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Katie Rife is a freelance writer and critic with a speciality in genre cinema. She worked as the News Editor of The A.V. Club from 2014-2019, and as Senior Editor of that site from 2019-2022. She currently writes about film and TV for outlets including Vulture, Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, Indiewire, Polygon, and RogerEbert.com.

  1. overnights
    What We Do in the Shadows Series-Finale Recap: Casket ClosedAs a wise mug once said, “Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.”
  2. overnights
    What We Do in the Shadows Recap: The Salazar ShortThe Cannon Capital employees might not be literal vampires, but Guillermo and the camera crew have plenty of evidence of them being absolute monsters.
  3. overnights
    What We Do in the Shadows Recap: The WarriorsHave the Staten Island vampires been to a party that wasn’t an elaborate trap to murder someone?
  4. overnights
    What We Do in the Shadows Recap: Video VillageSeduced by the siren of show business and Pictionary.
  5. overnights
    What We Do in the Shadows Recap: The VaultA true endgame for Guillermo is finally starting to emerge.
  6. making a list
    Santas, RankedOur favorite jolly (usually) old (usually) men (usually).
  7. overnights
    What We Do in the Shadows Recap: Like Father, Like SonGhost dads are so embarrassing.
  8. overnights
    What We Do in the Shadows Recap: Wall Street VampiresNandor and Guillermo need to have a talk.
  9. overnights
    What We Do in the Shadows Recap: Running a TrainLaszlo and Colin go to great lengths to protect Sean.
  10. overnights
    What We Do in the Shadows Season-Premiere Recap: Mama’s Go-Go JuiceWe begin saying good-bye to our beloved vampires by introducing a new roommate, who reminds the gang they were supposed to conquer the world.
  11. vulture lists
    The 20 Best TV Witches, RankedFrom kawaii “magical girls” to strict Satanist aunties to voodoo queens and immortal sorceresses.
  12. vulture lists
    The 15 Best Biker MoviesThe Bikeriders is an anomaly in 2024, but there was a time when outlaw bikers regularly fascinated and terrified moviegoers.
  13. overnights
    American Horror Story: Delicate Recap: I’m the Auteur, BitchThe AHS finale lets Anna “have it all” but also implies that women can’t have a career and a family without selling themselves in the process.
  14. overnights
    American Horror Story: Delicate Recap: Sealed With a KissIn which Kim Kardashian talks about poop.
  15. overnights
    American Horror Story: Delicate Recap: Brooklyn WitchesOh, a millennia-old conspiracy to birth the Antichrist? Why yes, I’ve heard that one before.
  16. it’s alive
    Frankensteins, Ranked by HorninessPoor Things’ Bella Baxter isn’t cinema’s only lustful monster.
  17. endings
    Barbie’s Ending Is When It Finally Transcends Corporate IPMothers, daughters, and spiritual connections — Barbie’s final moments are when it truly becomes a Greta Gerwig film.
  18. endings
    Eileen’s Book-to-Movie Differences Turn Its Queer Subtext Into TextWe parsed through the many subtle differences between Ottessa Moshfegh’s novel and its new Anne Hathaway–starring adaptation.
  19. gobble gobble
    Every Thanksgiving Horror Movie, RankedMost Thanksgiving horror movies are turkeys (in a bad way), but a few are turkeys (in a good, holiday-appropriate way).
  20. overnights
    Our Flag Means Death Season-Finale Recap: A Damn Fine PirateLife’s a dick — but if you’re lucky, you can die a hero.
  21. overnights
    Our Flag Means Death Recap: Mercy BeaucoupA huge explosion and the emergence of a big bad cause a major disruption to our Golden Age of Piracy.
  22. overnights
    Our Flag Means Death Recap: Lesbian Antiques and Avian TransmogrificationModern clashes with medieval aboard the reunited Revenge.
  23. overnights
    Our Flag Means Death Season-Premiere Recap: Soup Bitches and Gravy BasketsOur pirate boys are back and hornier than ever.
  24. overnights
    What We Do in the Shadows Season-Finale Recap: A Heart-to-Heart at Panera BreadThat was a lot easier than anyone thought. Also, what the hell was Patton Oswalt doing in Staten Island?
  25. overnights
    What We Do in the Shadows Recap: A Weekend in the CountryWould it hurt the group to show the Guide the smallest bit of kindness? (Obviously yes.)
  26. endings
    Talk to Me’s Ending Was Always Meant to Kick Off a FranchiseThe Philippou brothers have been angling for a franchise since the beginning, and Talk to Me’s ending deliberately leaves room for more.
  27. overnights
    What We Do in the Shadows Recap: Losing My EdgeOne day you’re the scourge of nations, the next you’re picking up flaming dog poo in the suburbs.
  28. overnights
    What We Do in the Shadows Recap: I’d Rather be Reading BukowskiColin Robinson’s slam poetry is his deadliest offensive yet.
  29. overnights
    What We Do in the Shadows Recap: The Most Interesting Man in the WorldStop showing interest in Colin Robinson, okay!?
  30. overnights
    What We Do in the Shadows Recap: Hello, My Name is Sally RhubarbA vampire should always have their go bag packed.
  31. overnights
    What We Do in the Shadows Recap: Gum in the GearsBureaucracy is the petty bullshit that reminds the common man in triplicate that he’s a useless speck.
  32. overnights
    What We Do in the Shadows Recap: It’s Raining MenThe unspoken queer-platonic love affair between Nandor and Guillermo faces yet another test this week.
  33. overnights
    What We Do in the Shadows Recap: Red Wine With IceJust another night out in Staten Island.
  34. overnights
    What We Do in the Shadows Season-Premiere Recap: Mall WalkersShadow’s premiere draws out Guillermo’s reveal with the kind of clever gambit the show excels at.
  35. easter eggs
    Beau Is Afraid’s Filthiest Jokes Are Hidden in the BackgroundAri Aster’s latest is stuffed with funny signs, cheeky parodies, and blink-and-you’ll-miss-’em references.
  36. dick jokes and mommy issues
    Have You Seen Ari Aster’s Missing 2011 Beau Short Film?The short film — now scrubbed from the internet — tells us a lot about early Ari Aster and the neurotic humor that shaped Beau Is Afraid.
  37. explainer
    Fast X’s Candy-ass Mid-Credits Scene, ExplainedThere’s more going on here than in your average post-film teaser.
  38. double trouble
    Which Mantle Twin Did What in Dead RingersLet’s break down each episode from the perspective of both Rachel Weiszes to see if we can get to the bottom of what they’re up to.
  39. hopeful provocation
    ‘This Is a Movie That Nobody Would Finance’The director of How to Blow Up a Pipeline couldn’t “book a single pitch meeting” to get it made. So his crew took matters into its own hands.
  40. vulture lists
    All 11 Children of the Corn Movies, RankedTurning a 10,000-word Stephen King short story into 11 films requires, let’s say, creativity.
  41. ‘it is still my movie’
    How the Internet Made (and Almost Broke) Horror Hit SkinamarinkKyle Edward Ball’s movie leaked and went viral before becoming a hit in theaters. He wishes it had gone differently.
  42. overnights
    George & Tammy Series-Finale Recap: Help Me Make It Through the NightThe final curtain falls for George Jones and Tammy Wynette.
  43. overnights
    George & Tammy Recap: 24-Hour Hen PartyTammy Wynette’s swinging singledom comes to an unsettling end.
  44. overnights
    George & Tammy Recap: Blue ChristmasThe devil catches up with George Jones, and Christmas will never be the same.
  45. influences
    The Real Jazz Age Stars and Scandals That Inspired Damien Chazelle’s BabylonA character-by-character guide to the silent-era analogues whose real-life exploits inspired Damien Chazelle’s Jazz Age epic.
  46. overnights
    George & Tammy Recap: You’ll Have Bad Times“Even George doesn’t know where he is right now.”
  47. overnights
    George & Tammy Recap: He’s Just a ManTammy enters a Faustian bargain as she hits the road with George.
  48. overnights
    George & Tammy Series-Premiere Recap: Playin’ PossumH-E-double-L breaks loose in Nashville when Tammy Wynette meets George Jones.
  49. overnights
    Los Espookys Season-Finale Recap: Scorpio SeasonOf course Sonia is a Scorpio.
  50. overnights
    Los Espookys Recap: Curiouser and CuriouserA side gag became the main storyline as Mi Puta Suegra herself asks Los Espookys to put her out of her nagging, one-dimensional misery.
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