Some horror movie characters, as seen in The Strangers and The Babadook, get under the audience's skin in the most irritating ways.

Horror movies rely on viewers' fear of the unknown and their instinct to trust what they perceive on the screen or even off it, and these films did just that. Films heavy on jumpscares attempt to ...

The Resurrection and Unstoppable Rise of the Modern Horror Movie" is a book about the recent history of horror movies.