“Won’t somebody please think of the children!” – Helen Lovejoy, Springfield pearl clutcher. Horror often tickles itself, antagonizing the Helen Lovejoys of the world. You know...
Even through the blood and guts, horror generates empathy better than any other genre. “Movies are like a machine that generates empathy.” Of all his opinions,...
Bemoaning how Hollywood treats its franchises these days is quite the cliche. So much so that it’s become a favorite pastime for movie geeks all over...
Why is Freddy Krueger scary? And yes, that’s a serious question. There are obvious reasons, like the burned face, the knife fingers, and his hideous fashion...
There’s something funny about Thanksgiving. And yes, that goes beyond the very intentional comedy that comes from watching copious amounts of blood spill from the human...
A sexual encounter between two teenagers turns into a bloodbath with one or both of them no longer amongst the living. A few friends passing the...
Horror often asks for a lot of empathy and understanding from its audience. It begs us not to roll our eyes when someone drops a weapon...
Kevin Williamson built his career on peeking behind the curtain and breaking the rules. Scream deconstructed everything we thought we knew about horror films. So many...
“Just don’t look.” Those three words mean many things to horror fans when put together in a short but sweet sentence. We utter the phrase when...
Obsession is weird, right? Taken too far in one direction, it creates dogged saviors. But too far in the other way breeds psychos and killers. Like...
Wise people say the worst pain for a parent is burying a child. Hard to disagree with that statement, but the opposite is no picnic either....
I walked out of Scream with a smile on my face. And no, it’s not because I get my jollies from watching teenagers and otherwise competent...
Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin isn’t a complete movie. With the smoke cleared—literally—and the cops on the scene at this little farm in the middle of...
The scariest scene in Halloween doesn’t involve a knife or a gruesome death. In fact, the most terrifying scene in the movie doesn’t even involve Michael...
When it comes to race and “uncomfortable conversations,” Nia DaCosta is out of fucks to give. Before most of us hit grade school, we’re taught to...
As kids, there were a couple of things we didn’t do. We never talked back to parents (Lord help you if you did), never walked into...
A woman fearful she’ll lose all she holds near and dear. A man with a knife or an ax or a couple of lacerating words as...
For fans of a certain age-old age, the video store is a haven of a bygone era. For fans with even more gray hairs, they remember...
English poet William Cowper coined the saying “variety’s the very spice of life” in the late 1700s. Knowing who he is isn’t as important as understanding...
Family can be a thing, right? We love them dearly, of course, but every once in a while, they make us question how deep that love...
The world can be a scary place. Sure, that’s a cliched and obvious observation, especially for a horror site, but it still bears repeating every now...
John Carpenter’s movies are seemingly built for the future. More than a couple of critics and fans didn’t know what to do with The Thing or Big Trouble...
Arachnophobia is a movie about many things, chief among them examining a man’s damn near debilitating fear of spiders. The title gives that one away early, so...
Faith is a fragile thing. So much so if we could actually hold it, we’d have to handle it with care like a carton of eggs....
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