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A Quiet Place is getting a very different kind of sequel

Tell everyone (just not too loudly)

Scooby-Doo and Shaggy freak out and their hand stands up straight
Scooby Doo fans reveal they have no idea what Great Dane puppies look like
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Ruh roh!

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The folk horror classic that explains Widow's Bay

And it's streaming for free on Tubi

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How Widow's Bay pulled off the best slasher since 2018's Halloween

'That sounded like a fun challenge,' showrunner Katie Dippold tells Polygon.

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A shot from the upcoming Backrooms movie teaser, featuring an 80s-style recliner chair that appears to be sinking into the floor in a dingy, nearly featureless yellow room.
10 creepypasta memes Hollywood should adapt into movies after Backrooms

Backrooms proves the next great horror franchise is probably hiding in a forum archive

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I watched the Robin Williams thriller that inspired Backrooms and the similarities are uncanny

Kane Parsons agrees

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Scary Movie 3 director David Zucker weighs in on the backlash he faced from the Wayans Brothers

The legendary comedy director sat down with Polygon via Zoom to discuss The Naked Gun, Airplane! and the return of the Scary Movie franchise

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The Mummy is just part of a larger Lee Cronin-verse, director reveals

'There's a couple of little moments like that in the first half of The Mummy, if you look closely.'

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Simpsons legends Al Jean and Mike Reiss on inspiring Obsession: 'I loved it'

Curry Barker says The Simpsons inspired his hit horror film. So we went straight to the source.

Red, the captain in the Among Us show, sweats.
Someone needed to call an emergency meeting to prevent the Among Us show from ever happening

Vent it already!

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Derpy, a blue-furred demonic tiger, and Rumi, a purple-haired K-Pop star, look horrified. Screen from KPop Demon Hunters.
R-rated KPop Demon Hunters joke makes movie history in the worst way possible

You'll never look at Derpy the same way again

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Say goodbye to the most heart-racing 77-minute thriller that's leaving Netflix

Rachel Sennott's breakout movie mires in the horrors of forced socialization

A Black man (Chiwetel Ejiofor) in a button-down shirt and black slacks stands in a huge room with the walls, floor, and ceiling all painted the same sallow yellow. He's examining a huge pile of jumbled furniture, the only thing in the room.
Backrooms is a dark reflection of life on the internet in 2026

The Backrooms is just the modern internet manifested in a physical nightmare realm

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A spooky building concealed in fog in art from 13 Omens
Paizo reveals its new horror game will be the opposite of Pathfinder

13 Omens uses light rules to build dread

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Clark (Chiwetel Ejiofor) runs his hands along a yellow wall in Backrooms
Backrooms breaks box office records as Star Wars tanks

Backrooms and Obsession are thriving in theaters this weekend as audiences choose horror over Star Wars

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A Black man (Chiwetel Ejiofor) in a button-down shirt and black slacks stands in an empty yellow room, as seen from above on a TV screen displaying security camera footage, in Backrooms
When will Backrooms be available on streaming?

Here’s when you can experience the fluorescent-lit, yellow wallpaper-laden purgatory in the comfort of your own home

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Kate Siegel looks to the left while sitting on a fence in Midnight Mass. An American Flag appears behind her.
Netflix's 7-part vampire thriller is a chilling masterpiece you'll finish in one weekend

Years later, Mike Flanagan's magnum opus still holds up

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When will Obsession be available on streaming?

Here’s what we know about the horror hit's home video release

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The most controversial thriller of 2026 is finally on streaming

And everything else you can watch at home this weekend

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What even is the Backrooms anyway?

Inside the internet’s strangest horror ecosystem

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