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Empire alum Tasha Smith  to star in Lee Daniels' untitled horror movie
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Empire alum Tasha Smith to star in Lee Daniels' untitled horror movie

Multi-hyphenate Tasha Smith is reuniting with Lee Daniels for an untitled Netflix exorcism thriller.

Bhoothakaalam shows how horror doesn't always thrive in the secluded, but also amid social realities of the day
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Bhoothakaalam shows how horror doesn't always thrive in the secluded, but also amid social realities of the day

Do horrors end with a change of address or moving to a new location and a new rented home? Social attitudes do not change overnight. They are a product of long sustained and deep social conditioning.

Month after Afghans fell from plane in desperate bid to escape Taliban rule, families relive horror
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Month after Afghans fell from plane in desperate bid to escape Taliban rule, families relive horror

More than a month later, much remains unclear about what happened in that tragic takeoff on 16 August, a day after the Taliban swept into Kabul

Nushrratt Bharuccha's horror film Chhorii to release on Amazon Prime in November
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Nushrratt Bharuccha's horror film Chhorii to release on Amazon Prime in November

Amazon Prime Video India unveils the motion poster of Chhorii, co-produced by Abundantia Entertainment’s Psych, a vertical focused on the horror and paranormal genre, and the Los Angeles-based Crypt TV.

As Spiral releases on Lionsgate Play, a look back at the choreographed violence of the Saw franchise
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As Spiral releases on Lionsgate Play, a look back at the choreographed violence of the Saw franchise

Saw brought a sense of choreography to violence, the simple yet ludicrously effective idea that if imagined, pain, and death can have countless different designs, each more sinister, more creative if you like, than the others.

Netflix's Fear Street trilogy is a motley of gore and nostalgia as told through an endearing cast of teenage rebels
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Netflix's Fear Street trilogy is a motley of gore and nostalgia as told through an endearing cast of teenage rebels

The Fear Street trilogy on Netflix eschews the doom-and-gloom sobriety of recent horror successes such as Bird Box and A Quiet Place, or the nihilism of The Purge franchise.

Fear Street Part 3: 1666 movie review — A satisfying twist and sharp commentary cap Netflix's horror trilogy
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Fear Street Part 3: 1666 movie review — A satisfying twist and sharp commentary cap Netflix's horror trilogy

The final instalment of Leigh Janiak’s adaptation of RL Stine’s popular YA horror series underlines the historical reality of persecuted women

Fear Street Part 2: 1978 movie review — A killer on the loose at a summer camp for teens equals an effective horror romp
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Fear Street Part 2: 1978 movie review — A killer on the loose at a summer camp for teens equals an effective horror romp

Perfect for a not-too-overwhelming-but-spooky-enough night of Netflix bingeing on the couch.

Ari Aster's Midsommar, the Scandinavian sun that rarely naps, and horrors set in blinding light
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Ari Aster's Midsommar, the Scandinavian sun that rarely naps, and horrors set in blinding light

Midsommar is packed with reminders that if a film succeeds in depicting the darkness within vividly, then a sunshine-y environment can make the experience even more unnerving. Because viewers have nowhere to hide.

Fear Street Part 1: 1994 movie review — A fun ode to Stranger Things, slasher films and high school horror
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Fear Street Part 1: 1994 movie review — A fun ode to Stranger Things, slasher films and high school horror

With a back-story that’s to be explored in greater detail over the trilogy's next two instalments, Fear Street Part 1: 1994 is an enjoyable first step.

Fear Street: All you need to know about Netflix's decade-hopping horror trilogy based on RL Stine's novels
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Fear Street: All you need to know about Netflix's decade-hopping horror trilogy based on RL Stine's novels

Netflix kicks off the Fear Street trilogy with Part 1, set in 1994, today on 2 July.

Them review: Amazon Studios' new anthology is a brutal, unrelenting American horror story
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Them review: Amazon Studios' new anthology is a brutal, unrelenting American horror story

Through its 10-episode run, the series — about 10 days in the life of a Black family who have just moved into the white neighbourhood of East Compton in 1950s California — keeps the horror at fever pitch.

Later book review: Stephen King delivers a gory mix of crime and horror in his latest whodunnit thriller
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Later book review: Stephen King delivers a gory mix of crime and horror in his latest whodunnit thriller

Published under the Hard Case Crime imprint, which also distributed The Colorado Kid (2005) and Joyland (2013) — Later is narrated by 22-year-old Jamie, looking back on his formative years. He begins his story at age six, when he first figured out he could see and talk to the dead.

Friday Night Frights: A Brief History of Feeling Great
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Friday Night Frights: A Brief History of Feeling Great

Even the most widely accepted version of events is blurry on what might have triggered the whole thing.

Friday Night Frights: Red, Shiny, and Ripe | A short story
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Friday Night Frights: Red, Shiny, and Ripe | A short story

No tomatoes were harmed in the retelling of this story.

The Wretched movie review: New horror film, streaming on Amazon Prime Video, boasts of Big Witch Energy
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The Wretched movie review: New horror film, streaming on Amazon Prime Video, boasts of Big Witch Energy

The Wretched is an occult horror movie possessed by the spirit of teen seaside summers past. Hidden in their troubled co-existence is a potentially much better but eventually unrealised film.

Bulbbul, Anushka Sharma's Paatal Lok follow-up as a producer, to premiere on 24 June on Netflix
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Bulbbul, Anushka Sharma's Paatal Lok follow-up as a producer, to premiere on 24 June on Netflix

Touted as a tale about self-discovery and justice, Bulbbul will be Anushka Sharma's second production venture into digital platforms

Arshad Warsi joins Bhumi Pednekar, Mahie Gill in cast of horror film Durgavati, backed by Akshay Kumar
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Arshad Warsi joins Bhumi Pednekar, Mahie Gill in cast of horror film Durgavati, backed by Akshay Kumar

Durgavati is directed by Ashok, produced by Abduntia Entertainment, and presented by Akshay Kumar's Hari Om Entertainment and Bhushan Kumar's T-Series Films.

With Bhoot, Gunjan Saxena, Dostana 2 and Takht, Dharma Productions seems to be going through a revival
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With Bhoot, Gunjan Saxena, Dostana 2 and Takht, Dharma Productions seems to be going through a revival

Dharma Productions has gotten a new lease of life with Karan Johar encouraging genres like horror, biopic, and historicals.