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Five Horror Director Cameos You Probably Never Noticed
Many directors are fond of appearing in their own work in some capacity or another. Given there are plenty of people who aren’t entirely familiar with what their favorite directors look like, it...
Surprising Early Jobs of Your Favorite Horror Movie Directors
Everybody starts somewhere, even your favorite horror directors. Getting into the industry is an incredibly hard thing to do. Nobody becomes a director, writer, producer, or scores any major position ...
Script to Pieces: John Landis’ American Werewolf Part II
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...
Horror Films You May Not Realize Have Won Academy Awards
There are very few horror films that have won an Academy Award. It’s rare to see a horror picture nominated and even more unusual for a horror feature to actually win. No other genre...
Frightfest 2015 Spotlight: Tales Of Halloween
With less than a month to go until Frightfest takes over the Vue in Leicester Square, Joey Keogh takes a look at some of the most-anticipated movies on this year’s jam-packed schedule. First up,...
Masters of Horror Episodes That Were Good Enough to be Features
The Showtime series Masters of Horror was one of the best anthology series in recent years. Each episode was an hour long, making them very nearly feature-length already. Some are even considered to b...
Why Twilight Zone: The Movie is One of the Most Overlooked Anthology Films
[soliloquy id=”17249″] Horror anthology films were very successful in the 1980’s in a way that they have not since been, unfortunately. Some of the best of the sub-genre came about ...
“A Different Kind of Animal”: Revisiting An American Werewolf in London
John Landis’s An American Werewolf in London is, simply put, one of the best werewolf movies ever made. Landis had already made a name for himself in comedy, directing movies that became i...
Animal Kingdom- Beasts You Wouldn’t Want As Pets
Animals are cute right? Many of us get a pet to show us love and affection at any given time. We all love a furry friend. Unless they try to eat us that is. Read on below for our top t...