How North Korean leader Kim Jong Un became one of the world’s scariest dictators

Reuters/KCNA KCNA For the past 50 years, the world has grown used to crazy threats from North Korea that don’t lead anywhere. But the threats have taken a decidedly sharper and more ominous tone under Kim Jong Un, the third supreme leader of the hermit kingdom. North Korea has carried out several nuclear tests under […]

The Weekend Read: A ‘Twin Peaks’ Refresher, the Scariest Haunted House ever, and Two Very Different ‘Alien: Covenant’ Reviews

The Weekend Read compiles all of the /Film original features published in the past week. In this week’s line-up of reviews, lists, editorials and more, find two polar-opposite reviews of Alien: Covenant, a look at what may be the most terrifying haunted house experience ever concocted, a reminder of everything you should know before watching Twin […]

/Answers: The Scariest Movie Scenes of All Time

Every week in /Answers, we attempt to answer a new pop culture-related question. This week’s edition, tying in with the release of Alien: Covenant, asks “What is the single scariest scene you’ve ever watched in a movie?” As always, we have submissions from the /Film writing crew and podcast team. If you’d like to share your pick for the scariest movie […]

An internet security expert explains one of the scariest things hackers can do to your computer

Mikko Hypponen, a cyber security expert told Business Insider: “Once you gain access to somebody’s system it’s trivial to turn on the webcam and record whatever they’re doing, or to just turn on the microphone and record whatever is being spoken around the infected laptop. “On some laptops, you can even do this so that […]