One of the most iconic horror movie monsters in history, Freddy Krueger has maintained a lasting legacy in the horror genre.

The creators can't resist still hiding her face behind her hair like Sadako from The Ring and directly referencing those J-Horror visuals for laughs. The story is also inherently aware of the ...

Sawako Kuronuma has a spooky persona in Kimi ni Todoke that earns her the nickname "Sadako" after the Ring horror movie villain. But behind her long black hair and quiet demeanor is a sweet ...

That’s because her batchmates never leave any opportunity to make her realize that she isn’t pretty; in fact, she frequently gets to hear that she resembles Sadako from the horror franchise, The Rings ...

The opening sequence makes a nod to Japanese cinema’s greatest horror figures, Sadako from The Ring and Kayako from The Grudge. In their showdown film, Sadako vs Kayako directed by Koji Shiraishi, the ...

Realistic home invasion horror movies can be terrifying as they tap into common fears of invasion. These films creatively blend elements like traps from Saw or unsettling personal connections to ...

Many trumpeted the death of survival horror in the late aughts, but like so many "dead" genres (or one of the zombies you'll face in many of these games), it's come shambling back to spook us when ...

Welcome to Horror Explorer, a curated column showcasing the month’s best movies, series, books and everything else spooky worth checking out. I’m William Earl, the editor of Variety.com and ...

The movie recently got a Prime Video remake so there's been more eyes on this horror tale and I'm delighted, considering I'd defend this movie against its pretty poor 46% Rotten Tomatoes critical ...

To tweak Hugh Grant’s best line in “Love Actually,” horror actually is all around. Whether you’re riding into the new year on your high horse or calmly preparing to walk into the sea ...

Could the undead be coming for revenge? An unsettling psychological horror, it draws you slowly into its eerie, claustrophobic setting. It’s not horror in the jumpy, screamy sense, but Steven ...