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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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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