Assault on Precinct 13 Remake a Perfectly Fine Pulpy Action Thriller

Hollywood remakes of 80s horror movies defined the early 2000s alongside ‘Torture Porn‘ and J-horror. Many of these remakes pillaged from the VHS shelves of the slasher subgenre. Terror Train, Prom Night, When a Stranger Calls, and The Stepfather all received forgettable retreads. Not surprisingly, John Carpenter’s illustrious filmography has seen a handful of remakes […]

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Flannel and Horror: The Best Horror Movies of the 1990s, Part I

The 1970s represented a massive shift – and likely a creative zenith – in horror in cinema. While the 1980s lacked the creative synergy, it was the ‘Golden Age’ of the slasher and produced more than its share of classics. Following on the heels of the slasher, the 90s generally represented a downturn for the […]

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The Fog Remake Was The Nadir of the 2000s Horror Remake Craze

John Carpenter is a modern ‘master of horror’ so it’s not surprising that Hollywood eventually pillaged a handful of his movies for the remake treatment. While the Assault on Precinct 13 remake was decent and Rob Zombie’s Halloween update has its fans, the 2011 update of The Thing was pretty underwhelming. However, each of these […]

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The Halloween Franchise: Counting Down the Series from Worst to First

The wait is over. After a nearly decade-long hiatus, David Gordon Green and Blumhouse resurrected the Halloween franchise following Rob Zombie’s disappointing sequel to his remake. And for the first time in two decades, the franchise felt scary again. But the success of Halloween 2018 all but guaranteed more sequels. What Blumhouse gave horror fans […]

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Halloween Ends Concludes the H40 Trilogy on a Polarizing Note

Finally. Four years after David Gordon Green et al. resurrected The Boogeyman, we’ve reached the end of what’s been branded the H40 trilogy. If Halloween 2018 felt like a return to form for the franchise, Halloween Kills took something of a step backwards. Among the criticism leveled at the sequel, many felt it sidelined Jamie […]

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Stalk and Slash: The Top 50 Slasher Movies of All Time, PT V

Across Parts I to IV, we’ve counted the best slasher movies of all time from Number 50 to Number 11. Now it’s time to list the best of the best as we’ve finally made it to the Top 10. Not surprisingly, familiar classics make the grade with maybe one or two surprises. Wes Craven, Dario […]

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The Void Recalls The Best of 80s Carpenter-esque Horror

Nostalgia is all the rage right now. Take a look at familiar franchises that tried to reboot with fresh ideas. Star Wars The Last Jedi. The 2016 Ghostbusters. Halloween III: Season of the Witch. As it turns out, despite what they claimed, audiences didn’t want something new. They wanted something familiar with an upgrade. Not […]

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Halloween Kills Lives Up To Its Title – For Better, And Worse

Finally, it’s here. The COVID-19 pandemic delayed a lot of hotly anticipated horror movies. A Quiet Place II. The Forever Purge. The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It. But none of these movie had quite the same buzz as Halloween Kills. After David Gordon Green and Danny McBride successfully revitalized the dormant series three […]

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