The logline for the latest Amazon Original series reads similar to HBO’s Lovecraft Country. Both center around a family attempting to navigate unwelcoming white spaces in the...
The early ‘80s marked a handful of notable ultra-violent, hand-rotoscoped animation features aimed toward adults. Gerald Potterton’s Heavy Metal, based on the magazine, and Ralph Bakshi’s Fire and...
Manga Bio-Booster Armor Guyver injected a wild science fiction twist to the superhero subgenre. It introduced a biomechanical suit of armor that enhanced its host’s abilities that...
Andrea Riseborough is quickly establishing a name for herself in the genre space. Within the last few years, Black Mirror, Mandy, The Grudge, and Possessor have demonstrated the actor’s unique and fearless...
In the late ’80s, there were a few instances of broadcast signal intrusion, in which video pirates hijacked the broadcast signals with a series of bizarre...
Between the fatality-filled red-band trailer and its R-rating, the new James Wan produced Mortal Kombat has quickly become one of the most anticipated titles of 2021 so far....
Film writer and programmer Kier-La Janisse has dedicated much of her life to exploring horror’s history and culture from a critical and scholarly perspective. Janisse authored House of Psychotic...
Horror streamer Shudder unleashes its newest horror-comedy, Slaxx, on March 18. The gory and absurd slasher features a pair of designer jeans as the bloodthirsty killer. While...
Giallo means yellow in Italian, but it also refers to crime fiction, named after the yellow colors of early crime fiction paperbacks. It’s a term that’s...
The great outdoors long ago became a favored slaying ground for slashers. It gives the most bang for its buck in terms of production value, but...
Beginning with 1941’s The Wolf Man, many of horror’s essential werewolf films seem to come in cycles. Like clockwork, at least one new werewolf feature joins the...
A setting is integral to creating mood and atmosphere in horror. More than that, backgrounds contribute to shaping the narrative. How a character interacts with their...
Nothing evokes sympathy for a killer like putting the viewer directly in their shoes. Seeing the story from their perspective means getting to know them on...
Nearly twenty years after starring in Troll 2, filmmaker Michael Paul Stephenson made a documentary about it, Best Worst Movie, that chronicled its cult fandom and key players...
Horror’s relationship with motherhood is as complicated as motherhood itself. There is no shortage of films that explore the fears and anxieties of raising a child,...
The great outdoors remains one of the most prominent and utilized settings in horror, especially for slashers. Many of them employ a similar setup. A group...
“One will fall.” In what’s shaping up to be a battle for the ages between two iconic movie monsters, the poster promises that the brawl between...
The loss of innocence is a recurring motif in horror and cinema at large. A more niche subset of that motif explores the frightening transition from...
Ivan Kavanagh’s The Canal spooked audiences with an atmospheric, ghostly mystery when a film archivist discovered a film reel of a murder that took place in his home....
This article contains spoilers. Possession-based horror movies tend to feature a central protagonist suffering a crisis of faith, thanks to the massive success of The Exorcist....
Of all the classic monsters, the mummy remains the most overlooked and forgotten. Compared to the brute strength of Frankenstein’s monster, the primal ferociousness of the...
In 2003, writer Alan B. McElroy and director Rob Schmidt introduced an early aughts backwoods slasher that launched a six-film franchise. The setup was simple; a group of unwitting tourists...
For many, the ’80s ranks high among the best decades for horror. It marked the rise and fall of the Golden Age of Slashers, a wealth...
Formerly titled The Color Rose, The Sinners wears its cinematic influences on its sleeves. Drawing heavily from teen girl movies like The Craft and Cruel Intentions while emulating Twin Peaks’ peculiar small-town vibe, Courtney...
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