Retrospectives
Valley Vamp: Why the Buffy Movie Deserves a Fair Shot
Buffy the Vampire Slayer has an amazing, loyal rabid fanbase that has not faltered or declined even though the show has been off the air for thirteen years. Thanks to DVD and streaming services like N...
Bloody Moon Is A Vintage Horror With Top Notch Gore
Bloody Moon opens with a disfigured man named Miguel. From the start, you can’t help but feel sorry for him. Not only is he sexually frustrated, but he’s also misconceived. Due to the disf...
Revisiting The Hills Have Eyes Remake Ten Years Later
As I think I’ve made clear during my time writing at Wicked Horror, I am an avid fan of Wes Craven. Most of his films work for me, even a few of the features that were notoriously panned by cri...
25 Years Later… Looking Back at the Two Least Worst Howling Sequels
There are horror franchises that are beloved and then there are beloved horror movies that have spawned franchises. Friday the 13th, for example, is a beloved franchise—perhaps more than it is ...
Reassessing the Situation: Revisiting The Frighteners 20 Years Later
The Frighteners wasn’t a huge hit when it was first released. Audiences at the time didn’t really know what to make of it. It was horror, but it was comedy, and it was straddling both ge...
Deathdream and the Horrors of War
Most people have probably heard the tale of “The Monkey’s Paw” in one form or another. The 1902 short story by W. W. Jacobs revolves around a mysterious monkey’s paw with t...
Why Tobe Hooper’s Invaders from Mars is So Much Fun In Spite of Itself
People love to complain about remakes. It’s the go-to complaint of the modern horror fan. But even those people, hopefully, would admit that the 1980s was a great time for remakes, particularly...
Why Happy Birthday to Me is as Much a Giallo as it is a Slasher
In the early ‘80s, slasher movies were in full bloom. Everyone was doing their best to follow up the success of Friday the 13th and Halloween. Every single calendar date was getting i...
Why The Descent Still Scares Us Over Ten Years Later
In 2001, Scottish director Neil Marshall released Dog Soldiers, a much needed film that breathed fresh life into the werewolf sub-genre. While it had its U.S. premiere on the Sci-Fi (now SyFy) Channel...