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Author Details

Richard Craig is a musician and writer from the UK. Recently completing a Master's degree in Music and Sound Art, Richard has written extensively about movie genre studies and film soundtracks, paying particular attention to the horror genre. Richard contributed a chapter to the first major academic collection on the folk horror genre, The Routledge Companion to Folk Horror.

Industry Focus

Richard started working at Screen Rant writing movie and TV features in early 2022, before becoming a full-time Movie & TV List writer in 2023. Richard covers a wider range of topics in both film and television, though often favors horror movies, true crime, and cult TV dramas.

Favorite Media

Richard is an ardent horror fan, his favorites include Bride of FrankensteinNovember, A Field in England, MidsommarHellraiser, Terrifer, and Scream. Aside from horror, Richard is interested in documentaries (such as The Jinx and Blackfish) and movie soundtracks (including Gods and Monster, Batman Returns, and The Wicker Man). Richard's favorite film is One Hour Photo.

Latest Articles

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6 Batman Movies Used The Same Loophole To Avoid Breaking Batman's No Kill Rule For Major Villains

Batman has found a reliable way around his no-kill rule, using a clever workaround to dispatch some of his most iconic foes in six classic movies.

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The DCEU's Final Tragedy Was Never Giving Affleck's Batman A Single Villain Of His Own

One of the biggest injustices following the DCEU’s conclusion is that Ben Affleck’s Batman was never able to face one of the Dark Knight’s villains.

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10 Most Brutal Moments In The Entire DCEU

DC is known for being dark, but certain scenes from the DCEU proved to be surprisingly more brutal than audiences expected for superhero movies.

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10 Most Impressive Actor Transformations For DC Movies

Numerous movies based on DC Comics have featured incredible physical transformations to bring their iconic characters to life on the big screen.

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10 Biggest Missed Opportunities Of Marvel’s 2023 Releases

The Marvel Cinematic Universe developed significantly in 2023, but it also missed some great opportunities to expand its narratives and characters.

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Predicting 10 Biggest DCU Announcements Of 2024

With all the changes that the DC Universe has faced in 2023, 2024 will likely produce a litany of announcements concerning the franchise’s future.

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20 Best MCU Quotes Of 2023

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is renowned for its compelling and clever dialogue, but its 2023 releases offered some of the absolute best.

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10 Biggest DCU Stories Of 2023

The DC Universe has changed drastically in 2023, concluding the DCEU and instigating several other vital narratives in ancillary television shows.

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Roger Ebert Reviewed Batman 1989 The Same Way Modern Critics Write About The DCEU

Famed movie critic Roger Ebert levied some criticisms of Tim Burton’s Batman that are startlingly reminiscent of the DCEU’s early movie reviews.

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10 Biggest Marvel Movie & TV Show Stories Of 2023

2023 has been a vital year for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, establishing many important future narratives and even changing previous ones.

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Vin Diesel’s MCU Recasting Breaks His Streak Months After Groot’s Last Appearance

The Marvel Cinematic Universe have ended Vin Diesel’s impressive 10-year performance streak, having voiced Groot in numerous movies and TV series.

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Every MCU Villain Introduced In 2023 Ranked Worst To Best

2023 has provided some of the greatest and worst villains in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, some of which were incredibly consequential.

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10 MCU Characters Who Changed The Most From Phase 1 To Phase 5

Many characters have changed throughout the Marvel Cinematic Universe, however, some had particularly drastic development over the first 5 phases.

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Marvel Introduced 3 MCU Weapons More Powerful Than The Infinity Stones In 2023

The Marvel Cinematic Universe has already proffered a series of potent weaponry that are much stronger than Thanos’s famed Infinity Stones.

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10 Best Candidates For Spider-Man 4's MCU Character

Every Spider-Man movie features another MCU character. Considering No Way Home’s ending, which character could appear in the upcoming Spider-Man 4?

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What Year Was Worst In DC’s Movie History?

DC has had some notoriously unpopular movies for the past decades, but one year stands above the rest as the absolute worst year in DC movie history.

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The New DC Batman's No Kill Rule Was Set Up 2 Years Before The DCU Reboot

The DCU’s Batman will reinstate the character's strict no-killing rule, but interestingly, James Gunn established this years ago in Peacemaker.

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10 Best MCU Movie Posters Ranked

The Marvel Cinematic Universe has produced a stunning array pf theatrical posters promoting its movies, but which is the most effective?

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10 Most Misunderstood MCU Heroes

There are several misconceptions about the heroes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe which have not been properly explored in the franchise thus far.

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DC's New Arkham Plans Could Pay Off Affleck's Lost Batman Movie

After Affleck’s solo Batman movie was sadly canceled, his proposed narrative could finally be actualized in the DCU’s new Arkham Asylum series.

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