Originally scheduled for a theatrical release in early 2016, Blumhouse Productions’ zombie-infection thriller Viral inexplicably found itself dumped onto VOD platforms. Maybe zombie fatigue played a role in the decision to delay and downgrade it release. After a long zombie renaissance in the horror genre, even The Walking Dead would start to see diminishing returns […]
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As we reach the midway point of 2023, Netflix makes at least a half-hearted effort to appease horror fans with a new original offering. While the streaming platform has generally been ambivalent at best toward the genre, this year has been particularly light on new horror offerings. But the latest release has some promising pedigree […]
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Since British anthology series Black Mirror premiered in 2011 it has produced some of the most bleak dystopian speculative fiction. Consider it a Twilight Zone for the 2000s and much more cynical, jaded audience. Creator Charlie Brooker has created some of the most buzzworthy watercooler television over the last decade. Perhaps the worst complaint about […]
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Near the end of May, about a week ahead of the June full moon, Netflix finally added an original horror movie. A Norwegian horror export, Viking Wolf has nothing to do with the acclaimed History Channel series, Vikings. While there’s a quick reference to Vikings, Viking Wolf is in fact a pretty standard werewolf movie. […]
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So far in 2023, Netflix has put almost no effort into platforming new horror content. Just last week, however, the streaming giant quietly dropped the latest Mexican horror outing, Tin & Tina. Consider it yet another addition to the always popular creepy kids subgenre. On the surface, this one looks like it will recycle most […]
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Netflix invests little effort into its horror movie library. By this time last year, the streaming giant had at least released the divisive Texas Chainsaw Massacre legacy sequel. Thus far in 2023 Netflix hasn’t platformed any original horror movies. At least the horror content quietly shuffles a bit each month. So if you’re inclined to […]
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Horror movies aren’t unusual for December. There’s certainly plenty of Christmas-themed genre movies to warrant a release at this time of year. But Norwegian export Troll isn’t a very Yule-ish monster movie. No, Netflix’s latest monster movie has no connection to the infamously bad Troll 2. And it’s not connected to the widely revered mockumentary, […]
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Horror boasts plenty of ‘creepy kid‘ movies for parents or people who just find half-sized humans scary. Alice, Sweet, Alice, The Omen, Children of the Corn, The Bad Seed – they all reminded us that being able to drive isn’t a perquisite for terror. Earlier this, Norwegian thriller The Innocents made itself a candidate for […]
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