horror movies
Six Horror Movies That Don’t Start Out as Horror Movies
It’s pretty traditional for horror movies to just be horror movies from the start. It’s what’s expected. Nobody would go into a horror movie expecting it to be something else. Tra...
Sympathy for the Devil Will Make You Carsick [Review]
Even a bad Nic Cage movie is still a good Nic Cage movie. Such is the case with Sympathy for the Devil, a completely useless, plodding non-entity of a film masquerading as a thriller in which the prem...
Quicksand is a Ruthlessly Efficient Single-Location Thriller [Review]
When we were kids, quicksand seemed like an actual problem we’d have to contend with as adults and, in a way, it’s kind of disappointing that it isn’t. The quicksand featured in Q...
How ‘Halloween II’ Was Shaped by the Early Slashers (Which Were Shaped by its Predecessor)
While Halloween II is consistent with the first and is overall a very similar film, it was made in a completely different climate and that surely has an effect on the movie itself. This was made the s...
Seven Great Horror Films With an Incredibly Simple Premise
We tend to make fun of horror movies for being a little too simple or not containing much in the way of plot. But the fact is that some of the best horror movies of all time are among the most simplis...
The Hardy Boys Meet Reverend Werewolf: Why Silver Bullet’s Uncle Red is an Unsung Horror Hero
Silver Bullet is easily one of the most underrated adaptations of Stephen King’s work. There are those who saw the movie when they were younger and list it not only as a favorite adaptation, but...
Seven Horror Reference Books Every Fan Should Read
There’s a great point during the process of becoming a horror fan where you begin to get this urge to see everything. Whatever you hear about, you want to track down. But after that passes, the...
10 Years Later, ‘Hatchet 3’ Remains One of the Most Entertaining Horror Threequels
For Hatchet 3, series creator Adam Green handed the directing reins over to his camera operator from the previous two movies, BJ McDonnell, while retaining the sole screenwriting credit. It was a smar...
Why ‘Assault on Precinct 13’ is a Classic Horror Movie (Without Actually *Being* a Horror Movie)
Assault on Precinct 13 is John Carpenter’s sophomore effort. Before this, his only feature film had been Dark Star, co-written and co-starring Dan O’Bannon. Yet even though Dark Star sur...