Subgenre

Hidden Object games are popular, easy, and relaxing. Within the genre, there’s a really specific sub-genre that I’ve recently found myself enjoying maybe a little too much — hidden cat games. And I think I’ve found the best one out there, especially for those who grew up gaming.  An Arcade Full of Cats Image via DevCats An Arcade Full of Cats is a free-to-play game developed by DevCats that revolves around a suspiciously ‘Back to the Future’ looking pair of cats called Fofiño and Leo. In order to make the world a better…

Best known as the home town of Father Christmas, Rovaniemi is perhaps not an obvious setting for crime, corruption and murder.But the unique lighting conditions, climate, nature, architecture and atmosphere of the capital of Finnish Lapland, a city of 64,000 that lies right on the Arctic Circle, is contributing to the evolution of its very own Nordic noir sub-genre.“Reindeer noir” (reindeer noirissa) – the term coined to describe the emerging category – was characterised by “a hint of dark humour” and a “localised feel”,…

I’ve been a fan of holiday horror since I first watched Black Christmas with my eyes closed at just 9-years-old. Again, where were my parents? Well, right alongside me, of course. Thus, my introduction to holiday horror was introduced, and my complete interest for the best subgenre ever has yet to waver. From evil gingerbread men coming to life to an ancient yuletide creature terrorizing children on Christmas, holiday horror reaches a variety of holidays and utilizes a cauldron of different themes. And while Eli Roth’s…

Image via Blumhouse Productions Remember back in the early 2010s when Paranormal Activity was still all the rage among the general public, resulting in wave after wave of found footage horror films getting shoved down the throats of audiences while The Blair Witch Project turned its nose up at our dastardly fickle essences? Well, that was a decade ago, and now that superhero films have taken the popular spotlight, now seems appropriate to pour one out for the found footage subgenre, which proved that even the…

Universal Pictures has dropped the second trailer for M3GAN, the latest addition to the creepy doll subgenre following the worldwide success of the Annabelle trilogy, also produced by James Wan. Blumhouse is teaming up with the Saw and Insidious director to bring us a modernized version of the tried-and-true ‘possessed doll’ storyline — except M3GAN is a life-like android. Roboticist Gemma pairs her M3GAN prototype with her orphaned eight-year-old niece, hoping to provide the troubled child with a new best friend, but…

As sure as Art the Clown stalks his prey throughout the new movie release Terrifier 2, success and praise has been gathering for writer/director Damian Leone’s sequel. Previously, we saw Stephen King hailing the film as “grossin’ you out old school.” Now, horror icon/King adaptor Mike Flanagan has joined the fans in support of the movie, coining a fun new subgenre in the process.Prepare for the era of “The MegaSlasher,” as Terrifier 2 inspired Flanagan to take to Twitter with quite a bit of praise for how and what this…

via Metropolitan Filmexport Hollywood loves few things more than jumping on a bandwagon, even if the overload of superficially similar content in such a short space of time can often lead to a hot trend burning out in an instant. At the turn of the millennium, an almost alarming number of action movies emerged, the vast majority of which featured sleek, shiny, and silver weapons, along with more leather than anybody would realistically know what to do with. It was a strange time for cinema, with steampunk and…