horror films
Seven Recent Horror Movies You May Have Missed but Should See
For all that fans like to talk about how horror is dead, there sure is a lot of it being produced. There are dozens of great horror films released every year just on our own shores, not even incl...
Wizards of Gore: Why Torture Cinema Was Around Long Before Saw and Hostel
When people condemn the horror films of the 2000s, they typically refer to that time—other than first raving about remakes—as the age of torture cinema. Saw, Hostel, those were the kinds...
Eight Teen Horror Comedies That Are Genuinely Awesome
Teenage monster movies really became prominent in the 1950s with movies like I Was a Teenage Werewolf and I Was a Teenage Frankenstein. They weren’t necessarily comedies, at least not always in...
Why The People Under the Stairs is Still Relevant
Wes Craven is known for his classic films in the genre, things like A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Last House on the Left and Scream, and is also known for the ones that didn’t turn out so good...
Back to the ’80s: The Stepfather
Welcome to Back to the ’80s. This recurring feature aims to take a look at the good, the bad, and the ugly from horror’s most beloved decade. Regardless of which category a particular fi...
New on Netflix: October 28th, 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 ...
Seven Spooky Documentaries to Round Out Your Halloween Season
Everyone loves to watch their favorite horror movies, their favorite Halloween TV specials and even read their favorite scary stories when October rolls around. But doing enough of this can sometimes ...
What Made Michael Myers Such a Perfectly Simple Villain in the Original Halloween
There’s no denying, especially this time of year, that Halloween is an iconic and revered classic. It’s one of the most highly regarded horror films of all time. It’s not an effor...
Why Critters is an Unexpected but Highly Effective Home Invasion Movie
Critters came around at an interesting time. It’s often cited as being a total rip-off of Gremlins—and you can kind of get that from the title. But other than a montage of the little mon...