Horror movies love the calendar. When Bob Clark made Black Christmas in the 1970s, it beget John Carpenter’s Halloween and then Friday the 13th. Once Friday the 13th proved to be a surprise box office hit, filmmakers flipped through the calendar for more holiday horror-themed movies. We’ve got New Years Evil, Founder’s Day, Thanksgiving, Easter […]
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Though slasher movies had their prime in the 1980s followed by a brief resurgence following on the heels of Scream, recent slashers have shown that the subgenre can still work. We’ve seen a handful of filmmakers adapt the format for more contemporary audiences storytelling. Last year, Sick positioned the slasher as a morality tale on […]
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Call it influencer culture. Or maybe the ‘selfie generation’. Regardless horror has made our social media, likes-based viral lifestyles a frequent target over the last several years. Deadstream. Influencer. Sissy. Superhost. Tragedy Girls. Spree. We’re All Going to the World’s Fair. And that’s just a sample of recent horror movies that have taken aim at […]
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We have horror movies based on video games. Werewolves Within. Silent Hill. House of the Dead. The Resident Evil series. Some horror movies have been turned into games like the recent Texas Chainsaw Massacre survival video game. And there’s a handful of movies based on board games. If Ouija can get its own movie, then […]
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Nowadays it’s not enough to just have your own streaming platform. Everyone’s making original content. Just don’t expect free streaming platform Tubi to have the same success at the Oscars as Netflix. To date, Tubi original movies have been low-budget thrillers and horror entries or pulpy action movies. Over the last year or so, Tubi […]
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Here’s yet another indie horror movie poking fun at social media and influencer culture. Released at some point in 2022, Jeff Ryan’s Mean Spirited flew under the radar for most horror fans. It’s a found-footage mix of horror and comedy that blends familiar narratives. On one hand, it’s satirical take on influences that follows on […]
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Somewhere in the middle of the 1990s, horror and science-fiction hybrid Species proved to a bit a surprising box office hit. On one hand, the premise of a seductive, but deadly, alien looking to mate and reproduce with a human mate was pretty pulpy stuff. Yet the sci-fi/horror outing also boasted a good cast alongside […]
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Amidst increasing environmental concerns in the late 1960s and 1970s, eco-horror flourished in the 70s as the horror genre hit new creative peaks. Of course, most of these eco-horror movies were unintentionally campy efforts. Yes, there were some serious – and good – eco-horror movies like Phase IV, Long Weekend, or Piranha. And then there […]
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