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Bates Motel Recap – Season 3 Episode 9
Things are winding down and we are only one week away from the season finale. But given everything that’s developed so rapidly this year, it almost feels like a series finale. Norman is so much...
Evil Sings Backwards: A Cultural History of Backmasking
The notion of playing music in reverse has been around for almost as long as the ability to record music has been. Thomas Edison, only a year after his invention of the original phonograph in 1877, st...
Second Opinion: Unfriended is a Sharp Film with a Strong Anti-Bullying Message
Wicked Horror ran a review of Unfriended on opening weekend (original review) and rated the film fairly negatively. But back with a second opinion is Joey Keogh, who will mak...
The Town That Dreaded Sundown Is The Best Remake Since Maniac
Over the past fifteen years or so, certain, key trends have emerged in horror. In particular, found footage, paranormal themed fare, torture cinema and remakes have made a significant mark on the mult...
After Remakes: The Current Trend of the Red Herring Reboot
Remakes were the trend of the 2000s. Found footage didn’t hit the mainstream until later. Asian ghost stories fizzled out around 2005, but from 2003 to 2009 remakes were coming out in increasin...
Greatest Show on Earth: Why People are Drawn to Carnival Horror
Carnival themed horror seems to be on the rise, recently. The latest season of American Horror Story was divisive with fans—as is every season, really—but proved to be a major hit r...
Why Werewolf Movies Are One of the Most Endearing Yet Unpopular Sub-Genres
Werewolf movies don’t get a lot of love. But they’re one of the classic monsters, that’s for sure. It’s not like the werewolf doesn’t exist in the public conscio...
The Final Frontier: Why Franchises Inevitably End Up in Space
Space is a confusing location for a horror feature. It’s somewhere that every franchise winds up eventually, and yet it’s somewhere that nobody really wants to go. So why does it keep ha...
Why It’s so Hard to Make Movies About Real-Life Serial Killers
Slasher movies are not hard to come by. They’re a dime a dozen. Even films about fictional serial killers, like the beloved Hannibal Lecter series, have done incredibly well and have proven to ...