Brad LaCour

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7 Horror Movies I'm Looking Forward to In June

1 week ago | collider.com | Sean Byrne |Brad LaCour

2025 looks to remain strong with solid horror offerings going into June. After coming off a series highlight with Final Destination Bloodlines and box-office success with Sinners, horror is enjoying commercial and critical success in theaters. The good news is, there’s plenty more to come, because June has some new horror movies that are sure to excite fans. I think one of the best things about June’s horror schedule is that there is a little something for everyone.
10 Horror Movies That Are Also Great Procedurals

1 week ago | collider.com | Brad LaCour

Horror movies and procedurals share many of the same traits. With many of the best slashers, there is a murder mystery at play where the hero is trying to find out the identity of an unknown killer at large. So it should come as no surprise that some of the most successful horror movies also work as procedurals.
As a Massive Horror Fan, I'm Pretty Confident I Could Take on These 10 Movie Killers

1 week ago | collider.com | Brad LaCour

I’ve watched horrormovies for the majority of my life, so I’d like to think I’m prepared for a few scenarios. Like if a creepy gas station attendant told me and my friends not to stay in the haunted cabin, I'd take his word for it and find someplace with room service instead. While I strongly believe I stand no chance against things like mutated spiders, I think there are certain cinematic psychos I can survive against.
10 Most Iconic Deaths in the Final Destination Franchise, Ranked

1 week ago | collider.com | Brad LaCour

Over the course of six movies, the Final Destination franchise has logged a fair number of kills. With the Grim Reaper as the unseen star of the show, the deaths in the Final Destination movies are deviously clever in their orchestration, usually surprising the audience with one unfortunate “accident” at a time. This formula for creative casualties makes the franchise stand out, and had fans packing theaters for the newest entry, Final Destination Bloodlines.
Every Final Destination Movie, Ranked by Rewatchability

1 week ago | collider.com | Brad LaCour

The Final Destination series is one of the most fun franchises in horror. Between the clever deaths that turn the most benign objects into deadly weapons and jokes that prove death has a sense of humor, the franchise about death continues to find new life with the latest entry, Final Destination Bloodlines. Maybe that’s why, after 25 years of mayhem, the Final Destination movies are still some of the most accessible for a rewatch.
The 10 Best Characters in 'The Royal Tenenbaums,' Ranked

1 week ago | collider.com | Brad LaCour

Wes Anderson can always be relied on for eclectic stories featuring colorful characters. Anderson continues to introduce new quirky casts of oddball characters in movies like The Grand Budapest Hotel and the upcoming The Phoenician Scheme, but for many, the director's most memorable creations are the dysfunctional Tenenbaums in The Royal Tenenbaums.
These Are the 10 Coolest Mutant Powers in the Marvel Universe

1 week ago | collider.com | Brad LaCour

The X-Men have one of the most stacked rosters in all of comics,featuring an endless array of mutants gifted with unique abilities. Whether it’s Wolverine’s amazing healing factor or the Scarlet Witch’s power to reform the fabric of the universe, the mutant gene allows for incredible possibilities. Indeed, it might not be an overstatement to say the X-Men are the most badass characters in Marvel.
All 5 Coen Brothers Movies of the 1990s, Ranked - From 'Miller's Crossing' to 'The Big Lebowski'

2 weeks ago | collider.com | Gabriel Byrne |Brad LaCour

It’s likely no directing team will create as many classics as the Coen brothers. From the beginning of their careers, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen showed their creative range with the twisty noir flick Blood Simple and the offbeat comedy Raising Arizona. As the directing duo entered the 1990s, they continued to experiment with genres by way of their unique voice and irreverent sense of humor.
I'm a Marvel Fan, but These 10 Movies Are a Chore To Sit Through

2 weeks ago | collider.com | Brad LaCour

I grew up loving Marvel Comics from the first time I received a Spider-Man comic as a Christmas gift. Watching the growth of the cinematic superhero through Fox’s work with X-Men, Sony’s Spider-Man films, and the MCU has been a fun ride, despite a few bumps in the road. I’m old enough to remember when live-action superhero stories were limited to fantasy castings in Wizard magazine.
10 TV Finales That Left Us Screaming, 'That’s How It Ends?!'

2 weeks ago | collider.com | Brad LaCour

Unlike watching a movie, following a television series is usually a multi-year commitment that gives viewers a chance to bond and grow with the characters on their screens. That’s why it’s so important for the finale to give both the characters and the fans a proper sense of closure. Dramas like Breaking Bad were able to wrap up complicated storylines in satisfying ways, but not all shows were as successful.