While haunted castles and abandoned villages can be spooky enough in their own right, nothing quite gets the blood pumping like a good home invasion thriller....
Personally, I find stoner comedies and slasher flicks to be two of the most comforting things in existence, and I often wonder why filmmakers don’t combine...
Shooting on 35mm may seem like an unnecessary luxury now that we live in the glory days of digital cinema, but even the harshest of critics...
These days, it’s hard to imagine that Supernatural once dominated the CW as one of the highest rated programs on television. Featuring urban-legend inspired monsters of...
I’m not sure about other folks, but conversations within my social group somehow always circle back to the subject of Batman. It’s not that we’re all...
I’ve always been fascinated by early-internet horror. Before the rise of Slender Man, Creepypastas, and spooky YouTube videos, most people got their occasional dose of online scares...
Out of all Stephen King adaptations, I’m not sure why Children of the Corn is the franchise with the most sequels under its belt. Don’t get...
One of my favorite Lovecraftian tropes is having a group of reasonable scientists driven to paranoia after confronting some logic-defying (if not entirely madness-inducing) element of...
Whether or not you’re a fan of big programs like The Walking Dead or American Horror Story, you’ve got to admit that we’re living in a...
Any cat owner can tell you that felines are fickle (yet lovable) creatures with fluffy little minds of their own. The mysterious and independent nature of...
When Troy Wagner and Joseph Delage first uploaded Entry #1 onto their Youtube Channel back in June of 2009, they couldn’t possibly have imagined the impact...
As the wild year of 2017 draws to a close and families all around the globe gather to celebrate the holiday season, we horror fans are...
Over the years, Found-Footage films have become almost unanimously associated with supernatural horror. When most people think of the sub-genre, Paranormal Activity and The Blair Witch...
While Christophe Gans’ Silent Hill is certainly one of the better video-game adaptations out there, Silent Hill: Revelations did its best to shatter any hopes of...
A couple of years ago I wrote an editorial defending the much-maligned found-footage sub-genre, making the argument that these movies are conceptually similar to epistolary story-telling...
It’s hard to believe that we’re already at the fifth installment of the Sharknado franchise, and the series still hasn’t shown any sign of slowing down....
Mothers going above and beyond the call of parental duty in order to protect their families from terrifying forces isn’t anything new in the horror genre...
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...
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