Shaurya Thapa

หลังจากสร้างฝันร้ายให้คนที่เคยใช้ Airbnb ในผลงานเปิดตัวหนังสยองขวัญอย่าง Barbarian ผู้กำกับ แซ็ค เครกเกอร์ ได้หวนสู่วงการหนังสยองขวัญอีกครั้งกับ Weapons (2025) ที่คราวนี้อดีตนักแสดงสายคอเมดี้ได้หันมาเล่าเรื่องราวของชานเมืองที่เงียบสงบแต่ดันเกิดเหตุการณ์สะเทือนขวัญ ด้วยคดีการหายตัวไปของเด็กนักเรียนประถมถึง 17 คน ที่จู่ๆ ก็ตื่นขึ้นมากลางดึก วิ่งหายออกไปจากบ้าน แล้วไม่เคยกลับมาอีกเลย เรื่องราวถูกเล่าผ่านมุมมองของหลายตัวละคร ยิ่งทำให้ปมซับซ้อนขึ้นไปอีก โดยเฉพาะเมื่อเด็กๆ ทั้งหมดอยู่ในห้องเรียนเดียวกัน คนในชุมชนจึงเริ่มเพ่งเล็งมาที่ครูประจำชั้น จัสทีน แกนดี้ (จูเลีย การ์เนอร์) แต่บรรยากาศความกดดันเริ่มค่อยๆ พัฒนาไปสู่ความสยองขวัญที่ลึกลับขึ้นเรื่อยๆ พร้อมอารมณ์ดาร์กคอมเมดี้ และความโหดแบบสุดแสนจะครีเอทีฟในองก์สุดท้ายเรียกได้ว่า บ้าระห่ำแบบสุดๆ ดังนั้น ถ้า Weapons คือหนังที่ทำให้คุณนั่งเกร็งนิ้วเท้าแล้วต้องหรี่ตาเวลาเจอฉากกดดันแล้วล่ะก็ ลิสต์หนังคลาสสิกสายคัลต์และหนังสยองแนวใหม่เหล่านี้ จะทำให้คุณหยุดดูไม่ได้แน่นอน

Second only to Shakespeare, Stephen King is the most adapted author of all time. With 60 movies and counting, King’s novels and short stories have terrified audiences for decades since Brian De Palma adapted his debut novel Carrie in 1976. But while King’s canon yielded memorable cinematic and TV horrors like It, Cujo, and Salem’s Lot, the Maine native also delved into profound human connections as seen in real-world dramas like Stand By Me and The Shawshank Redemption. This year alone marks the release of three highly-anticipated King adaptations: Longlegs director Osgood Perkins’s horror comedy The Monkey, the Tom Hiddleston-led sci-fi drama The Life of Chuck, and Edgar Wright’s upcoming The Running Man remake starring Glen Powell. From misty monsters to haunted hotel rooms, we glimpse through the best of Stephen King adaptations. And while it might draw the scorn of ‘the King of Horror’, this list also includes some cinematic classics that he notoriously hated himself.   😱 The best horror movies of 2025 (so far). 👹 The 100 horror films ever made.

As he told David Letterman in 2019, Shah Rukh Khan boasts 3.5 billion fans across his home land, the wider Indian diaspora and even Greece, Switzerland, and Egypt. Such is the extraordinary levels of fame attained by India’s most famous actor. But who sits alongside Khan at the top of that very big, very lush tree? There are a whole host to choose from.  Even beyond the Hindi film industry, India boasts stars with a cult fanbase ranging from Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan in Tamil movies to Chiranjeevi and Nagarjuna in the Telugu film industry or even Mammootty and Mohanlal in the Malayalam language. While Bollywood is technically the term for Hindi productions, we are looking across all state borders and counting down the biggest actors in the country including the veterans mentioned above along with a new crop of rising stars. Recommended: 🇮🇳 The 100 best Bollywood movies of all-time🇬🇧 50 great British actors🌍 The 50 best foreign films of all-time

Much like many a film industry, Bollywood has had its fair share of male-led blockbusters where the actors take top billing for fighting global threats or playing jilted lovers while the heroines take the emotional toll. But from black-and-white classics to today’s age of pan-Indian film franchises, Bollywood’s leading ladies have delivered emotionally impactful performances time and again. From Madhubala’s portrayal of the tragic dancer Anarkali in the Technicolor epic Mughal-e-Azam to Alia Bhatt juggling between action hits and rom-coms, it’s high time we give the actresses of B-town their much-deserved flowers. In recent times, several Bollywood actresses have gone on to make their mark overseas as well. There’s Priyanka Chopra Jonas, who went from delivering Bollywood hits to taking on Hollywood outings like Baywatch and the Prime Video spy thriller series The Citadel. While Chopra Jonas has cemented her footing as an American celebrity as well, other Indian actresses delivering in international projects include Deepika Padukone (XXX: Return of Xander Cage) and Tabu (The Namesake, Dune: Prophecy). We’ve had quite the task in picking 12 actresses who have pan-Indian roots and have thrilled viewers on the big and small screens and have gone from the black and white era to the latest favorites.

In movies, the best things come in threes. Well, sometimes. Actually, it’s pretty rare for a film franchise to not run out of steam and/or ideas by its third instalment. But rarity is precisely what makes the best movie trilogies so memorable. Extending a story over three chapters is not an easy thing to do, so it’s no wonder that those which pull it off often include some of the greatest individual films of all-time. Of course, there are many trilogies that have crashed and burned while trying to stick the landing. That’s why, when considering this list, we’ve left off those series whose final chapters have hit the ground with a hard enough thud to leave a crater – think Alien, The Terminator and X-Men. On the other hand, there are trilogies whose first two entries are so impactful and influential (The Godfather, The Dark Knight) that we’ve forgiven the shortcomings of the lesser bookends. Even with the occasional bumps in the road, we consider these epic sagas the most worthy of an all-day binge. RECOMMENDED:  📽️ The 100 greatest movies of all time📺 The greatest TV and streaming series ever made

It costs a lot to be entertained these days. Just a few years ago ‘cord-cutting’ seemed like a life hack that’d save TV watchers a tonne of cash. Once the streaming revolution truly kicked in, though, the subscriptions piled up, and with recent price increases and crackdowns on password sharing – not to mention sheer overload of choice – it’s making some of us gaze at our old cable bills with wistful longing.   But what if we told you there was an easily accessible website out there with a trove of legitimately awesome movies available to stream 24/7, and entirely for free? It’s called YouTube. Yes, the site known primarily for instructional videos about how to install a new sink and use an air fryer is hiding an impressive library of classic cinema of the sort many other streamers don’t bother with – from silent era milestones to essential deep cuts. If you don’t mind sitting through a bunch of commercials, YouTube has a full channel of ad-supported modern films as well. But for true movie buffs looking to fill some knowledge gaps, check out the 35 flicks below – with links included. Recommended: 🎬 100 best movies of all time💣 The greatest thrillers ever made🤘 The best cult classic movies of all-time🌍 The 50 best foreign films of all-time

Every summer brings us a new superhero movie, muscular and flexing for your wallet. This time around it’s ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’, a sure-to-be-snarky, sweary and irreverent middle ground between mainstream MCU fare and the satirical edge of ‘The Boys’. But before you flinch, drop that attitude: several of these blockbusters have been excellent action movies, redeeming Hollywood's most profitable genre as opportunities for sophistication, sarcasm and panache. We love the best superhero movies because they help us to dream big. Here are the 20 best examples – tie on your cape and dive in.

Earlier this August, the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) had asked the public to pick their favourite indie cinemas to compete for their first-ever Cinema of the Year Award. The poll was entered by 130 cinemas, close to 100,000 votes were cast, and a shortlist of five has been announced. BIFA has announced its final five nominees, giving the public the vote for the UK’s number 1 independent picture house. The winner will be announced on November 30 at this year’s BIFA awards.  The venues on the shortlist span the country, with cinemas in Bristol and Belfast, as well as smaller county towns like Lewes and Tywyn. So, which cinemas made the cut for BIFA’s Cinema of the Year? Thanks to a specially appointed jury and a public vote, the BIFAs have managed to round up five cinemas on the basis of their contribution to the community, to environmental sustainability, and to the pursuit of making cinema accessible for all. And the nominees are: Depot Cinema, Lewes The Magic Lantern Cinema, Tywyn Montrose Playhouse Queen’s Film Theatre, Belfast Watershed, Bristol Each of the shortlisted cinemas has unique qualities, a rich history and diverse film programming. Lewes’ Depot Cinema, for instance, used to be a Post Office garage in the 1930s; while the Magic Lantern in Tywyn was built as the Town Assembly Room in 1893. Now, the Depot and The Magic Lantern both flourish as community cinemas with some screens equipped with state-of-the-art 4K projection and Dolby Atmos sound. The Mo

The bow-slinging outlaw in green tights and his band of merry men get the prestige television makeover in the latest MGM+ original Robin Hood.  Retelling the folk tales of the rebel outlaw with gritty action and top-notch actors, Robin Hood pairs the Saxon rebel ‘Rob’ alongside the Norman noblewoman Maid Marian and other timeless characters as they wage their personal war against the corrupt Sheriff of Nottingham. Doubling as a period drama and a political thriller, there’s a lot of stealthy forest action and Middle Ages warfare to be experienced as the outlaws challenge the authorities of medieval England. But in their pursuit to stick to the source material, did the crew of the new series actually set up production at Nottingham and its lush, green Sherwood forest?  Production designers Jovana Cvetković and Jelena Sopić talk to Time Out to break down the locations behind the series.  Photograph: Aleksandar Letic/MGM+Jack Patten as Robin Hood Where was Robin Hood filmed?  It turns out that while the story is still set in 12th-century England of the Middle Ages, all of the filming actually took place in Serbia. The Norman-Saxon rivalry is re-enacted  through elaborate sets and soundstages that double as the Sheriff’s stone-walled feudal court and armed fortifications while Serbian mountains and forests provide the green outdoors for the Saxon localities.  ‘Since the period we’re depicting has no surviving structures, all the sets were built from scratch and the forest scene

He’s directed two Bond movies, toyed with one-take World War action, and continued to dabble in his first love: theatre. But Sam Mendes has taken on a new challenge now, making not one but four biopics on The Beatles. Looks like it’s going to be more than a few hard days’ nights for the Oscar winner. Putting the spotlight on each of the four bandmates, Mendes officially confirmed the casting for The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event at CinemaCon in Las Vegas. And he was joined with the trendiest men in the British and Irish film industry right now. Spoiler: none of them are Liverpool boys. When were The Beatles biopics announced? News of Mendes’s musical tetralogy first broke out in February 2024 when it was announced that the British director would helm four separate films, each focusing on a member of the Beatles. Casting rumours followed shortly, but it was only on Day 1 of CinemaCon that Mendes officially brought out his Lonely Hearts Club Band. Photograph: Shutterstock/Elena Alex Ferns Who plays the Fab Four? To give adequate runtime to each Beatle, all four actors will front their own biopic. Paul Mescal is expected to bring his doe-eyed charm to Paul McCartney, while Harris Dickinson is roped in as John Lennon. Mescal’s Gladiator II co-star Joseph Quinn will make George Harrison’s guitar gently weep, with Barry Keoghan on the drums as Ringo Starr. While the quartet has made critically acclaimed turns in the past few years, The Beatles will be their most ambitious

Blackpink might have left Wembley Stadium this August and BTS might still be planning out their post-military service comeback, but K-pop fans in London can sing along with HUNTR/X and Saja Boys this Halloween weekend at cinemas across the city. Yes, after a sellout one-weekend run in August, Netflix’s smash-hit animation KPop Demon Hunters is back in London cinemas tomorrow for another sure-to-be-roadblocked singalong weekend.  Photograph: Netflix KPop Demon Hunters became the streaming hit this summer, with copper-bottomed bangers like ‘Golden’ and ‘Soda Pop’ catapulting the animated film’s into the streaming – Netflix and Spotify – pantheon. This weekend, its trio of K-pop stars, HUNTR/X, are back to slay a few more demons for Halloween. So, if you aren’t planning on going on your usual Rocky Picture Horror Show costume party this year, it’s time to be ‘going up, up, up’. Photograph: Netflix When are London cinemas screening the KPop Demon Hunters A Sing-Along Event? The singalong screeners are taking place from Friday, October 31 to Sunday, November 2 in cinemas across the city. Tickets are still available, but if demand is anything like , you won’t want to wait. The singalong version is available to stream on Netflix, but atmospheric crowd experience to stomp your feet and sing in unison much like the hordes of HUNTR/X fans in the film. Photograph: Netflix Which cinemas will be screening the KPop Demon Hunters A Sing-Along Event? Participating cinemas include mul

Henry Cavill may have laid down his sword, but The Witcher thunders on.Aussie man mountain Liam Hemsworth (The Hunger Games) has replaced the one-time Superman as white-haired monster-hunter Geralt of Rivia in season 4, the Netflix show’s hotly-anticipated penultimate run.  Like many fantasy franchises, world-building is crucial to The Witcher with the medieval landmass simply known as the ‘Continent’ setting the stage for much of Geralt’s encounters with supernatural beasties. And for the new season, swathes of forests, castles and royal estates were magicked into the Continent’s mystical realms.  Here’s every filming location used in the latest season of The Witcher.  Photograph: Susie Allnutt/Netflix What is The Witcher season 4 about?  The previous season ended with Geralt, the sorceress Yennefer, and the princess Ciri separated by a raging war and other enemies. As they embark on solo journeys throughout the Continent, they try to reunite again while running into unexpected new allies. This season will mainly adapt the storyline of author Andrzej Sapkowski’s third Witcher novel Baptism of Fire. Where was The Witcher season 4 filmed?  Over a 140-day shoot, the Netflix series zeroed in on several locations in England, particularly in Surrey, and the northern part of Wales to recreate the war-torn and rugged nature of the Continent.  The England locations of The Witcher season 4 Several outdoor locations in England’s Surrey county were utilised for the show’s panoramic la

Stuck in a midlife crisis? Start a band. That’s the hilariously chaotic and heartwarmingly funny solution Happy Valley creator Sally Wainwright has come up with in her new comedy series Riot Women. Centered upon a ragtag bunch of menopausal ladies finding their second calling as a rock band, Riot Women is a high-volume, foul-mouthed celebration of parenthood, feminism, middle-age, and, of course, rock ‘n’ roll. If you too find yourself tapping to the tunes of Riot Women, here’s where they filmed their concerts and the rest of their amped-up shenanigans. Photograph: Helen Williams/Drama Republic/BBC Where was Riot Women filmed? The six-part BBC series was primarily filmed in the West Yorkshire borough of Calderdale, particularly in the towns of Hebden Bridge and Halifax. The town isn’t new to show runner Wainwright, as some episodes of Happy Valley were also filmed here in the past. As she revealed in a Q&A session at the series premiere at a Picturehouse (also at Hebden Bridge), Riot Women is ‘even more Hebden-centric than Happy Valley’. Photograph: Film CalderdaleCalder Holmes Park is the location for the festival scene in ‘Riot Women’ Calder Holmes Park, Hebden Bridge The Calder Holmes Park is where the Riot Women try out their unique brand of post-menopause punk rock, performing at a music festival in the park. Close to the Hebden Bridge town centre, the park hosted a convincingly real festival stage, surrounded by camera dollies, cranes, and crowds of concert extras.

What if Bonnie and Clyde met Frankenstein’s Monster and his Bride? That violent, passionate run-in would perhaps lead to Maggie Gyllenhaal’s next film, starring Christian Bale and Jessie Buckley. Much like Victor Frankenstein’s lab room tinkering, Professor Maggie injects doses of Mary Shelley’s Gothic classic and James Whale’s campily brilliant sequel Bride of Frankenstein in an original treatment that brims with dark romance, cop-car chases, existential dread, saturated colours, desaturated makeup, and even some song-and-dance numbers.   With Guillermo del Toro’s long-gestating adaptation of Frankenstein hitting Netflix in November, The Bride! continues the party of the scientifically resurrected until next year. Photograph: Warner Bros. What is The Bride! about? While the original Bride of Frankenstein served as a direct sequel to 1931’s Frankenstein, The Bride! starts off as a standalone story with hardly any involvement from Victor Frankenstein (Frankenstein, of course, is the scientist’s, not the monster’s name). Trading 18th century Britain for 1930s-era Chicago, The Bride! starts off with an unnamed woman’s demise as she rolls down a staircase in a pool of blood. Then enters her unconventional saviour, a scarred monster who wears stitched skin for a face. The Monster brings her back to life with sparkling wires, vials of blood, all the bells and whistles.   Our disfigured lovebirds go on to run away from the authorities and drunken pub-crawlers, testing their love a

Good news for fans of the ‘strangers surviving a crashed flight’ genre as they can take a break from their umpteenth rewatch of Lost or Yellowjackets. After premiering in the US earlier this March, MGM’s new thriller Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue is finally available to stream for UK audiences. With an ensemble cast led by Will and Grace’s Eric McCormack and mystery novelist Anthony Horowitz as show runner, Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue lives up to its wordy Agatha Christie-esque title with a mystery set in the lush and grueling Mexico jungles. Photograph: Cristina Ríos Bordón/Eleventh Hour Films/Sony Pictures TelevisionJan Le as Amy, Adam Long as Dan, Siobhan McSweeney as Lisa, David Ajala as Zack, Eric McCormack as Kevin Anderson, Peter Gadiot as Carlos, Lydia Wilson as Sonja, Olafur Darri Olafsson as Travis What’s Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue about? The series starts off in a fancy private flight harbouring nine strangers who are left marooned when their plane crashes into the Mexican jungle. While fighting nature is essential, a human threat is also at large: suspicions ramp up when the nine start dying one by one. Survivor-style hi-jinks and psychological warfare follows. Photograph: Cristina Ríos Bordón/Eleventh Hour Films/Sony Pictures TelevisionJan Le as Amy, Lydia Wilson as Sonja and Adam Long as Dan Where was Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue filmed? Rather than Central America, Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue was actually filmed in Spain – more specificall

Nestled in the dense forests of Tall Pines, Vermont, lies a seemingly normal institute for troubled teens, albeit one where secrets are buried, children are pitted against one another in psychological games, and the seeds are sown for what seems like Netflix’s reprise of Twin Peaks and True Detective. Created by and starring Canadian comedian Mae Martin, the new Netflix original Wayward is a gripping mystery set in the early 2000s that follows two girls trying to break out of the militaristic, brainwashing Tall Pines Academy. Photograph: Courtesy of NetflixToni Collette as Evelyn Wade and Joshua Close as Duck Martin shows their range as a cop posted to the town of Tall Pines, while Toni Collette brings her Hereditary A-game as the spine-chilling, bespectacled director of the boarding school. Equally integral to the series is the sleepy town itself, a pine tree-lined locale populated by tight-lipped adults and silenced teens. If you were wondering how the miniseries set the stage for a dark and gritty cop thriller-cum-teen drama, here’s your guide to the locations of Wayward. Photograph: Courtesy of NetflixGage Monroe as Riley How Wayward created the world of Tall Pines Even though Wayward mostly takes place in Tall Pines and its ominously creepy academy, the Netflix series was filmed in creator Mae Martin’s native country, Canada, mainly in the province of Ontario. In fact, Tall Pines is a fictional location in the script that serves as a stand-in for a sleepy town in Ver

Like many a New York City crime thriller, Netflix’s Black Rabbit thrives in the shadow of the mighty Brooklyn Bridge. But in exploring the nitty gritty of the city’s nightlife, the series’ titular haunt taps into the city’s history that predates even the foundation of the bridge.  While the Black Rabbit is very much a fictional restaurant in this new Netflix original starring Jude Law and Jason Bateman, the building that doubles as The Rabbit is very much real, a living archive of a past carved by pirates, bartenders, hurricanes, and even a lady who was probably the world’s first female bouncer.  Read on to discover the New York spots where it all came together.  Photograph: Netflix What is Black Rabbit about? Black Rabbit centres on estranged brothers Jake (Jude Law) and Vince Friedkin (Jason Bateman). While Jake makes a seemingly honest living running the Black Rabbit joint, his street-smart swindler of a brother wreaks havoc when he returns with some debtors and criminals hot on his trails. With Jake looking to expand to a new location beyond the Rabbit, binge-worthy chaos follows.  As the title implies, the three-storey restaurant is crucial to the storyline. Show runner Zach Baylin (King Richard) notes that it has ‘rock n’ roll DNA’. Baylin adds that he always thought of the restaurant as having Michelin-star prestige but without uptown pretentiousness.  The first two floors form the outer layer, a feel-good eatery with a cocktail bar. But the third floor is where the

I Fought the Law, Sheridan Smith’s new ITV drama, lives up to its hard-hitting, no-nonsense title as it charts the real-life struggle of a woman who took on the law of the land – from judges and barristers, right the way to the Home Secretary – and won.  Is I Fought the Law based on a true story?  The four-part drama follows the trials and tribulations of Ann Ming, a former nurse and fearless mother who embarked on a 15-year legal battle since 1989 to bring her daughter’s murderer to justice. Ming is pitted against the centuries-old ‘double jeopardy’ law that prevents an accused person from being tried twice for the same crime. While the killer of Ming’s daughter finally admitted to his guilt and received his due sentence, the double jeopardy law is still operational after more than 800 years. Photograph: Hera PicturesSheridan Smith as Ann Ming and Daniel York Loh as Charlie Ming Where is Ann Ming right now? Ming is now 80 and has stopped campaigning against the law due to her age. Giving I Fought the Law her blessing and serving as a consultant on the series, Ming says: ‘I’m living a full life sentence, it’s the same for anyone whose loved one has been murdered, you’re forever haunted by what happened. The one thing I love is doing my line dancing, and I still go.’ The family’s fight against this aspect of the parole system continues. Her late daughter Julie’s son Kevin, 39, is still helping the families of other victims. Where was I Fought the Law filmed? To honour I Foug

Forget the resurgence of the studio rom-com. Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch herald the comeback of the studio ‘anti-rom-com’ with the wickedly funny The Roses. The ever-reliable British actors star in Jay Roach’s tragicomedy as a married couple on the brink of divorce in The Roses. While the film draws direct inspiration from Warren Adler’s novel The War of the Roses and Danny DeVito’s 1989 film adaptation of the same name, The Roses updates its source material with debates on gender norms, violent slapstick antics with modern gadgets, and a cast that’s stacked with the who’s who of TV comedy, including the likes of Andy Samberg, Kate McKinnon, and Ncuti Gatwa. What’s also different is a change in setting. The original film settled for an upscale mansion in Washington DC as the marital battleground, while The Roses is set in a swank state-of-the-art house on the north coast of California. Architecture, in fact, plays a major part in the story as Cumberbatch’s Theo Rose is a passionate architect who obsesses over tiny details like Irish moss being better than the one in the States. But in reality, the cast and crew remained in the UK with a seaside getaway in southern England doubling for California. Here’s where they filmed it all. Where were the California scenes filmed in The Roses? The Roses briefly opens in the heart of London, complete with the mandatory shots of red double deckers and Big Ben. But after our mismatched lovebirds have their meet-cute in London, a