Top 10 Lists
10 Witty Horror Movies as Funny as They Are Scary
Horror comedies are extremely hard to pull off. Yet, despite that, comedy and horror are more entwined than any two other genres. Both of them completely come down to timing. Setting up a scare and se...
Ten of the Most Chilling Settings in Horror
One of the most obvious parts of the filmgoing experience is the presentation of images given to the audience. Many factors contribute to the scare factor in a horror film, such as sound, acting, tens...
Ten of the Most Memorable Killer Creatures in Horror Movies
Throughout the history of horror movies, all different species of animals have bucked back against humanity. But rarely do these creatures succeed in the end. Human vs. creature is the simplest of mov...
Five Great Easter Eggs Hidden in Horror Movies
Filmmakers love to reference other filmmaker’s work, and this is especially true in the horror genre. The Scream franchise is built upon movie references and in-jokes. It ushered in an age of m...
Nat Brehmer’s Top 10 Horror Movies of 2022
This has been the hardest year for coming up with a top 10 list that I can remember, and it’s definitely not because I struggled to find favorites. We have seen some greats in recent years, but...
Ranking Nine of the Best Exorcism Scenes in Horror Movies
Exorcisms in horror movies and exorcisms in real life are quite different. In real life, they look a lot like this. In movies, they can be extremely overdramatic, it’s like an epic battle scene...
Frightening Moments from Mainstream Kids Movies That Traumatized Us for Life
Kids movies are great. As cinephiles, they’re the first titles we fall in love with, even if many of them are far from perfect. Some of them, though, are great and still hold up when you w...
Ten Movies That Desperately Tried to Create the Next Freddy Krueger
The success of 1984’s A Nightmare on Elm Street led to its antagonist becoming one of the most ubiquitous pop culture figures in film history. Considering the merchandising bonanza that Freddy ...
Seven Horror Films With Effects Better Than the Movie Itself
As horror fans, we go crazy for practical effects. Genre output from the 1980s was rife with expertly rendered practical FX work. By the mid-’80s, the effects had become the main ...