We get a lot of horror movies about haunted houses. Or haunted hotels. Or cabins in the woods. These places are big, isolated, and they feed on a feeling of anxiety and loneliness. There’s a reason th...
It’s been a few years since we’ve seen a film adaptation of Clive Barker’s work. That’s unfortunate, because he is and always has been one of the best storytellers in the business. There’s something a...
As someone who loves comics based on horror movies, I was delighted by the news that two of my now-ten-year-old favorites—Behind the Mask and Hatchet—will be making the leap to comics. It’s a medium t...
Primarily, horror films are escapism. They’re meant to be entertainment. For the most part, they do that. We’re sucked into a worst-case scenario, but one that’s heightened and stylized so that we’re ...
Horror is never dead. It never goes away. Every year has produced terrific horror movies, even if you have to dig a little bit to find them. Having said that, some years are naturally better than othe...
Every horror fan has their own threshold when it comes to tolerating how far a movie goes. It comes down to personal taste. Some people can handle extreme amounts of gore, some can handle very little....
We don’t tend to think of aliens as creepy. They’re firmly rooted within the science fiction genre, but have made a huge mark on virtually every other genre as well. Some of the best action/adventure ...
A good motive can make or break a horror movie. If you can’t understand where the villain is coming from, sometimes it can make them scarier, but more often than not, it only makes them unbelievable a...
Horror comics don’t seem to quite get the love they deserve, even though they make up such a large part of the industry. In recent years, they’ve just seemed to be growing and growing. Yet they still ...