The Babadook
The Monster That Came From a Children’s Book When Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook released in 2014, it didn’t arrive with the thunder of a Hollywood blockbuster. Instead, it crept quietly onto the indie horror scene and then spread like the whisper of a nightmare. The premise seemed simple: a widow, Amelia (Essie Davis), raising her […]
It Follows
A New Kind of Horror Emerges When It Follows premiered in 2014, horror fans knew they were watching something unusual. Directed by David Robert Mitchell, the film wasn’t filled with cheap jump scares or loud orchestral jolts. Instead, it built terror out of silence, patience, and the eerie certainty that something — or someone — […]
The Exorcist
When Fear Became Real on Screen In 1973, William Friedkin’s The Exorcist arrived like a storm. Audiences fainted in theatres, priests held special screenings, and newspapers described it as the most terrifying movie ever made. But The Exorcist was more than a horror film — it was a cultural earthquake. Based on William Peter Blatty’s […]
Psycho
A Film That Changed Horror Forever When Alfred Hitchcock released Psycho in 1960, he did not just make a film — he redefined what cinema could do to an audience. Till then, horror was often about gothic castles, monsters, or supernatural terrors. Psycho pulled the curtain back and said: the monster might live in your […]
Hereditary
A Family Haunted Onscreen, and Off When Hereditary premiered at Sundance in 2018, horror fans knew they were witnessing something rare. Ari Aster’s debut wasn’t just another genre flick — it was psychological, suffocating, and relentlessly tragic. At its core, it told the story of the Graham family unraveling after the death of their secretive […]
Heart Eyes
When Valentine’s Day Got Bloody: The Setup & Expectations When Heart Eyes was first announced, it came with a hook that felt both familiar and fresh: a romantic comedy slasher. In early trailers, we saw Olivia Holt’s character, Ally McCabe, pitching ads about doomed lovers, while the background whispered of murders—Valentine’s Day style. The contrast […]
Orphan
A Chilling Whisper Before the Curtain Rose When Orphan was announced in 2008, it was marketed as yet another creepy-child horror film, a sub-genre that had already given audiences The Omen, The Ring, and The Exorcist. But there was something about the poster — a pale girl with braids and a stare that cut straight […]
Get Out
A Horror Film That Spoke Beyond Screams When the movie “Get Out” came out in 2017, many people thought it was like any other psychological thriller in the cinema. Little did they know, the movie was much more than that. It was an extremely clever satire of modern-day racism all wrapped up in a thriller. […]
Us
The Shadows That Followed Them Whenever Jordan Peele announced Us after the dazzling success of Get Out, expectations were through the roof. It was not just about a horror film – audiences were waiting for the next cultural wonder. For Peele, however, it was both a pleasure and heavy burden to carry. Get Out was […]
Basic Instinct 2
A Return to the Ice-Cold Gaze In 2006, over a decade since the 1992 pop culture phenomenon, erotic thriller Basic Instinct, hit cinemas, the sequel was released. The leg-crossing interrogation scene, which Sharon Stone’s Catherine Tramell stars in, has earned its place as one of the most memorable scenes in cinema history, cementing Stone’s place […]