horror movies
Why Theatrical Horror is Still Important in the Streaming Age
Film is a rapidly changing medium. This isn’t surprising, really. It’s still relatively new. Something that’s been around for barely over a hundred years is going to find itself c...
Seven Movies With Unexpectedly Great Scores
We can all immediately bring to mind the classic horror movie scores, from John Carpenter’s score for Halloween, to Goblin’s Suspiria, to Philip Glass’s hauntingly beautiful music...
Why It’s Okay to Not Get Certain Movies
Everyone has their favorite horror movies, so it’s only natural that people have their least favorites as well. Sometimes it might not even come down to that. Sometimes it’s just the fac...
“It’s Just a Game:” The Meta Weirdness of Hellraiser Hellworld
The Hellraiser sequels are a bit of a mixed bag. While the second is hopefully still considered something of a classic—not as much as it used to be, certainly—the third seems to div...
Five Great Movies Directed by Make-Up Artists
Make-up artists and special effect teams are crucial to the horror world. They’re the people that really make the nightmares come true. They’re the people that make the monster...
How Halloween 6 Proved Too Much Backstory is a Bad Thing
After the release of the Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers Producer’s Cut, the masses finally had the chance to see the elusive version few had ever laid eyes on. The cut had been notorious...
Five Reasons Tom McLoughlin Needs More Love
A lot of people make their living directing horror movies. But they don’t always get the name recognition of John Carpenter, Wes Craven, Tobe Hooper or George Romero, even if they’re ver...
Seven Most Memorable Sidekicks in Horror
I tend to get attached to characters in horror movies. When something is well written or well acted, if I’m engaged enough I’ll find myself thinking too deeply into this fictional person...
Seven Horror Movies Filmed in the Last Place You’d Expect
Filmmaking is a funny thing. Los Angeles is the epicenter of movie production, but a lot of projects can’t afford to film there. And even when films do shoot there, it’s ...