From Wolf Creek‘s Greg McLean to The Loved Ones’ Sean Byrne, Australia’s been the origin of several fan-favorite genre directors over the years, resulting in an...
Although we’ve yet to confirm his/her existence in real life, Bigfoot is no stranger to the world of film. From family-friendly comedies to found-footage massacres, the...
Zombie movies might just be one of the hardest genres to work with nowadays, as the sheer volume of these flicks makes it hard for any...
There’s nothing like a good old-fashioned haunted house flick to get you in the mood for autumn. While these staples of the horror genre usually fall...
Representing social media culture and online interaction in film is especially hard in this cynical day and age. While there have been a few successful depictions...
You’ve got to hand it to these Asylum flicks, as despite the (often warranted) criticism, they’re some of the most honest productions out there. When one...
Having writers as protagonists is a long-standing tradition in the horror genre, with Stephen King being largely responsible for this trope’s boost in popularity over the...
The myriad of emotions associated with horror movies are usually only pleasant in hindsight, as you fondly remember screaming and/or gagging in reaction to whatever traumatized...
Last week, I had the immense pleasure of witnessing the father of shock rock himself, Alice Cooper, perform his trademarked horror music show only a few...
Low budget shark movies with ridiculous plots and exaggerated antagonists have practically become their own genre by now, with The Asylum taking the lead on producing...
Everybody has at least one favorite movie that they feel has been unjustly ignored by film buffs and consumers of popular culture alike. Sometimes, audiences and...
This past weekend southern Brazil was treated to the first edition of Geek City, one of its most ambitious pop culture conventions in recent memory. While...
H.P. Lovecraft was without a doubt one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. His creation of the Cthulhu Mythos, a shared universe of...
Howard Phillips Lovecraft has posthumously become a pop culture celebrity over the years, for better or worse. The influence of his writing has spread far beyond...
Living in the suburbs was once considered the idyllic culmination of the American way of life, but after films like Halloween, Poltergeist and Nightmare on Elm...
One of the horror genre’s most famous and long-lasting tropes is the perversion of seemingly innocent iconography in an attempt to scare the audience when they’re...
Although a lot of moviegoers have become weary of the current comic-book movie craze, you have to admit that the genre has undergone a subtle revolution...
The Haunted House industry has been a staple of autumn in North America (and a few other lucky parts of the world as well) for hundreds...
Survival Horror has been making a comeback these past few years. With terrifying games like Outlast, Alien: Isolation and the unexpectedly brilliant Resident Evil 7, horror...
Every now and again, you may encounter a genre-defying movie that surpasses your wildest expectations but remains extremely hard to adequately describe. I personally consider Nick...
You’ll be hard-pressed to find a horror nut who isn’t at least tangentially familiar with the Castlevania franchise. Taking heavy inspiration from the Universal Monster movies,...
Clive Barker should be a household name to anyone even remotely familiar with the horror genre. For the longest time, he was the only storyteller to...
When you name your monster movie “Gremlin“, it’s pretty damned hard to avoid comparisons to Joe Dante’s family-horror masterpiece. However, strangely enough, Ryan Bellgardt’s low budget...
From Sharknado to Lavalantula, some might claim that we’re living in a golden age of direct-to-video B-movie franchises. With cheesy digital effects and (usually) inconsequential plots,...
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