Soft & Quiet opens with the character Emily (Stefanie Estes) crying over another negative pregnancy test inside a restroom stall. Naturally viewers might feel sorry for...
Horror movies like Deep Fear take place underground, and they are often the most effective as far as compelling scares go. They evoke a fear that everyone...
Tubi’s October event “Terror on Tubi” comes to a close with one last new movie, though after watching A Party to Die For, you’ll likely feel...
Conventional vampires may not be native to classic Japanese folklore, but they eventually entered modern culture starting in the early 20th century. And today these creatures...
“Let’s murder her!” What started out as a morbid joke among friends is now dangerously real in the 1993 book Halloween Night. A simple class assignment...
Extreme haunts aren’t for the faint of heart. Over the years, these gonzo attractions have developed a reputation for roughing up their brave visitors and subjecting...
It’s that time of year again when folks put out scary decorations and pumpkins, fill bowls with candy, and don costumes to blend in with the...
The 1980s cultivated a sense of paranoia — all sides of the media played into the idea of being spied on. Then something happened in the...
The 1980 movie Terror Train avoided the remake treatment during the 2000s, a time when retro slashers were being modernized one after the other. While a...
The Point Horror line made every day feel like Halloween, but the Scholastic series had only a few books specifically set around the October holiday. The...
With cannibalism being strictly verboten, most filmmakers understandably approach the topic with gravity. Meanwhile, Fabrice Eboué’s Some Like It Rare (originally Barbaque) prefers to be irreverent. The only...
Horror has a tendency to depict older folks as weak and vulnerable; they’re easy prey for a fast monster or a wanton murderer. On the genre’s...
To most people, October 31 means Halloween. To Samantha Genetti, it’s her birthday. The protagonist of Halloween Party is turning seventeen soon, and her friends are...
No movie fundamentally changed the horror genre as much as the original Halloween. The Shape’s iconic debut inspired — and continues to inspire — countless other...
“Imperiled women” thrillers have changed a lot since their early days, but no matter how much they’ve evolved, they always seem to start with a woman...
During a pivotal moment in Incident at Loch Ness, Zak Penn repeats something Werner Herzog supposedly once told him: “Cinema is lies.” This comes after the...
The West has a tendency to lump horror from East and Southeast Asia into one basic but limiting category. Because of this, someone might write off...
The Scooby Gang can’t take a step without running into some kind of villain; they’re constantly chased by things that go bump in the night. Ever...
Because Buffy the Vampire Slayer debuted in the Spring of 1997, there was no Halloween episode in the first season. However, Simon and Schuster’s series of...
The antagonistic ghost of Patayin Sa Sindak Si Barbara (Frighten Barbara to Death) refuses to go in peace. In this 1995 remake of the 1974 cult...
Christopher Pike knows his way around death, but how the author approaches the act of mortality in The Midnight Club is unique, even for him. In...
“Nix” can mean two things in German. Aside from being the word for “nothing,” it’s also the name of a creature from local folklore. This play...
The 2000 hit Bring It On was turned into a franchise after doing well at the box office and earning a place among other iconic teen...
There are typically three destinations for a short horror film. Most of the time, they stay short and sweet. Another common outcome for these quick flicks...
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