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Bride of Reanimator

Why ‘Bride of Re-Animator’ Works as a Stylish Sendup of the First

Stuart Gordon’s Re-Animator is, easily, one of the best horror comedies of the 1980s. A worthy follow-up to that seemed nearly impossible, in part because the movie is so great and in part because it ...

Five Moments from Licensed Horror Comics You Have to See to Believe

Once a horror movie becomes a franchise, it opens itself up to a brand new world of merchandising possibilities. Fans will be able to wear all manner of apparel, from T-shirts down to shoes. The more ...

Script to Pieces: House of Re-Animator

Welcome to Script to Pieces, a recurring feature at Wicked Horror where we look at the best, most interesting and at times most unbelievable horror movies that never happened. Sometimes these will be ...

A Very Good Head on His Shoulders: Revisiting Re-Animator

The best adaptation of the works of H.P. Lovecraft to date and simply one of the best horror comedies ever made, Re-Animator is classic splatter movie cinema. It’s quirky, gorgeous splatter slap...

Herbert West from 1985's Re-Animator.

Is Re-Animator: Evolution Actually A Remake?

Last week, we brought you the rather exciting (depending on who you talk to) news that there’s finally another Re-Animator sequel on the way for real. The flick is reportedly set to star genre s...

Herbert West from 1985's Re-Animator.

Re-Animator Sequel On The Way Next Year?

There’s scarcely a horror fan alive who doesn’t count Re-Animator as a personal favourite, let alone a stone-cold classic of the genre. Rumours of sequels, spin-offs and reboots have been around for y...

Machine Head

Cult Corner: Machine Head (2000)

[soliloquy id=”20411″] Welcome to Cult Corner where we dive through the bargain bins to determine if a movie is trash or treasure. Today’s pick… Michael Leonard Murphey’s Machi...

Doctor Frankenstein giving his creature life.

Ten Memorable Mad Scientists

One could actually say that the roots for the mad scientist character trope lay way back in Greek mythology. It seems like an unlikely garden for such a thing to grow from, but craftsman Daedalus cert...