The Epstein Files Have Become The Ultimate Disturbing Horror Movie. No Wonder We Can’t Look Away

Variety · 2026-02-15
The Epstein Files Have Become The Ultimate Disturbing Horror Movie. No Wonder We Can’t Look Away

In the last decade, I’ve occasionally written pieces that compared what’s happening in the world — specifically, in the Trump presidency — to something we’re used to seeing on the big screen. Eight months into his first term, I wrote a column entitled “Donald Trump’s Pop-Culture Presidency Ent