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CNET
15 hours ago
- Entertainment
- CNET
This Pitch-Perfect '80s Horror Throwback Hits All the Right Notes, and It's Free on Tubi
Tons of movies try to pull off the vibe of classic 1980s horror movies, but it's not as easy as dropping in some neon spandex and sprawling synthesizers. One film that does a fantastic job of capturing the "Me Decade" horror aesthetic is The House of the Devil, and you can stream it for free right now on Tubi. Directed by Ti West, this indie gem doesn't rely on cheap jump scares or flashy effects. Instead, it leans into tension, atmosphere and that slow-building sense of unease that defines the best of retro horror. It's a love letter to the genre that understands what makes it so terrifying in the first place. If you're craving something suspenseful, stylish and soaked in vintage vibes, this one's a must-watch. The movie follows Samantha (Jocelin Donahue), a college student desperate for cash who takes a babysitting job in a creepy old mansion. She soon discovers she's dealing with a much different charge than a child when she arrives on site. As she's left alone for the night, she orders a pizza and cues up a flick on TV, while the dread builds incrementally and the audience settles in for something horrific. The House of the Devil is reminiscent of classic films like Halloween and When a Stranger Calls, but ratcheted up tenfold. This horror flick is gory, grim, and shockingly true to its vintage setting. MPI Movie Group/Screenshot by CNET From the opening credits, The House of the Devil sets the tone with a ridiculously accurate and detailed retro aesthetic. It doesn't just take place in the 1980s -- it feels like it was made then. The grainy film texture, era-appropriate costumes and hair are absolutely perfect. It's set to a curated soundtrack with tracks including The Fixx's One Thing Leads To Another and The Greg Kihn Band's The Break Up Song. The movie doesn't just feel like it's dressing up in '80s tropes, but like it was birthed from that time. The movie was shot on 16mm film, creating its specialized throwback look. It lifts cinematography straight from '80s filmmakers along with a slew of other techniques to evoke classics of the era. Everything, down to the credits, is period accurate, and I appreciated all the attention given to making sure everything matches, down to the cups at the pizza restaurant seen early in the movie. The Ulmans have a secret reason why they hired Sam to watch "Mother." MPI Movie Group/Screenshot by CNET Sam realizes something is amiss when she stumbles upon proof that the family that hired her for the babysitting job isn't the same one in the photos. Realizing she might have been deceived, she attempts a 911 call, but she's already eaten a piece of tainted pizza. She passes out just as she gets a glimpse of what exactly it is she's been hired to "babysit." The movie's path is fraught with grisly moments (just ask Sam's best friend Megan, played by Barbie director Greta Gerwig), with believably gruesome practical effects that unsettle and chill to the bone. The hideous "Mother," who Sam discovers is connected to her original job, is an example of '80s filmmaking that would have made audiences sick to their stomachs. Sam's friend Megan is not pleased at all by the situation at the Ulmans' house. MPI Movie Group/Screenshot by CNET Without spoiling the climax, The House of the Devil maintains a gnawing, upsetting sense of dread throughout its runtime. It isn't afraid to use themes of isolation, the unknown and betrayal to keep you on the edge of your seat, which I appreciated on my first viewing and only grew to love more with each rewatch. As horrific as the story is, I firmly believe that this movie wouldn't have been possible without its commitment to staying true to the era that inspired it. If you're looking for a horror movie that doesn't rely on cheap jump scares or the overwrought parable "sex is bad" with a group of teens being picked off one by one, The House of the Devil is one of the best flicks you could put on your Halloween viewing list. It brings the golden years of '80s horror to life in believable, decadent ways that'll have you squirming in your seat. I'm still unpacking the gagworthy climax, and I bet you will be too.
Axios
16 hours ago
- Business
- Axios
Axios Event: Media execs are betting big on women's sports
CANNES, France – Media executives are focusing investments into the fast-growing market of women's sports, they said at an Axios event at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Why it matters: Women's sports is booming in viewership, engagement and fandoms as more women's teams are launching and business executives are noticing the growth opportunities. Axios' Sara Fischer spoke with Roku Media president Charlie Collier, NBCUniversal global advertising and partnerships chairman Mark Marshall, NBC Sports host and play-by-play announcer Mike Tirico and Tubi CEO Anjali Sud at the June 18 event, sponsored by Nielsen. What they're saying: Roku Media and Tubi see opportunities in investing and promoting women's sports. "We have all sorts of women's sports and we have a women's sport zone and we've invested in women's volleyball and we've invested in women's soccer," Collier said. "Platforms like iON that had the [WNBA player] Caitlin Clark games as part of their package before Caitlin Clark blew up, we absolutely made sure that we got our viewers to those games on iON. It wasn't our rights, but it was absolutely our right to elevate that pop-cultural moment," he added. "For women in sports in particular, there's just a need here. There's a vacuum that I think we have an opportunity to fill," Sud said. Sud also mentioned that Gen Z audiences care about the stories behind the athletes as well as the game, so Tubi is developing more "shoulder content" to appeal to younger audiences. "We just announced … a [tennis player] Naomi Osaka doc that's going to be coming out on Tubi in August," Sud said. "It's going to be talking about her journey coming back into the game after having a baby." "Beyond the diehard sports fans, there are people who are in it for the culture. And we need to serve them with compelling stories and content and build that momentum." Separately, NBC Sports discussed its major deal with the NBA, which will broadcast on NBC from Sunday to Tuesday nights, blending linear and streaming to maximize reach. "Sunday, we'll have a pregame and then the game," Tirico said. "Monday, there'll be games on Peacock. …Tuesday, on NBC. … We'll have an NBA game on the East Coast at 8 Eastern time and then we'll have a game for our Mountain and Pacific time zone affiliates at 8 o'clock Pacific time." "What I'm excited about is the amount of NBA that will be on broadcast TV in prime time. So you'll have a game every week on Tuesday night, which I think will be a boost for the league and really get the package off to a great start." Marshall added: "Part of what I really was hoping for and it worked out was to be on the front half of the week and so we can promote the rest of the entertainment programming that will happen on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday. Whereas, you know, 'Sunday Night Football,' that's what we've done for years. Now we'll actually go from 'Sunday Night Football' to 'Sunday Night Basketball' on Peacock every Monday night and Tuesday on NBC prime time." "So all of a sudden we have this huge promotional platform that's going to bring a younger, more multicultural audience to NBC that's probably been there, that's not there every week as we sit here today." In a View From the Top conversation, Nielsen CEO Karthik Rao emphasized the major growth of women's sports.
Tom's Guide
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Tom's Guide
New on Tubi in July 2025 — all the movies and shows to watch
July is heating up and Tubi's lineup is bringing the chaos, thrills and drama while you cool off inside. Whether you're escaping the sun or crashing on the couch after a long day, Tubi has something to keep you entertained while you soak up the AC. Leading the charge this month is "Great White Waters," which follows a cartel after their cocaine goes missing off Florida's coast and kicks off a feeding frenzy kicks off both above and below the waves. Ruthless criminals want the stash. Hungry sharks want everyone, as they often do. If suburban life seems too quiet, "Get Off My Lawn" might scratch that itch. A couple moves into their dream home only to face a deranged teen and his crew who want it back. Home sweet hell? Finally, "TKO" is a hard-hitting family drama. A retired boxer tries to make amends with his estranged sons just as his eldest steps into the pro ring. Tubi's July 2025 drop is anything but chill. Here's what to queue up next as the summer rages on. "Great White Waters" dives headfirst into drug-fueled chaos taking place off the Florida coast. When millions in cocaine vanish beneath the waves, the hunt to recover it unleashes a brutal frenzy that unfolds on land and at sea. Treasure seekers clash in a deadly game of greed, but the real danger lurks just below the surface, where bloodthirsty sharks draw closer in a savage showdown waiting to annihilate anyone who comes to claim the secret stash. Stream on Tubi starting July 4 Get instant access to breaking news, the hottest reviews, great deals and helpful tips. When a suburban couple buys what they think is the perfect home in "Get Off My Lawn," they have no idea they've crossed a dangerous line. The house once belonged to a disturbed teen's grandfather, and he wants it back. Soon, he and his friends kick off a harassment campaign against the couple as they struggle to fight back. Stream on Tubi from July 11 "TKO" serves up a powerful punch of family, redemption and second chances. When a retired boxer reconnects with his two estranged sons, he's forced to confront the past he walked away from so he can step up as a father. But when his oldest son enters the world of professional boxing, their reunion turns into a fight for more than just titles. Stream on Tubi from July 18
USA Today
a day ago
- Entertainment
- USA Today
The wheel world 🏎️
Brad Pitt and I don't have a ton in common – we both like "Mindhunter"! – but there is one key difference: I am not a fast driver, and he likes to put the pedal to the metal. The A-lister embraces his inner Ricky Bobby and drives real fast in the new racing thriller "F1: The Movie," which taps into the extreme love for Formula 1 these days around the world. That's something you should get to the movie theaters and check out – if you have a 4DX theater near you, go for that! In addition, there's a new Spielberg film out now (from Destry Allyn, not her famous papa Steven), plus the latest Marvel TV series is streaming, with Dominique Thorne reprising her "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" role in "Ironheart." Now on to the good stuff: See Brad Pitt hit the gas in race car extravaganza 'F1: The Movie' Brad Pitt has been on a nice run of guy's guy roles, and like a really good parallel-parking maneuver, he fits in the driver's seat of "F1." He plays a hired gun recruited by an old friend (Javier Bardem) to help save his Formula 1 race team, proves to be a speed demon on the track and also has to deal with a hotshot rookie (Damson Idris). It's what you want from a "Top Gun" on wheels. (Peep my ★★★ review.) Our resident car guy, Marco della Cava, interviewed Pitt, and the actor looked back fondly on the four months he spent learning to drive real F1 cars up to 180 mph. 'It was just such a high that I've never experienced before,' Pitt says. 'I can put myself back in that car on certain tracks and I'm instantly happy.' Marco also did a piece about why people are obsessed with F1 as well as a primer on what you need to know about the motorsport. Catch Destry Allyn Spielberg's directorial debut 'Please Don't Feed the Children' Last week was all about Steven Spielberg's "Jaws" turning 50, and this week it's his 28-year-old daughter unleashing some scares. Destry Allyn Spielberg's directorial debut, "Please Don't Feed the Children" (streaming now on Tubi), imagines a bleak America where a pandemic affects adults instead of kids, and a group of teens on the run is taken in by a woman (Michelle Dockery) more sinister than sweet. I talked with Spielberg about growing up with a legendary dad and her lifelong obsession with "The Shining." (She wanted to watch it when she was 8, but Dad said no.) "It was the first film that really got me intrigued with just the history of cinema and specific directors," Spielberg says. Her new movie is one of several new streaming flicks to watch this week. I rounded a bunch up for our weekly guide, which also includes the great new documentary "My Mom Jayne" and "The Woman in the Yard." Stream Marvel's 'Ironheart' starring Dominique Thorne In the Disney+ show "Ironheart," Dominique Thorne plays one of Marvel's newest heroes, Riri Williams, a young genius in the Tony Stark mold who's designed her own flying armor suit. Thorne stopped by our New York City studio to chat with my bud Ralphie Aversa about what Riri has to deal with this season, from villainous frenemy The Hood (Anthony Ramos) to her own personal issues. "It's very difficult to go out and rescue a world when you yourself have your own battles that you haven't yet fought," Thorne says. (Also check out a video Ralphie did with Thorne explaining a nagging injury she suffered during a fight scene.) TV critic Kelly Lawler doesn't love the latest Marvel show, writing in her ★★ review that it's "full of feeling but starkly lacking in coherence and intrigue." She's not wrong, and it's a weird continuation of both the "Iron Man" movies and, of all things, "Doctor Strange." (Sam Rockwell's Justin Hammer would have been the perfect foe for Riri, just sayin'.) Even more goodness to check out! Got thoughts, questions, ideas, concerns, compliments or maybe even some recs for me? Email btruitt@ and follow me on the socials: I'm @briantruitt on Bluesky, Instagram and Threads.
USA Today
a day ago
- Entertainment
- USA Today
With new movie, Destry Allyn Spielberg puts a scare in the family business
After so many of her father's movie nights at home, Destry Allyn Spielberg finally got the chance to host her own. The 28-year-old director says it was 'so special' but also 'crazy' to screen her debut feature, the horror movie 'Please Don't Feed the Children,' for her family, including her parents: iconic filmmaker Steven Spielberg and actress Kate Capshaw. Mom and dad were 'super proud,' she reports, and older brother Sawyer even cried. 'I watched my movie with them, which I was telling myself I wouldn't do, but we have such a good sound system. So it was like going to the theater and I was just, like, looking at everyone, like, 'Oh, my gosh, this is so weird!'' Join our Watch Party! Sign up to receive USA TODAY's movie and TV recommendations right in your inbox Fifty years after Steven Spielberg made people afraid of the water with 'Jaws,' Destry is adding more scares to the family business. 'Please Don't Feed the Children' (now streaming for free on Tubi) imagines a post-apocalyptic scenario in which a pandemic has infected adults but not kids, forcing the youngsters into a fight for survival. A group of teens on the run is taken in by a seemingly kind British woman (Michelle Dockery), but between her poison cookies and the dark secret in her basement she's more sinister than sweet. Destry Spielberg thanks members of her clan in the credits, including someone film lovers might not know: Chicken Spielberg, an adorable Irish Setter/Poodle mix. 'She's my child,' the director says. 'She was the set emotional therapy dog.' Here's what you need to know about the latest Spielberg making waves in Hollywood: Destry Allyn Spielberg loves horror (especially 'The Shining') Spielberg won acclaim for her 2022 psychological thriller short film 'Let Me Go (The Right Way)' – written by Owen King, Stephen King's son – but didn't know if she wanted to direct a horror movie right out of the gate. 'It didn't feel like it was going to be my wheelhouse, to be honest,' says Spielberg, who was inspired by 'Children of Men' and 'Coraline' when crafting 'Children.' She adores horror, though, going back to her lifelong obsession for 'The Shining.' When Destry Spielberg was 8, her father was driving her to a tutoring session and listening to the car radio when she heard a snippet of the 'Shining' score and the scene with the two creepy twin girls on Sirius XM's Cinemagic channel. 'It fascinated me so much,' she says. Destry wanted to watch Stanley Kubrick's classic film, but Steven said no because she was too young. That was his same answer two summers later, when he played it on a movie night. 'The TV room in our house is right below my bedroom, and the walls are paper thin,' she says. 'You're basically in there with them, so I listened to the entire movie.' It wasn't until a film studies class in her sophomore year of high school when Destry finally saw 'The Shining." 'It was everything I could have imagined. I watched it, like, five times that week at home,' she says. 'It was the first film that really got me intrigued with just the history of cinema and specific directors. It taught me a lot.' Directing wasn't always the plan for Steven Spielberg's daughter Growing up, Destry had friends over to make movies, 'but I didn't look at that activity as a future career, even though I was living in a house where that was a career. It just felt like a fun activity to do,' she says. As she got older and started realizing how important her name was in the film world, Spielberg shied away from it. "That's natural, especially when you're in your teens and you're wanting to make friends and you start to learn that people will get excited about (her dad). And it's really confusing because you're like, 'Why are you so excited about this person? I don't get it.'' Destry had been an equestrian from a young age and that was her career path until an injury at 19 derailed that dream. 'I didn't have a Plan B,' she says. 'I definitely was dealing with some depression and mental health issues.' She started studying comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade, which proved therapeutic, and then took acting classes. She had roles in 2021's 'Licorice Pizza' and HBO's 2020 miniseries 'I Know This Much Is True,' but work was scarce. There was only so much rejection she could take, so she and a friend wrote a short film they could star in to show a reel to filmmakers. They couldn't afford a director, so Spielberg did it herself and was hooked. 'I had all this knowledge that I didn't really know I had or hadn't tapped into yet that I'm so grateful for. A lot of it's just because I grew up around it,' she says. 'It was a very spiritual experience.' Destry Spielberg was named after a classic Western The youngest Spielberg child has never met another Destry, and her mom originally was going to name her Ruth-Louise. At one of her dad's summer movie nights, he was trying to show the family the 1939 Marlene Dietrich/James Stewart Western 'Destry Rides Again' but 'no one wanted to watch it,' she says. 'Right before they were going to bed, he goes, 'What if we named her Destry?' And then my mom loved it. Thank God.' This Destry is riding again as well: Spielberg returned to equestrian competition in February and starts filming her next feature, a murder mystery, this summer. And she's still wrapping her head around her family's filmmaking legacy. 'It took me some years to really understand how lucky we are to have been able to be in that environment that so many people would kill to be in,' Spielberg says. 'It's strange having to separate: that's my dad, and then this is a whole other world that is so appreciated on so many levels that's studied and cared for. You just don't really understand that appreciation until you're kind of in it yourself.'
