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These Seven Movies Were Blamed for Real-Life Crimes
Horror movies are frequently blamed for any number of things. People say that something has to be wrong with somebody who watches horror. The movies are even blamed for violence in general. If violent...
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 be...
Here’s What Most Fans Don’t Comprehend About Scream
I love the Scream movies, as many fans do. I don’t think Scream, as a franchise, is necessarily divisive, but I do think that both the people who do and don’t like it are passionately vo...
The Faculty is Prime Late ’90s Horror [The Rabid Dog’s House]
The Rabid Dog’s House is a recurring feature at Wicked Horror where contributor Justin Steele uncovers hidden gems, lost classics, and overlooked indie offerings with a little bite. Flying...
Interview: Cinematographer Anka Malatynska Discusses Amazon’s I Know What You Did Last Summer
The late 90s delivered slasher favorites like Scream, I Know What You Did Last Summer and Urban Legend. Almost 25 years later, these favorites are making a comeback. There are talks of an Urban L...
Interview: Director John Berardo Discusses His New Slasher Film INITIATION
Between Spiral: From the Book of Saw, A Quiet Place Part II, Army of the Dead, Separation and The Djinn, May is packed with new horror titles. Another new slasher worth paying attention to is Saban Fi...
Why It’s so Hard to Trace the Origins of the Slasher Movie
There’s an endless debate as to what the first slasher movie actually is. Looking back on it, I think it’s a subject that warrants further investigation. But it doesn’t do any goo...
Eight Terrific Secondary Antagonists in Horror Movies
The killer is not always the killer in horror movies. One of my favorite things about the genre is that it takes characters who are pretty normal people on the surface and puts them in an unreal envir...
The Bad Boyfriends of Horror Championship Shame
Horror movies have long tapped into the fears of the society, taking what scares us most and exaggerating it. I noticed a trend, thanks in large part to our 16 seed Christian from Midsommar, of horror...