It’s the most famous scene in Scanners (1981). A bespectacled, white-collar business executive (Louis Del Grande) sitting at the front of a lecture hall, grimaces and writhes. His fingers fidget in an ...

Peter Klausner loves body horror. Ever since he watched the films of David Cronenberg, he’s loved what you can do both visually and emotionally with body horror, making the viewer feel something they ...

Jack Beresford is a Newsweek Senior Internet Culture & Trends Reporter, based in London, UK. His focus is reporting on trending topics on the Internet, he covers viral stories from around the world on ...

As in any other genre, horror is often at its best when it becomes an exploration of the human condition. Beyond cheap thrills, there are times when horror has the capacity to truly move us, to open ...