Cinema Euronews Culture's Film of the Week: 'Final Destination: Bloodlines' Blending franchise fan service with a generational twist, 'Final Destination: Bloodlines' caters for the sickos that just want to have fun — and proves there's still plenty of life (and head splatters) left in the series. 16/05/2025
Cinema What are the top ten death scenes from The Final Destination films? Ahead of 'Final Destination: Bloodlines' being released in cinemas, we've ranked the best death trap scenes from the franchise so far. 10/05/2025
Cinema New ‘Final Destination’ trailer breaks major viewing record “Death doesn’t like it when you mess with its plans.” The new trailer for the upcoming sixth instalment in the Final Destination franchise has become the second most viewed horror film trailer of all time. 28/03/2025
Culture news Balladyna: The classic Polish play to be made as a gothic horror film Polish director Jan Komasa has revealed that his interpretation of the classic school reading book will be transformed into a gothic horror film. 11/03/2025
Culture news Japanese cinema wins big at Portugal's Fantasporto film awards 'Dollhouse', presented at the world premiere, was the winner of the fantastic cinema competition at the Porto festival and promises to become a "J-horror" classic. 10/03/2025
Cinema 'The Ugly Stepsister': Director Emilie Blichfeldt reframes Cinderella Euronews Culture sits down with Norwegian director Emilie Blichfeldt to talk about her savage and thought-provoking reframing of the Cinderella story, which wowed audiences in Sundance and Berlin. “Most of us end up like the stepsisters - cutting off our toes to try to fit the shoe!” 06/03/2025
Culture news Don't try this at home: Europe's scariest children's TV characters As we celebrate the 25th anniversary of a depressed loaf of bread gracing German children's TV, we look at some of Europe's most peculiar attempts at entertaining the youth. 04/03/2025
Cinema That's a wrap: The Top 10 Berlinale movies to look out for in 2025 Here’s our Top 10 from this year's Berlin International Film Festival - keep an eye out for these gems coming to a cinema near you soon. 25/02/2025
Cinema Berlinale interview: ‘Honey Bunch’ - Deconstructing love in darkness What would you for love? We sit down with Canadian filmmakers Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli to talk about their follow-up to 2020’s ‘Violation’ – ‘Honey Bunch’, a haunting and strangely tender deconstruction of all the things we believe to be love and devotion. 22/02/2025
Cinema Love, Clones and Bloodsuckers: The 25 most anticipated movies of 2025 Welcome to your moviegoing guide for 2025! Here are our picks for the unmissable movies coming to a cinema near you soon. 11/01/2025
Cinema Film of the Week: 'Nosferatu' - An exhumation worth watching? Remaking a 102-year-old silent horror classic that is widely regarded as an influential masterpiece of cinema and the horror genre? Best of luck, Robert Eggers. 27/12/2024
Cinema The ideal Boxing Day movie was released 51 years ago today Squabbling with your loved ones over which film to watch on your day off? Well, the ideal pick was released on 26 December 1973... 26/12/2024
Cinema Film of the Week: 'Les Femmes au Balcon' ('The Balconettes') For her second feature film behind the camera, Noémie Merlant delivers a funny, gory, chaotic and engaged film that is 2024’s perfect Midnight Movie. 13/12/2024
Cinema Noémie Merlant on 'The Balconettes', #MeToo and the 'feminist' label Euronews Culture sits down with French actress-director Noémie Merlant to talk about her new directorial effort 'Les femmes au balcon' ('The Balconettes'), the state of #MeToo in the French film industry, the 'feminist' label, and how serious topics should be explored via comedy and genre cinema. 10/12/2024
Cinema David Cronenberg on body horror, Trump and 'The Shrouds' The creator of a bizarre and unique cinematic universe, the celebrated Canadian director was in Lisbon to present his latest film, 'The Shrouds', which won the Grand Jury Prize at the 18th edition of LEFFEST. 21/11/2024
Cinema Wicked: How cinema re-invented the witch As 'Wicked' prepares to cast its spell over the box office, we look at how portrayals of witches on screen have evolved to become symbols of female empowerment and an embracement of otherness. 20/11/2024
Culture news Farewell Candyman: Horror icon Tony Todd dies aged 69 Tony Todd became a household name and a horror genre icon for his role in 1992’s Candyman, in which he played the titular hook-wielding spirit. His co-star Virginia Madsen has paid tribute to "a gentle soul with a deep knowledge of the arts". 09/11/2024
Cinema Desperately seeking scares: Why do we love horror movies? More gore! Research has shown that watching horror movies can help ease anxiety and build emotional resilience. 31/10/2024
Cinema Scientific study proves which horror movie is the scariest of all time The ranking was determined by a study monitoring audience's heart rates and BPM increases while watching horror films. But does this metric equate to "scariest"? Debatable. 24/10/2024
Cinema Film of the Week: 'Smile 2' - A bigger, scarier, superior sequel “Lights, camera, bitch, smile / Even when you wanna die..." The sequel to 2022's 'Smile' may have taken Taylor Swift's lyrics a little too literally. But for its faults, this follow-up works. 18/10/2024