There's something instinctual about the way most of us react when horror movies put animals at the center of the terror. For me, it's desperation—keep that precious ...

On Friday, June 20, Stephen Spielberg’s oceanic epic Jaws will turn 50 years old. As the anniversary rolls around, we as an audience are reminded of our very human obsession with sharks – an obsession ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sean Byrne knows how to show an audience a bad time. Sixteen years ago, the Australian filmmaker launched onto the scene with “The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. IFC Films and AMC Networks’ streamer Shudder have acquired “Dangerous Animals,” Sean Byrne (“The Devil’s Candy”)’s buzzy movie ...

Premiering out of competition at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, Dangerous Animals marks the splashy and brutal return of Australian horror master Sean Byrne, the madman filmmaker behind cult classic ...

Olga Artemyeva is a film critic, screenwriter and film curator based in NYC. She has a PhD in Art History and teaches Film Studies. Her dissertaion was dedicated to the evolution of horror, and it ...

Matt Patches is an executive editor at Polygon. He has over 15 years of experience reporting on movies and TV, and reviewing pop culture. Answer: When the killer shark is just a weapon in a human ...

It must be January, because someone’s pet chimpanzee has contracted rabies and is going on a killing spree. That’s the premise for Primate, the January horror du jour that’s actually a very solid year ...

Joel Medina spent his life devouring all things pop culture - for better and worse (he watched Final Destination way too young). Born and raised in LA County, he spent his summers watching every movie ...

Sean Byrne knows how to show an audience a bad time. Sixteen years ago, the Australian filmmaker launched onto the scene with “The Loved Ones,” his proudly grisly debut about a misfit teenager who ...

Australian director Sean Byrne is one of horror’s premiere mixologists. His debut, 2009’s The Loved Ones, meshed teen romance with gruesome Hostel-style extremism. 2015’s The Devil’s Candy put a heavy ...