horror movies
Seven Old-School Werewolves That Still Hold Up
I love werewolf movies. They’re easily one of my favorite sub-genres in horror. But they’re so hard to get right and at times that makes loving them so, so frustrating. There are a lot o...
Why Warlock Doesn’t Get the Attention it Deserves
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: there are some really underrated horror directors out there, and then there’s Steve Miner. If he is not the most underrated in terms of ...
Eight of the Most Intriguing Horror Movies of 2017
2016 was a great year for horror. It really was. That was the first time in year’s I’d had to leave movies I genuinely enjoyed off of my year-end Top 10 list. In fact, for a few years I ...
How New York Ripper Stretched the Limits of Giallo
The New York Ripper is without a doubt one of Italian maestro Lucio Fulci’s most brutal, controversial films. It has the same structure and setup as a gialli, but is very different from what we...
How Dario Argento’s Opera Explores the Dark Side of Showbusiness
Opera is Dario Argento’s modern update on The Phantom of the Opera. More than that though, it is representative of the film industry and the nature of show business as a whole. It can even be s...
How The Burning Beat Friday the 13th At its Own Game
After the success of Halloween, Sean Cunningham—in attempt to recreate that success—directed Friday the 13th. From there, the slasher craze of the early 1980’s was born. Movies li...
Script to Screen – How Gremlins Became the Ultimate Family Horror Movie
Gremlins is widely regarded as one of the most beloved horror-tinged family films of all time. It’s a fun, exciting adventure movie as well as a holiday classic. Of course, it has its suspensef...
Why Terror Train is a Much Better New Year’s Horror Than New Year’s Evil
Horror fans love to watch movies set around a certain time of year. Even if those films are terrible, we give them a go. For every Black Christmas and Silent Night, Deadly Night there’s a Jack ...
Script to Pieces: Guillermo Del Toro’s At the Mountains of Madness
One of the most endearing stories from the revered H.P. Lovecraft, At the Mountains of Madness is a story that horror fans have long dreamed of seeing on the screen. At the length of a novella, it...