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‘The Invitation’ Trailer: Nathalie Emmanuel Meets Distant Relatives With Devious Motives In Sony’s New Horror Film

June 27, 2022 12:40 pm

There are lots of folks who are concerned about the privacy factors surrounding DNA testing services like Ancestry and 23&Me. Do they keep your DNA info? Can they sell it? There are valid concerns. But wha...

The Best Horror Movies Of The Decade [2010s]

The Playlist Staff

October 30, 2019 1:24 pm

Features, News

The 2010s felt like a banner decade for the horror genre. It’s difficult to say that definitively as time is the only thing that can really make that distinction, but as the decade comes to a close, it feels li...

Karyn Kusama Explains What Went Wrong & What She Learned From ‘Aeon Flux’ And ‘Jennifer’s Body’

Charles Barfield

December 27, 2018 2:05 pm

News

Christmas Day saw the long-awaited release of filmmaker Karyn Kusama’s “Destroyer.” After a rocky career, featuring incredible highs (“Girlfight” and “The Invitation”) and devastating lows (“Jennifer’s Body” &a...

Nominations For Inaugural American Independent Film Awards Revealed

Kevin Jagernauth

February 19, 2017 9:48 am

Awards, News

We know — it's February and the last thing you want to hear about is another awards show, but believe us when we say that the American Independent Film Awards are different. Generally speaking, the awards seaso...

The 15 Best Horror Films Of 2016

Drew Taylor and Rodrigo Perez

December 21, 2016 1:17 pm

Features

Maybe it was just because it provided a respite from the year’s most terrifying drama, “American Horror Story: The 2016 Presidential Election,” but the past 12 months have been unusually good for the horror mov...

The Most Overrated & Underrated Films Of 2016

The Playlist Staff

December 19, 2016 2:29 pm

Features

There's an old saying at the Playlist Mansion: you do not truly know a person until you've asked them to chose the one film they feel was most overrated and the one they feel was most underrated in any given ye...

The 50 Best Horror Movies Of The 21st Century So Far

Oliver Lyttelton and Jessica Kiang

October 27, 2016 12:17 pm

Features

We’ve been having a bit of a horror-fest at The Playlist this month (terrifying Halloween party costumes of choice at Playlist Towers include: Mike Pence, the ghost of the never-made second season of “Vinyl” an...

Contest: Win Karyn Kusama’s Thriller ‘The Invitation’ On Blu-ray

Edward Davis

July 25, 2016 4:02 pm

News

This summer has been a pretty good one for fans of things that go bump in the night. Netflix has raised hairs with "Stranger Things," while the multiplex has seen "The Conjuring 2," "The Purge: Election Year," ...

The 20 Best Films Of 2016 So Far

Jessica Kiang and Oliver Lyttelton

June 1, 2016 12:48 pm

Features

June is here, and with Sundance, Berlin, SXSW and Cannes over, and the summer blockbuster season well underway, the year in the film world is starting to take shape. And while superhero clashes and fairy-tale r...

Review: Karyn Kusama’s Taut, Nerve Jangling Thriller ‘The Invitation’

April 6, 2016 5:05 pm

Reviews

Review: Karyn Kusama's Taut, Nerve Jangling Thriller 'The Invitation'

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