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11/16/2025

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11/16/2025

Predator: Badlands is far more than just a fun coming-of-age action flick; it's a testament to how creative can be when given free rein in the sandbox that is the and crossover franchise.

Audiences had already seen just how innovative Trachtenberg could be in the former, with his previous installments, Prey and Predator: Killer of Killers, reinvigorating what was a relatively insignificant IP compared to the likes of Star Wars and Marvel. But his inclusion of Weyland-Yutani in Badlands felt like the largest step towards what seems highly likely to occur in the near future: a third Alien vs. Predator film, and confirmed that it needs to be Trachtenberg in charge.

Not only did Trachtenberg make both franchises feel logically connected and innovative, but he also understands exactly what makes both franchises tick, and his monster fights in Badlands are the exact kind of action that viewers want to see in such a crossover event 💯

11/16/2025

The gorgeous new poster for Bryan Fuller and Mads Mikkelsen's Dust Bunny is here. Take a closer look and watch the trailer in comments.

11/16/2025

and wil always be #1 and #2 in my heart for a list like this!

Animation offers a uniquely versatile platform for the horror genre, capable of delivering nightmares that are impossible to stage in reality. Because it is not bound by the limitations of the real world, the medium can visualize fear in its purest form. Grotesque body horror can be pushed to its most surreal extremes, psychological torment can manifest as literal shifting landscapes, and monstrous creatures can be born directly from an artist’s imagination without the filter of practical or digital effects. This artistic freedom allows creators to carefully calibrate the tone of their stories, resulting in a vast spectrum of horror. As a result, the same medium can produce both the safe dread of a children’s mystery and the visceral carnage of a mature dark fantasy, each effective in its own right.

The following list is a celebration of that incredible range, bringing together shows that, while vastly different, all represent a pinnacle of the craft. Either serving as children’s gateway into or as examples of how disturbing animation can be, these TV shows are some of the best horror productions you can watch.

11/16/2025

Finn Wolfhard hopes Stranger Things Season 5 isn’t the end

11/16/2025

Christopher Nolan's epic is angering many for inaccuracies that "cannot be ignored." Read more 👉️ bit.ly/4oLRhAK

11/16/2025

Love this actor in everything he does!

Todd Stashwick is officially joining 'VISIONQUEST' as Paladin, bringing the fan favorite Marvel anti hero to life in the new series ⚔️✨

11/16/2025

Watching by on ! Just AMAZING! It is different from the book and it is different than the (I still love that version as well). has done it yet again!

Let us be monsters together. Written and directed by Guillermo del Toro, FRANKENSTEIN is now in select theaters and on Netflix November 7. Starring Oscar Isa...

11/16/2025

Jeremy Pruyne joins the podcast team for his first episode of the new season. He and Richard discuss Alien Earth and how it connects to the Alien Franchise Universe. They also discuss various notable trailers from the 2025 NYC Comic Con (Trailers can be found here: • ALL COMIC-CON MOVIE TR... ​)


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Jeremy Pruyne joins the podcast team for his first episode of the new season. He and Richard discuss Alien Earth and how it connects to the Alien Franchise ...

11/15/2025

The mighty Marvel Comics universe may have been built on the backs of superheroes, but it never shied away from featuring non-superhero characters when urgency or inclination called for it. Such was the case in the early 1970s, when a convergence of looser content restrictions and growing popular interest in the occult and supernatural presented Marvel with a chance to “dip its toes” back into horror — a genre the company had originally explored in its earliest days, only to abandon after the Comics Code Authority (CCA) deemed such content off-limits. Seizing that rare moment when opportunity met readiness, Marvel plunged boldly into the genre, launching five horror-based titles within two years, along with a series of horror anthology comics. It’s a fair argument that in the 1970s, Marvel was the place to be for horror comics.

As revealed by ’s then-Editor-in-Chief, Roy Thomas, in an interview with the legendary Stan Lee for Comic Book Artist #2, which was republished on TwoMorrows., the company had little trouble pivoting to horror stories. This was due to their extensive reservoir of horror concepts, many of which originated from Stan Lee, who had been thinking them up over the years, for a time when content limitations were eased. Most of these ideas — based on vampires, werewolves, zombies, and Frankenstein-like creatures — drew from classic horror tropes of the 1950s and early 1960s. Others were embellishments of creatures from the black and white horror magazines that had otherwise been allowed to publish grisly tales.

Needless to say, many of the monsters Marvel introduced in its first wave of horror comics and stories didn’t quite mesh – stylistically – with the prevailing pop culture of the time. That began to change with the arrival of that is, until the arrival of Blade. Created by Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan — who, alongside Roy Thomas, Gerry Conway, Steve Ge**er, and Doug Moench, were among Marvel’s leading horror comic architects — Blade debuted in Tomb of Dracula #10 (1972), the publisher’s flagship horror title.

Although he began his “career” in the Marvel Comics universe as a supporting character, Blade had a distinctive vibe that set him apart from Daimon Hellstrom, the Man-Thing, and other fellow representatives of the quickly expanding Marvel “horror-sphere.” Indeed, unlike his peers, he carried the unmistakable aura of a superhero — a vigilante more concerned with hunting monsters than fighting crime.

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11/15/2025

Mike Flanagan has a 10/10 horror TV series on - read more here. ⬇️

11/14/2025