Polybius, the legendary arcade game, was never supposed to exist—but its myth continues to haunt pop culture. Allegedly ...

Midnight Train: New Moon is a 2D exploration-based horror adventure game developed by Spain-based indie game studio LydiaBluebell. It is a remake of the free RPG Maker game Midnight Train, originally ...

This weekend’s “The Mummy” – excuse us, “Lee Cronin’s The Mummy” – is the latest scary movie to open in 2026. It seems like almost every week there’s a spine-tingling new horror either opening in ...

For decades, rumors have circulated of a strange game that supposedly appeared in several arcades around Portland, Oregon, in 1981. It was so unsettling that it allegedly caused seizures, ...

Back when the world was filled with arcades, you could walk into one and find dozens, if not hundreds, of amazing games. There were always mainstays like Mortal Kombat, Pac-Man, Street Fighter II, and ...

From iconic final girls to Universal monsters, The Hollywood Reporter rounds up scary films coming this year. By Lexi Carson Associate Editor 'Scream 7,' '28 Years Later: The Bone Temple,' 'The Bride!

Meet the year's buzziest new nightmares, from A24's "The Backrooms" to Neon's "Hokum." In January 2026, American life sometimes resembles an episode of “The Munsters.” The U.S. is a twisted, backwards ...

You wouldn’t call 2025 an “off” year for horror — more like an odd one. Both A24 and Neon continued to back several scary-movie auteurs (the prolific Osgood Perkins, the brothers Danny and Michael ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Travis Bean writes about the best movies available to stream. Each year, it seems Rotten Tomatoes’ list of the “Best Horror Films ...

Gamers of Iowa, are you ready to explore a killer new destination? Monsterama Pubcade emerged from the darkness and crawled onto the Des Moines, Iowa, scene in 2022. Monsterama is a horror-themed ...

“A cursed arcade, sitting deep under the waves of the Atlantic, summons four strangers to play for a chance of winning their fortunes – at the risk of losing their souls…” Well, color me intrigued. If ...

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