Canadian Horror
Red Letter Day is an Endearingly Scrappy Little Exercise in Fear Thy Neighbor-Based Terror [Review]
With the (somewhat overblown) furor surrounding the non-release of trigger-happy horror movie The Hunt, it’s somewhat impressive that Red Letter Day is being seen at all. A kill-your-neighbor ta...
Cube is a Cerebral Character Study [Retrospective]
A group of strangers wake up inside a giant contraption. Each one of them possesses a unique characteristic or skill that can aid the group in their plight to try and escape the mechanism. But they mu...
The Changeling is a Classic and Underrated Haunted House Tale [Retrospective]
When a tragic accident costs John (George C. Scott) his wife and daughter, he believes a change of scenery will do him good. He subsequently moves from his east coast dwelling to Washington State. Onc...
Ginger Snaps Helped the Horror Genre While Finding its Audience
Ginger Snaps–as I’ve written about here–is one of the best horror movies of the past fifteen years, period. It’s among the great werewolf films of all time. Yes, it was indepe...
Are You Afraid of the Dark?: Top 5 Saddest Tales
During its seven-season run on Nickelodeon (1992 to 2000), Are You Afraid of the Dark? featured a variety of chilling tales of the supernatural. Each episode revolved around a group of teenagers (The ...
Deathdream and the Horrors of War
Most people have probably heard the tale of “The Monkey’s Paw” in one form or another. The 1902 short story by W. W. Jacobs revolves around a mysterious monkey’s paw with t...
Hellions Secures DVD and BD Release Date
The Canadian Halloween-themed horror film, and festival darling, Hellions is finally set to arrive on DVD and Blu-Ray this coming February 2nd. The flick takes place over one Halloween night and follo...
Frightfest 2015 Spotlight: Bite
In less than a week, Frightfest takes over the Vue in Leicester Square. With that in mind, Joey Keogh takes a final look at one of the most-anticipated movies on this year’s jam-packed sc...
Videodrome is the Distilled Essence of Body Horror: Long Live the New Flesh
David Cronenberg’s Videodrome was very much a product of its era. It was made during a major boom in television, which was taking over and finally made it clear that it was not a passing fad an...