Final Girl
Haunt Needs to be Added to Your Halloween Watchlist [The Rabid Dog’s House]
The Rabid Dog’s House is a recurring feature at Wicked Horror where contributor Justin Steele uncovers hidden gems, lost classics, and overlooked indie offerings with a little bite. Flying solo or wit...
Here’s Why Dee Wallace is the Undisputed Queen of Horror
What was your first Dee Wallace horror film? Was it when you hoped against hope that Lynne Wood could survive the murderous cannibals of The Hills Have Eyes (1977)? Or when you watched Karen Whit...
Seven Badass Horror Heroines Who Deserve More Credit
Horror has a reputation for being a male-dominated scene. It’s a genre run by men, made for men, starring men; that’s what the consensus seems to be. This has always been insane to me, because there a...
The Final Girl: Dancing Between Feminism and Misogyny
The slasher is arguably the most popular (and profitable) horror movie sub-genre. Historically, there are a specific set of guidelines that a slasher film must abide by to succeed. There must be a der...
Final Girl Story Lines We’d Love to See Continued
A true final girl hits a series of notes within the composition of a horror film. She typically begins as an unlikely hero and, ultimately, emerges as a warrior ready for battle. The focus of most hor...
Final Girl Returns That Made Us Cheer
The various monsters of the screen (whether they be human, boogeyman, or otherworldly) would be nothing without that original final girl that stood up to them for the first time. As they raced upstai...
Why Sidney Prescott Is An Incredible And Realistic Horror Heroine
To mark the twentieth anniversary of Wes Craven’s game-changing slasher, Scream, Wicked Horror presents a week of specially-themed content celebrating the movie’s enduring appeal. In this installment,...
New on Netflix: March 11th, 2016
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,...
Non-Horror Films that Deliver High-Level Suspense Without Gore
Gore and violence definitely have their place in the horror genre. It is sometimes completely necessary to have an extreme amount of gore to achieve a certain impact. To have less gore does not automa...
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