Editorials
The Final Frontier: Why Franchises Inevitably End Up in Space
Space is a confusing location for a horror feature. It’s somewhere that every franchise winds up eventually, and yet it’s somewhere that nobody really wants to go. So why does it keep ha...
Family Matters: The Contradictory Issues of the Halloween Franchise
Halloween, as a franchise, follows a fairly simple formula. Michael Myers is pretty much existing for the sole purpose of trimming his family tree. Almost every sequel sees him go after a sibling...
In Defense of Rape-Revenge Films
Through some of my writings as of late, I’ve come to discover that I have a greater concern for the way women are treated in horror films. If you call me a feminist, I’ll just sa...
Why Every Horror Fan Should Attend At Least One Convention
The experience of attending your first horror convention is unequaled. Being surrounded by all the scary and spooky things that you love, and sharing that with hundreds, maybe thousands, of other peop...
Why Hannibal and Bates Motel Work So Well
At some point in almost every horror movie franchise, there is a film that attempts to tackle the origins of the killer. It makes sense, seeing as how we’ve often wondered just what set the...
How The Internet Could Do To Horror What it Did To The Music and Adult Film Industries
A few weeks back, I read an article about the effects the Internet has had on the music industry, and I was surprised. I knew that CD sales were down significantly, but the idea that they have al...
A Response to The New Republic: In Defense of Horror Fans
I’m writing this primarily as a fan. I have loved the genre as long as I can remember and it means the world to me. This article, which comes from The New Republic, points out all the dangerous...
Editorial: Why You Should Resolve to Stop Being a Troll in 2015
I am jumping on my soapbox for a minute to discuss something I can’t quite wrap my head around: The nasty tendencies brought out in people by the Internet. Gamergate bro...
From The Thing To The Deadly Spawn: Whatever Happened to Aliens as Movie Monsters?
Sure, aliens pretty much hold a corner on the market in the science fiction genre, but they have also been a mainstay of the horror genre since its inception. Of course, the biggest surge in movies ab...