Randy Harward
Randy Harward is a Senior Staff Writer at CableTV.com with 25+ years of experience covering the intersection of music, film, and TV. A former editor for HARP, Blurt, and Salt Lake City Weekly, Randy has contributed to more than 20 publications, including Guitar World, Salt Lake Magazine, and CMJ New Music Monthly. He currently curates CableTV.com’s "What to Watch This Week" column and serves as the site’s resident horror expert—a specialized guide for fellow "couch creatures" looking for their next binge-watch (or a good scare).
Meta Brings Live NBA Games to VR
by Randy Harward | Oct 28, 2024 | Entertainment, Industry News
Is the future of live, televised basketball in virtual reality? Meta’s bettin’ on it. In October, Facebook’s parent company announced it would launch 52 free live NBA games in virtual reality via Meta Quest’s Xtadium and Meta Horizon Worlds.
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6 Japanese Horror Movies to Stream Now
by Randy Harward | Oct 25, 2024 | Entertainment
So you’re lookin’ for Japanese horror movies—we have some recommendations for you, including a Takashi Miike horror drama, an Evil Dead tribute/ripoff, a cartoonishly frightening haunted-house flick, cyberpunk body horror, and an adult animated psychological thriller. In other words, we’re not gonna shove Ringu and Ju-On down your throats again.
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Philo TV vs. YouTube TV
by Randy Harward | Oct 21, 2024 | Entertainment, Versus Reviews
Philo TV is inexpensive because it’s limited; YouTube TV costs 3x more because it has the full spectrum of channels.
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Prime Horror: The Best Horror Movies on Amazon Prime Video
by Randy Harward and Bill Frost | Oct 10, 2024 | Entertainment
The Amazon Prime Video library is massive, with 20,000+ movies—and 3,000+ are in the horror category, which sickos like us find delightful. We’ve combed through Prime Video’s horror section to bring you 11 recommendations—but these are only some of the best horror movies on Amazon Prime Video.
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Mess You Up for Life: The 13 Scariest Horror Movies to Stream Now
by Randy Harward | Oct 9, 2024 | Entertainment
What scares you in horror movies? Cruelty? Disease? Evil spirits? Mind control? Vampires? Werewolves? Zombies? Slashers? Everyone has their freakout button—a specific fear—but it’s all scary when done well. In this article, we recommend a dreadful dozen of the scariest movies ever and note which streaming services have them available to stream, rent, or buy.
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The Annual CableTV.com Horror Trivia Contest on Instagram
by Randy Harward | Oct 3, 2024 | Entertainment
Welcome back to the CableTV.com Kill Room, where you must correctly answer one horror trivia question daily (Monday–Friday) during our 2024 #Bloodstream promotion this Halloween season. See if you got what it takes to slay the beast!
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Sick Flix: 10 of the Best Horror Movies on Netflix
by Randy Harward and Bill Frost | Oct 3, 2024 | Best Of, Entertainment
Netflix isn’t our go-to streaming service for horror movies (we think Tubi and Hulu offer way more scary choices), but we’ve found 17 we recommend checking out. From slashers to witches to aliens to supernatural STI’s, there’s a little something for everyone.
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Om Nom: The Best Cannibal Movies—with Meal-Pairing Suggestions!
by Randy Harward | Oct 2, 2024 | Entertainment
Have you acquired a taste for cannibal movies? We’ve rounded up 11 of the best cannibal movies for your cannibal movie night, plus meal pairing suggestions—‘cause cannibal movie night is for foodies. Bon appetit!
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Stream Screams: 13 of the Best Horror Movies on Hulu
by Bill Frost and Randy Harward | Oct 1, 2024 | Entertainment
Did you know that Hulu is an acronym for “Horror: Unnerving, Loathsome, and Unrelenting”? Got you—that was the trick. Now here’s the treat: We’ve scoured the depths of Hulu’s horror vault and collected our 9 favorite scary movies on the service.
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One Dish to Rule Them All: DIRECTV and DISH Talk Merger Again
by Randy Harward | Sep 30, 2024 | Industry News
The DIRECTV-DISH merger is only in early-stage talks, but what would the merger mean? DIRECTV and DISH have been each other’s only serious satellite TV service rivals for years. A merger of the two providers would create a massive monopoly.
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