Jayne Trcka, a professional bodybuilder who appeared in "Scary Movie," has reportedly died. She was 62. Trcka's son told TMZ in an article published Jan 5 that she died Dec. 12, and the San Diego ...

An actress who rose to fame in a popular movie franchise this century is dead. Jayne Trcka is perhaps best known for her role on the original Scary Movie, which came out in 2000. That was the first ...

A new year brings thrillers galore, with evil emerging from a pandemic, a summer camp and a rideshare app. By Erik Piepenburg Rent or buy it on major platforms. Death, isolation and conspiracy ...

Horror movies are one of the most stable and reliable of all film genres. How come? Simple. They are usually cheap and easy to make (think of how much Karo corn syrup and red food coloring for blood ...

From genre-defining hits ('Sinners') and surprise breakouts ('Weapons') to hidden gems ('Dead Mail') and auteur-driven awards contenders ('Frankenstein'), these were the best scares studios and ...

It was a banner year for horror, which not only dominated commercial markets but also broke through the awards barrier. The Oscars shortlist highlighted the genre’s critical success by recognizing ...

From a sticky meditation on relationships to a Valentine's Day slasher, there was a lot to love this year. By most metrics, 2025 was a brutal year to be alive — but a comparatively gentle one for ...

In the age of cancel culture and social media, will the “Scary Movie” franchise’s typical controversial jokes still land? These are the questions actress Regina Hall asked herself before signing on to ...

You wouldn’t call 2025 an “off” year for horror — more like an odd one. Both A24 and Neon continued to back several scary-movie auteurs (the prolific Osgood Perkins, the brothers Danny and Michael ...

It’s hard to look at the astounding box-office and critical success of Sinners and Weapons and say 2025 was not a great year for horror. And yet, here I am, bravely doing it anyway: 2025 was not a ...

J. Scott Thurlow is a Senior Contributor based in the NYC Metropolitan Area. While he is not actually Alan Wake, Scott has been ranting about games since falling in love with them at a young age.

There’s nothing new in noting that horror movies tend to run on pretty rigidly defined nostalgia cycles, as new franchises get big, peter out, and then—more and more frequently in the modern ...