Kong: Skull Island dominated the box office this past weekend and seemed to generate some pretty positive response. While previous incarnations of Kong—at least in America—have more or less focused on...
Body horror is as endlessly fascinating as it is uncomfortable. When we think of body horror, we tend to think of movies about the body breaking down and becoming something else, being transformed by ...
We all love a good creature feature. The bigger the better. And luckily, giant monsters are back in style. In just the last few years we’ve had Pacific Rim, Godzilla and now Kong: Skull Island. With t...
Primarily, horror films are escapism. They’re meant to be entertainment. For the most part, they do that. We’re sucked into a worst-case scenario, but one that’s heightened and stylized so that we’re ...
For seven years, Buffy the Vampire Slayer gave us amazing television week after week. I was immediately drawn to the series because of my love of the 1992 film, yet what I got with the show was someth...
In many ways, Buffy created modern genre television. It originated a template that has become the standard in the twenty years since the show premiered. A season centering on a singular storyline, bre...
Friday the 13th is one of the biggest franchises in movie history, horror or otherwise. It’s spawned twelve films to date, a television series, a Nintendo game, action figures, T-shirts and so much mo...
Real life, unfortunately, will always be more terrifying than the movies. There are plenty of people in history, even recent history, who have done all manner of unspeakable things. Some get away with...
With the Oscars coming on this evening, we’re taking a look back at horror films that should have been nominated for Best Picture and weren’t. It’s no secret that the genre has a history of being snub...