13+ horror films in April 2026. The Blumhouse merger, streaming wars, and box office data explain why studios are flooding one month with horror.
Some horror movies you love but will never, ever watch again, and this week, Arthur and Meaghan dig into exactly why. From Hereditary and Gerald's Game to Hounds of Love and The Mist, they break down the films that broke them and why that's sometimes the highest compliment a horror movie can earn.
Horror movies you love but will never watch again. 12 films that are brilliant, brutal, or just too much to ever revisit.
Arrow Video’s Salem’s Lot 4K Is Out Today And It Says Everything About The 2024 Remake
- March 31, 2026
- Tagged as: Creature Feature
Arrow Video’s definitive 4K restoration of Tobe Hooper’s Salem’s Lot is out today, and its existence quietly says something about the 2024 remake.
Halloween Horror Nights 35 Reveals Its First Icons: The 35-Year Legacy Showdown
- March 23, 2026
- Tagged as: Creature Feature
Halloween Horror Nights 35 is here. Jack the Clown and Dr. Oddfellow are taking over Universal Orlando for the Infernal Carnival of Nightmares this fall.
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.
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.
7 Brutal Reasons You Should Watch Primate: It’s Not Just Another Creature Feature
- January 13, 2026
- Tagged as: Creature Feature
Early review: Primate delivers 5 brutal reasons it isn’t just another creature feature—shocking opening kill, smart final girl, gnarly practical effects, and real heart.
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.
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.
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.