There's something instinctual about the way most of us react when horror movies put animals at the center of the terror. For me, it's desperation—keep that precious ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Dangerous Animals” is by far one of the least serious films to show at the Cannes Film Festival, but it’s also one that’s way ...

In 1975, Steven Spielberg created and killed the shark movie genre all in one fell swoop. Jaws emerged out of nowhere to become Hollywood’s first “blockbuster” movie and changed the nature of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. IFC Films and AMC Networks’ streamer Shudder have acquired “Dangerous Animals,” Sean Byrne (“The Devil’s Candy”)’s buzzy movie ...

In 2025’s Dangerous Animals, now available on Hulu, Jai Courtney plays a great modern horror villain.

Olga Artemyeva is a film critic, screenwriter and film curator based in NYC. She has a PhD in Art History and teaches Film Studies. Her dissertaion was dedicated to the evolution of horror, and it ...

Premiering out of competition at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, Dangerous Animals marks the splashy and brutal return of Australian horror master Sean Byrne, the madman filmmaker behind cult classic ...

It must be January, because someone’s pet chimpanzee has contracted rabies and is going on a killing spree. That’s the premise for Primate, the January horror du jour that’s actually a very solid year ...

Sean Byrne knows how to show an audience a bad time. Sixteen years ago, the Australian filmmaker launched onto the scene with “The Loved Ones,” his proudly grisly debut about a misfit teenager who ...

Australian director Sean Byrne is one of horror’s premiere mixologists. His debut, 2009’s The Loved Ones, meshed teen romance with gruesome Hostel-style extremism. 2015’s The Devil’s Candy put a heavy ...

A raccoon wears a birthday hat. Off-screen, a family sings "Happy Birthday." There's cake, and the animal is wearing a button-down shirt -- that's lovely. But the more it's watched, it can be seen as ...