As someone who watches horror movies all year round, I usually reserve the month of October for Halloween-centric movies and shows. It always bugs me when so-called “Halloween horror” lists include fl...
Franchises are a large and admittedly crucial part of the horror genre. The series that have spawned the most movies tend to resonate in people’s minds, for good or bad. Jason Voorhees, Freddy Krueger...
We all love vampires. Even if the latest teen-vampire fad has mostly come and gone, there’s a cultural fascination that will never go away. People may complain that vampires are played out and that th...
Eighteen years after the series premiered, we’re still talking about Buffy the Vampire Slayer. More than that, we’re talking about it as if it went off the air only yesterday. The show still feels inc...
Every horror fan is probably compiling together their list of the horror movies they have to watch in October to feel as though they’ve fully participated in the Halloween season. For most of us, Hall...
We don’t tend to think of aliens as creepy. They’re firmly rooted within the science fiction genre, but have made a huge mark on virtually every other genre as well. Some of the best action/adventure ...
Even the best festival line-ups have their duds, but in the case of Frightfest 2016, there were very few outright stinkers to rage over. It was an incredibly strong schedule overall, replete with soon...
Frightfest 2016 was a year for discovering new favourites, rather than drooling over big-name titles. After The Woods was removed from the line-up, the biggest draw was probably 31, which is odd consi...
Believe it or not, even when credited as having some of the best imaginations in the world, writers love to play in each others’ sandboxes. There’s a creative excitement that comes with being allowed ...