A Nightmare on Elm Street
Everyday Nightmares: Why We’re Drawn to Suburban Horror
What’s the scariest thing about Halloween? What about A Nightmare on Elm Street? The most obvious answer to that would of course be Michael Myers and Freddy Krueger. To a degree, that’s right. B...
Horror Film Documentaries You Need to See!
The horror fan has excellent choices when it comes to documentaries about the genre. There are certain titles that examine horror films or an entire subgenre as a whole. Examples of this approach are:...
Why Dream Child is the Least Effective Nightmare on Elm Street
The Nightmare on Elm Street franchise remains, to this day, one of the most acclaimed of all time. Unlike contemporaries like Friday the 13th and Halloween, every Elm Street sequel would at least pull...
Five Death Scenes That Made Us Sad and Uncomfortable
Horror films are, in general, built on death scenes. Even movies that aren’t slashers, like The Exorcist or The Omen contain infamous and brutal scenes. While not always the case, many of the titles c...
Seven Elm-Street-Influenced Slashers That Are Extremely Fun
There are certain horror movies and franchises that tend to set the standard for their era. In the ‘70s, there were a lot of isolated exploitation pictures inspired by The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Fo...
Five Moments from Licensed Horror Comics You Have to See to Believe
Once a horror movie becomes a franchise, it opens itself up to a brand new world of merchandising possibilities. Fans will be able to wear all manner of apparel, from T-shirts down to shoes. The more ...
Five Demonic Possession Movies That Broke the Mold and Redefined the Sub-Genre
It’s easy for possession movies to fall into the same trap. Once The Exorcist was released it quickly set the template for everything that would follow. Most tales of possession, even now, follow that...
New on Netflix: March 31st, 2017
New on Netflix is a weekly feature here at Wicked Horror where we take a look at the latest additions to everyone’s favorite streaming service. It can be tough sifting through all those horror titles,...
Horror Movies You Didn’t Know Spawned Young Adult Book Series
One of the best things about being a horror fan is discovering all of the weird tie-in merchandise for your favorite movies and franchises. Many if not most of the classics have received novelizations...
