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Freddy Turns Forty: Ranking the ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ Franchise
On this 40th anniversary of A Nightmare on Elm Street, which kicked off one of the most influential franchises in the horror genre, I enlisted the help of my horror movie-loving cousin and writer, Sam...
Is ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ Based on a True Story?
Is A Nightmare on Elm Street based on a true story? Yes, to an extent. But not entirely so. Read on as we separate fact from fiction and definitively speak to the real-life story that inspired A Night...
Eight Times the Masters of Horror Mastered Other Genres
All horror fans have their favorite directors. We root for these guys. They’re the names we saw over and over again when we started diving into the genre. For many of us, they were the first di...
Passing the Torch: Great Producing Ventures from Famous Horror Directors
We all love the masters of terror around these parts. John Carpenter, Wes Craven, Tobe Hooper, George Romero, Dario Argento, Roger Corman and so on and so forth. These are names we hold in high regard...
Five Horror Director Cameos You Probably Never Noticed
Many directors are fond of appearing in their own work in some capacity or another. Given there are plenty of people who aren’t entirely familiar with what their favorite directors look like, it...
‘The Serpent and the Rainbow’ is Wes Craven’s Most Underrated Movie
The Serpent and the Rainbow is based on anthropologist Wade Davis’ autobiography and as a result, claims to be entirely true. Whether it is or not doesn’t really matter because it ma...
Ten of the Most Chilling Settings in Horror
One of the most obvious parts of the filmgoing experience is the presentation of images given to the audience. Many factors contribute to the scare factor in a horror film, such as sound, acting, tens...
Here’s What Most Fans Don’t Comprehend About Scream
I love the Scream movies, as many fans do. I don’t think Scream, as a franchise, is necessarily divisive, but I do think that both the people who do and don’t like it are passionately vo...
Why Wishmaster is Kind of a Mess (But Still Really Fun)
I remember a time when Wishmaster was thought of as one of the bigger horror icons. He was the last guy to emerge in the ‘90s as a central character of his own franchise. The guy even had his o...