Retrospectives
Cemetery Man: The Lost Art of Stream of Conscious Horror
In Cemetery Man (aka Dellamorte Dellamore) Rupert Everett stars as Francisco Dellamorte, caretaker of a graveyard with the ultimate catch: the dead buried in the cemetery come back. Every single one o...
Return of the Living Dead 3 is a Criminally Underrated Zombie Film (Here’s Why)
In the name alone, Return of the Living Dead 3 sounds like a horror movie worth avoiding. Sure, Return of the Living Dead is a heralded cult classic, but how much room to grow is there in a franchise ...
Fulci’s The Beyond is a Surrealist Masterpiece
Lucio Fulci was never a very linear director. His films—be they giallo, zombie or otherwise—rarely had anything resembling a straightforward plot. They worked despite these things, and in some cases b...
Mary Shelley’s Timecop: The Bizarre Fun of Frankenstein Unbound
Frankenstein is to this day one of the most frequently adapted fictional stories of all time. Despite its science fiction core, there’s something timeless about it. As long as death exists, the book w...
Why Project: Metalbeast is Top-Notch Schlock (And Should be Remembered)
Most people reading this probably don’t remember or have ever heard about Project: Metalbeast. That’s not a criticism of the horror community. There are so many forgotten gems. And plenty of people wh...
How Dog Soldiers Separated Itself from Classic Werewolf Tropes
Dog Soldiers just turned fifteen years old last week. In that time since its release, it has proven itself to be one of the better, more beloved werewolf flicks of the modern era. It’s not like it has...
Maniac Cop Still Holds Up Impossibly Well: Here’s Why!
When you simply want to kick off an article by saying Maniac Cop rules, that’s the first sign that a movie still holds up better than anyone expected it to. Before even going into the story itself, th...
I Thought You Outgrew Superstition: Why Laurie Strode is a Cross-Generational Heroine
Laurie Strode in the original Halloween is often referred to as the quintessential final girl. The problem is that she’s not always referred to as such in the most positive context. For some, even fan...
Tenebrae Explores a Writer’s Greatest Fear
Dario Argento is one of the all-time masters of horror. No matter how much the quality of work has fallen in recent years, when he was in his prime he was nigh unbeatable. While Suspiria and Deep Red ...
