horror films
Why Pet Sematary Still Doesn’t Get the Recognition it Deserves
Stephen King fans tend to come down pretty hard on film adaptations of the author’s work. Some of them just don’t think any movies are worthy of his literary work and they certainly have...
Rings Chokes on Missed Opportunities
Maintaining the tone of the first two The Ring films, Rings is a sometimes scary, sometimes predictable sequel. F. Javier Gutiérrez recreates the world of Samara (Bonnie Morgan; Daveigh Chase in ...
Back to the ’80s: Lady in White
Welcome to Back to the ’80s. This recurring feature aims to take a look at the good, the bad, and the ugly from horror’s most beloved decade. Regardless of which category a particular fi...
Why The Toolbox Murders Might be the Sleaziest Art Film Ever
The original Toolbox Murders is a hard movie to pin down. It’s hard even to explain how I feel about it. At this point, I would say most people have discovered the Tobe Hooper remake. The origi...
Trouble on the Way: Why Bad Moon Doesn’t Get Enough Credit After 20 Years
On one level, Bad Moon frustrates the hell out of me. As a young horror fan, I loved werewolves. Along with vampires, they were pretty much my favorite movie monsters. But unlike vampires, I was very ...
Seven Old-School Werewolves That Still Hold Up
I love werewolf movies. They’re easily one of my favorite sub-genres in horror. But they’re so hard to get right and at times that makes loving them so, so frustrating. There are a lot o...
Why Warlock Doesn’t Get the Attention it Deserves
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: there are some really underrated horror directors out there, and then there’s Steve Miner. If he is not the most underrated in terms of ...
Eight of the Most Intriguing Horror Movies of 2017
2016 was a great year for horror. It really was. That was the first time in year’s I’d had to leave movies I genuinely enjoyed off of my year-end Top 10 list. In fact, for a few years I ...
How Dario Argento’s Opera Explores the Dark Side of Showbusiness
Opera is Dario Argento’s modern update on The Phantom of the Opera. More than that though, it is representative of the film industry and the nature of show business as a whole. It can even be s...