16 h. ago 'Trashy' horror film flies up Netflix charts despite abysmal 21 percent score

A critically panned horror flick has landed on Netflix and is racing up the charts as fans call it a 'great start to this new trilogy'

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16 h. ago ‘Trashy’ horror with iconic scream queen beats Christmas classics in Netflix charts

The festive season may be fast approaching but many Netflix subscribers are swapping holiday cheer for screams of terror this week

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33 h. ago SARAH VINE: The more you mollycoddle an addict, the more they take you for a fool. Like the Reiners, no parent wants to give up on their child

Who can even begin to imagine the horror experienced by the legendary film director Rob Reiner, 78, and his wife Michele, 70.

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43 h. ago How did this warm, cheery man make a film as horrific as Misery? When Rob Reiner met Stephen King

In an industry not exactly known for it, Reiner was an exceptionally nice guy. But he was too much of a showman to make a straight shocker. The result was rich, terrifying – yet cherished• ‘Not a second of wasted time’: Rob Reiner’s golden run• Meeting Rob Reiner was like a visit from Santa• Rob Reiner’s five best films• Hollywood in shock: ‘One of the greatest’You can love a film without, apparently, ever having paid full attention to it. I realised this only recently when I came to understood something crucial about Misery, the 1990 psychological horror film adapted from the novel by Stephen King and directed by Rob Reiner. What are the chances, I used to think, that Paul Sheldon, the bestselling novelist kidnapped and tortured by unhinged superfan Annie Wilkes, came off the road right when she happened along? It didn’t occur to me that the reason she was there in the first place was because she was stalking him or even (a conclusion not supported by the text) that she caused the ...

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43 h. ago How did a warm, cheery man like Rob Reiner make a film as horrific as Misery?

In an industry not exactly known for it, Reiner was an exceptionally nice guy. But he was too much of a showman to make a straight shocker. The result was rich, terrifying – yet cherished• ‘Not a second of wasted time’: Rob Reiner’s golden run• Meeting Rob Reiner was like a visit from Santa• Rob Reiner’s five best films• Hollywood in shock: ‘One of the greatest’You can love a film without, apparently, ever having paid full attention to it. I realised this only recently when I came to understood something crucial about Misery, the 1990 psychological horror film adapted from the novel by Stephen King and directed by Rob Reiner. What are the chances, I used to think, that Paul Sheldon, the bestselling novelist kidnapped and tortured by unhinged superfan Annie Wilkes, came off the road right when she happened along? It didn’t occur to me that the reason she was there in the first place was because she was stalking him or even (a conclusion not supported by the text) that she caused the ...

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6 d. ago See what iconic Seinfeld star looks like now at 70 as he tops the box office with new horror film

As meddling mailman Newman in Seinfeld, Wayne Knight played the quintessential character that you loved to hate.

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6 d. ago 'I moved into a new house and found a real life horror movie in the loft'

Moving house is one of the most stressful processes to go through, and one couple got a shock after venturing into the loft of their new family home and unearthing something from a "horror film"

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6 d. ago 'Most ludicrous' horror film you'll ever see streaming on Prime Video

The film has become a fan favourite since its release

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1 week ago Former child star from terrifying horror film looks unrecognisable 70 years on

Horror icon Patty McCormack has opened up about playing one of the most terrifying child characters of all time in The Bad Seed, and why she's stopping trying to distance herself from psycopathic Rhoda Penmark

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1 week ago 'Guilty pleasure' horror film is 'so bad it's good' on ITV tonight

This film is the fourth in the iconic shark thriller saga and was released in 1987, with many film fans claiming it's more of a 'guilty pleasure' than a horror movie

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2 w. ago 'Masterpiece' war film showing 'true horror' of conflict on Film 4 tonight

The film won multiple awards, and is now considered a cinematic masterpiece with many film fans claiming it shows "the horrors and the darkness of what war and chaos can create"

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2 w. ago Film students tortured and dissolved in acid by cartel after horror mistake

Javier Salomón Aceves Gastélum, Jesjson Daniel Díaz and Marco Ávalos were making a short film at a house in the state of Jalisco in western Mexico for a university project

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3 w. ago Sirāt review – rave in the desert leads to exasperating quest in the sands of Morocco

Oliver Laxe’s Cannes prize winner about a father’s search for his missing daughter starts impressively then descends into Pythonesque perditionOliver Laxe leads his audience into a wilderness of non-meaning in this strange and unrewardingly oppressive film that was the joint jury prize winner at Cannes this year and the recipient of all sorts of critical superlatives. For me, Sirāt is the most overpraised movie of the year – exasperating and bizarre in ways that become less and less interesting and more and more ridiculous as the film wears on.There is a moment of tragic horror halfway through the action that is not absorbed or clarified and whose (presumed) emotional and spiritual consequences are not conveyed. It simply looks coercive and even slightly farcical. The later explosions in the desert are, frankly, Pythonesque. And yet, as with Laxe’s earlier film Mimosas there are some wonderful visual moments and stylish shots of the Moroccan desert landscape. Veteran Spanish actor S...

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3 w. ago 'All time classic' horror film with almost perfect rating on BBC tonight

Film that struck fear into cinemagoers still manages to ‘instill genuine terror’ half a century on and is considered the first ever summer blockbuster for good reason

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3 w. ago Rocky Horror creator Richard O’Brien: ‘The Spice Girls couldn’t sing. But lovely girls’

The actor, writer and musician on growing up on a sheep farm in New Zealand, being in Spice World and a lovely afternoon with Aretha FranklinGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailStrange Journey: The Story Of Rocky Horror is out to celebrate 50 years of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. What’s the strangest journey Rocky Horror has taken you on?I was at the 30th anniversary at Queen’s Theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue. After the show, I was in the downstairs bar, chatting to a couple of people. I turned around and going up the stairs was a man in such high heels – these fetish shoes – that he couldn’t walk in them. He had a leather thong up his arse, and I thought to myself: “I suppose I’m responsible for that, aren’t I?”Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning Continue reading...

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3 w. ago 'Unsettling' horror film that has viewers 'transfixed' on TV tonight

Your movie night is about to get a lot creepier as this 'transfixing' A24 horror film appears on screens tonight.

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4 w. ago Bone Lake review – holiday rental house of horror is fun for everyone

You don’t need to be a fright flick aficionado to enjoy this smart and witty tale of a romantic weekend break going gruesomely wrongIt is certainly unusual to see in closeup an arrow fired into a naked scrotum before the title of a film has even been shown, but this is that rare film. The scrotum in question belongs to a man fleeing unclothed through the woods from an unseen assailant, together with an equally naked female companion who also comes swiftly to a sticky end. As opening salvoes go, it hits the spot, as it were.Then the film proper begins. A couple arrive at a bougie rental home only to find themselves facing the ultimate millennial nightmare: you’ve shelled out your hand-earned cash on a place for the weekend but find another couple have also booked it. This is the problem of listings on multiple platforms! Or is something more sinister going on? (If the ballsack shish kebab didn’t tip you off, another clue lies in the fact that the movie is called Bone Lake, not Airbnb...

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