Horror Screenwriter Eric Miller on Ice Spiders, Bram Stoker Awards, and What Hollywood Gets Wrong About Horror Explicit

Horror screenwriter and author Eric Miller joins Grave Tone for a midweek bonus episode that covers a lot of ground. He's the writer behind the SyFy cult classic Ice Spiders, screenplays for Night Skies, Swamp Shark, and Mask Maker, Bram Stoker Award-nominated anthology editor, and author of the 2025 debut novel Whatever Happened to Uncle Ed?
Eric Miller wrote Ice Spiders, edited a Bram Stoker-nominated anthology, and has thoughts on why Hollywood keeps getting horror wrong.

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Why Universal’s Dark Universe Failed (The Mummy 2017 & the Monsterverse That Never Was) Explicit

Universal tried to launch a shared “Monster MCU” — and it collapsed almost immediately. We break down how Dracula Untold and The Mummy (2017) set the Dark Universe up to fail, why the tone was so confused, and how later monster reboots proved the idea could work.
A postmortem of Universal’s Dark Universe: how The Mummy (2017) derailed the plan, what went wrong creatively, and why the monster MCU never happened.

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We Saw PRIMATE Early: The Gnarliest Kill Happens Before Minute Five Explicit

Grave Tone is back from an early screening of Primate (2026)—a rabies-fueled killer chimp creature feature set in remote Hawaii. We break down spoiler-free reactions, our scores, the wild practical/CG effects, and then dive into full spoilers (smart characters, gnarly kills, and those tense “silent” POV moments).
Early, spoiler-light review of PRIMATE: we break down that jaw-dropping cold open kill (before minute five), Troy Kotsur’s standout turn, and whether this creature feature roars.

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Top 10 Horror Movies of 2025 Ranked Explicit

Megan and Arthur count down their Top 10 horror movies of 2025—the biggest releases, the under-the-radar surprises, and the films that stuck with them long after the credits (no spoilers).
We rank the top 10 horror movies of 2025—from surprise hits to festival favorites. No spoilers, just honest picks from two die-hard fans of horror cinema.

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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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