Stephen King's iconic take on zombies is finally free to stream — and it's wonderfully weird

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Published Jul 8, 2026, 3:00 PM EDT

It's that perfect blend of corny and scary

This free-to-stream zombie horror classic is creepy, cheesy, and totally worth revisiting

Pet Semetary Stephen King Image: Paramount/courtesy Everett Collection

When I was a kid, Tim Curry’s Pennywise the Clown scared the Hell out of me. With that cackling, gravelly voice, that bizarre, bulbous head, and the way he would just appear out of nowhere, Pennywise gave me nightmares at an age where I was definitely too young to watch. But when I revisited the movie decades later, I realized that, while Curry’s performance was still terrifying, the 1990 ABC TV movie that contained it was kind of terrible. The acting was often hokey and melodramatic while the non-Pennywise scares were all very lame — not boring, just corny.

Sabre-rattling to ‘tremendous love’: erratic Trump dominates final hours of Nato summit

An erratic and at times irascible Donald Trump has said he felt a “tremendous love” from western leaders at the Nato summit, only hours after lambasting them over their defence spending and not helping the US in attacking Iran.

Study shows why comfort at home is more than a temperature issue

SUTD study shows why comfort at home is more than a temperature issue
Researchers visiting a household to understand how residents experience and manage heat at home. Credit: Tote Board

Feeling hot at home may seem like a simple matter of temperature or whether the air conditioning is switched on. But a new study suggests that less visible factors—from closed windows and blocked airflow to household routines and the different ways family members experience heat—also play an important role.

Justin Bieber Will Perform at the FIFA World Cup Final Halftime Show

World Cup 2026

The singer joins Madonna, Shakira, and BTS as co-headliners at New York New Jersey Stadium on July 19

Justin Bieber has been added to the star-studded lineup of performers at the 2026 FIFA World Cup Final game, for its first-ever halftime show. It takes place at New York New Jersey Stadium on July 19.