Horror is big business in 2026
Horror has become a tentpole across gaming, film, and television, with cheap production costs and blockbuster returns.
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Gears of War: E-Day launches amid Xbox upheaval
A confident new prequel arrives as Microsoft's gaming division undergoes dramatic restructuring and job cuts.
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Amazon's Carrie updates King's classic for the cyberbullying age
Mike Flanagan's first Amazon series proves the story still matters by making social media cruelty its central horror.
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Horror's golden age: Silent Hill and Resident Evil surge
Gaming's two biggest horror franchises are thriving with bold new games and successful film adaptations.
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Control Resonant shows what Remedy does best
The sequel expands the Control universe with gravity-bending platforming and weird fiction storytelling that sets it apart from other blockbuster games.
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Xbox is barely Xbox anymore
Microsoft's gaming division is retreating from the Xbox brand through massive layoffs and studio reorganization.
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Streamers are fighting over Halloween
Four major platforms are flooding October with horror series, turning the spooky season into peak streaming real estate.
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GTA VI soundtrack drops 34 brand-new tracks
Rockstar reveals a star-studded album featuring Keith Richards, Travis Scott, and more.
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AI's Odyssey disaster shows why humans matter
A 2.5-hour AI-generated film proves the technology isn't ready for storytelling.
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TIFF 2026: what Andrew Webster actually saw
Daily dispatches from Toronto on a four-hour Musk doc, a hitman thriller born from Marvel's Blade collapse, and Laika's next stop-motion swing.
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Alex Gibney's Musk doc runs four hours
A thorough, well-argued takedown of Elon Musk that may never reach the people it was built for.
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TIFF day 3: Blade's loss is our gain
Mahershala Ali and Bassam Tariq skipped the superhero reboot and made a hitman thriller that hits harder.
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Laika built puppets that breathe
Inside Wildwood's frame-grabbers and breathing puppets, plus two very different animated films from TIFF 2026.
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