Retrospectives
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, ...
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...
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...
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...
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, e...
Tiny Terrors: Remembering McFarlane’s Movie Maniacs
I was a monster kid dating back to my earliest memories. I loved the Universal Monsters from pretty much first sight. By the first grade, my friends had already introduced me to the new wave of h...
Dawn of the Dead Painted the Perfect Picture of a Consumer Apocalypse
George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead was an absolutely revolutionary horror picture. It was made for no money but you wouldn’t know that by looking at it. And people latched onto i...
I’m Loving IT: Seven Best Moments from the 1990 Miniseries
In my excitement for the upcoming film adaptation of It, it has definitely appeared to some readers that I’ve come down pretty hard on the 1990 miniseries. But that simply comes out of my love ...