One of the most influential genre classics is also among the least seen. Though The Most Dangerous Game is often dismissed as a kind of proving...
Every once in a while, a meme shows up online along these lines: on the left is a picture of Franklin (Paul A. Partain) from The...
Bride of Frankenstein (1935) is among the most iconic films ever made and arguably the greatest horror sequel of all time. Its images are indelible from...
If you were to ask horror fans to name a film they consider “religious horror,” most would likely name a movie from around fifty years ago—Rosemary’s...
Lifelong Pacific Northwest residents like myself tend to sparkle like humanist vampires with pride when the pop culture spotlight shines on our little corner of the...
Everybody has that movie that they will always champion, always recommend, always love unconditionally. For me, that movie is Shadow of the Vampire, which was released...
It is no wonder that the rise of the “creepy kid” movie began in the 1950s with movies like The Bad Seed (1956), which itself came...
Dear Silent Night, Deadly Night, Part 2, Most people don’t understand what I see in you, but sometimes love is inexplicable. Even though I only met...
In the late 1950s, two very different streams of British horror were simmering just below the surface. The more famous of these was a return to...
As a person who has been obsessed with all things Frankenstein for as long as I can remember, Guillermo del Toro’s new adaptation was my most...
Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass were, and to many still are, the undisputed kings of the holiday special. Their innovative stop-motion films, including Rudolph the...
Nothing says fall, especially the Halloween season, quite like a great witch movie. One of the best is the cult film Night of the Eagle (1962),...
Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein is, without a doubt, my most anticipated movie of the year. I simply cannot think of a more perfect marriage of filmmaker...
In the forty-five years since its release, The Changeling has slowly developed a reputation as one of the great ghost movies, though it was largely dismissed...
In my younger years I had two horror obsessions: the Universal Monsters and the stalker slashers that came to prominence in the ’80s, two very different...
It seems that David Cronenberg knew exactly the kinds of movies he wanted to make right from the start. His debut feature film, Shivers, which celebrates...
The New York Times recently published the results of a poll of filmmakers, performers, and film enthusiasts of the Greatest Films of the 21st Century. At...
Like Invasion of the Body Snatchers, I Am Legend is among the most enduring, flexible, and durable stories in all of horror. It continues to be...
By the mid-1960s, things were getting weird. At the movies, the French New Wave was reaching America’s shores and inspiring the first move toward experimental filmmaking...
In the 1930s and 40s, Warner Bros. made films across many genres, but their bread and butter was crime thrillers and gangster pictures. The studio’s 1936...
What did the Catholic Church have to say about genre milestones like Psycho, Night of the Living Dead, The Exorcist, and A Nightmare on Elm Street?...
The older I get the more I appreciate and connect with Werewolf of London. It is a movie that does not follow the established rules of...
For many horror fans, Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu is the most anticipated movie of 2024, perhaps even of the decade so far. It has had a troubled...
Family gatherings can be murder. Even worse if you are not a member of the immediate family. As we head into this year’s holiday season, I...
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