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 …
I’ve said it several times before, but for the purpose of this article it’s worth saying it again – Ghostbusters IS my favorite movie of all time across every genre. I personally dislike answering that question when it’s often sent my way but when you combine certain truths, the answer is clear and unavoidable. If …
When it comes to the re-animation of the big slasher franchises, a pattern has recently begun to develop. New Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street, and Halloween films have been on-again, off-again more times than I can count, and it seems that the studios who own those properties just can’t seem to figure out …
On the night of September 18th, 2014, I watched veteran actor Michael Parks (at his scenery-chewing best) turn Justin Long, quite literally, into a human walrus. As Long, housed inside of a rubbery creature suit that will forever be etched into my brain, waddled across the screen, I honestly couldn’t believe my eyes. Going into …
Sunday has once again arrived all too quickly, and here at Halloween Love that means one thing – it’s time for another batch of incredible poster images from the thriving alternative art community! So far I’ve revealed my personal favorite posters that pay tribute to: Jaws – Stephen King’s IT – Alien – The Shining …
The popularity of the mythical Alpine creature known as Krampus reached a fever pitch last year, and a few films came along to capitalize on the trend. There was the low-budget Krampus: The Reckoning and the (better than you’d expect) anthology A Christmas Horror Story, but it was Trick ‘r Treat director Michael Dougherty who …
It was on this day in 2008 that I sat down in my local theater to watch Cloverfield, a movie that I knew very little about at the time. In fact, I knew almost nothing about it, and that was certainly by design. The marketing for the J.J. Abrams-produced monster movie was so brilliant and …
I haven’t been more excited for something like this, in a long time. My excitement for the new Star Wars pales in comparison to 10 Cloverfield Lane. J.J. Abrams‘ would have been enough to peak my interest in the project, but the addition of John Goodman in the cast, easily pushes this to the next …
There are few labels that have done more damage to the horror genre than “torture porn,” a term that has been applied to films like Hostel and the Saw franchise. What the term essentially implies is that the films labeled with it are bereft of substance, making them the horror genre’s version of, well, pornography. …
When listing off the most influential horror movies of all time, I don’t think anyone would argue with Sam Raimi’s The Evil Dead being put right up there with George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead. Both films are responsible for spawning so many cool movies – and bad ones, but let’s focus on the …
