Thinking about Wes Craven's New Nightmare, dir. Wes Craven, 1994; The Ugly Stepsister, dir. Emilie Blichfeldt, 2025; and Angel Dust, dir. by Gakuryū Ishii, 1994.

Thinking about Crawl, dir. Alexandre Aja, 2019; 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, dir. Nia DaCosta, 2026; and The Fairgrounds, from the collection Uncertain Sons and Other Stories, by Thomas Ha, 2025.

Thinking about Häxan, dir. Benjamin Christensen, 1922; No Other Choice, dir. Park Chan-wook, 2025; and The Mephisto Waltz, dir. Paul Wendkos, 1971.

Thinking about Kill List, dir. Ben Wheatley, 2011; Man Finds Tape, dir. Paul Gandersman and Peter Hall, 2025; and Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers, by Caroline Fraser, 2025.

Thinking about Silent Night, Deadly Night, dir. Charles E. Sellier Jr., 1984; Silent Night, Deadly Night, dir. Mike P. Nelson, 2025; and And All Through The House (Tales from the Crypt), dir. Robert Zemeckis, 1989.

Thinking about Fright Night, dir. Tom Holland, 1985; Good Boy, dir. Ben Leonberg, 2025; and Arrebato, dir. Ivan Zulueta, 1979.

Thinking about The House of the Devil, dir. Ti West, 2009; The Plague, dir. Charlie Polinger, 2025; and Attirement of the Bride, Max Ernst, 1940.

This week, eerie children, a dwell magazine horror, and a graveyard labyrinth (spoilers for the first, light spoilers for the

It's Noirvember, and this week I'm writing about three horror movies that are also noirs (some

I was lucky enough last week to catch The Phantom of the Opera (1925) on the big screen accompanied by