Since Scott Cawthorn’s horror survival game Five Nights at Freddy’s (FNaF) released in 2011, a fan base has arisen around the murderous animatronics and the new security guards whom try to make it through their shifts. Including the initial outing,… Read More ›
Back in October of 2024 (what feels like a century ago now), audiences had their first look at a 4K of Friday the 13th Part 2 in the Paramount Scares Vol. 2 box set, so we will dive deeper into… Read More ›
Suspect is definitely a product of the 1980s and, in some ways, that’s part of its charm. The film boasts an impressive cast led by Cher (Moonstruck), Dennis Quaid (The Substance), and a very committed Liam Neeson (The Naked Gun),… Read More ›
There are some filmmakers for whom audiences will show up simply by their name being attached to a project. Universal Pictures has turned the latest Christopher Nolan film, The Odyssey, into an event by selling tickets a year in advance… Read More ›
In this Meet me at the Movies/Screen Scene spotlight interview, Noel T. Manning II talks with Oscar nominee Wagner Moura about his acclaimed performance as Marcelo/Armando in The Secret Agent. Moura discusses the atmospheric impact of this 1970’s infused international… Read More ›
Crime and comedy often go hand-in-hand due to the ridiculousness of a given situation. Watching two high-octane cars pull a massive safe through the streets of Rio? Hilarious. Betting as to whether Yen (Qin Shaobo) shorts it? Gold. Declaring that… Read More ›
Prior to 2024, Oz Perkins was a somewhat niche indie filmmaker who had already built a nice little fanbase thanks to his early films The Blackcoat’s Daughter (2015), which follows a young girl who may or may not be possessed… Read More ›
While it’s safe to presume that political ideologies have often led to disagreements and hard lines between classmates, colleagues, and family members to the point that countless stories will feature “black sheep” liberal relatives in conservative families or conservative characters… Read More ›
It feels safe to say that capitalism had a solid run, but needs to step down. At this point, there’s nothing in this world that doesn’t feel commodified to the point that ethical consumption, let alone ethical existence, is an… Read More ›
We’re only slightly over a month into 2026 and it has already been a *rough* year for video game adaptations. First we had Return to Silent Hill, which our very own EoM Senior Critic Hunter Heilman, fan of the franchise,… Read More ›
After working on the script for roughly 20 years, filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson (Punch-Drunk Love; Boogie Nights) finally cracked his vision to adapt author Thomas Pynchon’s 1990 novel Vineland and, if one’s been following the awards circuit, the resultant film,… Read More ›
Photosensitivity Warning: The film takes place primarily in a storage facility which uses sensors to turn on lights, resulting in several moments of unexpected light activation that may prove triggering for photosensitive viewers. Stop me if you’ve heard this one:… Read More ›
Twisted is a new horror film from Darren Lynn Bousman, a director whose fingerprints are permanently etched into the genre thanks to his work on the Saw series. Bousman helped elevate that franchise into a cultural phenomenon, and while he… Read More ›
Today we welcome writer/director Noam Kroll and actors Barbara Crampton and Luke Barnett to discuss their new horror/thriller Teacher’s Pet, coming available from Quiver Distribution on February 6th. They sit down with EoM Contributor Joel Winstead to discuss how Crampton… Read More ›
Action thriller Misdirection, directed by Willy’s Wonderland (2021) and Pig Hill (2025) director Kevin Lewis and starring Frank Grillo (Superman) and Olga Kurylenko (Quantum of Solace), comes available on digital February 10th. Courtesy of Cineverse, EoM is giving away one (1) Apple… Read More ›
A figure living a controlled life is interrupted, ripped even, from his organized lifestyle when the unexpected happens and the man is forced into action. This is the general premise that applies to countless action titles and thrillers (even with… Read More ›
Whom among us hasn’t thought that it’s the effort that matters in a relationship — that if you work hard enough, want it bad enough, everything will be ok? This line of thinking often discounts the hard reality that “wanting”… Read More ›
Zainab Azizi is the President of Raimi Productions and serves as producer on Sam Raimi’s upcoming thriller, Send Help, starring Rachel McAdams and Dylan O’Brien. EoM Senior Interviewer Thomas Manning recently spoke with Azizi about the evolution of her film… Read More ›
There’s a common misconception that stories, by nature of being broadcast or shown in a theater, condone behavior, justifying choices, always, simply because they are the behaviors and choices of the main character. This is an egregious failure of media… Read More ›
The year was 2005, the summer was sweltering with sequels (Pirates of the Caribbean 3, X-Men 3, Mission: Impossible 3, Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift), new superhero movies (Superman Returns), family fair (Over the Hedge, The Devil Wears Prada, Monster… Read More ›