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A Nightmare on Elm Street - The Weird Unspoken Double Standard of Horror Movies

The Weird, Unspoken Double Standard of Horror Movies

We live in a time when Hollywood is completely and totally defined by Intellectual Property. We have more IP-based features than ever. Absolutely everything made at the studio is a franchise and if it...

Are Horror Movies Ruining Our Children?

Most parents actively shield and protect their children from the harsh realities of the world. Through the years, there have been claims that early exposure to certain types of media is severely damag...

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...

Eight Badass Horror Heroines Who Deserve More Credit - The Fog

Seven Pitch-Perfect Performances in John Carpenter Films

John Carpenter is one of the greatest living genre directors. His work has had a tremendous impact on horror, science fiction, and more for roughly 50 years. He’s influenced everything from spirited i...

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...

Greatest years for horror - Piper Laurie as Margaret White in Carrie

Tragically Overbearing Parents in Horror

Parents in horror movies can be a pretty horrific lot. They are prone to abuse and mistreat their children. Whether it’s emotional or physical, it’s probably present more often than not. Some of these...

spawn 1997 - Todd McFarlane

Five Horror Films Based on a Comic That Just Didn’t Work

As any fan knows, in the age of the comic book movie there are as many misses as there are hits. Some of them are great and some of them are not-so-great. Of course, comics and horror have always been...

Why Jason Lives is a Near-Perfect Horror Comedy

Audiences were disappointed with Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning. They wanted Jason, doing what he does best. Despite the film’s other merits, they couldn’t get over the absence of the franchi...

Eight Horror Movies to Introduce the Uninducted to the Genre

It’s a sad truth of being a horror fan that not everyone we know is into the genre. In fact, most people we know aren’t. That’s what makes the horror community so tight-knit to begin with. We’ve all e...