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The Boy Who Lived: What Makes Tommy Jarvis a Fan-Favorite Horror Hero
Michael Myers has Doctor Loomis. Freddy Krueger has Nancy Thompson. And Jason Voorhees has Tommy Jarvis. The difference here is that while most heroes originate in the same film as the villain, we don...
The Strange Matter That Time Forgot – A Retrospective On The Lost and Unpublished Aspects of the YA Horror Franchise
While I was working on my interview with Marty Engle and Johnny Ray Barnes Jr. on their book series, Strange Matter, they shared information on several titles which were advertised but never drafted. ...
‘Hocus Pocus’ Is A Better Halloween Movie Than ‘Halloween’
Hocus Pocus is the greatest Halloween movie of all time. It might also actually be the greatest movie of all time, but that vote hasn’t taken place yet and only my vote counts anyway so whatever...
‘The Haunting of Hill House’ Remains Perfect Five Years On From Release
A lot can happen in five years. Personally, I went from a youngish guy with tons of dreams and aspirations, to being five years older with those exact same dreams and aspirations. My point is that tim...
Welcome to Nevermore: Interview with Author Tyler Miller On His New Horror Series For Young Adults
The market for young adult horror series experienced a revitalization on the edge of the 2010s. Alongside the return of R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps in the form of the HorrorLand series, publishers ...
The Not So Walking Dead: Reflecting on ‘Crossed’
Since 2003 The Walking Dead has a been pop culture phenomena. In 2010 the television series would air, infecting a much wider audience. Social issues and humanity at its worst has been the founda...
Even Report: Shaqtoberfest is Not for the Faint of Heart
October has arrived. As Halloween approaches, fans of the spooky season can find any number of fun and exciting things to do to celebrate. A new tradition, Shaqtoberfest, is upon us for its sophomore ...
‘The Jester’ Writer/Director Colin Krawchuk Talks Adapting Viral Short Films for the Big Screen [Exclusive]
Evil never sleeps.. This Halloween season, we have a demonic nun (The Nun II), a possessed child (The Exorcist) murderous animatronic mascots (Five Nights at Freddys), and an evil Jester entity (The J...
‘Campfire Tales’ is an Unexpectedly Great Anthology (That No One Remembers)
The ‘80s is sort of remembered as the heyday of horror anthology films, giving us classics like Creepshow 1 & 2, Twilight Zone: The Movie, From a Whisper to a Scream, Cat’s Eye, and ...