​​Have you seen the trailer for OBSESSION? ::::: We’re… obsessed. ::::: And oh — hello, Michael Johnston as Bear. ::::: Yes, bitch. Grrr.

UNREAL Part II. The Psycho Homo Issue. Available now from @magculture.bsky.social. magculture.com/collections/...

We double-billed SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT (1984) and SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT PART 2 (1987). First-time watches for both. So. Many. Questions. (Rhetorical.) Bleep-free reviews on our Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/stevengregor/

Fun! youtu.be/7K3sNRm8J0w?...

Everything we logged on Letterboxd in November 2025, ranked (best to worst). whatmonster.substack.com/p/letterboxd...

"KRISTY is a fave Thanksgiving-time annual watch... The straightforward cat-and-mouse, deserted-college-campus, night-time rainy-and-foggy vibes are a lot of fun (and really quite scary)." boxd.it/bTn1L7

On our Slasher Slag Slaydar this week: Pazuzu takes Manhattan in Mike Flanagan’s upcoming EXORCIST movie, actor Udo Kier dies at 81, and who would win in a Freddy Krueger vs Pennywise smackdown? whatmonster.substack.com/p/step-your-...

"These gays are trying to murder you!" A sneak peek inside UNREAL's PSYCHO HOMO ISSUE, on newsstands now. whatmonster.substack.com/p/these-gays...

UNREAL’s Editor-in-Mischief watched FRANKENSTEIN (dir. Guillermo del Toro, 2025) over the weekend. He’s asked us to let you know he’s logged it on Letterboxd, and invites you to follow him there for more insightful film observations. letterboxd.com/stevengregor/

THE FIRST OMEN duo have a new A24 horror film in the works — here’s what we know (and what we’re manifesting): "...a bachelor-party-gone-feral is intriguing. A hyper-masculine setting filtered through female and queer sensibilities? Inject it.” whatmonster.substack.com/p/the-first-...

On our Slasher Slag Slaydar this week: asymmetrical horror games, B-movie fandom, and SCOOBY-DOO-coded Canadian ghosthunters. whatmonster.substack.com/p/expect-ama...

Oh wow — we think they call this a murderers’ row. Arkasha Stevenson’s “UNTITLED A24 HORROR FILM” is firmly on our slaydar. deadline.com/2025/11/emma...

A queer reading of 1987 blank-from-hell thriller THE STEPFATHER: “The unruly beard doesn’t match the conservative father role he’s desperate to perform. It’s the first clue he’s not just hiding crimes — he’s hiding himself." whatmonster.substack.com/p/hes-giving...

Everything we know (so far) about Eli Roth's ICR CREAM MAN: "We’re getting Willy Wonka-meets-Silver Shamrock Novelties vibes. And judging by the young cast listed on IMDb, there’s also a faint, moldy-chicken-nugget whiff of COOTIES." whatmonster.substack.com/p/everything...

KEEPER (2025): "Mind blown — he’s Donald Sutherland’s 47-year-old, oh-so-hot son!" boxd.it/bLflp3

THE STEPFATHER (1987): "Jerry only marries women who already have children. He doesn’t need to father kids — just to look like he has." whatmonster.substack.com/p/hes-giving...

Just one episode in — we're hooked. It's joyous.

"We expect Eli Roth’s trash talk to translate into an escalation of gore, shock, and provocation. ICE CREAM MAN arrives at a moment when extreme horror is sliding back into the mainstream." open.substack.com/pub/whatmons...

@madefortvmayhem.bsky.social Hey Amanda. Hope you're well. Big fan of your slasher podcast. Any news on the next episode... love, love, love THE NIGHT BRINGS CHARLIE.

On our Slasher Slag Slaydar this week: serial killers, UFOs, gothic vibes… and a new issue of UNREAL magazine. open.substack.com/pub/whatmons...

Hunter Schafer and Théodore Pellerin among the all-star cast of Tom Ford’s “horrific, violent, sad, and oh-so-queer” third film. We're hyped! open.substack.com/pub/whatmons...

One horror movie that changed you? Maybe even saved you. For us, it’s FRIDAY THE 13TH (1980). For Daniel Kraus, it’s NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968). His new book PARTIALLY DEVOURED promises a CINEMA SPECULATION–style deep dive and memoir. Preordered. www.counterpointpress.com/books/partia...

Hold on, wot? A Charli xcx/John Cale gothic folk-horror collab was not on our bingo card. Ok, now we’re sat for WUTHERING HEIGHTS (dir. Emerald Fennell, 2026). Fingers crossed it’s capital-B bleak! youtu.be/Xgp7wlBfASA?...

Tin-foil hats at the ready. This week's episode of UNCANNY (series five, case three: 'The Devil's Den UFO') involves a UFO craft the size of a Walmart. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...

Are you hearing this? Episode four nearly finished us. Reminiscent of the DeFeo case — you know, the IRL murders that inspired THE AMITYVILLE HORROR (dir. Stuart Rosenberg, 1979). No ghosts here (obvs), but maybe the wrong person was convicted. We’ve got chills. www.newyorker.com/news/press-r...

A new issue of UNREAL has gone to press (more details soon). In true slasher-sequel style, we’ve taken Randy Meeks’s advice from SCREAM 2 (dir. Wes Craven, 1997): expect a bigger page count and more elaborate specs — thicker paper, and yes, a spine. All killer, no filler. Total franchise vibes.

The vibe at UNREAL HQ: battered, but still smiling. :) Issue two just went to press! (More details soon.) Behind-the-scenes snapshot of Laurie Bartram on the set of FRIDAY THE 13TH (1980).

"If you’re a regular reader of this column, you know that I have a soft spot for oddball movies that look like they were made for five dollars by 5-year-olds in five days." Love Erik Piepenburg's regular NYT horror movie column! www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/m...

If 1988 Bruce Willis and 2005 Ryan Reynolds had a love child it would be 2025 Glen Powell. boxd.it/bC9jFP

Sat. 🔥👻🔪

Love! Like, OMG love. (We demand a season three of Scream Queens, with Hunter Schafer joining the cast.) youtu.be/877sg39dyWA?...

Recommended! Especially enjoyed the chapters on horror movie fans and empathy, and the effects of watching horror underage. Fascinating! open.spotify.com/show/2lZfiVt...

Great episode. No pretentious horror over-analysis — just the good stuff. And queer, so yeah: bonus! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...

"On a personal level, there’s the working-class single mother with three kids, remarrying, and moving into her dream home in a nice neighbourhood. Watching The Amityville Horror in the early ’80s... it was a fairytale, really—well, except for all the poltergeist activity, of course." boxd.it/bvhOFp

"Russ and Jamie are total homo rump-rangers—and I love that for them. I like to think they were turned into vampires in the end and lived (undeaded?) happily ever after with Lauren Hutton. I can think of worse fates." boxd.it/buVWCf

"A quintessential ’80s Gen X crowd-pleaser. Oh—and super gay. Perfect." boxd.it/buJGIH

"Damn Enchiladas Guy (Friday the 13th Part V), Hot Tommy Jarvis (Friday the 13th Part VI), and Clu Gulager (The Initiation) vs. zombies. Oh… and—AND!—an oh-so-naked Linnea Quigley (Graduation Day). This movie is kinda perfect." boxd.it/bu4lOd

Five stars. open.spotify.com/show/6pd4y4v...

Sat.

’Tis the season. Tho, TBF, it’s always the season around these parts. Anyhoo… “Jack Sholder’s sequel is my favorite because it’s a forthrightly queer film in a genre with a shamefully homophobic past.” Same. www.nytimes.com/article/clas...

Should be on every holiday movie counter-programming list. Low-key obsessed with writer Ottessa Moshfegh.

Wanna see this Friday the 13th movie! Paul Mescal photographed by Ryan McGinley for Rolling Stone.

Hold up—Billie Lourd is Carrie Fisher’s daughter? And that's why Chanel No. 3 wore earmuffs? Iconic. We need more Scream Queens, stat. people.com/style/billie...

Psycho. Texas Chain Saw. Silence of the Lambs. And the Pet Shop Boys!? Sat. youtu.be/EDBmpfbnLGk?...

Need to watch Exorcist II: The Heretic.

Representation matters. More broke-guy propaganda, please.

Esquire's Henry Wong on his first horror movie: "My brother, nine years my senior, had a videotape for us to watch... Within 10 minutes, a pretty blonde girl had been slashed to death by a man wearing a ghost mask." www.esquire.com/uk/culture/a...

There’s a four-part Ed Gein doc on MGM (Prime Video has a seven-day free trial). Might check it out first. Still, I’m sat for another campy, queer Ryan Murphy monster. youtu.be/T8FeHSoTHs8?...