The iconic shower scene in Psycho was originally supposed to play out without music. Instead composer Bernard Herrmann created “The Murder”: as the killing transpires, violins shriek and scream along ...

John Carpenter’s classic horror slasher film Halloween stands strong on its own. However, the piano intro in Michael Myers’ theme song is as legendary as the film and character itself. In rare fashion ...

Horror, a genre long hated by critics and adored by the public, has always strived to challenge the status quo. Between pushing what can be shown on screen and the sanity of mothers everywhere, the ...

Following up his big screen directorial debut via "A Fistful of Fingers," Edgar Wright launched his now-beloved Three Flavors Cornetto trilogy in 2004. "Shaun of the Dead" kicked the string of films ...

From ‘Marshmallow’ to ‘Weapons,’ Dread Central contributor Kara Gray Ramirez names her top 10 horror films of 2025.

Quite a few gothic rock classics by The Cure could make it to the soundtrack of a horror movie, but I’m partial to the 1989 tune “Lullaby”. That opening melody is so melancholic and ahead of its time, ...

Alien, The Shining, and Dawn of the Dead are all among the greatest, most brilliant horror movie masterpieces that are each a straight 10/10.

Beloved camp classic "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" marks its 50th anniversary on Sept. 26. The quirky midnight movie helped launch the careers of Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon and more in 1975. The ...

Psychological horror is a subgenre of horror that is defined by its use of sound, lighting, atmosphere, tension, and the consumer's own psyche to evoke fear. This differs greatly from the standard ...