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Madeline Deering Talks ‘Bathtub Shark Attack,’ Bringing Back Shot on Video Horror, and Movie Gimmicks

With her trusty stuffed shark Brutus by her side, Madeline Deering makes shot on video exploitation fare for the 21st Century. Her first film, Spirit Animal, is a fun environmentalist slasher. Her lat...

Bigger is Better: Old-School Giant Monster Flicks That Still Hold Up Remarkably Well

With Kaiju experincing a cinematic resurgance, people are falling in love with ferocious, roaring, giant monsters all over again. Because of that, I thought it would be interesting to go back and look...

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How ‘Rawhead Rex’ Explored Celtic Horror in Unexpcted Ways

Clive Barker has had a lot of success on the screen. But then, of course, there are the movies that came early in his career. Barker was so disappointed with his early work in film as a screenwriter t...

CHUD 1984

Why C.H.U.D. is a Shockingly Environmentally Conscious Monster Movie

As a horror fan, you go into something like C.H.U.D. with certain expectations. There are always the films we know have something to say and watch with a deeper understanding of the themes and cultura...

Curse of the Puppet Master

Overlooked Horror Franchises That Need More Love

Most horror fans discover the genre through the major monsters. If it’s not the likes of Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers, Leatherface or Chucky then it will be the classic monster...

The Funhouse - Six Memorable Monsters from Unmemorable Movies

Six Memorable Monsters from Unmemorable Movies

Unfortunately, not every horror movie is a winner. There’s a lot of good out there, but there’s also a lot of bad and a whole lot that falls somewhere in the middle. Sometimes, these les...

Four Terrible Movies from Great Horror Directors

The masters of horror are incredibly talented individuals. We all know who they are and are familiar with their many accomplishments. They’ve given great things to the genre. But in a director&...

Mosquito

Mosquito is a Shameless, Goofy Good Time

If there’s one low budget monster movie that people my age tend to remember, even if they’re not necessarily horror fans, it’s Mosquito. I can’t really fathom why that is, ...

Lake Placid - Paul's Doro's Top Five Movies to Watch on Halloween

What a Croc: Revisiting Lake Placid

While killer animal movies are among the most popular and prevalent horror offerings being produced today, very few are actually remembered as classics. Really, there’s Jaws and that’s a...

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