As of today, a staggering 611 films have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. That's a lot of movies. And after nearly one whole century of Oscar ceremonies, only 1.3% of those Best Picture nominees were in the horror genre -- including this year's "The Substance.

Horror movies and literature reflect people's anxieties by taking them to gory extremes. Body horror taps into the very human fear of how unpredictable, and even uncontrollable, our bodies can be. While this theme has its roots in gothic literature, the term "body horror" was coined in 1983 during a golden age of horror filmmaking.

Ask any ’90s kid about the horror movies that defined their youth, and you’ll likely see them visibly shudder at the memories. While we were busy collecting Pogs and watching TGIF, Hollywood was quietly waging psychological warfare in the form of unforgettable horror films that would keep us sleeping with the lights on well into

Michael Keaton's ghost with the most is causing mayhem in two movies on Max. You can watch the horror comedy Beetlejuice and its 2024 sequel, which both also include Winona Ryder and Catherine O'Hara in their casts, on the streaming service now.

Presence, one of 2025's best horror movies, has become available to watch at home. The supernatural thriller stars Lucy Liu and takes on a unique perspective in that the film is taken from a ghost's point of view. Following its recent cinema release, Presence is now available to buy and rent digitally via Prime Video and Apple TV in the UK and US.

CinemaBlend's own Rich Knight loves horror movies. In fact, when we came up with our list of the 50 best horror movies of all time, he actually had to mentally check off the horror movies that he hadn't seen,