People’s surprise at their own thirst for del Toro’s Creature is itself surprising. We are talking about “Frankenstein,” a story that entered the world in 1818, brimming with psychosexual intrigue and ...

Penny Dreadful is more than a fun, fantasy series, as it delivers on one amazing trope that other adaptations failed at.

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From black-and-white nightmares to modern slashers, these Halloween classics still define what fear looks like.

Colin Clive played Henry Frankenstein in the 1931 film, while Isaac restores the character’s true name, Victor, in the 2025 ...

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People love horror movies, and not just on Halloween. But why do we seek out — and even enjoy — the feeling of fear? And what do different people get out of it?

Halloween is in the air! If trick-or-treating or celebrating at a costumed bash isn’t on the list, maybe something artistically engaging could fit the bill. Luckily, we’ve put together a roundup that ...

This Halloween, we revisit Rhidian Davis’s reckoning with the gothic’s many monstrous manifestations, from silent film to Hammer horror to Twilight. From our November 2013 issue.

Any opportunity to get lost in another lush Guillermo del Toro-crafted world is a good one, e.g. Frankenstein (now on Netflix ...