Editorials
Why Blaxploitation Cinema Was Not Necessarily Bad for the Black Community
When it comes to Blaxploitation cinema, most people either love it or hate it. I have always been a fan, particularly Blaxploitation horror. I love the ingenuity of the storylines and the fi...
Why The Omen Franchise Does Not Get the Love it Deserves
With the TV series Damien around the corner, there’s no better time to revisit the classic franchise on which it’s based. The Omen is, of course, a classic horror film. People love it. I...
Why the Paranormal Activity Franchise Owes us One More Film
The Paranormal Activity franchise should not be allowed to get away with this. Oren Peli’s premise for the original Paranormal Activity was very simple: It focused on the story of a couple ...
The Exorcist and Satanic Ritual Abuse
It is a natural human instinct to fear the unknown. Fearing the dark corners of caverns, or a strange animal species, in the first moments of human existence kept the species alive and away from dange...
Worshiping Monsters: America’s Obsession with Serial Killers
In American pop culture, there are certain names of famous–or, sometimes more accurately, infamous–people who are household names across the nation. People like Rihanna, Jon Stewart, and L...
Why Action Films are a Close Cousin to Horror Films
When thinking about the other types of films that horror fans would be attracted to, it’s probably safe to say that action movies are one of them. I’ve been watching a lot of action f...
Why The Crow Shouldn’t be Remade (But Why I’d Still Like Another Crow Movie)
I love The Crow. I’ve loved it, bizarrely enough, ever since childhood. Sure, most people discover it as an angsty teenager and I definitely embraced it during that time as well, but as a kid I...
Nostalgia in the Aisles: What Made Video Stores so Special (And Why We Mourn Them)
As an avid connoisseur of film, as someone who lives and breathes cinema, Blu-ray is excellent. Films I thought that only I loved are getting the HD treatment I never thought they would get. Thanks to...
Why Video Games are the Next Step in Getting Your Horror Fix!
Horror movies are already an obscure genre within the traditional word of cinema. Personally, I spend more time defending films like The Blair Project and Cloverfield than titles from any ot...