Hold My Hand: the best and weirdest new horror to watch this fall – The Verge The Verge is about technology and how it makes us feel. Founded in 2011, we offer our audience everything from breaking news to reviews to award-winning features and investigations, on our site, in video, and in podcasts. 2017-10-28T13:00:02+00:00 https://www.theverge.com/rss/stream/16203447 https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/verge-rss-large_80b47e.png?w=150&h=150&crop=1 Kaitlyn Tiffany <![CDATA[15 horror movies to stream this Halloween weekend]]> https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/28/16535468/horror-film-streaming-guide-halloween-hbo-go-netflix-amazon 2017-10-28T09:00:02-04:00 2017-10-28T09:00:02-04:00

It's Halloween weekend and you're tired of being outside in whatever thing you made out of tulle and duct tape. The CVS candy sales haven't even hit yet. What are you supposed to do with yourself until nighttime, when, if you are an adult, you're allowed to go inside a bar with spooky decor and drink hot cider with rum or something in it?

How should you spend the hours until the costume party starts and you have to tape the tulle back on and stick your face in a bucket of water? Is there absolutely anything to do right now, other than search for scary playlists and curl up in a ball and cry and cry and gnaw on a caramel apple until your tee …

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]]> Kaitlyn Tiffany <![CDATA[My Friend Dahmer will be an odd footnote on a Disney Channel star’s Wikipedia page]]> https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/26/16547268/my-friend-dahmer-horror-movie-review-graphic-novel-adaptation-r5 2017-10-26T13:02:48-04:00 2017-10-26T13:02:48-04:00

This fall, The Verge is making a choice. The choice is fear! We've decided to embrace the season by taking in as many new horror movies as possible and reporting back on which ones are worth your time. We're calling this series Hold My Hand, as we look at films you might want to watch with a supportive viewing partner. Get comfortable, put the kettle on, check the closet for ghosts, then find a hand to squeeze until the bones pop.

It's no fun to enter a movie-viewing experience asking, "Does this movie need to exist?" and I would never prescribe it as a habit. But once in a while, there comes a film that raises the question so forcefully, i …

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]]> Kaitlyn Tiffany <![CDATA[The Book of Birdie imagines religious horror with glitter, gold, and open wounds]]> https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/25/16519886/book-of-birdie-movie-review-horror-elizabeth-schuch 2017-10-25T14:34:02-04:00 2017-10-25T14:34:02-04:00

This fall, The Verge is making a choice. The choice is fear! We've decided to embrace the season by taking in as many new horror movies as possible and reporting back on which ones are worth your time. We're calling this series Hold My Hand, as we look at films you might want to watch with a supportive viewing partner. Get comfortable, put the kettle on, check the closet for ghosts, then find a hand to squeeze until the bones pop.

Culturally, we don't think enough about morbid girls. There aren't very many of them in our movies, beyond the silent, violent ones Emily Yoshida described for Vulture earlier this year, writing about Logan, Stran …

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]]> Kaitlyn Tiffany <![CDATA[American Satan is about a rock band that makes a deal with the devil, who also claims he founded Apple]]> https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/24/16519878/american-satan-review-horror-movie-john-bradley 2017-10-24T11:22:40-04:00 2017-10-24T11:22:40-04:00

This fall, The Verge is making a choice. The choice is fear! We've decided to embrace the season by taking in as many new horror movies as possible and reporting back on which ones are worth your time. We're calling this series Hold My Hand, as we look at films you might want to watch with a supportive viewing partner. Get comfortable, put the kettle on, check the closet for ghosts, then find a hand to squeeze until the bones pop.

The trailer for American Satan was emailed to me in a typo-riddled press release promising a starring turn for Game of Thrones' John Bradley, who plays Samwell Tarly. His character is named Ricky Rollins. If that …

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]]> Kaitlyn Tiffany <![CDATA[Tragedy Girls is a lazy attempt at horror satire, redeemed only by how weird it is]]> https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/19/16449404/tragedy-girls-horror-comedy-review-slasher-satire 2017-10-19T09:59:29-04:00 2017-10-19T09:59:29-04:00

This fall, The Verge is making a choice. The choice is fear! We've decided to embrace the season by taking in as many new horror movies as possible and reporting back on which ones are worth your time. We're calling this series Hold My Hand, as we look at films you might want to watch with a supportive viewing partner. Get comfortable, put the kettle on, check the closet for ghosts, then find a hand to squeeze until the bones pop.

Sadie and McKayla do everything together: homework, prom, cheerleading practice, after-school smoothies, dissing ex-boyfriends, murdering some people to get more followers on their joint Twitter account, etc. They …

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]]> Lizzie Plaugic <![CDATA[Game of Death is a bloody teen horror film with at least 24 murders]]> https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/16/16482634/game-of-death-movie-review-blackpills 2017-10-16T12:17:06-04:00 2017-10-16T12:17:06-04:00

This fall, The Verge is making a choice. The choice is fear! We've decided to embrace the season by taking in as many new horror movies as possible and reporting back on which ones are worth your time. We're calling this series Hold My Hand, as we look at films you might want to watch with a supportive viewing partner. Get comfortable, put the kettle on, check the closet for ghosts, then find a hand to squeeze until the bones pop.

The horny teenagers gather in a big house in the woods, unchaperoned. The horny teenagers wear bikinis. The horny teenagers drink beer. The horny teenagers die. This is the plot of Sebastien Landry and Laurence Mo …

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]]> Kaitlyn Tiffany <![CDATA[Happy Death Day is a cynical, stupid-fun 13 Going on 30, but with murder]]> https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/11/16454428/happy-death-day-horror-movie-review-halloween-jessica-rothe-groundhog-day 2017-10-11T12:03:37-04:00 2017-10-11T12:03:37-04:00

This fall, The Verge is making a choice. The choice is fear! We've decided to embrace the season by taking in as many new horror movies as possible and reporting back on which ones are worth your time. We're calling this series Hold My Hand, as we look at films you might want to watch with a supportive viewing partner. Get comfortable, put the kettle on, check the closet for ghosts, then find a hand to squeeze until the bones pop.

What do you want from a horror movie? Is it horror? Genuine horror? If so, I don't know, just look at the world around you instead. Because today, we're here to discuss a horror movie that's secretly about joy.

H …

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]]> Kaitlyn Tiffany <![CDATA[Super Dark Times is super dark, and the most honest teen movie of 2017]]> https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/9/16375208/super-dark-times-horror-movie-review 2017-10-09T14:47:38-04:00 2017-10-09T14:47:38-04:00

This fall, The Verge is making a choice. The choice is fear! We've decided to embrace the season by taking in as many new horror movies as possible and reporting back on which ones are worth your time. We're calling this series Hold My Hand, as we look at films you might want to watch with a supportive viewing partner. Get comfortable, put the kettle on, check the closet for ghosts, then find a hand to squeeze until the bones pop.

Fall is a mood, obviously. The mood is a blaze of glory before a slow march toward death. Locations can also be moods, and the best horror movies I have seen understand this. Super Dark Times, the debut feature fr …

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]]> Kaitlyn Tiffany <![CDATA[Better Watch Out is a surprising, strange Christmas horror-comedy about idiotic boys]]> https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/3/16375490/better-watch-out-horror-movie-review-halloween 2017-10-03T11:57:44-04:00 2017-10-03T11:57:44-04:00

This fall, The Verge is making a choice. The choice is fear! We've decided to embrace the season by taking in as many new horror movies as possible and reporting back on which ones are worth your time. We're calling this series Hold My Hand, as we look at films you might want to watch with a supportive viewing partner. Get comfortable, put the kettle on, check the closet for ghosts, then find a hand to squeeze until the bones pop.

Christmas is scary. You're waltzing toward credit-card debt and decorating your home with dried-out dead plants covered in electric accessories. You're singing songs about infanticide and 400-pound animals that ca …

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]]> Kaitlyn Tiffany <![CDATA[Friend Request is the goofiest internet horror story I’ve ever seen]]> https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/21/16316592/friend-request-horror-movie-facebook-recommendation 2017-09-21T14:47:30-04:00 2017-09-21T14:47:30-04:00

This fall, The Verge is making a choice. The choice is fear! We've decided to embrace the season by taking in as many new horror movies as possible and reporting back on which ones are worth your time. We're calling this series Hold My Hand, as we look at films you might want to watch with a supportive viewing partner. Get comfortable, put the kettle on, check the closet for ghosts, then find a hand to squeeze until the bones pop.

The most interesting thing about any teen movie is what it assumes about the world teenagers live in. Friend Request, a new horror film from German director Simon Verhoeven, assumes that they use Facebook.

Not on …

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