Many fans have loved horror most of their lives. Before we were allowed to watch the movies, many kids got into the genre through book series like Goosebumps or Scary Stories to Te...
Horror fans today may not realize there’s a horror aesthetic that’s almost lost, except to the DVD bends or obscure digital rentals. That’s the TV-movie horror, a distinct and cre...
Horror video games are definitely in a resurgence right now. They just seem to be getting more and more popular, with horror games like Dead by Daylight, Until Dawn, Outlast and Friday the 13th...
Why do horror fans like to be scared? Well, since you asked: There is a concept known as VANE (Voluntary Arousing Negative Experiences). One study showed that such behavior reduced feelings of st...
Found footage can be traced back a long time, at least to Cannibal Holocaust in 1980. It was The Blair Witch Project that really made the concept popular, especially in the horror genre, yet it took a...
The killer is not always the killer in horror movies. One of my favorite things about the genre is that it takes characters who are pretty normal people on the surface and puts them in an unreal envir...
In these strange and unusual times, the default may be to glue ourselves to our phones and televisions to pass the time. As rewarding as it may feel to binge a whole season in just one day, I don̵...
To think that anyone could deliver the same allure, personality, and electricity as Robert Englund in his turn as Freddy Krueger is borderline blasphemy. As a diehard Freddy fan, I will always remain ...
Drive-in movies constitute a special viewing experience. The technical realities of their ‘60s-‘70s era filmmaking style coupled with exploitative tropes reflecting their market niche al...