The ratio of heroes and protagonists in horror tends to favor women by a wide margin. We celebrate final girls like Laurie Strode, Nancy Thompson, Ellen...
When it comes to summer-themed horror, most revolve around summer camp or camping in general. There are countless slashers and supernatural horror films set around cabins...
There’s perhaps no two genres more closely aligned than horror and comedy. Both serve the purpose of eliciting a physical response from the viewer, and both...
Other than “dinosaurs,” I no longer know what there is to like about the Jurassic Park franchise, especially after Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. There was a...
Sergio Martino is a director that I’ve barely started to get familiar with over the last year or so. I talked about this when I reviewed...
In the prime days of video rental stores, films could live or die by their cover box art. Particularly movies that were direct-to-video, with more limited...
In Konami’s Silent Hill 3, we got what some fans feel was “the last good Silent Hill game”. But at the same time, it’s also often...
There’s been a lot of talk over the last few weeks about the idea of the “Final Girl” and what it means to the horror genre....
Love or hate Lars von Trier, you have to admire his ability to take criticism. One of the worst traits in some filmmakers is their inability...
Shane Black has made a name for himself by pioneering the buddy/action picture with films like Lethal Weapon and The Last Boy Scout. His newest movie looks to expand his usual...
No twin is identical. The Orchard has acquired Rabbit, which marks the feature debut of one of Australia’s leading new filmmakers, writer/director Luke Shanahan. The well-reviewed psychological thriller is...
Can we change the title to “Master and Commander: The Far Side of John Carpenter’s The Thing“? Disclaimer: I have seen the entirety of The Terror,...
The biggest horror news of last week sadly paved way for the biggest horror news of this week, with this past Friday’s cancellation of “Ash vs....
Before Ridley Scott took his Alien franchise back and ran it into the ground, Neill Blomkamp had been developing a direct sequel to James Cameron‘s 1986...
10 years ago today, Carter Smith‘s (Jamie Marks is Dead) film adaptation of Scott Smith‘s* (A Simple Plan, no relation to Carter) novel The Ruins was released in theaters...
The jump scare often gets a bad rap in horror. It can be perceived as a cheap gimmick or commonly overused in place of character development...
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...
With horror industry heavy hitters already in place from the 1970s, the 1980s built upon that with the rise of brilliant minds in makeup and effects...
From the late ‘80s to the early ‘90s, killer dolls were a trend in horror that I couldn’t get enough of. From Dolls, Childs Play, and...
There’s a reason that films like The Strangers, Them, The Purge, Hush, Don’t Breathe, Funny Games, and more rank highly among horror fans; the very concept...
This year is the 25th anniversary of one of the biggest movie franchises of all time, Jurassic Park. How is Universal celebrating? Well, in a multitude...
Between cable and streaming services, the choices for horror on TV is overwhelming, and it doesn’t appear to be slowing down anytime soon. The latest seasons...
Most longtime fans of the Child’s Play franchise agreed that last year’s Cult of Chucky was another win for the long-running series, again staying true to...
When it comes to the popular franchises, there’s only so much room a writer can take when crafting a sequel so as not to draw fanbase...
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