Editorials
How The Internet Could Do To Horror What it Did To The Music and Adult Film Industries
A few weeks back, I read an article about the effects the Internet has had on the music industry, and I was surprised. I knew that CD sales were down significantly, but the idea that they have al...
A Response to The New Republic: In Defense of Horror Fans
I’m writing this primarily as a fan. I have loved the genre as long as I can remember and it means the world to me. This article, which comes from The New Republic, points out all the dangerous compon...
Editorial: Why You Should Resolve to Stop Being a Troll in 2015
I am jumping on my soapbox for a minute to discuss something I can’t quite wrap my head around: The nasty tendencies brought out in people by the Internet. Gamergate brought Internet trolls to t...
From The Thing To The Deadly Spawn: Whatever Happened to Aliens as Movie Monsters?
Sure, aliens pretty much hold a corner on the market in the science fiction genre, but they have also been a mainstay of the horror genre since its inception. Of course, the biggest surge in movies ab...
Editorial – Why House (1977) is an Under Appreciated Classic
[soliloquy id=”12435″] When the conversation shifts to mind-bending, logic defying, grindhouse classics, House (1977) is the first film I think of. It is a fever dream combined with an aci...
Editorial – How the Giallo Helped Shape the Face of the Modern Slasher
[soliloquy id=”11940″] I spent the entire weekend binging on some of my favorite Italian horror films and today felt inspired to put together a piece exploring the influence of the giallo ...
Why Argento’s Inferno is an Underrated and Intelligent Sequel
Dario Argento’s pseudo-sequel to Suspiria is a gem but it is often overlooked or outright dismissed when the conversation turns to the director’s classic works. Inferno is a beautifully ph...
Editorial – Why Independent Film is the Future of the Horror Genre
[soliloquy id=”11276″] I’ve held the assertion that the future of horror cinema is in the hands of indie filmmakers for some time now. And I wanted to take a moment to share my thou...
Editorial – In Defense of the Remake
Remakes get a bad rap from horror fans and that’s not entirely without due cause. With Cabin Fever poised to be remade from the exact same script as the 2002 original, a lot of genre film fans a...
