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Contains spoilers for "House of the Dragon" Season 3, Episode 2 The "House of the Dragon" Season 3 premiere started off with a major character death. Now, in the second episode, another familiar face departs the HBO fantasy series. Say goodbye to Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans), who has entertained us with his conniving ways.

Space can be a frightening place, so it's no surprise that several filmmakers have opted to take advantage of this fact by taking their horror movies away from planet Earth. From the "Alien" franchise to little-known sci-fi thrillers like "Europa Report," the space horror subgenre has offered some pretty great thrills to scary movie enthusiasts over the course of the decades.

Before being considered one of the best directors of all time, Martin Scorsese was a struggling artist.

The 1980s were a bold time for science-fiction movies. CGI was still in its infancy, so many films developed a unique blend of visual and practical effects. Neon-drenched cyberpunk was all the rage with "Blade Runner." And audiences weren't put off by aliens or far-off adventures in space, given the immense popularity of films like "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" and the Star Wars franchise. These were just a couple of the groundbreaking sci-fi films from the '80s that changed Hollywood forever.

Eric Kripke is known for adapting "The Boys" for television. However, before he reimagined the crude and lewd comic book series for the medium, he co-wrote a supernatural horror film focusing on a notable childhood fear. Don't blame Kripke for the boogie, but you can point the finger squarely at him for 2005's "Boogeyman" (not to be confused with 2023's "The Boogeyman," which is based on a Stephen King story). Kripke co-wrote the script with Stiles White and Juliet Snowden.

The simple lightsaber that once came in just two colors quickly expanded to three, then four, then white, black, yellow, orange, double-sided and curved, cross-guarded, shoto-short, that dumb one in "Rise of Skywalker" that folds out like a nunchuck, that other dumb one that spins around like a helicopter — you get the idea. The different lightsaber designs are well documented at this point. But the different fighting styles for the weapon remain the subject of deep-cut fandom.

J.J. Perry's post-apocalyptic movie "Afterburn" was released in 2025, but you wouldn't know it from any lists of the best action movies of the year. In fact, so few critics reviewed the movie that it doesn't yet have an official Rotten Tomatoes rating. That's not too surprising as, worldwide, the movie barely cracked a million dollars, according to BoxOfficeMojo. If you have an insatiable appetite for post-apocalyptic films, however, you may want to give "Afterburn" a shot.

Action, adventure and a healthy dose of paranoia are waiting for you in the depths of the ocean, and a great submarine movie knows exactly how to utilize all three aspects to keep you on the edge of your seat.

"Yellowstone" was popular enough to score five seasons on Paramount Network, but not all of those seasons are equal. After all, there's a whole 10 episodes a year in which the Duttons live, laugh, murder and try to upend each other in the family power rankings. Some of those outings will be great and some of them will be horrible, it's just math.

In 1992, 28-year-old Quentin Tarantino crash-landed in Hollywood with his self-penned feature debut "Reservoir Dogs," an indie film that stunned audiences with its ultra-violent imagery and whip-smart dialogue. The game-changing heist movie featuring characters named Mr. White (Harvey Keitel) and Mr. Pink (Steve Buscemi) blazed the path for Tarantino's best-ranking films including "Pulp Fiction" and "Kill Bill," among others.