In the Academy Awards’ 90-year history, horror films have been nominated for Best Picture just six times, out of a possible 546 nominees. Yet, the genre has given us classics like The Shining, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and Halloween. Follow along this week as the Ringer staff celebrates the horror genre, and asks where it can go from here.
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Horror Week
Follow along as we celebrate cinema’s most underappreciated genre
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October 5, 2018
The Horror Psychopath in 2018
In 1978, ‘Halloween’ introduced the trope that would come to haunt horror movies—and, in certain lights, real life—for the next 40 years: the guy who won’t die. Have we come any closer to reckoning with him?
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October 5, 2018
Reign in Blood: The Legacy of Dario Argento’s ‘Suspiria’
With a reimagining from Luca Guadagnino on the way, we take a look back at the 1977 original—a hallucinatory, erotic, still terrifying Italian horror masterpiece, equal parts ‘Snow White’ and opium dream
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October 4, 2018
Before ‘Get Out,’ There Was ‘Candyman’
The urban legend about the hook-handed terror was a radical, sophisticated examination of race, history, and love that feels as powerful and essential today as when it was released more than 25 years ago
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October 4, 2018
John Carpenter Calls Action
The legendary director joins Amy Nicholson to break down his stumbling path to the ‘Halloween’ set
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October 4, 2018
John Carpenter’s ‘They Live’ Was Supposed to Be a Warning. We Didn’t Heed It. We Didn’t Even Understand It.
The horror master’s most prescient movie has nothing to do with serial killers or vampires—it’s about greed and propaganda. And it’s truer than ever.
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October 3, 2018
‘Black Christmas’ Was the First ‘Halloween’
From ‘When a Stranger Calls’ to ‘Scream,’ every great slasher film owes a debt to Bob Clark’s 1974 groundbreaking cult classic
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October 3, 2018
Who Is the Best Horror Movie Monster or Villain?
From the blank face of Michael Myers to the sheer nothingness of the "it" in ‘It Follows,’ Ringer staffers bravely make the case for horror’s most haunting perpetrators of fear
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October 2, 2018
Director’s Commentary: Arian Foster and Martellus Bennett Critique Horror Films
The former All-Pro running back and Super Bowl champ take a look at some horror classics
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October 2, 2018
Why ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers’ Is the Other Scariest Movie of the 1970s
Like all the best horror movies, Philip Kaufman’s remake of the paranoid ’50s original builds from a whisper to an otherworldly shriek. It’s still a gloriously creepy metaphor for modern life.
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October 2, 2018
Will Anyone Remember Any of the 21st Century Horror Remakes?
Nearly every iconic horror movie has been remade or reimagined in this century. Some worked, some failed. But virtually none have the lasting imprint of the original.
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October 1, 2018
Introducing the Horror Oscars: The 40 Best Scary Movies Since ‘Halloween’
Horror movies are almost always passed over come Oscar season. It’s time to correct that sin.
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October 1, 2018
How ‘Halloween’ Brought Horror to the Suburbs and Inspired a Legion of Copycats
Listen to the first episode of ‘Halloween: Unmasked,’ a new podcast series