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40 Years Ago, A Cult Classic Thriller Introduced One Of The Most Underrated Horror Villains Of All Time

Rutger Hauer's murderous hitchhiker in 'The Hitcher' set the blueprint for many of modern day's most iconic slasher villains.

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19 Years Later, A Perfect Stephen King Thriller Is Getting A Surprising Remake

Mike Flanagan won't be stopped until he adapts everything King has ever written, even if we already got a great movie.

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25 Years Later, An Infamously Divisive Horror Sequel Could Have Been Even Weirder

As polarizing as it was compared to the Oscar-winning original, Ridley Scott's 'Hannibal' was still not as weird as the book.

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50 Years Later, Martin Scorsese's First Masterpiece Is More Relevant Than Ever

Half a century later, Robert De Niro's iconic loner in 'Taxi Driver' still endures in Martin Scorsese's dark premonition of America.

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30 Years Ago, One Ambitious '90s Sci-Fi Show Borrowed A Dune Trick

Is Dust just Spice by another name? Here's how 'Babylon 5' pulled a subtle 'Dune' trick in 1996.

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35 Years Ago, Star Trek Rebooted A Lost Episode From A Canceled Series With Wild Results

The episode "Devil's Due," might not be everyone's favorite 'Next Generation' episode. But this Star Trek adventure has deep roots.

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85 Years Ago, A Horror Icon Revolutionized A Sci-Fi Thriller Trope

With 'The Devil Commands,' Boris Karloff cemented his legacy as film history’s greatest mad scientist.

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Meet 96-year-old Frederick Wiseman, the best American filmmaker you’ve (probably) never heard of

INSIDE FILM: There are few filmmakers around as insightful, prolific, and profound as Wiseman, writes Louis Chilton. But his films have always been difficult to watch in the UK – until now

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30 Years Ago, A Divisive Director's Kitschy Horror Movie Had A Weird Identity Crisis

Is it really a vampire movie if the vampires don't show up for an hour? Looking back on 'From Dusk till Dawn' 30 years later.

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30 Years Ago, One Cyberpunk Sequel Was The Weirdest Stephen King Reboot Ever

Here's why 'Lawnmower Man 2' failed to be even remotely good.

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20 Years Ago, A Controversial Thriller Launched A New Era of Extreme Hollywood Horror

Eli Roth's 'Hostel' took gross-out horror to its bloodiest extreme, and inadvertently birthed a new era for the genre.

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15 Years Ago, One Troubled Sci-Fi Show Fell Prey To The Prequel Curse

Remember when 'Capirca' ended? Are you sure? Here's a look back on the good, the bad and the Cylon from the finale of this 'Battlestar' prequel.

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30 Years Ago, Terry Gilliam Gave Us A Once-In-A-Lifetime Sci-Fi Epic

Here's why the 1995 time travel film '12 Monkeys' holds up, and why it may not be the movie you remember.

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40 Years Ago, An Underrated Classic Sci-Fi Flick Perfectly Captured An Immortal Trope

Why 'Enemy Mine' endures, 40 years later. Plus, its legacy throughout sci-fi.

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15 Years Ago, A Surprising Sci-Fi Franchise Set The Standard For The Super-Safe Reboot

Was 'Tron: Legacy' a great reboot? Or did it create a strange standard that we're still dealing with now?

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39 Years Ago, Rob Reiner Made A Stephen King Masterpiece That Changed Everything

Here's why Rob Reiner's 'Stand by Me' was a blueprint for the Stephen King renaissance we're enjoying today.

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35 Years Ago, An Iconic Director Made An Underrated Christmas Movie

Tim Burton may be known for his creepy tales of morbidity, but he once made a haunting live-action romance.

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20 Years Ago, A Legendary Director Revived King Kong For The 21st Century

With 'King Kong,' Peter Jackson brought a Hollywood classic's complicated legacy into the 21st century.

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40 Years Ago, One Cult Classic Changed Mystery Movies Forever

'Clue' predicted the interactive movie before it was invented.

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20 Years Later, An Iconic Fantasy Epic Is As Good As You Remember

Ahead of its next remake, this 2005 classic holds up surprisingly well.

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25 Years Ago, A Notorious Fantasy Flop Showed How Not To Adapt A Franchise

Here's how the first big-screen adaptation of 'Dungeons and Dragons' got it all wrong.

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40 Years Ago, The Darkest Star Wars Movie Isn't The One You Expect

In 1985, the Star Wars franchise dropped 'Ewoks: The Battle for Endor.' Here's why it's just as terrifying as it sounds.

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44 Years Later, One Of The Great, Unsung 'Alien' Copycats Just Got A Huge Upgrade

'Outland' is one of the rare 'Alien' knockoffs to offer something new. And it's on 4K Blu-ray now.

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43 Years Later, Star Trek Just Created A Massive New Canon Question

The Wrath of...Kali? Here's how 'Star Trek: Khan' creates a new canon question.

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25 Years Later, Val Kilmer's Sci-Fi Flop Is Better Than You Remember

Is the mars movie 'Red Planet' still worth your time? Here's why this one holds up better than you might think.

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