Dead Ringers

Evil Dead Trap - Official TrailerThe English-language title evokes a certain popular horror series (Evil Dead II was released just a year prior), but this Japanese slasher/ghost story/giallo is its own ghoulish beast. A TV crew investigating the filming location of what appears to be a snuff film finds something maliciously sinister waiting for them... and things get ever-squishier from there. (Free with ads on Freevee) Evil Dead Trap - Official TrailerThe English-language title evokes a certain popular horror series…

Saw XPhoto: Alexandro Bolaños Escamilla/LionsgateHorror is, shall we say, a genre that’s very fond of sequels. We’re all for it when a part two (or a part 10) honors its inspiration while also justifying its own existence by delivering a satisfying, thrilling story. This year, the unkillable Saw franchise delighted fans by dreaming up Saw X, a tale that slotted into the time frame between its first and second film. The Nun II reminded us that the Conjuring Universe is still a reliable go-to for frights; Insidious: The Red…

With a dizzying array of streaming services available, there was no shortage of great TV this year—and while io9 has already shared our top 20 shows of 2023, today we’re revealing our top TV moments... all 50 of them. These are the moments when we laughed, cheered, shed a tear, shrieked in disbelief, and/or realized…Read more... With a dizzying array of streaming services available, there was no shortage of great TV this year—and while io9 has already shared our top 20 shows of 2023, today we’re revealing our top TV…

THE LITTLE GIRL WHO LIVES DOWN THE LANE (1976) Theatrical Trailer - Jodie Foster, Martin SheenReleased in 1976, The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane came at a busy time for then-child star Jodie Foster, who also appeared in Taxi Driver, Freaky Friday, and Bugsy Malone that same year. At just 14, she already had range—and she brings her trademark blend of intelligence, vulnerability, and gravitas to this cult-beloved horror mystery about a girl who proves murderously capable of existing without parents or any other…

Created by Alice Birch and starring Rachel Weisz (twice), Prime Video’s Dead Ringers evolves David Cronenberg’s 1988 squirm-inducing classic about twins whose obsession with each other becomes their downfall. Ahead of the six-episode series’ release on April 21, io9 spoke with two of Dead Ringers’ key co-stars, whose characters help build out the world of Weisz’s increasingly unhinged Drs. Elliot and Beverly Mantle.Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard Nerd Out About Jurassic Park's Returning HeroesJennifer Ehle (Saint…

Image: Courtesy of Prime VideoElliot is the more outgoing sister; she likes to drink, do drugs, and pick up random partners at dance clubs. She’s often seen eating and seems to genuinely relish talking with food shoved in her mouth. Beverly, meanwhile, is the twin who always has her hair pulled back—something that represents her more reserved personality, as well as giving the Dead Ringers viewer a handy way to tell the women apart. Elliot and her “baby sister” (a term of endearment that’s a callback to the Cronenberg…

David Cronenberg’s 1988 film Dead Ringers set a new standard for twisted twin tales—but Prime Video’s new series adaptation, with Rachel Weisz playing sister versions of Drs. Elliot and Beverly Mantle, the brothers Jeremy Irons played in the movie, carves out its own disturbing place in the genre. Ahead of its premiere next week, io9 talked with Weisz, who also executive produced, and creator/writer/executive producer Alice Birch to learn more.Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard Nerd Out About Jurassic Park's Returning…

Prometheus - Official Full HD Trailer - Ridley Scott, Michael Fassbender, Noomi RapaceIn Ridley Scott’s 2012 Alien franchise entry, a scientist (Noomi Rapace) who believes she’s infertile has sex with her partner after the mission’s android slips him a drink tainted by space goo left behind by an alien planet’s race of long-gone humanoid Engineers. Don’t worry about those details; just worry about how the scientist finds herself suddenly pregnant with a decidedly non-human baby, and must perform an emergency c-section on…

While David Cronenberg’s 1988 thriller Dead Ringers—starring Jeremy Irons as twin gynecologists as brilliant as they are unstable—remains a tense, potent viewing experience, Prime Video’s upcoming series version starring Rachel Weisz is the rare revamp we can’t wait to see. Today’s new trailer only makes us more intrigued.Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard Nerd Out About Jurassic Park's Returning HeroesHere’s the trailer, followed by some insights from Weisz and executive producer Alice Birch from a recent press event…

David Cronenberg’s name has become shorthand for skin-crawling body horror, and many of his films do lean into the extremely visceral. But while Dead Ringers tells a story rooted in the medical profession, its shocks are (mostly) more psychologically distressing than stomach-turning—with no potency lost 35 years after its initial release.You’ve probably seen promos for Prime Video’s upcoming series adaptation of Dead Ringers, which make great use of the original’s blood-red surgical scrubs—a simple color swap that proves…