horror films
‘Into the Deep’ Is a Fantastic Showcase for Scout Taylor Compton, Even If She’s Above the Material [Review]
Scout Taylor Compton is too good for Into the Deep. The veteran horror actor commits so hard to playing one-note lead Cassidy – who’s still reeling from watching her father get eaten by ...
‘The Invisible Raptor’ Takes Itself a Little Too Seriously [Review]
With a title like The Invisible Raptor, you know what you’re getting yourself into. So why does it feel like director Mike Hermosa is holding back from going full-on, balls-to-the-wall crazy? H...
‘Sleep’ Will Be Frighteningly Familiar to New Parents [Review]
Being pregnant is horrifying enough without your partner falling apart to the extent that he’s sleepwalking, sleep-eating, and even sleep-causing-harm-to-himself-and-others. That’s the p...
Is ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ Based on a True Story?
Is A Nightmare on Elm Street based on a true story? Yes, to an extent. But not entirely so. Read on as we separate fact from fiction and definitively speak to the real-life story that inspired A Night...
Mixed Bag: Why ‘Body Bags’ is a Rough Around the Edges Anthology (That’s Still Absurdly Fun)
Body Bags, is easily one of the most overlooked titles John Carpenter directed. It’s far from the classic status of Halloween or The Thing, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t warran...
‘The Girl Next Door’ (2007) is Terrifying and Intense [Review]
The Girl Next Door (2007) is based on the Jack Ketchum novel of the same name. The film takes inspiration from a series of terrifying real-life events. Gregory Wilson directed this jarring picture. Th...
How the ‘Night of the Living Dead’ Remake Fixed the Fatal Flaw of the Original
George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead is an absolute classic. It’s one of the films that truly defined the genre. It created a sub-genre that we’ve come to know as the mod...
Passing the Torch: Great Producing Ventures from Famous Horror Directors
We all love the masters of terror around these parts. John Carpenter, Wes Craven, Tobe Hooper, George Romero, Dario Argento, Roger Corman and so on and so forth. These are names we hold in high regard...
‘The Exorcism’ Works Because of Russell Crowe [Review]
When the poster for The Exorcism first dropped, a certain sect of horror fans was positively gleeful about the fact that Russell Crowe had ostensibly made the same movie twice, in quick succession. Ho...