Crime Reads
    • Features
      • Essays
      • Interviews
      • Reading Lists
      • New Nonfiction
    • Culture
      • TV & Film
      • Podcasts
      • Craft
      • Awards/Festivals
    • True Crime
    • Daily Thrill
    • Genres
      • Mystery
      • Noir/Hardboiled
      • Suspense
      • Espionage/Thriller
      • Legal/Procedural
    • Literary Hub
    • Book Marks
    • Log In
    • Features
      • Essays
      • Interviews
      • Reading Lists
      • New Nonfiction
    • Culture
      • TV & Film
      • Podcasts
      • Craft
      • Awards/Festivals
    • True Crime
    • Daily Thrill
    • Genres
      • Mystery
      • Noir/Hardboiled
      • Suspense
      • Espionage/Thriller
      • Legal/Procedural
    • Literary Hub
    • Book Marks
    • Log In
    17 Horror Comedies That Will Make You Shriek With Laughter

    17 Horror Comedies That Will Make You Shriek With Laughter

    Forget rom coms. It's time for zom coms.

    By Molly Odintz | October 28, 2021

    Why <em>Horror of Dracula</em> is still the best, strangest, campiest Dracula movie ever made

    Why Horror of Dracula is still the best, strangest, campiest Dracula movie ever made

    Who doesn't love Christopher Lee?

    By Olivia Rutigliano | October 27, 2021

    John Banville: How Bram Stoker's <em>Dracula</em> Became a Surprising, Deathless Classic

    John Banville: How Bram Stoker's Dracula Became a Surprising, Deathless Classic

    More than a century later, the novel still invites revisits and reinterpretations. It's also much stranger than you might remember.

    By John Banville | October 22, 2021

    How to Flirt Effectively, According to Michael Mann Movies

    How to Flirt Effectively, According to Michael Mann Movies

    21 easy tips for finding love, gleaned from Mann's neo-noirs.

    By Dwyer Murphy | October 21, 2021

    The Real Through Line from <em>The Godfather</em> to <em>The Sopranos</em> Is the American Family

    The Real Through Line from The Godfather to The Sopranos Is the American Family

    Mark Seal, author of a new book on the making of The Godfather, looks at the story's influence on David Chase's masterpiece.

    By Mark Seal | October 20, 2021

    The Weird Intersection of Noir and Plastic Surgery

    The Weird Intersection of Noir and Plastic Surgery

    A character with a new face is one of noir's oldest, strangest conventions. Nick Kolakowski explores.

    By Nick Kolakowski | October 18, 2021

    Best Reviewed
    Books of the Week

    • The Disappearers
    • The Castle: Adventures in a World of Unraveling Men
    • Agrippa
    • Under Story
    • American Scoundrel: Roy Cohn's Dark Journey from Joe McCarthy to Donald Trump
    • The Bed Trick: Sex and Deception on Trial
    • I Liked Rex
    • Asmodeus
    • 53 Days: How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy

    What to Stream This October: Crime Movies So Scary They're Almost Horror

    By Olivia Rutigliano | October 15, 2021

    The Eeriness of Minnesota Nice

    By Catherine Dang | October 13, 2021

    The Bizarre History of the Many, Many Bond Imitators of 60s and 70s Pop Culture

    By Keith Roysdon | October 11, 2021

    50 Years Later, Looking Back at the Real-Life Crime Network That Inspired <em>The French Connection</em>

    50 Years Later, Looking Back at the Real-Life Crime Network That Inspired The French Connection

    Andrew Nette remembers life in Vientiane, where "Air Opium" planes flew opium from Laos to Saigon's Chinatown.

    By Andrew Nette | October 8, 2021

    Could <em>On Her Majesty's Secret Service</em> be the best Bond film?

    Could On Her Majesty's Secret Service be the best Bond film?

    The Bond franchise's swinging 1969 instalment, starring George Lazenby and Diana Rigg, is its most unique.

    By Julia Sirmons | October 8, 2021

    Of Mice-Detectives and Men: <br> In Praise of <br><em>The Great Mouse Detective</em>

    Of Mice-Detectives and Men:
    In Praise of
    The Great Mouse Detective

    Revisiting Disney's classic but oft-overlooked Sherlock Holmes pastiche, featuring mice and Vincent Price

    By Olivia Rutigliano | October 7, 2021

    Sympathy for the de Vil: Reading Beyond Likability

    Sympathy for the de Vil: Reading Beyond Likability

    Readers shouldn't set too high a bar for fictional empathy—and authors shouldn't indulge in exaggerated excuses for their character's bad behavior.

    By John Copenhaver | October 5, 2021

    Publishing Is a Nightmare: 31 Horror Films about Writing, Reading, and the Book Business

    Publishing Is a Nightmare: 31 Horror Films about Writing, Reading, and the Book Business

    Fill your October with the horrors of literature.

    By Celia Mattison | October 1, 2021

    Every James Bond Movie, Ranked

    Every James Bond Movie, Ranked

    From Connery to Craig, here are the best takes on 007

    By Olivia Rutigliano | September 30, 2021

    Which International Thriller Should You Binge This Weekend?

    Which International Thriller Should You Binge This Weekend?

    September brings disappearances in France, Jack London in Spain, and more.

    By Dwyer Murphy | September 24, 2021

    « First‹ Previous414243444546474849Next ›Last »
    Page 45 of 79
  • Support Us!

  • Popular Posts

    • 10 New Books Coming Out This WeekAugust 3, 2026
      0
    • 2.
      26 New and Upcoming Historical Novels To Check Out in the Second Half of 2026July 9, 2026 by Molly Odintz
      0
    • 3.
      Five Deep Cut UK Procedurals to watch as you wait for Dept. Q to returnJuly 1, 2026 by Olivia Rutigliano
      0
    • 4.
      June's Best International FictionJune 26, 2026 by Molly Odintz
      0
  • Literary Hub

    Created by Grove Atlantic and Electric Literature


    Masthead

    About

    Sign Up For Our Newsletters

    How to Pitch Lit Hub

    Advertisers: Contact Us

    Privacy Policy

    Support Lit Hub - Become A Member