horror movies
When I Consume You is Another Head-Scratcher from Perry Blackshear [Review]
Indie filmmaker Perry Blackshear is gradually carving out a niche for himself as a purveyor of thoughtful, strange, and often deeply unsettling horror movies following the release of They Look Like Pe...
Life Lessons I Learned from House II: The Second Story
Movies can be great teaching tools. Most of my generation was raised on TV. Not every picture can teach great lessons, of course, but horror has proven surprisingly good at it. The...
Teen Screams: Seven of the Most Underrated Post-Scream Slashers
The 1990s is a frequently shat-upon era for slasher movies, even though though enormous financial and critical success of Scream spawned a revival of the genre at a time when it was pretty much dead. ...
The ‘Psycho’ Series Ranks Among the Best Horror Franchises: Here’s Why
When a horror film builds a reputation for being a classic, especially when it’s widely considered to be one of the best of all time, it’s harder and harder for it to become a franchise....
Why ‘Prom Night II’ Was the Better Movie (And How it Set the Tone For the Franchise)
The Prom Night series is a bit of an anomaly when it comes to horror franchises. Every series has that one movie that stands out and doesn’t have much of anything to do with the other installme...
Eight Franchises That Could Have Been Great
The Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street, and Halloween franchises all have their flawed entries. But their problems are nothing compared to some of the series we’ll be looking at...
The Ugly is The Best Kiwi Horror Film You’ve Never Seen!
There’s somewhat of a fascination with Kiwi horror films thanks to Peter Jackson. He gave us two of his home country’s most bizarre, amazing horrors in Braindead and Bad Taste ...
Seven Great Horror Performances by A-List Actors
Acting is often hit or miss in the horror genre, which is why horror fans are so eager to latch onto good performances. Horror is a great way for actors to get their start, which is why so many p...
Why ‘Bride of Re-Animator’ Works as a Stylish Sendup of the First
Stuart Gordon’s Re-Animator is, easily, one of the best horror comedies of the 1980s. A worthy follow-up to that seemed nearly impossible, in part because the movie is so great and in...