Slotherhouse Gets More Mileage Than Expected From Its Silly Premise

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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Scream VI Proves That Moving To The Big Apple Isn’t a Franchise Killer

Few horror franchises – or any franchise for that matter – can produce quality outings the further along they go. Both Friday the 13th and A Nightmare on Elm Street were running on fumes past their fourth outings with the exception of the occasional course correction. When Wes Craven resurrected his Scream series with Scream […]

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Consecration A Messy and Empty Attempt at Religious Horror

Maybe after nearly three years of a pandemic that kept us sheltered and separated, we’re feeling a little more introspective. Whatever the reason, just two months into 2023, and we have yet another religious horror movie. From the British filmmaker behind cult classics Severance and Triangle, Christopher Smith’s latest Consecration explores the confrontation between indifference […]

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#Horror a Messy Slasher Commentary on Social Media and Cyberbullying

Over the last few years, the horror genre has slowly but surely taken aim at the ubiquitous role of social media. Both Cam and Alone at Night found horror in the world of online sex and webcam models. And plenty of horror movies have pulled the curtain back on the horrors of influencers (Sissy, Deadcon, […]

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The Offering Finds a Fresh Take on a Familiar Horror Story

It’s been a while since the horror genre has offered fans a good demonic scare. Not really – it’s a genre staple that possesses theatres and streaming platforms at least a few times a year. But so far 2023 has focused on killer dolls (M3gan), apocalyptic visions (Knock at the Cabin), and scary toy phones […]

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Sleepstalker May Be The Quintessential 1990s Straight-to-Video Horror Movie

Traditionally, horror movies, particularly the slasher genre, have played fast and loose with rules the serial killer that populate their movies. Neither Jason Voorhees or Michael Myers are supernatural killers. Yet that hasn’t stopped the Friday the 13th and Halloween series from bringing their respective killers back from sequel to sequel. Other horror movies skirted […]

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Deadstream Trends With a Fun Mix of Gross-Out Horror and Comedy

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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