horror movies
Why ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ Deserves Greater Acclaim
The 1990s gave us a lot of great films. From big studio releases like Silence of the Lambs, Candyman, and Jacob’s Ladder, to smaller, more obscure releases like Castle Freak, The Ugly, and Audi...
Joey’s Top 10 Horror Movies of 2023
Even with two major industry strikes raging for months, horror somehow managed to persevere. Nothing can keep our beloved little genre down – not least because most of its output doesn’t...
Five Shameless Ripoffs That Give the Original a Run for Its Money
Many people would tell you that the horror genre was destroyed by rip-offs. They’ll say they sacrifice originality, that they’re an insult to the great creators, directors, and writers w...
Seven A-List Actors and the Bit Horror Roles That Gave Them Their Start
It’s no secret, at least to horror fans, that most A-list actors got their start in lower budget horror movies. Or have at least done horror early in their career. Sometimes great actors don&#x...
How Alien Raised the Bar for Visuals in Horror
Throughout most of the 1970s, horror was very focused on realism. There was a transition period in the previous decade that moved the genre away from the Gothic Hammer films, truly cementing horror in...
Why All Directors Doing Genre Throwbacks Need to Study The Guest
I’ve been a fan of Adam Wingard since I first saw A Horrible Way to Die. I had no idea what to expect from that film, but the character work really impressed me. The buzz for You’re Next...
Eight Endings That Promised Sequels (And Didn’t Deliver)
Since the early ‘80s, it’s been tradition for any commercial horror film to try and set up a franchise. Most of them do. When we think of horror franchises, we tend to think of cornersto...
Why Werner Herzog’s ‘Nosferatu’ is Actually the Better Movie
F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu is a masterpiece of silent cinema. It’s one of the all-time great horror films. While it did not get the rights to the characters of the novel Dracula from the St...
‘The Sacrifice Game’ is a Delightfully Chilly Festive Treat [Review]
The Sacrifice Game, Jenn Wexler’s highly-anticipated follow-up to her gnarly punk rock slasher The Ranger, takes the overdone but still amusing “god forbid women have hobbies” mem...