horror films
Tragically Overbearing Parents in Horror
Parents in horror movies can be a pretty horrific lot. They are prone to abuse and mistreat their children. Whether it’s emotional or physical, it’s probably present more often than not....
‘A Nightmare On Elm Street 4’: How Freddy Became The Pop Culture Boogeyman
A Nightmare on Elm Street was a success that spread through word of mouth. It was made for very little money and was released on a limited number of screens. A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 was a hit in c...
Seven Stephen King Adaptations That Totally Nail the Author’s Style
Stephen King is a very cinematic writer, which has led him to be one of the most adapted authors in history. He tends to take a simple premise and let it unfold in a way that only he can. Many adaptat...
Making a Killing: Eight Horror Movies That Beat the Odds and Slayed at the Box Office
Horror movies are more of a money making genre than most people realize. It’s always thought of as a niche thing. Most of the people you talk to will say that the genre just isn’t for th...
Six Surprisingly Great Sci-Fi Horror Movies That Nobody Saw
The science fiction and horror genres have always gone hand in hand, dating back even before Mary Shelley’s seminal work in both genres, Frankenstein. Many of the Gothic horrors of the nineteen...
Why ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ Deserves Greater Acclaim
The 1990s gave us a lot of great films. From big studio releases like Silence of the Lambs, Candyman, and Jacob’s Ladder, to smaller, more obscure releases like Castle Freak, The Ugly, and Audi...
‘Night Swim’ is a Melodramatic, Scare-Free Slog [Review]
In Night Swim, the always-welcome Wyatt Russell plays a father of two whose promising baseball career has been tragically cut short by an MS diagnosis. If that sounds like a surprisingly dark plot poi...
Joey’s Top 10 Horror Movies of 2023
Even with two major industry strikes raging for months, horror somehow managed to persevere. Nothing can keep our beloved little genre down – not least because most of its output doesn’t...
Five Shameless Ripoffs That Give the Original a Run for Its Money
Many people would tell you that the horror genre was destroyed by rip-offs. They’ll say they sacrifice originality, that they’re an insult to the great creators, directors, and writers w...