This week my artistic interview is with an individual who isn’t afraid to embrace the darkness! Shadows, intricate silhouettes and fine detail is found in abundance, resulting in some truly stunning work. Matt Ryan Tobin creates poster art featuring movies and characters from many genres, and as is often the case when I approach an …
There’s no 2014 horror film that was more critically acclaimed than The Babadook, which used tragedy-induced madness as the springboard for a truly effective horror story. It’s a shame that so few seem to have seen it, because The Canal does much the same thing, and is every bit as impressive as last year’s horror …
One of the films that has been popping up on many horror fans’ Top 10 of 2014 lists is The Guest, directed by Adam Wingard (You’re Next). And while it’s not quite a horror film, it’s hard to disagree with that genre classification. *If you haven’t yet seen the movie you might want to avoid …
Those on the outside of our little horror community seem to have an inherent fascination with looking in, and they also tend to get off on the idea of analyzing us and our viewing habits. For many, trying to even fathom why anyone would choose to watch horror movies is impossible, and because it’s not …
Location, location, location. The importance of location in a horror movie cannot be overstated, as the good ones understand that the setting can be a character in and of itself. The Shining, for example, had the Overlook Hotel, while Halloween had the small, atmospheric town of Haddonfield. Like The Descent and last year’s As Above, …
The [REC] series is quite an interesting one, one that doesn’t quite play by the rules of franchise horror. While the first two films were exceptional-yet-similar found footage affairs, the third installment completely shed the filmmaking style and went in a totally (and tonally) different direction, trading in the horror for horror-comedy. Just released onto …
Legendary British production company Hammer Films has had a pretty respectable resurgence over the course of the past eight years, films like Let Me In and Wake Wood showing that they’re still a force to be reckoned with. In 2012, the company hit another home run with The Woman in Black, a remake of the …
After the success of Halloween, the slasher sub-genre capitalized big time with other holiday-themed body count flicks, films like My Bloody Valentine, April Fool’s Day and Mother’s Day coming along to ensure that every big date on the calendar had a horror movie of its very own. Released in 1980, New Year’s Evil is unique …
Summer 1986 – I was eleven years old, toys and movies were awesome, music was memorable, hair was big, and the Friday The 13th franchise had reached its sixth installment. JL is more or less my favorite Friday. I love them ALL for different reasons, but Part 6 would be my swift choice if you …
We’ve been celebrating the 30th anniversary of A Nightmare on Elm Street all year long here on Halloween Love, and throughout the course of the year we’ve talked everything from Freddy’s Nightmares to the godawful remake. So be sure to hit up the HL Elm Street archive, if you’re new round these parts. With the …
