Horror loves when animals attack making it almost a subgenre unto itself. And there are plenty of scary things in nature waiting to get us. Some animals, fish, and insects are scary than others. Plenty of horror movies feature killer sharks, snakes, crocodiles or alligators, and spiders. Occasionally, you might find a horror movie where […]
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Horror and comedy are tough genres to mix. A handful of horror spoofs work quite well and have secured sizable fanbases. Deathgasm, Werewolves Within, Willy’s Wonderland, Cocaine Bear, and Renfield all mix silly levels of gore with laughs to varying levels of success. But for every Scary Movie there’s a handful of Dracula: Dead and […]
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In the early to mid-2000s, as reality television started to boom, HBO and then Bravo hosted Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s Project Greenlight. Specifically, the series saw aspiring filmmakers pitch their screenplays with the winner getting the opportunity to make their dream project. The 2005 winners, Marcus Dunston (The Collector, Saw IV) and Patrick Melton […]
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Cabin Fever, which was something of a surprise box office indie horror hit, marked an interesting development in horror. At the time of its release, the neo-slasher revival kickstarted by Scream was running dry by the early 2000s. Across the globe, the New French Extremity was about to kick off while Rob Zombie and the […]
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Once upon a time, Renfield was intended to be one of several movies comprising a shared Universal Monsters universe. That idea got pushed back following the lukewarm reception to Dracula Untold. And then the Tom Cruise vehicle, The Mummy put a shared monster-verse on ice. After years of ideas and development hell, Robert Kirkman of […]
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Professional wrestlers transitioning to movies has a mixed track record. While The Rock has made the leap to mega-star and John Cena’s Peacemaker is a hit, no one’s asking Hulk Hogan to make No Holds Barred II. In what’s perhaps a wise move, Bill Goldberg has limited his acting career to supporting roles in movies. […]
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Apparently a lot of people don’t like Internet personalities. Just in the last few years, several horror movies have taken shots at various aspects of Internet and social media culture. From last week’s Sissy to The Seed to Tragedy Girls, horror has increased shifted its gaze onto the pitfalls of interactive digital media. To date, […]
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After Netflix released Texas Chainsaw Massacre in February, the streaming platform has largely ignored horror in 2022. But as summer winds down, Netflix decides to go big or go home with its vampire action-comedy-horror hybrid, Day Shift. On paper, a cool vampire movie starring Jamie Foxx and Snoop Dogg should be gold. And based on […]
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