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Horror films

November 2024

  • A scary looking clown.

    Pass notes
    From Joker to Terrifier to It: why killer clown characters are on the rise

    The great clown panic of 2016 may have passed – but in Hollywood, these curious circus folk are multiplying
  • Chloe East, Hugh Grant and Sophie Thatcher in Heretic

    Heretic review – Hugh Grant’s move to the dark side is a triumph

    Two young missionaries get more than they bargained for in this taut horror menaced by Grant’s devil disguised in comfortable knitwear
  • A boy stands among gravestones.

    ‘Downright terrifying’: readers on their scariest horror villains

    After Guardian writers listed their most nightmarish baddies for Halloween, now it’s our readers’ turn

October 2024

  • composite image of woman holding axe, person waering black hat screaming, person with long fingernails, and person with head against window blinds

    ‘Genuinely disturbing’: Guardian writers on their scariest horror villains

  • A sudden mischievous grin … Hugh Grant in Heretic

    Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
    Heretic review – religious horror with a suave, dapper and evil Hugh Grant

  • THE SUBSTANCE<br>Film still for The Substance

    The Guardian view on female-led horror: time for a new formula

  • two young women in a room with tools on the wall

    Time Cut review – tinny time-travel Netflix slasher offers too much deja vu

  • ‘After the shoot, we had a party in a slaughterhouse’: horror movies’ creepiest kids reveal all

  • The Moogai review – Stolen Generations trauma feeds a haunting horror film

  • Vampires, satanists and mad scientists: the evolution of horror in 10 revolutionary films

  • No more Mr Nice Guy: how Hugh Grant transformed himself into an edgy national treasure

  • Streaming: The Substance and the best body horror for Halloween

  • Don’t Move review – high-concept Netflix survival thriller has its moments

  • A Nightmare on Elm Street review – jauntily outrageous slasher is still cheerfully crass

  • Family Pack review – Jean Reno is game for a laugh in card-based time-travelling caper

  • Smile 2 review – horribly entertaining fright sequel

  • Saint Maud review – desire, despair and ‘godgasms’ as Rose Glass’s shocker comes to life

  • Smile 2 review – gory pop star horror sequel sings a familiar tune

  • Carrie review – Brian De Palma’s horror masterpiece is a death metal spectacle of carnage

  • How the gory Terrifier movies became a shock phenomenon

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