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How Pumpkinhead Became a Cult Classic
Stan Winston’s Pumpkinhead is one of the most underrated monster movies of all time. It took a couple of years after completion for it to gain an audience, and then a few years after that for i...
Script to Pieces: Farmer & Lussier’s Fright Night Remake
Welcome to Script to Pieces, a recurring feature at Wicked Horror where we look at the best, most interesting and at times most unbelievable horror movies that never happened. Sometimes...
The Fog is an Impressive and Under-Appreciated Ghost Story!
John Carpenter found incredible success with Halloween, but it was not a success right away. He moved on to the next project believing that the film had been a flop. The early reviews and the early ti...
Ginger Snaps is an Essential Feminist Horror Movie
Through most of history, werewolf stories and films were pretty aggressively male. They were about secret urges, hidden primal instincts. The Wolf Man is a great example of this. Larry Talbot is a man...
Not Quite Horror: Small Crimes (2017)
Horror is evolving as a genre. Although your local multiplex is still loaded with the usual contenders, look a bit closer and you’ll find the latest drama, thriller, or crime offering is closer...
Four-Color Frights: The Amazing Insanity of the Fright Night Comic Series
Many horror movies have seen comic book tie-ins, from the expected franchises like Halloween, Friday the 13th and A Nightmare on Elm Street, to very unexpected adaptations like Dr. Giggles, Waxwo...
New on Netflix: June 9th, 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 ...
The Joy of Jason: Why the Friday the 13th Game is Unbelievably Fun
Lately, it’s been a bit of a rough time being a Friday the 13th fan. The Blu-ray set is out of print and goes for way too much money online. The new movie was cancelled within weeks of shooting...
The Insane History Behind Escape From Tomorrow
Escape from Tomorrow, the infamous debut film from writer-director Randy Moore, revolves around Jim (Roy Abramsohn, Area 51, Weeds) and his wife Emily (Elena Schuber, American Horror Story, Killer Kid...