classic horror
What to Expect from Crimson Peak Based on the First Trailer
The trailer landed last week for Guillermo del Toro’s return to horror, Crimson Peak. Little information has been revealed about the story so far. All we have to go on is the official synopsis ...
How The Internet Could Do To Horror What it Did To The Music and Adult Film Industries
A few weeks back, I read an article about the effects the Internet has had on the music industry, and I was surprised. I knew that CD sales were down significantly, but the idea that they have al...
Stephen King’s IT set to Shoot Next Summer!
[soliloquy id=”14425″] I was introduced to the 1990 miniseries, IT, based on the novel by Stephen King, at the tender at of six. At the time my bedroom was clown themed. Two days late...
Noteworthy Performances in Horror: Piper Laurie in Carrie
The amazing performance that Piper Laurie gives as Margaret White in Brian DePalma’s film Carrie is no doubt my favorite of all time. Even nominated for an Academy Award for the role, Lauri...
Don’t Look Now is Getting a Criterion Re-release!
Nicolas Roeg’s 1973 giallo-esque horror picture Don’t Look Now is getting a Criterion release. The film has been out of print for a spell but fortunately Criterion plans to recti...
“A Different Kind of Animal”: Revisiting An American Werewolf in London
John Landis’s An American Werewolf in London is, simply put, one of the best werewolf movies ever made. Landis had already made a name for himself in comedy, directing movies that became i...
The Kiss Of The Vampire- Old School, Atmospheric Hammer Horror
Hammer achieved a large amount of success with Horror of Dracula pretty much out of the gate. This led to a franchise with at least seven sequels. Still, despite the massive success of their flagship ...
Overlooked And Forgotten: Revisiting John Carpenter’s Village Of The Damned
There are a lot of horror movies that flew under the radar. For whatever reason, they never gained much of even a cult following. Even John Carpenter fans don’t talk much about Village of the D...
Why Argento’s Inferno is an Underrated and Intelligent Sequel
Dario Argento’s pseudo-sequel to Suspiria is a gem but it is often overlooked or outright dismissed when the conversation turns to the director’s classic works. Inferno ...