Editorials
Why ‘The Terminator’ is Actually a Horror Film
The heroine and her love interest run in terror from the unstoppable killer. It stalks them. Their death is its only motivation. What is hunting them? Is it a monster, an alien, a slasher from the ...
Maybe Male Filmmakers Shouldn’t Tell Women’s Stories: On ‘Men’ and ‘Last Night in Soho’
The men are at it again. Or, more accurately, they’re at it more prominently, and with a significantly larger budget. Over the past year alone, two mainstream movies have been released in quick...
Why House of 1,000 Corpses is the Best Movie Tobe Hooper Never Made
Tobe Hooper’s filmography has always had an influence on divisive filmmaker, Rob Zombie. While that Texas Chainsaw Massacre vibe and those over-the-top characters have never left Zombie’...
How ‘Scream’ (2022) Perfectly Passed the Torch [Editorial]
At a certain point, a film series with a beloved cast of returning legacy characters must move forward, or run the risk of becoming trite and repetitive. I love Sid, Dewey, and Gale. But if the surviv...
Was YA Horror Series Bone Chillers Almost Rereleased as Fright Club?!
Among the wave of young adult horror franchises created in the 1990s, one of the more well known was Bone Chillers. The series was created by prolific authoress Betsy Haynes, with publisher Daniel Wei...
Unearthing Four Goosebumps Stories That Time Forgot!
For decades, fans have been aware of a failed attempt to create an American version of the popular anime Sailor Moon. All that existed was a pilot, blending animation and live-action, created by a gro...
Why the Gas Station Bathroom Scene in 2018’s ‘Halloween’ is the Franchise’s Most Upsetting
Halloween's gas station scene is the franchise's most upsetting
Sex, Blood and Rock ‘n’ Roll: Queen of the Damned at 20
Queen of the Damned is the most metal movie of all time. Correction, it’s the most nu-metal movie of all time, which might sound like an insult but, if you were a moody teenager in the early to...
Why Clive Barker Has the Best Luck With Adaptations
Clive Barker is an extremely cinematic author, creating imaginative visual landscapes and unfolding worlds within worlds. You wouldn’t think that this would always lend itself to film as the ci...