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Horror won big at the 2026 Oscars – it’s time the genre was taken seriously

The horror genre rose from the grave to win big at this year’s Oscars, with four films featuring prominently in the awards.

The Conversation

TV tonight: get ready to scream at the screen through The Traitors final

It may not have lived up to its celebrity offspring, but this season has offered brightness in the January gloom. Plus, David Baddiel meets Wilfred the ugly cat. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Hollywood is poison – and few films understand its horrors like Sunset Boulevard

INSIDE FILM: Seventy-five years after its release, Billy Wilder’s melodramatic satire on celebrity culture and faded stardom – starring Gloria Swanson as its grotesque heroine – retains its tragic grandeur, writes Xan Brooks

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Legendary horror director John Carpenter says he disliked "everything" about Oscar-winning genre hit The Substance

"What did I like about it? Zero."

Total Film

Oscars 2025: 'Anora' Wins Major Categories, Including Best Picture — Complete List Of Winners Inside

The Oscars 2025 has come and gone, but its powerful and notable moments have been etched in the history books, especially as Cynthia Erivo took the stage to perform the timeless "Defying Gravity."

International Business Times

2025 Oscar winners in full: Anora wins big as The Brutalist and Wicked pick up multiple awards

The full list of winners is here!

Total Film

The 2025 Oscar winners list

Did "Emilia Pérez" sweep, or did controversy ruin the film's chances of taking home the night's top prize?

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Oscars 2025 winners list — the night's biggest upsets and surprises

Follow along live as the 2025 edition of the Oscars produces new winners and more in Hollywood's biggest show case

Tom’s Guide

Oscars 2025: best actress nominees – awards, interviews and what their chances are

What to know about the actors nominated for the Academy Awards’ biggest acting prize, along with the Guardian’s reviews and interviews

The Guardian - UK

The Director of 2024's Wildest Horror Movie Made a Secret Star Wars Short

30 years ago, the director of 'The Substance' made a Star Wars fan film.

Inverse

Why The Substance should win the best picture Oscar

Yucky body horror and preposterous plotting make this tale of futuristic anti-ageing tech a wildly unlikely winner. But its imagery will be indelible well after the baubles are forgotten

The Guardian - UK

Cynthia Erivo and Pamela Anderson arrive in all-white for Bafta red carpet

Scottish actor and Doctor Who star David Tennant is hosting the ceremony.

Evening Standard

How to watch the BAFTA Film Awards 2025 online tonight for FREE

Our guide explains how to watch BAFTA Film Awards 2025 free online, beginning Sunday, February 16 on BBC One, or on BBC iPlayer from anywhere in the world.

WhatToWatch

The Oscars have snubbed horror for too long – it’s time they rewarded gore

OSCARS 2025: As ‘The Substance’ becomes the first body horror film ever nominated for Best Picture, Kevin E G Perry looks back at the Academy’s long-running fear of scary movies

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Evening Standard

The BAFTA Film Awards: who will win and who should win?

The field is crowded this year: who will walk away with the gongs?

What Hi-Fi?

How to watch 6 Best Picture Oscar movie nominations at home in 4K, HDR and Dolby Atmos

How to watch six Best Picture Oscar movie nominees in the best quality at home.

The Times of India

Critics Choice Awards Complete Winners' List: 'The Substance', 'Wicked', 'Emilia Perez' dominate but 'Anora' babs Best Picture

The 30th annual Critics Choice Awards saw Wicked, Emilia Perez, and The Substance emerging as top winners, with each film scoring three wins on Friday night. However, the top honour of Best Picture went to Anora in a surprise win.

The Guardian - AU

Five Great Reads: the ‘monstrous weight’ of Trump’s ego, violent beauty norms, and chasing a meteor

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Imogen Dewey

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‘Before Ozempic we had amphetamines. But it’s always the same violence’: Coralie Fargeat on women, ageing and Hollywood

Her gruesome horror The Substance has won her multiple Oscar nominations – and given its star Demi Moore’s career new life. But did taking down the patriarchy have to be so gory?

Total Film

Body horror meets Black Widow? The Substance director reportedly turned down the Marvel movie to focus on her award-winning horror

Coralie Fargeat was apparently approached by Marvel

Total Film

Oscars 2025 predictions: who will win Best Picture, Best Director, and the major acting awards?

A look ahead to the frontrunners and big contenders at this year's Academy Awards

TechRadar

How to watch 2025 Critics’ Choice Awards online — live stream the film and TV awards ceremony tonight from anywhere

Prepare for a star-studded evening as the CCAs honor the best in film and TV from last year. Read on for how to watch 2025 Critics’ Choice Awards online anywhere.

The Independent UK

Inside Demi Moore’s Oscar-nominated Substance transformation: 20,000 litres of ‘blood’ and 5 hours of make-up

The extreme body horror’s make-up artist tells The Independent how he achieved the special effects that shot the film to cult status

The Guardian - UK

‘Bold and fresh’: why Hollywood has gone crazy for gruesome, full-blown fairytales

Oscar nominations for Anora, The Substance and Emilia Pérez reflect shift towards surreal plots based on enduring myths

Radio France Internationale

French films storm Oscar nominations as Audiard's Emilia Perez breaks records

French director Jacques Audiard said he was "thrilled" after his musical Emilia Perez scooped 13 Oscar nominations this week, a record for a non-English-language film. His compatriot Coralie Fargeat and her film The Substance, starring Demi Moore, got five nods, including for best director.

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