Contributor: Paul Asay

“Netflix turns up the grotesquery volume already present in Edgar Allen Poe’s work to, oh, about 27.”

Dead Reckoning is intense, to be sure. But for many families, the film will be more navigable than a Tom Cruise stunt.

It Lives Inside is a little like a Hindu version of The Exorcist—and it comes with plenty of issues.

The Exorcist: Believer took home $27.2 million in its opening weekend, but that’s still far short of the $400 million spent just for the rights.

How do we help our teens navigate the often harrowing news cycle? And how can we help them tell what’s real news—and what’s not?

Disney+’s Ahsoka builds on the stories built in animated series such as The Clone Wars and Rebels—and it does so in a mostly clean show.

You could argue that this movie is something of a cold, white hand itself. Take hold of it, and you see things you can’t unsee.

Boy, does this movie have problems. But it’s surprisingly sweet, and weirdly hopeful, too.

Perhaps the first question we should ask ourselves is whether movies such as Saw make us better people … or worse.

The Nun II has now collected $69.2 million stateside and a truly terrifying $204.2 million worldwide.

Bottoms hits high marks for its comedy, but does indeed scrape the bottom in its content.

American Horror Story combines just about every kind of fear you can imagine with sexual deviancy and blasphemous, convoluted plotlines.

No One Will Save You goes relatively light on the problems and heavy on the chills.

Why are podcasts popular? What are some of our faves? And most importantly, how do they uniquely impact us?

As Dear Child’s plot twists and turns, viewers strap themselves in for the ride. But what a stomach-churning ride it is.