horror movies
Why Child’s Play 3 Deserves More Love Than it Gets
Child’s Play is pretty well regarded as one of the major horror franchises. It ranks right up there with A Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween and Friday the 13th. Chucky is a worldwide icon and...
Why The People Under the Stairs is Still Relevant
Wes Craven is known for his classic films in the genre, things like A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Last House on the Left and Scream, and is also known for the ones that didn’t turn out so good...
Back to the ’80s: The Stepfather
Welcome to Back to the ’80s. This recurring feature aims to take a look at the good, the bad, and the ugly from horror’s most beloved decade. Regardless of which category a particular fi...
Nat’s Five (Additional) Picks to Watch on Halloween
We all have certain things that we love to watch around the Halloween season, if not on the day itself. Sometims they’re the movies that best represent the holiday for us, some have nostal...
Script to Pieces: Carpenter and Etchison’s Halloween 4
Welcome to Script to Pieces, a recurring feature at Wicked Horror where we look at the best, most interesting and at times most unbelievable horror movies that never happened. Sometimes...
What Made Michael Myers Such a Perfectly Simple Villain in the Original Halloween
There’s no denying, especially this time of year, that Halloween is an iconic and revered classic. It’s one of the most highly regarded horror films of all time. It’s not an effor...
Why Critters is an Unexpected but Highly Effective Home Invasion Movie
Critters came around at an interesting time. It’s often cited as being a total rip-off of Gremlins—and you can kind of get that from the title. But other than a montage of the little mon...
Brian Yuzna Returns With New Horror Movie ‘The Plastic Surgeon’
Bride of Re-Animator, Society, Return of the Living Dead 3 and The Dentist director Brian Yuzna should be well-known to fans of ’80s horror. In addition to his features as directo...
Why Deader is the Diamond in the Rough of the Latter Hellraiser Sequels
There was a time when Hellraiser was on the fast track to be the biggest, most imaginative, most sophisticated franchise of all time. The first two films are a one-two punch of not only great storytel...