Some ideas are just so good that they transcend the limitations of the medium where they first appeared. The Punisher is a great example of this,...
These days, Film Noir is mostly associated with cynical private detectives and obnoxious narration, but these movies are actually deeply rooted in the horrors of German...
The distinction between myth and history is much more recent than you might initially think. For the vast majority of our existence, humankind has operated on...
We’ve covered quite a few post-apocalyptic films in previous editions of Horror Adjacent, and I think there’s a simple reason for that. No matter how light-hearted...
When it comes to revisiting the gateway horror media that haunted our youth, we often find ourselves baffled by the silly and often laughable things that...
Many of our favorite Masters of Horror actually found themselves being accidentally thrust into this position after an early genre success, with very few of them...
There’s always a risk of ending up on the wrong side of history whenever you jump on a proverbial bandwagon. For instance, Spaghetti Westerns were once...
Modern role-playing games are nearly whimsical in their depictions of magical powers and playable fantasy races, but the origins of the genre are much darker than...
Every horror fan has to start somewhere. And while some of us were immediately immersed in scary media from a young age, others were eased into...
War is hell, and it’s been that way for a very long time. However, when it comes to moviemaking, many filmmakers have difficulty portraying large scale...
The mainstream film industry seems like it’s finally ready to accept that animation can also be used to tell adult-oriented stories, but there are still very...
Whether it’s because of the character’s bat-inspired get-up or his eerie rogue’s gallery comprised of killer clowns and mutant madmen, it’s only natural that horror fans...
Despite being a storytelling staple since before the term was even coined (not to mention sparking several mass panics), real life psychopaths are exceedingly rare. It’s...
There was a time when most genre fiction was lumped together as a single collection of unserious literature by both critics and magazines. This is why...
Picture the mid-80s. The United States are halfway through the Reagan era and Sylvester Stallone has just set his sights on Paramount Pictures’ upcoming Beverly Hills...
With the release of films like Mad God and The Spine of Night (not to mention a poignant reminder by Guillermo del Toro at the 95th...
What is it with Nicolas Cage and evil cults? From the trashy thrills of his Wicker Man remake to the stylized hyper-violence of Mandy, the veteran...
It’s generally understood that science fiction stories say more about the moment in which they were written than the future that they dare to imagine. That’s...
Traditionally, movie theater walkouts are usually associated with the horror genre, with infamous cases ranging from 1973’s The Exorcist (particularly during the crucifix masturbation scene) and...
Having grown up in a religious family, Christian movie night was something that happened a lot more often than I care to admit. However, back when...
Younger comic-book fans might be surprised to learn that there was once a time when Marvel Comics was on its last legs and willing to do...
There’s an infamous anecdote about a scientist who was presenting a lecture on how earth and other celestial bodies orbit around larger bodies. When he finished...
From the infamous grandfather paradox to accidentally creating a timeline where Ned Flanders rules the world, there’s an element of existential horror to every single time...
Detective thrillers have always had one foot in the horror genre, often starring morally complex investigators forced to confront the nastiest facets of the human condition...
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