Benjamin Pratt

Folk horror thrives on deep-rooted fears—land, community, and the darkness within us. The Severed Sun looks ready to deliver. In Dean Puckett’s feature debut, Magpie, a preacher’s daughter, kills her abusive husband and awakens a vengeful monster in the woods. As her father pushes her back toward faith, the creature stalks the village, sparking a…

"One, two, three, eyes on me!"

"We all get what's comin' to us in the end."

Ari Aster’s Hereditary (2018) has been dissected to death, and for good reason. Aster loads every frame with meaning, packing symbolism into even the smallest details. But after years of reading theories and watching breakdowns, I noticed something I’ve never seen anyone else mention: the trees. Hereditary was filmed in Utah, home to the quaking…

Variety calls the film a "stellar indie family adventure" with a "gnarly twist."

Today’s “Elevated Horror” stands on the shoulders of innovative films like George C. Scott’s The Changeling, which you can now watch on Peacock Modern horror fans love talking about “elevated horror”—a supposedly new wave of horror that tackles personal and timely issues with intelligence, not cheap scares. Think Hereditary (2018), the film many credit with…

Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining (ranked #4 on Creepy Catalog’s Scariest Movies Ever list) is one of horror’s most iconic films, infamous for Jack Nicholson’s unhinged performance, Kubrick’s alleged mistreatment of Shelley Duvall, and Stephen King’s well-documented hatred of the adaptation. But for some fans, it’s more than just a movie—it’s an obsession. Room 237, a…

'MadS' will change the way you watch zombie movies.

Sinister is a legendary horror movie with scientifically proven scares, and is only available to stream on Max for one more week! After its 2012 release, Sinister cemented itself as a horror staple of the 2000s. A yearly study has crowned it the “scariest movie ever made” three times since 2020—proof that its terror still…

Witches often get a bad rap, but I prefer the cozier, more relatable depictions of witches found in films like The Craft (1996) and Practical Magic (1998), as well as TV shows like Bewitched (1964-1972). These portrayals resonate because they capture the charm and humanity often overlooked by traditional Hollywood stereotypes. Continuing in this tradition,…

In Shadow of God, maybe the devil isn’t the only supernatural force worth fearing. With Easter around the corner, many reflect on Christ’s resurrection as a source of hope. But Shadow of God, Shudder’s upcoming horror thriller, twists that hope into something terrifying. Renowned exorcist Father Mason Harper carries deep scars from his ultra-religious father.…

Stephen King has given the horror genre some of its most iconic movies, including It, Carrie, Misery, and The Shining, just to name a few. So it’s no surprise Oz Perkins wanted to grab a piece of King’s success. Coming off Perkins’ 2024 marketing hit Longlegs, his latest film, The Monkey—based on King’s 1980 short…

Shudder just dropped a terrifying trailer for new Irish-language folk horror film from writer/director Aislinn Clarke (The Devil’s Doorway).  Frewaka follows Shoo, a live-in palliative care nurse, as she grapples with her traumatic past while caring for an elderly agoraphobic woman with ghosts of her own.  The trailer hints stunning visuals like classic folk horror…

12 horror films so disturbing you won't be able to look away.