The Most Intense Nightmare Scenes in Movies, Ranked

Even in horror films, nightmare sequences can often be considered superfluous. Sometimes they’re eye-rollingly obvious, and other times they may just seem to add unnecessary scares to a picture that’s indeed already quite scary enough. Even in non-horror movies, nightmare scenes might be the ones we turn away from in fear, or decide to take a quick bathroom break during. However, nightmare sequences in film often play a critical role in revealing a character’s psychological state along with their deepest fears....

July 28, 2025 · 5 min · 1013 words · Rachel Nelson

The Only Horror Franchises to Make More Than $1 Billion at the Box Office

Horroris one of the most popular (yet somehow underappreciated) genres of film. It attracts dedicated fans who will see just about any movie that the genre produces. Whether it’s a psychological mind-bender or a campy slasher, horror fans will flock to the theaters for the next horror movie to be released. With its dedicated fan base and relatively less expensive budgets, horror is one of the most profitable genres in the industry....

July 28, 2025 · 7 min · 1386 words · Eric Escobar

The Predator Gets X-Men Star Olivia Munn, Suburban Setting Revealed

The girls are certainly taking over Hollywood as of late, with yet another big franchise handing over a lead role to an actress instead of one of her male counterparts. Only this time out, some may balk that Olivia Munn is playing the smart scientist instead of the ass-kicking Special Forces Commando. Can’t she be a smartass-kickingscientist commando? Perhaps, but not in the newPredatorsequel. Olivia Munn’s character has yet to be given a name inThe Predator, the forth film in the straight Predator franchise....

July 28, 2025 · 2 min · 336 words · Charles Cohen

Times Are Changing and So Are Coming-of-Age Movies and TV Series

If you take a look around town or even in your own neighborhood, you will noticefewer children are playingin the streets and running around with their friends. This is not a new observation; many have commented about how most children nowadays can be found inside in front of a screen rather than getting into harmless trouble before the sun goes down. These kids have been raised to distrust the world we live in, and honestly, can you blame them?...

July 28, 2025 · 4 min · 830 words · Anna Sweeney

Tron 3 Was Canceled Before the Script Was Finished

It’s been a long time since Disney tried to bring theTronfranchise to modern audiences withTron: Legacy, which wasn’t exactly the success they were hoping it would be. That being the case, a third movie in the franchise failed to ever get going, but there’s still hope. ThoughTron 3is dead, a reboot may still happen, withJared Letotaking over in the lead role. Now,director Joseph Kosinskireveals that Leto’s involvement actually goes back a long way and says that the movie is sort of just sitting right now....

July 28, 2025 · 2 min · 425 words · Tony Gordon

Trump Quotes Bane from Dark Knight Rises in Inauguration Speech?

Today is a big day, not just in Washington D.C., or even the United States, but all over the world as humanity hangs in the balance uponDonald Trumpbecoming sworn in as the 45th President of the United States. Yes, today is Inauguration Day! And it seems that Donald Trump is playing up his role as villain in some eyes. A new side-by-side comparison video has emerged that shows Trump just stole part of his big White House speech from none other than DC Comics super villain Bane inThe Dark Knight Rises....

July 28, 2025 · 3 min · 624 words · Ryan Dudley

Weapon X Wolverine Unleashes Berserker Rage in X-Men: Apocalypse

Last month, 20th Century Fox debuted the third trailer forX-Men: Apocalypse, which revealed quite the surprise for longtime fans of the franchise. The final scene features Cyclops (Tye Sheridan) telling Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence) that they had some “help”. The very last shot showcases the unmistakable Adamantium claw ofWolverine(Hugh Jackman). This was the first time we got confirmation of Logan’s appearance in the sequel. Today, we have even more details from directorBryan Singerand producerSimon Kinberg....

July 28, 2025 · 3 min · 547 words · Heather Bradley

What Stranger Things Looks Like as an 80s Sitcom

Netflix can seem to do no wrong these days. They have been producing hit, original shows for a few years now, and with the release ofStranger Thingsa few weeks ago, they have another huge success on their hands. The show is a throwback to a lot of classic 80s things, and they are for the most part, creepy strange things. But just because it was set in the 80s, someone had to imagine what it might look like if the show were an 80s sitcom, as opposed to asci-fi thriller....

July 28, 2025 · 2 min · 329 words · Sarah Salas

WWE Wrestler Mr. Fuji, Aka Harry Fujiwara, Passes Away at 82

Sad news for WWE and sports fans. Superstar and Hall of FamerHarry Fujiwarapassed away on Sunday. Best known as Mr. Fuji to his legion of hardcore followers, the professional wrestlerdiedat the age of 82. World Wrestling Entertainment made the announcement this morning. Mr. Fuji’s wrestling career spans 31-years. He started as a sports entertainer when professional wrestling was just a niche attraction and continued on as it found cultural and mainstream popularity....

July 28, 2025 · 3 min · 449 words · Joshua Moyer

Yoda-Snoke Connection Possibly Teased in New Star Wars Book

It looks like Yoda and Snoke may have a connection revealed before theThe Rise of Skywalkerrelease. The upcoming Age of the Resistance comics from Marvel take Rose Tico, Rey, Kylo Ren, and Snoke and put them under the microscope before the upcoming movie. ForStar Warsfans, it looks like we may be getting further backstory into the mysterious Supreme Leader Snoke, who we have been wondering about for years now. On the cover of the Snoke Age of the Resistance comic, there seems to be a possible connection to Yoda....

July 28, 2025 · 3 min · 446 words · Karen Alvarez

Zombie Tidal Wave Is Happening at Syfy with Sharknado Star Ian Ziering

First, there wasSharknado. Now, there isZombie Tidal Wave. SyFy has announced the upcoming movie which, as the title implies, will be bringing us a literal tidal wave full of zombies. Ian Ziering, who headlined theSharknadofranchise, is set to star and produce the movie. Anthony C. Ferrante, who directed all six movies in the shark-centric B-movie franchise, reunites with Ziering and will helm the undead disaster flick. According to an announcement from SyFy,Ian Zieringwill not only star in the movie, but he’s also producing through his own I....

July 28, 2025 · 3 min · 465 words · Terri Atkins

Alicia Vikander No Longer Attached to Lara Croft Role After MGM Loses Tomb Raider Rights

The future of theTomb Raidermovie series will be given a blank slate after MGM has lots the film rights to the video game franchise. After a pair of movies starring Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft was released years prior,Alicia Vikandertook over the role in theTomb Raiderreboot released in 2018. Ever since, there have been plans to develop a follow-up film with Vikander reprising the part, though progress had been a bit slow to come along....

July 27, 2025 · 3 min · 482 words · Kimberly Turner

Ant-Man 3 Star Paul Rudd Hypes the Arrival of Jonathan Majors as Kang the Conqueror

Paul Rudd has teased the brilliant work ofAnt-Man and the Wasp: Quantumaniaco-star Jonathan Majors, with the Marvel actor excited to bring the talents of Major into the MCU fray. Majors will enter theAnt-Manfranchise as the villainous Kang the Conqueror, and while audiences won’t get to see this cinematic delight until 2023, the actor has already won over Rudd. “I’ve loved everything he’s done, and I see what he’s doing in this, and I’m knocked out by it....

July 27, 2025 · 3 min · 509 words · Scott Pruitt