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Indexed articles, last 90 days
34
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Oct 1, 2026
Outlet visibility, for Polygon
Top 50K sites
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Jul 3, 2026

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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Matt Patches

    Quentin Tarantino’s Favorite Horror Movie Is a Wild Nightmare You Have to See Once (opens the original)

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    The average human body contains around 1.3 gallons of blood. But what if it actually contained 10 times as much blood, and that blood came geysering out of a person when their flesh, soaked to gelatinous consistency, was ripped open by a zombie? Lucio Fulci asks this essential question in his 1981 film The Beyond. Much like Leonardo da Vinci sketched cadavers to better understand the nature of man, Fulci uses goopy special effects to understand what a melting face or a dislodged eyeball would lo

  2. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · By Matt Patches

    The 2026 Halloween Countdown: 31 days of horror to watch and play (opens the original)

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    Let's just say it: BOO! The spooky kind of boo. Halloween season is back, and so is Polygon’s annual Halloween Countdown. Horror hardly needs October’s help in 2026. Obsession, Backrooms, Resident Evil, Camp Miasma, and Shudder's monthly drop mean the year is already overflowing with nightmares. So for our sixth annual countdown, we’ll be chasing cult favorites, forgotten films, strange discoveries, and a strain of horror that gets under your skin. Movies and TV are only part of it this time. Ga

  3. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Matt Patches

    A Beloved '90s Video Game Is Getting a Brand New Sequel 30 Years Later (opens the original)

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    Nearly three decades after Thief: The Dark Project introduced players to its shadowy fantasy world, master thief Garrett is returning for another round of thievery — on the page. Thief: Pulse of Promise is a new officially licensed graphic novel from Bit Bot, and Polygon has an exclusive first look at several pages from the book just as the book goes live on BackerKit. Written by Joshua Viola (Legacy of Kain, The Rocky Horror Show) and Sean Eads (Terror in the Corn, Lord Byron’s Prophecy), Pulse

  4. Article · Sep 12, 2026 · Matt Patches

    This Fall's New Haunted House Movie Does What The Conjuring Never Could (opens the original)

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    Never After Dark is what I want out of a Conjuring movie then fail to ever get out of a Conjuring movie. Moeka Hoshi stars as Airi, a clairvoyant tasked with exorcising spirits who "haunt" homes and just need a nudge to the other side. The case at the heart of Never After Dark winds up pitting her against stranger, more dangerous forces, ones she’s less capable of dealing with: the living. By creating an account, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. You also agree to receive our new

  5. Article · Sep 12, 2026 · Matt Patches

    Stephen King Meets 'Unforgiven' in DC's New 6-Part Surreal Supernatural Horror (opens the original)

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    Jonah Hex: cowboy, bounty hunter, killer, survivor (of a pretty bad Josh Brolin movie) — DC’s Wild West antihero has spent so much of his existence in comic books pulling the trigger without remorse. By creating an account, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. You also agree to receive our newsletters; you can unsubscribe any time. *Required: 8 chars, 1 capital letter, 1 number By creating an account, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. You also agree to receive our ne

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