horror films
City of the Living Dead: Fulci’s Strangest or Most Effective Movie?
Lucio Fulci did not make movies with traditional plot or character arcs. He wasn’t interested in these things. His films relied heavily on atmosphere. They showcased gory effects that woul...
How a Low-Budget 90’s Vampire Movie Predicted the Next Decade of Horror Filmmaking
[soliloquy id=”17678″] While theatrical horror was few and far between in the 1990’s, the decade marked a boom in straight-to-video genre film releases. More and more...
How Near Dark Explores the Dark Side of Family Structure
Kathryn Bigelow’s Near Dark is a horror movie about family. That does not make it a family horror movie, mind you. But its center focus is on the structure of the modern family dynamic. The pro...
How May Explores the Horrors of Becoming an Adult
Lucky McKee‘s May is occasionally referred to as Carrie for the next generation, which is a term often tacked on to horror movies with a female protagonist. Other than t...
Zak’s Top Five of 2014
2014 was a pretty good year for movies, from the bizarro space adventure that was Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy to more character driven works like Nightcrawler and Birdman I definitely saw s...
Nicola’s Top Five of 2014
2014 has been a great year for fans of horror. There has been an abundance of genre movies released that it was tricky trying to pick my top five. After much deliberation, here are my top five horror ...
Horns Does the Best it Can With Challenging Source Material
In Radcliffe’s latest efforts to distance himself from the Potter boy wizard, he turns into the Devil himself in fantasy-horror, Horns, directed by Alexandre Aja and based on the novel by Joe H...
Review: Nightbreed: The Director’s Cut
Clive Barker burst onto the horror scene with his three-volume short story collection The Books of Blood. He cemented his place as a major force in the genre with his 1987 film Hellraiser, based on hi...
Stephen King’s IT set to Shoot Next Summer!
[soliloquy id=”14425″] I was introduced to the 1990 miniseries, IT, based on the novel by Stephen King, at the tender at of six. At the time my bedroom was clown themed. Two days late...