Love him or hate him, Rob Zombie has become one of the prominent and unique voices in the modern horror landscape. His style is immediately recognizable,...
One of many exciting developments in the horror genre during the 2000s has been the emergence of so many films coming out of Ireland. Rather than...
Tobe Hooper is my favorite director. Not just my favorite Master of Horror, not just my favorite director in the horror genre, my favorite director period....
I was fortunate enough to attend the world premiere of punk legend Glenn Danzig’s first feature film Verotika back in 2019 during Chicago’s Cinepocalypse Film Festival....
The Misfits are a great band. Danzig is a great band. Glenn Danzig is a huge musical talent and an icon in the punk and metal...
The record-breaking first season of Shudder’s original anthology series Creepshow has wrapped up (just in time for a second season to be announced!), offering 12 new...
Sometimes, there are just not enough words. If you were not already familiar with Tammy and the T-Rex, don’t be too hard on yourself. Released in...
It can be hard for a horror film to live in the shadow of another movie. It’s true of remakes – the new Child’s Play can’t...
One of the very best voices in contemporary horror — and, to be honest, one of my favorites currently making movies — writer/director Lucky McKee doesn’t...
I’ll give the filmmakers behind Deadcon this: there is something truly horrifying about a convention full of YouTube stars. Of course, that’s not the source of...
For the last several years, Cinepocalypse has been the single best genre festival in my hometown of Chicago, and now stands as one of the premiere...
Troma changed my life. Okay, so maybe that’s a little hyperbolic. But I do think something chemically changed inside me when I first saw The Toxic...
Three best friends are stuck on a boat. The engine is dead and no other boats are passing by to rescue them. There is no food...
The horror community is in mourning over the loss of director and special FX wizard John Carl Buechler, who passed away this week at the age...
Though he worked across a number of genres – westerns, comedies, police thrillers, even family films – Lucio Fulci is best remembered for his horror movies....
Now that the second Happy Death Day film is out in theaters – and includes a mid-credits scene that sets up a Part 3 – it appears...
Within the horror genre, there are certain maxims that have become widely accepted over time, passed along as fact without anyone really stopping to ask whether...
Growing up in the ‘80s, there was a certain kind of kids’ movie that’s all but extinct these days: one that wasn’t afraid to be weird...
I can think of no contemporary horror filmmaker more polarizing than Rob Zombie. Beloved by some and downright despised by many, his movies are unquestionably his...
As someone who watches a good deal of science fiction, I’ve got to give it up every time I see a new movie or TV show...
Four movies and now one television series in, The Purge franchise is likely going to be the one by which we mark this point in American...
There have been a number of attempts the “single screen” thriller in recent years: Nacho Vigalondo’s Open Windows, Unfriended and its 2018 sequel Unfriended: Dark Web,...
In the decade-plus since Grindhouse, there’s been a trend in independent genre film to pay homage to old-school exploitation movies. This is typically done in a...
In just a few weeks, Tobe Hooper will have been gone one year. Maybe the internet will fill will pieces memorializing him in the coming days,...
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