Joshua Kristian McCoy is a freelance writer and film critic from the United States. He is a lifelong film buff, a voting member of the Georgia Film Critics Association, a tournament-winning Smash Bros ...

Shortly before Edgar Allan Poe died Oct. 7, 1849, a Baltimore Sun typesetter reportedly found him in a Baltimore tavern, filthy and delirious. Friends took him to a nearby hospital where, days later, ...

Jasneet Singh is a writer who finally has a platform to indulge in long rants about small moments on TV and film in overwhelming detail. With a literature background, she is drawn to the narrative ...

Mike Flanagan’s latest Netflix series, “The Fall of the House of Usher,” which premieres on Netflix on Oct. 12, blends several Edgar Allan Poe stories into a dark tale of a wealthy family’s decline ...

Zach Laws is a longtime entertainment journalist and movie features writer. He is also an independent filmmaker and member of the Screen Actors Guild based out of Los Angeles. Zach grew up watching ...

“It’s quite tricky to make a film about Edgar Allen Poe at this time in his life, because most readers have him in mind as someone who is very dark and deeply invested in the trappings of macabre.” ...

Peter Tantsits as Edgar Allan Poe in "The Voyage of Edgar Allan Poe." (Courtesy Kathy Wittman/Ball Square Films) A lot of us know this iconic opening line: “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I ...

With roots in the 18th century, this haunted genre’s hallmarks can be found throughout modern horror. Here’s where to start. By Emily C. Hughes From now to the end of October, spooky season takes hold ...

Producers of a movie about the last days of Edgar Allan Poe will not be shot in Baltimore, the city where Poe died and where he is buried. The film “The Raven” is going to be shot in Budapest and ...

Composer Nathan Johnson gives each of the Knives Out films a unique sound. As Johnson explained on stage at Deadline’s Sound & Screen: Film event, the 2019 original used a string quartet to capture ...