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Serial killers hold a morbid fascination for many. The monstrous crimes of Jack the Ripper, Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, Jeffrey Dahmer, The Green River Killer and dozens of others have become grisly additions to humanity’s collective unconscious whether we like it or not, examined in an unending parade of true crime books and television documentaries and portrayed ad nauseam in any number of cinematic iterations. Indeed, the phenomenon of the horror film slasher is itself a sort of romanticized version of the real-life serial murderer, a usually single-minded killer hellbent on delivering death and destruction. But what if that murderous impulse served a purpose beyond mere mayhem?

Life. Oh, what’s the point of it all? Stuck in a daily grind doing menial jobs we can’t stand with coworkers we hate just to pay the bills. Faceless corporations manipulating our every waking hour through advertising, television, social media, price gouging and political propaganda. Even the daily news is a masochist’s wet dream: murder, rape, corruption, war, famine, disease, natural disasters, environmental destruction. Life’s miseries seemingly have no end. But end they do, of course, for each and every one of us. Death’s stark inevitability produces raw existential dread in many. But should it? As William, the central figure in the pitch-black British comedy Dead In A Week (Or Your Money Back) glumly notes, “Death is the one thing we all have in common.”

The new year has brought in some amazing new releases in movie theaters, and about to bring in some more, making the very first month a memorable one for cinema. There are semi-biographical musicals, horror adaptations retelling well-known children’s characters, and edge-of-the-seat thrillers among the new releases in January 2025. Of all the films to release in theaters this month, there are many exciting titles by acclaimed filmmakers that you do not want to miss. Let us find out all about the new movies in theaters now and those that are to be released soon.

There’s a saying: ‘All monsters are human’. Melodramatic, perhaps, but also true. The supernatural beings that permeate folklore have shaped the horror genre in innumerable ways, but nothing—nothing—is more frightening than a diseased psychopathic mind. Vampires, demons, ghouls, werewolves, poltergeists, extraterrestrial invaders, each can be rationalized away as dreams, hallucinations or eyewitness error, but the murderous acts perpetuated by one human against another are undeniably real and sadly commonplace.

Every neighborhood has that house, avoided by other residents, talked of in whispers and nothing more. Maybe a terrible crime was committed there. Perhaps the owner was a notorious eccentric, or rumors persist of ghosts. For whatever reason, the property sits forlorn and abandoned, a bastion of dark imaginings.

Shunned homes have long been a Hollywood staple, from the classic black-and-white frights of The Old Dark House and The Haunting, to the murderous familial dens in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and House of 1000 Corpses. Those foolhardy enough to visit such dwellings do so at their own peril, as the central players in the spooky new ARC Entertainment/G57 Films motion picture Voice of Shadows learn the hard way.

The descendant of the campfire fable of yore, anthology films are the modern-day inheritors of classic gothic- and pulp-era short stories. Sharpened to visceral perfection by EC Comics during the 1950’s, anthologies distill horror to its most essential elements: a grimly humorous host announcing a simple set-up, a twist, and (hopefully) a jolt of disquieting terror. Movies such as The House That Dripped Blood, Creepshow, Tales From The Darkside: The Movie (and it’s urban-centric cousin Tales From The Hood), Two Evil Eyes, Trick ‘r Treat and the V/H/S series have kept anthologies undead throughout the ‘70’s, ‘80’s, ‘90’s and deep into the 21st century. Now Sea & Sky Productions brings a new entry to the fore with Lore, a delightfully dread-inducing compilation that kicks off the spooky season with ample thrills and chills.

Fallen far from their King-of-the-Hill status in the Reagan-era celluloid landscape, vampires endured a difficult period beginning in the mid-‘90’s. After the prestige treatment of Francis Ford Coppola’s bravura Draculaand Neil Jordan’s Interview With The Vampire adaptations early in the decade, bloodsuckers were largely banished to low budget, direct-to-video fare featuring rehashed plots and/or chintzy production values (see: Dracula 2000 and its sequels, the diminishing Full Moon’s Subspecies franchise, et al). For every From Dusk Til Dawn or Blade that attempted to revitalize the subgenre, studios in the post-Scream millennial years were interested solely in slick slasher whodunits, found footage, and megabuck remakes.

Acccording to Social Media Statistics, in 2024 an estimated 5.17 billion people—over half the global population—are regular users of social networking sites. While social media allows easy connectivity to others, as the world becomes increasingly digital the negative effects of such platforms continue to rise. Depression, anxiety, catfishing, sexual harassment, cyber-bullying and -stalking are just some of the dangers faced by millions, and as laws in many nations have failed to keep up with constantly-evolving technology, there are often few legal avenues victims may pursue in order to attain justice from online tormentors.

There’s something about the drama and high stakes of a casino that lends itself perfectly to climactic movie scenes.

Whether our heroes are gambling with the villain as he tries to discern their identity or pulling off the heist of a lifetime, casinos have provided the backdrop to some of the best and most memorable scenes in cinema.

We’ve put together a rundown of the 10 best casino scenes in movie history to help you relive the high-rolling majesty of some of the big screen’s most iconic moments.

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1. Casino Royale (2006)

Two movies exist under the Casino Royale name, but only one of them is worthy of this list

For seemingly every holiday there exists a horror film that adapts and exploits its unique festive rituals and pageantry for their own devious ends. Movies such as New Year’s Evil and Bloody New Year illustrate the perils surrounding the transition from December to January; the labyrinthine mine shafts of My Bloody Valentine (and its subsequent remake), and the cupid-masked killer from 2001’s Valentine turn the lover’s holiday red; the Leprechaun franchise proves St. Patrick’s Day isn’t always lucky. Even April Fool’s Day has been (twice) made into a slasher flick; ditto for Mother’s Day and Halloween. Thanksgiving has been represented by Home Sweet Home, Blood Rage, and Eli Roth’s recent titular hack n’ slash masterwork.

Ah, the vampire. Those ever-seductive, everlasting children of the night, with their designer wardrobes, hypnotic stares and insatiable thirst for blood. Innumerable movies have been made since F.W. Murnau’s unsanctioned Dracula adaptation Nosferatu, Eine Symphonie des Garuens was filmed over a hundred years ago, and the public’s hunger for the nocturnal doings of the undead shows no sign of abating well into the twenty-first century.

The loss of a loved one is unquestionably the cruelest of life’s misfortunes. When that passing is of a child, the grief is compounded by a sense of guilt; all responsible parents feel a protective duty towards their offspring, and when a son or daughter dies through illness, accident or, most tragically of all, at the hands of another, the psychological weight accompanying the event can drag even the sturdiest soul into the depths of despair. But what if there was a way to contact your dearly departed? What would you endure to gaze upon their face, to hear their cherished voice, to feel their touch? To imagine such a possibility is to abandon all worldly reason and delve unflinchingly into the mystic. But is there truly something tangible in that veil between life and death? And do any of us dare cross those invisible boundaries to find out?

Compared to the films originating from England’s famed Hammer studios and the low budget assembly-line William Castle and Roger Corman productions that inundated American drive-ins in the 1960’s, Soviet-bloc era movie houses weren’t renown as hotbeds of horror. Celluloid terrors of the day were too often demonized by Russian propagandists hidden behind the Iron Curtain as proof of Western moral decadence, which makes the bone-chilling folklore-based anomaly of 1967’s Viy (available free to watch on Tubi) all the more fascinating.

It's been said that death is the greatest mystery of life. Whether each of us merely become post-mortem daisy fodder or if we continue in some spectral form is the central question at the heart of every religious and spiritual movement the world over. In our modern age, many seeking answers have turned towards technology to probe the shadowy edges of our reality. But what, if anything, will they find in those darkened bowers of man’s domain? And do we dare look?

Husband and wife filmmakers Kendall and Vera Whelpton (the duo responsible for the true-life paranormal documentaries The House In Between and its follow-up, The Sleepless Unrest: The Real Conjuring Home), are two such investigators of the unknown, and this time they turn their attention to the Pine Ridge Hunting Plantation, an allegedly haunted expanse in rural Fort Gaines, Georgia, in the new Robot Ninja Media/Gravitas Ventures release, The Haunting Lodge.

Welcome to Barbieland, where everything is happy, confident, successful, and (of course) pink. It's a place where you have everything... unless you're a man.

Barbieland is populated by Barbie and Ken, in multiple varieties, with a little nod to Barbie's pregnant friend Midge, her little sister Skipper, and Ken's friend Allan (Michael Cera). Our focus, though, is on Stereotypical Barbie (Margot Robbie) and Stereotypical (and completely clueless) Ken (Ryan Gosling), as Barbie suddenly finds her reality changing when she begins thinking about death, fighting bouts of depression and (worst of all) having her feet suddenly stand flat on the ground instead of in a perpetual high-heel stance.

Sports like boxing and mixed martial arts (MMA) are perfect for the movies. In a ring or cage, fighters have experienced the full range of emotions by the time one of them gets their hand raised by the referee. They’re either a hero or a villain, and they entertain the crowds, regardless of which side of good or bad they’re on. They go through hell and back to get to the ring or cage… then once again when they’re inside it. There’s a story behind them stepping in there. And fans are here for it, which is why they love movies featuring MMA and boxing so much. Below is a look at five fabulous boxing and MMA movies.

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Some movies are the cinematic equivalent of a Renaissance painting: Botticelli-esque masterpieces of style, form and skill that not only impress upon our senses the totality of their perfection, but that exert undeniable and overwhelming influence on the craft for generations to come. Others, however, are more akin to the crayon-scribbled pages of a toddler’s coloring book, crude, garish and ultimately disposable. With the advancement in digital technology it’s become easier than ever for hungry aspiring filmmakers to indulge their inner auteur, but for every Paranormal Activity that reaps millions of box office dollars and spawns franchises on MasterCard budgets, there are a thousand painful-to-watch time-wasters clogging streaming services at any given minute.

Tattoos have long played an important role in the film industry, helping to shape characters and tell their stories.

Whether it's an intricate piece that reveals a character's history or small design that hints at an important personality trait, tattoos have found a special place in cinema. However, did you ever wonder how makeup artists deal with a cast's existing tattoos - or even create new ones specifically for the film?

This article is going to explore these two very different, yet equally important aspects of movie makeup artistry.

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