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How a Low-Budget 90’s Vampire Movie Predicted the Next Decade of Horror Filmmaking
[soliloquy id=”17678″] While theatrical horror was few and far between in the 1990’s, the decade marked a boom in straight-to-video genre film releases. More and more content was being mad...
Saturday Mournings: Drak Pack
Saturday Mournings is a recurring segment on Wicked Horror where we revisit some of the greatest horror-inspired cartoons from years past. On the inaugural installment of the segment, we are looking b...
New on Netflix
New on Netflix is a weekly feature appearing every Friday, listing all of the week’s newest additions to everyone’s favorite streaming service–and just in time for the weekend! So pop some popcorn, c...
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...
Bloody Bomer–Remembering Gorgeous Matt Bomer in AHS Freak Show
So I’m late, inexcusably late, in my American Horror Story viewing. I’m still playing catch up and have just finished episode five of Freak Show, “Pink Cupcakes”, in which the utterly gorgeous White C...
The Terrible Trials of Tales from the Crypt
When Max Gaines first began EC Comics in the 1940s, the ‘E’ stood for ‘Educational’, and the last things that he had on his mind were vampires, werewolves, and walking corpses. In fact, his premiere t...
Disaster/Artist: The Mind-Boggling Career of Tobe Hooper
Of all the masters of horror, Tobe Hooper has the most confounding career. He’s done enough to earn the title, but not enough to stand comfortably beside contemporaries like John Carpenter and Wes Cra...
Audition: Disturbing Torture Film or Black Romantic Comedy?
Audition is fairly widely regarded as one of the most disturbing Japanese horror films, if not simply one of the most disturbing horror films, worldwide. And that is a valid statement. Directed by Jap...
Why Alien 3 is the Most Unsung of the Entire Franchise
Alien 3 is a movie that gets a lot of hate. Even now, after twenty years, most people do not consider it good. Director David Fincher has gone onto stardom and numerous Academy Award nominations. He’s...
