horror movies
Passing the Torch: Great Producing Ventures from Famous Horror Directors
We all love the masters of terror around these parts. John Carpenter, Wes Craven, Tobe Hooper, George Romero, Dario Argento, Roger Corman and so on and so forth. These are names we hold in high regard...
Eight Horror Movies That Borrowed from Iconic Films
Nothing is ever entirely original. That’s not a bad thing and that doesn’t cheapen any of the content we watch and love. But storytelling has been around for thousands of years and most ...
Seven ‘Badass’ Horror Characters (Who Actually Aren’t)
There are certain character tropes that are prevalent in the horror genre. You have your final girls, you have your comic relief, stoners, and then you’ve got your badass alpha male heroes. Som...
‘The Exorcism’ Works Because of Russell Crowe [Review]
When the poster for The Exorcism first dropped, a certain sect of horror fans was positively gleeful about the fact that Russell Crowe had ostensibly made the same movie twice, in quick succession. Ho...
Seven DTV Horror Movies Way Better Than They Should Have Been
It’s a pretty standard idea that straight to video is the bottom of the barrel for horror films. Of course, things are different now. In the VOD era, filmmakers would kill for a straight to vid...
The Intensity of High Tension: A Look at Plagiarism in Horror
In a time of remakes, reboots, re-imaginings and so forth, the genre fan has a narrowed selection in terms of originality. This debatable lack of creativity divides audiences on a regular basis. Wheth...
Why ‘Evil Dead II’ is Not a Remake of the First
Evil Dead II is a very similar movie to the first in terms of setting and plot. The sequel opens with a bit of backstory on the Book of the Dead. Said book would not be referred to as the Necronomicon...
Jason Voorhees Has Been Played by These Actors [Men Behind the Mask]
Unlike his nemesis Freddy Krueger, Jason has never had much of a consistent portrayal on film. Sure, for awhile there it seemed things had changed. But now we’re back right where we started, wi...
Why ‘Project: Metalbeast’ is Top-Notch Schlock (And Should be Remembered)
Most people reading this have probably never heard of Project: Metalbeast. That’s not a criticism of the horror community. There are so many forgotten gems. And plenty of people who have seen t...