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How Horror Ushered in the Age of the Comic Book Movie

Believe it or not, comic book movies did not always dominate the box office. There was a time when they weren’t all that popular and before that a time when they were barely getting made at all. We’ve...

The Crow Remake

Why ‘The Crow’ is One of the Most Romantic Genre Movies

The film adaptation of James O’ Barr’s graphic novel The Crow is remembered primarily for its tragedy. From the onset, the tale is cemented in loss. Eric Draven is a man who was murdered, along with h...

Batman Returns

I am the Night: Why Batman Returns is Actually a Horror Movie

Nobody really knew what Batman was going to be, but they wanted it badly. The buzz surrounding that film was absolutely insane. We live in an age of hype, in an age where we have a comic book movie fo...

Iron Man 2008

Script to Pieces: Stuart Gordon’s Iron Man

Welcome to Script to Pieces, a recurring feature at Wicked Horror where we look at the best, most interesting and at times most unbelievable horror movies that never happened. Sometimes these will be ...

The Crow Remake

Comic-Based Horror Movies That Were Surprising Hits

We live in a golden era of comic book films. Sure, adaptations of comic books date back to the Batman and Superman serials of the 1930s and 1940s. But now we live in a time where we have forty films c...

Wesley Snipes in Blade

Script to Pieces: Blade 4

Welcome to Script to Pieces, a recurring feature at Wicked Horror where we look at the best, most interesting and at times most unbelievable horror movies that never happened. Sometimes these will be ...

How One of the Best Horror Comics Became One of the Most Troubled Comic Book Movies

When we think of successful comics, we mostly think of Marvel and DC. That’s because, for a huge chunk of time, those were really the only two companies that had kind of serious success. A creator own...

Doomed: The Untold Story of Fantastic Four

Review: Doomed: The Untold Story Of Roger Corman’s The Fantastic Four

I cannot begin to express how excited I was when this documentary was announced. I’ve had a fascination with Roger Corman’s Fantastic Four for years and years. When I finally managed to see the movie ...

spawn 1997 - Todd McFarlane

Todd McFarlane Has Finally Finished the Spawn Reboot Script

Legendary comic creator Todd McFarlane spoke with ComicBook.com today to provide a major update on the status of his long talked about reboot of his most famous creation, Spawn.  While the character i...

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