Top 10 Lists
Nat’s Top Five of 2014
This year surprised me in a lot of ways. Through the last decade, it was beginning to look like great horror movies were coming out during the odd-numbered years. 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2009 all offered...
Five Recent Movies That Prove the Slasher Film Isn’t Dead
The heyday of the slasher was from roughly 1981 to 1984. This is an extremely short amount of time, but there were plenty of movies that helped to define that genre well before that. Psycho, Texa...
Tyler’s Top Five of 2014
2014 has been a good year for genre film. I actually had a difficult time identifying my top five–not because there were too few titles to choose from but because there were so many that I reall...
Horror Remakes That Missed the Point of the Original
Horror movie remakes can be both good and bad simultaneously. Some reboots are wonderful technical achievements but fail at recapturing the magic of the original. Many remakes may even ...
Five Great Horror Films From Female Directors
To be blunt, there simply aren’t enough women working in horror. Female writers and directors are a rarity. That doesn’t mean that women aren’t interested in horror, far from it. ...
Ten Unconventional Takes on the Frankenstein Myth
Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein: or, the Modern Prometheus was first published in 1818, and even those who are not fans of the horror genre are familiar with the story of scientist Victor Fra...
Ten Buffy Monsters That Should Have Come Back
During its 144 episode run, Buffy the Vampire Slayer saw a lot of creatures come and go. Some were vampires, some were demons. They were all very much their own well-defined characters. While Buf...
Five Movies from 2014 That Went to Exceptionally Dark Places
Every year has its highs and lows and every year there are great horror films that go largely unnoticed. Most people will complain that the genre is becoming too mainstream and watered down. And ...