The Shining

  • Gallery

8 Creepiest Horror Movies on Max, From Malignant to Hereditary

Here are creepiest horror movies on Max, just waiting to scare you.

11 months ago
  • November Rundown

The Rundown: Clooney’s Acting Advice; Watch Secret Films; Writing The Nest

In today's Movie News Rundown: George Clooney has lovely insights on acting; Sean Durkin finally returns with The Nest; Kirsten Johnson…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

7 Stephen King Movies More Believable Than What’s Happening Now

We were going for our once-daily walk the other day, crossing the street to avoid our neighbors, giving them a…

4 years ago
  • Interviews

“It Took Me 20 Years to Become an Actor”: A Conversation with the Late, Great Eli Wallach

Eli Wallach is revered as one of the greatest character actors in cinema history. With a film, television and stage…

5 years ago
  • Best Of

The World’s 15 Bloody Best Genre Fests, 2018

The language of fear, like that of music, is universal. Put all the people who’ve weathered hurricanes’ swift destruction of…

7 years ago
  • Movie News

First Draft: Best “Plant and Payoff” Scenes Screenwriters Can Learn From

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. “If, in the first chapter,…

7 years ago
  • Cinematography

Eye Piece: How and Why I Shot My Film The Nude with AJA’s CION 4K Camera

As much as every filmmaker wants to get their hands on a 4K capture system made by Red, Canon or…

7 years ago
  • Moviemaking

All Jacked Up: Watch Jack Nicholson Breathe the Fire of On-Screen Anger to Craft Complex Performances (Video)

From Five Easy Pieces to The Shining to A Few Good Men and even the latest Lakers home game, Jack…

7 years ago
  • Festivals

A Little Bit of Catharsis: Cucalorus 22 is the change we want to see in the world

After the 3,729-mile journey from Scotland, I woke up in Wilmington, North Carolina on November 8 in a country that…

7 years ago
  • Fall 2016

Stranger Danger: How The Eyes of My Mother Uses the Audience’s Imagination for Maximum Scares

A mother sees a strange man talking to her daughter outside. The man says he needs to use the bathroom.…

7 years ago
  • First Draft

First Draft: The Most Common Mistake in Spec Scripts (And Four Ways to Avoid Making It)

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, "First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Finding the right concept to…

8 years ago
  • First Draft

First Draft: Five Surefire Steps to Nailing Your Screenplay’s Theme

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, "First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. A script can have wonderful…

8 years ago
  • Fall 2016

Shooting (for) the Moon: How Operation Avalanche Pulled Off a Reanimated Kubrick and a Tricky Legal Argument

“Do you think we could get the real Kubrick for this?” That was the question I asked my producer Matthew…

8 years ago
  • Screenwriting

First Draft: Nine Simple Lessons for Writing Effective Horror Screenplays

In partnership with the blog ScreenCraft, we’re publishing “First Draft,” a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Crafting a horror…

8 years ago
  • Fall 2015

Undying Classics: Nicolas Winding Refn’s 10 Favorite Horror Films

Noted genre aficionado Nicolas Winding Refn (Bronson, Drive) names his 10 favorite horror films, in no particular order. 1. The…

8 years ago
  • Movie News

Quiz: Can You Guess the Stanley Kubrick Film From a Single Image?

Stanley Kubrick stands as one of the most influential filmmakers of all time. From his groundbreaking work in Paths of…

8 years ago
  • Documentary

Halloween Retro-SPOOK-tive: Navigating the Labyrinth of Room 237

Nobody ever forgets the Overlook Hotel and its wintry garden labyrinth, that elevator slowly gushing rivers of blood, the crayon-scrawled…

11 years ago
  • Articles - Moviemaking

James Wan and Leigh Whannell’s Favorite Film Frights

Whenever a new horror film emerges, there seem to be two schools of thought in terms of attendance: "I can't…

13 years ago