Features
Devil’s Backbone, Pan’s Laybrinth and Why Guillermo del Toro is Fixated on the Spanish Civil War
Different creators are attracted to different things, whether they be ideas or periods in history or even places. Stephen King has written the bulk of his works around the same small New England towns...
Why New French Extremity is One of the Most Important Movements of the Last Decade
Horror tends to move in cycles. We’ve all seen it. Things go in and out of fashion, some styles are embraced for a few years and then tossed away, anything can come back at the drop of a hat. T...
Event Report: CT HorrorFest
This weekend I got the chance to check out the second annual Connecticut HorrorFest at the Matrix Conference Center in Danbury, CT. Put on by Horror News Network, I had heard good things about last ye...
Scream Recap: Episode 4
Welcome back to our weekly Scream recap. The opening of this episode switches things up from the previous three, but that’s forgivable. Last week’s was so intense that we neede...
CT HorrorFest Costume Gallery
Having gotten the chance to check out CT HorrorFest this past Saturday, in addition to seeing the great vendors and panels I was also able to see all of the great costume designs that the communi...
Michael Peña Talks The Vatican Tapes [Exclusive]
If early reports are to be believed, Michael Peña steals pretty much every scene he’s in, in the upcoming Marvel juggernaut Ant-Man. It’s kind of become a theme with his career:...
New on Netflix
New on Netflix is a weekly feature here at Wicked Horror where we look through the newest additions to everyone’s favorite streaming service. This week continues to bring us a couple of nice tre...
How Mario Bava Set the Template for American Slashers
It’s no secret that the early slasher films were heavily influenced by the Italian giallo movies. These were very similar features, albeit slightly more sophisticated—yet gorier—v...
Not Quite Horror: ’71 (2014)
Horror is evolving as a genre. Although your local multiplex is still peppered with the usual contenders, look a bit closer at the schedule and you’ll find the latest drama, thriller, or crime ...