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Why Paranormal Activity Might Not be to Blame for the Found Footage Boom

Found footage movies keep on coming. They seem to be finally dying down, perhaps, but it’s a small dent in the boom that has persisted over the past several years. Everyone blames Paranorm...

Late Phases poster.

Exploring Why Audiences Fell Out of Love With Practical FX

In the 1980’s, makeup effects artists like Tom Savini, Stan Winston, Dick Smith, Kevin Yagher, Rick Baker and Rob Bottin were the superstars of the industry. In the 1990’s, it was KNB. Y...

Neve Campbell. Ti West. Character videos - MTV Scream series. Scream Television Series

Why The Scream TV Series Could Work

The Scream TV series, premiering this June on MTV, could be an absolute failure. There are a lot of ways it could not work. This isn’t really a secret and, in regards to the show, it’s a...

Pinhead in Hellraiser: Bloodline

We Had Such Sights to Show You: A Eulogy for Pinhead

Today is the release of The Scarlet Gospels, something that should excite most horror fans. This is it. This is the final Hellraiser story and it has been delivered full circle by original creator Cli...

Poster for Uwe Boll's House of the Dead

Why I Stopped Using the Phrase “Guilty Pleasure”

Guilty pleasure. It’s a phrase that is commonly used by horror fans to explain away our reasoning for liking a film that we think we shouldn’t. But I’m starting to think that–e...

Dracula Untold Cover art.

Why Universal’s Upcoming Monster Slate Is Doomed From the Start

It’s always been a dream of mine to one day see the Universal classic monsters return to dominate the screen. Van Helsing tried to do this, but failed spectacularly. The Mummy franchise brought...

Wes Craven - Whatever happened to the masters of horror ?

Whatever Happened to the Masters of Horror?

It’s a legitimate question. When it comes to the modern masters of horror, we all know their names: John Carpenter, Wes Craven, Clive Barker, George Romero, Joe Dante, Stuart Gordon, Dario Arge...

Cover for the Hellraiser comic book

How the Hellraiser Comics Helped Expand the Mythology

When a title becomes embraced by a wide audience, when it becomes a franchise and people begin to get attached to it, it expands in ways the creators never imagined. It’s more obvious with thin...

After Remakes: The Current Trend of the Red Herring Reboot

Remakes were the trend of the 2000s. Found footage didn’t hit the mainstream until later. Asian ghost stories fizzled out around 2005, but from 2003 to 2009 remakes were coming out in increasin...