the shining
Why The Shining is Just a Ghost Story (And Why That’s Okay)
Stephen King’s chief influence for his novel The Shining was Shirley Jackson’s classic book The Haunting of Hill House. He speaks clearly about this in introductions to the book and in i...
New on Netflix: January 6, 2017
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 ...
Nine Beloved Horror Movies That Bombed at the Box Office
Everyone likes to think that their favorite horror movie was an enormous success but that’s definitely not always the case. Sure, it makes sense for bad horror movies to completely fail at the ...
Seven Open-Ended Horror Movies to Make You Question Reality
Sometimes horror movies take unexpected directions. They don’t always become what we think they’re going to or end up quite where we expected them to. That’s one of the best thing...
Horror Block Unboxing – September 2016
Nerd Block is a subscription mystery box that delivers geeky collectibles right to your door each month. You can choose whatever theme box you are into–there’s the Classic Block, Ar...
Tourist Captures Ghost at “The Shining” Hotel!
Earlier this week, Houston native, Henry Yau took some photo’s at the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado. The Stanley Hotel, as you probably know, is the inspiration for Stephen KingR...
Seven of the Greatest Years for Horror Fans
Hollywood is in the thick of the superhero era, pushing out movies following the adventures of costumed crusaders too frequently for anyone but lifelong fans to keep up. Horror movies have experi...
A Sequel to The Shining is In Development at Warner Brothers
Tracking Board that Oscar winning screenwriter Akiva Goldsman has been tapped to adapt the Stephen King sequel novel Doctor Sleep for the big screen. Doctor Sleep is, of...
From Prom to the Sematary: Ranking Every Stephen King Movie (Part 4)
We’re taking on a huge task here at Wicked Horror that nobody asked us to do. It’s massive to the point that you don’t even realize how huge until you’re right in the thick...