Few subgenres in horror are so maligned as the ’90s slasher. Aside from the meta-perfection of Wes Craven’s Scream, many are dismissed as toothless copycats or...
Australian horror filmmaker Jamie Blanks passed away suddenly at his home in Melbourne on Monday. He was 54. Blanks made his feature directorial debut on the...
Horror icon Robert Englund took to social media to recommended five of his horror movies to watch this Halloween season. Of course, you can also see...
Urban Legend (1998), directed by Jamie Blanks and written by Silvio Horta, tends to rank last whenever it’s stacked against the two heavyweights of the 1990s...
Screen Gems is developing a new take on ’90s slasher Urban Legend, and THR reports that Shanrah Wakefield (Killer in Red) will write the script with Gary...
There’s an ongoing debate about whether or not so-called “cult classics” can exist in the streaming era. In a world where nearly every film ever made...
“Don’t you want to be an urban legend, Nat? All your friends are now.” We heard from a friend of a friend of our roommate’s sister’s...
Before there were horror movies, there were legends. Passed down through oral tradition, our earliest ancestors created colorful fables of vengeful gods, malevolent witches, and ravenous...
If there’s one thing horror fans pride ourselves on, it’s knowledge of genre trivia. If there’s a second thing, it’s our Halloween costumes. We love the...
Robert Englund’s most famous role as Freddy Krueger in the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise only scratches the surface of his prolific career. With over 150 credits in film...
For the past two decades, Eli Roth has certainly established himself as one of the essential voices in horror. His debut feature Cabin Fever shocked audiences...
‘American Horror Stories’ hits the gas with a surprising episode that offers a fresh take on a quintessential horror classic. “This is wrong. This is all...
In this edition of The Silver Lining, we’ll be covering Stacy Title’s infamous urban legend adaptation, The Bye Bye Man. From Cropsey to Bloody Mary, several...
Writers often say that the first few pages of a screenplay are meant to hook the audience and make them pay attention to whatever comes next....
Horror contemplates in great detail how young people handle inordinate situations and all of life’s unexpected challenges. While the genre forces characters of every age to...
UK company 88 Films just brought the I Know What You Did Last Summer trilogy to Blu-ray late last year and they’re kicking off 2021 with...
Twiiiiiiiins. After checking in with the for-sure lesbians in Dario Argento’s Tenebrae and the maybe-lesbians of Jamie Babbit’s The Quiet, we’re heading back 20 years to revisit...
Announced back in February, Screen Gems is developing a new take on ’90s slasher Urban Legend, with Colin Minihan (Grave Encounters, What Keeps You Alive) writing...
Screen Gems is fast-tracking a new take on Urban Legend, this time targeting social media. The studio has set indie filmmaker Colin Minihan to write and...
We’ve learned the incredibly sad news tonight that Emmy-winning writer and producer Silvio Horta has passed away from an apparent suicide. He was just 45 years...
With many horror films being turned into TV shows in recent years, we break down which other horror classics could benefit from the same treatment. It...
Since our species first developed language, sharing ghost stories around a campfire was established as one of the most universal human experiences. Though different cultures have...
After I just watched both on VOD this weekend… Get ready to face your worst fears this November 20, 2018, when Scream Factory unleashes 90’s horror...
The ‘90s often get a bad rap with horror fans. After the numerous successful slashers and creature effects films of ‘80s, the ‘90s offered a different variety...
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