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Macho Monster Hunters: Is John Carpenter’s Vampires a Sexist Movie?!
This is an extremely tough question for me to consider. Vampires came out at a time when I was only dimly aware of who John Carpenter was. It was the film that cemented him as a presence in my young m...
John Carpenter Calls Friday the 13th Cynical, Says it Doesn’t Rise Above its Cheapness
John Carpenter recently made an appearance on the Brett Easton Ellis Podcast. And when the American Psycho author asked the director to compare and contrast Texas Chain Saw Massacr...
John Carpenter Signs On For Brand-New Halloween!
The long-gestating Halloween reboot/sequel/re-imagining/whatever seemed like it was never going to happen – especially after the ill-advised 3D take was cancelled back in December, when Dimensio...
Horror Block Unboxing – January 2016
Nerd Block is a subscription mystery box that delivers geeky collectibles right to your door each month. You can choose whatever theme box you are into–there’s the Classic Block, Ar...
Joey Keogh’s Top 5 Flicks To Watch On Halloween
I’m kind of a purist when it comes to Halloween. When you watch horror movies all day, every day, the spookiest time of the year tends to be an opportunity to either go classic or to go party, d...
Trick or Treat: Surprisingly Well-Mannered Children in Genre Film
A standard tradition on Halloween is for the kids to dress up in costumes and set out for the trick or treat festivities as the evening sets in. Usually these kids end up in groups for safety reasons ...
Six Creepy Trick or Treaters We Wouldn’t Want to Be Visited By
If the horror genre’s obsession with slasher villains has taught us anything, it’s that masks are super creepy. There’s something about not knowing who’s under there that j...
Why John Carpenter’s Prince of Darkness Was a Surprising Twist on Devil Movies
John Carpenter’s Prince of Darkness was an unexpected movie that came about at an unexpected time. Through the 1970’s and early ‘80’s, satanic horror had been exhausted to ...
Overlooked Performances in Horror
There are many reasons audiences love to watch horror movies. Whether it is the attraction of an auteur director such as John Carpenter or just a compulsive need to add up the body count, each audienc...