horror
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 modern zombie movie, alt...
10 Terrifying Modern Day Torture Methods
Torture is used to gain information or to instill fear or discipline. While medieval and ancient history methods may have been more brutal, these modern day tactics are absolutely terrifying. In no pa...
‘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...
Seven DTV Horror Movies Way Better Than They Should Have Been
It’s a pretty standard idea that straight to video is the bottom of the barrel for horror films. Of course, things are different now. In the VOD era, filmmakers would kill for a straight to video rele...
Five of the Scariest Episodes of R. L. Stine’s The Haunting Hour
If you’re unfamiliar with R. L. Stine’s The Haunting Hour, just imagine a modernized version of Goosebumps without the awful acting and lame twists. Unlike its fairly tame ’90s prede...
Is McKamey Manor Even Legal?
Every year during the Halloween season, thrill-seekers and horror enthusiasts flock in masses to haunted house attractions across the United States. Most haunts use similar tactics to scare their aud...
‘The Town that Dreaded Sundown’: The True Story Behind the Film
Is The Town That Dreaded Sundown based on a true story? Well, yes. But with some creative listen taken. Keep reading for the full rundown on the Texarkana Phantom and the feature film adaptation based...
Ten Horror Films Condemned by the Catholic Church
Growing up as a Southern Baptist (i.e., the kind of Christian that shows up to church hungover and 20 minutes late every Sunday morning), pretty much everything I knew about Catholic customs was culle...
‘Mexico Barbaro’ is a Semi-Successful Anthology [Review]
Mexico Barbaro is an anthology with eight short films by eight different directors. The helmers include Laurette Flores Bornn, Edgar Nito, Aaron Soto, Isaac Ezban, Lex Ortega, Jorge Michel Grau, Ulise...