgers. Songs include "Can't Get Enough," "Feel Like Makin' Love," and "Shooting Star."

The Black Crowes

Eligible since 2016 (first time on ballot). Nominees are Jeff Cease, Johnny Colt, Marc Ford, Steve Gorman, Eddie Harsch, Chris Robinson, Rich Robinson. Songs include "Hard to Handle," "She Talks to Angels," and "Jealous Again."

Mariah Carey

Eligible since 2016 (second time on ballot). Solo artist. Songs include "Vision of Love," "Emotions," and "Hero."

Chubby Checker

Eligible since 1986 (first time on ballot). Solo artist. Songs include "The Twist," "Limbo Rock," and "Let's Twist Again.

Shaking off a rock ‘n’ roll bad boy reputation isn’t easy—just ask Billy Idol. While he’s been clean and sober since 2010, his image as a rebellious icon lingers.

The “Dancing With Myself” singer’s had to wait nearly two decades for his shot at getting recognized at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame since he first became eligible in 2007, but at last, he finally earned his first nomination this year.

The nomination back in February was the first development in a busy 2025 for Idol so far. He released “Still Dancing” — his first single in three years — last month. At the end of April, he’s dropping Dream Into It, his first album in 11 years, which with any luck, will be punctuated with a Rock Hall acceptance as well.

“Well, that would be rather fantastic,” Idol tells The Hollywood Reporter in an interview via Zoom from his Los Angeles home,...

“My face frightens me. My mask frightens me even more.”

Does appearance create identity or is it the other way around? How do we show our true selves to the world and what happens when that image is taken away? In short, are we still the same person when wearing a mask? On the surface, this seems like an obvious question, but Georges Franju’s 1960 film Eyes Without a Face causes us to dig a little bit deeper. What power does a face have to project identity and can we steal that identity from someone else?

Franju’s film opens in the midst of a crime. Louise (Alida Valli) is a glamorous woman with an elegant pearl choker who drags a dead body into the river. She does this at the behest of Dr. Génessier (Pierre Brasseur), a transplant and graft specialist desperate to find a new face for his...

People love horror movies. As much as they fail to accept it when a discussion about cinema’s horrific impact comes up, one can’t think about movies without the horror genre involved in some way. If cinema is like a stimulus, horror movies must be the greatest catalyst to get a reaction out of a viewer. Are you looking for a good old-fashioned scare-fest while sitting on your couch? HBO Max can be your next big destination for horror movies.

The streaming service has a stacked-up catalog of horror movies from all possible eras. The following list mostly looks at those Horror Movies on HBO Max that, in some way, defined the genre. But even beyond the scope of this list and the flavors explored here, lie many contemporary faces of horror on the streamer. From the slow-burning existential tension of I Saw the TV Glow and The Lighthouse...

As it hits Shudder this Friday, Sasha Rainbow’s Grafted is bound to receive a lot of criticism comparing it to another little horror movie called The Substance. That would be fair, as both features deal with a lot of similar themes, from body horror to freak biotechnology to how we succumb to our society’s beauty standards. However, to reduce Grafted to a Substance-like film is more than a little unfair. For starters, the Grafted screen debut is too close to The Substance’s own release date to dub it a rip-off. Secondly, director Coralie Fargeat herself is not shy about admitting to the body horror canon that inspired her own creation. The Substance is full of nods to movies like The Fly and Re-Animator – movies that, no doubt, also inform Rainbow in her film, much like the French classic Eyes Without a Face.

It’s incredibly human to want to be seen and accepted, warts and all. It’s a deeply vulnerable experience and territory that can be ripe for horror as characters reach troubling breaking points in order to become popular and stop feeling like an outcast. People will do whatever it takes to fit in, even if that means losing themselves in the process. It’s perhaps quite fitting that Grafted, the debut feature film from New Zealand filmmaker Sasha Rainbow, has come out during the same time as Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance, a movie that’s about altering one’s appearance to be accepted. Grafted is the perfect companion piece and counterpoint. They both explore similar themes and fragile characters, but go about this in entirely different ways.

Grafted comes across as the stitched together synthesis of Eyes Without A Face, Single White Female, and Re-Animator. There are also...

To celebrate the 75th Anniversary of much-loved British Classic The Third Man which arrives on 4K Uhd for the first time on 4 November, we are giving away a 4K Uhd to a lucky winner!

Written by Graham Greene (Brighton Rock, The Fallen Idol), directed by Carol Reed and featuring iconic performances from Joseph Cotten (Gaslight), Orson Welles (Citizen Kane), Alida Valli (Eyes Without a Face) and Trevor Howard (Brief Encounters, Sons and Lovers), The Third Man is celebrated for its endlessly quotable lines, superb Oscar-winning cinematography, iconic musical score and for so many wonderfully entertaining, quintessentially cinematic moments.

Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten), an American writer of pulp Westerns, arrives in a bombed-out, post-war Vienna at the invitation of his childhood friend Harry Lime (Orson Welles), only to find him recently dead. His suspicions are raised after learning of a ‘third man’ present at the time of Harry’s death, and...

It’s baffling just how easy it is to take a good movie for granted after watching it so many times that its success appears to have been inevitable. And while seeing your work become a household name seems like an artist’s greatest achievement, it’s a shame that this process can sometimes overshadow the weird and risky choices that made these projects so unique.

A great example of this is Tim Burton’s Batman duology – two wildly popular films that a lot of people forget were actually deeply strange productions which almost certainly couldn’t have been made today. And in honor of Batman’s 85th Anniversary Event, today I’d like to look back on Burton’s only foray into comic-book adaptations and reevaluate these films as I believe the director always intended: as expressionist monster movies.

It’s no secret that the character of Batman has...

Countless horror films rely on the inherent terror of a masked figure, and the trope is nothing new. Gaston Leroux horrified audiences with Le Fantme de lOpra, and the subsequent 1925 silent film edition was enough to make audiences faint. In 1933, the silver screen adaptation of H. G. Wells The Invisible Man glued audiences to their seats. The unsettling qualities of a mask, the thin veil between the archetypal villain and their prey, give it global appeal.

While its easy to argue that Lon Chaneys riveting performance in The Phantom of the Opera may be the catalyst for modern horrors obsession with masks, theres another French inspiration for this classic trope. Thirty-five years after Mary Philbin lifted Chaneys cloth veil, director Georges Franju released Les Yeux Sans Visage or, in English, Eyes Without a Face to an unsuspecting world. Upon release, Franjus ninety-minute horror classic was, in most respects, universally panned.

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Film at Lincoln Center

An essential series of Jacques Rozier restorations begins.

Roxy Cinema

Fidelio, our four-film program with Chapo Trap House’s Movie Mindset, has an encore with Eyes Wide Shut on a spectacular 35mm print this Friday and Saturday, the latter day also bringing The Ghost Writer on 35mm; Nathan Silver presents Crossing Delancey on 35mm and Mike Leigh’s Meantime; “City Dudes” returns on Saturday.

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Films by Spike Lee, Chantal Akerman, Lucrecia Martel, and more play in “Sweat!“; recent restorations are given a showcase, including a special premiere of The Spook Who Sat By the Door.

Museum of the Moving Image

70mm prints of 2001, Tenet, and Far and Away screen.

Film Forum

A Blaxploitation series, featuring classics and discoveries alike, begins; Army of Shadows continues.

Anthology Film Archives

Buñuel and Dalí play in “Essential Cinema.”

Museum of Modern Art...

Thea Hvistendahl’s Norwegian horror picture Handling The Undead, won the best feature prize at the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (Nifff) in Switzerland. Known as the H.R. Giger ‘Narcisse’ award, the prize is worth 10,000 Swiss francs.

TrustNordisk is selling the film which will be handled in Switzerland by Filmcoopi Zurich.

The international competition jury also gave a special mention to German director Tilman Singer’s Neon-backed horror thriller, Cuckoo, starring Hunter Schafer and Dan Stevens. The Swiss release is handled by Praesens Film.

Among other prizes, the Rts audience award went to Irish director Damian Mc Carthy ’s paranormal horror film Oddity,...

Actor and filmmaker Asia Argento will be guest of honor at this year’s Neuchatel Int’l Fantastic Film Festival (Nifff), a choice the Nifff director sees as emblematic of the festival’s own self-image.

“Asia is an icon,” says Nifff chief Pierre-Yves Walder. “She’s someone we ourselves have grown up with, and whom we watched grow up. She’s established herself as artist who makes few concessions, who practices her profession with absolute freedom and who is always ready to take big risks. She has a punk side and never hesitates, and because of her career – which stretches back to the foundational horror films of her father [Dario Argento] towards something more contemporary – she also bridges versions of Nifff past and present.”

“She also helped spearhead the MeToo movement,” Walder continues, “which led to some very difficult moments. She has had some shadows on her journey, and those are important as well.

When is a patient no longer perceived as a person? How much harm is justifiable if it benefits humanity in the end? What happens when a person who takes life into their hands decides to end it for their gain? These are the questions that are toyed with in medical horror; a sidestep of science fiction that can, and often does, include elements of the genre. Medical horror is cold, clinical, and mostly based on the world of hard scientific facts, as the history of medicine is paved with the blood and bodies of hundreds over the centuries. This makes the fear of hospitals, needles, illness, and doctors a common and understandable one that the entertainment industry has capitalized on more than a few times. Netflixs The Fall Of The House Of Usher uses ideas of the subgenre, such as animal testing and patient exploitation, Dr. Death tells true stories of hospital nightmares,...

All sober-minded pop culture fans adhere to one important maxim: everything’s better with Nicolas Cage. And sure enough, Cage was a stand-out in the wonderful animated movie Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, as the comically hardboiled Spider-Man Noir. Every time Cage spit out a line about drinking egg creams and punching Nazis, audiences couldn’t help but cheer However, Cage isn’t the only thing that makes Spider-Verse‘s comedic take on Spider-Man Noir work. It also works because it’s limited, appearing in just a few scenes and making room for Miles Morales to be the far more dynamic heart of the piece. So as much as we love Nicolas Cage as Spider-Man Noir, the recently-announced Spider-Man Noir live-action series sounds potentially ill-fated, especially if Cage’s character ends up being the same gag from the animated movies.

If there must be a Spider-Man Noir television show, Amazon Prime...

5 Essential Spider-Man Noir Comics You Must Read - Main Image

The live-action adaptation of Spider-Man Noir is coming to Prime Video, and Nicolas Cage will reprise his role as the alternate version of the Friendly Neighbourhood superhero.

It was in 2009 when Marvel Comics started creating a line of Marvel Noir comics that included Spider-Man Noir.

Unlike regular Marvel comics, the noir line takes place in an alternate universe where stories of familiar Marvel characters are reinterpreted to feature a hardboiled / crime noir atmosphere set during the Great Depression era in the US.

Here are the Spider-Man Noir comics you should read, created by David Hine and Fabrice Sapolsky, alongside artists Carmine Di Giandomenico (who drew the first stories) and Marko Djurdjević (costume designer).

Spider-Man Noir Volume 1 (2009)

Set on Earth-90214 during the Great Depression of winter 1932, New York City has become plagued by numerous criminal gangs.

Here, Daily Bugle photojournalist Ben...

When I first saw the title of this, I naturally thought of the song by the same name that became a huge if not ‘Monster Hit’ for Bobby “Boris” Pickett at the height of the fifties and sixties monster craze. The picture takes the theme of sixties creature features and creates a bloody at times gore-filled Anthology of stories to shock, offend and make you go ‘ok’.

The Monster Mash (2022) directed by Kevin Losani and Richard Terrasi succeeds admirably with engaging pulp-like stories whose endings you can see a mile or kilometre off depending on your country. The difference is the work is so lovingly done, with fun, practical effects, at times over-the-top acting that fits and just a little tinge of naughty offence.

The film opens with outstanding titles harkening back to Saturday morning horror cartoons that were never quite frightening. An on-camera host Dr Freudstein (Michael Gentile) and his not-so-able hunchbacked,...

Studiocanal rolled out the red carpet at the Unifrance Paris Rendez-vous this week for actor Gilles Lellouche’s upcoming feature film Beating Hearts (L’Amour Ouf).

First images for the unconventional romance played on the big screen to two packed-out screenings at the swanky Royal Monceau hotel off the Champs-Elysées on Thursday evening.

The modern Romeo and Juliet tale co-stars François Civil, who is currently riding high on the back of his D’Artagnan role in Pathé’s Three Musketeers reboot, and Adèle Exarchopoulos as former childhood sweethearts from different sides of the tracks.

Having gone their separate ways when the boy gets caught up in gang violence and lands in jail on trumped-up murder charges, the pair reconnect against the odds years later.

The picture is adapted from Irish writer Neville Thompson’s 1997 novel Jackie Loves Johnser Ok? unfolding against the backdrop of Dublin’s tough suburb of Ballyfermot in the...

Warning! This article contains Spoilers for Good Grief.

The Good Grief soundtrack includes a variety of songs that capture the journey of love, loss, and grief experienced by the main character, Marc. The songs in Good Grief play significant roles in key moments, such as the joyous singalong at a holiday party, the tragic car crash scene, and the burgeoning romantic connection between Marc and Theo. While the songs are not specifically written for the movie, they effectively contribute to the storytelling and emotion of Good Grief. The official soundtrack includes an original score by Rob Simonsen.

Dan Levy’s directorial debut Good Grief features a variety of songs that take viewers through the journey of love, loss, and grief that the main character goes on. As shown in the Good Grief trailer, the Netflix movie follows Marc (Levy) throughout the year after his husband, Oliver (Luke Evans), dies unexpectedly and tragically.

Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment is delighted to share the news that the spectacular special event, Billy Idol: State Line, will be coming to DVD, Blu-Ray and UK digital platforms from December 11th. We have 2 Blu-Ray copies to give away to lucky winners!

The film features a career-spanning run of timeless hits including ‘Dancing with Myself’, ‘Eyes Without a Face’, ‘Rebel Yell’ and ‘White Wedding’.

Immortalised for the big screen, Billy Idol: State Line – Live At Hoover Dam​ sees legendary punk icon, Billy Idol, making history by playing the first-ever live concert in front of the world-famous Hoover Dam. Performing two unique sets in front of only 250 fans: an electrifying full band concert at sunset with special guests that illuminated the surrounding Black Canyon of the Colorado River, and an acoustic duo set on the roof of the powerhouse directly at the foot of Hoover Dam on the Nevada/Arizona state line.

Obsession can lead to devastating consequences, as seen in movies like The Prestige and Mulholland Drive. Films like Obsessed and Fear depict the dangers of romantic obsession and the misinterpretation of signals. The theme of obsession is explored in various ways, from parental obsession in Eyes Without a Face to the obsession with appearances in The Girl on the Train.

There are many different forms of obsession, and it has been the subject of several great movies as a result. Movies that look at obsession are regarded as some of the most frightening of all time. Some of the best movies of all time look at how obsession can take hold of anybody and its dangerous consequences.

Obsession is defined as an idea, thought, or person that continuously preoccupies a person's thoughts until it becomes all-consuming. Whether it be romantic or familial, obsession can be very dangerous to anybody. There...

Every year, horror fans and aficionados attempt to take on the daunting task of watching a horror movie for each day in the month of October. Aptly named 31 Days of Horror, the challenge usually consists of viewers watching a mixture of their favorite classics, recent releases, and popular genre staples that may be new to them. In celebration of the spooky season, we at MovieWeb have curated our own suggestions for the month, providing a plethora of favorites from our contributing writers and editors. Check out our 31 Days of Horror posts every day this October, and embrace all the freaky found footage, vicious vampires, and stalking slashers you could ever hope for. Today, we kick off Day 28 with the indelible black-and-white mad scientist masterpiece, Eyes Without a Face.

Georges Franju's Eyes Without a Face, also titled Les yeux sans visage, is a French horror movie from 1960. This beautifully slow,...

Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.

’90s Horror, Art-House Horror, and Pre-Code Horror

It’s October, which means you are likely crafting an endless queue of horror films to consume. When it comes to a single streaming service to dedicate your eyes to this month, The Criterion Channel takes the cake with three different series. First up, ’90s horror brings together such films as The Rapture (1991), In the Mouth of Madness (1994), The Addiction (1995), and Ravenous (1999), while Art-House Horror features Häxan (1922), Vampyr (1932), Eyes Without a Face (1960), Carnival of Souls (1962), Onibaba (1964), Night of the Living Dead (1968), Sisters (1973), Eraserhead (1977), House (1977), Suspiria (1977), Arrebato (1979), The Brood (1979), The Vanishing (1988), Cronos (1993), Cure (1997), Donnie Darko (2001), Trouble Every Day (2001), Antichrist (2009), and more. Lastly, Pre-Code horrors brings together ’30s features such as Freaks (1932), Island of Lost Souls (1932), The Old Dark House...

What did you anticipate doing when you turned 18? For millennials like myself, the prospect of buying tobacco and other legal contraband was already on the horizon, even if such practices didn't exactly interest me. In the U.S., you're typically perceived as a legal adult at 18, and for the main character of the new film Perpetrator — aka reckless teen Jonny (Kiah McKirnan) — said milestone comes with a bit more than what meets the eye.

In a new psychological thriller by Jennifer Reeder (Knives and Skin), the rebellious youngster is sent to live with her mysterious aunt (Alicia Silverstone) and succumbs to a family spell that allows her to morph into other people, quite literally.

Perpetator iss a bloody, twisted tale that also involves several classmates of Jonny's going missing, leading her to take charge in tracking down the "perpetrator." We recently caught up with Reeder, who discussed working with a...

This article contains spoilers from Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles novels.

While production on AMC’s Interview with The Vampire is currently staked by strikes, the teaser trailer for season 2 shows the crew is in the midst of preparing a most sumptuous meal. Based on Anne Rice’s iconic and bestselling novel, the first season stoked the rising passion between New Orleans minor gangland figure Louis de Pointe du Lac (Jacob Anderson), the masterful mentoring of the internationally traveled vampire Lestat De Lioncourt (Sam Reid), and the ageless complications of the unfortunate Claudia, the immortal child now played by Delainey Hayles, who replaces Bailey Bass as the series escapes to Paris.

The trailer begins with journalist Daniel Molloy (Eric Bogosian) clicking record on his laptop and asking, “Ok, so where did we leave off?” Considering the abrupt break in family relations which ended the premiere season, there is nowhere to...

The advent of the horror genre was at a time when cinema was in its infancy, around the end of the 19th century, but some horror movies have withstood the test of time to be the scariest of all. With myriad popular, contemporary Gothic literature to draw its inspiration from – alongside a growing interest in the supernatural – horror was pioneered throughout the silent era by European filmmakers like Robert Wiene, F.W. Murnau, and Rupert Julian. The genre was revolutionized in the 1960s by Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (1960), which popularized psychological horror, while at the same time, low-budget indie horror flicks were on the rise, spearheaded by George A. Romero with his zombie film Night of the Living Dead (1968).

What was left of the 20th century saw a surge in popularity for the genre and increased Americanization. Slasher films with memorable villains became forever a part of popular culture, with new...

Mr. Wilder And Me author Jonathan Coe with Anne-Katrin Titze: “I love Powell and Pressburger, so I was very happy to get in a reference to them.”

With Film Forum’s Written and Directed By Billy Wilder tribute, programmed by Bruce Goldstein, starting next week in New York, Jonathan Coe’s Mr. Wilder And Me is the perfect summer read.

Jonathan Coe on Fedora: “The imagery always reminds me of that Georges Franju film Eyes Without A Face.”

In the first instalment with the author we discuss Christoph Waltz as Billy Wilder in Stephen Frears’ yet-to-be-filmed adaptation of Jonathan’s novel; meeting Volker Schlöndorff just before the Covid lockdown; the images of Nicolas Roeg’s Don’t Look Now staying with him; a connection between Georges Franju’s [film id=13604]Eyes Without A...

This episode of the Horror TV Shows We Miss video series was Written and Narrated by Niki Minter, Edited by Adam Walton, Produced by John Fallon, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.

When I am on my deathbed, I will still be recommending Carnivale to whoever will listen. It’s also depressing as fuck. There are few moments when you get a chance to feel actual happiness in any scene, or for any character in the show. Oh, and they decided to cut the cord leaving it on a cliffhanger. More on that later. For now, let’s get into the wonderful world that is, Carnivale.

Between the years of 1990 and 1992 while Daniel Knauf was working as an insurance broker he was dreaming of something bigger, much like most of us, and decided to use his energy towards something much grander. A story of good vs evil against the backdrop...

Max, formerly known as HBO Max, has always been a fantastic haven for horror in its lengthy lifespan. Serving up both vintage and modern classics from big studios and independent creators alike, there's a little bit of everything for everyone. Even if you get a bit squeamish at the sight of blood, you can still get those cold chills blood-free with Max's prolific horror library.

Bolstered by their TCM offerings, these are just a handful of our picks for the best of the best that Max has to offer. From killer dolls to punk rock thrillers, you may be surprised to see some titles available this June.

Barbarian

A horror film that took the internet by storm, Barbarian is one of those few films that work best when you know as little as possible going into it. It may be a bit harder to do that nowadays, but it's still a chilling experience regardless.

Billy Idol performed the first-ever show at the Hoover Dam for an upcoming concert film set to be released later this year, and a teaser of set opener “Cradle of Love” can be seen now.

The show took place earlier this month on April 8th — amidst Idol’s ongoing (and mostly sold out) North American tour (tickets available here) — at the Hoover Dam Bypass surrounded by the Black Canyon of the Colorado River and the Mike O’Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge.

The set saw the punk legend run through his most well-known songs, including “Dancing with Myself,” “Eyes Without a Face,” “Rebel Yell,” and “White Wedding” (per Setlist.fm). The occasion also warranted some special guest appearances, including cameos from Alison Mosshart, Steve Jones (Sex Pistols), and Tony Kanal (No Doubt).

As mentioned, the full performance was shot for a forthcoming concert film that’s being produced by Lastman Media.

Nothing beats a good car chase in a movie. These wacky stunts are a hallmark of modern Hollywood blockbusters, but they've been around since silent films. Nowadays, car-centric flicks conjure images of "The Fast & Furious" and "Mad Max" franchises. However, action doesn't always have to be the focus.

Cars playing an integral part in developing a main character always hold more weight for me than a gonzo chase scene. We see a sense of isolation from society in movies like "Taxi Driver" and "Drive." Meanwhile, in John Carpenter's 1983 horror, "Christine," the auto becomes a ruthless death machine. The Stephen King adaptation makes for a clever metaphor about bullying, acceptance, and toxic masculinity in teens.

It would be unfair to say that a car movie can't be enjoyed without the profound social commentary of a Martin Scorsese film or the brooding touches of Nicolas Winding Refn. Sometimes, we crave high-octane...

We’ve been tracking this week’s new releases all week long, with four horror movies debuting on Tuesday and two more debuting on Thursday. Believe it or not, we’re still not done.

Here are four more new horror movies released today, February 10, 2023!

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First up, director Erik Bloomquist (Ten Minutes to Midnight, Long Lost) is back with She Came from the Woods, an ’80s-set summer camp slasher movie that’s now playing in theaters.

We don’t yet have a home video release date, but we expect one soon.

She Came from the Woods follows “a group of counsellors who accidentally unleash an ancient evil spirit on the last night of a summer camp. As the situation turns bloody, the group is forced to confront what stories are worth telling and what secrets are worth keeping.”

She Came from the Woods...

Few remakes feel necessary, but English-language versions of international horror films have an especially difficult time justifying their existence. We certainly didn’t need George Sluizer or Michael Haneke to remake their own “The Vanishing” and “Funny Games” for the benefit of subtitle-averse audiences, nor was anyone asking for a “Let the Right One In” remake when it was first released. “Need” and “want” are two different things, of course, and it’s hardly unheard of for one of these remakes to be quite good — just ask Naomi Watts, who followed her star-making turn in “Mulholland Drive” with “The Ring.” The two-time Oscar nominee now finds herself as the face of Matt Sobel’s remake of Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala’s “Goodnight Mommy.” Well, maybe not the face exactly — as in the original, her head is obscured by surgical bandages for reasons that aren’t immediately made clear.

Few remakes feel truly necessary,...

Pedro Almodover’s 2011 foray into the horror genre, The Skin I Live In, shares a number of thematic parallels with Agusti Villaronga’s controversial 1986 captivity drama In a Glass Cage. The Skin I Live In is a bizarre revenge-fueled science-gone-awry gem that echoes the visuals of Eyes Without a Face and, unlike the director's previous credits, has a sterile color palette, less emotional melodrama, and horror leanings. The infamous In a Glass Cage is a provocative meditation on the cycle of violence, sexual torture, Stockholm Syndrome, and the futility of revenge.

Hello, everyone! We’re back with the final round of horror and sci-fi home media releases for the month of August, and we’ve got quite a few killer titles headed home today. Scream Factory is giving Paul Schrader’s Cat People remake a 4K overhaul in a brand-new Collector’s Edition release, and Severin Films is keeping busy with several titles today as well, including All About Evil and Fearless, and if you haven’t had a chance to check it out for yourself yet, Jane Schoenbrun’s extremely unsettling We’re All Going to the World’s Fair is headed to Blu-ray this week as well.

Other titles being released on August 30th include Arrow Video’s Giallo Essentials: 3-Disc Limited Edition Collection, Lux Aeterna, Satan’s Children, Jack Be Nimble featuring Alexis Arquette, The Oregonian, Raw Nerve, and Shriek of the Mutilated.

All About Evil: 2-Disc Special Edition

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We still remember the scary Am radio ads from back in the 6th grade: They Eat Human Flesh! Mainstream ‘nabe theaters that wouldn’t show Herschell Gordon Lewis movies played this proto-gore horror show, an ingeniously crafted thriller that captures the horror comic vibe with clever, gruesome special effects. The flesh eaters are glittering bits of organic matter that can skeletonize a human in fifteen seconds! Martin Kosleck’s mad doctor is happy to welcome tasty human morsels for his ravenous home-grown microbes. An alternate version slides into sleaze territory with a tasteless flashback to a Nazi ‘medical experiment.’ The best extra is a long-awaited audio commentary, recorded for an earlier disc that was never released.

The Flesh Eaters

Blu-ray

1964 / B&w / 1:85 widescreen / 87 min. / Street Date June 28, 2022

Starring: Martin Kosleck, Byron Sanders, Barbara Wilkin, Rita Morley, Ray Tudor, Barbara Wilson.

Cinematography: Jack Curtis

Film Editor: Radley Metzger

Special Effects:...

Story of a troubled family aims for the higher registers of horror, but for all the jump scares doesn’t quite make it

This low-budget work by British director Ben Charles Edwards is a bit all over the place, despite its restricted use of locations. It revolves around an unhappy American family in an isolated house where things go bump in the night, leaving youngest child Michael extremely worried about what’s under his bed. Unfortunately, dad Richard (Nicholas Tucci) is too busy going off on business trips to help, and Michael’s big sister Donna (Page Ruth) has her own things going on, including getting drunk and hating on frosty Coral (Camilla Rutherford), formerly the live-in nanny but now pregnant with Richard’s child and about to become Michael and Donna’s stepmother.

Coral certainly doesn’t make it easy for the kids to bond with her, given her propensity to use a creepy,...

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings.

Film at Lincoln Center

A regular performer for Ozu, Mizoguchi, and Naruse, Kinuyo Tanaka is celebrated in a retrospective of films she directed, as restored by Janus, alongside work by her collaborators.

Bam

“Lynchian” mostly does what it says on the tin—and plenty on 35mm—but also includes those influenced: Perfect Blue, Trouble Every Day, and Uncle Boonmee.

Film Forum

Joseph Losey’s great Mr. Klein has been restored, while School of Rock screens this Sunday.

Roxy Cinema

Manhunter and Ikiru screen on 35mm this weekend.

Paris Theater

The all-35mm Jane Campion retrospective winds down with Holy Smoke and Bright Star.

Metrograph

Metrograph A to Z continues; two Muppet movies screen in Play Time; Eyes Without a Face, Vagabond, and The Young Girls of Rochefort lead “Left Bank Cinema“; South Park and Perfect Blue are in “Late Nights.

Horror icon Barbara Crampton discusses a few of her favorite movies with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Re-Animator (1985)

Body Double (1984)

Jakob’s Wife (2021)

The Court Jester (1955) – John Landis’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine pairings

The Adventures Of Robin Hood (1938)

The Three Musketeers (1974) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary

The Matrix (1999)

Bound (1996)

Eyes Without A Face (1962) – Sam Hamm’s trailer commentary, Dennis Cozzalio’s review, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review

Halloween (1978) Adam Rifkin’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine pairing, Alex Kirschenbaum’s film power rankings, Alex Kirschenbaum’s timeline power rankings

All About Eve (1950)

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review

Alien (1979) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine pairings

Relic (2020)

Anything For Jackson (2020)

The Haunting (1963) – Dan Ireland’s trailer commentary

Strait-Jacket (1964) – David DeCoteau’s trailer commentary

The Silence Of The Lambs (1991) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary,...

That’s how things ought to work — give this reviewer Exactly the great disc he wants to see and wait for the flood of praise. This Italian-French gothic gem can hold its own in the Eurohorror Renaissance of 1960, with fine direction, an attractive cast, a seductive heroine/villainess, and lush color cinematography that turns a Flemish windmill into a young lover’s Garden of Horrors. It’s a period picture with fairy tale overtones, atrocious medical crimes and a sensual romance that leans heavily on squeamish Victorian taboos . . . yes, it’s irresistible. So is the lavish presentation, one of this disc label’s very best. Call it Holiday Horror, perhaps.

Mill of the Stone Women

Blu-ray

Arrow Video

1960 / Color / 1:66 widescreen / 90, 95, 96 min. / Street Date December 14, 2021 / Available from Arrow Video / 59.95

Starring Pierre Brice, Scilla Gabel, Herbert Böhme, Wolfgang Preiss, Dany Carrel, Liana Orfei, Marco Gugliemi.

Cinematography Pier Ludovico Pavoni

Production Designer...

Stars: Bella Thorne, Gavin Rossdale, Libby Mintz, Andreja Pejic, Josie Ho, Jamie Hince | Written by Janell Shirtcliff, Libby Mintz | Directed by Janell Shirtcliff

Even before it was out of post production, Habit (not to be confused with the 2017 cannibal film of the same name), was stirring up controversy. According to Variety, it was the subject of a petition due to its casting. Specifically the casting of Paris, daughter of Michael, Jackson as a lesbian Jesus. Whether it was the product of legitimate outrage or a bit of marketing it certainly got Habit noticed. And since I’m reviewing it, it obviously didn’t stop its release. Although maybe it would have been better if it did rather than being responsible for it getting a distributor.

Mads is a party girl with a Jesus fixation. She moves to Los Angeles and picks up a gig selling drugs for Eric (Gavin Rossdale...

Angel Olsen performed an intimate, stripped-down mini-set as part of the virtual Adult Swim Festival this weekend.

Accompanied only by electric guitar, Olsen — who performed live, and not prerecorded, for the livestream — played four tracks from her 2020 LP Whole New Mess, itself a bare bones version of 2019’s All Mirrors: “We Are All Mirrors,” “Chance (Forever Love),” “Whole New Mess” and “Tonight (Without You).”

Earlier this year, Olsen released Song of the Lark and Other Far Memories —a box set featuring Whole New Mess, All Mirrors and a bonus LP...

English-language debut is based on novel by UK sculptor and writer Brian Catling.

French director Lucile Hadzihalilovic is back at the San Sebastian International Film Festival this weekend for the European premiere of her third feature and English-language debut Earwig in Official Selection.

She has a long relationship with the festival where she won best new director in 2004 for debut feature Innocence and the special jury prize for Evolution in 2015.

Set “somewhere in Europe, mid-20th century”, Earwig stars Paul Hilton as a man called Albert, who is employed to look after a young girl, living in near solitary confinement in a labyrinthine,...