Horror Author Jonathan Janz on Why Horror’s Having a 2025 Moment

Horror author Jonathan Janz joins Grave Tone to talk his new sci-fi horror novel Veil, his story “Leonora” in The End of the World as We Know It: New Tales of Stephen King’s The Stand, and why horror is the most “limitless” genre. Plus: childhood trauma movies, haunted-house preferences, and rapid-fire horror takes. Tags
From streaming scares to King-backed anthologies, Jonathan Janz breaks down the trends and cultural shifts making horror 2025’s most unstoppable genre.

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The Definitive Silent Night, Deadly Night Ranking, Now Including the 2025 Remake Explicit

Megan and Arthur watched every Silent Night, Deadly Night movie and ranked the entire killer-Santa franchise—then give a mini-review of the brand-new 2025 remake (yes, including “Garbage Day”). Tags
The ultimate Silent Night, Deadly Night list: best to worst, including the 2025 remake. See which entry tops the tree—and which ones are just coal.

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We Survived the Hype: A Horror Fan’s Middle-of-the-Road Verdict on ‘FNAF 2’

Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 review from hardcore horror fans. We break down the FNAF 2 movie’s animatronics, Marionette, Vanessa, Michael Afton, Matthew Lillard & Skeet Ulrich—and ask if this sequel is actually scary or just fan service.
Our FNAF 2 review cuts through the hype: fan-service thrills, PG-13 chills, and a cliffhanger tease. Honest verdict from a horror fan—what worked, what fell flat.

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2026 Horror Movies We Can’t Wait For: 28 Years Later, Evil Dead Burn, Soulm8te & More Explicit

Meaghan and Arthur crack open the 2026 horror slate, from 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple and Evil Dead Burn to Soulm8te, Night Patrol, Send Help, Ready or Not 2, new Exorcist and Resident Evil projects, Robert Eggers’ werewolf movie, and more. Grab a drink and update your horror watchlist.
Let’s be honest, this time of year always sneaks up on us. One second, we’re sipping Halloween cocktails, and the next, we’re staring down a calendar that says December. Like, how? Anyway, Meaghan and Arthur...

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Childhood Trauma: LINK (1986) Rewatch & 80s Horror Nostalgia Explicit

We revisit LINK (1986) – the bizarre 80s killer ape / animal-attack horror that traumatized us as kids. Childhood trauma, Elizabeth Shue, live apes on set, a bonkers professor, and the weirdest Jerry Goldsmith score ever.
In this third installment of their ongoing “childhood trauma” series, Meaghan and Arthur revisit the 1986 animal attack thriller Link. If you’ve been tuning in, you already know the premise of this series: each episode,...

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Predator: Badlands Review — Yautja POV, Killer Planet, & That Ending Explicit

We review Predator: Badlands—the first Predator story with a Yautja protagonist—and talk emotive monsters, a killer planet where everything wants you dead, Weyland-Yutani’s fingerprints, and that cheeky cliffhanger. Final verdict: 7.5 “digs.”
We review Predator: Badlands—the first Predator story with a Yautja protagonist—and talk emotive monsters, a killer planet where everything wants you dead, Weyland-Yutani’s fingerprints, and that cheeky cliffhanger. Final verdict: 7.5 “digs.”

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PITFALL (2025) at ScreamFest LA — Interview With Director James Kondelik & Producer Wai Sun Cheng

Fresh off its world premiere at ScreamFest LA, we sit down with writer/director James Kondelik and producer Wai Sun Cheng to unpack PITFALL (2025)
We sat down with James Kondelik, the writer, director, editor (yes, all three), and Wai Sung Chen, the producer, to talk about their horror film Pitfall. This is one of those projects that almost didn’t...

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Trick or Truth: The Chelsea Halloween Murders, a Vanishing at Niagara & a Knife at the Door Explicit

Meaghan & Arthur celebrate Halloween with a truth-or-fiction showdown: three eerie stories each—two real, one fake. From Son of Sam’s alleged Halloween whispers to Martha Moxley’s case, a knife-wielding porch visitor, and the Beast of Gévaudan, we guess what’s real and what’s a trick…with a pot of candy at stake. Join the game in the comments!
A stormy Halloween, candy on the line, and horror Two Truths and a Lie we couldn’t crack. Can you spot the lie in our true-crime chills and folklore frights?

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Shelby Oaks (2025) Review, What Neon’s Reshoots Changed + Demon Lore Explained (Spoilers) Explicit

We revisit Chris Stuckmann’s Shelby Oaks after its theatrical release and dig into what changed post-Neon reshoots, why the opening mockumentary pivot still slaps, and how Camille Sullivan anchors the film’s dread. Spoilers after our general take!
Our Shelby Oaks review breaks down the film’s story, scares, Kickstarter success, and Chris Stuckmann’s directorial debut after its theatrical release.

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