haunted house movies
These Seven Haunted House Movies Are Severely Underrated
Tales of haunted houses and ghost stories make up the oldest and widest subgenre in horror. Before there were any horror films, there were ghost stories. Long before Shirley Jackson wrote The Haunting...
Why The Changeling Needs to be Rediscoverd
While there are a wealth of haunted house movies that have been released in recent years, they haven’t led to much rediscovery of older films in the genre. This is a bit of a shame. Poltergeist, The S...
Why ‘Amityville II’ is the Most Effective of the Franchise
The Amityville Horror may be the most infamous haunted house movie ever made. It’s tied to a supposedly true story that may never be lived down. There are new documentaries and specials airing about i...
Why The Shining is Just a Ghost Story (And Why That’s Okay)
Stephen King’s chief influence for his novel The Shining was Shirley Jackson’s classic book The Haunting of Hill House. He speaks clearly about this in introductions to the book and in interviews. Mor...
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 which s...
Five Haunted House Movies Better Than Anything from the Past 20 Years
It has experienced recent resurgence in popularity in recent years but the haunted house movie is one of the longest running traditions in horror, dating back decades upon decades. This is a sub-genr...
