Horror News & Reviews
Reviews, evergreen genre essays, and what’s just hit the wires in horror media.
Reviews
Deep cuts on horror cinema and television — auteurs, sub-genre standouts, hidden gems, and the canonical classics that shaped the form.
- The Fury: Brian De Palma’s Underrated Psychic Thriller
Brian De Palma’s The Fury blends psychic phenomena with intense thriller elements, making it a standout piece in 1970s cinema. - Carrie 1976: The Enduring Nightmare of Stephen King’s Classic
Carrie (1976) continues to haunt audiences with its powerful performances and chilling narrative, marking it as a timeless horror classic. - The Howling: Revisiting the Werewolf Classic That Transformed Horror Cinema
Delve into The Howling, the 1981 horror film that reimagined werewolf lore with stunning effects and continues to captivate audiences. - Inferno: Dario Argento’s Underrated Gem of Surreal Horror
Dario Argento’s Inferno is a visually stunning exploration of surreal horror that remains an underrated gem in his filmography. - Blood, Algorithms & Dick Tracy: The Horror Renaissance Is Here
Good evening, my delightfully depraved devotees of the macabre. I come to you tonight with tidings of a most exquisite renaissance—a glorious… - Dressed to Kill: Unpacking the Seductive Horror of Brian De Palma’s Thriller
Brian De Palma’s Dressed to Kill remains a provocative and stylish thriller that continues to captivate audiences with its suspenseful storytelling and masterful direction.
Evergreen
Long-form anchor essays that don’t age — sub-genre histories, director profiles, OTR show deep-dives, and the WLAI universe canon.
- Welcome to WLAI: Sign-On at the Edge of the Dial
The signal still rides on the original frequency — though you only catch it after the major stations have signed off. A brief history of WLAI, the late-night horror station behind the Midnight Macabre programming block. - The Anthology Always Comes Back: From Lights Out to Black Mirror
Horror keeps returning to the same shape. From the pulps through Lights Out, Twilight Zone, Tales from the Crypt, and Black Mirror, the anthology is the genre’s most durable form. A history of why — and what radio invented that television and streaming have spent decades inheriting. - Where Does an Old Medium Like Radio Fit Now?
The medium did not die. It moved. So why are people still listening to broadcasts from 1937? An honest look at where Old-Time Radio fits in the algorithmic-audio era.
Horror News
What’s just hit the wires — new releases, festival news, casting announcements — with our framing, not just aggregation.
- Horror News Wire — July 23, 2026Today’s horror news, with one-line takes from the WLAI Late-Night Desk.
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