By the end of the 1980s, the best days of the slasher movie were in the rearview mirror. The Friday the 13th series was long in the tooth, and A Nightmare on Elm Street wasn’t far behind. In general, horror was hitting a lull by the end of the decade. But the straight-to-video market allowed […]
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Over the course of his career, George A. Romero established himself as a Master of Horror. After all, Romero largely crafted much of what we now know associate with the zombie genre of horror. His ‘Living Dead’ series was massively influential – Romero delivered a significant shift to zombie movies. Outside of the zombie subgenre, […]
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They say ‘imitation is the sincerest form of flattery’. If that’s the case, you can consider 1981 Italian horror movie The Last Shark to be a love letter to Jaws. Too bad Universal Studios responded with a ‘return to sender’. Apparently, following its initial release, Universal was unimpressed enough with the overlap between their classic […]
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It’s been over 14 years since a new Friday the 13th movie was in theatres. And a complicated legal battle over copyright and ownership means it could be a while before our favourite goalie-mask wearing killer is back on the big screen. But … if a new Friday the 13th movie is every possible, what direction should the franchise take?
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Today, Robert Englund is horror movie royalty. The Universal Monsters era gave us Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, and Lon Chaney, Jr. And Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing anchored Hammer Films, while Vincent Price enjoyed a productive working relationship with Roger Corman. Early in his career, Englund popped up in supporting roles in horror movies Eaten […]
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Even after nearly 50 years, the Amityville Haunting may be one of the most instantly recognizable ghost stories and urban legends in America. In November of 1974, 23-year-old Ronald DeFeo Jr., shot and murdered his mother, father, and four siblings at 112 Ocean Ave in Amityville, Long Island. Shortly thereafter, George and Kathy Lutz moved […]
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Happy first day of summer! And what better way to kick off a a summer of horror then with a classic 80s camping slasher. On this site, we’ve shown plenty of love to Friday the 13th and even done a review of Madman. Like Madman, The Burning was both a Friday the 13th ripoff and […]
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As Avatar: The Way of Water continues to chug along at the box office, James Cameron has now directed three of the five highest growing movies of all time. Certainly, it’s an impressive feat that confirms few filmmakers understand better than Cameron how to create visual spectacle. Before he was immersing audiences on Pandora or […]
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