Retrospectives
Why Phantasm II Was a Bigger, Better Action Epic That Nobody Saw Coming
Phantasm was a movie that came out of nowhere in 1979 and really took people by surprise. Nobody really knew what to do with it. It was full of the kind of surrealism that only Italian filmmakers were...
How Curse of Frankenstein Did Re-Animator Before Re-Animator
Curse of Frankenstein is one of my favorite Frankenstein adaptation, but I’ll also admit that it’s one of the weirdest, aside from maybe the sci-fi exploits of Frankenstein Unbound. The story is one t...
How Friday the 13th Part III Was Almost Ruined by Its Own Gimmick
Friday the 13th Part III is one of the most beloved entries in the series canon. It’s an incredibly important feature to the overall franchise, as it is the movie where Jason Voorhees finds his hockey...
Script to Pieces: Steven Spielberg’s Night Skies (The Original Idea That Went on to Become Two of the Biggest Features of the ’80s)
Welcome to Script to Pieces! This is a recurring feature at Wicked Horror where we will be looking at the best, most interesting, and at times most unbelievable horror movies that never happened. Some...
Why Christine Brown in Drag Me to Hell Deserved Everything She Got
Sam Raimi’s Drag Me to Hell is equal parts Evil Dead and Thinner. It’s a supernatural Romani revenge story told through Raimi’s signature style. It’s over-the-top and things go insane, just the way yo...
What Made The Blair Witch Project Work (Hint: It Wasn’t the Marketing)
I will remember the marketing campaign for The Blair Witch Project as long as I live. As a kid at the dawn of the Internet age, I had never seen anything like it. This movie went out of its way to mak...
Why Elvira: Mistress of the Dark is Just Footloose With Boobs
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark is a strange movie. It’s from an era of ‘80s comedies that people tend—or try—to forget. This would be the same era that gave us Repossessed and Transylvania 6-5000, along...
Why The Zero Boys is Almost a Perfect 10
One of the best and most exciting things about being a horror fan to me is the act of discovery. The deeper you delve into the genre, the more you will find all those precious hidden gems sprinkled wi...
Not A Comedy, Not Unintentionally Funny, Just Groovy: Defending The Evil Dead As A Truly Scary Horror Movie
People love to remember The Evil Dead as being a comical kick off to the long-lasting franchise. When it’s pointed out that it’s not as played for laughs as the clearly over-the-top Evil Dead 2 and Ar...
