Chris Evangelista
Expertise
Horror Movies, Steven Spielberg Movies, Film Festivals
- Chris hosts the 21st Century Spielberg podcast.
- Chris co-wrote two YA horror books — "The House on Creep Street" and "Beware the Monstrous Manther!" — under the pen name The Blood Brothers.
- Chris is a member of the Critics Choice Association.
Experience
Chris Evangelista lives in Philadelphia — well, technically New Jersey, but let's keep that quiet. Chris has contributed to Fangoria, Mashable, The Guardian, The Playlist, Nerdist, and more. He is the Chief Film Critic of /Film as well as an editor. He writes the daily /Film newsletter.
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Stories By Chris Evangelista
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The ending of Halloween Ends was originally different, and concluded things on a rather depressing note. Thankfully, things changed.
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The final moments of Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers are among the most baffling in the whole series. Let's try to explain what the heck happened.
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Everyone is entitled to one good scare, so Scariest Scene Ever is looking back at the opening scene of John Carpenter's Halloween.
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David Fincher's The Killer isn't a great movie, but it is a David Fincher movie, which means it's better than most of the stuff we get these days.
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Mark Hamill joins Mike Flanagan's usual ensemble for The Fall of the House of Usher, and the actor revealed he was already a fan of Flanagan's work.
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Our latest Blu-ray round-up includes Barbie, The Others, Haunted Mansion, Talk to Me, and The Last Voyage of the Demeter. Long live physical media.
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Oppenheimer, one of the best movies of the year, is headed to home media in November. Learn all about the digital and Blu-ray release right here.
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Carla Gugino takes on many forms in The Fall of the House of Usher, and when it came time to play an ape, she got some help from a Planet of the Apes expert.
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Monarch: Legacy of the Monsters may be set in the MonsterVerse, but don't expect to see Godzilla that often. Here's our review of the Apple TV+ series.
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Dark Harvest has an underwhelming script, but the horror film is so overloaded with Halloween atmosphere that it might be enough to satisfy your inner ghoul.
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Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to watch this exclusive From Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning clip with commentary.
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William Friedkin's The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial is an excellent courtroom drama that shows the late filmmaker was at the top of his game until the very end.
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The latest Blu-ray releases you should check out include Prey, Past Lives, Elemental, Insidious: The Red Door, and The Boogeyman.
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October is right around the corner, so let's take a look at the titles leaving Netflix next month, including Reservoir Dogs, Collateral, and more.
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Wes Anderson's second film of 2023, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, is a fast-paced delight that runs only 39 minutes. Read our review here.
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As The Fall of the House of Usher arrives, we're looking at all of Mike Flanagan's Netflix horror shows and asking: which is the best and which is the worst?
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The Pet Sematary prequel Pet Sematary: Bloodlines wastes a good premise on a rushed, choppy, unscary film. Sometimes, dead is better indeed.
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Mike Flanagan tackles the world of Edgar Allan Poe with his somewhat disappointing new Netflix series The Fall of the House of Usher. Here's our review.
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In honor of the alien invasion flick No One Will Save You hitting Hulu this weekend, Scariest Scene Ever is looking at the alien movie The Fourth Kind.
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Kaitlyn Dever delivers a mostly dialogue-free performance in the entertaining alien invasion thriller No One Will Save You. Here's our review.
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It's officially spooky season, and to get into the spirit, Printed in Blood is releasing a re-issue of the Halloween novelization, now with illustrations.
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Linda Blair was definitely on the set of The Exorcist: Believer to act as an advisor. But does she reprise her most famous role in the film itself?
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The latest new Blu-ray releases worth checking out include Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, No Hard Feelings, The Little Mermaid remake, and more.
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Basic, a forgotten and not very good 2003 thriller starring John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson, is climbing the Netflix charts, and that's kind of weird.
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The Dark Harvest trailer is loaded with Halloween-related atmosphere. The horror film arrives on digital next month, just in time for spooky season.
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The 2023 Toronto International Film Festival is underway up in Canada, and there are some bloody good horror gems drumming up buzz. Learn about them right here!
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Everyone knows that Alec Baldwin's Alan Hunley died in Mission: Impossible - Fallout. What this story presupposes is, maybe he came back in Dead Reckoning?