Final Destination

[Movies]

Halloween 2016 Countdown: 31 Years of Horror — 2011

31 days. 31 years. 5 movies per year! That’s the challenge a good friend presented me with recently, and I NEVER back down from a challenge! (well, nearly never!) Every day through October I will be pondering and revealing my 5 favorite horror and monster movies from 1985 right up to 2016. When I was

[Movies]

Halloween 2016 Countdown: 31 Years of Horror — 2000

31 days. 31 years. 5 movies per year! That’s the challenge a good friend presented me with recently, and I NEVER back down from a challenge! (well, nearly never!) Every day through October I will be pondering and revealing my 5 favorite horror and monster movies from 1985 right up to 2016. When I was

[Movies]

How Final Destination Reinvented the Modern Slasher Film

The one-two punch of Halloween and Friday the 13th, released just two years apart, is credited for kick-starting the American slasher movement, though the sub-genre’s roots date back even further than 1978. Post-Friday the 13th, Wes Craven reinvented slasher cinema with A Nightmare on Elm Street in 1984, and he did much the same thing

[Movies]

Meeting Death: My Ten Most Memorable Final Destination Movie Moments

There was a time when I didn’t care much for the Final Destination movies, and to be honest I still don’t have any kind of strong passion for them. BUT, I recently watched the entire series in order, and the one thing that really stands out is the sheer inventiveness involved and the sense of

[TV]

Five X-Files Episodes That Were Never Made

It was over 20 years ago that the very first episode of The X-Files premiered on Fox, which was followed up by a whopping 201 more. The popular show ran for an impressive nine seasons, making it – at the time – the longest running consecutive science fiction series ever on U.S. broadcast television. Naturally,

[Real Horror]

Top Ten Ommetaphobia Movie Moments: AKA Eye Trauma That Will Make You Wince

It’s time for another phobia and the movie moments that could cause suffers to turn away and squirm in terror! We started last week with Coulrophobia (Fear of clowns), and today is the turn of Ommetaphobia … here is a little online info that explains more: Ommetaphobia is also known as Ommatophobia and is the