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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Another year done, another great year for horror. As movies slowly made their way back into theatres after two years of the COVID pandemic, the box office had a sluggish recovery. While movies like Top Gun: Maverick and Avatar: The Way of Water smashed box office records, other expected hits severely underperformed. But if there […]
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Earlier this year Ti West (House of the Devil) wowed horror fans with his subversive take on the slasher, X. Then West delivered a pleasant surprise with the announcement that he had secretly filmed a prequel to X that would release later this year. And now the prequel, Pearl, is in theaters with Mia Goth […]
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Somehow we’re already halfway through the year. Yes, it’s already the end of June, and that means it’s time to count down the best horror movies in the 2022 edition of Halfway to Hell. And it’s already been a packed year for the horror genre. We’ve already had a legacy sequel to The Texas Chainsaw […]
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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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Among the most anticipated horror movies of 2022, Ti West’s collaboration with A24, X, sits near the top of the list. For the last several years, A24 has established itself as the production studio for elevated horror (Midsommar, The Witch, Saint Maud). Though it’s been a while since he made an outright horror movie, West […]
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Horror loves its ‘terrible places‘. The looming Gothic castles of Hammer horror movies. Remote cabins in dense woods. Haunted houses with creaking doors and dimly lit halls. According to American professor Carol J Clover, the ‘terrible place’ was one of several necessary ingredients for horror. Though they may not immediately come to mind, hotels have […]
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When police arrested Charles Manson and his “Family” members for the Tate-LaBianca murders in 1969, it triggered a public fascination with cults that has endured. Never a genre to miss an opportunity, cult-themed horror movies began popping up almost immediately in the early 1970s. One of the 2019’s worst movies, The Haunting of Sharon Tate, […]
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