Each and every Halloween season (which we here call “Nerdoween”), folks put on their favorite horror movies and celebrate the icons that have made the genre beloved. Your Frankenstein(‘s monster), ...

The lasting success of the horror genre has been built on a few core principles. The genre’s use of allegory and thematic storytelling has always been key, as has tapping into the wider social ...

Michael Myers, Jason Voorhees, Art the Clown, Norman Bates, John Kramer aka Jigsaw, Candyman, Leatherface, Chucky, Ghostface, Dracula, Pennywise the Dancing Clown, Freddy Krueger, Hannibal Lecter, ...

Horror-film villains become nightmare fuel for kids for decades. Some villains like Freddy, Jason, and Ghostface have multiple films to get under your skin. Others, like Annie from "Misery" or Jack ...

Alex Smith is a writer with a strong passion for film, television, and theatre, and joined Collider in 2022. Known for a sharp attention to detail, Alex has written a wide range of list-based content ...

There’s nothing more important to a horror movie than its villain, because without one, the film is just teenagers having sex in a cabin. The type of villain sets the tone of the movie, determining ...