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Few films are as influential as John Carpenter’s Halloween. The origins of the slasher genre go back further to Psycho, but Halloween popularized the genre and set the tropes. Suburban teenagers are picked off one-by-one by a knife-wielding slasher until one ‘Final Girl’ remains. RELATED: Halloween Kills: 5 Ways It’s Better Than Halloween 2018 (&

Eternals director Chloé Zhao says she and Marvel Studios are working to make sure scenes featuring the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s first openly gay hero, Phastos (Brian Tyree Henry), are not censored in overseas markets. “I don’t know all the details but I do believe discussions were had and there’s a big desire from Marvel and

In Fena: Pirate Princess, the skilled group of samurai soldiers known as the Samurai Seven have a duty to protect the descendants of the Houtman family. One of the members is the archer Shitan who, on the outside, looks like a playboy who flirts with women, but on the inside, is someone who would always place his

DC has been a trendsetter in the comic industry for over eighty years. They basically created the superhero as modern readers know it and brought concepts like the superteam and the multiverse to comics. Over the years, DC has put out some of the greatest comics of all time, telling stories that resonate with audiences

When it comes to depicting epic fights, anime has the method down to a science. Anime manages to use dynamic animation and music to portray drama and suspense in a way that has the audience sitting at the edge of their seats. RELATED: 10 Longest Fights In Shonen Anime, Ranked By Number Of Episodes In series

Secret are prevalent in anime. From having secret identities like Sailor Moon‘s Sailor Scouts to having secret powers like My Hero Academia‘s Deku. Although some characters try their best to keep their secret from getting out, it doesn’t always go that way. RELATED: 10 Anime Characters With The Most Embarrassing Secrets Sometimes the person who figures these secrets out can either keep

In Netflix’s megahit Squid Game, childhood games become cutthroat affairs and, according to recent reports, those fictional stakes are now being emulated in the very schoolyards from which the series drew its inspiration. According to The Guardian, groups throughout the UK are attempting to warn parents and teachers of an alarming trend in which children

The universe is expanding. Sony Pictures has officially added two “Untitled Sony/Marvel Universe” films to its 2023 domestic release schedule. The new Sony/Marvel films, both produced by Columbia Pictures, are slated to release in theaters on June 23, 2023 and Oct. 6, 2023, respectively. RELATED: SPUMC No More: Sony’s Spider-Man Film Universe Has a New Name

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Dune, now playing in theaters and on HBO Max. Directed by Denis Villeneuve (Blade Runner 2049), Dune is the first part of a two-part adaptation of Frank Herbert’s landmark sci-fi novel of the same name. As a result, the film firmly ends halfway through the story, with the hero

Anime has had some of the greatest villains ever to grace the screen with their evil presence, and they come in all guises and types. There are goofy villains, anti-heroes, and some of the vilest, most reprehensible evil-doers that would make a tyrant look like a boy scout. But what about the antagonists who aren’t as bad

For over three decades, Akira Toriyama’s Dragon Ball has been one of the biggest anime series of all time. The shonen series comfortably leans into archetypes of the action-heavy genre as it caters towards chaotic battles and constant spectacles. Dragon Ball never struggles when it comes to developing greater and stronger threats and it’s allowed

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime is a popular isekai series starring Rimuru Tempest the slime, and Rimuru has come a long way since he first awoke in this fantasy realm as a monster. He has made countless allies, battled fierce enemies, explored the land and even built a kingdom for himself, the

Metroid Dread has 14 item upgrades scattered throughout Ferenia for Samus Aran to find. There six Missile Tanks, two Missile+ Tanks, four Energy Parts and two Power Bomb Tanks, and player who want to acquire every collectible will need to first unlock all of Samus’ most advanced abilities, including the Power Bomb and the Space Jump. Collecting everything

Spawn creator Todd McFarlane explained why the debut issue of Gunslinger Spawn was suddenly delayed. In a video posted on Twitter, McFarlane explained that industry-wide paper shortages got in the way of Gunslinger Spawn shipping out to retailers for its scheduled release date of Oct. 20. While the majority of the book’s variant covers were

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Law & Order: Organized Crime Season 2, Episode 6, “Unforgivable,” which premiered Thursday, October 21st on NBC. Law & Order: Organized Crime continues Detective Elliot Stabler’s undercover journey in the Albanian KO gang using the borrowed identity of criminal Eddie Wagner. In a bar alone with a madam named Deidra, Stabler dances,

This January, iconic artist Jim Cheung draws the heroes and villains of Marvel Comics in a special series of variant covers. Like past cover variant themes, these headshot sketches will be available across various different titles throughout the month, celebrating the artistry of Cheung. As per Marvel’s press release, “These HEADSHOT SKETCH VARIANT COVERS perfectly

The award-winning comic book creative team of Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips are back to bring more pulpy, hardboiled thrills for down-on-his-luck protagonist Ethan Reckless in Destroy All Monsters. The graphic novel is the third in the crime noir Reckless series launched through Image Comics. In Destroy All Monsters, Ethan finds himself quickly becoming isolated from others as

Even if you don’t know Pokémon, you know Pikachu–the Pokémon franchise’s face since the nineties, just edging out Clefairy for the right. Pikachu is one of the most popular cartoon characters, period, with merchandise and a longstanding role in the anime and even a balloon in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Pikachu appears on all manner

The X-Men are one of Marvel’s most successful teams, protecting the world from the most dangerous villains. The mutant superteam not only battles supervillains but also has to protect themselves from the very humans they protect, constantly fighting for their survival from all sides. This has made them one of Marvel’s strongest teams, a force to be

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Dune, now playing in theaters and on HBO Max Dune — for better and for worse — is focused on the epic scale of the sci-fi classic above all else. The tale of House Atreides has always carried a massive scope, one that transcends generations and worlds. And there are

Iron Man‘s climactic Iron Monger battle was missing a key element that prevented its CGI from being finished until three weeks before the movie’s release. Director Jon Favreau’s superhero adventure famously ends with Tony Stark donning his Iron Man armor to battle his mentor/business partner-turned enemy Obadiah Stane, the latter decked out in his fresh-and-shiny

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate pays homage to plenty of different game franchises through things like spirits, assist trophies and, most notably, the massive amount of playable fighters in the game. With everyone from Pikachu to the recently released Sora from Kingdom Hearts being available on the game’s DLC-packed roster, it’s a miracle that almost every

Kawaki is one of the main characters in Naruto’s sequel, Boruto: Naruto Next Generations. Introduced in the prologue as an antagonist, Kawaki later makes an appearance in the story long after, toward the end of the Ao arc. RELATED: Naruto: 10 Worst Things That Happened After Shippuden Kawaki has, since then, become integral to the main

Cut content from the recently released Game Wizards book details Dungeons & Dragons co-creator Dave Arneson’s original idea for how hit points should work in the tabletop role-playing game. As noted by Jon Peterson, author of Game Wizards: The Epic Battle for Dungeons & Dragons, Arneson believed that hit points should be static, never increasing as the player levels up. Rather

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Thor #18, on sale now from Marvel Comics. With Thor receiving increasingly dark visions of a Marvel Universe future brutally controlled by Thanos and facing challenges to the throne on all sides, the God of Thunder is growing desperate in finding a way to avert the prophesied crisis. Initially

Video games continue to evolve in unbelievable ways as technology accomplishes major advancements, but there’s still endless love for classic gaming properties that have been around for decades, like Nintendo’s Super Mario. Nintendo is extremely fortunate to have many legendary first-party franchises, but few have been able to connect in the same way that the

R&B and soul music sensation Dionne Warwick took streaming giant Hulu to task over the platform’s ad-free tier. The situation began when Warwick posted an engaging tweet asking for any and all brands to share a response. “Even the mayonnaise companies,” she wrote. Hulu replied soon after, writing, “We’re here for the plot.” Minutes later, Warwick

WARNING: The following contains major spoilers for Season 1 of Squid Game, now streaming on Netflix. Netflix’s Squid Game dives deep into the monsters mankind can be as they’re driven by greed. It focuses on folks in debt being taken to a mysterious island to play sadistic childhood games — some of which involve them partnering up, while others require

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Dune, now playing in theaters and on HBO Max Dune has plenty of unique elements that enrich the sci-fi setting in ways no other franchise has. This includes specific terminology and technologies, as well as a handful of unique abilities granted to certain figures in the universe, such as